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.

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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 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

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