Day of Caring
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LIVEUNITED” AT 19th ANNUAL DAY OF CARING
JONESBORO,Ar. – August 31, 2011 – Mark your calendars! TheUnited Way of Northeast Arkansas 19th Annual Day of Caring isFriday, October 7, 2011. The Day of Caring begins at 8:00 at the St. BernardsAuditorium with breakfast (provided by St. Bernards Medical Center) served from8:00 – 8:30. Lunch for our volunteer workers will also be served at theAuditorium from 11:30 – 1:00. Projects will be ongoing throughout the day.
Bytaking time out of your day to help others through volunteering, you—along withyour colleagues and 500 or so others in our community—can help make a lastingdifference.
On the Day of Caring volunteers come together andthen disperse into the community, armed with paintbrushes, shovels, rakes andmore, ready to make a lasting difference in our neighbors’ lives at non-profitorganizations of all kinds. Your group might build affordable housing,add a fresh coat of paint to a fence or wall, bathe a shelter dog, sort andpack food at a food bank, or spruce up landscaping. Groups and individualsmight work all day or only in the morning or afternoon. To participate, go to http://www.uwnea.org/view/33 where you will findvolunteer forms for individuals and groups, which should be sent to United Wayby September 9to be matched with a project.
Showyour team spirit by designing a t-shirt incorporating the Day of Caring logo!You may download the logo from our website at http://www.uwnea.org/view/33 , or ifyou’d prefer, we’ll be glad to e-mail it to you.
Together,UNITED, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow.That is what it means to LIVE UNITED. United Way of Northeast Arkansas isworking 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 leadsto a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement and goodhealth. You are invited to be part of the change.
Can’t make it out on theDay of Caring? Youcan still work to help us improve the common good in Northeast Arkansas.
· GIVE Donateto United Way of Northeast Arkansas.
· ADVOCATE Champion the cause.
· VOLUNTEER Visit www.uwnea.orgfor more volunteer opportunities.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
NANETTE HEARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
870-935-3658