Helping out
Published: Mon, Jan. 14, 2008 12:00AM
Modified Mon, Jan. 14, 2008 06:03AM
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closeThis year marks the third year that Wake County will host projects for the Triangle Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In the past two years, nearly 3,000 volunteers have volunteered 16,836 hours on 92 projects in Durham, Orange and Wake counties to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by making the national holiday "a day on" across the Triangle.
This year's first Triangle MLK Day of Service project will be Saturday at Chavis Park in Raleigh from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help with mulching and litter clean-up at the park.
The Wake County Signature Project, sponsored by Rex Healthcare, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, Knightdale High School, NBC 17 and Triangle United Way, is the Knightdale Multicultural Mural. Held with other projects Jan. 21, the mural project requires 50-100 volunteers to complete the mural painting and other smaller projects in one day. The mural honors Dr. King's vision of a multicultural community living in harmony.
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All participants will receive a MLK Day T-shirt. Organizers hope the event will spur participants to continue making a difference in their community throughout the year. If your family or group would like to volunteer, please register online at www.trianglemlkdayofservice.org.
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