MLK Day of Service brings out volunteers on South Side



Published January 15, 2018 at 8:43 p.m.
Updated January 15, 2018 at 8:43 p.m.

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YOUNGSTOWN — What prompted Anika Jacobs’ desire to busily improve the look of a home in the cold and get covered with burrs?

“Today, we’re following the teachings of Martin Luther King to serve. Everyone can work together,” explained Davis, a neighborhood organizer with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

Despite the 12-degree weather, Davis was undaunted and happy to join several dozen YNDC and other volunteers for today’s community-service work project in the city’s Cottage Grove neighborhood. In addition, the cleanup effort was part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service to honor the civil-rights leader’s life and legacy.

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