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Volunteers Lend A Hand During Day Of Caring
October 11, 2014
Over 1,230 volunteers from nearly 100 companies were hard at work Friday across Escambia County as part of the United Way’s annual Day of Caring on 54 projects at nonprofit agencies and 30 schools.
In the North Escambia area, volunteers from Gulf Power Company read books to students, and painted a recently repaired gazebo at Bratt Elementary School. Students at Northview High School volunteered to rebuild the school’s bird houses.
At Escambia Westgate School in Cantonment, volunteers from Ascend worked to repair a shed at the school and landscape a nature trail, while at Lipscomb Elementary volunteers from ECUA pressure washed the school, planted flower beds and completed projects for teachers.
Volunteers from TJ Maxx were at Jim Allen Elementary School, working to tear out and sort kindergarten workbook pages.
And in Century, volunteers from the Boys and Girls Club worked tirelessly to paint the gymnasium being used as a classroom at the Camp Fire USA Century Youth Learning Center.
Pictured top: Volunteers from Gulf Power paint a gazebo at Bratt Elementary Friday morning. Pictured inset: Volunteers from the Boys and Girls Club worked to paint the Camp Fire Century Youth Learning Century gym. Pictured below: Volunteers from Ascend Performance Materials volunteer at Escambia Westgate in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com and submitted photos, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Volunteers Lend A Hand During Day Of Caring”
We went to check on an elderly neighbor yesterday and her living conditions were shocking. She is a widow and one of her children is employed and the other child and it’s retired cocaine traficante husband won’t look around at her. I am going to try and get her yard in shape, but to bring her living conditions up to standards will take a small army.
Get out and help young people as there are many unable among us, who desperately your help.
God bless all of you for your volunteering work.