Events Saturday for Family Volunteer Day

photo Soup Cans to Flower Pots is one of United Way's National Family Volunteer Day projects that children and parents can make together to be donated to residents in local nursing homes.

United Way's Volunteer Center will mark National Family Volunteer Day on Saturday, Nov. 22, with a variety of projects that children and parents can make together, such as Soup Cans to Flower Pots, above, to be donated to residents in local nursing homes.

The annual observance is held the Saturday before Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday season with giving and service.

Activities will be available between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the lower-level JC Penney Court at Hamilton Place, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd.

Other activities include Blessing Bags for the Homeless, Adoption Day Kits for Pets, Holiday Mail for Heroes, Peace Quilts and Pine Cone Bird Feeders.

For more information, call 423-752-0316 or visit LiveUnitedChattanooga.org/Events.

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