MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On this day of service, newly sworn Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam teamed up with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and the Metropolitan Interfaith Association to deliver meals to the elderly. The day started with a song to honor the man who gave so much for every American's right to freedom.

Governor Haslam's first day on the job just happened to be on a national holiday. With his wife by his side, and along with the honorable A C Wharton, the governor mingled with MIFA volunteers who were all using this holiday to give back.

"Government is not going to solve all of our problems, so we need people to volunteer to make a difference," said Haslam.

MIFA makes a difference every day in Memphis by delivering meals and giving assistance to the city's elderly. The governor and the mayor hit the streets Monday to make their own deliveries.

91-year old Ola Mae Crews was thrilled when she realized just who her delivery boys were. Crews, a life-long resident of Memphis, was here for Dr. King's movement. That was a time when she could have never dreamed that a man of color would ever lead this city. But on this day, just such a man was standing in her kitchen.

"We are living out his dream, but we all recognized there is still a ways to go," said Mayor Wharton. "There are still people who are hungry, and he wouldn't have wanted that."

When Governor Haslam asked for her advice, she took the opportunity to give it in the true spirit of peace that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did his best to live by.

"What's the secret to getting to 91 years old? You've got to be kind!" Crews said.

It was a message that wasn't lost on the new governor as he took the time to reflect on just what Dr. King meant to Memphis and to America.

"The dream changed America, but hasn't changed America enough," said Haslam. "I think all of us see things happening that we think should be different. The amazing thing about Dr. King is, he was a person of change without being a person who used language that had people at each other's throats. He was able to encourage and he was able to say this is how it can look and can be different. We could use more of that today."

Later, both Governor Haslam and Mayor Wharton spent the afternoon at the National Civil Rights Museum.