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Martin Luther King Week of Service

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?'” Celebrate Dr. King’s legacy by committing to volunteer with United Way.

In honor of Dr. King, our United Way will speak to his legacy and ask volunteers to support our efforts around Youth Success. Volunteers will build Literacy Kits that include: a brand NEW children’s book, a craft or activity created by volunteers to pair with the book, an encouraging note, and additional resources around literacy. Books titles will focus on diverse readers, characters, equity, and inclusion themes.

We invite you to join your colleagues in making literacy kits to help build children’s home libraries. The books and interactive reading props will be distributed to local schools that work with United Way to ensure children are reading at grade-level by the fourth grade.

Incremental change through communities coming together is one of the legacies that Dr. King’s memory invokes.


Group Volunteer

In honor of Dr. King, our United Way will speak to his legacy and ask volunteers to support our efforts around Youth Success. Volunteers will build Literacy Kits that include: a brand NEW children’s book, a craft or activity created by volunteers to pair with the book, an encouraging note, and additional resources around literacy.

Individual/DIY Volunteer

Build Literacy Kits at home or join us at United Way! Bring a new or gently used book for children in grades K-3 and create a craft or activity with other volunteers!

Make a Donation

Donate to support United For Racial Equity, an initiative focused working together to pursue more equitable outcomes in education, financial security and health for children and families

This is part of our United Way’s efforts around Race, Equity and Inclusion and is a furthers our commitment to advancing equitable outcomes for all.