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Child Care Resource and Referral
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) kicked off their United Way campaign at an ALL STAFF MEETING on October 14th. The United Way campaign team of Marlene Jehnke, Dawn Eckhoff, Sheila Peloquin and Julie Buresch involved their co-workers in a game called "KNOW YOUR AGENCY." 
Questions were presented on a large screen and participants called out the answers. Questions ranged from "What is our mission statement?", "What was Patrick Gannon's previous career?" to "Name one way you can give to the United Way?". The lively audience members were rewarded with small gifts that were tossed into the crowd.
The team also read the Ogre Story from the United Way website. They shared that the United Way dollars help "get to the root cause" of the problem. We need to keep the babies out of the river!
After one week, the campaign ended with an afternoon dessert pot luck and drawings for gift cards and prizes. The most valued prizes were the certificates for the "reserved parking spot of your choice" - one for the month of January and one for the month of February!
CCRR ended their campaign at 101% of their $7,000 goal - at $ 7075.57, with 57% of staff giving. | |
-Marlene Jehnke, Child and Adult Care Food Program Director/Regional Director |
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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:
- Ability Building Center
 - Byron School District
- Child Care Resource and Referral
- CRW Architecture + Design
- Friends of Quarry Hill Nature Center
- Gauthier Industries
- GEOTEK
- Hiller's Flooring America
- Kohl's
- Paramark
- Ricoh-USA
- Think Mutual Bank
When 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.
If you prefer not to have to keep cash and checks that you have received on hand until the completion of your campaign, we can also make a partial pick-up of what you have ready.
Please do not mail your envelopes. |
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In this Issue November 11, 2011 |
- Child Care Resource and Referral Campaign
- Smart Givers Standards
- Campaigns Update
- Save the Date - 2/8/2012
- Maude Finch Award Highlights
- Give.Advocate.Volunteer
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Got Standards? So Does United Way of Olmsted County!
Everyone has standards. Whether you are buying a car or choosing a college to attend, you have standards that you consider acceptable for your life.
Did you know there are also standards for charities that measure their performance? And United Way of Olmsted County has once again earned the SMART GIVERS Standard from the Charities Review Council.
"We need to treat our giving practices just as we would as a consumer of any product. The Charities Review Council is equivalent to "Consumer Reports" - they do the research work for us on the health and stability of an organization, and we are then able to compare and contrast what organizations best fit our standards." Shelly, a donor.
For more information visit - www.smartgivers.org | |
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| Save the DATE | |
The Celebration of Caring and Giving event will be on:
February 8, 2012
after work time frame
Mark your calendar and plan to attend. More information to follow in later editions.
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| Maude Finch Awards Highlights | |
The third annual Maude Finch Awards were presented by the Women's Leadership Council at a luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel on November 9, 2011. Susan Ahlquist, Women's Leadership Council member, emceed the program. Gail Sauter and Linda Hull, planning co-chairs, presented the awards. 100 guests attended the awards luncheon.
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GIVE. | |
We all have a stake in creating a prosperous, healthy community.
For a building to be stable for the long term, it needs a solid foundation. The same is true in life, and the building blocks for a solid life are a good education, financial stability and good health.
It takes an entire community to make a difference and we need YOU! Read More |
ADVOCATE.
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Make change happen with your voice. United Way needs people who are passionate about education, income and health to make some noise. Read more |
| Volunteer | |
United Way and our Volunteer Center works with volunteers and local noprofits to develop the best opportunities for youth, busy working adults and seniors.
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