Youth Day of Caring

More Than 180 Local Teens Clean Up City Island for Youth Day of Caring

More than 180 local high school students recently volunteered as part of United Way of the Capital Region’s 21st Annual Youth Day of Caring.

Volunteers completed painting, clean-up and landscaping projects throughout Harrisburg City Island to prepare the park for the spring season.

Juniors and seniors from the following nine high schools participated: Bishop McDevitt, Camp Hill, Cumberland Valley, East Pennsboro, Middletown, Red Land, SciTech, Susquehanna Township and Trinity.

Members of our Bridges Society served as volunteer project leaders, chaperones, photographers and hospitality help. The Bridges Society connects a diverse group of leaders through giving and volunteering.

Youth Day of Caring was sponsored by Members 1st Federal Credit Union (Lead Sponsor), Harrisburg Kiwanis Youth Foundation (Supporting Sponsor) SiteLogIQ (Supporting Sponsor), and Healthy You Café at Capital Blue Cross Connect (Lunch Sponsor). Additional support was provided by Belco Community Credit Union, F&M Trust and River Wealth Advisors.

Check out photos from Youth Day of Caring on our Flickr page.