12/05/2007

2007 United Way Campaign Good News!

LEADERBOARD

Top 10 Growth

Top Stories

• People's Emergency Center Emerges a Winner!
• Aon Benefits the Community!
• Perfect Participation at BJ'S Wholesale Club - Conshohocken!
• Touching Lives at Please Touch Museum!
• Greater Input at ECBM Means a Greater Output in Return!
• Cheyney University: Where The Spirit of Giving Flourishes!
• PJM - Remarkably Dynamic!
• Tardy Employees Grow Unum Provident Campaign!
• America's First Zoo Runs First-Rate Campaign!
• Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation!

People's Emergency Center Emerges a Winner!

Wow! People's Emergency Center's United Way Campaign, built on pride, leadership and a steadfast commitment to helping others, emerged as a role model for achieving a powerful campaign outcome. Employee Campaign Chair Trish Downey worked to fulfill the agency's campaign goals, and in the end, surpassed them. 100% participation from their 73 staff members! A $610 average gift! Thirteen Leadership givers! And a total goal of $41,000 exceeded by $3,500! PEC President Gloria Guard announced these results along with the news that this campaign is the most successful one that PEC has run so far. "We can only hope that all of the United Way Employee Campaigns did as well as PEC," Ms. Guard stated, adding, "As a Community Impact Partner, we are steadfast supporters of the Community Impact Fund and...we are very proud that 44 of our staff gave" to the fund.

A Gift of Appreciation Wanda Preston, a United Way Loaned Executive from Federal Reserve Bank, holds a PEC gift given to her in celebration of the very successful outcome of PEC's campaign and in appreciation of the support she provided toward helping the campaign to grow.

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Aon Benefits the Community!

Aon Consulting, one of the world's largest benefits consulting firms, boosted its support for the United Way campaign this year resulting in a 150% increase over the previous year! Led by Senior Vice President and Office Head Mike Casey and Office Administrator Patricia Peters, the campaign generated $8,827 new dollars for a total of $14,711! Aon Consulting is a division of Aon.

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Perfect Participation at BJ'S Wholesale Club - Conshohocken!

BJ's Wholesale Club in Conshohocken achieved an impressive feat with this year's United Way Campaign - 100% participation! The aggressive goal was set for the 101 employees by General Manager Butch McCracken. The increased participation resulted in an overall increase of 623.3% from the previous year for a total of $6,141! Loss Prevention Manager and Campaign Chair Karen D'Alessandro credits the success to the employees' strong desire to achieve their goal and working hard to get there. Thank you BJ's in Conshohocken for increasing your impact to benefit our community!

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Touching Lives at Please Touch Museum!

Please Touch Museum is in the middle of a very exciting time, with a new home in Fairmount Park on the way and a United Way Campaign that has more than doubled over last year, increasing their total by $2,428 to $4,841. What a great achievement for the museum and its President Nancy D. Kolb! The campaign team, led by Development Manager Laura Stanley, really turned on their creative energies in support of this community and the United Way. These results are a clear reflection of their work and of the caring employees at the Museum.

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Greater Input at ECBM Means a Greater Output in Return!

Greater input by ECBM employees in their United Way Campaign resulted in a fantastic 69% increase over last year, and a campaign total this year of $14,103.50! Employees were asked to submit names of agencies they support, and were then asked to vote for the agency they wanted to address their campaign kick off. Employee Campaign Chair Stacey Levins added her own enthusiasm and leadership into the mix, and that along with the additional participation meant a $5,778 increase, 13 new contributors, and seven returning donors who increased their contributions. This included a matching dollar-for-dollar gift from ECBM, a very generous gesture from CEO Charlie Bernier. Thank you to ECBM for their tremendous support!

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Magee Chief Medical Officer Bailed Out Of Jail! Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Guy W. Fried, MD, who was named Top Doc by US News & World Report, agreed to play the bad guy in Magee Rehabilitation Hospital's Jail/Bail themed United Way Campaign. Arrested on obviously very serious charges by United Way/Magee police Gail Glenn, Security Supervisor, and Bernard "Rinny" Carter, Security Guard, he was promptly jailed. Because Dr. Fried is one of the most dedicated, talented, and beloved physicians at Magee, in no time at all the staff and even some patients pledged enough support to get him released from jail. Magee was able to surpass last years' gift, and raised $5,396 during its first campaign week and is on track to double its 2006 campaign total.

Cheyney University: Where The Spirit of Giving Flourishes!

A phenomenal increase of 302% in the Cheyney University Campaign is just the start of the wonderful story that recently took place at the state organization. The State Employee Combined Appeal campaign raises funds for the community from employees across the state of Pennsylvania. Here in Southeastern Pennsylvania, there are more than 130 state agencies that participate, and Cheyney University is no doubt one of the leaders when it comes to strengthening their campaign. The increase, from $2,082 to $8,370, was a direct result of a huge increase in the number of employees who became engaged and added something from their own spirit of giving, raising the number of donors from eight in 2006 to 64 in 2007! The Campaign Team attributes much of this success to their efforts to address their fellow employees one-on-one, for a more personal approach, and to their commitment "to meet the challenge," according to Employee Campaign Chair Barbara Simmons, JD, Assistant to the President for Internal relations. In addition, the team opted for a victory celebration, to be hosted by Cheyney University President Michelle Howard-Vital, at the campaign's conclusion. "No one would have imagined the level of success that was achieved," Ms. Simmons stated. Campaign Associates included Etta Baldwin, Seronette Barnes, Ph.d., Elisabeth Burton, Donna Howard, Brenda Lavender, John Williams, Ph.D., and Ramona Dixon, campaign accountant. The team noted that Tyrone Eleby, a Loaned Labor Leader for SECA, was of considerable help to the campaign.

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PJM - Remarkably Dynamic!

PJM Interconnection stepped up their campaign this year resulting in a 16.2% increase from the previous year. The campaign, which raised $82,475, was led by Campaign Chair Alicia Daugherty, Manager, NERC and Regional Coordination, and Co-chair Patty Cory, Senior Consultant. The campaign kicked off on September 13, 2007 with a leadership presentation to the PJM management team at the Villanova Conference Center. Ken Silvious, Campaign Director, accredited the achievement of this year's campaign to the remarkably dynamic campaign committee and significant management involvement. PJM is led by President Karl Pfirrmann, a historically active member of the United Way community. Thank you to PJM for their help in making our community a better place - because that's what matters!

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Tardy Employees Grow Unum Provident Campaign!

Creative planning has led Unum Provident, an insurance firm located in Wayne, to substantial campaign growth. The firm of 65 employees has supported the United Way campaign annually, continually inventing creative ways to raise funds. This year, the campaign kicked off early with great interest and enthusiasm amongst the employees. "We did a lot of neat things this year to keep the employees engaged," says Amy Rullo who coordinated the campaign. "We had bake and pretzel sales, loose change jars, a 50/50 raffle, candy guessing games and not to forget the good old pledge card came in handy as well." Employees who were late to staff meetings made donations to loose change jars!

All these efforts resulted in Unum more than doubling their campaign results from 2006 when they raised $1,674 to $3,622 this year! The growth of this campaign is truly remarkable and congratulations are due to Unum Provident for their efforts and continued support of the United Way campaign. Great job!

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America's First Zoo Runs First-Rate Campaign!

The Philadelphia Zoo, America's first zoo and among the finest... of course, we'd say that even if they didn't run a great United Way Campaign! Last year's campaign, led by zoo President Vik Dewan, was a good one; but this year is even better... with $11,555, employees achieved a 36% increase, far surpassing their goal of $9,000! The Campaign, organized by Employee Campaign Chair Kelly Poulson, included an invitation for United Way to staff a table at the Zoo's employee health fair. The fair was held in a tent at the Peacock Pavilion while the large birds strolled the grounds outside. It was a great way to turn the tables, putting humans on display and the animals on the outside looking in!

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Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation!

Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation generously offered a challenge grant of $50,000 to the United Way of Southeastern PA for the 2006 campaign. All new and increased contributions up to $50,000 will be matched dollar for dollar by the Foundation. The funds will be used to support programs in the Western Montgomery County area.

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Hay Group and PEC Partner for a Happy Holiday Thanks to the generosity of the Hay Group Employees of Philadelphia, 26 families at the People's Emergency Center enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving this year. The outpouring of food, toys and baby formula was impressive. Dan Little, United Way Employee Campaign Chair for Hay Group's employee campaign, expressed to his fellow employees his sentiments reflecting his own strong advocacy of community support, "As we come into the season of thanks, take a moment to thank each other and yourselves; you made a big difference in a number of lives." PEC holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Hay Group, led by CEO Chris Matthews, and for the second year they have provided Thanksgiving baskets and toys to residents of PEC. Although this year's United Way campaign is still in progress at Hay Group, last year they grew from $55,591 to $81,463!

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