Things are definitely getting busy around the office because we are only three days from the start of 2009 United Way Days of Caring (DOC). By this time next week, southern Arizona will be filled with people wearing our LIVE UNITED t-shirts.
What is Days of Caring?
On Saturday, September 12 and Wednesday, September 16, more than 2,900 volunteers from local businesses and organizations will demonstrate their commitment to our community by taking part in the 2009 DOC program.
During DOC, volunteer teams from more than 100 companies and organizations will work at local nonprofit agencies and public schools to tackle 180 projects that will make a lasting impact on the lives of children, families and seniors in our community. Local companies will showcase their volunteer spirit, completing projects such as painting murals, landscaping a garden and packing emergency food boxes.
These volunteers, like all who support United Way, have a direct positive impact on life in southern Arizona, now and in the future. DOC is at the heart of connecting hundreds of volunteers to local nonprofit organizations. There are so many worthwhile projects that are going to be completed during this year's DOC, here are just a few of them:
SATURDAY, Sept. 12:
8:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. St. Luke's Home (615 E. Adams, Tucson AZ): Volunteers from the UWTSA board of directors, community advisory board and inclusion council will join senior residents at St. Luke’s for volunteer projects including washing windows and attending to landscaping needs such as raking and pruning trees.
12:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Jim Click Boys and Girls Club (1935 S. Columbus Blvd, Tucson AZ): Volunteers from Bank of America will be having fun and spending time with the members and staff at the Jim and Vicki Click Boys and Girls Clubhouse. Project was coordinated by the 29th Street Coalition Weed and Seed.
12:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Arizona's Children Association (3210 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 105Tucson, AZ): Volunteers from Tucson Newspapers will be painting the North Central Office.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16:
9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Ben's Bells (816 E. University Blvd.): Volunteers from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, IBM and Geico will help craft the pieces for Ben's Bells and assist with other miscellaneous tasks around the Ben's Bells studio.
9:00 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. Community Food Bank (3003 South Country Club Road, Tucson AZ): Volunteers from IBM will be completing numerous projects including food drive sign making, food boxes, painting and much more.
9:30 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. Catalina Council Boy Scouts (Organization Ridge Road, Mount Lemmon, AZ): Volunteers from IBM will be painting outside buildings and doing trail maintenance at Camp Lawton.
Another fun volunteer project is taking place on Wednesday at the 4-H High Ropes Course. Volunteers will be helping to create a natural habitat for kids, wildlife and the community. DOC volunteers will create basins, berms and swales to harvest rainwater. They will also plant native desert trees and wildflowers and construct a kiosk for signage.
If you see a group of volunteers sporting LIVE UNITED t-shirts working hard on DOC projects, be sure to honk your horn and say hello!
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