United Way Day of Caring 2025
On June 25, 2025, Merchants corporate colleagues joined volunteers from all over the Western New York region to participate in United Way of Buffalo and Erie County’s annual Day of Caring! Day of Caring is a single-day volunteer event that encourages companies to support various local organizations through community service projects.
This year, 26 Merchants colleagues participated. Merchants volunteers assisted with community projects at Concordia Cemetery, a historic, volunteer-run cemetery, and Compass House, an emergency shelter and resource center for youth in need.
Concordia Cemetery
At Concordia Cemetery, Merchants colleagues helped maintain cemetery grounds by gardening, trimming, landscaping, and straightening veterans’ markers.
Merchants volunteers at this site included:
Derek Guarino
Jillian Hoffman
Shanell Casiano
Katharine Mayer
Joanne Scavone
Sydney Schneider
Thomas Fiegel
Michael Constantino
Erica Kellogg
Kyra-Jade Lewis
Joanna Eberts
Katherine Trautwein
Joseph Giordano
Janice Wojtanik
John Lammers
Lauren Kudela
To learn more about Concordia Cemetery, visit https://www.concordiabuffalo.org/.
Compass House
At Compass House, colleagues sorted donations including clothes for all ages, toiletries, school supplies, and household goods.
Merchants volunteers at this site included:
Charlene Guadagno
Ryann Kinyon
Stacey Clause
Liberty Snyder
Lindsey Miller
Umesh Mallya
Laurie Maniccia
Jenna Lukasik
Davene Fayson
Vincent Safee
To learn more about Compass House, visit https://www.compasshouse.org/.
Support for United Way
Merchants Insurance Group is proud to support United Way and its impact on our local communities. In addition to participating in Day of Caring with the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, Merchants colleagues contribute to important United Way initiatives across our regions each year through e-pledge donations and fundraising events during our annual United Way campaign.
Read our recap of the 2024 United Way campaign here: A Look Back on Merchants’ 2024 United Way Campaign
