AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO SHOW THEY CARE
WEEK OF CARING: SEPTEMBER 8 - 13

San Rafael-CA. Are you handy with a paint brush? Enjoy working outdoors, gardening or landscaping? Would you like to help your community? Many nonprofits in Marin are looking for volunteers to work on a long “wish list” of projects this year. Sign up through your business or corporation for Week of Caring September 8-13, and lend a helping hand in your local community. Organized as a partnership between the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (Center), United Way of the Bay Area and The Volunteer Centers of the Bay Area, Week of Caring is an annual event that promotes volunteerism and community involvement among the Marin business community by providing them with a range of service projects to participate in.

This year, the Center has recruited nearly 60 projects from a diverse group of nonprofit agencies such as Girls on the Run Bay Area, Homeward Bound, Davidson Middle School’s Green Schoolyard Project, Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary, West Marin Community Services, Lark Theatre and The Redwoods. By helping agencies with their gardening, clean-ups, building or animal welfare projects, businesses will get a chance to see their community in a whole new light while at the same time building a spirit of teamwork and cooperation in their own organizations.

“The Week of Caring is a valuable event for both the nonprofit and the business community. This event offers a unique opportunity for groups of employees to volunteer together on a community project. The projects are fun, interactive, and most importantly, have a positive impact on our community,” states Darlene Fiscus, Volunteer Services and Community Relations Manager at the Center. “Last year, more than 6,000 people from 50 businesses in support of 150 nonprofits around the Bay Area participated in Week of Caring. I can’t think of an easier or better way to help engage business employees as volunteers at nonprofit organizations. The whole community wins.”

To sign up your business or company for one of the projects being sponsored during Week of Caring, register online at www.weekofcaring.org or contact Darlene Fiscus at 415.479.5710 ext 340. For more information about the Center, please visit our website at www.centerforleadershipmarin.org.