Subject: You Are Invited: MLK Morning of Service and Learning
From: "Sidwell Friends School" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:33:13 +0000

Dear Parents,

Please join us as we honor the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at

The Fourth Annual Sidwell Friends MLK Day of Service and Learning

Monday, January 21, 2019

Wisconsin Avenue Campus

8:30 a.m. - noon

This year's theme:  Racial Disparities in Health Care

Breakfast will be offered at 8:30 a.m. outside the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. In the spirit of shared service and learning, we will gather in the meeting room at 9:00 a.m. for a query-based discussion to explore this year's theme, followed by a number of community service activities. A short period of reflection in the meeting room will follow at 11:30 a.m.

For the most updated information, to RSVP or to donate supplies, click here.

Community service activities will include activities for our youngest students, grandparents, and discussions with our speakers and community organizers as well. Activities will include:

Casserole Bake – assemble casseroles for Central Union Mission, Martha's Table and Bethesda Cares, community outreach programs that help to place people living unsheltered into emergency and permanent housing and help to ease the lives of those living on the streets.

Hygiene kits – assemble kits for S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat, a local organization dedicated to meeting the immediate daily needs of those they serve with food, clothing, and healthcare).

First aid kits – assemble kits for Mary's Center, which provides health care, family literacy and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet.

Cold weather kits – assemble kits for Mary's Center

Greeting cards – make encouraging cards for young patients at Children's Hospital

Placemats – make cheerful, decorative placemats for patients at Children's Inn, NIH

Decorate infant onesies for Mary's Center

Health & wellness collection for older women– provide needed donations for residents of N Street Village. N Street Village helps and empowers homeless and low-income women in Washington DC to claim their highest quality of life.

Child/Infant supplies – support Martha's Table with donations that provide families in need with clothing and baby supplies.

For the most updated information, to RSVP or to donate supplies, click here.

Sidwell Friends School

3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20016 • 202-537-8100Unsubscribe

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