Martin Luther King Day of Service

Children participate in making a "Chain of Memories" for the Holocaust Museum at Edgewood Middle School, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children participate in making a "Chain of Memories" for the Holocaust Museum at Edgewood Middle School, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Girls Scouts from Chicagoland and NW Indiana, and also Highland Park Girls Scout Troop 43259, helped make dog and cat toys for local animal shelters, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Girls Scouts from Chicagoland and NW Indiana, and also Highland Park Girls Scout Troop 43259, helped make dog and cat toys for local animal shelters, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Girls Scouts from Chicagoland and NW Indiana, and also Highland Park Girls Scout Troop 43259, helped make dog and cat toys for local animal shelters, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children and families make friendship bracelets to benefit Children's Home and Aid, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children and families make friendship bracelets to benefit Children's Home and Aid, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children and families make friendship bracelets to benefit Children's Home and Aid, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children and families make friendship bracelets to benefit Children's Home and Aid, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Mia Vaughn, 11, of Highland Park (pink), bikes to power a record player, For Working Bikes of Chicago, providing old bikes to new homes, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Mia Vaughn, 11, of Highland Park (pink), bikes to power a record player, For Working Bikes of Chicago, providing old bikes to new homes, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families decorate kindness rocks during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families decorate kindness rocks during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families decorate kindness rocks during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Naomi Vasher, 3, of Vernon Hills, decorates a kindness rock, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The Bahá'ís Community of Highland Park provided hats to decorate to celebrate empowering individuals, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The Bahá'ís Community of Highland Park provided hats to decorate to celebrate empowering individuals, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Joshua Crowley 9 of Glenview (center) with his two brothers; Julian, 8 (left), and Jason, 4 (right), show off their self empowerment Bahá'ís Community of Highland Park decorated hats during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Children decorate Book Bags benefiting the North Shore Health Clinic, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Fallon Anderson, 10 (left) and Kendell Phillips 8 (right), both of Highland Park, decorate Book Bags that will benefit the North Shore Health Clinic, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Fallon Anderson, 10 (left) and Kendell Phillips 8 (right), both of Highland Park, decorate Book Bags that will benefit the North Shore Health Clinic, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Otis Smiththenry'Myers, 7, of Highland Park, decorates a "You Got This" card for Northwood YESS/Kicking Kancer, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Otis Smiththenry'Myers, 7, of Highland Park, decorates a "You Got This" card for Northwood YESS/Kicking Kancer, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families decorate cards for children at Shriners Hospital during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families write wishful thinking, hopes, and or ways to better the world, and post them onto a poster board dedicated to MLK, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Susan Cheyney, 6, fo Northbrook, decorates a Peace Sign made on a paper plate, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Susan Cheyney, 6, fo Northbrook, decorates a Peace Sign made on a paper plate, during the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Huge turnout of friends and families came out for the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Huge turnout of friends and families came out for the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Huge turnout of friends and families came out for the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Huge turnout of friends and families came out for the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 15, 2018 in Highland Park.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)