100 DAYS, 100 WAYS TO LIVE UNITED
Thanks to our wonderful donors, volunteers and community members, United Way made great change with the $28,021,372 raised to support critical programs in our community. BUT WAIT - it doesn’t end there! Join us for the 100 Days, 100 Ways to Live United challenge to continue helping our community year-round.
It’s simple—connect with us on Facebook or Twitter (#100Days100Ways) to see simple ideas for LIVING UNITED with your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers throughout the year. This page will also update regularly.
- Day 1 - Mow an elderly neighbor's lawn
- Day 2 - Volunteer to help with outside cleanup at a local school
- Day 3 - Plant flowers at a local park
- Day 4 - Become a mentor for a local kid
- Day 5 - Volunteer to help at a local recreation center
- Day 6 - Donate flowers to a local
nursing home or longterm care facility and brighten the day of some of our aging
community members
- Day 7 - Drive a person with a disability to an appointment or community event
- Day 8 - Host a clothing drive at work to help a local shelter
- Day 9 - Learn some basic sign language
- Day 10 - Donate bottles, formula and baby shampoo to a shelter
- Day 11 - Support local farmers by signing up for a fresh-foods co-op or shopping at a local
farmers market
- Day 12 - Say "Thank You" to public servants like Police Officers and Firefighters who
work hard to keep us safe throughout the year
- Day 13 - Offer to carry groceries for a person with a disability
- Day 14 - Leave CHANGE in a vending machine for someone to have a free treat
- Day 15 - Donate blood
- Day 16 - Contact a senior center or long term care facility to
find out if you can bring your pet in for a visit
- Day 17 - Offer to watch a friend or neighbor's young children to help parents take a
quick break or run errands
- Day 18 - Clean grafitti from neighborhood walls and
buildings
- Day 19 - Call your local library branch and see if you can start a children's story hour
to help enrich the lives of kids in your neighborhood.
- Day 20 - Get in shape and help your community! Sign up for a run, walk or bike ride to benefit a nonprofit.
- Day 21 - Offer to help a senior write a memoir or create a scrapbook.
- Day 22 - Offer to cook a meal for a family with a
newborn
- Day 23 - Heading on a road trip this weekend? Pay the toll for the person behind
you
- Day 24 - Gather personal care items like soap, a
toothbrush, and shampoo for people staying at a shelter
- Day 25 - Help an older person with a chore around the house
- Day 26 - Bring healthy snacks to a local youth program
- Day 27 - Become a C.A.S.H. coach - visit www.empirejustice.org to learn more
- Day 28 - Discover a troubling community trend and learn how to help - visit the ACT Rochester website to get involved.
- Day 29 - Make your neighborhood beautiful by cleaning up litter.
- Day 30 - Volunteer to teach a class at a local senior center
- Day 31 - Take a person with a disability shopping or out of the house for the
day
- Day 32 - Offer your seat on the bus to someone in need
- Day 33 - Donate toys and books to a local preschools or daycare
- Day 34 - Plant flowers or plants at a local school
- Day 35 - Volunteer to tutor a student or group of students at a local school
- Day 36 - Help children prepare to go back to school, donate thumb drives and other school
supplies to YWCA's downtown location
- Day 37 - Help families prepare for the cold weather ahead, participate in the Salvation Army's Project Bundle Up
- Day 38 - Carry an older person's groceries to their car or into their house
- Day 39 - Conduct a drive for school supplies and deliver them to a local youth
shelter
- Day 40 - Help an aging person cross the street
- Day 41 - When doing your laundry, leave CHANGE in a washer or dryer at the
laundromat
- Day 42 - Be green! Ride your bike to work or to run errands instead of driving your
car
- Day 43 - Learn how to use the new hands-only CPR technique from the Greater Rochester Red Cross
- Day 44 - Help a neighbor plant bulbs in their garden - they'll be a pleasant surprise in
the Spring!
- Day 45 - Donate wrapped candy to Center for Disability
Rights for their Halloween event
- Day 46 - Lend a hand, help a neighbor or friend move
- Day 47 - Help an elderly neighbor take their trash or recycling to the curb
- Day 48 - Donate single use cameras or photographic paper & supplies to the Charles Settlement House
- Day 49 - Offer to grocery shop for a person with a disability
- Day 50 - Take pride in Rochester - enjoy the fall foliage while touring a local landmark
- Day 51 - Rake the leaves at an older person's house
- Day 52 - Volunteer to clean play areas and toys at a local community center or
shelter
- Day 53 - Sit on a non-profit board or committee and make your voice heard
- Day 54 - Trick or Treat for food and/or toiletries and then donate them to a local
shelter
- Day 55 - Give your CHANGE to the person in line behind you at a coffee shop and help
brighten their day
- Day 56 - Offer to play an instrument or sing at a senior
center
- Day 57 - Donate a bag of groceries to a local homeless shelter
- Day 58 - Donate games or craft supplies to an after-school program
- Day 59 - Make a home-cooked meal for a person with a disability
- Day 60 - Offer to walk an older person's dog or join them for a stroll around the
neighborhood
- Day 61 - Add $2, $3 or $5 to your Wegmans shopping bill and support Foodlink's Check
Out Hunger campaign
- Day 62 - Donate pajamas and toiletries to the YMCA
- Day 63 - Become a Hillside Family of Agencies Special Santa & make a family's holiday season bright
- Day 64 - Help a person with a disability into a building or to their car
- Day 65 - Donate books to a local school or classroom
- Day 66 -
Send holiday cards to people at a local nursing home‎
- Day 67 - Run an errand for
someone
- Day 68 - Offer to play music or sing at a senior center
- Day 69 - Add $1, $2, or $5 to your next RG&E bill to support the Greater Rochester
Red Cross/RG&E Heating Fund and keep a family warm this winter
- Day 70 - Host a holiday or end of year celebration for a local school or center
- Day 71 - Bring holiday cards to people at a local shelter
- Day 72 - Make dinner for a grandparent, shut-in or someone you know
with a chronic illness
- Day 73 - Make or buy hats and gloves to keep local children warm this winter
- Day 74 - Offer to drive an aging neighbor to the grocery store or a doctor's
appointment
- Day 75 - Share your newspaper, magazines, or already read books with a neighbor or local community center
- Day 76 - Help out in our community by volunteering. Visit www.volunteermatch.org to find a project that matches your skills/interests
- Day 77 - Donate professional clothes to the Salvation Army for people who are getting back into the workforce
- Day 78 - Offer to clean an older person's house or car
- Day 79 - Shovel an older neighbor's driveway
- Day 80 - Become a Lifespan volunteer to help combat isolation in older adults
- Day 81 - Volunteer at a community center to help teach kids basic computer skills
- Day 82 - Volunteer at a Rochester City School and help children succeed
- Day 83 - Sit with someone who is disabled so their caregiving can get a few hours to themselves
- Day 84 - Support a parent education group with refreshments
- Day 85 - Participate in the Jewish Family Service's Brighton Food Cupboard "Stock a Shelf" Program
- Day 86 - Make birthday cards for people at a senior center or long term care facility
- Day 87 - Volunteer to cook a meal for youth at a local shelter to help them gain a skill, and learn healthy meal preparation
- Day 88 - Play bingo, poker or another game at a long term care facility or nursing home
- Day 89 - Make Valentine's Day cards and drop them off at a shelter
- Day 90 - Donate young children's clothing, baby bottles, and other essential items to Alternatives For Battered Women
- Day 91 - Hold the door for a person with a disability
- Day 92 - Read a book with a child
- Day 93 - Donate an old video game system to a youth shelter or after-school program
- Day 94 - Ask someone how their day was and really stop to listen
- Day 95 - Volunteer at a hospice
- Day 96 - Volunteer to read to a classroom or daycare
- Day 97 - Perform a random act of kindness for a stranger
- Day 98 - Pick up garbage in a local park or in your neighborhood
- Day 99 - Bring flowers to teachers at a local school
