Thousands of volunteers swarm Tulsa for the Day of Caring.
Tulsa Area United Way President Mark Graham called the 24th edition of the event a record-breaking day.
"We've had more than 5,500 volunteers out in the community working on 450 different projects," Graham said.
The Day of Caring started at Johnson Park and focused on 61st Street and Peoria Avenue this year.
"It's a tremendous win-win-win all the way around, because volunteers are learning about needs in the community, they're meeting clients that are being served by all of these fabulous nonprofits, they're getting to roll up their sleeves and really make a difference, and it's meaningful work," Graham said.
Volunteers tackled projects such as painting, making repairs and cleaning for local organizations.
Tulsa Job Corps worked with Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma. Susan Kenny with the Girl Scouts said they were at their campsites and troop house to "make sure trails are clear, trash is picked up, trees are trimmed.
"Just keeping everything fresh," Kenny said.
TAUW won't waste any time planning the 25th annual Day of Caring.
"Once the sun sets today, we've accomplished all we want to accomplish with today's Day of Caring, then, really, we'll start thinking about next year kind of right away," Graham said. "Because as you think about it, there's a lot of moving parts."
The organization got some good news about its annual campaign today. Early fundraisers are donating $2.6 million, 10 percent of the goal.
