Photos by Curt Nakon

Some 8,600 volunteers from 109 companies tackled 417 community service projects today during United Way of King County's Day of Caring. This event - the largest single-day volunteer project in Washington -generated roughly $926,686 in donated labor at schools, nonprofit organizations and parks across King County.

United Way of King County thanks everyone for contributing their time and talents. Visit our Volunteering page to find year-round volunteer opportunities. Together we can change our community better in fundamental, lasting ways.

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Thank you to our Day of Caring 2008 sponsors!

Aerojet
Aetna, Inc.
Alaska Airlines
Amazon.com
American Steel LLC
Amgen
Ascentium
Astronics AES
Bank of America
Battelle Seattle Research Center
Ben Bridge Jeweler
Benefit Administration Company
Big Fish Games
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BINW, Inc.
Bio-Rad Laboratories
BNY Mellon
Brighton Jones, LLC
Cascade Bank
Cascade Natural Gas
Casey Family Programs
CBRE
Chubb Insurance
Combined Federal Campaign Of King County
Costco/Anderson Daymon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
DLR Group
Enterprise Rent A Car
Ernst & Young
EvergreenBank
Expedia
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
FILTER
First Sound Bank
Fisher Communications, Inc.
Flow International Corporation
FM Global
Fortune Bank
Foss Maritime
Fred Hutch
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
General Dynamics-OTS
Green River Community Colege
Highline Public Schools
HomeStreet Bank
Horizon House
IBM
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Jacobson Jarvis & Co
Japan Business Association of Seattle
Jones Soda
K&L Gates
Kent School District
King County Library System
Leadership Tommorrow
Leibsohn & Company
LNW
Marriott International
MassMutual- The Seattle Agency
Microvision
Mithun
Moss Adams LLP
Mutual of Enumclaw
N2uitive
PACCAR Inc
PeaceHealth
PEMCO
Perkins Coie
Physicians Insurance
Providence Health & Services
Puget Sound Blood Center
Puget Sound Business Journal
Puget Sound Energy
Qwest
RealNetworks
RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen
SafeWorks, LLC
Seattle Federal Executive Board
Seattle Financial Group
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle's Convention & Visitors Bureau
Shannon & Associates
Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity (University of Washington Iota Chapter)
Smith & Tinker, Inc.
Sprague Israel Giles, Inc.
Starbucks
Surreal Software
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company
The Alford Group
The Boeing Company
The Cobalt Group
The Compleat Company
The Hartman Group
The Meisenbach Company
The Polyclinic
Unigard Insurance Group
United Way of King County
USCG Facilities Design and COnstruction
Valente
Verity Credit Union
Virginia Mason edical Center
Washington Holdings
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Wells Fargo
Wilbur Ellis Company
Wireless Advocates, LLC
Worktank
Wright Runstad & Company
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects