Yale community members once again have the opportunity to work on behalf of the community and support literacy efforts this September through programs sponsored by the United Way of Greater New Haven.

The Days of Caring, the United Way’s annual region-wide community volunteer event through which volunteers work on one-time improvement projects in the community, will take place Sept. 9-15.

As they have in the past, Yale faculty, staff and students will contribute to a wide range of Days of Caring projects such as park cleanups, classroom readings, yard work and painting for local non-profits. Those interested in participating should visit the website at www.uwgnh.org.

In addition, Yale will again sponsor an annual Children’s Book Drive. Last year the University’s drive collected over 1,300 books under the leadership of Diane Turner, associate university librarian for human resources, staff training and security. Turner has led the book drive at Yale for the past three years. This year United Way will work with Turner as a consultant to help expand the book drive to all of the college and university campuses in greater New Haven with a goal of collecting 3,000 books to donate to New Haven Reads and Read to Grow.

Those interested in helping to promote the book drive or collect books should contact Andrew Gray at andrew.gray@yale.edu. To donate new or gently used children’s and parenting books, look for book drop locations around campus Sept. 9-28.

“Each year I am even more impressed by the dedication of the University to our community,” says Janet Lindner, associate vice president for administration and Yale’s 2007 United Way Campaign coordinator. “As an institution of higher learning, we know that literacy can truly make a difference. We hope to provide books to as many children as possible through our Children’s Book Drive.”

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