MLK Day

---

2nd Annual Essential Needs Drive and MLK Day Poverty Action March

Make a difference in a local child or family’s life by donating essential needs like diapers, baby food, canned & dried goods and new items of clothing during the 2nd Annual Essential Needs Drive now through MLK Day on January 21st. Then, join us for a free breakfast at Bellingham High School at 10 am followed by the Poverty Action March 11 am on MLK Day.

Donate your new, non-perishable item during business hours at any of the following drop off sites:

Whatcom Volunteer Center, 725 N. State St.

Whatcom Peace & Justice Center, 1220 Bay St.

Western Washington University, Wilson 481

Whatcom Community College, Kulshan Hall

Bellingham Technical College, Career Services 121

Community Food Co-op 1220 N. Forest

Community Food Co-op 315 Westerly Road

*NEW – Village Books 1200 11th St., Fairhaven

*NEW - Birchwood Presbyterian Church, 400 Meadowbrook Court

*NEW - Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 1700 Harris

Like us on Facebook

Volunteer at the breakfast

Tangled Webs Conference website

15th Annual MLK Day conference poster

Why an Essential Needs Drive and Poverty Action March?

In 1968, only months before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference planned a Poor People’s March on Washington D.C. to bring attention to economic and social disparities for Americans living in poverty. (more here)

In this spirit, local organizations, churches and schools work together towards a simple, but practical goal: collect essential needs for our local providers whose supplies are depleted by the holiday season. See photos from the 2012 march here.