United Way Days of Caring: October 3-9, 2009

Continuing to Advance the Common Good

United Way Days of Caring is an annual, week-long series of events where thousands of volunteers join hands and lend their muscle to improve local nonprofits, schools, towns and parks. Days of Caring projects range from reading to children to beautifying a play yard. Volunteer groups from workplaces, families, schools, and community and faith groups make it happen.

United Way's Days of Caring 2009 was a tremendous success and it couldn't have been done without you!

Your commitment to creating a lasting change in Greater New Haven is truly inspirational. Wonderful volunteer projects and improvements to local non-profits took place all over the city, while volunteers generously gave their time and talent to improve our community. This year we connected hundreds of volunteers with meaningful opportunities in the Greater New Haven area, and saved non-profits thousands of dollars that would have otherwise been spent on improvements.

Check it Out!

Watch a slide show of all the volunteers who gave back to the community during Days of Caring!

Do you have pictures from Days of Caring or pictures of you other volunteering? Share with us! Send your pictures to volunteer@uwgnh.org.

Healthy Baby Diaper Drive

Days of Caring is also  week to create change in the areas of education, income and health by collecting items that make a difference in people's every day lives. Learn about the regional United Way Healthy Baby Diaper Drive and how your company or organization can join the effort to collect HALF A MILLION DIAPERS fow low-income families. For more information, contact Amy Townsely, at atownsely@uwgnh.org or by phone (203) 691-4223.

We are here to assist you! 

Through Days of Caring and numerous other year-round community service initiatives, United Way is at work connecting the power of volunteers to where our community benefits the most.   Questions? Contact Cecily Jones, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, at (203) 691-4211 or volunteer@uwgnh.org.

Coordinating Days of Caring for your workplace or organization?  Be sure to check-out the Days of Caring Toolkit, an online resource with materials and information for agencies and volunteer coordinators.

United Way works to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life – a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems from happening in the first place.