Martin Volunteers, a program of United Way of Martin County, is lining up jobs for teams of volunteers to take action and help the community.

“The Done-in-a-Day projects are a great way for people to get a first-hand look at agencies that are helping to improve lives,” Martin Volunteers project coordinator Anne Lalley said. “They also provide team-building opportunities for workplaces or other groups, and the projects deepen participants’ relationship to their community.”

Most recently, employees from South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine teamed up to work at the new SafeSpace domestic violence shelter. And to show that it doesn’t have to be a workplace that gets together for a good cause, the employees were joined by a group of volunteers who dubbed themselves the “Martin County Bunco Girls.”

Together, the volunteers readied the new facility for clients, setting up kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms.

Next up on Martin Volunteers’ Done-in-a-Day roster is a project at Gertrude Walden Child Care Center starting at 9 a.m. on April 12. About 10 volunteers from UPS will help to paint the cafeteria and kitchen at the center.

Martin Volunteers is also working on scheduling two more projects: Managers from Macy’s will paint two buildings for The ARC of Martin County, and the Jensen Beach High School Key Club wants to volunteer to help the animal shelter, Domino's House.

Past projects have included:

• The Martin County Master Gardeners did landscaping at Dunbar Center in Hobe Sound.

• Azteca Roofing built a playground at the Boys and Girls Club in Indiantown (this was more of a Done-in-a-Week project!)

• Pratt & Whitney volunteer painting the buildings at Hope Rural School and doing an "extreme make-over" of a hurricane-damaged home in Indiantown.

For more information about how groups can get involved, please contact Martin Volunteers project coordinator Anne Lalley at (772) 220-4472, ext. 232.

Information about Martin Volunteers is available at www.martinvolunteers.org.