May 7,2011, Davie County, NC – What an amazing day! A total of 37 projects were completed by 220 volunteers during this year’s Davie County United Way’s (DCUW) Day of Caring. These outstanding volunteers participated in projects ranging from visitations and cleaning, to gardening, painting and building wheelchair ramps AND for the first time this year…makeovers and repairs were made at Fork Community Park and Cooleemee’s Park and Recreation area along with designing and installation of a Butterfly Garden at Rich Park. This year’s event was such a success due to those volunteers and businesses that donated their services and gave their time and effort to show what it means to LIVE UNITED!
At 8:00 a.m. volunteers stood ready with paint brushes, rakes, shovels and pressure washers in hand to do their part in a makeover which would have Ty Pennington screaming Good Morning Davie County. This year United Way decided to shake things up a bit and not only help individuals, but to do something on a bigger scale that would benefit the entire county. They went out in search of projects that could make a difference to the people of Davie County and with the help of many Teams and Sponsors made it happen.
With Volunteer time valued at $21.36 per hour; along with the Project Sponsors and In-Kind Donations…United Way’s Day of Caring effort invested $40, 604.00 into the community on May 7th. A job well done!
WORK TEAMS that gathered from the following churches, civic clubs and companies all across Davie County include:
Blaise Baptist Men
Cooleemee Civitan Club
Corinthian Lodge # 17
Davie Civitan Club
Davie County Master Gardeners
Davie High School Jr. Civitan Club
M.A.S.S.
Mocksville Civitan Club
Piedmont Natural Gas
R.S.V.P.
Sun Trust
The Journey Church
Vulcan Materials
Walmart
Women of Mocksville 2nd Presbyterian Church
SPONSORS of the Day include:
Bank of the Carolinas
Piedmont Natural Gas
The Journey Church
Mocksville Rotary Club
Town of Cooleemee
Walmart
BB&T
Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home, Inc.
Graham Funeral Home
Davie County Home Health Agency
Osborne Tire & Automotive
Howard Realty
Stephanie Redmon
Evelyn Terry
IN-KIND SPONSORS who donated their services or products for the makeovers are:
Vulcan Materials
R and R Plumbing
Town of Mocksville
Lowe’s Home Improvement
The Journey Church
Mocksville /Davie Parks & Recreation
Able Printing Company
Caudell Lumber
Doug Key Electric
Shoaf Concrete
Habitat Restore
Community Treeworks
D and D Tree Cutting Service
Davie Farm Service
Trailers of the East Coast
Cozart’s Handyman Service
Sherwin-Williams
Eco-Panels, LLC
Lakey’s Backhoe Service, Inc.
Flowers Bakery
Hardees of Mocksville
Kentucky Fried Chicken
RiverTrail Mercantile
Miller’s Restaurant
Hanesbrands
James Masonry
A Very Special Thank You to the 2011 DAY OF CARING COMMITTEE, without whom none of this would have been possible:
Jeff Fleming, Chair
Tim Stewart
Chuck Taylor
Austin and Emily Lakey
Katie Grose-Brewer
Gaither Markland
Day of Caring is one of DCUW’s direct programs and a day of true volunteerism when our community and volunteers can see first-hand the entire scope of the Davie County United Way mission.