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Atlanta, Georgia 30312
Be A Part of the 2027 MLK Jr., Beloved Community Day of Service
There are many ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and every act of service matters.
Whether you volunteer your time, host a service project, support with essential supplies, sponsor the service project, or help spread the word, your participation helps turn Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community into meaningful action.
Ways to Get Involved
Volunteer Your Time
Join us for hands-on service projects and help make a difference in communities across Atlanta and beyond. The King Center in partnership with National Park Services and Trees Atlanta, will come together to plant more than 100 trees to honor Dr. King’s legacy of service. Registration Required.
Registration link coming soon!
2. Host a Service Project in Your Community
Serve where you are. Make an impact where you live.
Participate from anywhere as part of The King Center’s National Community Service Project Initiative. Individuals, families, schools, businesses, faith communities, and organizations can organize a local service project that responds to the needs of their community and helps bring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the Beloved Community to life.
Your service project can be large or small. What matters is taking action and creating meaningful impact.
Ideas for Your Service Project
- Host a community cleanup or beautification project
- Assemble and deliver hygiene, snack, or essential-needs kits to local shelters, schools, or community organizations
- Organize a clothing, food, or hygiene donation drive
- Create encouragement cards for seniors, healthcare workers, or unhoused neighbors
- Partner with a local school, senior center, shelter, or nonprofit for a hands-on service activity
- Identify a need in your community and create a service project to address it
Register Your Service Project
Once you’ve planned your project, register it with The King Center and join communities across the country in honoring Dr. King’s legacy through service.
Whether you’re organizing a neighborhood cleanup, leading a donation drive, assembling care kits, or bringing your organization together for a volunteer activity, your project contributes to a collective movement of service and helps build the Beloved Community.
Dr. King taught us that “everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.”
Register your service project today and show how you are putting service into action in your community.
3. Sponsor the MLK Jr., Beloved Community Service Project
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, The King Center’s 2027 MLK Jr., Beloved Community Day of Service will bring over 1000 volunteers, community organizations, corporations, schools, and families together to turn Dr. King’s vision of a Beloved Community into action.
Through hands-on service projects addressing community needs, participants will give their time, talents, and resources to create meaningful impact across our communities.
Your sponsorship helps turn Dr. King’s vision into action by engaging more than 1,000 volunteers while providing the resources, supplies, community partnerships, and service experiences needed to make the day meaningful and impactful.
Together, we can serve with purpose, strengthen our communities, and build the Beloved Community one act of service at a time.
4. Support Through Our Amazon Wish List
Every kit, supply, and resource helps turn service into impact.
You can support the 2027 MLK Jr., Beloved Community Day of Service by purchasing needed supplies directly from The King Center’s Amazon Wish List. Your contribution helps provide volunteers with the materials they need to participate in hands-on service projects and support communities throughout the day.
Whether you purchase one item or several, your generosity helps us put love into action.
All items purchased through the Wish List will support the 2027 MLK Jr., Beloved Community Day of Service.
5. Help inspire others to serve
One of the most powerful ways to support the 2027 MLK Jr., Beloved Community Day of Service is to help us spread the word.
Every invitation can inspire another act of service and every act of service brings Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community to life.
Ways to spread the word:
- Share the event on social media and tag The King Center
- Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to participate
- Encourage your organization, school, or faith community to get involved
- Share the event with local community groups and networks
- Use your platform to highlight the importance of service and community
- Encourage others to volunteer, donate supplies, sponsor, or organize a service activity
Your voice can help turn one day of service into a movement of service.
For questions contact: volunteer@thekingcenter.org
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