FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2007

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Lauren Sanchez or Maegan Gudridge
sanchezl@mailbox.sc.edu or gudridge@sc.edu
803-777-4172  

Students ‘Share the Dream’ of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

University of South Carolina students will celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of community service, a poster contest and an exhibit of photographs, writings and videos.

The MLK Day of Service, “Share the Dream,” will be held Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. Student, faculty and staff volunteers will gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Russell House University Union second-floor lobby for an opening ceremony and service assignments. Volunteers then will ride buses to about a dozen local sites, where they will participate in service projects before returning to campus at 2:30 p.m.

Entries to the poster contest, which is open to students, student organizations and University 101 classes, will reflect King’s legacy and the Day of Service theme, “Share the Dream.” All entries will be displayed in the Russell House second-floor lobby Jan. 14 – 21, 2008. The winning poster will be announced during the Day of Service opening ceremony on Jan. 21, 2008, and the poster will remain on display until Jan. 25. Students who created the winning poster will win a pizza party for up to 40 people.

For more information on or to register for the Day of Service and the poster contest, go to www.sa.sc.edu/communityservice/mlk.htm.

Students can learn more about King at an exhibit of books, photographs, posters, writings and videos. The exhibit will be in the second-floor Russell House lobby and will be on display Jan. 14 – 25, 2008.

The Day of Service, poster contest and exhibit are coordinated by Community Service Programs and Carolina Service Council (CSC), a student organization.   

Junior Kathy Niu, director of CSC’s MLK committee, said that members of her organization hope that these activities will show students the value of community service.  

“As always, we plan to continue the tradition of service and celebration by providing volunteers with meaningful experiences that will encourage them to make a lifelong commitment to community service,” she said.

For more information, e-mail small2@mailbox.sc.edu or kathyniu@gmail.com.