M ARTIN L UTHER K ING J R .
January 14, 2015
2015 special edition
Keith Thomajan has a welcome out for volunteers.
Sign Up for
Community
Service Projects
Volunteers
honor King’s
call to action
Hands On Greater Portland,
the volunteer arm of United Way
of the Columbia-Willamette, is
coordinating 60 volunteer ser-
vice projects as part of its Martin
Luther King, Jr. Weekend of
Service, to be held Jan. 15
through the MLK holiday on Jan.
19.
Now in its eighth year, the
effort is part of a nationwide day
of service designed to mobilize
tens of thousands of caring indi-
viduals around the nation to vol-
unteer in service to others and
celebrate the life and legacy of
the late Dr. King.
Last January, more than 1,000
volunteers in the four-county
Portland area, answered the call
by participating through 46 sepa-
rate volunteer projects across
the region totaling 3,900 hours of
volunteer service.
“The great Martin Luther King
Jr. once said, ‘Everybody can be
great because anybody can
serve,’” said Keith Thomajan,
United Way’s chief executive
officer for the Columbia-
Willamette chapter.
“We know that our region’s
best work comes up and out of
the communities we serve.
That’s why, on this special week-
end of service, we are inviting
every resident in our region to
join us – to link arms with us – to
come together to accelerate posi-
tive change in our four counties.
We hope you’ll join us and help
us realize Dr. King’s dream,”
Thomajan said.
Volunteer projects taking
place during the Martin Luther
King Weekend of Service in-
clude restoration and refur-
bishing projects at schools and
community centers, sorting
food and clothing, serving
meals, home repairs, planting
trees, and more.
Registration for the MLK
Weekend of Service is now open.
Available volunteer opportuni-
ties and more information can be
viewed at unitedway-pdx.org/
mlk-weekend.
Love is a force
capable of trans-
forming an
enemy into
a friend.
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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