MLK Day of Service 2023
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weekend of Purpose
Monday, January 16th, 2023
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 on Jan 16 between 10:00am – 1:00pm:
Find your local drop-off below!
Ambler YMCA
1325 McKean Rd, Ambler, PA 19002
Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory
4700 Wissahickon Ave. Suite 142, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Exyn Technologies
2118 Washington Ave. Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Goddard Systems, LLC
1016 W Ninth St. Suite 140, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Main Line Reform Temple
410 Montgomery Ave, Wynnewood, PA 19096
National Liberty Museum
321 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Rocky Run YMCA
1299 W Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
2725 Egypt Rd, Eagleville, PA 19403
(Hosted by Girl Scout Troop 7288)
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
1733 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Willow Grove YMCA
3300 Davisville Rd, Hatboro, PA 19040
Yardley Police Department
56 S Main St, Yardley, PA 19067
Zippy Shell Wayne/Radnor
150 N Radnor Chester Road, Wayne, PA 19087
(Located in rear of Radnor Financial Center)
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 2023 Ready for Learning campaign. This year we will provide backpacks full of new school supplies to 60,000 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!
“I have a dream” packs
Help children in need feel safe & sound by supporting our MLK “I have a dream” program which provides bedtime basics (PJ’s, bedtime books & toothbrush/paste) plus additional essentials to address children’s basic needs with quality & dignity, so they can reach for their dreams.
Quality=Dignity donations
Engage your family in a donation scavenger hunt and quality-check your items at home before donating. When you inspect, sort, and label your items, we are able to get them to a child in need more quickly.
We appreciate these schools and organizations who are supporting our MLK Day efforts:
| Ambler YMCA |
| Astron Carter |
| Bala Cywnyd Middle School |
| Beaumont Elementary |
| Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Fox & Roach Realtors |
| Brandywine Wallace Elementary School |
| Central Bucks East |
| Church farm school |
| Club La Maison |
| Comcast |
| Delaware County Christian |
| Downingtown East |
| EN Peirce Middle School |
| Ewing Cole |
| Exyn Technologies |
| Fern Hill |
| French International School |
| Gayman Elementary School |
| Germantown Academy |
| Germantown Friends School |
| Goddard Systems, LLC |
| Greenlane Marketing |
| Gwynedd Mercy Academy Alumnae |
| Hartford Funds |
| Hillside School |
| Holy Child Academy Drexel Hill |
| Holy Child at Rosemont |
| Independence Blue Cross |
| Kimberton Waldorf School |
| KPMG |
| Main Line Reform Temple |
| Makefield Elementary School |
| Malvern Prep |
| Mary Mother of Redeemer |
| Media Elementary |
| Media Elementary |
| National Liberty Museum |
| New Eagle Elementary |
| PECO |
| Penn Charter |
| Penn Valley |
| Pickering Valley |
| Plymouth Meeting Friends School |
| Radnor School District |
| Rocky Run YMCA |
| Saint Joseph’s Prep |
| Savran Benson |
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy |
| St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church |
| St. Joseph’s Preparatory School |
| Sts Simon and Jude |
| Trevose Fire Company |
| Villa Maria Academy |
| Willow Grove YMCA |
| Yardley Police Department |