The volunteer spirit of Boulder and Broomfield County residents was in full display on Friday, August 13th at Foothills United Way's 17th annual Day of Caring event.

For the third year in a Day of Caring saw a record number of participants, volunteer hours and dollar value of donated time, with approximately 1,141 volunteers taking part.

The Day of Caring 2010 volunteers completed 61 projects benefiting 33 area non-profit agencies and other organizations. In all, more than 4,400 hours of work were donated, at a dollar value of nearly $94,000. The total number of donated hours and dollar value are also records for the event.

The volunteers represented local business and organizations including Amgen, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., The Boulder County Business Report, BVSD Retired Teachers, CableLabs, City of Boulder Attorney's Office, Covidien, Dietrich Standard, Faegre & Benson LLP, The Foothills United Way Board of Directors, Hofgard Benefits, Hewlett Packard, IBM, InfoPrint Solutions Company, Lexmark, Lockheed Martin, LSI, Merrill Lynch, Nordstrom Rack, Particle Measuring Systems, Premier Members Federal Credit Union, Roche Colorado Corporation, The Wireless Alliance, The Times-Call, University of Colorado students, The University of Colorado Women's Club, and Vectra Bank.

Special thanks to our Annual Event Sponsors for their financial support of Day of Caring:

2010 Annual Event Sponsors - Gold

Blue Mountain Arts/SPS Studios

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. 

Covidien

Faegre & Benson LLP

IBM Boulder

InfoPrint Solutions Company

Roche Colorado Corporation

2010 Annual Event Sponsors - Bronze

Lexmark International

2010 Annual Event Sponsors - Other

Longmont United Hospital

Check out the Longmont Times-Call's great coverage of Day of Caring 2010 here.