Hamilton College will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with a number of campus and community events in January.
On Monday, Jan. 15, from 8 a.m. to noon, 20 Hamilton employees will participate in Employee Community Service Day at various sites around greater Utica. The college has given release time to employees who are participating. Volunteers will work at the Habitat for Humanity house in Whitesboro, JCTOD in Utica, and Hope House. The Habitat project will involve some building work, clean-up, painting and finish work. JCTOD will be some of the same (painting, clean-up) and also some assistance with a database and office work. Hope House will have volunteers helping to prepare the lunch meal, and serving it at the beginning. A few pairs of volunteers will help out through the Your Neighbors, Inc. organization.
Hamilton's 9th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Day will take place on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Hamilton students and employees will perform volunteer work at various sites throughout Greater Utica, including Loretto, Red Cross – Utica, Emmaus House, Thea Bowman and the Boys & Girls Club. Some 20 children from the Neighborhood Center will come to the Hamilton campus to participate in sledding, crafts and outdoor activities with Hamilton student volunteers.
On Sunday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m., a special Worship Service will be held in Hamilton's Chapel.
