How can you be a part of the Martin Luther King Day of Service? You can join an organized service project in your area or help fill a need yourself—by tutoring a child, helping an elderly neighbor, serving in a homeless shelter, or volunteering at a school or community organization.
There are many ways to find service opportunities in your community on the King holiday and throughout the year.
Volunteer on the Day of Service
If you're looking for opportunities to serve on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, click here to browse a list of MLK Day service projects that have registered with us.
Volunteer Throughout the Year
You don't have to wait for the Martin Luther King Day of Service to volunteer - visit www.volunteer.gov to find volunteer opportunities at home or abroad. Just enter geographic information, such as zip code or state, and your area of interest, and you can access service opportunities near your home or office, across the country or overseas.
How Your Organization Can Help Support the Day of Service
There are several ways to help. For example, your organization can:
- Sponsor and organize a single service project
- Sponsor and organize a variety of service projects
- Form teams to volunteer
- Encourage friends, colleagues and families to seek out service projects in their hometowns
By doing so, you will help strengthen local communities; bridge social and cultural differences, and demonstrate the compassion and commitment to make a difference and honor Dr. King's memory.
The late Coretta Scott King embraced the King Day of Service as a meaningful way to celebrate and honor her husband's legacy. She said, "The greatest birthday gift my husband could receive is if people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds celebrated the holiday by performing individual acts of kindness through service to others."
The King Day of Service has grown steadily from a local project to a nationwide movement, which perpetuates the life and teachings of one of America's great heroes. Please join us in making the next King Day of Service a celebration in which tens of millions of people serve their communities in his honor, pledge nonviolence to create the Beloved Community, and commit to ongoing service.
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