Make it a day on!
Join City Year Washington, DC for a service day on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 16, 2012, to honor the memory of MLK. Service will focus on community beautification including small construction projects and painting murals.
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When: 8:30am - 1:00pm Monday, January 16, 2012
Where: Dunbar High School, 1301 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001
What: Volunteers will participate in service projects that help revitalize the community, including eco-friendly projects, revitalizing unused spaces, small construction projects, planting gardens, and painting inspirational murals. Most projects will involve painting, so please wear clothes that you don’t mind getting messy!
Who:
U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Mayor Vince Gray
Chancellor Kaya Henderson
Chairman Kwame Brown
Superintendent Thomas Anderson
City Year Washington, DC Executive Director Jeff Franco
200 City Year staff and corps members & 800 community volunteers
Registration: Volunteer registration is open until Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Please email Marco Herndon at mherndon@cityyear.org to RSVP.
Contact: If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Program Manager Daniel Lawson at dlawson@cityyear.org or (202) 742-7372.
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