Obama Calls For Inauguration Day Of Service
NY Times:
Barack Obama is calling for a national day of service to take place on Jan. 19, the federal holiday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and the day preceding Mr. Obama's inauguration as president.
Mr. Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are planning to roll up their sleeves themselves that day and perform some as-yet-unspecified service work in Washington, D.C.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is putting the wheels for the project in motion with calls and e-mails to national service organizations. The committee is reaching out to organizations of all sizes and ideologies, including faith-based groups, unions and businesses as well as political groups -- from Moveon.org on the left to Focus on the Family on the right -- to motivate their members to participate.
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First Posted: 12-17-08 11:46 AM | Updated: 01-17-09 05:12 AM