Martin Luther King Day Of Service In Livingston: 2020 Event Info

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of Livingston Township. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The Livingston Committee for Diversity and Inclusion invites residents to be a part of this year’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 20, 2020.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Livingston Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue (lower level).

Various donations will be accepted: the LCDI will collect food donations for CHOW; the Livingston Home/School Associations and Parent-Teacher Associations will collect new school supplies; the West Essex YMCA will collect fleece blankets for seniors; the Livingston Lions Club will collect eye glasses (and provide vision screenings); and residents Charlotte and Jasmine Heilpern will collect donated items for the Livingston Animal Shelter.

The Livingston Kiwanis Club will be assembling kits to support veterans and others experiencing homelessness; Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors will be making PB&J sandwiches; and Troop 28 South Mountain, BPSA will be making animal toys for local animal shelters. Boy Scout Troop 16 will assist with set-up and clean-up, and the Livingston Girl Scouts will conduct their Scout Projects.

Additional projects include voter registration by the Livingston League of Women Voters, an anti-bullying poster contest conducted by the Livingston Police Department, a robotics demo by the Livingston Robotics Club, on-site community surveys with the Vision 20/20 Committee, and much more.

Find the complete, up-to-date list of organizations attending and projects planned at livingstonnj.org.

LCDI Co-Chair Billy Fine and Mayor Rudy Fernandez will deliver remarks at 12 pm, following brunch provided by Ike's Bagel Café at 11 am. Livingston resident Steve Delman will give a speech regarding Dr. King, and Brian O'Shea will recite Dr. King's speeches. The event’s keynote speaker will be announced soon.

The program will conclude with a march around the inside of the Senior/Community Center, with all in attendance singing “We Shall Overcome.”

For any questions, email LCDI.LivingstonNJ@gmail.com.

Make Monday, January 20 a day on, not a day off!

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