Inauguration 2009: a Day of Community Service
January 19, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Record numbers of people are poised to turn out today to participate in community-service projects, thanks to a push by President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, to encourage volunteering to commemorate Martin Luther King Day, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
We’ll provide updates later today on how those volunteer events went, as well as highlights of other events to mark community service during the presidential inauguration on a special section of our Web site.
Plus, read about a foundation effort to send 24 Chicago youngsters to the inauguration. And read about the trip of the Boys Chorus and the Girls Chorus in San Francisco, both of which were invited to perform in tomorrow’s inaugural parade.
