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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service

  • Keep Durham Beautiful 2011 Fay Street Durham, NC, 27704 United States (map)

Join Keep Durham Beautiful and our partners to help beautify Durham in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We will have several events on MLK Day and throughout the week. Address and meeting instructions will be sent by email for the location you select.

KDB will provide all tools for projects. KDB and/or partner staff will meet volunteers at each location.

Most of our project sites are full for this weekend. We have recently added the following, (please register below):

  • Southside Litter Cleanup on 1/15 from 10AM-noon - meet at the corner of South St and Lakewood Ave across from BP gas station. Parking available on Blackwell St.

  • Cigarette Litter Cleanup on 1/15 from 1PM-3PM at Durham Station at 515 W. Pettigrew St. in downtown Durham. Parking at corner of S. Duke St. and W. Chapel Hill St.

please consider joining projects from our partners

If you find our opportunities for MLK Day of Service are full, please consider joining up with these great organizations hosting service opportunities:

  • Merrick-Moore Community is having a garden workday on 1/15 from 9am to 11am. Register here!

  • Trees for the Triangle is having a tree planting at the Taylor Family YMCA in Cary on 1/15 from 12pm to 2pm. Register here!

  • Urban Community Agronomics is hosting a farm workday at the Catawba Trail Farm on Saturday, Jan 13th AND Monday, Jan 15th. Learn more here.

Earlier Event: January 11
Litter Leaders Level 2 Training
Later Event: January 18
Winter Tree ID Walk