United Way of East Central Iowa reviews 2013!

1. Since last July….

2. We coordinated 756 volunteers
for RAGBRAI.

3. We collected over 1,300 pounds of
fresh produce at a Farmers’ Market.
HACAP continued the project and
collected another 1,300 pounds.

4. We also talked with over 500 people
about our Women’s Leadership
Initiative at a Farmers’ Market.

5. We added 8 Loaned
Executives to our team.

6. We were voted Best Charity by
CBJ readers!

7. We kicked off our campaign at the
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library.
We were the first group to do an event in
the Grand Hall.

8. We brought together organizations to
create a video that showed the road
we have traveled.

9. Marc, Cathy and Ron helped
tell our story.

10. Together we can complete
the puzzle.

11. The Blue Man helped Raining Rose
with its Pacesetter Campaign.

12. Pacesetter Raining Rose
raised $33,145.

13. Pacesetter Skogman Companies
raised $50,018.

14. Fall 2012

15. We had great sponsors for our
Leadership Giving Society events!

16. Our Sinclair event was held at the
Bairds’ house.

17. Jill Hockaday, a
long-time United
Way
supporter, shared
with Sinclair
members how
she received
services at
Foundation 2.

18. The Young Leaders hosted an event
and heard from long time donors on
why giving is important.

19. Sondra Shaw-Hardy spoke at the Women’s
Leadership Initiative Luncheon about
women and philanthropy.

20. We met with young professionals at
the Next Gen Summit.

21. Art Staed, Representative in the Iowa
House, stopped by for a tour of our
2-1-1 facilities!

22. We held our first Condition of the
Community Event – Building
Tomorrow’s Workforce.

23. We learned that it takes a wage of
$18.08/hour for a single parent of
one to meet basic needs.

24. We awarded 3 campaign prizes!
Marci Wooff, who works at CRST and has given
to United Way for 27 years, won the October
prize – a refrigerator donated by Whirlpool.

25. Jake Zoss, from Cargill, won the
September prize – a Beautyrest Black
Mattress Set donated by Smulekoff’s.

26. Mary Cummings, Grant Wood
AEA, won $2,500 worth of gas gift
cards from Hawkeye Convenience
Stores.

27. After its September 2011
implementation, KPACE has helped 67
students receive training.

28. Jeri, a KPACE student, told her story
about earning her GED and how
that opened the door to
additional training.

29. We participated in the first
Giving Tuesday.

30. RED Ahead was able to reach
803 children in 2012.

31. Winter 2012

32. Ron was caught speeding…

33. …because he was looking at this
billboard.

34. Kelly Mulford, a Quaker Shipping 20
Powerball winner, announced at a
news conference that he was donating
$75,000 to United Way.

35. We honored 22 local middle and
high school students at our
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon.

36. United Way 2-1-1 spent 1,038 hours
scheduling tax appointments, a service
valued at more than $25,789.

37. Over 122,000 donors gave
more than $10 million.

38. Amanda Young spoke about her child’s
experience at Play & Learn.

39. Wayne is able to stay in his home
because of help he receives from
Aging Services.

40. We even had Dateline NBC coverage at
our Campaign Celebration!

41. Ron Olson, 2013
Campaign
Chair, met Flat
Ron!

42. Thank you to our award winning
company coordinators who helped
with the campaign.

43. Companies that had 100% participation
Aging Services, Inc.
Auto-Owners Insurance
Bankers Trust
Benton County Volunteer Program
Bosch Financial
Catherine McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Families, Inc.
Holmes Murphy & Associates, Inc.
Honkamp Krueger & Co., PC.
Kids First Law Center
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Northwestern Mutual Financial/
Zach Group
Ohnward Bank & Trust
Rural Employment Alternatives
Shive-Hattery, Inc.
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
Skywalk Group
Specialty Blending Company
The Salvation Army
TrueNorth Companies
United Way of East Central Iowa
University of Iowa Community Credit
Union
Volunteer Services of Cedar County

44. We hosted a virtual volunteer fair!

45. We hosted our second
Condition of the Community event –
and had over 100 organizations
come together to discuss
Adverse Childhood Experiences.

46. National experts,
Dr. Robert Anda
and Laura Porter
spoke on this
topic.

47. The event was rebroadcasted by
KCRG 9.2!

48. Spring 2013

49. We had 170 people gather to honor
local volunteers in our community.

50. Monica
Soto, client at
the Catherine
McAuley Center
shared her
experience with
having a
volunteer teach
her English.

51. Over 54,700 volunteer hours have
been donated by our Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).

52. Day of Caring
•1,100 individuals
• 53 companies
• 45 different organizations
• Over 118 projects
• 5,000 hours
• Volunteer impact: $110,700

53. Our website received a national award.

54. We achieved a 4-star rating for sound
fiscal management and commitment
to accountability and transparency.

55. And onto next year…