Citizens will "Remember!  Celebrate!  Act!  A Day On, Not A Day Off."  This theme as put forth by 
the King Center "reiterates the importance of remembering Dr. King's work and legacy, celebrating his birthday as a national holiday, and acting on his teachings and principles of nonviolence and human rights.  It also serves as a reminder that the holiday is a day on for community service initiatives and programs promoting interracial cooperation, not just a day off from work or school."  

Wanting to help with this year's activities
 City of Sanford
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebration Steering Committee, Inc.
25th Annual Commemorative Celebration 
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. devoted his life to advancing equality, social justice, and opportunity for all. He once said "Life's most urgent and persistent question is: what are you doing for others?"  During his lifetime, Dr. King set big goals, focused relentlessly on results, and achieved historic change.  To meet today's challenges, we need a new generation of citizens to take action to solve problems in their communities.          

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Steering Committee began in 1987 when former City of Sanford Mayor Bettye D. Smith and the then Sanford City Commissioners.  The first chairperson was Dr. Lurlene M. Sweeting.  The first observance of the King Holiday was a success due to the efforts of people who volunteered to lead this observance of the National King Holiday.  

Wanting to help with this year's activities
Address: 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Steering Committee, Inc.
P. O. Box 500
Sanford, FL  32772

Phone:  (407) 496-3173 Melvin Philpot
             (407) 322-2509 Kenneth Bentley
             (407) 416-5376 Linda Medlock
Email:  melvin.philpot@pgnmail.com
            kenneth_bentley@scps.k12.fl.us
            medlockg@att.net
 
 
 
We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in process. Ultimately you can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.