Volunteers across the North Olympic Peninsula are doing good for others in service dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. today.
Today’s holiday commemorating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, is in honor of his Jan. 15 birthday.
While volunteers are working, most government agencies will be closed. All city and county government offices will be closed across the Peninsula today.
Here is a list of today’s activities, many of which are hosted by AmeriCorps.
Port Angeles
• A free community dinner will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at First United Methodist and Congregational Church, 110 E. Seventh St.
Representatives of Olympic Community Action Programs, Serenity House of Clallam County, United Way of Clallam County, First Step Family Support Center and Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will be available to answer questions and provide information.
• A project to help clean up a Serenity House building is planned between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Volunteers will meet at the Tempest Building, 535 E. First St. No more volunteers are needed.
• A paper quilt made of drawings by elementary students will be created at Roosevelt Elementary, 106 Monroe Road, from noon to 4 p.m.
The drawings are of students’ dreams to benefit the community. The finished quilts will be hung around town.
The event is free and open to the public.
Sequim
• The North Olympic Land Trust and Sequim High School Environmental Club will work on a watershed restoration project on Siebert Creek between Port Angeles and Sequim during two work sessions from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Participants will meet at the end of Siebert Creek Road, which is off U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim.
Volunteers should bring work gloves, drinking water and rain gear, as well as lunch for those working both sessions.
Port Townsend
• Volunteers will visit Discovery View Retirement Community, 1051 Hancock St., for singing and creating art projects from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The event is recommended for volunteers 7 years and older, said Jacques Livingston, director of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA AmeriCorps.
• Volunteers will help remove European beach grass — an invasive species — from Point Wilson from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• A community dinner with live music is planned for all volunteers in Port Townsend and Chimacum from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Undertown Coffee and Wine Bar, 211 Taylor St., in Port Townsend.
• The Washington Conservation Corps will hold its annual Martin Luther King Day Volunteer Event at Fort Flager State Park, 10541 Flagler Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Volunteers can work on a fire pit replacement, trail maintenance, beach cleanup and a dock removal.
The public is welcome. Food and refreshments will be provided.
Chimacum
• Paint and renovation of the Olympic Peninsula Thrift Shoppe at 10632 Rhody Drive and improving the Pea Patch Community Garden in Chimacum will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., AmeriCorps said.
Volunteers will build raised beds in the community garden and sort, tag and hang items.
Forks
• A school supply drive for middle school students in Forks will run from noon to 3 p.m. at the Community Center, 91 Maple Ave.
The drive, hosted by AmeriCorps, also will include arts and crafts for children.
