Santa Barbara County United Way's 13th Annual
 

Team Photos & Day of Caring Highlights

For information about Day of Caring, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of September, please email us, or call 805-965-8591.

Pictures taken by Megan Frasheski & Melanie Duerkopp

More pictures coming soon!

Highlights from the 13th Annual Day of Caring!

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust at FoodBank sorting food

Over 1,100 people gave up their Saturday morning in September to help more than 45 charitable organizations. In just 4 hours, much needed projects like painting fences, gardening at school sites, and sorting contributed food were completed. The morning began with an energized rally to kickoff Santa Barbara County United Way's Community Campaign at Page Youth Center. The breakfast entertainment included the Dos Pueblos High School Marching Band and the Santa Barbara City College Cheer Squad. The morning program was led by Bill and Bonnie from KRUZ-103.3, who introduced Henry Dubroff, United Way's 2004-2005 Community Campaign Chair and Editor-in-Chief of Pacific Coast Business Times. Mr. Dubroff announced the campaign goals for the year: $2,937,000 in total pledges, an average gift of $250, and a 30% participation rate. John Romo, Deputy Campaign Chair and President of Santa Barbara City College, let everyone know the totals from Pacesetter Campaigns, which topped out at almost $900,000, a 36% increase from last year!

Women doing an excellent job gardening at Devereux

After an exciting breakfast, sponsored in part by Catering by Lori Cordova, volunteer teams, which included coworkers, families, and friends, went out into our community to do their "hands-on" assignments. The largest team was Santa Barbara Bank & Trust with 97 volunteers! Raytheon and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints had about 75 volunteers each. The team with the biggest increase in volunteers was Westmont College, with a team of 52 people. In the past, Westmont has had an average of 12 volunteers. These and other teams helped 47 different charities in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Santa Ynez complete almost 100 projects.

Here are a few examples:

Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: Counting red ribbons and assembling a 4,000-piece mailing
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic: Marking and recording text books in sound booths
Kellogg School: Gardening around the campus and cleaning up the garden shed
Devereux: Washing agency vans and painting buildings
Foodbank: Sorting and organizing contributed food

There were many more wonderful projects accomplished as well! Here is a complete list of all of the participating charitable organizations and volunteer teams:

County of Santa Barbara employee enjoying his task

A special thank you goes out to all of you that helped make this truly a Day of Caring! See you next year!

Day of Caring Sponsors
			HAGER & DOWLING