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Each
year nonprofit agencies and public schools submit a variety of projects
for completion during the United Way Laurence E. Richardson Day
of Caring. Click on the thumbnail images to see the full sized images.
Human
Service
- Human
service projects may include reading to children, playing bingo
with elderly clients, eating lunch with students, tutoring math,
or painting pottery with handicap adults
Landscaping
- Landscaping
Projects may include planting bulbs, trimming trees, planting and
weeding flowerbeds, mulching playgrounds or building trails.
Construction
- Construction
Projects may include building a fence, a wheelchair accessible play
area, reconstructing a deteriorated porch, rebuilding a deck, or
preparing a house for renovation.
Office/Organizing/Cleaning
- Clerical
Projects may include preparing a mailing; reviewing, filing and
shredding old documents; reinforcing school library books; sorting
donated clothes or cleaning donated toys.
Painting
- Painting
projects may include painting a map of the United States on a school
blacktop, an elderly person's home, or brighten up an agency's interior
walls.
Arts
and Crafts
- Creative
projects may include painting a mural on a school cafeteria wall,
repainting museum exhibits, sewing sequins on costumes, making bright
mobiles to decorate an Alzheimer's unit, or leading art activities
with kids.
Download last year's project
list for a complete list of projects.
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