Consider this: 5.6 million US teens and young adults ages 16 to 24 are neither in school nor working. Many of these "disconnected youth" are simply cut off from the education and career paths that could help them live a good life and make positive contributions to our society and our economy.
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WEEK OF CARING
9-16-2024 thru 9-20-2024
United Way of Gibson County will be kicking off their 2024 campaign with a Week of Caring September 16th- 20th. Volunteers will choose day(s) to join us out in the community completing projects for local agencies and organizations. The Week of Caring is a community-wide event in which United Way of Gibson County connects businesses and volunteers with nonprofit agencies in need of help. Volunteers donate their time and talents to meaningful projects that nonprofits might not otherwise have the resources to accomplish.
We are in need of your help to make this event a success. A calendar of projects is shown below. If you are interested in participating for the day, or even half-day, to help with these volunteer projects please call the United Way office @ 812-386-6596 or 812-386-6120 or email jschafer@unitedwaygibson.org. All volnteers will receive a free t-shirt and lunch provided at volunteer site.
Monday, September 16th
Ft. Branch Community Park 8am- 3pm
* Paint interior of park bathrooms, paint baseball dugouts
Salvation Army 9am- 11:30 am & 1pm- 3pm
* Wash interior doors and windows, power wash sidewalks and exterior areas
Tuesday, September 17th
The Arc Southwest Indiana 8am- 3pm
* Vehicles cleaned inside and out, landscaping touchups, possibly paint front doors
Habitat For Humanity Gibson County 8am- 3pm
* Work at Habitat Restore finalizing the retail space and merchandise to prepare for opening day. Display items, pricing, clean up, small projects, etc.
Wednesday, September 18th
YMCA Camp Carson 8am- 3pm
* Small construction projects, bridge repairs, wood staining, hiking trail cleared, landscaping clean up, tree/branch clearing
Isaiah 1:17 Project 9am- 3pm
* Bag packing and sorting for Christmas, cleaning, inventory of items, prepare event spaces for Bishop Martin
Thursday, September 19th
Princeton Youth Baseball Fields 8am- 3pm
* Projects TBD at Jack Bishop Basll Fields based on number of volunteers we get for the day (painting bleachers, picnic tables need new boards and paint, Jack Bishop sign needs new boards and paint)
Friday, September 20th
The Center 9am- 2pm
* United Way will prepare lunch and desserts for senior citizens. We will decorate and there will be activities such as bingo and entertainment. We will also need volunteers to help us cut the fringe fleece blankets to use for a future project with the students in the schools. We will work on the blankets in the quilting room at the Senior Center.
Nationally, two-thirds of students are not reading on grade level by 4th grade. That proportion rises to four-fifths for children from low-wage families. Our work in the area of early grade literacy will enable us to identify, fuel and replicate best practices in our local schools.
To be financially stable, working families need housing that is affordable. Today, more than 4 million working families spend more than half of their income for rent and/or mortgages, leaving them particularly vulnerable to eviction or foreclosure if their income is interrupted.
Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy.
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