Volunteers honor Martin Luther King Jr. with community service in Las Vegas — PHOTOS
Dozens of volunteers showed up at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by doing what he dedicated his life to: public service.

Maci Nation, 10, helps Jett Modafferi, 1, put garbage in a bag alongside Emi Nation, 13, and Mia Modafferi, 5, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Kai Allen, 4, runs on a path at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Jeremiah Luff, 10, from left, Jazzmine Luff, Joana Luff, 8, and Tristen Allen, 7, walk a path at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Jazzmine Luff, directs her family to look for trash at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Jeremiah Luff, 10, holds hands with Kai Allen, 4, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Tristen Allen, 7, walks a path looking for garbage at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Tristen Allen, 7, reads a sign to Kai Allen, 4, from left, Jazzmine Luff, Jona Luff, 8, Jeremiah Luff, 10, and Janice Luff, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Janice Luff, from left, Jona Luff, 8, Tristen Allen, 7, and Jazzmine Luff admire an Arizona ash tree at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Mia Modafferi, 5, collects twigs at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Emi Nation, 13, helps Jett Modafferi, 1, look for garbage at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Remy Nation, from left, Maci Nation, 10, and Mia Modafferi, 5, look for garbage at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Maci Nation, 10, looks for garbage at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Emi Nation, 13, helps Jett Modafferi, 1, touch a tree at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Emi Nation, 13, holds Jett Modafferi, 1, as Mia Modafferi, 5, shows off garbage she found next to Maci Nation, 10, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Emi Nation, 13, holds Jett Modafferi, 1, as Mia Modafferi, 5, and Maci Nation, 10, look for garbage at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Emi Nation, 13, holds up Jett Modafferi, 1, to touch a tree at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Ranger Randy Denter, from left, helps Preston Gibbons, 11, and Wyatt Sheehan, 10, plant a tree to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Ranger Randy Denter, passes out garbage bags for volunteers to collect garbage to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in Blue Diamond. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Brian Locke helps Ethan Clark, 9, plant a tree as Mikaela Clark and Blake Clark watch at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Brian Locke plants a tree as Mikaela Clark, from left, Blake Clark, and Ethan Clark, 9, watch at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Blake Clark and Ethan Clark, 9, shovel dirt as Nevaeh Martinez, 9, watches at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Blue Diamond. Volunteers collected garbage and planted trees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life of public service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Dozens of volunteers showed up at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by doing what he dedicated his life to: public service.
Families and cub scout groups planted trees, lined trails with stones and picked up garbage.
Park rangers were close by to teach and assist the kids.
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