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Service Project

MLK Day of Service 2019

January 26, 2019

08:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Cleveland Platoon

Event overview

Join us as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy of service by continuing our service to the youth of Cleveland. The Challenge: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland encourage children and their parents to take books home to read. They found that children wouldn't take books on regular bookcases and that they would take them if left on a table, but it was always a mess! The Answer: A small bookcase easily positioned for children and parents to access it. The Task: The platoon will be constructing small bookcases for several of the clubs around the city to use for the free books being offered to children and their parents! The Motivation: "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." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

TMC Shirts

What to Bring

A hammer, a power drill and drill bits if you have them.

Inclement Weather

N/A - project will be indoors

Event Contact

event contact
Michael Brown
michael.g.brown00@gmail.com +13026325269

When and where

Date

January 26, 2019

Time

08:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EST)

Location

Boys and Girls Club Cleveland

6114 Broadway Ave
Cleveland, OH 44127

Parking Information

Parking is available in the vacant lot across the street. Please do not park in the club lot as staff will be arriving for work in the afternoon. Also, avoid parking in the Popeye's and Dollar Tree lots.

Who We Are

The Mission Continues is a national non-profit that empowers veterans to continue serving in our nation’s under-resourced communities, giving veterans the opportunity to keep serving even after the uniform comes off, right here at home. Our programs deploy veterans and volunteers to work alongside nonprofit partners and community leaders to improve educational resources, tackle food insecurity, foster neighborhood identity, and more.  

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