Hundreds of volunteers rolled up their sleeves and worked up a sweat Friday during the United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley 's (NSV) annual Day of Caring .

"We're pretty excited," said United Way NSV CEO Andy Gail. "We have over 1,000 volunteers going to 75 different projects across our region — the city of Winchester and Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Page counties. That's more than last year."

One of the 75 projects was in a quiet, residential neighborhood in Winchester, where Day of Caring volunteers from the Thermo Fisher Scientific manufacturing facility near Middletown partnered with representatives from the Winchester Area Temporary Transitional Shelter (WATTS) program to help people escape homelessness.

"This is my first time doing it," Thermo Fisher machi

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