United Way of Greater Williamsburg

Day of Caring

September 9, 2004

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United Way . . . making tomorrow brighter . . . that's what matters! Our 13th annual Day of Caring was on September 9, 2004. The day began at Sentara-Williamsburg Community Hospital's Outpatient Care Center on Mooretown Road. Volunteers gathered in the parking lot area and enjoyed donuts (from Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts and Farm Fresh), bagels (from Big Apple Bagel) and coffee (from Starbucks), picked up their t-shirts, had their team photos taken, picked up a little healthy snack bag from the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation and receive a little "way to go" motivation from Vickie Tucker, Day of Caring Chair, Bob Graves, Sentara Williamsburg Community Hospital's Administrator and from Dean Sculthrope, Campaign Chair. The volunteers then headed off to their project sites. Weather held up for most of the day, a few areas had a brief shower, but for the most part, it was a great day to be working on the many projects.

After all projects are complete - some were rescheduled for September 16th and September 22nd due to wet ground and rain the original day of their projects - over 850 volunteers participated in the 13th annual Day of Caring, at 60 projects - this is over 5,000 community service hours. United Way of Greater Williamsburg and the community thank you all for your hard work and dedication.

At 5:00pm volunteers gathered back at the Historic Triangle Community Service Building to share their day's experiences and enjoyed a dinner provided in-kind by Outback Steak House and dessert from Ben& Jerry's. There was a program to close the day's activities and the 2004 campaign was kicked off with the announcement of the amount raised by the Pacesetters, which was OVER $500,000.00!!!! The Campaign was kicked off with the announcement that we need to raise more money than we raised last year - there is no set goal, but the needs in the community are increasing and we want to work to meet those needs - your donation today will help make an IMPACT on our community.

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DAY OF CARING COMMITTEE

(Picture is the 2003 Day of Caring Committee - many remembers remained on board for this year)

Vickie Tucker, 2004/2005 Day of Caring Chair
Chesapeake Bank

Dean Sculthrope, UWGW 2004 Campaign Chair
Ukrop's

Al Brenick
City of Williamsburg

Frank Rogers
County of York

Carol Schenk
James City County

Wendy Sumerlin
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Roxann Norman
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Diane Hudgins
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Kendra Krump
York County School Division

Aaron Williams
Williams Landscape & Design, Inc.

Greg Morgan
Taylored Printing

Randy Myers
Witt Mares Eggleston Smith, PLC

Cliff Carden, III
Liberty Mutual

UNITED WAY STAFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 Sharron Cornelius, Executive Director

Zena Myall, Community Relations Coordinator

Chris Lafferty, Resource Development Director

Liz Snyder, Special Projects

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