Volunteers rally for annual Day of Caring

Day of Caring beautifies

Approximately 65 volunteers showed up ready to work at designated places in Oelwein parks Friday for the annual Oelwein Area United Way Day of Caring. From trimming scrub trees along Lake Oelwein’s shoreline to painting picnic tables and spreading mulch,…

Volunteers clean up Kilen Woods State Park

JACKSON — Volunteers added their GreenTouch to Kilen Woods State Park near Lakefield May 3. Sponsored by Federated Rural Electric in Jackson, eight volunteers and one park employee helped spruce up Kilen Woods. “We had a lovely spring day with sunshine and no wind,” said Andrea Christoffer, Federated’s marketing and communications manager. “Volunteers picked up litter and downed branches on the trails and campgrounds. We also raked leaves at the…

Volunteers rally for annual Day of Caring

More than 1,600 volunteers are expected to get their hands dirty assisting several nonprofit agencies.

‘It’s not about you’ at the annual Day of Caring

East Grand Rapids — “It’s not about you — it’s about the love that you give to the animals.” So said East Grand Rapids Middle School student Jayden McGee, as he and a throng of other sixth-graders wrapped up two hours of volunteer work at the Humane Society of West Michigan in Walker.  The students found themselves at the humane society for the middle school’s annual Day of Caring, which splits up the student population and sends groups off to v…