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3rd Annual Day
of Caring
Thanks to All the Volunteers!
200 Volunteers
Value = $20,000
1st Annual 9/11 Memorial Blood
Drive on the Day of Caring
70 People
58 usable pints
21 First Time Donors!
Third Annual Pike Day of Caring and First
9/11 Memorial Blood Drive Successful In Spite Of Heavy Rain
Almost 200 community volunteers braved
the torrential rain on Saturday, September 13 to help local non-profit organizations do important tasks that they
couldn’t accomplish alone. Projects included painting and repairing facilities, mulching and marking trails, helping
with office work, the Pike County Library book stacks and book sale, helping several elderly families with tasks
they could no longer tackle, helping at food pantries, and assisting Pike United Way to expand the data base for
its new human services website PikePaHelp.org.
People of all ages participated, including many senior citizens, and a large group of high school students, including
more than 75 from Delaware Valley High School and 3 Wallenpaupack High School students from Hemlock Farms.
Each volunteer received a Day of Caring tee shirt and breakfast at the Tom Quick Inn, donated by current owners
Pam and Dick Lutfy, along with soon to be new owners, Abe Wohl and Gary Hodge. Lunch was provided by the recipient
non-profit organizations at each work-site.
In a new Day of Caring initiative, Pike United Way teamed up with Pike Chamber of Commerce and Pike County Library,
in a very successful blood drive to commemorate September 11, 2001. Barbara J. Buchanan, chaired it with help from
25 volunteers, led by the American Red Cross. A total of 70 prospective donors yielded 58 usable pints of blood.
There were 21 first time donors, including quite a few high school students who had recently passed the minimum
age level of 17, required for giving blood.
United Way Co-chairs Lee Oakes, Christine Obser and Mike Donlon reported that the Fourth Annual Day of Caring would
be Saturday, September 11, 2004. The American Red Cross and all the participating organizations have agreed that
the September 11 Memorial Blood Drive will again be a vital part of the annual Day of Caring program.
All in all, volunteers contributed a collective 1,000 hours for an estimated dollar value of $12,000. They received
heartfelt thanks from Pike United Way and the recipients of their hard work and community spirit. Many of them
have already signed up for the 2004-Day of Caring on Saturday September 11, 2004.
Day of Caring Photos
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9/11 Memorial Blood Drive
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Gallon Donors
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9/11 Memorial Blood Drive High School HOSA
Volunteers
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Karl A. Wagner, Jr. and Barbara Buchanan
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Karl A. Wagner, Jr., Assisting a Donor
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Two Day of Caring Volunteers who worked at
PEEC and also donated blood!
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Blood Drive Day of Caring Volunteers
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Day of Caring Volunteers
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Ann Street School
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Bushkill Outreach
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Delaware Valley High School Student Volunteers
at Bushkill Outreach.
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Camp Speers
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Student Volunteers Eating Lunch at Camp Speers
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GAIT
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Volunteers Working on Rebuilding a Shed
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Volunteers working on the Roof
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Survivors’ Resources
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Other Volunteers
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Volunteers Work in the PEEC Library
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A Volunteer Painting at PCDC
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Two Student Volunteers at the Pike County
Public Library
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Volunteer Office Worker in the United Way
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Thanks to All of the Day
of Caring and Blood Drive Volunteers!
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