Press Release, United Way
(Everett, WA) – On Wednesday, March 6 almost 600 representatives of Snohomish County companies, nonprofits, school districts and government agencies celebrated the close of the 2012 Community Caring Campaign at an awards dinner hosted by United Way of Snohomish County.
After three years of seeing revenues hold steady despite difficult economic times, this year’s campaign saw a slight increase in revenue. The United Way Community Caring campaign includes contributions to the various United Way campaigns, the Combined Federal Campaign and the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound.
“We so appreciate that Snohomish County always works together as a community.” said Dr. Dennis Smith, the organization’s president and CEO. “It’s a testament to our County’s caring and can-do spirit.”
Although United Way is also raising money for its endowment, is actively seeking grants and works with policymakers to leverage state and federal dollars, the annual campaign through various worksites continues to be the group’s primary source of revenue. Final numbers for the year will be reported in July.
“United Way was able to help hundreds of thousands individuals in Snohomish County because the community is able to come together behind the goals of ensuring that our kids are ready to learn, that families have financial stability and our community as a whole is healthy,” said Joyce Eleanor, CEO of Community Transit and chair of the 2012 Campaign.
In addition to several of its own initiatives, United Way supports 102 programs through 39 local nonprofits touching the lives of 330,000 people each year.
The top organizational award of the evening, the President’s Award was a tie, given to Fluke Corporation and United Parcel Service. The top individual award, the Executives of the Year Awards, were given to Phil McConnell of Work Opportunities and Jerry Goodwin of Senior Aerospace AMT, Absolute Manufacturing and Damar AeroSystems
The largest contributions came from The Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound ($1.86 million) and The Boeing Company ($800,000) – co-winners of the Premier Partner Award.
With the close of the 2012 campaign year, the community thanked Joyce Eleanor for her leadership of the campaign welcomed Mayor Jon Nehring of Marysville as the 2013 Campaign Chair.
Event sponsors included The Boeing Company and AT&T; Union Bank; The Everett Clinic, Jamco America, Inc. and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett; Fluke Corporation and Puget Sound Energy; The Herald, Comcast and Stadium Flowers.
Here is a full list of award winners:
President’s Award
Fluke Corporation
United Parcel Service
Executive of the Year Award
Phil McConnell, Work Opportunities
Jerry Goodwin, Senior Aerospace AMT, Absolute Manufacturing and Damar AeroSystems
Premier Partner Award
The Boeing Company
Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound
Employee Campaign Manager of the Year Award
Tess Hernandez, Work Opportunities
Jessica Aldecoa and Gem Malone, B/E Aerospace
Nicole Allard and Laurie Ollestad-Adams, Aviation Technical Services, Inc.
Positive Change Award
Everett Public Schools
Jamco America, Inc.
Premera Blue Cross
Local Community Hero Award
Vine Dahlen PLLC
Target – Marysville
Tulalip Gaming Organization
Labor Partnership Award
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1576
IAM & AW Local 130
Best New Campaign
American Girl
United Way is a community impact organization serving Snohomish County for more than 70 years. In addition to funding 102 programs through 39 agencies with a special focus on local health and human services, United Way of Snohomish County supports a number of initiatives focusing on early learning and education, financial stability for families, a youth program, North Sound 211 and an emerging initiative in survival English.