Instead of binge-watching TV or cleaning house, dozens of local residents who had Monday off work and school participated in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
They collected shoes, crayons and cereal. They made cards for kids being bullied. They donated gifts, snacks and socks. They delivered sweet treats to civil servants.
Begun by a small group of Flossmoor residents in 2015, the local incarnation of this national program has bloomed…


