ANDERSON, IN - The fall campaign for United Way of
Madison
County will officially
launch Tuesday, August 26 with a luncheon for volunteers and supporters at 11:30
at the Anderson Country Club.
Mike Casuscelli, The Herald Bulletin
Publisher and 2008 Campaign Chair will oversee the program that will announce
the 2008 fund raising goal, unveil LIVE UNITED community snapshots and recognize
volunteers who will assist with campaign calls over the next two
months.
The 2008 campaign has a focus on what it
means to LIVE UNITED. Participants in the kick-off will be encouraged to
purchase a LIVE UNITED t-shirt and then pose in a LIVE UNITED photo booth. The
photographs will be used for ad campaigns that will run in The Herald Bulletin
on the days following the kick-off.
Everyone is encouraged to participate in the festivities and become part
of the LIVE UNITED experience.
Other team leaders for the campaign are Mike
Collette, OPERATION: Weatherization chair; Mike and JoAnna Collette, Indiana
Derby Eve Gala Auction co-chairs; Rod and Ava Autrey, Individual Gifts co-chairs
and JoDean Washington, LIVE UNITED School Days
chair. Dozens of additional
volunteers make up the campaign committee teams.
Additional campaign activities include LIVE
UNITED-The Experience, which will allow high school and college age students an
opportunity to learn about volunteer service, while utilizing the United Way’s
Facebook challenge. OPERATION: Weatherization that will send hundreds of
volunteers into the community on November 1 to work on approximately 30 to 50
energy inefficient homes of the elderly and low income families; and LIVE UNITED
School Days at participating schools during October. The final campaign report
to the community is tentatively scheduled for December.
The Tuesday luncheon is hosted by Anderson
Rotary Club and underwritten by corporate sponsorships from Community Hospital
Anderson, First Merchant’s Bank, Saint John’s
Health System, St.Vincent Mercy Hospital and W.R. Duncan & Son,
Inc.
There is no cost to attend the luncheon;
however reservations are recommended by Friday, August 22. For more information or to make
reservations, call the United
Way office at 643-7493.
Source: United Way of Madison County Press Release
