MLK Day Service Projects Kick Off in Narberth, Bala Cynwyd

Public service has in recent years become a larger component of the Martin Luther King Day holiday, observed today.

At Narberth's borough government headquarters, students and staff will be spending the morning collecting donated winter coats, writing Valentine's Day cards for seniors and assembling meals for the Narberth Community Food Bank, among other activities.

at the Barmouth trailhead of the from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and all are welcome. The work site is at the east end of Levering Mill Road, just past Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd. Volunteers did and 2010, too.

Check back later for Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch's photographic coverage of the service projects. And if you're doing public service Monday elsewhere, tell us where and when in the comments.