ChiGivesBack Hosts MLK Jr. Day of Service in Partnership with the 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy, ChiGivesBack hosted a Day of Service in partnership with the 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee and Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School on Chicago’s Southside. A group of 121 volunteers safely gathered, after undergoing the Chicago Public School COVID-19 screening, to help paint multiple murals across the school. The volunteers also reorganized the library and other rooms in the school. As a part of this project, CGB also donated a refrigerator to the school to be utilized by the special learning and needs department, to help teach students life management skills associated with cooking and managing a household.
ChiGivesBack partnered with Paint the City, a local collective of artists with a “mission is to create inspiring works of art that support the equality of all people and show that BLACK LIVES MATTER.” We were joined by other artists across the city who support the mission of Paint the City. Our day of service concluded with us delivering warm meals to citizens suffering from homelessness who currently reside at the Franciscan Outreach House located on the Westside of Chicago.
Special thank you to everyone who made this event possible including PepsiCo, Ace Hardware of Hyde Park, Sherwin Williams Paint of Hyde Park, Milhouse Foundation, Bailey Beautiful Bites Catering, Sip & Savor Chicago, Sip & Savor Rosenwald, Bureau Bar and Dimos Pizza.
Thank you to everyone who supported our Day of Service.
