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On a crisp Monday morning this past January 16th, more than than a thousand volunteers 
woke up early to head over to Los Feliz Elementary School for a memorable day of service to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
After an energetic zumba warm-up led by Wil (of WilDanceFit), the volunteers gathered together listen to a few brief remarks from dignitaries like Mayor Villaraigosa, Secretary of Commerce Bryson, Councilmembers Tom LaBonge and Eric Garcetti, and NFL Legend Rosey Grier. Then Superman (aka Brandon Routh) kicked off the day with our very own Superwoman (aka Por
sha Pearson, L.A. Works Director of Operations).
And the volunteers were off! Painting the entire building (150 GALLONS of paint donated by Glidden), building new garden boxes, affixing 2,000 tennis balls to the feet of all the kids chairs (prevent squeaking and classroom distractions), putting together a beautiful new tile mosaic and building the school its first literacy garden (an area for the kids to read in a shaded oasis after lunch).
Community members and school families also took part in a workshop on Dr. King’s ideals 
led by Willy Siegel-Leventhal and a discussion on preparing their kids for college, led by iServe volunteers.
We couldn’t have commemorated Dr. King’s memory in such a significant and successful way without the help and dedication of the volunteers, volunteer leaders, skilled muralists and landscape architects, and sponsors.
Check out the photos from the day by our very own volunteer extraordinaire, Rob Naples, HERE.
And a great article in the Neon Tommy, HERE.
And it was nice to make the news, ABC HERE.
* you may have also heard us on the radio (KPCC, etc.) and other news outlets. Give us 
a shout if you find anymore stories about L.A. Works’ MLK Day event!
Sponsors for the day included:
The Home Depot
Target
Accenture
Kaiser Permanente
Northrop Grumman
And a special thanks to:
Glidden
Starbucks
Wil Dance Fit
Hot 92.3
Grayling
iServe
LA Conservation Corps: Clean and Green Team
Shepard Fairey
CBeyond
