What To Do: Many area events honoring MLK jr this weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. This is the weekend that America pays tribute to Civil Rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Weekend will be celebrated on January 15 at the Eastern State Penitentiary (2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-236-3300,www.easternstate.org) from 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Visitors will be able to commemorate Dr. Martin...

Coatesville to reenact Selma march to honor MLK Jr.

In a citywide tribute on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, January 15, the City of Coatesville will host a day of public events, headlined by a peaceful reenactment of the historic Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965). The public is invited to participate in the march, assembling at 8:30 a.m. at the corner of 1st and Lincoln Highway (the “Flats”). Coatesville City Council President Linda...

Commissioners dedicate bridge in honor or MLK Jr.

The Chester County Commissioners joined members of the Phoenixville Area Social Concerns Committee, representatives from area churches, Phoenixville Borough Council, businesses, non-profits, schools and universities in a ceremonial walk across the newly-named Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge. PHOENIXVILLE — The Chester County Commissioners undertook a “first” this week when they formally...

MLK CommUNITY Breakfast, Jan. 18

The Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. KENNETT SQUARE —  The 14th Annual Martin Luther King Junior CommUNITY Breakfast will be held at the Red Clay Room, Dalmatian Street, Kennett Square on Monday, January 19, 2014 at 8:00 AM.  “The mission of the Martin Luther King CommUNITY Breakfast is to promote peace and harmony throughout our community,” according to Jerry Poe, Chairman of the organizing committee. ...

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District hosts annual MLK Day of Service

Chadds Ford Elementary School students help children in need By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times Malina Margolus (left) helps Chadds Ford Elementary Kindergartener Ava Robbins (right) craft a no-sew blanket to be donated to children in need. CHADDS FORD – As we celebrate the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., students in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district are reflecting...

Elementary school students give back for MLK Day of Service

Pocopson Elementary participates in Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s annual ‘Day on, not a day off’ program By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times Pocopson Elementary Second grader, Kaitlyn Wahl, carefully works on drawing a butterfly to be added to one of the quilts sent to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. POCOPSON –...

Students reach out for Day of Service

Unionville, Kennett students work on projects to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com More than 100 volunteers turned out to help sort and pack food donations for the Kennett Ford Cupboard, part of a wide-range of local activities in a Day of Service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was truly, “a day on, not a day off.” Across the area, students,...

Unionville, Kennett to team up on MLK food drive

KENNETT SQUARE  —   A massive food collection for the benefit of the Kennett Area Community Service’s Food Cupboard is planned by the Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast Committee.  Committee organizers are reaching out for food donations and seek volunteers to assist with distribution and collection of the boxes and to organize the donations. Collection boxes will be placed in local...

Unionville students, parents, staff take a day ‘On’ for MLK

Volunteers team up to improve their communities to honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Sewing machines are lined up, one after another, as volunteers complete hand-made quilts for local childrens hospitals, Monday, at Pocopson Elementary School as part of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther...