THIS HISTORIC HOLIDAY. YES, OF COURSE. TODAY IS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. AND IN HONOR OF THE LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE PARTICIPATE IN ACTS OF SERVICE TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND HERE AT HOME, THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF THE TRIAD IS NOW TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER. THIS IS BY HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVER WEEK OF SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. LET’S HEAR MORE DETAILS. THIS. JOINING US NOW IS BARBIE PATTERSON. SHE IS THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF THE TRIADS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS. MORNING, BARBIE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. YOU’RE VERY WELCOME. SO LET’S FIRST, TALK ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED EXPAND FROM JUST A DAY OF SERVICE TO ENTIRE WEEK. NOW. YES. SO WE JUST YESTERDAY HAD OUR 14TH ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE. AND THEN, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS OUR FIRST EVER WEEK OF SERVICE. AND THE REASON WE DECIDED TO DO THAT IS EVERY YEAR WE DO HAVE PEOPLE ASKING WE LOVE COMING TO THE DAY OF SERVICE. BUT ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO DO SERVICE PROJECTS WHAT WE CALL ON LOCATION AT A NONPROFIT? AND SO THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO KIND OF ANSWER THAT CALL. SO OPENED IT UP TO OUR MEMBER NONPROFITS TO CREATE A SERVICE PROJECT, THEIR LOCATION. WE KNOW THEY ALWAYS NEED HELP. THEY ALWAYS HAVE PROJECTS AVAILABLE. SO THIS CAME OUT OF THAT THOSE ASKS AND THOSE NEEDS NEEDS. WHILE BARBIE THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. AND SO CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A RUNDOWN EACH OF THOSE FIVE REMAINING SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK MAYBE SO PEOPLE CAN PLAN AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THEY GET OUT THERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MLK DRIVE CLEAN UP HAPPENING FAIRY TALE FARMS, WHICH A GREAT RESCUE ORGANIZATION FOR KIND OF NONTRADITIONAL PETS, COMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS. THEY ARE WORKING ON STAINING AN ACCESS RAMP THAT THEY THEY WORK ON BUILDING AND MAKING PEOPLE’S HOUSES SAFER WARMER AND DRIER ALSO HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. SO THEY WILL BE STANDING A RAMP. AND THEY’RE ALSO BE A COLLECTION DRIVE FOR AGING ADULTS AT PACE ADULT DAY CENTER. SO PEOPLE CAN DO THAT THEIR OWN WORK LOCATION OR AT THEIR SCHOOL. SO THAT’S AVAILABLE AS. WELL. THREE OF THOSE WILL BE HAPPENING TODAY. SO PROBABLY CAN STILL IF THEY WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND GET GOING AND DO THOSE TODAY, THEY CAN. THE MLK DRIVE CLEAN UP TALE FARMS AND CREATIVE AGING NETWORK. THOSE ARE STILL GOING ON TODAY. CREATIVE AGING NETWORK. THEY HAVE GOING ON ALL WEEK. THEY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. SO THOSE ARE GOING ON. IT’S A REALLY WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECT THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR. AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS JUST TO GO TO OUR WHICH IS VOLUNTEER CENTER TRY OUT DAWG FORWARD MLK AND THEN AN ORANGE BUTTON NEAR THE TOP THAT SAYS ON LOCATION PROJECTS IF THEY CLICK ON ALL THOSE PROJECTS WILL COME UP AND THEY CAN JUST THEY CAN CLICK ON VOLUNTEERS AN INDIVIDUAL OR SIGN UP AS A GROUP. INCREDIBLE. AND I’M SURE I’M GLAD YOU THE WEBSITE BECAUSE I’M SURE PEOPLE WERE JOTTING DOWN THOSE NOTES TOO. SO GOOD PLACE. GO AND GET THAT WHOLE RECAP. SO WHAT YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM THESE OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK? YEAH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT DAY OF SERVICE AND OUR WEEK OF SERVICE IS OFTEN REALLY KIND OF INSPIRES PEOPLE TO REALLY KIND OF GET MOVING ON THEIR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS. AND SO IT’S ONE DAY TO KIND OF GO OUT AND AND GET MOVING AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER WORK. BUT THEN WE HOPE THAT IT REALLY INSPIRES TO CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING WHOLE REST OF THE YEAR. AND PEOPLE GO OUT AND THEY DO THIS WITH AS GROUP, THEY’LL GO OUT AND DO IT WITH THEIR COWORKERS. THAT THEY’LL GO OUT AND DO IT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND THEN WE HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO DO THIS ALL YEAR LONG. SO THEY THEN REALLY BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS NONPROFIT THAT THEY GO OUT AND. THEY MAY GO, OH, WE LOVE BEING AT FAIRY TALE FARM, BEING AROUND ALL THESE ANIMALS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE GO THERE, OR THEY MAY GO. WE JUST LIKE WORK AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO OUR WEBSITE AND SEE ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEY DO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ONCE A MONTH, ALL YEAR LONG. SO IT’S JUST IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT FEELING REWARDING FEELING OF MAKING AN IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY THEN CAN CONTINUE ON WITH. I LOVE THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THAT BARBIE AND SPREAD GOOD WORD OF GIVING BACK CAN IGNITE LIFELONG CHANGE DAY LIKE TODAY AND THIS WEEK. THANK BARBIE FOR JOINING US. AND FOR FOLKS AT HOME, YOU NEED A FULL LIST OF THOSE EVENTS OR TO REGISTER. YOU CAN HEAD TO THE VOLUNTEER CENTER’S WEBSITE YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN