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| 20th Annual Golf Tournament Hits a Hole in One to Improve Lives in Our County |
This year's Chaminade-United Way Corporate Golf Challenge help April 30th , 2009 at Pasatiempo Golf Club was a great success garnering over $23,000 for the United Way's Community Investment Fund!
We thank our generous Corporate Sponsors:
- Premier Sponsor - Chaminade Santa Cruz
- Gold Sponsor - Wells Fargo Bank
- Silver Sponsor - The Santa Cruz Sentinel
Additionally we want to express our sincere gratitude to the many local businesses that sponsored holes, donated items to our silent auction and raffle, the 108 golfers, and the volunteers that gave their time to make this event such a success.
Pictured above are some of the teams. Who do you recognize?
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Know a Person or Employer that LIVES UNITED? Nominate them!
Family Friendly Employer Award |
Santa Cruz County parents recognize that balancing work and family is a continuous challenge. United Way's Success by 6 and the Santa Cruz County Breastfeeding Coalition are once again recognizing employers who support employees in their roles as parents. Examples of Family Friendly policies include: flex-time; break time for pumping breast milk; referral source for child-related help and a child friendly workplace.
For more information, see past winners and to nominate your employer CLICK HERE.
Nominations must come from employees who are patents and not owners of companies. Winners will be announce in August.
Community Heroes
The United Way's County Assessment Project (CAP) has set 19 community goals to make Santa Cruz county residents, safer, healthier and more politically involved. We now want to honor some of the people that are pushing our county forward.Our Executive Director, Mary Lou Goeke, says it best: "It is so inspiring to celebrate the people who are making a positive difference in our county. Community Goals are our collective aspirations for the future. But Community Heroes are the people who make that future come true." Nominees don't have to have fancy titles or big paychecks; they simply
have to be doing some good in our community. For more information and
to nominate your hero CLICK HERE.
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Advocate for Health
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Last year, United Ways throughout the country established a health goal
to increase by one-third the number of youth and adults who are healthy and
avoiding risky behavior. To achieve this goal, we acknowledge that the current
system must be improved, and that the widely-recognized shortcomings in our
nation's health care system call out for major reform.
To demonstrate our support for health reform, United Way spent
much of March and April participating in White House Regional Forums on Health
Reform all across the country. From Michigan and Iowa to Vermont and
California, representatives from local, state and the national United Way
attended these important forums to encourage the development of pragmatic,
non-partisan solutions so that all Americans can enjoy a healthy life.
To help the United Way system continue to build
momentum,
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CONGRATULATIONS
Winner of United Way's 2009 National Summit Award
for
their 787,772 volunteer hours in 2008. Wells Fargo's volunteer program includes
paid leave up to four months to assist nonprofits. Wells Fargo volunteers
provided 582
free Hands on Banking financial education classes in English and Spanish
as well as 35 foreclosure
prevention seminars. Additionally, team members built 170 homes and
volunteered
more than 4,000 hours to provide free tax preparation. In 2008, Wells Fargo
gave $102.1 million in grants to 14,000 nonprofits.
"In
this environment, it's more important than ever to have partners like Wells
Fargo," said Brian Gallagher,
president and CEO of United Way. "United Way is proud to recognize Wells Fargo and
its team members for their leadership, generosity and volunteer commitment that
continue to strengthen communities nationwide."
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Pictured is Sue Lewis, Wells Fargo's Community President for Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties accepting an United Way of Santa Cruz County's Gold Award for Wells Fargos local campaign. We appreciate their local partnership and commitment!
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