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PARKERSBURG -- The Day of Action, a worldwide endeavor for people to help people, will be held Monday under the oversight of the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Day of Action, sponsored by WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center, this year will involve 125 volunteers in 17 teams working at 12 places, said Stacy DeCicco, executive director of the United Way Alliance.
"It does bring the best out of people," she said.
The event was not held last year because of the pandemic, DeCicco said. However, things are looking better now, according to DeCicco.
"We decided back in March we would put it back on the calendar," she said.
The day starts around 9 a.m. The 17 teams and their work stations are:
* Chemours, Depot Park, 618 Depot St., Belpre, Born Learning Trail
* Dupont, YMCA of Parkersburg, 1800 30th St., Summer Camp cleanup, yardwork and painting
* Kuraray, Habitat for Humanity, 1110 Lockwood St., Belpre, help build a Habitat home.
* Thermo, Betsey Mills Club, 300 Fourth St., Marietta, painting, basement cleanout
* United Bank, ReStore, 600 16th St., Vienna, sorting and deep clean
* RPP, Blood Drive, Grand Cntrl Mall across from Hollister, break down, registration, waiting attendant
* RPP, Consumer Credit Counseling, 2435 Dudley Ave., organizing storage boxes of files.
* RPP, Salvation Army, 534 Fifth St., Parkersburg, landscaping and re-mulching of playground
* WVU-P Students, Salvation Army, 534 Fifth St., landscaping and re-mulching of playground
* WVU Medicine Camden Clark, O'Neill Senior Center, 331 Fourth St., Marietta, pressure wash outside of service center
* WVU Medicine Camden Clark, Williamstown, Corner of Highland Avenue and Fifth Street, Armstrong Garden
* WVU Medicine Camden Clark, MOVFH, 1030 George St., Parkersburg, painting project
* WVU Medicine Camden Clark, Belpre Civitan Park, Blennerhassett and Civitan, painting and landscaping
* CCCS, blood drive, Grand Central Mall across from Hollister, set up, registration, donor waiting attendant.
* Grand Central Mall, The Arc of the MOV, 1917 Dudley Ave., Dudley location
* Community Bank, The Arc of the MOV, 1917 Dudley Ave., Dudley location
Some groups wanted to participate, but employees are still working by remote, she said. For other organizations, it is difficult get out of the office, DeCicco said.
For the latter, Wesbanco wanted to participate and came up with a creative way to do so by organizing a month-long campaign to collect donations for Birthday Bags, DeCicco said. Birthday Bags are disgtributed at food pantries to families with a child having a birthday and contains the ingredients to make a cake, she said.
"It's a great project for organizations who want to get involved in a drive," DeCicco said.
While Camden Clark will have four teams, Chemours will be at Depot Park near Belpre High School for the installation of the trail and a free library.
The United Way and city officials will hold a ceremony for the new trail and library, sponsored by North Bend Wealth Management at 3 p.m. at the trail, DeCicco said.
"That was really neat for us, too," she said.