Day of Service is Almost Here!

Tomorrow, September 10th is the long awaited Day of Service in Cache Valley!

We look forward to seeing you at the Historic Cache County Courthouse at 9am for a great opening ceremony and opportunity to sign up for service projects at some great local non-profit agencies who can use your help.

Also on deck is a flag ceremony by the National Guard, speakers from the Logan Police & Fire Depts and the opportunity to express your thoughts about 9/11 on our Impact Wall.

Hope to see you there!

Schedule of Projects

Here's what time all our projects are starting. Sign up at our opening ceremonies or show up at the times & places listed below.

9 - 10 am  Opening Ceremony & Volunteer Sign Up
                  @ Historic Cache County Courthouse (199 N Main, Logan)

10 am Projects Start

10 am Bear River Early Head Start 852 S. 100 W., Logan
          Cache Community Food Pantry - various routes

11 am Whittier Center 290 N 400 E, Logan
           CAPSA Shelter Cleanup: Location given at sign up
           National Guard Family Center - various projects, locations given at sign up

1 pm   Logan Cemetery 1000 N 1200 E, Logan
            Stokes Nature Center -Logan Canyon

6 pm  CAPSA Quilt Party @ Quality Inn 450 N Main-ish

We Made the Front Page!

Here's the article about our Day of Service that ran in the Herald Journal on Sunday Sept 4th. Front page, first headline is great placement :) We should also be getting good coverage at our events to help shine a light on service and service opportunities in Cache Valley!

Day of Service Pre-Arranged Service Projects

We've coordinated with lots of Cache Valley agencies to set up some great service projects for us to participate in September 10. If you have a project you'd like to suggest, please email adayofservice@gmail.com and we'll get in touch to arrange the details.

Available Projects:

Bear River Early Head Start: Grounds keeping & playground clean up
Whittier Center: Adventure Playground clean up
Logan City Cemetery: Painting & Grounds keeping
CAPSA: Cleaning the women's shelter
CAPSA: Off site quilting party
Stokes Nature Center
Cache Community Food Pantry: Collection Bonanza
National Guard Family Center: Various projects for military families

See ya at the Cache County Courthouse (199 N Main) at 9 am September 10!

Volunteers Are Signing Up!

We're excited to announce that volunteers will be coming all the way from the USU Extension Campus in Price, UT to participate with our Day of Service.

20 students in the Upward Bound Program will be coming to see beautiful Cache Valley, the USU Main Campus and have decided to throw a little service in as well.

If you'd like to join in our service project on September 10, shoot us an email at adayofservice@gmail.com or come to the opening ceremonies at the Historic Cache County Courthouse (199 N Main, Logan) at 9am and get signed up!

Winning Poster

Here's the winning poster for our 9/11 Day of Service. The awesome artwork was done by AmeriCorps*VISTA member Megan Rich .

Thanks Megan!

Look for these posters around town in the coming weeks & we'll see you at the Historic Cache County Courthouse September 10 at 9 am!

What kind of projects can you do?

Wanting to participate in the Day of Service, but not sure how to get started? It's easy to find service projects that need doing and many of them can be done in a few hours. Here's some places you can look:

The Cache Valley Volunteer Center has a list of available volunteer opportunities at agencies around the valley.

You can also contact any of Cache Valley's non-profit agencies directly. For a list of places you can call, click here.

Finding volunteer opportunities can also be as easy as looking in your own backyard. Check with your neighbors or members of your church congregation to see if anyone needs help with yard work, home improvement or construction projects, cleaning or other types of simple projects.

If you get a group together, you could probably help a whole block in one day!

Help Us Reach Our Goal

Cache Valley it's time to chip in and serve. We need all of you to do what you can to 

help us reach our goal of 2000 volunteers!

Bring your friends, family, co-workers, book club, quilting circle, who ever you can round up and plan on serving on September 10th & 11th!

Get Involved!

There are many ways to get involved with the 9/11 Day of Service in Cache Valley.

Option 1
Get a group of friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc together and plan a service project to take place on September 10th. Register your project with us by sending a email to adayofservice@gmail.com giving a brief description of the project, estimated # of volunteers & approximate # of hours to complete.

When September 10th arrives, come to the opening ceremonies at 9am at the Historic Cache County Courthouse, do your project with your group & get complimentary tickets to the thank you breakfast on September 11 emailed to you. You can feel good that you made a contribution to your community & commemorated a historical event in American history.

Option 2
Get a group of friends, co-workers, or neighbors together, or even come just yourself to the opening ceremonies on September 10th at 9 am at the Historic Cache County Courthouse. There you can sign up to attend any of the pre-arranged service projects and help out a number of local agencies.

Complimentary tickets to the thank you breakfast will be on-site at the projects and you can feel good knowing you made a contribution to area non-profits who really needed your help.

Option 3
If you are with a non-profit organization and you need help with a project, please let us know! We'd love to marshal our resources to help you get something done. Please email adayofservice@gmail.com to coordinate project details.

What is the 9/11 Day of Service?

Everyone can remember where they were when they heard the news. As two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the impact reverberated through the hearts and minds of every citizen in the United States.

In the days that followed, people from all over the country made their way to New York to help in any way they could. And as a nation we were unified in our willingness to help our fellow citizens.

Now 10 years have passed and local members of AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteer In Service To America) program through The Center for the School of the Future have organized a 24-hour day of service to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001.

The project is designed to encourage members of the community to organize their own projects and recruit volunteers from their neighborhoods, churches, book clubs, etc. to participate in service for as many hours as they can during the 24 hour period. In conjunction with these projects, CSF has organized several other service projects community members can participate in for as much time as they have available.

All members of the public are invited to attend the Day of Service Opening Ceremony Saturday, September 10th at 9 am at the Historical Cache County Court House. The ceremony will include a flag ceremony, guest speakers, and music provided by groups from the armed forces. Then volunteers will be dismissed to service projects which will continue throughout the day and night.

The Day of Service Closing Ceremony will be held Sunday, September 11th at 8 am and will include a thank you breakfast and program featuring inspirational speakers, a moment of silence and an impact wall where volunteers can record their experiences with the day of service and reflections on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Those who volunteer during the day of service will receive complimentary tickets to the breakfast. All other community members who wish to attend can purchase tickets in advance on this site or the day of for $3 each.