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Youth Spend Their Saturday
Volunteering for Third Annual Youth Day of Caring
January 19, 2002
Out of bed before noon on
a Saturday? More than 250 middle and high school students
will join United Way of Pierce County at the heart of the
solution to kick off the third annual Youth Day of Caring
event on Saturday, January 19, 2002. The event begins at 8
a.m. at the Al Davies Boys & Girls Club, 1620 S. 17th
St., Tacoma.
After breakfast and a rally, more than 50 community
members will team the youth volunteers from over 20 schools,
churches and other local community organizations to complete
various projects from cleaning and painting to interacting
with seniors and children.
Emceeing the event will be Jeremy Rubin, 2000
Boys & Girls Club Western Region Youth of the Year and
University of Washington student. Speakers for the event will
include United Way of Pierce County President Rick Allen and
Sue Westering, Executive Director, Tacoma Center YMCA.
Volunteering for Youth Day of Caring will demonstrate
the impact youth can make in their communities and celebrate
the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event will also
provide an opportunity for teens to learn more about community
problems and how volunteering can make a positive impact on
the problems.
For more information, please contact United
Way of Pierce County at 253-272-4263.
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