National Day of Service - Martin Luther King Day

Yesterday was truly a great tribute to Dr. Mrtin Luther King. People all over the Country were helping their communities with service projects that each deemed worthwhile. In Washington, DC area there must have been at least 20 different organized events. We decided to go to the RFK Stadium to help put gift packages together to send to the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. LC Obama staff were helping there too! Guillermo and Jodi were there, as well as Ashley, Hannah, Gus and Erik. We were signed in, given a quick briefing on how things would work and we even did the Obama dance to fire us up! It was very well organized as was every aspect of the weekend. By group we would enter a line to receive a zip lock bag and then proceed through the line until our bag was full of handy comfort items, donated from many generous companies of which Target was a major contributor. Music kept the huge and nicely heated tent warm as close to 10,000 of our closest friends were busy at work. We wrote notes on thank you cards that would be included with the packages, just to personalize them a little bit. Several dignitaries stopped by to do their share of helping such as Vice-President Elect Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the Mayor of Washington, DC. It was a great day!