TODAY: Grow Involved® on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2009

NEW YORK, NY (01/19/2009)(readMedia)-- WHO: Children for Children (CFC), the Citi Foundation, and "I Have A Dream" Foundation will be partnering to hold a series of youth volunteer events on Martin Luther King Day (January 19, 2009). .

WHAT: More than 20 hands-on service projects will be completed at each of Children for Children's two New York City hubs, as well as at 12 "I Have A Dream" sites across the United States. Service projects will include creating warm scarves for the elderly, making toiletry care kits for the homeless, awareness building for malaria prevention, and mural painting - all in honor of Dr. King and his legacy of service. Thousands of NYC's young people and their families have made this annual Martin Luther King Day service event an important tradition in their lives. "We really believe in what Dr. King and his message really meant," reported Daquan Daly, a CFC volunteer at last year's event. "Doing community service really keeps the dream going."

WHEN: Monday, January 19th, 2009 from 10:00am to 2:00pm

WHERE: Two locations:

- Martin Luther King Jr. High School (122 Amsterdam Ave at 65th St)

- PS 57 James Weldon Johnson (176 East 115th Street between 3rd and Lexington Aves)

WHY: "Children for Children invites all youth to volunteer on Martin Luther King Day, in honor of Dr. King's 80th birthday and in recognition of President-Elect Barack Obama's call to service.. We encourage all young people to become leaders in their own communities," said Maggie Jones, Executive Director of Children for Children. "This year, we join President Elect Barack Obama in his call to action, honoring MLK Day as a national day of volunteering."

INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE

** This event will take place rain or shine **

PRESS CONTACT: MLK High school- Sara Garlick, (347) 452-0048 sara@childrenforchildren.org

PS 57- Kienan Lacey, (917) 216-1016 kienan@childrenforchildren.org