Volunteers Honor Civil Rights Leader in National Day of Service
January 19, 2013
People across the United States volunteered for community projects Saturday in an activity called the National Day of Service, tied to a holiday Monday honoring the memory of America's best known civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Washington, President Barack Obama appeared at an event, one of many moved to Saturday because his second inauguration before thousands of people will take place on the King holiday.
The president and first lady Michelle Obama got into the spirit of the National Day of Service, as they applied wood stain to a bookcase at an elementary school in Washington.
Near Los Angeles, volunteers at a local church built a community garden, and others brought baby diapers to a homeless services center. Volunteer Patrick O'Connor says there are many other projects in this neighborhood.
“Food drives, community beautification projects, working at schools, community gardens. There's a lot of ways to do good,” said O'Connor.
In Washington, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, urged people to become involved, and young people in Pasadena, California, heeded the message.
They planted trees at a local high school, an annual effort that occurs at a different school each year, says volunteer coordinator Wayne Burton.
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