We are closing in on 96% with about $85,000 to go. The final campaigns are wrapping up quickly and every phone call gets us a little bit closer to our goal.
Special thanks to Teppermans for sponsoring our Construction Industry Draw. In the Photo above, store Manager Kathy Sitter and one of her employees go through the final paperwork in advance of drawing the name of the winner, a CBM Employee. Thank you to Teppermans, CBM employees, and everybody in the Construction Industry for participating in 2008. Overall, the construction industry in Sarnia-Lambton raised over $45,000 this year.
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( 3 / 35 )The campaign is still running along and contributions are still being made. Right now, we are at 95% and have a little over $100,000 to go.
Suncor Energy bumped up their contribution today with more than $2,000 more and Enbridge Pipelines reported their financial totals and it tallied more than we expected. All together,with the Enbridge Corporate donation, and the employees, the total is near $28,000.
Retirees, Dentists, and businesses continue to send their contributions through the mail.
Thank you to the more than 7,300 people who have pledged so far.
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We are now within one percentage point of the magical 80% of the 2008 Campaign goal. We could reach that milestone at any time.
We still have many campaigns running and we still have a good chance of reaching the goal of $1,875,000 before Christmas.
The schools for example are coming in fast and furious and they alone could get us over the 80% mark.
We had a great night on Saturday with the premiere of Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes. In addition to getting some of the proceeds at the showing that was held at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, the actors of the film each volunteered to sign autographs following the showing for donations to the United Way. The actors did the same during the showing of the first Billy Owens movie in 2007. All combined about $1,000 was raised for the campaign. A special thank you to Mark McNabb and Kelly Irwin of Skylight Films, and of course the actors and their families for agreeing to do this for us. I was pleased to be given the opportunity on Saturday to be the first to congratulate Mark and Kelly, the stars of the film, and the very hardworking and dedicated crew at Skylight Films for an excellent production - including the folks at Basement 143 (who shot the above photo). Two trailers where also shown on Saturday of two films currently in production which also look excellent. We look forward to being a part of those premieres too in 2009.
One more surprise from the evening was that new up and coming artist Kristin Ray of Array of Art Studios in Sarnia, was on hand selling some of her one of a kind art and will give a portion of all her sales that night to the United Way. For more information about Array of Art, click here and you will be linked directly to her website. I encourage anybody looking for a unique Christmas gift to visit her site. I will post a photo shortly of Kristin presenting me with her contribution from the premiere.
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As the campaign nears 80% and Christmas is also fast approaching, Bryenton's Furniture and Interiors has a unique Christmas gift idea that will support the United Way Campaign at the same time. In the photo above, Lisa Everaert, a Design Consultant with Bryenton's models a chair, made in Norway that is a must for any home with a home theater system. Currently, the chair is on sale for $200 off, and $50 from each chair sold will be donated to the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton.
Shell Canada Employees really came through for us this year, as it seems most of the Industry in Sarnia-Lambton has. Shell raised far more money than last year and overall, we are still very hopeful that the campaign goal of $1,875,000 will be reached. We still have a long way to go, but I think we can do it.
Follow up mail to past donors who have not yet contributed this year has just gone out and we expect that most if not all of the donors will come through for us again this year.
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We are still hearing positive comments about the Locally Lambton Dinner last week. Norm Piquette and his staff, (shown above) deserve much of the credit for cooking up the one of a kind meal. Norm will be the first to concede that he had some great products to work with from the local producers and farmers. Thanks again to all.
As I mentioned in the headline, the campaign has slowed again but we continue to run about $100,000 ahead of last year at this point in time....and, remember, last year ended up being a record campaign. So, indicators do remain positive, but there is still such a long way to go. Right now, we are at about 58% of the way towards the $1.875 million goal. Our strategy remains the same, to encourage everybody who donated last year to do so again this year, and if we are successful at doing that, then we should reach 100 per cent of the campaign by the end of the year.
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The Locally Lambton Dinner held on November 5, 2008 was a huge success. The food on the buffet was excellent and really showed off the cooking talents of Norm Piquette and his staff at Norm Piquette Catering.
In the photo above, is Bill Duffield from the Lambton Sheep Producers who donated two grade A lambs for the buffet. Bill is at the 12 foot venetian creme cake that Norm baked especially for the dinner. I will publish a photo shortly of Norm replenishing the beef sirloin tip on the 32 foot buffet table.
Special thanks to everybody who contributed to the Locally Lambton Dinner; an event we hope will be an annual fundraiser and opportunity to show off the world class food grown and raised right here in Lambton County. The United Way raised over $14,000 from the event.
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No other United Way in the world has been offered an opportunity like this. We know that Sarnia-Lambton is a leader on so many fronts and here is a new idea that can help our United Way as well as any entrepreneur or inventor, not just in Sarnia-Lambton, but anywhere in the world.
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PLEASE NOTE:
* the United Way needs to be listed as the affiliate for the Searcher company when they register - this also ensures that the United Way continue to receive commissions from any solved Quests by this Searcher in the future. The United Way Affiliate ID is ODUWZFPIO or you can register by clicking on this link: http://searchanddevelop.com/searcher_si ... =ODUWZFPIO
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The Locally Lambton Dinner is sure to please anybody who like to eat. It is that simple.
With the support of the area farmers and the agricultural sector, Norm Piquette of Norm Piquette Catering, and others, this first ever dinner in Lambton will be a feast of feasts. The menu will consist of pork, beef, lamb, chicken turkey, potatoes and vegetables, even honey, mead, and sweet and hard ciders.
Thanks to Sun Life Financial who is our sponsor, all of the money raised at the dinner and silent and live auctions.
Tickets are $40 each, or $75 for two. Get your tickets by calling the United Way office at 336-5452 ext. 7, or by emailing me here, and I will look after you.
Have a great Thanksgiving Weekend.
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The 2008 Campaign continues to run strong and with the support we have been getting so far, no wonder.
Take the Point Edward Casino for example, Stuart Walker, the Regional Director for OLG is shown above with his team partner as they participate in the Casino's second annual Amazing Race. Nineteen teams participated this year and raised just under $4,000.
The Amazing race is just one of several events planned and organized by all departments at the Casino. This, in addition to the employee donations is a vital piece to the campaign success.
Future Shop is another non-industrial employee campaign we can be excited about. I have been told, that although their campaign wraps up the Saturday before Thanksgiving, they have already doubled last year! Their secret? One on one canvassing with a large increase in the number of donors signing up for Pay Roll Deduction. We look forward to hearing about their final results next week.
Speaking of doubling. How about Roger Sparks and all his co-workers at LCCVI. The team out there have set a goal of doubling last year's HUGE success. Roger has just begun, but if his level of enthusiasm and commitment is any indication, they will certainly build on last year's awesome campaign.
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The United Way campaign has now hit the $700,000 mark and continues on a high note. The photo above is the second photo sent to us from our Helicopter Tour Winners. You might have noticed their complimentary letter in The Observer last week.
By the end of this week, I think all of our Industrial Employee campaigns will have kicked off.
Suncor Employees, the first of the Industrial companies, you may have heard, exceeded 2007 and have a huge increase in the number of Donors.
Woodbridge Foam, another key supporter in our campaign since coming to Sarnia is also close to wrapping up their employee campaign and they have already surpassed our pre-campaign estimates. And the news gets better, Woodbridge Foam will match all employee pledges and special event dollars.
Visit Dave's Blog later in the week when we unveil all the details you need about our Locally Lambton Dinner on November 5, 2008.
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