United in Action projects benefit communities across Capital Region

United in Action connects employee groups, community volunteers, non-profit agencies, local government and civic groups with hands-on projects that create lasting community benefits. In 2010 United in Action has involved:

• 300 volunteers representing 20 businesses across the Capital Region
• Five projects benefiting agencies and communities in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie counties
• $40,000 in donated goods and services
• Collaboration with municipal and non-profit agency partners
• Lots of sweat equity and smiles - from volunteers and those who will benefit from completed projects.

United in Action volunteers, partnering with United Way staff and others...

• Helped unveil the North Swan Streets Park Revitalization Plan in Albany, with a volunteer site preparation project scheduled to begin later this summer.
• Built a shed and retaining wall, assisted with planting and enhanced the site of Capital District Community Gardens' Produce Project in Troy.
• Cleared brush and prepared the grounds at the Boys and Girls Club of Schenectady's Camp Lovejoy in Altamont.
• Created raised bed gardens and a crushed stone walkway at Cornell Cooperative Extension's Unlimited Garden in Ballston Spa.
• Planted vegetables, landscaped and installed playground equipment at the multi-agency Community Garden in Schoharie.

THANK YOU to our corporate sponsors:

Plus Adirondack Beverages, Barber's Farm, Bellevue Builders Supply, Bush Lumber Co., Curtis Lumber, Fenimore Asset Management, Frontier Construction, Guernsey's Schoharie Nurseries, KD Construction, Phillips Hardware, Plant Science Dept./SUNY Cobleskill, Stone Industries, The Home Depot, The Mill Farm Flower Shoppe and Greenhouses, Troy Sand  Gravel Co., Inc.

THANK YOU to our volunteer teams representing:

Berkshire Farm; Capital Bank; Cargill; Catholic Charities; Citizen's Bank; CSArch Architecture | Engineering | Construction Management; IBM; Lexis Nexis; NYISO; NYS Tax & Finance; NYSTEC; New York State United Teachers; Pearl Carroll; Pioneer Bank; Schoharie Community Action Program; Sears; State Farm; SUNY Research Foundation; Time Warner Cable; United Way Young Leaders; UPS

United Way of the Greater Capital Region brings people and resources together to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in the quality of life for our community.

More photos on United Way of the Greater Capital Region's  page.