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Record Crowd Honors Martin Luther King Jr. At Community Breakfast

January 18, 2016 General News

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Dale Caldwell, left, and his father, the Rev. Gilbert Caldwell, were the keynote speakers at the 19th Annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast Jan. 18.

More than 400 people gathered at the Doubletree Hotel on Atrium Drive Jan. 18 for the township’s annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Franklin Township Community Breakfast is also a fund raiser for a scholarship program targeting graduating Franklin High School seniors. To date, the event has raised more than $146,000, which has been awarded to 149 students.

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