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2011 Touching Lives Campaign (TLC) Companies Care for Community
Each year, the Marshfield Area United Way selects several local businesses to participate in the Touching Lives Campaign (TLC). TLC is a recognition program for companies that embody the LIVE UNITED spirit, in the fall and throughout the entire year. The businesses that are selected have proven histories of organized, creative campaigns and this year was no exception.
The companies who participated in this year's Touching Lives Campaign include: Central City Credit Union, Personal Development Center, Heritage Bank, Opportunity Development Center, Weber's Farm Store, Hewitt's Meat Processing, and Festival Foods. Each company provided their own unique way to support their company's fundraising efforts toward this year's United Way campaign.
Food was common theme as breakfasts and various other meal activities were held at many of these businesses to raise money. Some of the businesses held fun activities including: duct taping employees to chairs, sponge and egg tosses, three-legged races and bat-spin races. Other TLC companies contributed by donating food for the United Way kick-off event and by donating a portion of their sales toward the 2011 campaign.
Central City Credit Union had a car wash event, a cookie-gram sale and Jeans Days to raise money. The Personal Development Center held its annual Breakfast of Champions at City Hall.
Heritage Bank sold duct tape to employees and customers and taped new bank President, Marty Reinhart to his chair. Clearly, the bank and its customers don't want him going anywhere! Heritage bank also held a windshield washing event, a bake sale, and had a Chinese raffle for the employees to bid on items such as: extended lunch hours, sleep in late days, leave early days, and paid time off, to raise money.
Opportunity Development Center(ODC) had a day full of fun events that raised money for their campaign. There was a sponge toss, egg toss, three-legged race and a bat-spin race. ODC also has an annual money-raising meal during their United Way campaign.
Weber's Farm Store held a caring cones event last August. Ten percent of every ice cream cone purchased was donated to United Way from August 8-13.
Hewitt's Meat Processing provided brats for this year's campaign kick-off that was held at the Wildwood Park Station. They also donated a percentage of all brat sales to United Way as well.
Festival Foods had employee Jeans Days and also a brat fry as fundraiser events for their campaign. Festival has also come up with something else quite unique for a fundraiser for United Way. Festival Foods and Associated Bank are sponsoring a 9-Pin Tap fundraiser to be held at Rose Bowl Lanes on December 18, 2011.
However these companies found ways to contribute, it is clear that their support and care for our community can motivate and inspire us all.
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2011 Campaign Update
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The Marshfield Area United Way campaign total is $547,832 as of November 15. The goal this year is $910,000. There is still time to make a donation and the Marshfield Clinic Match Challenge still continues.
The Marshfield Clinic will match, dollar-for-dollar, any new or increased donations from the previous year up to $25,000.
Forms can be mailed to PO Box 771, Marshfield, WI, 54449, or dropped of at the office location, 156 S Central Avenue. For more information or to donate with credit or debit card call 715-384-9992.
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Bowl to Benefit United Way
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Festival Foods and Associated Bank, in partnership with Rose Bowl Lanes, will be hosting a 9-Pin Tap fundraiser for the Marshfield Area United Way on Sunday, December 18, 2011. Bowling will start at noon and continue until three o'clock in the afternoon, with check-in beginning at 11am.
Availability is limited to the first twenty-four paid teams of five to six persons per lane. Please call Jamie at 715-384-1114 (Rose Bowl Lanes) to register your team in advance. Registered teams will pay $50 per team if signed up before December 4th and $60 per team after December 4th. All proceeds from the fundraiser will be put toward the 2011 campaign funds and help with the emerging needs of the community.
There will be a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and also many great raffle prizes. Some of the raffle prizes include: two Weber grills, a 19" flat-screen TV, four men's Badger basketball tickets, and four men's Badger hockey tickets. Also being raffled off are a signed Packer football from the 2010 Super Bowl XLV Championship team, and two indoor box seat tickets to the Packer/Lions game on January 1st.
United Way is currently looking for lane sponsors for this event. If your business is interested, or if you know of a business that may be interested in sponsoring a lane, please call United Way at 715-384-9992.
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FREE WAYS TO DONATE!
| Search the internet and donate. Set GoodSearch as your default search engine, download the toolbar or simply bookmark www.goodsearch.com and use it for all your Internet searching needs.
Type United Way - Marshfield area where it says "enter your charity here" and click Verify if United Way is not already listed.
You can also track our progress by clicking Amount Raised!
From the creators of GoodSearch, GoodShop allows you to shop at your favorite online sites and stores (more than 700 available) and make a donation to United Way.
Browse the list of stores on www.goodshop.com, select United Way-Marshfield Area, then click the store or company to shop with and you'll be redirected to its site. Shops sites like Amazon, Avon, Best Buy, Macy's and more.
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Real Stories from the Marshfield Area
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After fleeing from an abusive relationship with just the clothes on my back, I felt lost and hopeless. I had nowhere to turn to and just when I thought things could not be any worse I was served with divorce papers and a court date. Unable to afford to hire an attorney, I appeared in court without any attorney representation. I was berated and belittled and left feeling like even less of a person.
Through the the Personal Development Center, a United Way partner program, I was connected with an attorney who took on my case without a retainer fee. My attorney helped empower me and gave me a voice in the court room. I was able to walk out of the next appointment with my head held high; knowing, I still have a long road ahead of me but will come through a stronger person due to the support system I have with the Personal Development Center.
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Oil Changes for United Way
| Associated Sales and Leasing will be donating $5 for every oil change done on the last Friday of every month starting in November 2011 and going through 2012.
November 25th is the first opportunity for you to get your oil changed and give to United Way! |
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