WLN Super Heroes of Service for MLK Day
Thank you to the 57 Women's Leadership Network (WLN) members and their children who spent the morning of January 15 volunteering for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service!
Volunteers sorted and packed food at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, created little free libraries for our education pilot project, and assembled literacy kits that included the locally authored book, “Superheroes of Service: An Immigrant Story”. The author, Ulysse Toussaint, even joined us for the event!
Ulysse wrote “Superheroes of Service: An Immigrant Story”, after experiencing the overwhelming love, kindness, compassion and support that was shown after the 2010 earthquake that ravaged his home country of Haiti. The mission of the book is to promote service learning and civic mindedness, fight bullying and encourage creative thinking. This is not just a book, this is an inspiration to make service a lifestyle.
WLN believes strongly in making our community better through philanthropy and volunteerism. We are thrilled to provide the opportunity for parents to volunteer alongside their children, showing the next generation how to use their superpowers to help others.