Second Public Report Meeting!

Today on December 4th, 2015 community members and businesses came together for the United Way NSV Second Public Report Meeting. People from across the valley have been contributing through workplace campaigns, special events and individual gifts. United Way NSV categorized each type of fundraising group, creating a separate goal for each, and building up to a grand total goal for all of United Way NSV. This year, United Way set an aggressive goal of $1,100,000 for all combined fundraising, with the campaign to conclude on December 31^st 2015. At the first Public Report Meeting on October 30^th, 2015 United Way NSV announced reaching a total of $591,961.00 or being $53.8% to goal.

Today's event began with a reflection from Rusty Holland from Concern Hotline...

Results were then broken down by division:

Top 20
Presented by Mark Merrill, Valley Health

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $577,000 
• Total to date is $463,159.00 or 80.3% to goal. 
• Highlights from campaigns already completed include;
  • BB&T is currently reporting a 7% increase from last year!
  • Valley Health is currently at over $60,000 and are very close to hit their company goal.
  • Trex has completed their campaign, once again looking to be the largest United Way NSV contributor with over $150,000 donated to United Way

Major Firms
Presented by Bill Buettin, Wells Fargo

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $86,000.00
• Total to date is $70,858.00 or to goal 82.4%
• Highlights from campaigns already completed include;
  • Bank of Clarke County has concluded their campaign raising $6,830.00!
  • Shentel Foundation has made a corporate contribution
  • City National Bank, Federal Express and O’Sullivan Films have all completed their campaigns

Commerce/Small Business

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $25,000.00
• Total to date is $16,242.00 or to goal 65.0%
• Highlights from campaigns include;
  • Farmers & Merchants Bank have increased their campaign 14%
  • Tech Teams Solutions, Manpower and Virginia National Bank who have all completed their campaigns.
  • United Way NSV has received several new gifts through the $100x100 challenge and is still accepting contributions

Public Service 

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $23,000.00
• Total to date is $11,312.00 or to goal 49.2%
  • Top of Virginia Red Cross and Apple Country Head Start ran campaigns and special events for the first time.

Education

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $70,000.00
• Total to date is $59,099.00 or 84.4% to goal.
  • Frederick County Schools reporting in with over $42,773! 
  • Shenandoah County Schools reporting in with over $7,000! 
  • Student fundraising for Dimes Worth of Difference

Students from Admiral Byrd Middle School, Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School and Daniel Morgan Middle School presented their fundraising totals, raising over $3,000.00! Thank you KISS FM for offering the DJ'ed dance as a prize for the winning school! 

Individual Gifts
Presented by Darlene & Dick Kent, Signet Screen Printing and Embroidery

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $83,000.00
• Total to date is $61,758 or to goal 74.4%

Professionals 

•  2015 Campaign Goal: $39,000.00
• Total to date is $24,401.00 or to goal 62.6%

Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $100,000
• Total to date is $36,672.00 or to goal 36.7%

Development

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $15,000.00
• Total to date is $1,835.00 or to goal 12.2%

Day of Caring/Special Events (Rubbermaid)

• 2015 Campaign Goal: $70,000.00
• Total to date is $62,961.00 or to goal 89.9%
  • Largest Rubbermaid Sale on record in November bringing in over $15,000.00