Volunteers and projects needed January 17-20 to serve communities across 10 Mid-South counties.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 20, 2019 – It is one month until MLK Days of Service and Volunteer Memphis has multiple service projects for volunteers to see online through Volunteer United.

The fourth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Service will run January 17 to 20, 2020. Each day of service has its own theme, but projects do not have to fit the daily theme in order to happen that day.

Volunteers can register for the service project that best fits their schedule on the Volunteer United website. Organizations who want to list their service opportunities should contact Andrea Hill at (901) 278-0016 or ahill@leadershipmemphis.org.

MLK Days of Service has service opportunities across Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Marshall, Shelby, and Tipton counties in Tennessee; DeSoto, Tate, and Tunica counties in Mississippi; and Crittenden County in Arkansas.

MLK Days of Service Daily Initiatives:

• Thursday, January 16 – MLK Days of Service Kick-off Event
  • Join our sponsors, community partners, and volunteers for a celebration of service! Benjamin Hooks Central Library will host the event from 5:30-7 p.m.
• Friday, January 17 – Youth and Education Day
  • Serve students and positively impact education in our community! Read to a classroom, host a field day, or work in an afterschool program.
• Saturday, January 18 – Family and Friends Day
  • Better yourbackyard with this special day of community volunteer service. Partner with family and friends to make a difference in your neighborhoods.
• Sunday, January 19 – Service Sunday
  • Join your church or community center to serve others on Sunday. Volunteer Memphis will partner with your group to create project for volunteers following your worship service.
• Monday, January 20 – Community Clean Up
  • Volunteer Memphis is partnering with Clean Memphis and Memphis City Beautiful to host a citywide cleanup project. Participate with your neighborhood, school, church, or community center to clean up the community.

2020 Presenting Sponsors of MLK Days of Service:

FedEx, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Sedgwick, CIGNA

2020 Sponsors for MLK Days of Service:

Buckman, ServiceMaster Facilities Maintenance, WMC-TV, The Commercial Appeal, OutFront Media, Southern College of Optometry, Pinnacle Bank, Caesars Entertainment

2020 Partners for MLK Days of Service:

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, Christian Brothers University: AutoZone Center for Community Engagement, United Way of the Mid-South, Memphis Public Libraries, Church Health, Brotherhood, MLGW, Memphis City Beautiful, Memphis Grizzlies Foundation, City of Memphis: AmeriCorps VISTA Program, City of Memphis: Parks & Neighborhood Division, Mid-South Food Bank, Clean Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum, Shelby County Government: Parks & Ground Maintenance, Withers Collections, Regional One Health, Shelby County Trustee Office (Bank on Memphis/ Greater Memphis Financial Empowerment Center), Girl Scouts- Heart of the South, City Year, Porter-Leath, West TN Chapter Tennessee Urban Forestry Council, (DOVIA) Directors of Volunteers In Agencies, Corporate Volunteer Council, VM Steering Council, LM Alumni Engagement Council, Shelby County Division of Community Service, Greater Memphis Chamber

Special thanks to the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission.

About Volunteer Memphis:

Volunteer Memphis builds capacity for effective volunteering and connecting people with opportunities to serve throughout Memphis and Shelby County. The organization helps individuals, families, corporate teams, and community groups strengthen Memphis and the Mid-South through service at more than 300 nonprofit organizations and schools. Our volunteers are at work every day of the year, tutoring and mentoring children, helping individuals and families make pathways out of poverty, improving our Memphis and Shelby County environment, and more. Volunteer Memphis is an affiliate of the Hands-On Network, an association of 250 volunteer service organizations across 16 countries and an action Initiative of Leadership Memphis. For more information please visit VolunteerMemphis.org.

About Leadership Memphis:

Leadership Memphis is a non-profit, community leadership development organization. Its mission is to prepare and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of the whole community. Originally founded in 1979 as The Memphis Institute of Public Responsibility, Leadership Memphis has graduated more than 3,526 leaders from its programs. For more information please visit LeadershipMemphis.org.