Martin Luther King Jr. Volunteer Service Project
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Through Awareness and Service
LWTech’s Workforce Development Office, United Way of King County, the RISE Center, and the LWTech Fitness program are coming together for a Volunteer Service Project! Following
a campus-wide personal care products drive, donated care items will be assembled into
give away care bags and delivered to partnering community organizations.
Postponed Due to Inclement Weather
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
East Mall
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
11605 132nd Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98034
Schedule of Activities
10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Location TBD
Volunteer Check-in and t-shirt pick-up (Main East Mall)
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Financial Wellness Workshop - All volunteers will attend - Location (E144)
11 a.m. to 12;15 p.m.
Organize donated personal care items by category and assemble care bags that will be donated to community partnering organizations
12;15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Load care bags into delivery vehicles - Location (TBD)
12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Light lunch and refreshments for registered volunteers
Sign Up
We are looking for as many volunteers as possible to make our project ROCK! Please sign up through United Way to volunteer!
About the Volunteer Service Project
LWTech plans to implement a multifaceted, volunteer service project that honors Dr.
King’s legacy and his fight against poverty and inequality.
This project will incorporate Dr. King’s legacy to fight against poverty and inequality for individuals facing one or more of the barriers listed below, that low-income, marginalized populations face on a daily basis.
Poverty and hunger in America: Even in the world’s greatest food-producing nation, children and adults face poverty and hunger in every county across America. In 2016:
- 41 million people struggle with hunger in the United States, including 13 million children. In 2015, 5.4 million seniors struggled to afford enough to eat.
- A household that is food insecure has limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life.
- Households with children were more likely to be food insecure than those without children
- 59% of food-insecure households participated in at least one of the major federal food assistance program — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps); the National School Lunch Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (often called WIC)