Steve Wiggs
Steve Wiggs
couple half largest last less raised time total
It's less than half of what had been raised at this time last year. However, I do know that a couple of our largest contributors were in last year's total that still are not in (this) year's total, but even if they were we're still way behind.
bright companies donations far increased last total whose
There were some bright spots. We did have some companies who increased from last year, but we had far more whose total donations were down.
anywhere assessment beyond campaign close extend february open point
We're pretty pessimistic at this point that we will come anywhere close to the goal. But we are going to keep the campaign open through the end of February at a minimum. It may extend beyond that. We're doing an assessment of where we are with some of our significant donors.
bright less raising reserves result
We did end up raising a little more than we were actually anticipating. As a result of that we will have to use less of the reserves than we had previously thought we would. So there is at least a little bright side.
allow business encourage united volunteer
We would encourage every business out there that is willing, to allow a United Way representative or volunteer to make a presentation to the company's employees.