Westmont Embraces Day of Caring

More than 90 volunteers from Westmont will put on sunscreen and work gloves Saturday morning. They’ll spend the day volunteering at several charitable organizations in Santa Barbara County as part of United Way’s Day of Caring. More than a thousand people are expected to take part in the county-wide effort, painting, gardening and sorting for over 40 charitable organizations. Last year, Westmont sent a team of 52 people. This year, thanks to a huge student response, Westmont is expecting 93 volunteers. Resident assistants Caley Coulson and Jaclyn Grant from Armington and Emerson Halls helped round up 80 students for the Day of Caring.

You’ll be able to find Westmont volunteers: painting shelters for Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County; working with Goleta Valley Beautiful at the entrance to Winchester Canyon; sorting donated goods for Hurricane Katrina victims through Operation Pack a Suitcase; washing cars and cleaning the grounds at Alpha Resource Center; and reading aloud at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Inc. Volunteers will meet at Page Youth Center at 8 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, for a kick-off breakfast and then spend the next five hours at their assignment.