With our attention appropriately focused on volunteers supporting the recovery effort in the South, we run the risk of overlooking the thousands of volunteers working to make our own community stronger, healthier and more livable.
In spite of Friday’s drizzle, the enthusiasm at the morning kick-off for the Annual United Way Day of Caring was anything but damp as volunteers gathered at a spirited morning rally at the Everett Mall.
Fortified with refreshments and energized with a quick aerobic workout courtesy of the YMCA, 1,000 participants set out to tackle 66 local projects, donating 7,000 hours, representing $123,000 in volunteer time and energy. That’s impressive.
Woven into the fun and frivolity of the morning was a somber message of support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. As the $10 million dollar campaign goal was announced, it was apparent that the outpouring of generosity for our fellow Americans in Mississippi and Louisiana challenges fund-raising efforts here in our own back yard.
We hope that residents of Snohomish County will dig just a little deeper this year to make sure that the gap doesn’t widen for those in need a little closer to home.
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