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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Obama Foundation volunteerism on MLK Day makes comeback after COVID hiatus

Volunteers Tasha (from left), Aaliya and Brailyn prepare tomato seed starters during a day of giving event by the Obama Foundation and the Honeycomb Project in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Southside YMCA on Monday. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

It may have been cold and drizzly outside Monday, but it was warm and colorful inside the South Side YMCA, where dozens of volunteers came together for a day of service on the holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Music pumped through the gym as members of the community got to work preparing meals, making birthday cards for seniors, planting seeds and packaging self-care kits for people in need.

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