MLK Day of Service at Lehigh University
The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service is a day each year when individuals across the country perform acts of service to make communities more equitable and take action to create the Beloved Community of Dr. King’s dream.
In accordance with Lehigh University's commitment to inclusion & belonging, and in alignment with our Principles of our Equitable Community, the MLK Day of Service has been designated as an official university-sponsored program. The federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday and the MLK Day of Service will be on Monday January 18, 2027. This page will be updated with information and opportunities as the date approaches.
Thank you to all who joined the Day of Service in 2026. A sampling of photos is below.
Volunteers help sort and stock the Fountain Hill Food pantry shelves. Offices represented include Auxiliary Services for Housing, Dining and Conference Services, Human Resources and Athletics. Photo by Christa Neu.
Volunteers help sort and stock the Fountain Hill Food Pantry. Offices represented include Auxiliary Services for Housing, Dining and Conference Services, Human Resources and Athletics. Photo by Christa Neu.
Volunteers gather in the Gender, Leadership, and Empowerment Center Lounge to create bracelets as messages of strength to new parents, through the St. Luke's Nurse Family Partnership initiative. Photo by Christa Neu.
A sampling of bracelets made by volunteers as messages of strength to new parents, through the St. Luke's Nurse Family Partnership initiative. Photo by Christa Neu.
Natalie DeRosa, associate director of the Center for Cultural Engagement spent the day of service assisting families and acting as a Spanish interpreter as needed at the Allentown Ecumenical Food Bank. Photo provided by Natalie DeRosa.
Volunteers help organize clothing donations at the Broughal Middle School Family Center.
Volunteers from the Provost's Office pose in front of the store room at Life Church Macungie, which they spent the day organizing. Photo provided by Jessica Jackson
MLK Celebration Committee co-chair addresses attendees at the committee's annual breakfast event, held on 1/23/26 at Lamberton Hall.