What: More than 100 volunteers from the community will take part in various volunteer

projects at nonprofit agencies. Several local companies have allowed their employees to take a day out of work to participate in valuable community service projects.

When: Friday, October 2, 2009

8:00am to 8:30 am Kickoff Ceremony at Custom House Square

9:00 am to 4:00 pm Volunteers work at local project sites

Where: Custom House Square (downtown New Bedford) and various project sites.


Background: Through the Day of Caring, United Way provides an opportunity for local employers to make a worthwhile contribution to their community by allowing employees to take a day to provide much needed volunteer support to local non-profits. The event helps non-profits build relationships with concerned citizens who are willing to assist with valuable projects that would go unfinished without their support.

The Day of Caring is sponsored by the Sylvia Group of Insurance Agencies, Morgan Advanced Ceramics/ Alberox Products, and Dunkin’ Donuts.

For additional information contact Caroline Cuccia at 508-994-9625 extension 15 or 508-525-6750 (cell phone for day of event).

United Way of Greater New Bedford

United Way of Greater New Bedford works to bring together individuals, businesses and organizations to address our community’s most urgent needs.  We believe that to truly improve lives in our region, we must act collectively to impact the critical issues affecting our neighborhoods – building a better community for us all.

Through an annual campaign, we provide funding to more than 60 programs at local health and human service agencies serving residents of New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham.  In addition, we administer a number of programs to address specific needs in our community.  Through the Hunger Commission of Southeastern Massachusetts we supply food to emergency soup kitchens and food pantries in Bristol County, while our Community Building Mini-Grants Program provides funding and skill-building opportunities to all-volunteer groups. In addition, our Volunteer Solutions database provides the only local online volunteer tool to match willing volunteers with nonprofits in need of support.

It takes our whole community working together to reach our goals.  Whether it requires fundraising, planning, or just getting people to work together, that’s what we do. 

We need your support!  Visit www.unitedwayofgnb.org to learn more about the different ways that you can help.

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