Day of Caring

Saturday September 26, 2009 (see pictures below)

On Saturday, September 26th United Way’s 4th Annual Day of Caring took place.  The week leading up to the event was less than ideal weather wise but we could not have asked for a more perfect day when it finally came.

We would like to extend a heart felt thank you to the 236 volunteers that came together that Saturday afternoon to help those in need.  Projects ranged from window washing, yard clean up, to house painting and green space clean at a number of local parks.

This was the largest turnout we’ve had for Day of Caring to date and our volunteers were exceptional.  A special thank you to the teams that were not able to complete their projects on Saturday due to the wet conditions but have promised to finish them at a later date and to the teams who went above and beyond what their project entailed to help out the homeowner.  

We had tremendous support from various partners in our community.  We would like to thank  our sponsors: KIMT TV who provided lunch and Games People Play for donating Day of Caring t-shirts to all who participated.  Donut Connection and HRA donated to the kick off breakfast, Austin Public Schools for the use of AHS Cafeteria and Qwest for water and chapstick for volunteers. 

We also would like to thank co-workers of the late Loren Peters and Qwest for their donation of $3,750 to United Way of Mower County.

You ALL represented what living united is about.  Thank you to all who participated.

Check back in 2010 for Registration Forms for 5th Annual Day of Caring

Call the United Way office at 437-2313 with any questions or for more information.