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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United Way of Gibson County will be doing a WEEK LONG Day of Caring!
September 26th-30th, 2022
We are looking for volunteers & sponsors!!
We are trying something new this year! United Way of Gibson County will be kicking off their 2022 campaign with a Week of Caring September 26-30th.
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 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 listed 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
at 812-386-6120 or 812-385-6596 or email jschafer@unitedwaygibson.org.
All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and lunch provided at the volunteer site.
Monday, September 26th: YMCA CAMP CARSON 8am-3pm
*Preparing Camp for winter, landscaping, small construction projects, and much more!
Tuesday, September 27th: ISAIAH 1:17 PROJECT 10am-3pm
*Moving and carrying totes upstairs, sorting toys, organizing donations.
YMCA CAMP CARSON 8am-3pm
*Preparing Camp for winter, landscaping, small construction projects, and much more!
Wednesday, September 28th: THE ARC SOUTHWEST INDIANA 8am-3pm
*Trimming shrubs & landscaping at 4 locations.
THE YOUTH CENTER 9am-1pm
*Cleaning inside of the building.
Thursday, September 29th: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 8am-3pm
*Groundwork at the home like grass/seed/straw, clean out garage, projects will really depend on where they are at with the home at that time.
Friday, September 30th: SALVATION ARMY 10am-3pm
*Cleaning of rooms in building and then assistance with tear down of yard sale in gym and cleaning the gym.
THE CENTER
*Tailgate party for the Seniors. United Way will prepare lunch. There will be activities and entertainment.
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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