Resources and Results - Maude Finch Awards

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Maude Finch Dinner and Awards Presentation - November 14, 2012

The Maude Finch Award provides an opportunity to publicly recognize community women who advance the common good. Presented by the United Way Women's Leadership Council to a women, business or organization in our community, this honor recognizes each for their advancement of the common good through a career of service or achievements.

The winners will be honored at the Maude Finch Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 14, 2012 at the Canadian Honker Events Center at the Ramada.

To register, and to see who the winners are click here.

Campaign Results to Date

As of today, the annual United Way campaign stands at $2,199,474 and we have reached 55% of our $4 million goal. With less than four weeks to go before our 'soft' campaign end date of Friday, 11/16, this is a critical time for us. Kudos's to you if you have completed your campaign or are in progress. If you haven't yet started, we hope you are finalizing your plans now for a successful campaign. Don't forget to utilize the all of the resources available to you on our campaign website at www.uwolmsted.org/campaign

or the "Campaign in a Binder" that you received at Employee Campaign Coordinator training!

The following Employee Campaign Coordinators, companies and organizations reported the completion of their 2012 campaign:

Bank of America

Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors

E O Johnson Office Technologies

Wayne Hanson

Good News Children's Center

Kali Bowe and Sheila Behrens-Getzin

McGladrey

Sarah Martinak

Premier Bank

Kristy McGee and Tabitha Koch

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

Reporting Partial Campaign Results

Are you concerned about having cash and checks on hand that you have already collected, but your campaign is not yet complete? No need to wait until the end of your campaign-Simply call Neal Engelman at 529-4505 or the United Way office at 507-287-2000 and we will arrange to come to you to pick it up!

For you. this removes the worry about losing any of the funds you have collected. For your donors, this allows their check to clear their account, without having to wait for a long period of time to be able to put that 'checkmark' in their check book register.

For United Way it allows us to better track our campaign results and to send the thank you acknowledgement to the donor on a timely basis. Everybody wins!

A friendly reminder-please do not mail your campaign envelopes.

In this Issue

October 25, 2012

Maude Finch Awards
Campaign Update
Campaign Tip - Reporting Partial Campaign Results
Winter Outerwear Preliminary Results

Winter Outerwear:

Preliminary Results

Preliminary results for last week's Winter OuterWear event held at the United Service Building on Thursday and Friday.

2,240 individuals (606 families) were able to receive winter coats.
80% of those who registered for this program attended the distribution last week.
90% of those who attended the distribution, received a winter coat.
For people who were not able to receive a coat, approximately 243 vouchers were handed out over the course of the two distribution days. These vouchers will be able to be redeemed for a coat at the United Way thrift store as they continue to receive donationsfrom the community.

The greatest unmet needs were in youth boy and youth girl sizes as well as adult extra large sizes. As you ready your winter outerwear for the season ahead, please consider donating your extra, unneeded outerwear to the Salvation Army thrift store to help meet this need!

Thank you to all of the volunteers, business partners, and community members who made this event possible. It takes an entire community to make a difference and you did!