By Bonnie Culverhouse

Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service is observed the third Monday of January, but some young people in Minden feel like it could be observed every day.

Ranging in ages from 9 to 17 several boys and girls showed up at Project Reclaim on a national holiday Monday to serve in Dr. King’s name, and all seemed happy to volunteer.

“We needed some work done inside our building,” said Project Reclaim Executive Director Ron Anderson. “We could’ve brought in some other organization to do it, but I thought, why not have the young people who use this building do it, and they were willing to come out on this cold morning.”

The kids organized files and took care of some light cleaning, but they also watched educational videos about Martin Luther King Jr. and, while they said they already knew the legacy of Dr. King, they said Anderson was teaching them more background.