Friday, October 29, 1999
United Way goal for N.Ky. exceeded
BY SUSAN VELA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The United Way & Community Chest's 1999 campaign raised $3.6 million for Northern Kentucky, surpassing its original goal and making one of the largest annual leaps ever.
The area's strong economy, large volume of volunteers and the community's generosity “all added up to a historic United Way campaign,” said Bradley F. Stamper, president and chief executive of Fifth Third Bank of Northern Kentucky and the 1999 Northern Kentucky United Way campaign chairman.
“We're pretty happy,” he said.
“The community has once again showed its generosity. I'm very appreciative of all the hard work that everybody has done.”
This year's campaign raised a total of $3,610,861 — or $110,861 more than the goal.
About $3.2 million was raised in 1998.
Campaign money benefits more than 20 social agencies in Northern Kentucky including BAWAC, Catholic Social Services, Covington Community Center, Redwood Rehabilitation Center, Welcome House and Women's Crisis Center.
United Way will begin allocating the campaign money in January.
“Of course, we're very appreciative of the agency,” said Sandy Bender, executive director of the Licking Valley Girl Scout Council. “It just shows how Northern Kentucky cares about its community.”
Every year, she said, United Way funds about 9 percent of the council's annual budget. This year, that meant the agency contributed roughly $72,000 of the council's $807,000 spending plan.
The United Way campaign relied heavily on contributions hailing from payroll deductions at area employers.
Mr. Stamper noted that Toyota's manufacturing headquarters in Erlanger broke a Northern Kentucky record this year by providing the first-ever quarter-million-dollar contribution from this region.
Dennis C. Cuneo, Toyota's vice president and corporate secretary, will head Northern Kentucky's 2000 campaign.
The overall Greater Cincinnati United Way campaign raised $58,104,053 — exceeding its goal by $4,053.
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