Volunteer for United Way’s Days of Caring

United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona’s Annual Days of Caring–our community’s single largest volunteer event–is taking place on Wednesday, October 23, and Saturday, October 26, 2013. Every year, thousands of people from area businesses, schools and community groups lend their time, talents, and energy to volunteer for projects that make a difference in our community. We invite you to be part of the change. Select a project and VOLUNTEER today!!! Questions about Days of Caring? Contact daysofcaring@unitedwaytucson.org.

Join us for the Days of Caring Live Remote!
When: October 23, 2013, 7:00am-11:00am
Where: Wells Fargo (Grant/Dodge) 3655 E Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85716
What: Enjoy breakfast, walk-up volunteer opportunities, pick up your Live United t-shirts and network with sponsors, volunteers, staff and non-profits and join the community in creating momentum for United Way Days of Caring.

Hope it’s not too late to sign up to volunteer — contact the email address above and do your best to help all the agencies involved with this UW Days of Caring project.

I signed up and am awaiting contact from my project coordinator for the days/times on the weekend which I can hopefully volunteer.

Join in with Southern Arizona’s single largest volunteer event!

Pro Neighborhoods: organizing the community one grant at a time

It’s time for PRO Neighborhood’s annual Community Organizing Course, starting September 7. The course fee has been lowered to $25.

This course is geared toward neighborhood residents, non-profit staff responsible for community involvement, social services or social work students, and others interested in mobilizing neighborhood residents around their passions and skills.

Successful completion of the course requirements will result in three credits through Pima Community College and/or a Community Organizer Certificate from PRO Neighborhoods

The course consists of fifteen classes starting September 7 and ending November 30. Classes are held on Wednesday evenings and some Saturdays. Location of classes to be announced.

For more information and to register, call (520) 882-5885 or send an email to info@proneighborhoods.org.

Lisa Torres
Community Organizer
PRO Neighborhoods, www.proneighborhoods.org

738 N. 5th Ave, Suite 101
Tucson, AZ 85705

(520) 882-5885 work
(520) 207-8654 fax

For more info on Pro Neighborhoods (and the great work they do with small neighborhood grants, click here for a recent KUAT Channel 6 show highlighting a community mural project in Barrio Centro.) I’m a volunteer grant reviewer for Pro Neighborhoods and have helped select worthy and creative neighborhood projects over the years.

PRO Neighborhoods was created in 1994 by a collaboration of four entities. Current collaborative partners include City of Tucson, Pima County, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, and United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona.