- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I love this quote and love working for an organization where I get to empower and strengthen global communities each and every day. I was so excited to have the opportunity to transform Dr. King's life and teachings into a day of service for my local Atlanta community this year.
For Martin Luther King Jr. day, my team volunteered at Open Hand Atlanta and helped deliver meals to clients across metro Atlanta. Our fellow coordinated the day, working to identify a service location that was open on Martin Luther King day and allowed children and adults to volunteer together (a few of my teammates brought their children). We divided into two teams and each delivered healthy meals all across Atlanta to individuals with chronic diseases.
One of our Foundation's awesome grantee organizations, Repair the World, mobilizes thousands of volunteers around the country to volunteer on Martin Luther King day and gives resources to set intentions and debrief the day that are rooted in the Jewish value of tikkun olam, repairing the world. Repair even sent us some swag to rep their organization throughout the day.
I loved having a "day on" on a day that is typically a day off of work and enjoyed living the spirit of service in recognition of a man that shaped thousands of lives. Working for a Foundation that cares so strongly about repairing the world, it was awesome to have a day to actually serve ourselves instead of supporting others to serve as we were able to not only talk the talk but also walk the walk.
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