WATCH | A conversation with Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director of MLK Center
The MLK Community Center fights hunger, promotes health, educates young and school-aged kids, supports families, and engages seniors all across Newport County, Rhode Island.
Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (MLK Center), joined What’s Up Newp at noon on Tuesday, March 30.
We chatted about all that’s happening, new, and to do at the MLK Center, as well as previewed 401Gives, Rhode Island’s state-wide giving day that’s coming up on Thursday, April 1. Visit www.401gives.org to support the MLK Center and/or your favorite nonprofit on April 1.
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