FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
December 18, 2003
Contact:  Adrienne Elrod
(202) 225-3772
 

Pryor, Lincoln and Ross Announce Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Grants for Texarkana
 
(Washington, D.C.) Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, along with Representative Mike Ross (D-4) announced today that Texarkana will receive $10,000 in grants to encourage and support service activities in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Pryor, Lincoln and Ross said grant money will help support two service projects in rural southern Arkansas.  The City of Texarkana has received $4,000 to build a playground at New Testament Christian Academy in Fulton, AR.  The playground is intended to provide a safe place for children before, during and after school hours.  Volunteers have started to build the playground, but more volunteers are needed, they said.  

Texarkana has also received a $6,000 grant to help cover costs of 75 volunteers who will package and deliver hygiene baskets to 175 low-income households on February 14.  Individuals who would like to donate items may bring them to the College Hill Neighborhood Center, located at 1102 Ferguson Street until February 3.  

Pryor, Lincoln and Ross said that Texarkana will also host a prayer breakfast, youth rally, commemorative service and black tie event in honor of King’s birthday.  

Pryor, Lincoln and Ross said the grants are a result of previous Congressional legislation passed in 1994 making the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday a day for encouragement and participation in service activities around the United States.  


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