each year on the holiday set aside to
honor dr. Martin Luther King's legacy
the Murray State community comes
together for a day of service students
take on the challenge of helping others
by giving back of their time from
painting to cleaning from collecting
food to a walk to remember these
projects remind students of the
importance of serving others as his
custom each Martin Luther King jr. day
begins with a community breakfast in his
honor you must be the change that you
want to see in the world I like that because it
challenges me it's easy to talk about
change out there but the hardest place
many times the change is right here dr.
Martin Luther King jr. once stated in a
sermon it's one of my favorite quotes
life's most persistent and urgent
question is what are you doing for
others on this year's day of service
students built beds for sleep in
heavenly peace a nonprofit organization
that makes sure every child has a place
to sleep
volunteers took part in every step of
constructing the beds other nonprofit
organizations benefited from the Day of
Service as students helped United Way
organizations by collecting sorting and
distributing office supplies clothing
and food so this is one day we try to
replenish those those consumable items
that agencies have so that more monies
more donations more effort can go
directly to the clients themselves
making us all part of an important
community of friends and people Martin
Luther King Junior's legacy lives on
through the service of the students
faculty and staff of Murray State
University
