MLK Day of Service👧🏻
January - all month
This MLK Day of Service ✨, It’s Your Birthday, Inc. invites individuals, families, teams, and community groups to help us create 100 no-sew fleece blankets 🧵🧶 for birthday kiddos living in homeless and domestic violence shelters.
Blankets are a meaningful part of our birthday experiences 🎂—offering warmth, comfort, and a reminder that someone took time to create something just for them 💛. You can participate on Monday, January 19, 2026, or anytime throughout January 📅 by gathering friends, coworkers, or family members to make blankets at your own location 🤝.
Once completed, blankets can be dropped off at Panera (Brentwood) on February 7 from 10–11am ⏰ or by arranging a time to meet us at the IYBI office in Belleville 📍.
To get started:
🎥 Watch our short How-To Blanket Video
🛍️ Purchase 1½–2 yards of child-friendly fleece
🎨 Be creative and have fun
This is a simple, hands-on way to honor Dr. King’s legacy through service 🌟 while helping ensure birthday kiddos feel comforted and remembered. Together, we can reach our goal of 100 blankets 🎯 and make birthdays warmer—literally and figuratively 💙.