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United Way Week of Caring begins Sunday

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united-way-of-greater-augusta2United Way of Greater Augusta will celebrate its annual Week of Caring on April 6-12. This year’s event will demonstrate how people in our region LIVE UNITED by completing projects for area non-profits.

Over 350 volunteers are scheduled on worksites for organizations such as Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Rebuilding Together to name a few.

“Advancing the common good means recognizing that we are all connected and interdependent. It involves creating opportunities for a better life for all. When individuals, organizations, governments and businesses set aside their special interests and work together, we can make a difference. Living United means being part of the change,” said Cynthia Pritchard, executive director of the United Way of Greater Augusta.

Additional details are available at www.unitedwayga.org.

 

About United Way of Greater Augusta

United Way of Greater Augusta is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create lasting positive changes in communities and people’s lives. Building on more than a century of service as the nation’s preeminent community-based fundraiser, United Way engages the community to identify the underlying causes of the most significant local issues, develops strategies and pulls together financial and human resources to address them, and measures the results. United Way of Greater Augusta tackle issues based on local needs. Common focus areas include helping children and youth succeed, improving access to health care, promoting self-sufficiency, and strengthening families. For more information about United Way of Greater Augusta, please visit: www.unitedwayga.org.

 

Project Sites: Need date Agency Name Times teamName
4/6/2014 Augusta Regional SPCA 9 am – 12 pm Best Buy
4/6/2014 Project GROWS 1pm-4pm Rexnord Industries
4/7/2014 Staunton Senior Center- (VPAS) 1 – 4 pm Hershey Chocolate
4/8/2014 Blue Ridge Area Food Bank 9 am – 12:30 pm Ball Verona
4/8/2014 ComfortCare Womens Health 9 am – 12 pm Hershey Chocolate
4/8/2014 Staunton Senior Center- (VPAS) 11 am – 12 pm City National Bank
4/8/2014 Staunton Senior Center- (VPAS) 11 am – 12 pm Erie Insurance
4/8/2014 Talking Book Center 9am-12pm City National Bank- Waynesboro
4/9/2014 Boy Scouts Of America-Camp Shenandoah 9am-12pm City National Bank-Staunton
4/10/2014 Blue Ridge Area Food Bank 9am-12pm Hershey Chocolate
4/10/2014 Rebuilding Together 9am-12pm McKee Foods Corporation
4/11/2014 Blue Ridge Area Food Bank 9am-12pm Ball Verona
4/11/2014 Blue Ridge Area Food Bank 9am-12pm City National Bank

 

 
 




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