Event: Martin Luther King Jr. Day SPEAK OUT!

Contact: Emily at 865-5030 or programs@rhvc.org.

Come express yourself the day before Martin Luther King Day! Write a speech, poem, song or story that reflects King’s life and message and share it with the community. Or read someone else’s work if you’d rather. How has King’s story inspired you? How does his legacy relate to your life? What’s your dream? Listen, speak, sign up to serve with an open mind and heart!

The event will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Refreshments will be served.

Immediate needs

• Douglas County Homeless Point-In-Time needs more than 60 volunteers to assist in taking a census of our homeless population on Jan. 28. There will be two shifts, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Training is provided, and there are multiple ways to help. If available to volunteer, contact Paige at volunteer@rhvc.org.

• The Martin Luther King Program at Brandon Woods needs mainly youth volunteers to help plan and perform a program about the history and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. This will be a fun and fulfilling experience that will help to educate, entertain and inspire the senior community in Lawrence, as well as bring the youth and elderly communities together. If interested in volunteering call Emily at 865-5030 or e-mail programs@rhvc.org.

• Jubilee Café is in need of volunteers while KU students are on break. Anyone available to serve or cook breakfast for Lawrence’s homeless population is asked to come to First United Methodist Church, 946 Vt., on Tuesday or Friday mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Call 864-4073 or e-mail jubilee@ku.edu for more information.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Tracie Massey or Paige Blair at the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at (785) 865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org. Opportunities are also online at www.rhvc.org.