Volunteer

Organize a Group Project

If you are organizing a project for a group of individuals, whether they be employees, members of an organization, or a group of friends, you should find the information below very useful. You may also contact the United Way of Broome County office by e-mail or (607) 729-2592 for additional information. 

Day of Caring

The Day of Caring program was designed to provide an opportunity for employee groups to participate in one-day volunteer projects at local agencies. Each year United Way develops a list of projects needed by agencies in Broome County.

Planning a successful project

Whether completed by employees, organization members, or friends, successful volunteer projects:

• Clearly connect the work done with the agency's mission and services

• Require group interaction

• Are hands-on

• Don't require advanced skills

• Are novel, new, "happening"

• Involve work which has a lasting impact

• Clearly make a big difference, can be completed in three to four hours, and are easy in-and-out

• Pair volunteer with agency clients in interactive group projects

• Are not make-work projects which "no one else wants to do"

• Are not mundane, clerical, or routine

• Are not routine maintenance work such as sweeping floors

updated: October 12, 2004