Happy Holidays from United Way of Pierce County!
We have so much to be thankful for this season, and at the top of our list is our gratitude for the amazing work that UWPC campaign coordinators and team members do throughout the year to help our community. THANK YOU!
 
Despite challenging economic times, you and your fellow employees are giving back more than ever! Check out some of the organizations that exceeded their campaign goals:
  • KeyBank
  • Pacific Lutheran University
  • Parametrix
  • Puyallup School District
  • State Farm Insurance 
  • Tacoma Public Schools
Thank you for LIVING UNITED and we look forward to working side-by-side with you next year to make even bigger impacts in Pierce County.
NEWS FLASH
UWPC Receives 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for 4th Consecutive Year
 Charity Navigator Logo
United Way of Pierce County received a 4-star rating for sound fiscal management from Charity Navigator, an independent national service that evaluates most of America's largest charities. Only 6% of the charities they track have received four consecutive 4-star ratings and only five United Ways nationwide. UWPC is the highest rated United Way of our size. According to their analysis, UWPC "outperforms most other charities in America".
 
Charity Navigator evaluates ten times more charities nationwide than their nearest competitor, and attract more visitors to their website than all other charity evaluators combined. 
 
LIVE UNITED pumpkinLIVE UNITED Photo Contest
We want to hear about local people in our community who LIVE UNITED. People who invest to make a difference, lend their voices to champion a cause and give of their time to improve lives.

Submit your photo or video and story of 100 words or less of how you LIVE UNITED by giving, advocating or volunteering. All photos must include a LIVE UNITED prop like a t-shirt, button or use your creativity to make your own prop like a yard sign (or a pumpkin!).
 
Read more about how to submit your entry at: http://www.uwpc.org/photocontest.htm

 
Thank you to the 2008 class of Loaned Executives!
We are grateful to the organizations who loaned or sponsored the members of our 2008 class of Loaned Executives. It simply would not be possible to run a United Way campaign without their help. We appreciate and celebrate their enthusiasm, determination and heart for our community, and thank them for their hard work over the past four months.
 
UWPC Community Campaign LEs:
Tyler Bloom (loaned by DaVita); Maria Brady (sponsored by Franciscan Health System); McKenzie Brooks (sponsored by Group Health Cooperative); Paul Cheek (loaned by The Boeing Company); Floyd Cruz (loaned by The Boeing Company); Jan Jensen (sponsored by Russell Investments); Tony Lindgren (loaned by Tacoma Public Utilities); Dick Smith (loaned by Puget Sound Energy); Ray Smith (sponsored by The Boeing Company); Jane Sobottka (loaned by State Farm Insurance); Peggy Thiel (sponsored by Columbia Bank) 
 
Combined Federal Campaign LEs:
Walter Braswell (United States Postal Service); CPT Stephen A. Calderon (Fort Lewis); MSgt Drew Oliver (McChord Air Force Base); 1LT Anne Sikorra (Washington Army National Guard); LTC Nancy Soltez (Madigan Army Medical Center)
T-Talk
Time/Talent/Treasure - so many ways to give
 
GIVE THE GIFT OF YOUR TIME
Don't have a lot of extra cash to donate this year? Why not consider a gift of your time instead? It is fun and rewarding to volunteer, and it doesn't take a lot to make a big impact in someone's life. Plus, UWPC makes it easy to connect you to opportunities through our Volunteer Center.
 
As an added bonus, some companies will match employee volunteer hours with a financial gift to the organization!  
 
Here are a few ways you can connect:
1) Contact the Volunteer Center at 253.597.6688
2) Email the Volunteer Center at volunteer@uwpc.org
 
UWPC Recognized as Afterschool Hall of Fame Champion by SOWA
 
School's Out Washington (SOWA) annually recognizes several individuals and organizations in honor of the work they do in building community systems to support quality after-school programs. SOWA recently recognized UWPC as a 2008 Afterschool Hall of Fame Champion (the highest recognition extended by SOWA).
 
This recognition is the result of a strong relationship between UWPC and SOWA which was built through the Youth Development Impact Action team chaired by Maria Casella (who is also a UWPC Board member).
 
Congratulations to Maria and her team!
 
 

 

 
STRIKE A POSE
Your campaign photos and videos wanted
 
Is there photographic (or video) evidence of your United Way campaign this year? If so, we'd love to see it (and perhaps share it with others if you're agreeable). Please contact your Account Executive or Nicole Milbradt (nicolem@uwpc.org) if you're willing to share your photos and/or video footage. Thanks!
Back to School Drive a Success!
 
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's "Back to School is Cool!" event. Donors went above and beyond for Pierce County kids who didn't have school supplies. Your generous cash and in-kind gifts totaling $24,906 served 1,100 children through giveaways and 91 kids through sponsorships. You get an A+! 
 
Want to get in on the fun next year? Call 253.597.6457 or email volunteer@uwpc.org.
Electrifying Thought
 
"Giving back to the community to repay kindness and things that have been given to me and my family, is how I LIVE UNITED."
 
 - Tim Bounting
Campaign Coodinator
JCPenney Sumner

2009

See you in the New Year!