Etowah County's United Way to celebrate 25 years of Day of Action

Miranda Prescott, The Gadsden Times
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Teacher Amy Pippin paints an inspirational message on a stall in the boys room at Donehoo Elementary School during the annual United Way Day of Action on June 13, 2018, in Gadsden. This year's event, in which volunteers from the community work at various United Way agencies to make improvements, is June 17.
Teacher Amy Pippin paints an inspirational message on a stall in the boys room at Donehoo Elementary School during the annual United Way Day of Action on June 13, 2018, in Gadsden. This year's event, in which volunteers from the community work at various United Way agencies to make improvements, is June 17.

United Way of Etowah County will be marking the 25th anniversary of its Day of Action this year. The day filled with volunteer projects around the community will kick off at The Venue at Coosa Landing beginning at 8 a.m. on June 17.

Volunteers, who will be given a free T-shirt to wear during the work day and to commemorate their time, will be completing projects such as yard work, cleaning, painting, reading in local day cares and helping others in need all morning up to 11:30 a.m.

These projects can take place all over the county, from local schools to any of United Way's partnership agencies.

This year's participating agencies include (asterisks denote where projects will be taking place):

  • Attalla Elementary School*

  • Beautiful Rainbow Café & Catering*

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters*

  • Boys & Girls Club*

  • Carlisle Elementary School*

  • City of Gadsden Barbarian Challenge*

  • Council on Aging

  • Darden Rehabilitation*

  • Department of Human Resources*

  • Etowah Baptist Missions Center*

  • Etowah Community Food Bank*

  • Etowah County Family & Children Placement Services

  • Etowah Free Community Clinic*

  • Etowah High School*

  • Etowah Middle School

  • Eura Brown Elementary School*

  • Family Success Center*

  • Floyd Elementary School*

  • Gadsden City High School Football/Cheer*

  • Gadsden/Etowah EMA*

  • Glencoe Elementary School*

  • Glencoe Middle School*

  • Habitat for Humanity*

  • Hokes Bluff Elementary School*

  • Humane Society Pet Rescue & Adoption Center*

  • Imagination Place Children’s Museum*

  • Ivalee Elementary School*

  • James M. Barrie Center for Children*

  • John Jones Elementary School*

  • Litchfield Middle School*

  • MANNA*

  • Man-Up Gadsden*

  • Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)*

  • Sardis High School*

  • 2nd Chance Domestic Violence Shelter

  • Southside High School Baseball/Volleyball*

  • Striplin Elementary School*

  • Student Success

  • The Love Center*

  • The Woman’s Club of Gadsden*

  • Tigers 4 Tomorrow*

  • United Way of Etowah County*

  • YMCA of the Coosa Valley*

Volunteers will then return to The Venue for a lunch provided by United Way and  sponsors Riverview Regional Medical Center, Gadsden Regional Medical Center and Buffalo Rock.

Other sponsors for this year's Day of Action include:

  • UPS

  • King’s Olive Oil

  • Gadsden Variety & Café

  • Gadsden Regional Medical Center

  • Riverview Regional Medical Center

  • Choice Fabricators

  • Alabama Power

  • Alabama Teachers Credit Union

  • Max Packaging

  • Back Forty Beer

  • Morgan Lavender with Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial

  • Top O’ The River

Those unable to volunteer may also provide donations of wish list items to the partner agencies such as copy paper, paper goods, cleaning supplies, school supplies, bleach and landscape materials.

To sign up to volunteer, visit https://signup.com/go/DXodhKT. For more information, contact Robyn Phillips, Resource Development & Marketing Director, campaigndirector@uwoec.org or Ruth Moffatt, Executive Director, rmoffatt@uwoec.org

This article originally appeared on The Gadsden Times: 25 years of Day of Action in June