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November 2010 United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley |
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| 2010 Calendar of Events |
Monday, November 15
Five Hours for United Way
Five Guys in Boardman
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday, December 6
United We Dine
Inner Circle Pizza in Poland
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday, December 20
United We Dine
Inner Circle Pizza in Canfield
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 4
2011 Muransky Companies Bass Classic
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| Greetings! | |
Our 2010 Campaign is well underway and we wanted to share with you what has been going on at our United Way. We appreciate your support and thank you for coloring a brighter tomorrow!
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| Boardman Wedgewood Pizza Spooktacular Fundraiser |
 | | Wedgewood Pizza employees LIVE UNITED! Pictured are (L-R): Mike Grimm, Celeste Budinsky, Mike Ogle, Joe Cupp, Jason Iorio, and Anthony Pellegrini, owner. |
On Halloween Day, Sunday, October 31st, the Boardman Wedgewood Pizza donated a portion of its sales to our United Way.
Employees wore LIVE UNITED t-shirts and passed out candy to children all day.
"I've worked with United Way before and seen what they do for the Mahoning Valley. It's great. I think it's wonderful," said Anthony Pellegrini, owner. "Anything I can do, I love to help, just to put smiles on people's faces."
The event raised $550 for the 2010 United Way Campaign. Thank you Wedgewood Pizza! |
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| Five Hours for United Way | |
 On Monday, November 15th, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Five Guys in Boardman will donate 25% of all sales to our United Way.
Plan your lunch on Monday at Five Guys, located at 7322 Market Street in Boardman. Their menu includes a variety of burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches and fries. Call 330.629.8038 to place an order ahead of time or order online at www.fiveguys.com.
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| Forum Health Root Beer Float Sales |
 | | Sandy Massullo and Marta Cimino, members of the Forum Health campaign committee, make root beer floats at the fundraiser Friday. |
Forum Health recently kicked-off their workplace campaign with a goal of $25,000. The campaign will run through the month of November.
In addition to employee giving, the campaign committee came up with the idea to have root beer float sales every Friday throughout the campaign.
111 root beer floats were sold at the first sale, held Friday, October 29, raising $142 towards their campaign!
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| Mahoning County Government Campaign |
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Linda Merlo, Mahoning County Campaign Coordinator, and Kristen Olmi, Director of Grants and Initiatives at United Way, draw the winners of the Indians tickets. |
Mahoning County Government became a Pacesetter Campaign this year. As part of an incentive, any new donors to the 2010 government campaign who made their donation by August 27, were eligible for 2 tickets to a Cleveland Indians baseball game.
Winners included Nicholas Cascarelli from the Board of Health and Amy Klump from ADAS. Congratulations!!
The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley would like to thank all county employees who helped us color a brighter tomorrow by participating in our United Way Campaign and Linda Merlo, Mahoning County Campaign Coordinator.
The Mahoning County Government Campaign has raised $30,153.73 to date for the United Way Campaign.
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| United We Dine | |
 Mark your calendar - our United We Dine events are back!
On Monday, December 6th, join us at the Inner Circle Pizza in Poland and on Monday, December 20th, at the Inner Circle Pizza in Canfield.
These fun events will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The evenings include a variety of raffle baskets, 50/50 drawings, appearances by local media personalities, and a visit from Santa! All proceeds benefit our United Way.
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| Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Volunteers Needed |  United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley wants to help individuals and families achieve economic stability. We support the IRS-sponsored free tax sites in Mahoning County in which more than 2600 individuals and families took advantage of this opportunity last year to get their taxes done for free. Last year, more than $2.5 million was returned to local tax payers in refunds. According to the IRS, that also equated to an additional $600,000 in fee savings for a total economic impact of more than $3.1 million.
There has been an increased demand for the services over the past 3 years and we expect next year to again see more people taking advantage of the free tax sites. In order to accommodate all of those who request the services, we need YOU!! We need you to volunteer to be an IRS-trained volunteer. No prior experience in preparing taxes is required. You do not need to be an accountant or a financial wiz to volunteer and there is no cost to you for training or training materials. VITA & TCE offer flexible volunteer hours with opportunities available on weekdays, weeknights, and weekends. All you need is a desire to help families on the road to financial stability. Training sessions will be available in November and January.
WANT TO LEARN MORE? Call HandsOn Volunteer Network at 330.782.5877 or email them at info@HOVN.org.
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ABOUT THE UNITED WAY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND THE MAHONING VALLEY The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley seeks to be the driving force behind sustained improvement in the lives of all our citizens through initiatives that promote education, income and health. Currently twenty seven nonprofit agencies are partners with the United Way of the Youngstown and Mahoning Valley and through that partnership; the United Way distributes funds for over seventy programs that the partnering agencies oversee. In addition to funding our agencies we have created several initiatives that are having a positive impact on the community. |
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