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AR Winning Team

"Amazing Race to Graduation" winners Ocala Health's Dr. Manal Fakhoury and College of Central Florida's Dr. Barbara Burrows. Both ladies are members of United Way's Board of Directors.

Greetings!

United Way celebrated the second of three fund-raisers to help raise awareness about United Way's new direction. The Amazing Race to Graduation brought awareness to the Education focus of the organization, by recruiting teams of two to participate in United Way's Amazing Race to Graduation. Very similar to the reality TV show, The Amazing Race, teams scoured the campus of the College of Central Florida performing tasks along the way that were similar to activities they would have to do to graduate from high school. Between using their cutting and pasting skills to taking tests to performing a science experiment, teams relived their school days during this event. Winners were determined based on the number of graduation credits that they accumulated throughout the event. Check out more photos from the event.



Did you know? United Way of Marion County will be celebrating 50 years of serving our community next year?

Mandatory meeting for potential United Way funding partners

United Way of Marion County invites 501 © (3) non-profit human social service agencies serving Marion County, to apply for funding. The funding cycle is from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

United Way's new direction in Education, Income and Health will be discussed. Organizations interested in applying in one of these areas must attend one of the mandatory orientation sessions taking place on Thursday, November 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. or Friday, November 19 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the United Way of Marion County's Bonnie Health Community Room located at 1401 NE 2nd St., Ocala.

Currently, United Way of Marion County partners with 37 local programs that assist in supporting the needs of the residents of Marion County. Due to limited seating RSVPs are encouraged. RSVP to Chris Cotter at cotter@uwmc.org or at 732-9696 ext. 209.

Community-wide Garage Sale for UW

United Way's 1st annual community garage sale presented by United Way's Young Leaders will be held on Saturday, December 4th from 8am-1pm in the Dillard's Parking Lot.

Reserve your booth now!

For just $49 you get the following:

Space at the big event (approximately 10' x 20')
Listing in the event directory
Free classified coupons (valued up to $50, certificate will be mailed with your packet)
Cash-in-hand shoppers ready to buy your 'stuff'
Add a table for only $15.00 more.

For more information on booth rental space or to have United Way sell your items, call Summer Gill at United Way at 732-9696 ext 226 or sgill@uwmc.org.

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Beef O'Brady's Give Back LUNCH

Beef O'Brady's will donate 10% of sales to United Way on Monday, November 15 from 11am-4pm located in the 40East Shopping plaza on Silver Springs Blvd.

Hog Wild for

United Way

United Way invites the community to a "Parade of Pigs" to view the ceramic piggy banks that were decorated by individuals and organizations to raise awareness of United Way's work in making families financially stable in Marion County.

Join us Tuesday, November 30 from 5pm-7pm at Gateway Bank located on Silver Springs Blvd. Admission is free. Pull pork sandwiches will be available for $10.

Pigs are still available to sponsor.

For more information on how to sponsor a pig or to RSVP to the Parade of Pigs event, call Cathy Truesdale at 352-732-9696.

We need volunteers

United Way of Marion County still needs volunteers who are interested in providing certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) to Marion County residents.

VITA sites will be located in surrounding areas in Marion County and at the United Way office to offer free tax-preparation services for Marion County residents.

Training will be Thursday, December 2nd- Friday, December 4 from 5:30-8:30p.m. Thursday and Friday and Saturday from 8-5pm at the United Way located at 1401 NE 2nd St, Ocala.

For more information or to register, contact Krista Martin at 732-9696 ext. 215 or kmartin@uwmc.org.

United Way Partners with American Express on a New Card Parents GIve to Teens

United Way is excited to introduce PASS from American Express.^SM PASS is a prepaid, reloadable card that parents give to teens.

American Express will make a charitable donation to United Way for cards sold through our dedicated link as well as each eligible purchase through the Rewards Mall, an online shopping portal that gives PASS Cardmembers access to discounts and special offers at hundreds of merchants.

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