Day of Action Volunteer Drive
Do What It Takes: 1,000 Volunteers For Early Education

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United Way of Greater Chattanooga and radio partner PULSE NEWS 95.3 presents Day of Action, Saturday, June 20, from noon to 3 p.m. at Hamilton Place Mall. 

Day of Action will focus on early education by kicking off a volunteer recruitment drive to get the community to LIVE UNITED and “Do what it takes” to get children ready for success in school.

We want to recruit 1,000 VOLUNTEERS for early childhood education between June 20 and August 23, 2009. The results of this 9-week volunteer drive will be announced at the Chattanooga Market’s LIVE UNITED DAY on Sunday, August 23. 

United Way will hold a DO WHAT IT TAKES” VOLUNTEER DRIVE KICKOFF AT HAMILTON PLACE MALL. United Way, accompanied by several early childhood-focused community agencies, will take action in Hamilton Place Mall at the Comcast Stage by recruiting people to volunteer in the area of early childhood education. The first 20 people to sign up to volunteer at Hamilton Place Mall on June 20 will receive a free LIVE UNITED t-shirt.

United Way’s Day of Action also coincides with the “WHAT IT TAKES” COMMUNITY FORUM ON EARLY GRADE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL at the UTC University Center from 9:30a-3:30p. The forum will focus on what government, non-profits, parents teachers and county leaders can do better to ensure school success for Hamilton County children. It is funded by the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Along with the United Way, members of the School Readiness Advisory board include: Chattanooga Department of Human Services, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Child Care Resource and Referral, Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter, Hamilton County Department of Education, Hamilton County Parents Are First Teachers Program, Head Start, Orange Grove Center, Public Education Foundation, Project Ready for School, READ 20, Signal Centers, Inc., Siskin Children’s Institute, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Tennessee Department of Human Services.  

United Way’s drive to recruit 1,000 volunteers will extend to college campuses, local employers, and other organizations in addition to the general public.