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United Way partnered with 26 local schools and programs, as well as many area businesses, to sponsor student Days of Caring.

The annual event matches student volunteers with work projects at local sites in Kennebec Valley. The program demonstrates that volunteering brings out the best in all of us. Students, local businesses and the United Way all work together to lend a helping hand.

Karson Engstrom, left, and principal Teresa Beaudoin trim a tree Thursday at Farrington Elementary School in Augusta. The annual Day of Caring event was sponsored by United Way of Kennebec Valley. Students and staff spent the morning working on projects at the school and other nearby sites before having a cookout lunch hosted by United Way. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...

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