Day of Caring

2013 Day of Caring KICKOFF to be Held Sept. 6
in Eugene Field Neighborhood

The Tulsa Area United Way’s annual Day of Caring will kick off with a free breakfast and program at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, 2143 S. Olympia Ave. 

“We’re excited to hold our annual Day of Caring breakfast and program in the Eugene Field neighborhood,” said Mark R. Graham, President and CEO of the Tulsa Area United Way. 

During the program, the Tulsa Area United Way will recognize its Trailblazer companies and organizations, which conduct early fundraising campaigns in the summer. 

 After the breakfast and program, Day of Caring participants will disperse to more than 350 job sites located across the Tulsa area. Several job sites will be located in the Eugene Field neighborhood and Red Fork area in southwest Tulsa. 

“Holding our breakfast and kickoff program at a location where we will be completing service projects really gets at the heart of what the Day of Caring is all about,” Graham said.

Last year, nearly 5,000 people participated in the Tulsa Area United Way’s Day of Caring, making it one of the nation’s largest single days of community service. 

Several United Way partner agencies are located in the vicinity, including The Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, and Community Action Project’s Early Childhood Education Center. 

The Tulsa Area United Way recently approved $100,000 in community collaborative funding for the Promise and Choice Neighborhood Programs, which focuses on education and revitalization in the Eugene Field area.

“A lot of positive energy and momentum exists among residents, business owners and non-profit organizations in this neighborhood,” Graham said. “We want to celebrate that momentum and do our part to make this area a better place to live, work and go to school.”

For more information on the Tulsa Area United Way’s annual Day of Caring, to submit a request for a work project, or to register for participation as an individual or team, contact Maxine Street at 918-295-6644.

Looking Back: Day of Caring 2012

Thousands of individuals and hundreds of companies rolled up their sleeves and showed the Tulsa area how much they care for the 21st Day of Caring.

Hundreds of people packed the new Guthrie Green park in downtown Tulsa to enjoy breakfast from QuikTrip and to get their Day of Caring started off right. 

The program featured the 2012 Trailblazer companies that reported an astounding total raised of more than $4 million to get the Campaign off to a great start!

The Tulsa Area United Way's Day of Caring is one of the largest events of its kind in the nation. During this day, nearly 5,000 volunteers loged more than 30,000 hours of work on hundreds of projects across the Tulsa area.

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