Dorothy Vidales, a freshman, from Joliet Central High School, and classmates load their school bus with wreaths from grave sites part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Carrie Vann, a junior, from Joliet Central High School removes wreaths from grave sites part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Carrie Vann, a junior (left), from Joliet Central High School passes wreaths in a human chain to their school bus part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Students from Joliet Central High School form a chain with other volunteers to remove wreaths from grave sites and load them into their bus for transportation to a dumpster part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Michael Guerrero, a freshman (left), and Daniel Valdovinos, a sophomore (right), from Joliet Central High School load wreaths from grave sites into their bus for transportation to a dumpster part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Students from Joliet Central High School form a chain with other volunteers to remove wreaths from grave sites and load them into their bus for transportation to a dumpster part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Students from Joliet Central High School pile up wreaths for disposal near a dumpster part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Students from Joliet Central High School pile up wreaths for disposal near a dumpster part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Jessica Patino, a sophomore, from Joliet Central High School removes wreaths from grave sites for disposal part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Jeffrey Washington, a sophomore from Joliet West High School, and other volunteers wash walls for painting part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Daybreak Shelter in Joliet, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Rose Crosby (left) and Madison Schlismann, 7, both of Joliet, join other volunteers washing walls for painting part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Daybreak Shelter in Joliet, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Vince Cornelius, of Joliet, washes walls with other volunteers for painting part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Daybreak Shelter in Joliet, Illinois, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media