Community Care Day 2009
As part of United Way of Knox County's 2009 Campaign Kickoff, more than 80 Community Care Day volunteers spent the afternoon working at United Way agency sites on Wednesday, September 16. The following are just some of the community service projects that took place on Community Care Day:
- Rolls Royce volunteers worked to reroof a shelter house behind The Harbor Family Center at The Salvation Army of Mount Vernon
- Ariel Corporation/Energy Machine volunteers completed a major landscaping and clean-up project on the grounds of The Salvation Army of Mount Vernon
- Jeld-Wen and The Energy Cooperative volunteers painted the outside of The Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center
- An additional group of Jeld-Wen employees and a volunteer from The Kroger Company assisted in cleaning the Equine Assisted Therapy’s bingo hall
- 2-1-1 doorhangers were distributed in Mount Vernon, Fredericktown, and Centerburg with the help of Knox Community Hospital, Peoples Bank, Killbuck Savings Bank, First-Knox National Bank, Rays of Hope Autism Center and Mount Vernon City Schools.
  
THANK YOU to our Community Care Day Sponsors:
Ariel Corporation, Brenneman Lumber and Kiln Drying, Donley Ford-Lincoln-Mercury of Mount Vernon, First-Knox National Bank, Friendly’s Restaurant, Image Apparel Plus, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Knox Community Hospital, Knox County Family & Children First Council, Kokosing Construction Company, Music to Go by Jim Bonnette, Nelson & Nelson CPAs, Pathways of Central Ohio/2-1-1, People’s Bank of Gambier, Rolls-Royce, The Energy Cooperative, The Kroger Company, T-Shirt Express, United Way of Knox County, and Williams Flower Shop.
Thank you to all who participated in making United Way's 2009 Community Care Day a success!
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