Organize a Days of Caring event
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365 Days of Caring

For the past 17 years, United Way’s Days of Caring volunteer participation rates have continued to steadily increase. In an effort to take advantage of that caring power, United Way has expanded Days of Caring from a two day event to a year-round effort to advance the common good through volunteerism.

What is Days of Caring?

United Way’s Days of Caring is a special service project that builds partnerships between United Way, nonprofit agencies, community volunteers, and employees from area workplaces. Each year, members of United Way’s network of agencies and other participating organizations design hands-on projects for corporate volunteers. By participating, volunteers gain a deeper understanding of our region’s social service community and the work that United Way and local nonprofit agencies do every day of the year. To better balance the community needs with workplace availability, a custom Days of Caring event can be planned for your organization any day of the year.

Days of Caring offers the workplace:

• An opportunity for team building
• A proven morale booster for employees
• A chance for employees to help others through hands-on experience
• An opportunity for employees to see how agencies use campaign dollars in the community
• An opportunity for you to position your company as a good corporate neighbor and leverage your philanthropic activities

How to Get Started

Whether this is your first Days of Caring experience or your seventeenth, volunteering as a team promises to be a rewarding experience. Please follow the instructions on this site to register for a Days of Caring project.

Project Opportunities

Participants in Days of Caring are typically either excused from their normal workday or asked to volunteer on Saturday to contribute their time to community projects. Volunteer opportunities are available for a full day (9:00am-4:00pm) or half day (9:00am-12:00pm or 1:00pm-4:00pm). Volunteer projects are group projects requiring a minimum of ten people from a company who are prepared to serve together at the same time and place.

• Agency Posted Opportunities (self select option): These are opportunities to connect directly with a local non-profit organization, completing projects and tasks identified by the organization as a critical need for their constituency.
  • Read the Volunteer Registration Guidelines
  • See a list of available opportunities
• Customized Group Requests: Work with United Way staff to coordinate a customized project that meets the specific needs of your workplace.
  • Read the Customized Project Request Guidelines
  • Complete a Customized Project Request Form

Tips for Group Coordinators

United Way understands that advanced planning and communication are the keys to a successful project. United Way is dedicated to assisting your team’s coordinator by offering helpful hints, technical assistance with logistical planning, recruitment and recognition activities.

• Please review the Guide for Company Volunteer Coordinators (link to pdf of guidebook) to learn more about the details of Days of Caring, including important dates, tips on recruiting volunteers, and a walk-through of the project registration process.
• New! Volunteer Coordinator Trainings Coming this Fall!!

Questions? Contact us.