2003 Campaign: Days of Caring
October 20th-25th
Days of Caring is a community-wide event that connects volunteers with United Way Program Providers and other local health and human service organizations to promote volunteerism through community service. This year, Days of Caring will begin on October 20th and end on National Make a Difference Day, October 25th.
United Way of Midland is once again partnering with local businesses to make Days of Caring a truly community focused event. We are asking local business to encourage their employees to volunteer a few hours of their time for projects such as; painting, gardening, repairing classrooms, working with children, and delivering meals to the elderly. This experience allows volunteers to witness first-hand how donated dollars meet the needs of our community through health and human service organizations.
Please consider joining us for Days of Caring 2003. It’s a minimal time commitment; the work performed is very much needed and is for the betterment of our community. Through volunteering, you can help Untied Way program providers and other local health and human service organizations continue serving over 30,000 Midlanders every year.
For information or to participate in Days of Caring, contact Alison King (email aking@uwmidland.org). Deadline to participate is Friday, October 10th. United Way will match volunteers with a community project at one of our 23 program providers or other health and human service organization at your request. For a listing of United Way’s current program providers, click here.
If your business is already involved in a community volunteer project during the week of October 20th through October 25th, please let us know so that we can include you in our promotion of community-wide volunteering and generous community spirit that makes us proud to call Midland our home.
If you are a health and human service organization and would like to let us know of a project you need completed during October 20-25, please contact Darrell Benton (email dbenton@uwmidland.org).
The following projects have been identified by our Program Providers:
| Program Provider | Project Description | Volunteer Organization |
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| Boys & Girls Clubs | Clean the Taylor location gymnasium and play basketball with kids | BP |
| Casa de Amigos |
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| Centers for Children and Families | Volunteers for Kids First program, 4:30-8:00 pm, Wed, Oct 22 (and any Wed thereafter) | |
| Community & Senior Services |
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Encore Broadcasting (package food and deliver Meals on Wheels) |
| Community Children's Clinic | Paint outside trim of clinic | Pool Company Texas, Ltd. |
| Midland Fair Havens | Volunteers to move items from a storage facility (Midland Fair Havens will provide the moving van). Volunteers are needed during any date/time within the Days of Caring timeframe. | |
| Midland Need to Read |
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KICKS 99.1 (books) |
| Midland Rape Crisis & Children's Advocacy Center |
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American State Bank employees (painting) |
| Palmer Drug Abuse Program | Needs a BBQ built (they use this for fundraising) | Atmos |
| Salvation Army | Toy Drive | Federal Express |
In addition to the preceding projects associated with current United Way program providers, the following Days of Caring opportunities have been identified by other service organizations in Midland. Feel free to contact them directly if you'd like to help.
| Organization | Project Description |
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| Keep Midland Beautiful | Make A Difference Day Citywide Cleanup, Saturday, October 25 |
And, finally, we're pleased to recognize organizations and volunteers who have already teamed up for a Days of Caring project:
| Program Provider | Project Description | Volunteer Organization |
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| Habitat for Humanity | Midland Memorial Hospital |