HR College Volunteers backbone of United Way 's Marathon Achievement

United Way Mumbai participated for the first time in the Mumbai Marathon in 2006. 25 students from H.R. College worked with impressive dedication to form the backbone of United Way 's achievements.

The students went out to many of Mumbai's largest corporate organizations and marketed participation in the Marathon for United Way to hundreds of employees.

Their noteworthy efforts meant that 6 corporate teams participated in the Corporate Challenge initiative and almost 250 others ran individually.

The colour and creativity of these students was also brought to prominence on the Marathon day itself as they each ran their respective races decked out in red, acting as cheerleaders and holding the United Way hands with an abundance of energy and zeal.

60 students conduct due-diligence on 30 NGOs

United Way Mumbai prides itself in carrying out a fully comprehensive due-diligence analysis of any NGO to which it gives funds.

However trying to service so many needy organizations can take a very long time for an overstretched small NGO.

In September 2005, 60 students from HR College came into United Way's office and divided up the responsibility of conducting the due diligence groundwork for 30 NGOs between themselves.

This meant visiting their respective NGOs and sitting with staff in order to gather together all the necessary information required. Once they had done this work, they came into the United Way office and compiled comprehensive reports which were subsequently used by the United Way team to make decisions about funding for these NGOs.