United Way of Lake County seeks volunteers for Day of Caring

Volunteers are needed to participate in United Way of Lake County’s 26th Annual Day of Caring on June 27.

The organization announced in a news release it is also accepting projects from nonprofit agencies in need of volunteer assistance.

Volunteers work on a wide variety of projects throughout Lake County, including indoor and outdoor painting, weeding, gardening, spreading mulch, edging flower beds, trimming bushes, planting and yard clean-up. Projects also include hosting socials for groups of seniors and children.

The day kicks off every year with a pancake breakfast at Lakeland Community College, and then volunteers disperse to begin the projects they have adopted.

Project completion times vary ranging from a couple of hours to a half or full day.

“Many organizations find Day of Caring to be a great team building activity and encourage groups of employees to participate,“ UWLC Marketing and Communications Director Tami Lewis said in the release. “Others pair up with groups of friends as a way of giving back.”

Anyone interested in volunteering for Day of Caring and any nonprofit agencies in need of project assistance should contact United Way of Lake County at 440-639-1082 or gsikula.org.

Through its Day of Caring, UWLC mobilizes the power of a large group of caring volunteers to make a meaningful impact in the community by pairing them with projects submitted by nonprofits, the release stated. Last year, over 500 volunteers took part in UWLC’s largest annual volunteer event.

Over the 25 years UWLC has made Day of Caring possible, they’ve recruited and paired more than 15,500 volunteers with over 1,300 community projects, the release stated.

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