GRF offices to close for holiday
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, all Golden Rain Foundation offices except Security will be closed Monday, Jan. 17.
The Leisure World Maintenance Department will be on call for emergencies only and may be reached by calling (562) 594-4754.
This year’s MLK holiday will mark the 27th anniversary of the national day of service. This day was established to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King, as well as to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.
National Day of Service
Americans celebrated the first official Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is the only federal holiday commemorating an African-American, on Jan. 20, 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service and marked the third Monday in January every year as the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service—a “Day On, Not a Day Off.”
Dr. King advocated for nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice as a means of lifting racial oppression. He created change with organized sit-ins, marches and peaceful demonstrations that highlighted issues of inequality.
A Baptist minister, Dr. King was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. On April 4, 1968, at the age of 39, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while standing on the balcony of his hotel. He had traveled there to lead a march in support of striking sanitation workers.
