Volunteers will be active throughout Snohomish County today and Saturday participating in United Way of Snohomish County’s annual Days of Caring.
This year, there are a few new trends that will make the 17th event stand out, said Deborah Squires, vice president of impact and marketing.
For one thing, the number of individual volunteers is up over previous years. Volunteer registrations totaled 1,000 by Wednesday and were still pouring in late Thursday afternoon, she said.
Teams of volunteers represented 75 companies and at least 56 projects were filled by volunteers.
“Individuals, groups of friends and families are coming out on their own in larger numbers,” Squires wrote. “We had to go reprint T-shirts.”
Throughout the community-wide event volunteers will help in many ways. Reading with children is typically one popular volunteer activity.
It still is, according to Squires, but this year volunteers will also help Everett School District students with reading assessments and count sit-ups during physical fitness assessments.
Groups will also clean up Jetty Island, work at the Little Red School House and bring out power tools to complete a specialized project at Cocoon House in Everett.
Individuals who want to participate in the event on Saturday can call United Way of Snohomish County Volunteer Center at 425-374-5500 until noon today to sign up for a project.
“The truth is until we actually get out there we won’t know how many volunteers we’ll have,” Squires said. “We do know we’ll see some people who come along at the last minute and they’ll be welcome.”
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