Photos from MLK Challenge 2017

January 30, 2017

Appalachian State University students gave over 1,200 combined hours of local community service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and legacy during the MLK Challenge held Jan. 21. A total of 23 charitable organizations in the Boone area were served.

All Photos by Marie Freeman

Cleaning at F.A.R.M. Cafe, a nonprofit, pay-what-you-can community cafe.
More cleaning at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Scrubbing on hands and knees at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Cleaning the walls at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Cleaning the walls at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Kitchen cleaning and organization at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Scrubbing in and around shelves at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Cleaning all shelves and surfaces at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Cleaning all surfaces at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Organizing merchandise for F.A.R.M. Cafe
Dirty hands and hard work at Leola Community Garden. Students worked in a local community garden as part of the MLK Challenge, which is a day of service to the community.
Difficult work at the Leola Community Garden.
Students with tools of the trade at the Leola Community Garden.
Painting at the Welcome Home Thriftique, a not-for-profit, upscale thrift store supporting and operated by Hospitality House of Boone.
Putting up decorations at the Welcome Home Thriftique.
Helping to organize merchandise at the Welcome Home Thriftique.
Preparing merchandise for the Welcome Home Thriftique.
Sometimes you have to climb a ladder (Welcome Home Thriftique).
Volunteers freshen up a room at the Boone Veterans of Foreign Wars center.
This smiling group just completed painting in the Green Valley Elementary School Gymnasium during the MLK Challenge.
Trim work is part of painting at Green Valley Elementary School.
Excellent straight-line painting effort at Green Valley Elementary School.
Rolling the wall green at Green Valley Elementary.
More rolling at Green Valley.
More rolling at Green Valley.
Just about done at Green Valley Elementary School.