United Way launches Day of Caring

YOUNGSTOWN — Nearly 600 United Way volunteers who crowded into Our Lady of Mount Carmel Banquet Hall Tuesday were urged to “turn remembrance of a day of tragedy into a day of hope and caring” on the sixth anniversary of terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.

That was the part of the benediction offered by Major James Foley of the Salvation Army at the Youngstown/Mahoning Valley’s 10th annual Breakfast of Champions and Day of Caring.

The “champions” honored at the breakfast are the United Way volunteers. There was also another champion in another arena in attendance Tuesday: Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik of Youngstown, who will fight Sept. 29 for the World Boxing Council Middleweight championship.

Pavlik thanked the volunteers for their “dedication, commitment and time,” and said “the more you do for the community, the better off we all are.”

Another special guest at the breakfast, Mayor Jay Williams, called the Day of Caring “momentous. It is truly amazing what can be accomplished in one day.”

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