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What Is Caring Connection?

United Way Caring Connection matches people to volunteer projects across the nine-county metro area. Get your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors involved in volunteering! We have projects for all size groups -- from two people and up. You'll be matched by your group's interests and location preferences.

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Special thanks to Target Corporation for again sponsoring United Way Caring Connection. Target has sponsored the program since it began in 1993 as "Week of Caring," involving a few hundred volunteers. The program has grown to year-round, and now engages more than 22,000 volunteers who donate nearly 60,000 hours annually.
 
 
Recent Projects
Paint Our Nursery
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Our infant room is in need of your group's gentle touch. A fresh coat of paint - we're thinking pale blue or soft lavender - will enhance our little ones' much...Read more
Curb Appeal
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Improve our curb appeal by providing a garden and landscape makeover! Ideas are welcome!!! Plant new perennials, lay fresh mulch, and create a small retaining...Read more
Infant & Toddler Fun Time
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Organize a group to spend time with our tiny little friends! They thrive on attention and love the extra one-on-one support. Your group can assist the infants...Read more
Create A Place To Play
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Every day our kids need to play! Create a new outdoor playground for our Buzzy Beehive Child Care Center and Genesis II Child Development Center to share and u...Read more
They Put Up A Parking Lot
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
No more twisted ankles, puddle jumping or tire scares? Now that would be paradise. You could pave us a paradise by putting up a new parking lot. Parking is c...Read more
Group Mentoring
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Organize a group of women to get matched with a young moms as mentors for a year. Chat group is held once per month for all the mentors and the teen moms. Men...Read more
Fall Clean Up
July 23, 2008 to November 30, 2008
Prepare to get dirty! Make our yard a happy yard - trim bushes, rake leaves, pick up debris and litter, and give the lawn it's last mow before the frost comes....Read more
First Apartment Starter Kits
July 23, 2008 to January 1, 2010
Home Sweet Home! Your group can make a young adult's first home even sweeter by providing them with a First Apartment Starter Kit! Items could include: a laun...Read more
Maple Grove Group Project!
June 13, 2008 to June 12, 2009
Agency Phone: (651)379-5800 Retail merchandising and donation sorting are critically important jobs to our Goodwill stores! We need volunteers to help with sor...Read more
Hopkins Goodwill Group Project!
June 13, 2008 to June 12, 2009
Agency Phone: (651)379-5800 Retail merchandising and donation sorting are critically important jobs to our Goodwill stores! We need volunteers to help with sort...Read more