Day of Caring scheduled April 17
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2007 BanCorpSouth Team
Volunteers
from your company are invited to sign up and participate in the 15th Annual
Day of Caring on Thursday, April 17.
The goal
of Day of Caring is to mobilize community-minded volunteers and provide them
with an opportunity to lend their time, talent, and energy at area health
and human service providers. In addition to providing much needed help to
these organizations, volunteers will also be able to see how their United Way
donations are helping people in our community.
Last year,
more than 550 volunteers representing numerous local businesses and
organizations participated in a variety of projects ranging from
cleaning out flower beds and trimming brush to reading to students.
Please
join us for a day of fun with this year's Day of Caring! For more
information, or to participate, contact Sarah Fowler, United Way Day of
Caring Coordinator, 479-782-1311, Ext. 201.
Day of
Caring information and project registration will be available online around
the middle of March at
www.unitedwayfortsmith.org.
"This site will be updated as
volunteers are signed up," noted Fowler. "This will make project selection
more convenient for volunteers, specifically those in groups. In addition to
projects being submitted by United Way Community Partners, this year we are
partnering with the cities of Booneville, Charleston, Ozark and Van Buren."
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 Trinity
Junior High reaches out to other teens through United Way
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As part of Catholic Schools Week, all
of the Catholic schools in the area do something to benefit the
community. On Friday, February 1, all Trinity students paid two dollars to
wear jeans with their Catholic Schools Week T-shirt. This event was a
school-wide project.
Additionally, students were asked to
bring in jeans they had outgrown or that their siblings had outgrown for the
"Jeans for Teens" drive. Jeans were collected
during Jeans Day and throughout the week. The students raised $327. The jeans were
donated to the Girls Shelter, Boys Shelter, Children's Service League and
Kids First.
"This project was chosen as a way for
the teens of our school to give something back to the teens in the
community," said Chandler Doss, principal.
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Loving fundraiser for Imagination Library
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 Kraft/Planters held a Valentine's Day
fundraiser by holding a food auction from February 1 - February 7 with the
item delivered on the day specified by the winning bidder.
To give
everyone in the plant an opportunity to participate, sealed bids were
accepted due to the number of shifts worked. Then an e-mail announcement
went out on plant distribution as well as posting the information in the
main hall.
"We were
pleased with the food auction," said Andrea Boyett, Campaign Coordinator.
"We had a couple of people who really wanted a particular item and they lost
in the bidding war. But, they got with the baker and worked it out so they
could also purchase the item for the same price as the highest bidder."
Proceeds
from the fundraiser were donated to United Way's early literacy
initiative, Ensuring Children Succeed and Dolly Parton's Imagination
Library. A bulletin board was decorated with a big heart. As money was
raised, "little children with books" were added for every $30 raised which
is cost of sponsoring one child in the program for a year.
"As of
Valentine's Day, we had raised enough money to sponsor 18 children; and we
are hoping to reach our goal of 20," said Andrea.
Included
in the auction were heart shaped cookies, chocolate dipped
strawberries, pies, cakes and brownie bites.
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Upcoming Events
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 February 21- Panera Day, Support United Way while enjoying
breakfast or lunch at Panera Bread, 2917 South 74th. Ten percent
of all sales from United Way
supporters will be donated to United Way. Call your order in at
478-8989. Blue, satin-finished United Way 16 oz. tumblers will be for sale
for $10. The tumblers feature a chrome liner and stainless steel lid. They
fit most standard car cup holders.
March 27- Educational Roundtable Series, Young
Leadership Group, Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley
Nature
Center (8300 Wells Lake
Road) 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Come at your
convenience, learn about and tour the center, buffet is at noon.
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Third Annual Casino Night
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 The
Third Annual Casino Night will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the
Parish Hall on Saturday, March 1. It is a fun and energetic event with great
food, gaming, music and dancing.
Cash games to play the odds for great prizes. A live
auction (with play monies) completes the evening which is followed by
dancing the night away.
Proceeds from this event will benefit Dolly Parton's
Imagination Library in
Franklin
County. There are
currently 41 children receiving books each month in Franklin County.
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Campaign Idea - Chef for a Day
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 Executives serve as chefs for
breakfast, pizza party, bake-off or ice cream social for department or team
raising the most money.
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