ServiceFest honors MLK legacy in Youngstown
Tuesday, YSU held its ServiceFest, which was rescheduled from a January postponement.
The event was a new event to let students do something for local charities. Some were making blankets and care packets of hygiene items were put together, too. There were even snuffle mats being assembled for pets.
The idea was to show good works by creating useful items for those in need.
'I think sometimes we need a spark. And, you know, we take advantage of the week that honors Dr King, and we put something into motion so that maybe people get like a spark in their mind and want to keep doing service projects. So that's why,' said Kathy Leeper, associate director of Kilcawley Center.
ServiceFest was three hours long and included speakers who shared their thoughts on Dr. King, while students were participating in the service projects.
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