Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School students are invited to participate in the Second Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. – Noon.  Make it a do on, not a day off.  Students are invited to gather in the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School cafeteria at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, where they will choose among the sponsored community service projects for the morning.  All MVMMS students are expected to perform community service each school year; this activity will help fulfill the community service requirement.  The Melrose Human Rights Commission in collaboration with City of Melrose government, local community agencies, and groups is sponsoring this Day of Service and Potluck dinner on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend.  The Day of Service, on the Saturday of the weekend, includes service projects located throughout the city.  This is in addition to the community-wide potluck dinner and speaker on Monday evening that we have sponsored for many years.  This year’s Day of Service will be Saturday, January 14, 2012, and the dinner will be held on Monday, January 16, 2012.

Some of the projects planned are meal packaging for Stop Hunger Now, Valentine’s for Melrose senior citizens, writing letters to United States service men and women, and a food drive for A Servant’s Heart Food Pantry.  All participants will reconvene at the Middle School at Noon for a closing ceremony and a thank-you lunch of pizza.  Please spread the word among your local family and friends.  This is a community-wide event and we are hoping a broad cross-section of residents will participate.  For more information, contact Ms. Beth Horne at 978-465-1871 or Suzy Groden at suzygroden@comcast.net.

    Posted by Principal Brow - 01/10/2012