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This Saturday, Americans across the country are getting together to give back to their communities, kicking off Inauguration Weekend with a National Day of Service.

They're Democrats, Republicans, independents -- individuals, and members of community organizations, churches, and nonprofits.

We all share a commitment to making our country a better place, and we all know that it starts right at home in our neighborhoods.

There are a few service events in or around Cambridge on the 19th-- can you pitch in for a few hours?

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The National Day of Service is an inaugural tradition Michelle and I started in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to encourage Americans to follow his example by taking responsibility for each other and our communities.

He taught us that change begins at the grassroots and it begins with service -- a lesson I carry with me each and every day as president.

So let's get out there and get to work.

RSVP for an event near you today:

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Barack

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This Saturday, Michelle and I are heading out to events as part of the National Day of Service -- and I hope you'll join us.

It's a day to put politics aside, give back to our communities, and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by following his example. If we want to bring about change, it has to start with us, person by person and block by block.

Volunteers have organized thousands of events in all 50 states -- look up one near you, RSVP, and we'll see you out there this Saturday:

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I wanted service to be a big part of my inauguration because it's played a huge role in my life.

As a young community organizer starting out in Chicago, I learned that the best ideas, the ones that succeed, take hold at the grassroots. No one needs to wait on politicians or Washington: Change happens when individuals take responsibility for one another and their communities.

At the Day of Service in 2009, I visited with military families and wounded service members at the Walter Reed Medical Center and painted walls at a homeless shelter. Joe packed his toolbox and helped Habitat for Humanity hang drywall in new housing in D.C., while my girls, Michelle, and Dr. Jill Biden filled USO care packages for our troops overseas.

See what's going on near you, and be part of the inauguration by joining your neighbors on Saturday:

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I'll see you out there on the 19th.

Barack

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