MLK Caring Cougar Cards

Observing MLK Day by Giving Back to Your Community

Each year, the WSU community honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through acts of service and kindness. One of our most meaningful traditions, the Caring Cougar Cards project, invites WSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni to create greeting cards filled with messages of encouragement and compassion.

These cards are shared with community partners such as local hospital, youth shelters, assisted living homes, and charitable organizations to spread hope, connection, and Cougar spirit throughout our communities.

How to Participate

In Person (All WSU Campuses)

• stop by a campus event near you — no registration required (locations subject to change)
  • Pullman: CUB Room 206 – Community Partner: Bishop Place Senior Living
  • Tri-Cities: Mosaic Center, Floyd 140
  • Spokane: HUB SAC Room 107
  • Vancouver: Firstenburg Student Commons, Room 104
  • Everett: Classroom Room 101
• don’t worry about bringing materials – they will be provided
• join fellow Cougs in crafting Caring Cougar Cards for community partners near you

Virtual Participation

• register online to join via Zoom
• receive digital instructions and templates by email
• create cards from home and mail them directly to our partner organizations

Email global.connections@wsu.edu for more information or assistance with participation.

Community Partners

Below are some of the organizations that have partnered with WSU in recent years to distribute Caring Cougar Cards:

• Everett: Providence Everett Regional Medical Center
• Global Campus / Pullman: Bishop Place Senior Living, Pullman School District
• Spokane: Tough As Nails, Shriners Hospital, Veterans’ Home
• Tri-Cities: My Friend’s Place, Benton-Franklin Counties Juvenile Justice Center
• Vancouver: The Perch, Council for the Homeless

If you’d like to participate in a remote service project instead of making cards, please consider these two project options:

Write letters to isolated seniors.

Brighten an isolated senior’s day with cards and letters.

Global Campus participants making Caring Cougar Cards online.

Pullman students gathered on campus creating cards.

Pullman student holding up a handmade card that says, “You can do it!”

Tri-Cities student holding up a handmade card that says, “You are more than Enough!”

Global Campus staff holding up a decorated brown bag.

Sample of Global Campus students’ creativity.