Campaign Kickoff

Martha Maksym of United Way of Chittenden County. 

Martha Maksym, Executive Director of the United Way of Chittenden County spent a few minutes today at the Champlain College Town Hall talking about the community connections and importance of supporting United Way's work in the areas of Health, Education and Income.

Maksym's visit marked the official kick-off to the Champlain College Community Campaign 2012 that runs through October 31 on campus.  

To get things rolling, the Campaign offered an incentive to everyone who turned in their completed pledge cards by 5 p.m. a chance to win a new I-Pad. And the early number seem to support the effectiveness of the plan. 

We are happy to report that as of 5 p.m. Friday, we had 67 pledges in, totalling $21,902 toward our goal of $35,000. Participation was at 19.4 percent toward our goal of 50 percent. 

To those of you who have so generously given, our hearty thanks. To those of you still to give, we encourage you to turn your pledge in early, there are many more great incentive prizes that will be given away between now and Halloween. the earlier you turn in your pledge, the more chances to win.

We will announce the winner on Monday afternoon.