Resources and Results

	Resources and Results
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Think Mutual Bank's Campaign is UNDERWAY!

We're excited about our campaign activities. We kicked off our campaign last week with a wonderful breakfast cooked AND served by our senior management team. We had several flavors of pancakes, eggs, sausage, juices, coffee and biscotti. It was very much appreciated by our employees. We raised $830 for jeans day last Friday. This week we were able to donate more than 300 pounds of food items to community food shelves during our Cans for Cookies Day. Employees enjoyed a cookie or two if they donated a food item. Our on-line prize package auction is underway and bringing lots of attention and $$$! Departments and individuals donated fun themed baskets for employees to bid on. We're also doing a raffle for an iPad 2, which has been extremely popular! We're excited to share the results of our internal fundraising efforts in one of the next issues of Resources and Results!

Just in, "We raised about $1,700 with our basket auction alone."

-Carol Thouin, Think Mutual Bank ECC Team member and Community Development Coordinator.

Campaigns Update

Our thanks and congratulations to the following businesses and Employee Campaign Coordinators who have completed their workforce campaigns or have provided a corporate gift:

Auto Owners Insurance
Custom Alarm/Custom Communications, Inc.
PMC Sierra, LTD.
Rochester City Delivery
Sargent's Landscape Nursery
Schad-Tracy Sign, Inc.
The Reading Center
The Salvation Army
Virgil's Auto Clinic and Towing

If you have completed your campaign, please call Neal Engelman at 529-4505 or neale@uwolmsted.org, or the United Way office at 287-2000 to schedule a pick-up of your campaign envelopes.

Please do not mail your envelopes.

Community Information Sharing System

Did you know ...nearly 10% of children under the age of 17 live in poverty in Olmsted County?

That's why...United Way of Olmsted County is committed to providing the most efficient and effective ways for families to access and use needed programs and services.

Which means...When our non-profit partners and faith communities are able to work smarter and use technology to better serve community members in need we help stabilize families in crisis. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable and when people have good health.

Technology connects people with resources to improve lives more efficiently.

In this Issue

October 19, 2011

Think Mutual Bank Campaign
Campaigns Update
Community Information Sharing System
Volunteers Needed
Maude Finch Award Luncheon
Speakers Bureau Update

Volunteers needed to Help with Community Winter OuterWear Initiative

Volunteers are still needed today, tomorrow and Friday to help distribute coats.

United Way Speakers Bureau

Did you know campaigns that incorporated a Speakers Bureau presentation did 14% better than those campaigns that did not!

To date, Speakers Bureau members have completed 76 speaker presentations with 16 scheduled.

Our speakers want to come out and help you KICK OFF your United Way campaign.

A recent comment from a business regarding their speaker presentation, "Very energetic, she did a good job relating to audience. She helped us understand it's about people, not organizations."

THANKS to our Speakers and businesses for helping our community to learn more about United Way of Olmsted County and how to improve lives.