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LAYC AmeriCorps members, youth and their families reported to duty on Martin Luther King Jr. National Service Day, pulling ivy off trees in Rock Creek Park and participating in beautification projects at the Brown Education Campus.
A group of AmeriCorps members helped install library shelves at the elementary-middle school in northeast Washington, where President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia also served in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
President Obama remarked,"At a time when the country has been going through some difficult economic times, for us to be able to come together as a community, people from all different walks of life, and make sure that we're giving back, that's ultimately what makes us the strongest, most extraordinary country on earth."
In northwest Washington, 18 LAYC AmeriCorps members worked on trees covered with English ivy, which threatens trees, in the Normanstone section of Rock Creek Park. The event drew over 100 memebrs of the communtiy.
In Maryland, LAYC-Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers' AmeriCorps and Leaders Like Me members put on a day of celebration open to the public including an educational piece abotu MLK Jr., poetry, dances, spoken word, and a special performance by the University of Maryland’s Iota Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Students from William Wirt Middle School and Buck Lodge Middle School took part in the performances. The radio station, La Nueva provided an in-kind DJ to host the event. After the showcase, youth and their families played video games, made arts and craft, and a posed in the photo booth. 
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