Boston Cares makes the front page
In case you missed the Tuesday, Jan. 16 issue of the Boston Metro, Boston Cares made front page news! The article was devoted to the Martin Luther King Jr. "A Day ON Not a Day OFF" service celebration.
Dr. King famously said, "Everybody can be great because anybody can
serve. You don't have to have a college degree
to serve. You don't have
to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart
full of grace. A soul generated by love." Those famous words have been transfered into a nation-wide day of service to celebrate King's legacy. To encourage the idea that anybody can serve, Boston Cares organized a family volunteer day where people of all ages were invited to come out to Roxbury Prep Charter School to help in any way they could. Children decorated place mats for a homeless shelter, read stories about MLK, and created their own footprints to show the ways that they will "walk" in his footsteps. Older volunteers repainted the interior school and created four murals to be hung in the school's common room.
Over 170 volunteers from all walks of life came to do service, despite the less-than-pleasant weather. The school was at maximum capacity. Boston Cares staff and leaders organized over 15 separate projects and the school was painted, murals were hung, and paint spots on the floor were cleaned in 5 hours. The extraordinary man/woman/child power, and the sincere dedication of the volunteers made this project 100% successful. Be sure to mark your calendars for MLK service day 2008!
Click here to view the Metro article.
