Durham's Day of Service for MLK
Friday, January 13, 2012

Durham students and volunteers plan to gather to package meals to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Monday, students and volunteers will spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day, typically a day off from work and school for many, packaging meals to go to hungry families around the world. Over 500 students from Duke University and North Carolina Central University will team up with the Durham Rotary Club and gather in the Freeman Center for Jewish Life at 9:30AM for this annual event.

Over 64,500 meals were packaged last year at this event, which was held at Southern High School. This year the groups have set a goal to package 80,000 meals, which will be shipped to school feeding programs across the globe. With each meal costing 25 cents, funds for the meals were given by sponsors, donors and volunteers of Duke offices and programs including Duke Chapel, Duke Center for Multicultural Affairs, Duke MLK Commemoration Committee and more.

Reverend Dr. Sam Wells of Duke Chapel mentioned how students and volunteers from many different backgrounds will be coming together for contributing, serving and helping is a fitting way to honor the life of Dr. King. "He was an inspirational leader who understood the call to service to be an expression of his personal faith,” he said.

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