33rd Annual Day of Caring - September 19th, 2024

Building a Stronger Community, Together

Washington County's Largest Single-Day Volunteer Effort

Join us on September 19th, 2024

The Day of Caring is Washington County, MD's largest annual single-day community service effort. With the sponsorship of local businesses, individuals, and partners, as well as the mobilization of around 1,000 volunteers, our community rallies together to create positive change during this event.

United Way of Washington County facilitates Day of Caring projects designed to serve our community's most vulnerable residents including those residents who are disabled or low-income, and our veterans and elder population. Many nonprofit organizations are also supported through this event - allowing them to continue focusing on their missions within our community. Day of Caring projects aim to improve the safety, mobility, access, organization, cleanliness, maintenance, and beautification of residential and nonprofit properties. All of these are done at no expense to our property owners or partner agencies.

Last year's Day of Caring allowed over 1,000 volunteers to impact our community through over 90 service projects, collection drives, senior support, and the delivery of important health information.

Looking for a meaningful team bonding experience? Want to give back to the community? Contact our Day of Caring coordinator, Kate Younkins to learn more about how to incorporate Day of Caring into your organization's community involvement plan.

VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Day of Caring is an annual day of service that takes place on the third Thursday of September. This year's event will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024. United Way of Washington County invites businesses, organizations, and individuals across the county to come together in completing various projects that benefit the community. This is our county's single largest day of service, with over 1,000 volunteers completing over 90 service projects last year!

Whether you are an organization, team, or an individual, we invite you to serve with us! If you are interested, please complete a VOLUNTEER APPLICATION or click the volunteer application button.

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

United Way is now accepting applications for residential projects! These projects are designed to serve our community's most vulnerable residents including the elderly, disabled, low-income, and military veterans at no cost to them. To be considered, please complete and submit your RESIDENTIAL PROJECT APPLICATION HERE or click the button below.

Please be reminded of the following:

Applicant MUST be the property owner. Proof of ownership is required.
Major structural work such as roofing, replacing windows and/or doors, masonry work, and extensive ladder work cannot be performed.
Projects involving mold remediation, lead-based paint removal, and large amounts of trash/debris removal will not be performed due to safety concerns for volunteers.
All work performed must be able to be completed within six hours' time.
Applicant must read and sign the Agreement and Terms of Residential Project statement prior to submission of their application.
Deadline for application submission is August 11, 2024. If you missed the deadline, please contact Kelli Tencer at 301-739-8200 ext. 104 by close of business Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROJECT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Are you a nonprofit organization in Washington County, MD who needs a little bit of help getting organized or perhaps needing a hand with some cleaning or painting? To be considered, please complete and submit your NONPROFIT PROJECT APPLICATION HERE or click the button below.

Please be reminded of the following:

All work performed must be able to be completed within six hours' time.
If you are providing lunch for your volunteers, you must let us know on your application.
Projects involving mold remediation, lead-based paint removal, and large amounts of trash/debris removal will not be performed due to safety concerns for volunteers.
Major structural work such as roofing, replacing windows and/or doors, masonry work, and any extension ladder work cannot be performed.
Deadline for application submission is August 11, 2024. If you missed the deadline, please contact Kelli Tencer at 301-739-8200 ext. 104 by close of business Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

DAYS OF CARING COMMUNITY EVENTS

Even though Day of Caring is Washington County's Largest Single-Day Volunteer Event there are many days and many ways you can be involved!

Are you unavailable on Thursday, September 19th but still have a passion and desire to be a part of positive change in our community?

We are seeking collection sites for our county-wide Personal Hygiene and Baby Item Drives. To be a site host, please contact Kate Younkins at: kate@uwwcmd.org

Hygiene Drive Baby Collection Drive

Not able to be a collection site host? No problem! Consider purchasing items from our Amazon wish list and have them delivered straight to our office!

To purchase personal hygiene items, please go to: https://a.co/jiDA8GP

Baby items may be purchased here: https://a.co/hsTFtXu