United Way’s 11th Annual Day of Caring
Jul 30
Calling all Volunteers!
United Way of Horry County will hold its 11th Annual Day of Caring on September 24, 2010. The Day of Caring is the largest one-day local volunteer effort for United Way of Horry County. It brings together a large group of volunteers and provides them with the opportunity to make a difference through hands-on projects. Volunteers from local businesses, individuals and organizations spend the day completing tasks such as painting, landscaping, building, cleaning and other services. Last year, United Way’s Day of Caring had more than 215 volunteers! United Way wants to surpass this number and needs individuals, companies and groups to sign up to volunteer by calling United Way at 347-5195 or click here. United Way’s Day of Caring committee and board of directors have chosen to partner with Horry County government on the Palmetto Adventure Land playground (PAL). “Since this project is benefiting the community, was designed by our local children and needs to be built by volunteers – our volunteers saw this project as a great way to showcase our community living united,” states Julie Kopnicky, Marketing and Communications Coordinator for United Way of Horry County. PAL was designed by students at Carolina Forest and Ocean Bays Elementary Schools, who also helped in the naming and the artwork throughout the playground. “The playground will include a boat, submarine, wave façade, a music area, swings, slides, monkey bars, games, picnic tables, a park and much, much more,” explains Lisa Bourcier, Horry County’s Public Information Officer. This is a one-of-a-kind project for our community. “The playground equipment is designed to provide opportunities for children of all abilities to experience sensory-rich play. All children can play together with their peers, neighbors and family and the playground will be handicap accessible,” explains Bourcier. The playground is going to be located in the Carolina Forest area, free to the public and will be available for all families throughout our community. “We all know children love to play. They are born learning. They develop through interaction at an early age. We are excited to kick off the Campaign with this unique project,” states Lance Thompson, Campaign Chairman for United Way. United Way’s Campaign Volunteers are actively preparing to kick-off this year’s Campaign in September. The United Way Pacesetter Campaign has kicked off and currently has 14 companies signed up to be leaders in the community. A Pacesetter is a company who wishes to demonstrate its leadership and commitment to United Way of Horry County. The company has its total Employee Drive and Corporate Pledge completed and turned in to United Way by September 17th. The Company will be recognized at the Day of Caring breakfast, in media releases and on the United Way website. Pacesetter Companies help set the pace for United Way’s Campaign. If your company is interested in being a Pacesetter, please contact the United Way office at 347-5195.
Tell your Friends about Day of Caring!
UNITED WAY NEEDS YOU IN YOUR T-SHIRT! We are working on our Campaign Video/Commercial for this fall and we are in need of any one who owns a LIVE UNITED white t-shirt. Why you might ask? Here is why: For the end of our video/commercial we would like to have our Campaign Chair, Lance, with a swarm of people in LIVE UNITED shirts behind him on the CCU football field to show the impact United Way is making and how many people truly LIVE UNITED! When: Thursday, August 5 Time: Arrive at 3:00pm; shoot to start at 3:30pm Where: CCU Football Field RSVP to uwofhc@sccoast.net as soon as possible. If you have a shirt but cannot attend, may we borrow it and return it to you after the shoot