Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Young volunteers choose to give back to community

January 19, 2012

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?'” While some are planning to rest this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, more than 1,000 college students will answer King’s call and come together to serve Portland youth.

These millennials are bucking stereotypes about their generation, not spending the day sleeping late or shopping but instead joining other citizens, young and old, to meet community needs in tough economic times.