"Today we are going to try to find some voluntary activity, and then we will be at the inauguration on Monday," said Smaw, who emphasized "I'm very excited."
Smaw had many choices at the Service Summit, as dozens of organizations are signing up volunteers on the scene, and the Red Cross was even giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) lessons to newly-signed-on volunteers at its booth.
As the National Day of Service was observed nationwide, Obama's inauguration festivities were also unfolding late on Saturday. According to a schedule, First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden were to attend a concert in honor of family members of U.S. service men and women.
Obama will take the oath of office at a private swearing-in ceremony at the White House at Sunday noon after participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery together with Biden earlier in the day.
Obama will be officially sworn in as the 57th president of the United States at a ceremony organized before the Capitol Hill on Monday, which coincides with the Martin Luther King Day, before delivering his inaugural address.
The inauguration activities will conclude with a parade Monday and two inaugural balls in the evening. It is estimated that less than half of the 1.8 million people who attended Obama's first inauguration four years ago would attend this time.
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