CWA Joins Obama's Call for National Day of Service

Monday, Jan. 19, the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is also a National Day of Service that marks Dr. King's commitment to building a nation that cares for and respects all people.

President-elect Barack Obama has called for the National Day of Service to be the start of "an ongoing commitment by Americans to their communities." Both Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will participate in events in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, the day before the Presidential Inauguration.

CWA is joining this effort and is encouraging all locals to participate. Our project will be to collect food for community food banks which are facing a critical shortage of food as the economy worsens and need grows.

This CWA action will begin Jan. 12. On January 19, locals will deliver the collected food to the food bank they selected. 

CWA also has agreed to work with AT&T in 30 cities to collect food. Drives will begin Jan. 12-19 in six cities with the greatest need: Sacramento, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Hartford, Conn., and Dallas, and will continue Jan. 19 through Jan. 27 in the remaining cities.

The first 500 locals to sign up to participate will receive an inaugural commemorative gift from CWA. The locals participating will also be posted on the special website set up by the Obama team.

For a signup sheet, go to ga.cwa-union.org, "What's Hot." Please email your information to ssplitt@cwa-union.org or fax to 202-434-1377.