This year’s fundraising campaign for the United Way of Chatham-Kent reached the halfway point recently, in more ways than one.
The campaign period is halfway to its Jan. 19, 2017 completion, and the fundraising effort is actually past its halfway point, thanks to a nearly $600,000 boost by Union Gas and its staff.
“Following Wednesday’s amazing announcement at Union Gas, we are pleased to share with the community that the 2016 Fundraising Campaign has reached $1,013,006,” Tom Slager, director of resource development for the United Way, said in a release. “It is really humbling to see how the community pulls together to support this campaign, proving every year that ‘Together, we are possibility.’”
This year’s target is $1.9 million.
Fundraising Campaign co-chairs Patricia Wright and Steve Pratt added, “This experience has been incredibly eye-opening for getting to know our community and the folks who have been touched by and count on United Way’s services. We see and have experienced first-hand the impact the donations are making. We are incredibly proud of all who have stepped forward so far to help us to reach our halfway point and want you to know that we will keep working hard until we reach our $1.9M goal.”
Organizations interested in supporting the campaign can contact Tom Slager at: Tom@uwock.ca. For more information; updates on upcoming events; or to make an online donation, please visit: www.uwock.ca or contact the United Way by phone at 519-354-0430.
Union Gas employees and retirees showed their generous nature once again by raising $591,125 for United Way of Chatham-Kent in 2016.
