The community has been called upon to follow the legacy of South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, who is using his 80th birthday to promote community service.The retired archbishop, anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate has asked people to contribute to his favourite charities and schools.These include South Africa’s Milnerton Primary School, Tygerburg Children’s Hospital and the Out of Africa Children’s Fund Foundation.Mr Tutu was honoured in Bermuda on Thursday, the day of his birthday, at a City Hall ceremony organised by the community group Imagine BermudaGroup founder Glenn Fubler joined with Canon Thomas Nisbett, Chamber of Commerce president Stephen Todd, Community Development Minister Michael Weeks and Hamilton Mayor Charles Gosling, in a celebration of Mr Tutu’s life.Before an audience of Saltus students, Canon Nisbett read out a birthday letter being sent to Mr Tutu on Bermuda’s behalf.“Reaching this milestone, you are obviously not prepared to simply rest on your many laurels, but you are even using this occasion to encourage the rest of us to exercise qualities of care to those less fortune,” Canon Nisbett said.“You, by your life, have walked the walk, as you have gone above and beyond to better your community, to better our world. You continue to show us that love is the answer.”Imagine Bermuda is to host a symposium on October 13 at St Paul AME Centennial Hall, asking participants to imagine what motivates people to go “above and beyond”.Mr Weeks told the gathering: “The legacy of the former Archbishop of Cape Town is well known. His example in taking a stand against the system of apartheid in those most desperate times is well documented. One thing that shines through his example of great courage is his great sense of compassion.“Tutu led the effort in the early post-apartheid period in moving forward the process of reconciliation. This was not only to address the crimes of apartheid, but, more importantly, he carried out the process through pulling the diverse people of the rainbow nation together.”Mr Weeks said Archbishop Tutu plans to devote the next 80 days to community service.“In the words of Desmond Tutu,” the Minister said, “do your little bit of good where you are. It is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”Mr Fubler added that Imagine Bermuda also intends to distribute Mr Tutu’s “birthday wish list” locally.“We’re going to send it to organisations around the community,” he said. “It’s not a question of asking for funds, but just a way of getting people involved.”Useful website: www.milnertonps.com, www.outofafricaf.org, www.chewstick.org.