Day of Caring is an annual volunteer event that provides local employees and residents with the opportunity to engage in day-long community service projects. Middlesex United Way held its first Day of Caring in 1995 when 34 employees in Middletown volunteered at 5 non-profit organizations. Since that time, Day of Caring has engaged nearly 3,500 volunteers from local companies and organizations at 330 projects in towns and communities throughout the county.
DAY OF CARING 2010 - Friday, September 3
Every year, we choose a focus area for Day of Caring so that we can make an impact on one issue or need. By mobilizing organizations and volunteers this way, we create real, lasting change that extends beyond that day. In 2010 we are focusing our efforts on meeting the needs of senior citizens thereby helping to increase their self-sufficiency. This focus falls under the Income interest area in our work, where our goal is to increase the economic self-sufficiency of individuals and families.
HOW TO HELP
From agencies, we are seeking day-long service projects that can be achieved by a group of volunteers and help senior citizens. Successful projects may include painting, window washing, repairs in and landscaping around the homes elderly individuals, accompanying seniors on field trips, putting together and delivering gift baskets to shut-ins, planting trees, and preparing for an agency tag sale.
For volunteers, Day of Caring provides you with an opportunity to advance the common good through meaningful volunteer activities. We will match up your group of volunteers with a project at a local nonprofit agency helping senior citizens, based on your interests, skills, and availability. You can also volunteer individually.
To learn more and register, contact Maria at United Way, (860) 346-8695 or maria.demarest@middlesexunitedway.org.
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ABOUT DAY OF CARING IN 2009
In 2009, we held Project Homeless Connect (PHC), an event that engages individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in one location and connects them with needed services. The event served as our one large-scale community-wide Day of Caring project. Read more about it >>
View a slide show of photos from 2009 Day of Caring / Project Homeless Connect >>
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Many thanks the following individuals, organizations and businesses who provided services, volunteers, contributions, or in-kind donations to help make Project Homeless Connect in 2009 a success. They are in no particular order and they all deserve our special thanks:
Saint John School - Old Saybrook; Old Saybrook Middle School; Hale-Ray Middle School; Bus 8 East Haddam; Wesley School; Lawrence School; Mercy High School; Middlesex Community College Library; Comcast; Middlesex Hospital; City of Middletown; Citizens Bank; Town of Durham; Seasons Federal Credit Union; Guilmartin, DiPiro & Sokolowski, LLC; Saint John CCD Old Saybrook; Youth & Family Services - Old Saybrook; Subway - Haddam; Children's Home; Church of the Holy Trinity; One McDonough Place; Gotta's Farm; Starbucks - Old Saybrook; The Main Switch ; Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center; Paul and Lisa; St. Luke's Eldercare Solutions; Rite-Aid - Middletown; Young's Printing; Select Physical Therapy - Old Saybrook; Cross Street AME Zion Church; Covenant Village of Cromwell; CT Rental Center; Harding Development; AT & T - Middletown; Lifestyle Financial Strategies; Brownstone Intermediate School; Liberty Bank; Gildersleeve School; Teens in Action - East Haddam; Portland Middle School; Farm Hill School; Independent Day School; Wesleyan University; Middlesex Community College employees; Godiva; Pratt & Whitney; Meg Plumb and friends; the Inn at Middletown; Unilever; Cooper Atkins; Spectra Energy; Village Pizza - East Haddam; Luigi's Restaurant; Thyme in a Bottle; Old Saybrook Ladies Guild; Lyman Orchards; O'Rourke's Diner; American Red Cross/ERV; Wal-Mart - Old Saybrook; Shaw's Supermarket - Clinton; Tanger Outlets - Westbrook; Old Saybrook Lions Club; Middletown Transit District; Oddfellows Playhouse; The Connection, Inc.; CHFA; Tower Labs; Middlesex Health Care Center; Crest Graphics, CT Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners; MILES; Crowne Plaza - Cromwell; Middlesex Health Care Center; Polish Falcons; Timberland; Middletown Emblem Club.
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