Tag: Caring

Cheyenne O’Dowd was in the business of caring

May 30—Carolyn O’Dowd will never forget the Post-It notes. Thousands of them, literally, that she helped her daughter, Cheyenne O’Dowd, write during Cheyenne’s senior year of high school back home in Pennsylvania. Each one, with the same message: “You are beautiful, in your own little way, ” and each carrying her signature butterfly-doodle, as a […]

Even rain can’t put damper on Day of Caring

May 14—Volunteers blanketed Washington and Daviess County looking to make the community better. More than 600 people filled the parks, not for profit agencies and even the streets as part of the annual United Way of Daviess County Day of Caring. “The whole vibe of Day of Caring is great —people volunteering their time and […]

Annual Day of Caring & Sharing draws more than 500 volunteers

May 11—CUMBERLAND — Ed Mullaney and Ginny Decker had just finished a lunch break at Constitution Park and were headed to unload tools from a van as they talked of Friday’s tiring yet rewarding work. At ages 80 and 79, respectively, the Let’s Beautify Cumberland! co-chairs helped facilitate the 27th Annual Day of Caring & […]