I’ve blogged before about our search for Tap Project City Coordinators in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C., and I am happy to report that we have identified 34 individuals from across the country who traveled last weekend to Atlanta, Georgia for training, orientation and action planning.
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| Thirty-four volunteers from around the country attended the 2009 Tap Project City Coordinator orientatation on October 17-19, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. |
While all communities are invited to join the 2009 Tap Project, City Coordinators will help recruit volunteers and restaurants to participate in the camapaign, conduct local trainings, coordinate awareness-building campaigns and support participating restaurants.
Although a person can live without food for more than a month, a person can only live without water for approximately one week. Lack of clean water is the second largest killer of children under five. Every day, 4,200 children die of water-related diseases. By participating in the Tap Project, these enthusiastic and passionate volunteers are helping UNICEF to reduce the daily number of needless deaths to zero—just one single dollar raised can provide a child with safe drinking water for 40 days.
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF's volunteer team is very excited to officially welcome our City Coordinators into our family, and we can’t wait to see how they implement the Tap Project into their communities. Stay tuned on how you can become a Tap Project Campaign Volunteer in your community. And in the meantime, please visit our Online Volunteer Center to take part in other volunteer activities.
