Day of Service today
Today is the National Day of Service called for by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1983, Congress set aside the third Monday in January as a national holiday to honor Dr. King. President-elect Barack Obama has declared that this year, the day should be used to help better our communities - a tradition begun in 1994 with the passage of the King Holiday and Service Act. Obama's team has set up a website that makes it easy to find local service projects.
To honor the President-elect and to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. we hope that everyone will participate in a service project. It's through our collective strength that we have the power to change the world.
Across the country, some 10,000 events have been posted. That correlates to one event for every three hundred and fifty three square miles in the country.
Follow the links to find:
There is no way greater to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and the presidency of Barack Obama than to serve our community. As Barack has said:
In 1983, Congress set aside the third Monday in January as a national holiday to honor Dr. King. President-elect Barack Obama has declared that this year, the day should be used to help better our communities - a tradition begun in 1994 with the passage of the King Holiday and Service Act. Obama's team has set up a website that makes it easy to find local service projects.
To honor the President-elect and to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. we hope that everyone will participate in a service project. It's through our collective strength that we have the power to change the world.
Across the country, some 10,000 events have been posted. That correlates to one event for every three hundred and fifty three square miles in the country.
Follow the links to find:
There is no way greater to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and the presidency of Barack Obama than to serve our community. As Barack has said:
It is that fundamental belief -- it is that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sisters' keeper -- that makes this country work.That is what the day of service is about. For our nation is only as good as the least fortunate among us. Obama reminded us of this in 2004:
If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription and [is] having to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandparent.This is what the day of service means. That we can serve our country. In JFK's words, that we ask not what our country can do for us, but for what we can do for our country. We owe it to ourselves and our posterity to make a difference.
# Posted by Daniel : 10:29 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment