HandsOn Broward's Day of Service honors Martin Luther King Jr.

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  Volunteers from DeVry University's Miramar campus gather for a group picture during a break from landscaping at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Approximately 450 people from various schools, businesses and agencies took part in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at the school. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 included art and writing activities for youngsters. Their interpretations of King's "I have a dream" are displayed on a board in the cafeteria of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Fort Lauderdale. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Miami Dade College Medical Campus nursing students Suzette Reid, left, of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, and Marcia Lyons of Pembroke Pines tend to new landscaping during a HandsOn Broward local service project at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Fort Lauderdale. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Matthew Brown, 12, of Fort Lauderdale, far right, and Deon Wimberly, 14, of Miramar, second from right, put the finishing touches on landscaping around a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside King's namesake elementary school in Fort Lauderdale. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Louis Louissaint, a kindergarten teacher at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Fort Lauderdale, paints the mural he designed of King, during a day of service to honor King on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Louissaint said that taking part in the volunteer effort to beautify the school was "part of the process of instilling more pride in the students, and we can move forward with King's legacy." MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Jahve Lovett, 11, left, and Kyanna Henley, 13, both of Fort Lauderdale, push a cart with bags of leaves and weeds during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Fort Lauderdale. The girls were among eight volunteers from the Emerging Young Leaders group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, a service sorority. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Heather Haynes of Coral Springs snaps a photo of her son, Carter Haynes, 3, and friend Kevin White, 9, of Coral Springs, against a new mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an exterior wall of King's namesake elementary school in Fort Lauderdale. Haynes and the youngsters were volunteers with Jack and Jill Fort Lauderdale, which Haynes describes as a mother's group of African-American moms, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary second-grader Amya Holmes, 7, stands near a character-building art project she took part in Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at her school. The event included art and writing activities for youngsters, and landscaping, garden planting and mural painting. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff