Volunteering/Day of Service

Jan. 19, 2026
Various locations, Antioch

For Antioch’s MLK Day of Service, volunteers will restore the Antioch Skatepark, tackling projects from graffiti removals to bench restorations, while other volunteers will lead the way for an art-filled senior day of engagement at the community center. The day also highlights the Alameda Unified School District Poetry Contest, where students grade 3 through 12 from across the district share their poems under the theme of “Keeping The Dream Alive In Our Community.”

Jan. 19 2026
Lodestar School, Oakland

The 16th annual MLK Day of Service brings together community members for a range of volunteer projects organized in collaboration with Higher Ground, ROOTS Community Health and Lighthouse Community Public Schools. Activities include a mural painting, greenway beautifications and follower installations, as well as cleanup and restoration efforts at Sobrante Park, MLK Shoreline, and San Leandro Creek.

MLK Day volunteers at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Santa Rosa. (Community Equity Foundation)

Jan. 19, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Santa Rosa

Volunteers can help clean up Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the South Park area of Santa Rosa, hosted by Community Baptist Church and the Community Equity Foundation. Picking up litter, spreading mulch, weeding and general polishing-up are the order of the day. Tools and snacks provided.

Jan. 19, 2026
Various locations

Volunteers can sign up for groundskeeping at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove or for shoreline cleanup at either Oakport Staging Area or Arrowhead Marsh.

Jan. 19, 2026
951 O’Connor St., East Palo Alto

Canopy and Ravenswood City School District have partnered together to plant trees at the space that will become East Palo Alto’s largest infant-toddler childcare center. Happening simultaneously will be an MLK park cleanup, which is followed by a barbecue lunch and resource fair. Free shuttles are available for volunteers to travel between sites.

Jan. 19, 2026
Rainbow Park, San Jose

San Jose nonprofit Our City Forest is hosting a tree planting volunteer opportunity for their day of service. Volunteers will learn the basics of tree planting from digging holes to mulching soil.