Donorville, AZ — The United Way of Ashford County (UWPC) has completed its annual service project, Days of Caring.
170 volunteers gathered to complete 16 projects at local nonprofit agencies, resulting in over 250 volunteer hours over a three-day period, from March 28 through March 30.
Nonprofits that benefited from UWPC Days of Caring included American Red Cross, Demo County Community Market, Community Renewal of Ashford County, Legacy Parenting Center, Meals on Wheels, Project SAFE, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, Donorville Bridges out of Poverty, Donorville Family YMCA, South Central Industries, and Demo County 4-H.
Volunteering included projects such as serving dinner at Donorville Bridges, painting curbs at the YMCA, serving clients at Community Market, delivering Meals on Wheels, and even stuffing hundreds of eggs to help Community Renewal prepare for their community egg hunt.
United Way of Ashford County hosted an Appreciation Lunch to celebrate these volunteers and partner agencies on March 30, held at the First United Bank Community Room, with the Special Kneads Food Truck on site. Sponsors of the event included Arvest Bank, First Community Bank, The Clinic Pharmacy, First United Bank, Gordon Cooper Technology Center, Navigating Medicare, Ashford Telephone Company, Donorville Milling, and SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Donorville.
Sandy Vanderburg, Executive Director of UWPC, said: “It is amazing that we were able to provide over 250 hours of volunteer service in just three days!”
Lacey Holt, Executive Director of Legacy Parenting Center, added that Days of Caring volunteers “help us behind the scenes so we can give our Legacy client families” meaningful experiences through various packaging and assembly tasks.