Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Service To Your Roosevelt Island And NYC Community - Roosevelt Island Seniors Holding MLK Celebration This Afternoon At 2 PM
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Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Rather than celebrate Dr. King by only taking a relaxing day off from work or school, why not use at least a portion of the day to consider finding a way to help somebody out either today or sometime in the near future?
You Tube Video of Martin Luther King Jr. A Life of Service
A great way to commemorate Dr. King's Birthday and his life work is to participate in the MLK Day Of Service.
What is the MLK Day of Service?One way for Roosevelt Island residents to help out here at home is to volunteer with DASH - Disabled Association Support of the Homebound - founded by Roosevelt Island Doctor Jack Resnick. According to DASH:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"
Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King Holiday to serve their neighbors and communities.
The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President's national call to service initiative. It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems.
We have various volunteering opportunities from visiting homebound patients and delivering food to fund raising events.All For Good lists other volunteer ideas in the NYC area but none are listed for Roosevelt Island specifically.
RIOC reports that the Senior Center will be holding a Martin Luther King Day commemoration later today.
The Senior Center is commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 17th at 2:00 pm with guest speakers and refreshments. RISA has informed us that they would welcome any donations of home-baked goods that are brought to the celebration.
Here's a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from an earlier post.
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