MLK Weekend of Service 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend of Service
January 18th through 20th, 2025
Cradles To Crayons is proud to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy of service by offering several opportunities for volunteer engagement in support of our mission to help children living in poverty throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. Please be sure to scroll down to view all service opportunities!
Our MLK Day donation drive is extremely important in helping to fill our shelves with clothing, coats and shoes for distribution to thousands of children in the coming months. Please bring your donations to a collection site throughout the weekend, local opportunities listed below:
Community Sites Collecting Jan 20th, 11am – 2pm
Philadelphia County
Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory
4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Suite 142, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Evil Genius Brewing Company
1727 N Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Germantown Friends School
31 W Coulter Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144
St. Joseph’s Prep
1733 W Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Yards Brewing Company
500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
Bucks County
Bucks County Children’s Museum
500 Union Square Drive, New Hope, PA 18938
Yardley Police Dept.
56 S Main Street, Yardley, PA 19067
Chester County
Great Valley Community Organization
51 N Bacton Hill Road, Malvern, PA 19355
Longwood Gardens
1001 Longwood Road, Kennet Square, PA 19348
Delaware County
Haverford YMCA
891 N Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083
Radnor Zippy Shell
150 N Radnor Chester Road, Wayne, PA 19087
Rocky Run YMCA
1299 W Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063
Montgomery County
Ambler YMCA
1325 McKean Road, Ambler, PA 19002
Harcum College
750 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Main Line Reform Temple
410 Montgomery Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096
Spring Valley YMCA
19 W Linfield-Trappe Road, Royersford, PA 19468
St. Andrew’s Lutheran
2725 Egypt Road, Eagleville, PA 19403
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
721 Skippack Pike, Suite #100, Blue Bell, PA 19422
Willow Grove YMCA
3300 Davisville Road, Hatboro, PA 19040
You are also invited to participate in these MLK Day service activities with your family, company, school, or community group:
Help us make 10,000 cards
With MLK Day, we launch our 2025 Ready for Learning campaign. This year we will provide backpacks full of new school supplies to 75,000 local children. Each backpack needs a hand-made well-wish card tucked inside.
Our goal for MLK Day is to have 10,000 cards made and we need your help!
Quality=Dignity Donations
Thank you for helping local children feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued! Our shipping address will automatically appear at check out. Have other questions about our Wish List or want to set up a donation drive? Please email our Community Engagement team at communityphiladelphia@cradlestocrayons.org.
I Have a Dream Program
Help children in need feel safe & sound by supporting our MLK Weekend of Service program which provides everyday essentials to address children’s basic needs with quality & dignity, so they can reach for their dreams.
