Students and Community Give Back on MLK Day

January 21, 2015
Communications Staff

Students and community members celebrated the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 19, with a morning of volunteer service activities. The volunteers spent the morning stocking shelves, cleaning, painting, and more at Oberlin Community Services, The Bridge, and Veggie U before making their way to Martin Luther King Jr. Park for the city’s annual community observance.

Photo Gallery

MLK Service Day 2015

Six people smile and pose for a photo around stacks of cereal boxes
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Two people open boxes while seated on a couch
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
A person cleans the glass on the door to The Bridge Community Technology Center
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
A person smiles while organizing diapers on a shelving unit
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
A person cleans a wall
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Two people pose and smile for a photo while holding small paint brushes
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Five people crouch beside a wall while holding small paint brushes
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Six people stand around a table loaded with assorted supplies and beside open cabinets with more supplies
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Four people load plastic bags with bread into shopping carts
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
People pose for a photo in a plain room with folding chairs and shopping carts
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
People gathered around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
People gathered around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
People dressed in winter gear stand in a crowd, reading from pieces of paper
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
People stand in a crowd on the snow-covered ground around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
A police officer smiles with another man
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
A person in winter gear smiles
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Six people smile and pose for a photo around stacks of cereal boxes
Two people open boxes while seated on a couch
A person cleans the glass on the door to The Bridge Community Technology Center
A person smiles while organizing diapers on a shelving unit
A person cleans a wall
Two people pose and smile for a photo while holding small paint brushes
Five people crouch beside a wall while holding small paint brushes
Six people stand around a table loaded with assorted supplies and beside open cabinets with more supplies
Four people load plastic bags with bread into shopping carts
People pose for a photo in a plain room with folding chairs and shopping carts
People gathered around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
People gathered around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
People dressed in winter gear stand in a crowd, reading from pieces of paper
People stand in a crowd on the snow-covered ground around a brick structure with a depiction of the face of Martin Luther King Jr.
A police officer smiles with another man
A person in winter gear smiles

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