Millions to volunteer on Make a Difference Day, Oct. 28

October 3, 2006

Millions of Americans across the country are expected to spend
Saturday, Oct. 28— Make a Difference Day— doing volunteer projects
to improve their communities and help neighbors in need. You can
be one of them.

Visit United Way's Volunteer Center to find a project. Projects are searchable by age, group and interest.

Make a Difference Day is the largest community service effort in the
nation, rallying corporations, government leaders, charitable
organizations and everyday Americans into action on one day.

On the last Make a Difference Day, a record 3 million volunteers participated and an estimated 28 million people-in-need benefited. Projects have ranged from a countywide cleanup involving thousands of people to a mentoring program in which members of a sorority provided one-on-one support to 35 underprivileged

For more information about Make a Difference Day or volunteering, please call the Volunteer Center at United Way at 425.921.3459 or the Make a Difference Day Hot Line at 1.800.416.3824.

October 3, 2006

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