For the 13th consecutive year, Highland Elementary School faculty, students and their families held a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day — this year observing the holiday on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, by assembling care packages and hosting a Zumba-thon.
In December, students began collecting donations for the care packages, including socks, underwear, diapers and wipes, which will benefit “On Gracie’s Wings,” a non-profit organization established to help foster children and families through donated items and a scholarship fund. After assembling the care packages, students and families participated in a Zumba-thon to raise awareness for the nonprofit.
Highland’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is officially registered on the United Way’s MLK Day of Service website, focused on the holiday being a “day on, rather than just another day off.”