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THE FEED
by Heart of West Michigan United Way (Heart of West M...) on Thursday Sep 9th, 2010 02:49pm in NONPROFITS 
Amway volunteers worked hard at Camp Manitou-Lin.
Friday, September 10th over 1,600 United Way Day of Caring volunteers will spread out across West Michigan armed with rakes, shovels, paintbrushes, and a determination to improve the community in which they live.
Our community’s largest one-day volunteer event, Day of Caring brings together volunteers from 45 local companies to complete 79 service projects at 61 agencies and schools. The end result? More than 5,000 hours of service to make our community better and stronger.
Day of Caring projects are located at 79 different sites all over West Michigan. From mentoring Grand Rapids Public Schools students at the Children’s Museum to cleaning stables at the Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding, Day of Caring partners area agencies with volunteers from companies such as Amway, Spectrum Health, Steelcase, Fifth Third Bank and 41 other corporate partners.
To learn more about the 2010 Day of Caring Highlights and participants, visit the Volunteer Center website.
As a long-time community leader, Heart of West Michigan United Way collaborates with other organizations throughout West Michigan to advance the common good - that is, to direct change and create opportunities for a good life for all who live here. We focus our efforts in three critical areas: education, income and health, which are the building blocks to a successful life. A quality education that leads to a stable job, enough to support a family through retirement, with good health at every stage. Our goal is to work toward long-lasting changes that truly make an impact. So while we support those who have fallen on hard times, we also work to identify the root causes of problems. Then we build preventative systems that keep those problems from happening in the first place.
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