Happy New Year! We hope your 2012 is off to a great start. Here at United Way St. Croix Valley we are hopeful that the new year will bring increased assistance to our funded agencies and new opportunities for growth. What about you? Do you have any New Year's resolutions? Be sure to check out the information on our Facebook contest in this newsletter for a chance to win some very cool prizes to keep you on a positive path in the new year!
Hudson Area Swim Association (HASA) and River Falls Swim Club (RFSC) held a dual swim meet in Hudson on Dec. 20, 2011 and did a peanut butter drive for the United Way St. Croix Valley Food Resource Center. 86 jars of peanut butter were donated.
Pictured left to right: Grace Schmidt, HASA swimmer and John Coughlin, United Way St. Croix Valley Executive Director.
Do you have a New Year's resolution related to volunteering? Post it to our Facebook page by the end of January and you will be entered into a drawing for our New Year's resolution gift pack: 2 nutrition consultations with Family Fresh Market Hudson's nutritionist (2 hours total), 1 hour business consultation or life coaching from Riverway Consulting, and Anytime Fitness large t-shirt, pen and water bottle! We have been running the contest all month long, but there are still a few days left to enter!
New Year's Resolution Gift Pack--enter to win!
January Featured Corporate Leader - HealthPartners
HealthPartners was a top corporate supporter of United Way St. Croix Valley through the 2010 fall campaign. The organization and its employees gave more than $14,500 to United Way St. Croix Valley, with a significant amount coming from Westfields Hospital in New Richmond.
HealthPartners is a nonprofit HMO based in Minnesota, offering a variety of health care plans for individuals, groups and Medicare. It is the largest consumer-governed nonprofit health care organization in the United States. Westfields Hospital offers emergency room services, inpatient and outpatient care, maternity care, specialty clinics and a primary care clinic.
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