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Greetings!
| We are happy to bring you the United Way February e-newsletter, filled with timely information like tax assistance resources, as well as some fun--we've got an easy way for you Facebookers to help us raise money thanks to PressEnter!'s generosity, as well as a story about last week's meal-packing volunteer event. We hope you enjoy the newsletter!
Thank you for your support!
- United Way St. Croix Valley Board and Staff
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 Tax Assistance Resources | The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free tax help for taxpayers who qualify. To qualify for VITA assistance, you generally must make less than $50,000 per year. To qualify for TCE assistance, you must be 60 years of age or older.
If you are looking for tax assistance with these programs in our service area, the IRS offers a searchable database on their site, along with more information on the two tax programs. Click here to search for a site near you.
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United Way Volunteers Pack Meals for Kids Against Hunger
| On Saturday, February 25, a team of 11 United Way volunteers donned hairnets and Live United t-shirts to pack meals with the nonprofit Kids Against Hunger at the Andersen Corporate Headquarters in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota. This year the food will mainly go towards the Horn of Africa and U.S. flood relief. Some of the food will also stay local--15 extra boxes of meals were already given to our Food Resource Center!
The St. Croix Valley branch of Kids Against Hunger is organized by Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater. 2012 marks the fifth year of the local community meal-packing event. For more information on the St. Croix Valley branch, contact Tom Thiets at 651-788-5112.
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United Way volunteers at Kids Against Hunger
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RESCO Contributes to United Way
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RESCO of Hudson, Wisconsin has recently completed their United Way Campaign for 2011-2012 and will be contributing over $4,500 to United Way St. Croix Valley. According to Karen Homeier, VP Finance, "Contributing to the United Way is a great way for our employees to give back something to this community; this is still a hard economy but there is so much we can be thankful for and this is a small way we can give to those less fortunate than ourselves." Read the full press release from RESCO.
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Front: Karen Homeier, VP Finance presents John Coughlin, Executive Director of United Way St. Croix Valley with a "big" check for $4,534 representing the employees' contributions to the 2011-2012 United Way campaign.
Back row, from left to right: Jeremy King, Todd Paulson, Tim Stand, Ryan Hilke, John Larrabee, John Schreifer, Kyle Strash and Teena Gonsior.
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February Featured Corporate Leader - County Market Hudson
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County Market of Hudson was one of United Way St. Croix Valley's top corporate supporters during the 2010 fall campaign. The local store and its employees donated more than $7,200 in employee pledges and gifts, special event fundraisers and a corporate gift. In 2011, the store increased its campaign to a total of $10,893.
County Market Hudson features produce, dairy, frozen food, health and beauty, floral, deli, bakery and meat departments, and also offers many services such as dry cleaning, shoe repair, local utility payments and more. It also has a full service pharmacy and postal contract station.
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Every Facebook "Like" Gives United Way $1 in March
| We are excited to announce PressEnter! will be helping us raise money through the month of March. For each new Facebook "Like" we receive during the month, PressEnter! will donate $1 to United Way St. Croix Valley. If you haven't "Liked" us yet, please visit our Facebook page. Thank you to PressEnter!
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John Looks Back at 2011
| Our Executive Director John looks back at what we were able to accomplish together in the St. Croix Valley in 2011 in the latest United Way blog.
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2011 Annual Report Available
| United Way St. Croix Valley's 2011 Annual Report is now available for viewing online. Please visit our Annual Report page to download the report. Adobe Reader is required.
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Board of Directors
Steven Snell, President
Warren Schneider, Vice-Pres.
Ken Osowski, Secretary
Patrick Powers, Treasurer
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Brad Caskey
James Dahl
Dan Draxler
Jennifer Ewig
John Haley
Theres Heimel
Cynthia Jahnke
Jody Keller
Sue Obermueller
Thomas O'Connell
Vicki Plaistow
Richard Smith
Christine Weigel
Vicki Ziglinski
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