CHENANGO COUNTY – On Friday, The Chenango United Way will host a Virtual Day of Caring event through their Facebook page. The occasion will feature 13 different events relating to how the community has been and could be giving back.

"From eight o'clock in the morning Friday until eight o'clock in the evening we have something planned every half hour throughout the day that we will be posting on our Facebook page.” said Executive Director and CPO of Chenango United Way Elizabeth Monaco.

Monaco said that the event was initially going to be an in person day of caring where participants would be matched with in person volunteer projects around the county. She said that the City of Norwich Youth Bureau was a major contributor to the event, and their assistance

"But because of COVID we just didn't feel good about doing that, having people get together and do a traditional day of caring with people congregating together. We just didn't think that was a good idea. We knew that there were other several United Ways across the country that were planning a virtual day of caring event so we said let’s give it a try and see what we can do."

The event will feature what other community organizations are doing to give back, such as a pen pal project being run by the Norwich YMCA and The Place. Children in these programs have been creating cards and pictures for residents of local nursing homes.