MLK Day of Service - Newsroom Photo Gallery FeedTo support the King Day of Service, the Corporation for National and Community Service, in consultation with the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change provides grants to public and non-profit organizations to mobilize Americans to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday as a day of service to others. It's a day on, not a day off.MLK Day 2008 - A Young Volunteer Spruces Up (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Brandon Sawyer and his mother spent Martin Luther King Day sprucing up her alma mater, Theodore Roosevelt High School, in Washington, DC. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=941 MLK Day 2008 - Serving at the Community for Creative Nonviolence (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Millicent Williams, executive director of Serve DC, discusses the 2008 Martin Luther King Day of Service project at the Community for Creative Nonviolence with Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty. The Day of Service drew a record 20,000 volunteers to nearly 150 service cites throughout the District on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=931 MLK Day 2008 - Pitching In (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Volunteer Nancy Eddy swings a hammer as she helps build a Habitat House on Martin Luther King Day 2008. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor or the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=940 President Marks King Day with Service and Call to Action (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: President George W. Bush thanks volunteers for participating in a service project at the Martin Luther King Library in Washington, D.C., on the King Day of Service. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=923 MLK Day 2008 - Framing a House (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Dozens of new homes will soon fill a Washington, D.C. neighborhood courtesy of Habitat for Humanity, AmeriCorps, and volunteers like these who spent 2008 Martin Luther King Day serving at the house build. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=939 MLK Day 2008 - Marching to Music (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Millicent Williams, executive director of Serve DC, Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, and Councilwoman Carol Schwartz, left to right, participate in the march to the Community for Creative Nonviolence as young musicians perform. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=929 MLK Day 2008 - Future Home (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity braved a day of 20-degree weather to frame a house in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2008 Martin Luther King Day of Service. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=938 MLK Day 2008 - David Eisner (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, encouraged Washington, D.C., residents to make a commitment to service, especially to the District's public schools, during the ceremony at the District Building launching the District's 2008 Martin Luther King Day of Service. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo...http://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=925 MLK Day 2008 - DC FIX IT (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: Members of DC FIX IT pitch in during a 2008 Martin Luther King Day of Service at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C. About 20,000 people in the District of Columbia participated in nearly 150 service projects in honor of the slain civil rights leader on January 21, 2008. PHOTO CREDIT: Corporation photo by M. T. Harmon, Office of Public Affairshttp://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=937 President Marks King Day with Service and Call to Action (photo)- January 21, 2008 CAPTION: The President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush marked the Martin Luther King Jr. King holiday by volunteering and calling on Americans to honor King's legacy by showing compassion on the holiday and throughout the year. They joined dozens of volunteers at the Martin Luther King Jr. library in Washington DC as they repaired and shelved books and taught lessons about King's life to children. More than a half million Americans are serving in 5,000 King Day of Service projects across the.http://www.mlkday.gov/about/newsroom/photos_press_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=916 |