Jasmine Austin (left), 14, of Lake Villa helps fold bed sheets with her mother, Keshia, as her sister, Vanessa,16, carries a box of linens and helping sort items with Sameia Charity of Beach Park at the Lake County Community Action Partnership in Zion. The group was volunteering during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Allendale School mental health specialist Freda Lay of Chicago sorts linens for the Lake County Community Action Partnership in Zion while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Medi

Carolyn Cunningham of Zion sorts linens for the Lake County Community Action Partnership in Zion while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Youth Conservation Corp member Cortez Wilson, 24, of North Chicago, carries boxes of donations at the Salvation Army store in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago High School NJROTC cadet Anthony Rodriguez, 15, of North Chicago loads a rack at the Salvation Army in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Sameia Charity of Beach Park sorts linens for the Lake County Community Action Partnership in Zion while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Medi

Youth Conservation Corp members Lisa Santiago (left), 24, of Waukegan and Nejeri Reynolds, 24, of Zion, sort and organize clothing at the Salvation Army in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago High School NJROTC cadets X'Zevia Conner (left), 14, and Anali Sanchez, 16, both of North Chicago move and sort donations at the Salvation Army in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago High School NJROTC cadet Anali Sanchez, 16, of North Chicago helps unload donations at the Salvation Army in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago High School NJROTC cadet Elizabeth Castro, 14, of North Chicago moves racks at the Salvation Army in Gurnee while volunteering on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media