Over 1,300 Volunteer During United Way’s Day Of Caring

October 6, 2018

Over 1,300 volunteers rolled up their sleeves throughout Escambia County today to help 70 local schools and agencies complete 122 projects Friday on the Day of Caring. The provides provides generous volunteers the opportunity to learn about the needs of our community through service while providing additional capacity that ensures these agencies and schools can continue to provide critical services and resources to our community.

Groups like International Paper at Jim Allen Elementary School, the UWF Haas Center at Ransom Middle School, BRACE at the Camp Fire Century Youth Learning Center and Pal Life Sciences at the Council on Aging in Cantonment volunteered.

“This is the largest single-day volunteer event in Pensacola,” stated United Way of Escambia County’s Education Outreach and Volunteer Manager, Kristy Craig. “It’s a day that volunteers and agencies look forward to all year long, and without them, a lot of crucial projects would not be completed.”

Since the inaugural Day of Caring in 1993, United Way of Escambia County has coordinated over 27,000 volunteers to complete 2,416 projects through this event.

Pictured top and inset: Volunteers from International Paper work at Jim Allen Elementary School Friday morning. Pictured below, top to bottom: IP a Jim Allen Elementary, the UWF Haas Centerat the Camp Fire Century Youth Learning Center,  Lawn work from Humana at the Council on Aging, the Junior League of Pensacola at the Ronald McDonald House, Escambia County Public Safety staff work at the home of a Council on Aging client. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News