Photo Gallery: Record Number Of Volunteers Participate In Day Of Caring

For 20 years, the has organized the Day of Caring in which volunteers help organizations and individuals with service projects throughout Lake County.

And, this year, more people volunteered and they accomplished more than ever before in the event's history.

Nonprofits like , and Crossroads received a hand trimming hedges, staining benches, raking yards and so much more.

Some of the projects were social as opposed to hard labor. For example, the Girl Scouts hosted an ice cream social and taught a craft at Emeritus of Mentor.

About 750 volunteers from 56 different organizations gave of their time to complete more than 90 1-day projects this Wednesday, United Way spokesman Nick Carrabine said.

By comparison,about 650 volunteers from 42 organizations completed .

Carrabine said organizations submitted 115 potential projects for this year's Day of Caring. In a single day, the United Way of Lake County had already lined up volunteers for 66 of them.

"We had as many volunteers lined up in one day as we did all last year," he said. "The response was absolutely incredible."

With almost 100 projects going on across Lake County, we couldn't be everywhere. Feel free to post photos from your service project here on the site if you would like.