Kaiser Permanente Northwest employee volunteers painted and sorted clothes at Longview Community House, a center for the homeless, on MLK Day.

Longview, Wash. ~ Today, 30 Kaiser Permanente Northwest employee volunteers, along with friends and family, celebrated MLK Days of Service by cleaning and sorting items for patients at Longview Community House, a center for the homeless in Longview, Wash. 

Today's project will focus on prepping and painting inside an old Park Royal building that will be used for Continued Care for The Community House, as well as assembling storage space for clothing. The facility has 26 residents’ rooms, several bathrooms and few common areas. 

Longview Community House is one of 45 service sites where more than 1,400 Kaiser Permanente Northwest employees are volunteering this year, giving back to Northwest communities in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.