Volunteers Lend A Hand During Day Of Caring

October 17, 2015

Over 1,375 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 84 projects at nonprofit agencies and schools.

In the North Escambia area, volunteers from the United Way’s “Loaned Executive” program volunteered at Bratt Elementary School. The group, comprised of executives from a number of companies and agencies, cleaned a huge number of donated books, looked them up and assigned “Accelerated Reader” (A/R) points for students to each book. Most of the boxes of books were donated to the school when an area daycare closed.

At Byrneville Elementary School, volunteers from Gulf Power worked with students on reading, math and science projects, and they rearranged storage areas. Volunteers from Publix worked on various projects at Tate High School, and Ascend Performance Materials volunteers worked to clean up the nature trail behind the school.

Day of Caring volunteers provided an  estimated 8,725 hours of service valued at $201,286. Additionally, donations of materials, supplies and collections for wish-list drives will combine for several thousand more when added to the effort, according to organizers.

Pictured: Day of Caring volunteers clean, sort and label donated books at Friday morning at Bratt Elementary School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News