{"id":105014,"date":"2026-01-19T20:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:38:08","slug":"kids-from-bronx-youth-empowerment-program-take-part-in-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-of-service-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105014\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids from Bronx Youth Empowerment Program take part in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000144535.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"martin luther king\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Several members of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program took part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Elementary school, middle school and high school kids from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064570819039\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/a> provided valuable resources to community members as part of the organization\u2019s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/northbronxsda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North Bronx SDA Church<\/a>, located at 3743 Bronxwood Ave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-138937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000144623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Several community members were on hand for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event. Photo courtesy of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/p>\n<p>Kids from the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program gave out coats, shoes, food and clothing to those in need who came to the church.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-138938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000144595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Clothes, coats, shoes and food were given out to Bronx community members in need. Photo courtesy of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the coats, shoes, food and clothing, the youths from the program also shared inspirational messages from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They also discussed what his legacy means to them and other youths living in today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-138939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000144618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Youths from the program talked about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how his words continue to inspire others today. Photo courtesy of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx Youth Empowerment Program organized this event in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareeducationproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Healthcare Education Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-138940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000144614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Photo courtesy of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program<\/p>\n<p>This charitable effort was made possible thanks in large part to sponsorships from <a href=\"https:\/\/ariasdrycleaner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arias Cleaners<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icnarelief.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ICNA Relief<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/jacobi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYC Health + Hospitals\/Jacobi\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SUVBronx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stand Up to Violence<\/a> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several members of the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program took part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,47701,47702,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-105014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-youth-empowerment-program","tag-dr-martin-luther-king-day-of-service","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}