FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Three organizations at the University of Arkansas are partnering to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through a service project called Blankets for Warmth. The Sam M. Walton College of Business, the department of intercollegiate athletics and the Multicutural Center will be collecting blankets from Jan. 21 to 30 to distribute toSeven Hills Homeless Shelter, Salvation Army,Highland Towers andAbused Women and Children’s Shelter.

Barbara Lofton, director of the Office of Diversity Programs in the Walton College, said, “This service project is one method of transforming the ideas and principles of Dr. King into helping others in the community. We will accept used and new blankets of all sizes and shapes as well as monetary donation to purchase blankets.” 

Make checks to Barbara Lofton.

The project will kick off from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, on the third floor lobby of the Business Building with refreshments provided.

For more information, contact Barbara Lofton, 479-575-4557, blofton@walton.uark.edu; Veronikha Salazar, assistant director, Multicultural Center, 479-575-2064, vxs04@uark.edu; or Marvin Caston, assistant athletic director, intercollegiate athletics, 479-575-6536, mcaston@uark.edu.

Blanket or monetary donations may be dropped off Jan. 21-30 at Business Building 343, Willard J. Walker Hall 310, Arkansas Union 404, or the Bogle Athletic Center.