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United Way of
Fort Smith Area
320 South 18th
P.O. Box 2300
Fort Smith, AR
72902-2300
479-782-1311
479-782-3505 FAX
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Tax ID #71-0329530
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Save the date
You can build
enthusiasm through United Way special events.
Special events boost morale and congratulate
employees for a campaign well done. They’re a great
way to inspire and thank your campaign committee.
And the message of United Way will be reinforced as
a result of attending.
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Day of Caring
April
19, 2007
7:30 a.m. – Kickoff breakfast for volunteers
at Fort Smith’s River Park Amphitheater
(underneath the Garrison Avenue bridge).
A hearty breakfast will be served.
8:30 a.m.
Following the breakfast and program,
volunteers will leave for their work sites.
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Mark this date on
your calendar and come join more than 500
volunteers for the Day of Caring
working on a meaningful activity that
brings hope into the lives of people in
need.
This
community-wide event gives individuals and
company employees a chance to “adopt”
volunteer projects at United Way’s 31 member
agencies. In addition to completing much
needed work, company volunteers get to see
firsthand how their United Way contributions
make a difference at member agencies and in
our community.
Plus, it offers a
hands-on experience at local agencies and
makes a statement that building a stronger
community is important. |
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Kick-off
Breakfast
Thursday, September 13, 2007
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Beverly Enterprises
Dining Room
One Thousand
Beverly Way |
Bring your
campaign committee and attend our
Kick-off Breakfast. Join community
leaders, United Way's leadership volunteers
and agency representatives.
The fund-raising
campaign runs from September 8 through early
December.
Pacesetter
companies - businesses and organizations
that hold their campaigns early as a
catalyst to jumpstart the community campaign
- will announce their early campaign results |
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Wrap-up
Luncheon
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m..
Holiday Inn |
Make United Way
part of your holiday plans and celebrate the
end of the community campaign at the
Wrap-up Luncheon.
Division awards
will be given to companies based on their
community outreach, participation and
giving. Emphasizing what volunteers are
accomplishing through their successful
United Way campaigns, four Chairman’s Awards
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Power of the Purse
Thursday October 9, 2008
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Power of the Purse
Event A Hit!
The
more than 400 women who attended the Power of the Purse
luncheon proved there is power in a women’s purse. The
second annual fundraiser on October 11 raised more than
$9,000.
Proceeds will go to the Dolly Parton’s Imagination
Library providing hard bound books to children from
birth to five in Franklin and Sebastian counties. “We
were very happy with the results,” said Angela Tilley,
Executive Director, United Way of Fort Smith Area.
The luncheon, hosted by United Way’s Women’s Leadership
Circle, was a way for women in the community to get
together at a fun event and, at the same time, be
involved in giving. Organizers received many very
positive comments and women said they had a great time.
Guest speaker Ronda Rich of Gainesville, GA, spoke
during the lunch – catered by the Holiday Inn – about
Southern women and their differences to women outside
the South. "Southern women and kudzu have a lot in
common. Both are practically indestructible, thrive in
Southern soil and both refuse to be controlled by man,”
said Ronda. She talked about storytelling for which
Southerners are renowned and told some of her favorite
stories. She ended with a NASCAR story about persisting
in the quest of a goal.
The Power of the Purse’s silent auction featured tables
full of purses – some of which were themed purses – and
included other items such as jewelry, gift certificates,
food and spa items as well. As the luncheon neared more
and more people made donations to the auction Tilley
said.
Save the Date – October 9, 2008
Let us send you an invitation.
Send your name and address to
linda.kaufenberg@unitedway.org. Be
sure to let us know you are requesting an
invitation to Power of the Purse.
Would your organization like to sponsor a
table?
Contact
linda.kaufenberg@unitedway.org..
Be sure to let us know you would like to
reserve a table at Power of the Purse.
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