NORWICH – Walter Turns and Christopher Macy are the winners of Chenango United Way’s 2010 raffle, according to Executive Director Elizabeth Monaco. There were 1,276 eligible donors for the annual drawing who each contributed the minimum of $52 – or $1 per week – toward the 2010 campaign, she added.
United Way Campaign Co-chair Deb Barker and Finance Director Victoria Mitchell, Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. Quality Assurance Release Leader Kim Baker and Human Resources Services Manager Luke Murphy and Preferred Mutual Vice President of Commercial Lines Brian Lopata were on hand to present the two winners with their prizes – a 32-inch, flat-screen HD television set and RCA DVD Home Theater System, sponsored by Preferred, for Turns and $500 in VISA gift cards, sponsored by Norwich Pharmaceuticals, for Macy.
“It’s just great,” said Turns, a Norwich resident and lab technician at Chenango Memorial Hospital. “I thought it was a dream at first.”
Macy shared in Turns’ enthusiasm and said he was “very excited” when informed of his good fortune.
“I thought it was a joke at first,” stated Macy. “I never win anything, so it’s a nice surprise.”
The Chenango United Way has raised approximately $390,000 – or 90 percent – of its $435,000 goal for the 2011 campaign, which wraps up on Dec. 31.
“It’s not too late to make a donation at this time,” said Mitchell. “We still have a week left to collect any donations and every little bit helps, no matter the amount.”
Monaco had previously stated that agencies submitting applications for 2011 requested approximately $588,000 in funding, and should the local United Way fall short of its 2010 campaign total of $425,000, a number of important programs and organizations throughout the county – which rely on the donations collected by the Chenango United Way – may not receive funding.
For more information on the Chenango United Way, or to make a donation, call 334-8815 or visit www.chenangouw.org.