MLK’s legacy to be celebrated at events throughout Southland
An event at South Suburban College commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is among events and activities planned Monday in the south and southwest suburbs.
The event at the college, 15800 State St., South Holland, is at 10 a.m. in the performing arts center in collaboration with Thornton Township High School District 205.
The program includes speakers from the community, student performances from South Suburban College and District 205, and refreshments. Marking the 95th birthday of Dr. King, the event will revolve around the theme of “Letting Freedom Ring from Stone Mountain, 60 Years Later,” according to the college.
Homewood and Homewood Elementary District 153 are again collaborating in a Day of Service event that will collect needed items for three organizations.
The kickoff event will be from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Homewood’s
Village Hall, 2020 Chestnut Road, and donations will continue to be collected there through the end of January as well as at Churchill School, 1300 W. 190th St., James Hart, 18220 Morgan St., Willow School, 1804 Willow Road, and at the District 153 administration center, 18205 Aberdeen St.
District 153 started the initiative in 2022, and this is Homewood’s second year of participating with the district.
Donations will benefit Anew, which assists victims of domestic violence, as well as the South
Suburban Humane Society and Respond Now, which helps families in need with food, health services and housing.
Information about items being sought by each organization is at the village’s website, www.village. homewood.il.us/.
Flossmoor Community Church is distributing 110 Kindness Kits to residents of Bria Nursing Home in Chicago Heights and will assemble them from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday at the church,
2218 Hutchison Road. The church will host a free concert of classical music at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Monetary donations will be accepted at the concert to benefit Open Access, which supplies food to children in the south suburbs facing food insecurity, and donations will also benefit community closets in Richton Park and South Holland that supply clothing to those in need.
Flossmoor is also putting the word out for volunteers for Day of Service events Monday in that suburb and elsewhere.
From 9 a.m. to noon at Village Hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road, volunteers are sought to package and deliver donations with Plan 4 Success. From 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at Village Hall, volunteers are needed to crochet or knit water filter covers for Water by Women.
From 9 to 10:30 a.m., volunteers will gather at Serena Hills Elementary School, 255 Pleasant Drive,
Chicago Heights, to create Valentines for residents of long-term care facilities.
Volunteers will work from 10 a.m. to noon at Heather Hill Elementary, 1439 Lawrence Crescent, Flossmoor, to make lunches for South Suburban PADS, which works to prevent homelessness, and to create tie blankets for Project Kennedy.
Volunteers will meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Flossmoor Hills Elementary, 3721 Beech St., Flossmoor, to create cards supporting veterans living at the Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno.
The Chicago Southland Green Committee for PCs for People will collect new, used and broken electronics from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Park Place at Flossmoor Park, 2523 Flossmoor Road, Flossmoor.
Items accepted include desktop and laptop computers, televisions, computer monitors, printers, phones and computer accessories such as keypads.