2008 United Way Campaign raises $488,876
CHENANGO COUNTY – The 2008 Chenango United Way Campaign has come to a close, and the organization is proud to say that they were able to raise more this year than last.
This year, the CUW raised $450,009 in Chenango County and combined with the $38,867 designated from other United Ways, a campaign total of $488,876 was reached. United Way Executive Director Elizabeth Monaco said she was happy with this year’s results. “To go from $429,560 raised locally last year to $450,009 this year is a big increase. I hope next year we can increase even further to the levels we had the year before the floods,” Monaco said.
While the CUW is happy with the money raised this year, the organization knows that difficult decisions are ahead. At the beginning of the campaign the CUW estimated that there would be at least $700,000 of requests for the year. When the requests were tallied, the organization actually received 32 requests for a total of $921,000 in funds, a big increase from 2007, when 31 agencies requested $668,000 from the organization.
“I think it’s great that we’re up from last year,” Campaign Co-Chair Bruce Beadle said of the total raised, “but I would still like to see more. The community needs are a lot more than they have been in the past.”
Over the next couple of weeks, United Way will begin making allocation decisions based on the requests for proposals they received over the summer. The CUW system calls for each proposal to be scored based the program the agency wishes to fund, and the results the program will achieve.
Earlier this year, the CUW worked extensively with area agencies to ensure the proposals contained all of the required information and were as strong as possible, but according to Monaco, that is only going to make the process more difficult when deciding which programs to fund. “It’s going to be a hard thing because there were so many dollars requested and less than half of that was raised in the campaign,” Monaco said. “Making the decisions gets harder and harder, but we have a great community impact committee to make those tough decisions.”
Campaign Co-Chair Charlie McMullen said that while the campaign saw some difficulties this year, like the shortage in the number of volunteers, it also saw some achievements. McMullen cited the industrial division of the campaign as an achievement this year. Donations from the industrial division increased by 7.5 percent from 2007. Another achievement was the addition of a campaign director. “Having Victoria Mitchell as the campaign director on staff helped a lot this year in the increase in funds,” McMullen said. Monaco agreed, explaining that as the campaign director Mitchell had performed presentations, training sessions and had met with many business leaders, which freed Monaco to work more on community impact issues. ‘The overall increase in the campaign shows that having a campaign director works,” Monaco said.
“The total raised this year was a good sign that people care about helping others in need. I am very proud to be part of CUW because it’s an organization that focuses on helping programs that continue their good work,” McMullen said.
In early February the CUW will announce which programs received funding from the 2008 campaign. The organization thanks all those who participated in this year’s campaign.
This year, the CUW raised $450,009 in Chenango County and combined with the $38,867 designated from other United Ways, a campaign total of $488,876 was reached. United Way Executive Director Elizabeth Monaco said she was happy with this year’s results. “To go from $429,560 raised locally last year to $450,009 this year is a big increase. I hope next year we can increase even further to the levels we had the year before the floods,” Monaco said.
While the CUW is happy with the money raised this year, the organization knows that difficult decisions are ahead. At the beginning of the campaign the CUW estimated that there would be at least $700,000 of requests for the year. When the requests were tallied, the organization actually received 32 requests for a total of $921,000 in funds, a big increase from 2007, when 31 agencies requested $668,000 from the organization.
“I think it’s great that we’re up from last year,” Campaign Co-Chair Bruce Beadle said of the total raised, “but I would still like to see more. The community needs are a lot more than they have been in the past.”
Over the next couple of weeks, United Way will begin making allocation decisions based on the requests for proposals they received over the summer. The CUW system calls for each proposal to be scored based the program the agency wishes to fund, and the results the program will achieve.
Earlier this year, the CUW worked extensively with area agencies to ensure the proposals contained all of the required information and were as strong as possible, but according to Monaco, that is only going to make the process more difficult when deciding which programs to fund. “It’s going to be a hard thing because there were so many dollars requested and less than half of that was raised in the campaign,” Monaco said. “Making the decisions gets harder and harder, but we have a great community impact committee to make those tough decisions.”
Campaign Co-Chair Charlie McMullen said that while the campaign saw some difficulties this year, like the shortage in the number of volunteers, it also saw some achievements. McMullen cited the industrial division of the campaign as an achievement this year. Donations from the industrial division increased by 7.5 percent from 2007. Another achievement was the addition of a campaign director. “Having Victoria Mitchell as the campaign director on staff helped a lot this year in the increase in funds,” McMullen said. Monaco agreed, explaining that as the campaign director Mitchell had performed presentations, training sessions and had met with many business leaders, which freed Monaco to work more on community impact issues. ‘The overall increase in the campaign shows that having a campaign director works,” Monaco said.
“The total raised this year was a good sign that people care about helping others in need. I am very proud to be part of CUW because it’s an organization that focuses on helping programs that continue their good work,” McMullen said.
In early February the CUW will announce which programs received funding from the 2008 campaign. The organization thanks all those who participated in this year’s campaign.
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