United Way Day of Caring: 5,000 Volunteers
Strong...and Growing!
In fall 2008, more than 5,000 volunteers from local
workplaces pitched in at more than 350 United Way Day of
Caring project sites for 155 local nonprofit
organizations throughout the 40 towns in central and
northeastern Connecticut that are supported by the
United Way Community Campaign. The 17th annual
United Way
Day of Caring, held on September 5, 2008, was the single largest volunteer opportunity in our
service area.
Whether you are a volunteer or a corporate
sponsor, we hope you'll join us on Friday, September
11, 2009 for United Way Day
of Caring XVIII--it promises to be bigger and
better than ever!
In the meantime, please visit
Volunteer Solutions for year-round volunteering
opportunities.
Above: Employees from Aetna
(left) and CIGNA (center) build benches and
birdhouses at the 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm
in Bloomfield, CT, and Deloitte employees (right) do gardening work at My
Sisters' Place in Hartford.
Above: Hamilton Sundstrand employees (left)
repair an animal barn at the 4-H Education Center at
Auer Farm in Bloomfield, CT; employees from the
Hartford Courant (center) organize the food
pantry at The Salvation Army in Hartford; and employees
from The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company (right) refinish furniture at
South Park Inn in Hartford.
Above: ING employees (left) beautify the grounds
around the Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford;
Northeast Utilities System employees (center) clean
up the landscape along the Connecticut River at
Riverfront Recapture in Hartford; and employees from
Otis Elevator Company (right) perform fall
maintenance projects at Roaring Brook Nature Center
in Canton.
Above: Pratt & Whitney employees (left) do
landscaping work at the Manchester Area Network on
AIDS; employees from Stanley Works (center) sort
produce for Foodshare at the Connecticut Regional
Market in Hartford; and employees from TD Banknorth
(right) sort baby clothes and other basic needs
items at The Village for Families and Children in
Hartford.
Above: An employee from The Hartford (far left)
washes and details a vehicle used to transport
children at The Village for Families and Children in
Hartford; employees from The Phoenix (center left)
celebrate a successful day of cleanup projects at
Riverfront Recapture in Hartford; a Travelers
employee (center right) completes a painting project
at Boys and Girls Club of Hartford; and United
Technologies Corporation employees (far right)
beautify the Bushnell Park Carousel pavilion in
Hartford.
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Left: UTC Fire &
Security employees paint hallways at YMCA of
New Britain–Berlin.
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