Revolution Messaging on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On January 18th, Revolution Messaging staffers and friends volunteered at the Washington Hebrew Congregation’s 8th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Work Day. We were surprised by the amount of energy and sheer number of people who came out to help various nonprofits–organizers reported that 200 more people showed up than was expected.
Between two floors, volunteers made tuna casseroles and PB&J sandwiches on long tables that stretched from one side of the room to the other. Due to the sheer volume of people, volunteers stood closely side-by-side, spreading peanut butter and jelly on bread or cutting up vegetables, while others packed it up to be sent to local homeless shelters.
After finishing making all the sandwiches we could (literally, we ran out of bread), the Revolution Messaging crew joined the other volunteers at Z-Burger, which generously contributed free burgers to those who worked at the event.
We want to send our thanks to the Washington Hebrew Congregation for organizing a successful service project that brought together over 200 local residents as well as Z-Burger for supporting community service.
On this day we remembered what Martin Luther King Jr. once declared: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” We encourage others to utilize community service databases such as Greater DC Cares, VolunteerMatch, Serve.Gov, and OneBrick to find answers to that question.
Topics Service