ALLIANCE – Despite frigid temperatures that followed a weekend snowstorm, more than 500 volunteers participated in the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service at the University of Mount Union on Jan. 14.

There were a total of 21 locations across Alliance and surrounding communities with 24 service projects available to the volunteers. Hayley Maher of Greenville volunteered during the three-hour community service event.

The University of Mount Union, founded in 1846, is a four-year, private institution grounded in the liberal arts tradition. The university is located in Alliance, 80 miles of both Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Mount Union offers an array of broad-based and career-specific undergraduate and graduate programs to its 2,300 students. For more information, visit mountunion.edu.