--- title: MLK Day of Service - A celebration in Photos description: The 2017 MLK Day of Service was a success, with FCS collaborating with Overbrook Education Center and Families Forward, engaging students, and families. image: https://blog.friendscentral.org/hubfs/MLK%20Day%20of%20Service.jpg --- - [About Us](http://friendscentral.org/about) - [Admissions](http://friendscentral.org/admission) - [Academics](https://friendscentral.org/academics) - [Athletics](http://friendscentral.org/page.cfm?p=501) - [Arts](https://friendscentral.org/arts) - [Campus Life](https://friendscentral.org/campus-life) - [Request Info](https://info.friendscentral.org/free-guide#_ga=2.50017889.679910470.1731592311-467942295.1720540655) [![FRIENDS' CENTRAL SCHOOL](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hubfs/FriendsCentral%20-Mar2018/Images/text-wide.png) ![FRIENDS' CENTRAL SCHOOL](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hubfs/FriendsCentral%20-Mar2018/Images/text-narrow.png)](https://www.friendscentral.org/) Outstanding Quaker Education Since 1845 | Nursery - 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This year, over 300 students, parents, and alumni/ae participated in MLK Day, making it a true “Day On” for the Friends’ Central community. --- ![orginal not compressed_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS (6)](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/orginal%20not%20compressed_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(6).jpg?width=423&name=orginal%20not%20compressed_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(6).jpg)Lower School students in grades 1-3 created 18 reversible fleece stroller blankets to benefit parents and children at [Families Forward Philadelphia](http://familiesforwardphilly.org/). ![_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS (8)](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(8).jpg?width=592&name=_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(8).jpg)         ![ 2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS (1).jpeg](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/MLK/%202017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(1).jpeg?width=200&name=%202017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(1).jpeg)    ![IMG_3374.jpg](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/MLK/IMG_3374.jpg?width=282&name=IMG_3374.jpg)     Grade 4 and 5 children sorted cleaning supplies, donated by FCS families, and packed them together inside a container - each displaying a special quote by Dr. King. ![IMG_3377](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/IMG_3377.jpg?width=413&name=IMG_3377.jpg) ![_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS (14)](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(14).jpg?width=632&name=_2017-01-16-MLK_Day_of_Service_Assembly_LS%20(14).jpg)  In total, Lower School students assembled 67 care packages of cleaning and home products to help families transitioning out of homelessness. ![MS-MLK-Day-2017_041](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/MS-MLK-Day-2017_041.jpg?width=479&height=362&name=MS-MLK-Day-2017_041.jpg)  Middle School families came together to pack 100 toiletry packs and 600 bagged lunches for the [Bethesda Project](https://www.bethesdaproject.org/), a shelter for the chronically homeless. ![IMG_5528](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/IMG_5528.jpg?width=475&name=IMG_5528.jpg) Our youngest students in Nursery-Kindergarten decorated 120 peace rocks to create a labyrinth leading to a children's lending library at Families Forward Philadelphia. ![20170116_114027 (1)](https://blog.friendscentral.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Photos/20170116_114027%20(1).jpg?width=310&name=20170116_114027%20(1).jpg) For [Overbrook Educational Center](http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/o/overbrookec), Upper School students helped paint a mural, worked on math posters designed in our Makerspace, helped clean their library, and created banners that celebrate Dr. King's legacy. --- Though the activities that our students participated in varied, the impact of these service projects did not. Each child who donated time to help another in need added to the legacy of Dr. King, who encouraged all of us to look inside ourselves and help to make the world a more equitable, hopeful, and fair place for all. 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