2006 Days of Caring

2006 United Way Days of Caring

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

In 2006, Robert E. Walkup, Major of the City of Tucson, Arizona proclaimed October 4th and 7th, 2006, to be Days of Caring in our community.  Teams of volunteers from 86 businesses and organizations teamed-up to make a difference throughout Southern Arizona through United Way Days of Caring.   

Volunteer teams completed 226 projects for 78 local non-profit agencies to make a lasting impact on the lives of children, families and seniors. In all, 2,832 volunteers accomplished a number of projects including construction, painting, landscaping, packing food boxes, reading to children and socializing with seniors.

The signature project for this year’s United Way Days of Caring involved the construction of vegetable gardens at 21 childcare centers and preschools throughout Tucson. These gardens will help children develop basic skills in math, science, gardening and self-sufficiency.  Volunteers from the Marine Corp Recruiting Station North dug plots and put redwood boxes, built by Pima Community College volunteers, in place to create raised vegetable gardens for the children.  Volunteers from Pima Community College read books about gardening, created garden markers, and planted vegetables with the children.  The garden projects is another way United Way’s First Focus on Kids is reaching out to children, enabling them to enter school ready to learn and succeed. 

Thank You to Our Sponsors: 




Special Thanks to:
Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Michael Bolchalk Marketing,Dunn-Edwards Paints, Lowe’s Home Improvement, eegee’s, Fry’s Food & Drug Stores, Johnson-Manley Lumber Co., Sandy Sidewinder, Wilbur & Wilma Wildcat, UA Pep Band, Geico Gecko and Williams & Associates.

A partnership with the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona makes Days of Caring possible.

Participating Organizations and Individuals:

ABA-Architects
Adobe Lodge 41
AGM Container Controls
Alliance Bank of Arizona
American Red Cross
APAC Customer Services, Inc.
Ashland Group
Avent, Inc.
Bank of America
BNC Insurance Alliance
Beach Fleischman & Company
Bourn Companies
BSA Troop 716
Campos-Fleenor Allstate Agency
Caterpillar, Inc.
Citigroup
CODAC Behavioral Health Services
City Of Tucson
Colucci Family
Compass Bank
Convergys
Conway Western
DCMA Raytheon
Diversified Design & Construction
Division of Child Support Enforcement
DR Horton Land Dept.
Employers Dental Services
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Fed Ex
Fed Ex Airport
First Magnus - I Q Lend
First American Title Insurance Co.
Fry's Food and Drug Stores
Geico.com
Gospel Rescue Mission Women & Children's Center
GS Troop 565
Hammel & Company
Health Net
Honeywell
Hundred Palms
IBM Tucson
IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
JC Penney El Con Mall
Jim Click Automotive
Joan Tober- Individual
Judith Hunter-Individual
KB Home
Kerry Bakken - Muralist
KVOA-4
Lewis and Roca, LLP
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Macy's Park Place
Madelyn May- Individual
Marine Corps Recruiting Station North Tucson
New York Life Insurance Co. 
 National Bank of Arizona
Oury Center Teen Club
Otis Elevator
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
Pima Community College
RE Darling Company
Richard Johnson-Individual
Sargent Controls & Aerospace
Southern Arizona Community Bank
Sun Tran
Sunset Rotary
Target Stores
TEP Community Action Team (CAT)
Texas Instruments
The University Of Phoenix
Tubac Real Estate
Tucson Airport Authority AECE
Tucson Community ACTION Team
Tucson Federal Credit Union
Tucson Newspapers
UA Project Volunteer
United Way Loaned Executives
United Way VISTAs
Unity of Tucson
University of Arizona
UPS CSC
UW Loving Ladies
Vidal Family
Wells Fargo
Youth Adventures

Participating Agencies and Childcare Centers:
A Dream Come True
Acacia Elementary Comm. Svcs. (VUSD)
Amado Community Food Bank
American Heart Association
Amphi Foundation
Apollo Middle School
Arizona Greyhound Rescue
Arizona's Children Association
Ben's Bells
Boy Scouts of America, Catalina Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson
Casa de los Niño’s
C.E. Rose PACE
Child & Family Resources, Inc.
Children’s Choice Early Learning Center
Cholla High Magnet School - AZ - Tucson
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services
Christian Family Care Agency
CODAC Behavioral Health Services, Inc.
Community Extension Programs, Inc.
Community Outreach Program for the Deaf and the Community Living Program
Cozy Casa Children’s Center
Davis Monthan Child Development
Desert Spring Children's Center
Drexel Elementary Preschool
El Rio Foundation
Gentle Hands Childcare Center
Grace to the Nations EEC
Habitat for Humanity Tucson
Hope of Glory Ministries
Happy Trails School
Humane Society of Southern Arizona
Interfaith Community Services
Jacobs YMCA Center
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kellond Preschool (TUSD)
La Paloma Family Services, Inc.
Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest - ROSS Program
Literacy Volunteers of Tucson
Los Amigos Steps 4 Success (SUSD)
MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS
Mission Manor Preschool (SUSD)
Mission View PACE (TUSD)
Ochoa PACE (TUSD)
Ocotillo Preschool (SUSD)
One-On-One Partners, Inc.
Open Inn, Inc.
Outer Limits School
Pima Air & Space Museum
Pima Animal Care Center
Project AMOR
Rogers Elementary School
Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center
Sahuaro Girl Scout Council
Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Southwest Education Center PACE (TUSD)
St. Luke's Home
St. Mark's Preschool and Kindergarten
Sunstone Cancer Support Centers
Sycamore Elementary
The Blake Foundation
The Brewster Center Domestic Violence Services, Inc.
The Giving Tree Outreach Program
The Health Education Project
TIHAN - Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network
Travelers Aid Society of Tucson, Inc.
Tu Nidito
Tucson Children's Museum
Tucson Community Food Bank
Tucson Nursery School
Tucson Urban League
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona