A 25-year tradition in the Tri-County area, Trident United Way’s Days of Caring brings together hundreds of nonprofit agencies and schools with thousands of volunteers for three days to improve our community. Trident United Way’s Days of Caring is the largest community initiative in the area. We match nonprofit agencies and schools with volunteer teams that help advance their mission and build capacity—all while strengthening partnerships and fostering community volunteerism.
Join us for our 25th Annual Days of Caring on November 19-21, 2025
Important Dates
Project Registration: August 18 - September 26
Volunteer Registration: October 1 - October 30
T-Shirt Store: September 24 - October 30
2024 Days of Caring
From November 20-22, 2024, nearly 1,600 volunteers around the Tri-County area generously gave their time to over 75 local nonprofits, schools and agencies and completed 150 projects to make a meaningful difference in our community.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Empowerment
Impact
Lifecycle Engineering | The Intertech Group
Reliance
Cummins | Santee Cooper | The Bank of South Carolina | The Post and Courier
Campaign Champions
ADC Engineering Specialists | AstenJohnson | Berkeley County School District | Berkeley Electric Cooperative | C&S Wholesale Grocers | Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | Charleston County Government | Charleston Water System | City of Charleston | City of Goose Creek | College of Charleston | COSTCO Wholesale | CPM Federal Credit Union | Cummins, Inc. | Elliott Davis LLC | FineMark National Bank & Trust | First Citizens Bank | Fluor Corporation | Forvis Mazars | Johnson & Johnson, Inc. | LS3P Associates, LTD. | Life Cycle Engineering | Medical University of South Carolina | Nationwide Insurance Company | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP | Nucor | Publix Super Markets Inc. | Robert Bosch LLC | Roper St. Francis Healthcare | Sandler Training | Santee Cooper | Select Health of South Carolina | SouthState Bank | The Bank of South Carolina | The InterTech Group Inc. | Trident Health/HCA South Atlantic Division | Trident Technical College | Trident United Way | United Bank
Days of Caring FAQs
No! Volunteers and non-profits or schools hosting projects are able to select how many and which days they’d like to participate. Our goal is to provide participants of Days of Caring with flexibility to engage in this impactful community service event.
Once volunteers register for your project, you will receive an email notification from GivePulse. This will prompt you to log into your account to view the volunteer’s information. If the volunteer group does not fill all of your volunteer spots, your project will remain open until all spots have been filled then it will be marked as full.
If you absolutely must cancel your project, please contact any volunteer group that may have signed up as well as Trident United Way at volunteer@tuw.org or 843-740-9000 ASAP. Volunteers that participate in Days of Caring are very motivated to participate in the day and we do not want to disappoint them. By letting us know as soon as possible, we can do our best to match those volunteers with another project so they still have an opportunity to participate.
We do have some student/youth volunteer teams that participate in Days of Caring. If your project is not youth-friendly, be sure to specify the appropriate age range when submitting your project request; there are fields to complete for minimum age requirements.
We do everything we can to fill all of the Days of Caring projects, but every year there are a few projects that go unfilled. If your project has not been filled two weeks prior to the event, please contact volunteer@tuw.org. Your project is still valuable to our community and we will work with you to try and match a volunteer group to come out and complete it; however, it will likely be some time after Days of Caring.
There are many long standing Days of Caring relationships between project sites and volunteer teams, which is wonderful! We still require the agency/school to register their project with us and identify the volunteer team. We will then assist the volunteer team register for the project to ensure all teams are accounted for. For more information on pre-partnering, please contact our volunteer staff at volunteer@tuw.org.
Project Hosts: Organizations with a 501c3 nonprofit status are welcome to submit a project request to participate. Religious organizations that provide community outreach programs, such as food pantries or address education, financial stability and health impact areas, may also submit project requests that support these programs. These projects may be in-person, virtual or remote project opportunities.
Teams: Any company or group of five or more people can form volunteer teams and sign up for volunteer projects.
For more information on 2024 Days of Caring, contact DayofCaring@TUW.org.
Days of Caring 2023
From November 15-17 over 2,000 volunteers donated 8,000+ hours to 75 nonprofits, agencies and schools in the Tri-County area, completing over 130 projects.
Whether it was your first time participating or your 23rd, thank you for dedicating your time and effots to the Tri-County community. We hope this has inspired continued service throughout the year.
Special Thanks to our 2023 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
Days of Caring 2022
That's a wrap on 2022 Days of Caring! Thank you to all the amazing volunteer teams for dedicating your time and efforts over the past three days – you have made an incredible impact. This year, 2,929 volunteers rolled up their sleeves to complete 190 projects at 78 different host sites, resulting in 10,000 volunteer hours!
We are so proud to be a part of this caring and committed Tri-County community - UNITED we improve lives!
Special Thanks to our 2022 Alliance Program Sponsors
CHAMPION:
Adams Outdoor Advertising | Anita Zucker and The InterTech Group, Inc.| Chernoff Newman | Ingevity
Johnson & Johnson | Life Cycle Engineering Inc.| MUSC Health | Nucor | Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare | The Post and Courier
ADVOCATE:
Forvis | Santee Cooper
FRIEND:
The Bank of South Carolina
Days of Caring 2021
Thank you to the incredible volunteers who participated in Trident United Way's 2021 Days of Caring - we're grateful for your helping hands across the community! From November 17th-November 19th, 2,827 volunteers rolled up their sleeves to complete 173 projects in our Tri-County community, resulting in 9,790 volunteer hours valued at $110,920! This is an incredible impact in our community - YOU are making a difference!
Questions? Contact volunteer@tuw.org.