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2006 Campaign Update
The 2006 Brown County United Way
campaign has raised more than $505,000 so far. This exceeds
2005 totals by 11 percent when compared to similar totals from
last year.
"This is an apples to apples
comparison, which means we calculate the percentages on a per
company basis," said Alicia Van Straten, campaign manager.
"Because some companies conclude their campaigns at
different times of the year, this is the only objective way to
track where our campaign is."
Some companies have doubled or even
tripled their giving this year, which is something Van Straten
attributes to a strong base of volunteers and a giving
community.
"We have a great group of
Loaned Executives and Employee Campaign Coordinators, and I
think the entire community is really getting behind this
campaign," Van Straten said.
Roughly 16 percent of the projected
campaign total has been received. This is slightly behind
campaign totals from a similar time last year.
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The Brown County United Way is
granting $70,000 to six programs in Brown County from funds
received in late 2005.
Those receiving money are:
- New Community Shelter &
American Foundation of Counseling Services; Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Counseling; $15,300.
- Brown County Homeless and
Housing Coalition; Churches Offering Temporary Shelter (COTS);
$14,700.
- NEW Community Clinic;
Medication for uninsured; $14,232.
- Family Services of
Northeast Wisconsin; Smart Parenting; $9,840.
- NEW Community Clinic;
Prescription assistance; $9,321.
- Greater Green Bay YMCA;
Girls' Night Out Retreat; $6,607.
"We could have waited to
distribute these funds in our next allocation cycle, but we
wanted to get this money working in our community right
away," said Steve Van Vuren, Brown County United Way Board
Chairman.
A total of 28 programs applied for
the funds through a United Way grant-giving mechanism know as a
Community Response Fund. The
mechanism is designed to provide
onetime funding for programs that address critical emerging
needs in Brown County.
The selected programs underwent a
strict process of review by a Community Response Fund committee
comprised of BCUW board member and impact council volunteers.
The committee's recommendation was reviewed and approved by a
Community Impact Committee prior to submission to the board of
directors, which approved the final allocations Wednesday.
"We want to make sure that we
are covering all our community's needs," Van Vuren said.
The grant money became available
when the BCUW Board of Directors voted in mid-August to place
funds leftover from the 2005 campaign into a Community Response
Fund, which allowed any health and human services program in
Brown County to apply for the money.
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Randy Gunderson, a Florida business
owner, placed the winning bid of $5,200 to enjoy the Packers
home game versus the New England Patriots from a skybox at
Lambeau Field.
The box was donated by Foth &
Van Dyke to the Brown County United Way to raise funds for the
campaign. The United Way put the box up for grabs to the
highest bidder in an online auction, which ended Thursday
evening at 4 p.m.
Gunderson, owner of Gundy
Ditributors in Punta Gorda, Florida, said he learned about the
opportunity to bid on the skybox through a Green Bay
Press-Gazette article, which he received electronically via
Google alerts.
"I like to get any news I can
about the Packers," Gunderson said. "My family are
big fans. This seemed like a great opportunity."
Gunderson also has friends and
family in the Green Bay area who he'll invite to the game, he
said.
The package includes skybox seating
with 18 tickets for the November 19 home game against the New
England Patriots. Winners will also have access to unlimited
beer, wine, soda, water, subs, fruit, pasta salad, brats,
popcorn, snack bar and wraps.
The total value of the package has
been estimated by Foth & Van Dyke at $9,700
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than $570
Kicking off Oct. 31, staff at the
Brown County United Way out kicked, out dressed and outwitted
each other, and generally laughed their way to raising more
than $570 in special events for the 2006 United Way campaign.
Loaned Executives (LE) put on a
special United Way version of “Deal or no Deal”, in
which Toni Loch's shrewd gamesmanship garnered $225 dollars for
the campaign, donated by the LEs.
Other highlights included a stiffly
competitive round of penny wars, Halloween costume and door
décor contests, kickball, build your own gourmet caramel
apples and, of course, the ever popular plinko
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