This year we are partnering with a local charity, Valley Youth House.
We will create blankets and care packages for children and teens who are experiencing emergency homelessness.
You can help by making blankets and/or donating supplies.
We are looking for the following donations:
Toiletries: deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap, hand sanitizer, toothpaste & toothbrushe
Comfort Items: no-sew fleece throw kits (available: JoAnn Fabric, Amazon, or Walmart)
There will be a collection box in the Murray Avenue lobby from January 4th through January 15th.
Sign up here to come into school on Monday 1/18 from 9:00-10:30 am to help!
Before, during, or after committing to day of service in his honor,
take a moment to get to know civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
through his words, ideas, and legacy with the resources collected here.
This gorgeous, dynamic, multimedia version of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" allows you to listen to the original recording, illustrated with photographs, sketches, and other media. The transcript of the speech also appears on screen so that you may follow along in real time.
Dr. King wrote his most famous letter on April 16, 1963 after being arrested for participating in non-violent protest. Click here to view a PDF of the original document and here to listen to an MP3 of Dr. King reading the letter at a later date.
Taylor and Bessie Rodgers were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” One day later, Dr. King was assassinated.
In this installment of Story Corps, Taylor and Bessie discuss being in the audience that day and their feelings after learning about the death of Dr. King.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a 20th century civil rights icon who exhibited a timelessness in his convictions. Martin Luther was a 16th century German monk and the founder of Protestantism who was very modern in his thinking. MLK Jr.'s father changed their names after visiting Berlin in 1934. Can you tell the difference between their writing? Take this quiz to find out!