MLK Call to Service - Volunteer Opportunity

Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with United Way’s MLK Call to Service on Saturday, January 18th, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

MLK Call to Service includes a number of family-friendly service projects at The Park Expo and Conference Center, 800 Briar Creek Road.

These projects not only deliver valuable assistance to nonprofit organizations, schools and other service providers, but also allow participants to begin the New Year by reflecting on the meaning of Dr. King’s life of service.

Service Learning and Fun Projects:

Creating number and alphabet flash cards for Classroom Central
Making encouragement cards for Love In Action Project
Creating no-sew baby blankets for Baby Bundles
Making bookmarks for Promising Pages
Kids Fun Zone hosted by Jack & Jill America, Charlotte Chapter

Community Action:

A blood donation drive with OneBlood (noon-3pm)
A technology drive to benefit Informative Technologies

Educational Activities:

Interactive poverty simulation exercises
Informational Poverty Sessions: The Challenges Our Neighbors Face

More MLK Day events around Charlotte

Check out our complete list of MLK Day events around Charlotte, or look at a few of them here:

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Atrium Health Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service, including Wreath Laying

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Marshall Park

Saturday, January 18, 2020

MLK Holiday Parade

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Center City Charlotte–Trade and Tryon

MLK Call to Service -- Volunteer Opportunity

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Park Expo & Conference Center

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Concert: Bridging Musical Worlds, a Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

5:00 pm | $10.00 | Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Monday, January 20, 2020

MLK Day Celebration at Gantt Center

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Martin Luther King Jr. Observance at CPCC

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Dale F. Halton Theater

Free: Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Celebration at Levine Museum

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Levine Museum of the New South

"Let it Shine: the American Civil Rights Movement"--free performance in Kings Mountain

3:00 pm | FREE | Joy Performance Center

Free MLK art/poetry/music program with Opera Carolina

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Park Expo & Conference Center

800 Briar Creek Road
Charlotte, NC

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MLK Call to Service — Volunteer Opportunity