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Here’s what’s going on in Maine for Martin Luther King Day. The Maine Commission for Community Service and Time Warner Cable awarded 8 projects $350 and 2 $700 to support Martin Luther King Day of Service Projects. These projects are statewide from northern to southern Maine. I have attached a press release that provides details about these projects along with contact information.

You can also learn more about these projects at http://www.maineservicecommission.gov/mlk_maine/index.php . Also, we have had a series of blogs devoted to Martin Luther King Day. They can be found here: http://www.volunteermaine.org/blog/ . There are three already posted and two more scheduled between now and Martin Luther King Day.

During the 1950s and ’60s, civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized the power of service to strengthen communities and achieve common goals. As he once said, “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.”

Initiated by Congress in 1994, King Day of Service honors that legacy by transforming the federal holiday honoring Dr. King into a national day of community service grounded in his teachings of nonviolence and social justice. Instead of its being just another day off from school or work, the aim is to make the holiday it a day ON, where people of all ages and backgrounds can come together to strengthen their community, bridge social barriers, and move our nation closer to the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King envisioned.

King Day of Service has grown steadily since its inception. With thousands of projects planned in all 50 states, the 2009 King Day of Service promises to be the biggest and best ever. This year Maine has projects from Kennebunk to Houlton!

Join in the effort by planning your own project locally or by taking part in one the the existing projects.

Want to know what you can do to help? Check out Causecast’s Video on Nation Day of Service

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