To celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr National Holiday the First Family, along with 10 Cabinet Secretaries and senior Administration officials, participated in community service projects throughout Washington, DC. According to the White House Press Office, the day was led by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the King Center. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service was an opportunity for all Americans to come together to help meet the needs of their communities and make an ongoing commitment to service throughout the year. This year’s projects included delivering meals and refurbishing schools to reading to children, and promoting nonviolence to name a few.
President and Mrs Obama also hosted a small reception and conversation with a group of African American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
The First Couple also stopped by a Red Cross Disaster Relief Center to thank workers for their efforts in wake of the Haiti earthquake.
