VGCC to host Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration on Jan. 13

Vance-Granville Community College will hold a special program celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County.

A new feature has been added to the annual event, in which four VGCC students will deliver speeches entitled, “What the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Means to Me.” The students will also receive cash prizes for being selected as the winners of a contest to write the best speech on the topic.

Inspirational music will be provided by a choir consisting of VGCC students, faculty and staff.

Admission is free, and the public is invited. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item, which will be donated to help area senior citizens. Youth involved in VGCC’s Workforce Investment Act program will be collecting the food as a service project. Every attendee who brings a food item will be entered into a drawing for a door prize.

For more information, contact Sylvia Jones , director of VGCC’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) department, at (252) 738-3297.