Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Written By Carolyn Kouri

As you know, there is no school for students tomorrow in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We encourage members of the Deal community to honor Dr. King's legacy by making tomorrow a day of service.

Here are some local service opportunities:

  • Clean Up Rock Creek Park - Sign up here to clean up Rock Creek Park. Meet at 10am on MLK Day at the Normanstone Trailhead.

  • Help an Afghan Refugee Family - Sign up here to provide clothing or here to provide household goods for a newly-arrived Afghan refugee family of 11.

  • Shovel Snow for a Senior - Contact ANC 3/4G Commissioner Michael Zeldin to be matched with a senior resident who needs assistance with snow removal after winter storms.

  • Cook Soup for Families in Need - Help Goods for the Good's Soup for the Soul initiative by signing up to cook meals from the comfort of your own home to be dropped off between January 24-31.

  • Make Bag Lunches for the Unhoused - Sign up to provide 40 bagged lunches for residents of Friendship Place's La Casa Permanent Supportive Housing Program, another Goods for the Good initiative.

  • Support Isolated Seniors - Assemble a care package for a low-income senior—a joint project of Goods for Good and Lafayette Gives Back. Find instructions and sign-up here.

  • Anacostia Riverkeeper Clean Waterways Cleanup - Sign up here and meet at 10am on MLK Day at Pope Branch Park

Carolyn Kouri
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