Will County African American Business Association organizes Day of Light service event

Joliet — Following the cancellation of Joliet’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in January, the African American Business Association of Will County has created a new event called the “Day of Light” to give volunteers a chance to serve their community. The Day of Light will be Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Nowell Park Fitness Center. Registered volunteers will meet at the fitness center for sign-in and breakfast before going out to seven different worksites throughout the city to assist on multiple service projects. “We already have about 200 volunteers signed up,” AABA President Chris Parker said. “That was our goal, and we are likely to exceed it. If we continue to get more volunteers before our deadline, we may add additional projects to the event, but we have to see how it goes.” Currently, volunteers are slated to work at Nowell Park creating care packages for the homeless, with the Joliet Housing Authority doing art projects with seniors and the National Hookup of Black Women – Joliet assisting in the group’s food pantry. “This is a collaboration of people who want to spread light. Given some of the difficult things that’ve happened in our community recently,...