Volunteers Spend King Day Beautifying Blue Heron Nature Preserve
For these volunteers, the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday is a day to serve and better the community.
You wouldn't find them on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in bed enjoying the extra hours of sleep or lounging around the house in their pajamas watching reality show or crime drama marathons. No, about 20 volunteers spent their Monday morning and afternoon pushing wheelbarrows full of large rocks, building a fence with their hands, laying mulch, getting dirty and working hard at Buckhead's Blue Heron Nature Preserve. The volunteers of different races and ages as young as early 20s to late 60 worked side by side to help beautify the tucked-away preserve, even in temperatures as low as 44 degrees, according to The Weather Channel. The volunteers were among thousands who served their Atlanta communities by participating in various …
