Day of Action is a global movement in partnership with United Way Worldwide that takes place on or around June 21st each year.
Trident United Way coordinates service opportunities to benefit and support older adults (65+) in our Tri-County community.
Join us for 2025 Day of Action on Friday, June 20!
Click the link below for a list of volunteer opportunities available and to register.
For additional information, please email volunteer@tuw.org.
Thank you to our generous sponsors
Empowerment Sponsor
Impact Sponsor
2024 Day of Action
75 volunteers came together to give over 150 hours of their time to help older adults in our community for Trident United Way's 2024 Day of Action. From sorting food products and assembling food boxes with Lowcountry Food Bank to delivering meals with Meal on Wheels of Charleston and writing over 250 letters of encouragement to be distributed through East Cooper Meals on Wheels, you did it all!
A huge thank you to our volunteers from Bank of America, Elliott Davis, SouthState Bank, Thorne Health, USI Insurance Services and many community members for your amazing support and dedication.
Special Thanks to our 2023-2024 Alliance Program Sponsors
CHAMPION:
Adams Outdoor Advertising | Anita Zucker and The InterTech Group, Inc.| Chernoff Newman | Johnson & Johnson | Life Cycle Engineering Inc.| MUSC Health | Nucor | Publix Super Markets, Inc.| The Post and Courier
ADVOCATE:
FORVIS | Santee Cooper
FRIEND:
Humana Healthy Horizons in South Carolina | Roper St. Francis Healthcare
2023 Day of Action
20 volunteers participated in the 2023 Trident United Way Day of Action to support 3 local nonprofit organizations serving older adults in the Tri-County community! Volunteers provided over 75 hours of service in addition to donations and letters to Charleston Area Senior Citizens - Meals on Wheels, Dorchester Seniors, Inc.- Summerville/St. George and The ARK - Alzheimer's Family Support Services. Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers for giving your time to our community!
Trident United Way hosted its third annual Day of Action on June 21, 2021! Volunteers participated in various projects through out the Tri-County area, including mini herb pot planting and delivery, Meals on Wheels food prep and delivery, painting, landscaping and hosted a cookout. THANK YOU to the 45 volunteers who gave their time to these projects! Volunteers dedicated 255 hours, completing six projects that impacted 259 older adults!
For more information, contact our volunteer staff at volunteer@tuw.org.
Our volunteers made it happen on Trident United Way’s Day of Action 2020! This was TUW’s second year participating in the United Way Worldwide Day of Action event. The activities of the day were all about helping home bound older adults (65+) with low-income and limited mobility stay independent in their homes and connected to their communities. THANK YOU to the 65 volunteers who tended to some neglected yards, assembled care kits, wrote notes and letters, drew sidewalk chalk art and made posters. In total, our volunteers dedicated 90 hours completing 9 projects that impacted 590 seniors!!
Trident United Way's participation is part of a larger initiative from United Way Worldwide. View the full 2020 United Way Worldwide Day of Action Report here.