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2010 Publix Day of Caring Team
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Greetings!
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| Were you one of our volunteers that participated in the United Way's 17th annual Day of Caring event on Saturday, February 27? If so, thank you so much for your participation. Although the weather was cold and rainy, more than 1,400 volunteers came together to tackle more than 35 projects throughout Marion County.
Day of Caring offers area businesses, individuals, organizations and civic clubs the opportunity to help local nonprofit human service agencies accomplish much-needed projects during one day of organized volunteerism. Projects include facility improvements, neighborhood cleanups, construction of new playgrounds and rehabilitation of housing for the elderly.
Visit our Flickr Photostream to view more photos. For more information on how you can get involved next year, call the United Way at 732-9696. |
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| Still interested in getting your taxes filed for FREE? United Way's VITA program is still accepting appointments. Call 732-9696 to schedule yours today. Click here for a list of locations. |
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Take a stroll through Central Park on your way to an upscale Manhatten Restaurant where you can bid on silent auction items and have your photo taken in front of our New York themed Studio.
We hope you can join us for United Way's Annual Meeting of the Membership Friday, March 26, 2010 at Amarie's Banquets and Catering located at 7620 S. US HWY 41 in Dunnellon. A five course meal will be served along with live entertainment from Zandra Brown and Rudy Turner. Tickets are limited. Read here for more information. |
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If you are a Caring Club Card Member, be on the lookout for a welcome e-mail from the Caring Club National Program.
Members can enjoy even more rewards with national online discounts. Included in your Caring Club membership is access to all the local companies that sign on and the national online program offering benefits from more than 40 national merchants such as Barnes & Noble, The Sports Authority, 1-800-PetMeds, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Firestone, Meineke Car Care, Restaurant.com, Hickory Farms, Omaha Steaks, emusic, Blockbuster Online, Ann Taylor, Timberland, Champs, and many more! Learn more about the National Program.
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| If you are interested in donating to the long-term recovery efforts to rebuild lives and infrastucutre devastated by the disaster in Chile and Haiti, you can donate to United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund. You can make a $10 donation by texting CHILE or HAITI to 864833(UNITED). Standard text messaging rates apply.
Gifts to the fund will address educational, financial, and health-related challenges, such as access to health care, rebuilding schools and housing, and meeting critical basic needs for shelter, food and clothing.
If you have prior diaster relief experience, have fluency of the local language and have expertise in a technical field such as medicine, communicationss logistics or water/sanitation engineering, we encourage you to register with the Center for International Disaster Information volunteer database. |
Advocate.
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| You can make change happen with your voice. Munroe Regional Medical Center is hosting their annual March for Nutrition on Saturday, March 27th to raise awareness about nutrition education and the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical habits. All proceeds benfit United Way and Meals on Wheels.
Pre-registration is $15. Click here for more information and sign-up form. Read more
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Volunteer.
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| United Way is looking for volunteers who are interested in being facilitators for personal budgeting workshops. Training for the FDIC curriculum will be provided to all individuals along with instructors manual and materials. Facilitators will present to businesses and organizations that are interested in hosting classes for their employees, clients or members at their facility. For more information call Krista Martin at 352-732-9696 or email her. |
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| Since 2-1-1 launched at the beginning of the year, we have received more than 2,000 calls from Marion County residents looking for assistance. The Top Service Requests in February include:
Electric Bill Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
VITA Programs
Food Pantries
Legal Counseling
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