2004 Campaign: Days of Caring

October 18th through October 23rd

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 18th and end on National Make a Difference Day, October 23rd.

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 businesses to encourage their employees to volunteer a few hours of their time for projects such as; painting, gardening, repairing classrooms, 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 2004. 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 United Way program providers and other local health and human service organizations continue serving over 33,000 Midlanders every year.

To participate in Days of Caring, please review the list of available projects below and contact Alison King by email or phone: 685-7716. Deadline to participate is October 11th.

Local Employees participate in Days of Caring projects:
(l-r) American State Bank volunteers paint a therapy room at Midland Rape Crisis & Children's Advocacy Center; a BP employee paints steps at the Boys & Girls Club; A volunteer from Encore Broadcasting prepares meals for elderly and homebound at Community & Senior Services; KICKS 99.1 staff donates books to Midland Need to Read

Agency	Project Description	Date(s) and Time(s)	Number of Volunteers Needed	Project Adopted by...
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Replace linoleum tile floor with new linoleum tiles	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Replace wood cove base (floor boards)	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Repair/replace wood door frames/doors as needed	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Replace playground fence	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Spray grass/weeds inside playground area	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	2+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Add additional pea gravel to playground	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
YMCA Child Development Center 815 S. Carver St.	Improve/add to front area landscaping	October 18 – 22 Evenings & All Day October 23	4+ Volunteers	Open
Casa de Amigos 1101 East Garden Lane	Senior’s Lawn Care - Mow, pull weeds and clean up lawns for 2 or 3 Senior Citizen clients	Anytime during Days of Caring (Oct. 18-23)	2+ Volunteers	Sue Buck
Casa de Amigos 1101 East Garden Lane	Organize Casa Library - Straighten and organize books and bookshelves	Anytime during Days of Caring (Oct. 18-23)	2+ Volunteers	Business Professional Woman (Permian Basin Chapter)
Community and Senior Services 3301 Sinclair	Meals-on-Wheels Delivery - Accompany regular Meals-on-wheels volunteer/driver to deliver meals to about 12 -15 elderly Midlanders.	October 20th 10:15 am to 12 pm	2 Volunteers	Open
Community and Senior Services 3301 Sinclair	Meals-on-Wheels Food Packaging - Assist in preparing meals for 450 homebound /handicapped people.  Spoon hot food on to plates and sack milk, fruit, and bread while visiting with other packaging volunteers	October 20th 8:30 am to 10:45 am	2 Volunteers	Open
Mission Health Care 4500 W. Illinois Ste.112	Christmas Crafts - Help elderly clients with Christmas Crafts	October 19th and/or October 23rd 2 pm to 4 pm	2 + Volunteers	Open
Mission Health Care 4500 W. Illinois Ste.112	Organize Craft Supplies	Anytime during Days of Caring (Oct. 18-23)	2 + Volunteers	Open
Area Missions Outreach Services 908 S. Loraine	Painting outside of building. Light scraping needed on existing paint.	Anytime during Days of Caring (Oct. 18-23)	4+ Volunteers	St. Luke's Methodist Church & First United Methodist Church
Midland Need to Read - 1709 W. Wall St.	Mowing and Weeding building grounds (small area). Volunteers have option of planting flowers.	Anytime during Days of Caring (Oct. 18-23)	2+ Volunteers	Open
In addition to the projects and volunteers listed above, employees of Midland Memorial Hospital will be building a Habitat for Humanity house during the Days of Caring.

If your business is already involved in a community volunteer project during the week of October 18th, 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 18 - October 23, please contact Alison King by email or phone 685-7716.