Calling Brooklyn Families! Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a hands-on morning of community service designed especially for young children and their grownups. Families will take part in creative, age-appropriate activities that directly support local organizations and community needs—including a special adaptive-equipment mini-build designed to help young children with mobility challenges, alongside food, book, and care-package projects. Join us for a meaningful morning as we turn Dr. King’s values into action together.

What to Expect

Children and adults will divide into small groups and rotate through a series of engaging service stations, each offering a unique way to contribute:

• Brighten Someone’s Day Create artwork and write cards to uplift seniors and families experiencing hardship.
• Support Neighbors Experiencing Food Insecurity Help assemble dried food kits and take part in a kid-friendly cooking activity that supports local meal-distribution efforts.
• Spread the Joy of Reading Sort and bundle children’s books to help increase access to literacy-rich homes across New York City.
• Build Something That Helps Others Take part in a simple, hands-on building activity where families help assemble pieces of a Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT), a supportive device that helps young children with mobility needs.
• Hands-On Justice Learning Participate in simple, meaningful learning moments that help kids connect with Dr. King’s vision of fairness, courage, and compassion.
• Special Program for Littles (great for kids under 5) Delight in music, sensory play, and a cozy storytime designed just for our youngest helpers with Tkiya Music (https://www.tkiya.org/) and PJ Library (https://newyork.pjlibrary.org/).

Join us to honor Dr. King's legacy through community, creativity, and collective action. Let's make a difference, together!

Who We Serve

This year’s projects will benefit local organizations working in areas such as:

• food access and nutrition support,
• literacy and early childhood education,
• elder support and community connection,
• immigrant and refugee services, and
• initiatives that create mobility, access, and independence for young children with disabilities.

Our final list of partner organizations will be shared as we get closer to the event.