MLK Day Volunteer Opportunities from Deal Gives Back

Thanks to the work of the late Congressman John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a national day of service in 1994. ADCA's Deal Gives Back program encourages all Deal students to honor Dr. King's legacy by making Monday not a day off, but a "day on" providing service in our community.

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

Deal Gives Back is an initiative of the Alice Deal Community Association. DGB's mission is to inspire a spirit of generosity and cultivate a sense of community among Deal students, families, teachers, staff & administrators by providing hands-on opportunities for them to volunteer their time and talent to improve the world around them.