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A United Way of
America initiative, United Way of Southwest Alabama in Mobile
held our 13th Day of Caring on April 25, 2007.
Volunteers and donors
spend a day in a United Way agency meeting their needs by
completing projects they haven’t had the time, money
or staff to address.
United Way agencies are
asked to submit project proposals from everything to building
fences and playgrounds to painting their facility or building
a wheelchair ramp. Volunteers can read to children and the
elderly, pack food boxes or plant trees and shrubbery.
Simultaneously,
United Way contacts our donors asking them to send volunteer
teams to complete these projects in one day. Forty-five area
businesses shared some 450 volunteers to work on 65 projects
in 27 United Way Agencies. It was a busy and fulfilling day
that our volunteers LOVED!
Working on a Day of Caring
provides a unique opportunity for a United Way donor to see
their donation at work. It offers an up close and personal
experience with the agency and the clients they serve. We
have volunteers that request the same agency year after year
due to relationships built during previous Day of Caring events.
The advantage to the
United Way agency is multiplied in many ways. In one day,
an agency has donors observing what they do each day, while
helping volunteers remain committed to supporting the services
they provide their clients. The agency receives a service
themselves by having work done that would have cost them precious
dollars out of already tight budgets. A successful Day of
Caring will provide our agencies with a combined savings of
approximately $75,000.
The day is kicked off
early by fueling the volunteers with breakfast! From there,
everyone goes to their respective job sites. Agencies take
on the responsibility of seeing their guests stay gassed up
by providing lunch.
Sponsors play a large
part in a successful Day of Caring. The cost attached to an
event of this size includes:
- Printing of event materials
- Breakfast for the volunteers
- Volunteer Day of Caring T-shirts
- Full page ad in the Mobile Register
thanking volunteers and sponsors for their support of
the Day of Caring.
Thanks for
your interest and support of United Way’s Day of Caring,
a day spent caring for our community!
A
Special Thanks to our 2008 Day of Caring Sponsors
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