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Don't Forget! The 2012 Employee Campaign Coordinator Challenge!
Each Employee Campaign Coordinator who achieves the following criteria in this year's United Way campaign will be invited to attend a special reception hosted by Think Mutual Bank and we want to see a room full of ECC's!
To be eligible: Achieve a goal of increasing your campaign by $4.00 times the number of employees in your company or organization. For example: 50 employees x $4.00=$200.00. In this example an increase of $200 in your total employee campaign gift earns you an invitation to attend.
Your increased campaign results, along with those of others, will move the 2012 United Way campaign towards reaching the $4 million dollar goal!
The event will be held at the new Cascade Meadows Wetlands & Environmental Science Center on Tuesday, November 27th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Networking, entertainment ,refreshments and hors devours will be part of the evening's festivities to show our appreciation for your effort to have a successful United Way campaign!
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Campaign Results to Date
The campaign has now reached 51% of goal as we move towards our $4 million campaign goal. While it's exciting to report that we have reached $2,058,437 in campaign gifts, this is no time to rest on our laurels as we have a long way to go and it's already mid-October! If you haven't started your campaign yet, "times a-wasting"! (And please confirm your campaign dates if you haven't shared them with us.)
The following Employee Campaign Coordinators, companies and organizations have reported the completion of their 2012 campaign:
Marco
Emily Merten
Park Place Motors
Jenny Larson
Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc.
Gary Smith
The Reading Center
Denise Walser-Kolar
Our thanks and appreciation to the Employee Campaign Coordinators, employees and staff of these organizations for their partnership and success. Your efforts will make a difference in people's lives!
Please let your support team at United Way know if you need anything, we are here to help - rd@uwolmsted.org or 507-287-2000. | |
Campaign TIP of the Week
Special Events that Work
At our Campaign Cabinet meeting last Friday, we asked the Cabinet members to share some of their campaign experiences that they thought would be valuable to share with Employee Campaign Coordinators in a "Campaign TIP of the Week .The hand down winners were special events built around Denim Days and food!
It seems that everyone in the workplace appreciates the opportunity to have a casual or denim day at work, (we do too!). Companies that allow employees this privilege by making a monetary contribution, (often times $5.00) to the special event part of their United Way campaign always seem to have success. There are many variations of this. Some companies will have a casual or denim day for every week of their campaign. Some will have a specific month. Others will even allow denim days for every Friday of the year, if they reach a specific campaign goal!
If you choose to incorporate casual or denim days into your campaign, examples of stickers that you can print out to use are in the Tab 8 section of the "Campaign in a Binder" you received at ECC training, pages 8-17 and 8-18. You can also find these examples online on our campaign website by clicking here.
For a novel and fun twist on using a jeans theme for collecting cash gifts from employees, (and customers, where appropriate) some have had a "fill the jeans" event, where they have sewn or clipped together the legs on a pair of jeans and encouraged employees to fill the jeans with their loose cash!
Bake Sales and Pot Luck events that encourage employees to participate with their donated treats that are then 'sold' to the employees are always popular and successful. They may seem like old ideas, but we prefer to think of them as 'tried and true'! These are especially successful as part of a campaign kick-off or wrap-up event to thank employees for their participation.
If you have never incorporated a special event into your campaign try one of these proven winners. We're certain you won't be disappointed with the results.
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Anatomic Pathology (AP)
Division President For the Day
AP President for the Day is starting off with the primary election of 13 candidates. The top 4 money raisers will advance to the presidential race with the top money raiser winning President for the Day. Candidate pictures and slogans have been hung up with collection jars. Voters can simply put their change into the candidate's jar to help them advance and/or win. All proceeds will go to the United Way Campaign!
"I support United Way because of their valuable work to improve lives in our community. The selfless work of donors, volunteers, and community partners have helped to make this possible. Sister Generose was once quoted as saying, "Mayo Clinic is a gift." Everything we have and everything we give is a gift. It is an honor to participate in and give to the United Way campaign as a Mayo Clinic Employee." - Rondell P. Graham MBBS, Mayo Clinic Rochester | |
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In this Issue
October 17, 2012
- ECC Challenge
- Campaign Update
- Campaign Tip - Special Events that Work
- Winter Coats Still Needed
- Nature's Best - Every Dollar Counts
- Volunteer Help Needed for Tax Season
- RPS - Sunset Terrace Three Cheers for United Way
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Winter Coats Still Needed and Volunteers
We're only a day away from our distribution and we're short 550 coats and 60 volunteers.
Ways you can help:
GIVE: new/gently used and clean winter coats in youth girls and boys sizes 6-14 (365 needed), toddler girls and boys sizes 3T-5T (115 needed), adult men's and women's sizes large and extra large (270 needed).
Bring items to United Way of Olmsted County before noon on Thursday, October 18th.
VOLUNTEER: for three hours as an escort, welcomer or registration volunteer on October 18 (9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.) or October 19 (7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.). Volunteer Registration link - click here
ADVOCATE: share this message with your friends.
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Nature's Best - Change the World and Start Right Here
Thank you Mike and Veronica Suk! Mike and Veronica are the owners of Nature's Best Cleaners and a long-time partner of United Way of Olmsted County through their support of our Caring Club program. They recently agreed to put one of our new cash donation boxes in each of their six stores, (here modeled by their employee Cami Leveron). In addition to the cash donations that we will receive from these boxes, they provide a valuable opportunity to increase awareness of United Way in the community.
We have 14 more of these boxes that we would love to find a home for! If you would be willing to place one of these boxes in your store, or restaurant, or a location that has high visibility to customer traffic, please contact Neal Engelman at 529-4505 or neale@uwolmsted.org and I will rush one out to you! |
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Your Volunteer Help is Needed for the Tax Season | |
Volunteer Tax Preparers and Tax Receptionists with the United Way of Olmsted County and the AARP Tax-Aide Program are needed to help low-to-moderate income and elderly individuals prepare tax returns so they can receive their eligible credits and/or refunds. Tax Preparers and Tax Receptionists volunteer an average of at least 4 hours a week during the tax season plus 2-5 days of training in December and January. Different sites in the county are available to volunteer. Orientation classes will be November 10th from 8:30 - 12:30 pm or November 16th from 12:30 - 4:30 pm. Call 507-206-6632 or 507-884-9165 or email udeygoldberg@msn.com for more information to volunteer as a Tax Preparer or tax receptionist today.
To help people move towards financial independence, United Way and its partners in this program work to help eligible individuals and families receive free quality tax preparation and wealth building opportunities to start them on the road to financial stability and strengthen the economy of our Olmsted County community. Families and individuals of all ages who are low to moderate income residents of Olmsted County are eligible to receive free tax preparation services.
To review the job description - click here. |
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Three Cheers for
United Way
at Sunset Terrace |
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"What a joy it was to speak at Sunset Terrace this morning! What an enthusiastic group. Their "skit" was terrific." - Joanne Rosener, United Way Speaker
"Joanne Rosener did a fantastic job! She shared key points with our staff and I really appreciated her patience in waiting to speak. She exuded an aura of generosity and complimented us for ours. Double wow! I appreciated the information specifically about the Imagination Library. More people need to tap into that resource and I think there are many teachers with small children who could use the service. Very impressive overall!" - Sharon Davis, Sunset Terrace Champion for Rochester Public Schools
To sign up for a United Way Speaker - register here. |
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