PITTSBURG, Kan. — With more than 100 area volunteers ready to lend a hand, United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas is hosting its annual Day of Action on Friday, June 23.
Traditionally held in June on or around the longest day of the year, Day of Action is a coordinated event where United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas collaborates with employees of area businesses to pitch in and help local nonprofit organizations complete various projects.
“Day of Action really showcases the caring power of volunteers in our communities,” said Duane Dreiling, Executive Director of United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas. “By connecting our partner agencies and other area nonprofits to community and corporate volunteers, it helps them make improvements without having to use their own limited resources.”
Volunteers will take on projects at 12 area nonprofits such as landscaping, painting, cleaning, organizing, document scanning, hosting a donation drive for basic necessities or various other needs that often go unmet.
The volunteers will complete approximately 350 hours of service, which is a value to the community of about $11,130, based on the national value of a volunteer hour of $31.80.
Area businesses participating in this year’s United Way Day of Action include Arvest Bank in Joplin and Pittsburg, Blue Buffalo, Central Bank, Commerce Bank in Joplin and Pittsburg, GN Bank Pittsburg, Guaranty Bank, Jones Heritage Realtors, KOAM KFJX Television, Liberty Utilities, Mercy Hospital, Miller’s Professional Imaging, Modine Manufacturing, Pittsburg Chapter of the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors, Pittsburg State University, Southwest Missouri Bank, and Watco.
Many of the volunteers will be out in the community wearing United Way’s Day of Action 2023 t-shirt. The shirts were provided thanks to the generous support of Southwest Missouri Bank and the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors.
To learn more about United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas or Day of Action, call 417-624-0153 in Joplin, 620-231-8140 in Pittsburg or visit www.unitedwaymokan.org/dayofaction.
