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Campaign Kickoff
September 10
AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
7:30 to 9 am
Campaign Kickoff is a free community pancake breakfast in which local celebrities flip the pancakes. The event marks the beginning of the annual United Way campaign that benefits local agencies.
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Open your heart. Lend your muscle. October 8 and 9, 2010
 Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people: connected, interdependent, united. And when we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. That is what it means to LIVE UNITED.
Join the nation's largest corporate volunteer event and help change your community. Volunteer teams prepare meals for the homeless, refurbish playgrounds for children and play bingo with the elderly. Our partner agencies submit projects that need to be completed and companies pick the projects and bring the materials needed to complete them.
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Calling All Volunteers
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma received a grant to purchase additional food and household products to meet the increased demand in households requesting assistance making ends meet.
Emergency family boxes containing food and household products are designed to provide short-term relief for low-income families.
In order to get these boxes to food bank partner programs, pantries, soup kitchens and emergency shelters, the RFB of Oklahoma needs 90 volunteers per day through the end of September.
Individuals (open volunteering) and groups* by appointment
Monday - Saturday from 9 am - Noon and 1 pm - 4 pm.
Tuesday - Thursday by appointment only 5:30 - 8:30 pm (groups of 50±)
*Groups = 5+ people.
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Welcome
Karen Gates, David Hatch, and the UCAN Committee are pleased to announce that Beryl Jones of NALC Branch 458 will serve as the United Way of Central Oklahoma's Disaster Response Team Volunteer Labor Liaison at the Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. Beryl will bring decades of organized labor and ARCCO experience to this new position. |
Disaster Response Team Training
A First Time Disaster Response Team Training is scheduled for Monday, October 4 and Tuesday, October 5 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Registration fee is $20.
An Extended Disaster Response Team Training (including first-timers) will include first-aid training, "Disasters and Mental Health" and "Serving People with Disabilities Following a Disaster." It is scheduled for October 11, 12 and 18 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Registration fee is $30. |
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Coalition of Labor Union Women
CLUW meets the third Thursday of each month at 4:45 p.m. at the OK AFL-CIO , 501 NE 27 Street.
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Central Oklahoma Community Forum
September 14, 11:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m. at the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 458, 221 S. Eagle Lane, just west of Council.
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The UCAN Survey completed last Spring indicated an interest in personal finance and budgeting. To meet this need, we scheduled two Tuesday classes at
Consumer Credit Counseling
3230 N. Rockwell Avenue
Bethany, OK
The classes will be on October 19 and 26 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.. Dinner will be at 5:30. Registration is $20. The UCAN Committee is excited about this opportunity to blend with another group. |
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Directory of Community Services
United Way's online Directory of Community Services offers a searchable database of local health and social service programs. This resource includes detailed information about non-profit and government resources in Canadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, McClain, and Pottawatomie Counties. | |
Drum roll please...United Way of Central Oklahoma has set their 2010 fundraising campaign goal at $20,500,000!
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