They teach them about volunteering and service early in Decatur. On Jan. 19, a couple of hundred Girl and Daisy Scouts gathered at St. Thomas More Catholic School in Decatur packed sack lunches for volunteers ...
The 13th annual MLK Service Project is the most ambitious yet. This weekend hundreds of volunteers are visiting 31 homes. Organizers had to rent a record 1,300 tools, Service Project Chairman Paul Mitchell said. On Sunday ...
Decatur’s annual MLK Service Project is going on this weekend and hundreds of volunteers have fanned out to help elderly, vulnerable residents make some much-needed repairs to their homes. The Service Project is point of pride ...
Decatur is holding its annual MLK Service Project this weekend, Jan. 17 through Jan. 19, and there are still opportunities to volunteer. Hundreds of people attend Decatur’s annual three days of community service to commemorate ...
Decatur restaurants are chipping in this month to help pay for repairs during the city’s annual MLK Service Project in January. Restaurants for Repairs returns on Sept. 30 and more than a dozen eateries are ...
Olivia Phillips-Waldorf, an eighth grade student at Renfroe Middle School, needed a project to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award, and she had an idea. Waldorf is a member of Decatur Troop 28433. “My ...
The organizers of the city’s annual MLK Service Project said the event reached a new milestone this past weekend. Decatur’s Lifelong Community Coordinator Lee Ann Harvey said 1,300 volunteers showed up this year, beating the ...
Addie Jones sat in her living room on Sunday, Jan. 19, and listened to soul music on her television as friendly strangers moved throughout her house. The strangers, volunteers with the city of Decatur’s annual ...
The organizers of the MLK Service Project, which began in 2003, say that one of the most unpredictable things about it over the years has been the weather. Volunteers have worked in icy rain and ...