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Lower Merion School District Students Honor The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Through Service
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the District will not hold its annual in-person Afternoon of Service.
2021-01-13
LMSD students and their families are honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by engaging in a variety of safe, socially distant community service projects during this week leading up to the MLK Holiday.
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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the District will not hold its annual in-person Afternoon of Service, but that has not stopped the school community from creatively fulfilling Dr. King's decree, "Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve."
Students from Merion Elementary, Cynwyd Elementary and Penn Valley Elementary are collecting children's books that will be donated to BookSmiles.org and to Global Citizen, the organization that coordinates the region's MLK Day of Service. Global Citizen will distribute the books to children whose families attend the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium testing event at Girard College on Jan. 18, 2021.
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Students from Gladwyne Elementary are writing letters for "Letters Against Isolation" to ease the loneliness of seniors who are isolated due to COVID-19. And students from buildOn at Welsh Valley Middle School are collecting snacks for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House while their children receive medical treatment in Philadelphia.
Students from Penn Wynne Elementary School are creating cards to be distributed by the Maternity Care Coalition, while the Penn Wynne staff is holding a food drive to benefit the Ardmore Food Pantry.
Some 300 students from buildOn at Lower Merion High School are volunteering for a number of projects, including leading teen panel discussions on "Race, Reflection and Response" and "Open Heart Processing" in conjunction with members of local congregation Beth Am Israel. The high school students will also be engaging in at-home projects including creating dog toys for PAWS and PSPCA; sewing eco-friendly cloth face masks; and writing to letters to lawmakers about climate change, Valentines for senior citizens and welcome letters to new immigrants.
This press release was produced by the Lower Merion School District .The views expressed here are the author’s own.
