Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Let’s start the semester together to build a stronger campus community! Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.

“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Day of Service Event

Join us for our 2024 MLK Day of Service sponsored by the Office of Student Life & Activities and Sodexo at our Blackwood Campus on January 12. This event honors the life of Dr. King and his impact on the lives of Americans. We are looking for volunteers of all backgrounds including students, faculty, and staff to assist us in assembling bagged lunches that will be donated to Cathedral Kitchen in Camden. Through hands-on, engaging services activities such as this, we celebrate the legacy of the man that reminds us that “everybody can be great, because everybody can serve!”

Location

CCC West Café, Blackwood Campus | Download the Blackwood Campus Map

Schedule

  • 10:00 a.m. – Welcome – CCC Administrative Staff
  • 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Assembling sandwiches/utensil packages and inspirational messages in each lunch bag
  • 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. – Lunch provided by Sodexo and Student Life and Activities
  • 12:45 p.m. – Clean up and reflection of service work completed
  • 1:00 p.m. – Designated staff and students will deliver lunches to Cathedral Kitchen

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About Cathedral Kitchen

Cathedral Kitchen’s mission is to help people out of food insecurity and champion their pursuit of stability and prosperity. They provide nutritious meals for food insecure residents of Camden and the surrounding areas. Food served at Cathedral Kitchen is cooked on the premises, plated and served at the table; there is no “soup line”. The hot meal consists of an entrée, a vegetable or salad, a side dish and a beverage. They also provide meals for local after school programs, groceries for low-income senior centers, and send donated food to local pantries, churches and soup kitchens. Learn more at www.cathedralkitchen.org.

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