Before you do, take a look at which facilities plan to be closed for the holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always the third Monday in January. This year, that falls on Monday, Jan. 20. Yes, Martin Luther King Jr.

The King Center's theme for this year's holiday is "Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence." King's wife, Coretta Scott King, started the center. King was a revered civil rights and social justice advocate who sought racial equality during the modern United States Civil Rights Movement.

From rice and soy to dehydrated vegetables and vitamins, more than 100 FedEx employees on Monday were assembling meals for others in need at the corporate headquarters in Moon Township.Rise Against Hunger will then take these meals and give them to people around the world.