How to scare up campaign success

United Way of
Greater Chattanooga

E-News for Employee Campaign Managers October 2009

CHAIRS FOR CHARITY!

BUY A CHAIR AND HELP A NEIGHBOR!

COS Business Products & Interiors has devised a cushy way for businesses and individuals to give something back to area charities. Chairs for Charity gives part of every customer purchase to a United Way direct program or partner agency. Click here for more information or call COS at 423-624-0011.

Caught in the Act!

Creating Campign Fun!

Our Employee Campaign Managers always manage to put their personal creativity and a lot of fun into the corporate campaigns, and we've caught some of you in the act. What are some creative ways you're raising money at your office? Whether you're holding a Battle of the Bands like Unum, a cake walk like the City of Chattanooga, or a motorbike ride like the Hamilton County employees, tell us about it! Send us your pictures and a description, and we'll feature it in our next ECM newsletter. You can see the campaign pictures we've already collected on Flicker HERE.

LIVE UNITED!

HOW JAMES GOT INVOLVED

Do you know the stories behind our LIVE UNITED campaign? You know, the people featured in our videos and on our posters? Well one of those stories is that of James Kwee, a high school senior who spent a large portion of his time volunteering for several different organizations around town. Whether he was tutoring students at Calvin Donaldson Elementary in reading, helping homeless children at the Room in the Inn shelter, or starting his own nonprofit organization to provide low income children with birthday presents, James does his part to make the world a better place. If you haven't already, you can read his story and see his video here. If you have a Live United story to share or know someone who does, click here or call 423-752-0322.

CANDY BUY BACK!

Local Dentist Dr. Andrew Lunn is offering kids a sweet deal next week - cash for their Halloween candy. He's offering $1 to kids ages 1 to 13 for every pound of unopened candy they bring to his office, up to a 12 pound limit. But this isn't just a treat for kids and their parents. For every pound he collects, he'll give $1 to the United Way campaign. And the candy will be sent to our troops overseas. Click here for more information or call Dr. Lunn's office at 423-553-8858.

Buy a Book and Change a Life

The second annual McKee Foods Books4Bucks used book sale will be held Sunday, Nov. 1 through Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Little Debbie� Bakery Store in Collegedale, Tenn., located at 9515 Apison Pike. Come out, buy a book and support the local community. 100% of the money collected in book sales will be donated to United Way. For more information, please call Mista Wilson at 423.238.7111, Ext. 22535.

NEW CAMPAIGNS
We have 35 groups that will hold new campaigns this season or will give a first time corporate gift to the campaign. One of those is the City of East Ridge, which has already held meeting for more than 89 employees. You can see some of their photos in Flickr HERE. Send us your photos and we'll include them too!

Join us on Facebook

The United Way fan page has information on our activities and community events. We also highlight our impact and feature our ECMs good work on this page too. You can create your own Facebook account and join the social media revolution. Don't know how to get on board? Call 423-752-0322 and we'll talk you through it. It's easy - join now!

PICTURE THIS!

We want to put you in the picture on our Flickr page. It's easy to create your company's own Flickr page and our page is open for our partners to add their own pictures. You can also just e-mail your pictures to Kelley Nave and we'll add them for you. Click here now to see what's up.