LIVINGSTON COUNTY — On Wednesday the United Way of Livingston County held it's Day of Caring. During this day, 275 students and chaperones form Geneseo, York, Livonia, Cal-Mum, and Keshequa high schools came together to work on community service projects. The projects ranged from yard work and cleaning, to delivering "Meals on Wheels" alongside the Office for the Aging. "This is the largest turn-out of volunteers that we've ever had for our … [Read more...]
SUN VIDEO: Record-Breaking United Way Volunteer Force Touches Up Local Towns
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – United Way's Day of Caring once again had a record turnout of volunteers. An unprecedented 266 volunteers from across Livingston County set to community improvement projects on Tuesday. Some did projects in their own hometowns. "I know at my school some of us are helping out around the school," said Avon Central student Jenna Schifino, who also designed this year's Day of Caring t-shirts. "I'm going to the circle and … [Read more...]
Livingston County High Schooler Volunteers Make United Way’s Biggest Ever Day of Caring
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – More than 200 community volunteers including more than 155 high school students are currently hard at work after a meeting under the pavilion in Highland Park in Geneseo Tuesday morning to share bagels and doughnuts and to lay out the plan to get their hands dirty with projects in their communities. Karen Rumfola, Regional Director of Livingston County United Way, said that Livingston County's communities have always … [Read more...]
Livingston County’s Students Guide United Way and Wegmans’ Day of Caring
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Students in Livingston County's schools are taking the lead unlike ever before in 2016's United Way's Day of Caring. According to a press release from United Way, the event starts on May 17 at 8:30 a.m. at Highland Park in Geneseo with a breakfast and 'working orders,' and volunteers will then branch out into multiple projects meant to assist the several Livingston County communities. "The Day of Caring is basically a … [Read more...]
United Way, Wegmans to put on “Day of Caring”
GENESEO — The United Way of Livingston County has teamed up with Wegmans to put on the first-annual “Day of Caring” this Thursday. United Way staff and volunteers, volunteers from Wegmans, Frontier, Five Star Bank, Bank of Castile, and members of the Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Livingston class will meet at Highland Park at 8:30 a.m. for a kick-off breakfast provided by United Way, according to Karen Rumfola, the Regional Director at United … [Read more...]