MLK Day of Service Recap! | Monday Montage

One week ago today marks City Year Chicago’s MLK Day of Service in the North Lawndale community on Chicago’s westside! In case you weren’t one of the over six hundred volunteers who joined us in painting 50 classrooms, 72 murals, 79 inspirational quotes, 19 murals, two hallways and 44 construction projects, we’ve got all the coverage of the amazing day here on today’s Monday Montage!

• Check out all the photos from the day captured by City Year Chicago’s own Admissions Coordinator extraordinaire, Tiger Rahman.
• The Civic Engagement team’s Adrian Kierulf talked with WGN9 News on a live broadcast from the Bethune School of Excellence.
• City Year Chicago’s Executive Director, Lisa Morrison Butler, speaks about the MLK Day of Service on Politics Tonight.
• Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his family even made an appearance at the North Lawndale YMCA.
• And lastly, a huge thank you to all of the groups, organizations, and associations that joined us for the day:
  

Active Transportation Alliance
Alluring Essence Social Club
Association House of Chicago
buildOn
Camp of Dreams
Chicago Health Corps
Deloitte Mentor Program Participants
DeVry University, Addison Campus – Chicago Metro Leadership Program (CMLP)
Dominican University
Evergreen Park Chicago Top Teens of America
For Example
Gay for Good
Johnson College Prep
Joseph Sears School
Ladies of Virtue Mentoring Program
LISC Chicago AmeriCorps
Loyola University Chicago School of Law – Black Law Students Association
Miami University Student Delegation
Omicron Xi
One Good Deed Chicago
PCC Community Wellness Center AmeriCorps
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Skadden
SLDVS – UIC
SNC Trips
Star Quality SC
Starbucks
Teach for America
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
The iProject
Top Ladies of Distinction – EPCC
White Sox Volunteer Corps
Whitney Young High School National Honor Society
National University Sorority

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