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Washington County's Largest Single-Day Volunteer Effort
Join us on September 18, 2025
34th Annual Day of Caring - September 18, 2025
What is The Day of Caring?
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 more than 1,000 volunteers to impact our community through 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 us to learn more about how to incorporate Day of Caring into your organization's community involvement plan.
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
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 18, 2025. 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 OPEN!
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 1, 2025.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROJECT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
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 1, 2025.
Volunteer Team Leader Resources
Team Leaders, please have each of your volunteers complete the UWWC Day of Caring Volunteer Release here: https://bit.ly/3LykxJc
Team Leader UWWC Day of Caring T-shirt and Lunch Order Form
Please use the below links to submit all forms after the event