Thursday, October 07, 1999
United Way campaign nearly halfway to goal
BY MARK CURNUTTE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The United Way & Community Chest campaign is about halfway to its $58.1 million goal.
The amount pledged so far is $26.5 million. The drive ends Oct. 28.
Completed workplace campaigns are averaging a 16 percent increase compared with a year ago, said campaign chairman George Schaefer.
The campaign has also received a boost from the number of $10,000 givers. Known as the Alexis de Tocqueville Society, $10,000 givers are up from last year. So far, 47 additional people have pledged that amount. The United Way has set a goal of securing 100 big donors.
Registration is still open for the United Way Corporate Challenge 5K Run and Fitness Walk, scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Museum Center at Union Terminal.
The event is open to two- and four-person teams representing the same company. Call the race hot line, 762-7133, or race director Steve Prescott at 336-9242 for more information.
Campaign allocations will be announced after the 1999 campaign is complete Oct. 28.
The 1999 goal is about $4 million more than the record $54 million raised last year.
The local United Way provides money for programs that reach one in three people and are operated by 170 social service agencies in seven counties — Hamilton, Clermont, Brown and part of Butler counties in Ohio; and Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky.
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