Celebrating MLK

More than 100 Shades Cahaba Elementary School students, parents and teachers celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day through community service.

Music from local artist Jason Bailey filled the Cahaba Room as the cafeteria transformed into a workshop of care and love for those in need. The smiles made it obvious the group had fun as they made bracelets for Pathways, placemats for the Ronald McDonald House and Hope Place, meal bags for various Birmingham shelters, cards for the military, and blankets for First Light shelter.

Another group grabbed rakes and gloves and headed down the street to the local cemetery to clean up.

At the end of the service activities, everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to Dr. King and ate cupcakes to celebrate.

This was Shades Cahaba’s sixth year to coordinate their event with Hands On Birmingham’s MLK Day of Service.