Success to Serve as Hub for City Year MLK Service Projects - Mon., Jan. 16th

Who: City Year New Orleans Corps Members, 200 volunteers from around the city

When: Monday, January 16, 2012, 9:00 a.m. –2:00 p.m.

Where: Success Preparatory Academy

City Year New Orleans will host a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 16, 2012. City Year, a national organization that unites teams of young people for a year of service in high-need urban schools, mobilizes its 2,000 corps members nationwide and thousands more volunteers each Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for service in the community. City Year considers the holiday a day on, not a day off, for its staff and corps members.

City Year New Orleans will have over 30 staff and corps members working with an expected 200 volunteers to complete 10 service projects throughout Mid-City. Service projects will take place at Success Preparatory Academy, Odd Fellows Cemetery, House of Prayer Church, Sojourner Truth Community Center and three areas along the Lafitte Greenway. Projects will include mural painting, playground cleanup, tree planting, monument restoration, tennis court restoration, and a children’s workshop.

For more information on this day of service, download City Year's Media Advisory.