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Volunteers do landscaping work at Roosevelt High School in north Portland Monday as part of the
annual public service campaigns observed on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
MLK Day of Service
event is in the spirit o f MLK be­
cause it’s all about service, com ­
As one of several events held in State Kate Brown attended the open­ munity building and com m unity
honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. ing rally in the school gymnasium. action through positive forces.
“It’s a chance to give back to our
“It’s a great way to meet people
holiday on Monday, thousands of
volunteers throughout the Portland from other schools,” said volunteer community and meet people who
area gathered on the Roosevelt High Sidney Davie, a student at Warner want to do that,” he said.
Makai Gibson-Rivers, a 2003 high
School in North Portland to paint and Pacific College, who helped her team
school
graduate of Roosevelt, agreed.
work on improvements to the cam­ build a new gravel path on a hill
The event is a way to give back to
outside the high school throughout
pus.
show there are people willing to
Volunteers from all levels of edu­ the cold day.
A ccording to volunteer M at­ help serve a purpose, he said. “I get
cation throughout the city attended
the day of service, where Mayor thew Speer, a graduate student at to help bring my old school up to
Sam Adams, District Attorney Mike Portland State U niversity and a their excellent standards by helping
Schrunk and Oregon Secretary of student teacher at Roosevelt, the make their campus look beautiful.”
Thousands of volunteers give back
Diverse Group Plants Trees along 1-205
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State Rep. Michael Dembrow of
northeast Portland and a diverse
group of volunteers from nearby
neighborhoods planted 165 trees
Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. on the King national holi­
day.
The plantings were along the I-
205 M u lti-U se Path near the
Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center. It
followed a planting of 100 trees in
the same vicinity last October to
honor the Parkrose community’s
centennial.
Representatives from Friends of
Trees, the Oregon Department of
Transportation, and the planting
event’s sponsor, REI Portland, wel­
comed the volunteers.
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Daniel Delgado (right) of the Friends of Trees Leadership Corps,
formed in partnership with the Portland Opportunities Industrializa­
tion Center, assists State Rep. Michael Dembrow of northeast
Portland at Monday's planting along the 1-205 Multi-Use Path.