United Way Days of Action
Days of Action provide multiple volunteer opportunities throughout the year for volunteers and organizations to positively impact our community. The 2012 Days of Action are focused our impact areas of Education, Income and Health. Each impact area will be the focus of one trimester throughout the year:
- Health Days of Action (May – August)
Education Days of Action (September – December)
Income Days of Action (January – April)
Days of Action officially kickoff on Saturday, June 2 with volunteer projects for groups of 5 or more related to our health impact area. The health projects are focused on ensuring that people and their neighborhoods are safe, health and thriving.
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Peggy Dunn and Hallmark Cards Presented Awards for their Contributions at United Way's Annual Meeting
Hallmark Cards is a shining example of individual giving and corporate support and its employees serve as active United Way volunteers. Peggy Dunn is a generous, caring, involved United Way supporter, both as a donor and as a volunteer. So, it is fitting for them to share the spotlight during United Way of Greater Kansas City’s Annual Meeting and be presented with special awards for their corporate and individual support of United Way.
Peggy is the first United Way volunteer to receive the Adele Hall Spirit of Caring Award, created last year to honor Adele Hall for her spirit of generosity, compassion and selflessness that serves as sterling example for others to follow. Dunn was selected based on her tireless work to advance the common good in Greater Kansas City through United Way in the areas of education, income and health. Dunn has consistently been a leader for more than 10 years, serving as UWGKC’s first board chair, Tocqueville Society co-chair, Pacesetter campaign chair, a founding member of United Way’s Legacy Circle and as co-chair of last year’s community-wide fundraising campaign. Peggy has become as a mentor and role model in helping others develop their spirit of philanthropy.
Hallmark Cards was awarded the inaugural Corporate Pinnacle Award in recognition of the generous, long-term support Hallmark and its employees have given to United Way. In the past 15 years, Hallmark and its employees have donated more than $42.3 million to United Way, by far the most money contributed by any Kansas City area company. But just as importantly, Hallmark employees give of their time, serving on UWGKC’s board and holding leadership roles on many United Way committees. Don Hall, Jr. accepted the first United Way Corporate Pinnacle Award on behalf of Hallmark and its 5,700 Kansas City area employees.
During the business portion of the meeting, United Way volunteers elected Dianne Cleaver as chair of UWGKC’s Board of Trustees for 2012 – 2013. Cleaver has funneled her passion for helping children and others who are vulnerable or at-risk in our community through the work of United Way. For the past decade she has been deeply involved in assessing community needs and working with United Way’s agency partners in setting and achieving goals designed to advance the common good.
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2011 Campaign Raises More Than $36.2 Million for Greater Kansas City
United Way volunteers, who’ve been working tirelessly for the past 10 weeks asking friends, neighbors and co-workers to help those in need by giving to United Way, have reason to celebrate. Campaign Co-Chairs Peggy Dunn and Jay Lind announced that United Way volunteers raised more than $36.2 million, which is $1.1 million more than United Way raised last year.
Dunn and Lind received help unveiling the total for the more than 750 United Way supporters, volunteers and community leaders, from members of United Way’s volunteer Campaign Cabinet, who played a crucial role in helping make the 2011 fundraising campaign a success. The Campaign members rolled over giant building blocks labeled education, income and health, representing United Way’s three impact areas to reveal the total of $36,277,414. The money was raised through the efforts of thousands of volunteers who organized and conducted campaigns at Kansas City area companies, schools, nonprofit agencies and government offices.
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