Caring is ‘powerful’: United Way event open to businesses, groups

Travis Maxwell, a volunteer from Nestle Purina PetCare Co., reads to students in the Dunkirk City School District as part of United Way of Chautauqua County’s Literacy Week 2025 earlier this year.
- Travis Maxwell, a volunteer from Nestle Purina PetCare Co., reads to students in the Dunkirk City School District as part of United Way of Chautauqua County’s Literacy Week 2025 earlier this year.
- United Way of Chautauqua County’s 2025 Day of Caring volunteer event will mobilize individuals, families, and corporate teams to complete hands-on projects at schools, nonprofits, and other community organizations across Chautauqua County.
Scheduled for Friday, Aug. 15, volunteer registration is now open and will run through August 10. Through this event, United Way will be connecting individuals, families, corporate teams and other groups with more than 15 hands-on service projects at local nonprofits, schools and other agencies. Each project is designed to help the organizations advance their missions through support with tasks like landscaping, painting, organizing, cleaning and general maintenance.
“This initiative is a powerful example of how we can mobilize the caring power of our community for meaningful, viable impact,” said Katie Castro, UWCHQ Director of Advancement. “When you register for Day of Caring, you’re doing more than giving a few hours of your time — you’re helping United Way support families at every stage of life.”
All projects are three hours long. Morning projects will run from 9 a.m. to noon with afternoon projects running from 1 to 4 p.m.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, every volunteer will receive a Day of Caring t-shirt to wear at their project site. United Way’s 2025 Day of Caring is sponsored by Refresco and Fidelis.

United Way of Chautauqua County’s 2025 Day of Caring volunteer event will mobilize individuals, families, and corporate teams to complete hands-on projects at schools, nonprofits, and other community organizations across Chautauqua County.
For more information, visit UnitedWayCHQ.org, text “CaringCHQ” to 41444 or contact Eric Rinaldo by emailing erinaldo@uwayscc.org or calling 716-483-1561.
For more than a century, United Way of Chautauqua County has served as a trusted connector and catalyst in Chautauqua County. The very best progress happens at the intersection of business and community. United Way is uniquely poised to connect all sectors of the community (individuals, businesses, nonprofits and governmental), and leverage those connections to mobilize people to action.