Good afternoon everyone, As you saw in the PurdueToday<http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2015/Q3/purdues-united-way-campaign-kicks-off-today.html> email Purdue's 2015 United Way campaign started Sept. 10 with the goal of raising $760,000 for local human services agencies. This year's Purdue campaign theme is called "Windows of Opportunity" and goal is about 15 percent of the United Way of Greater Lafayette Campaign's goal, which is $5 million. As your team captain for the United Way campaign, I'm passing on more information best explained in this video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbuyvugQSY>. Pledge cards will be distributed to you this week. Please return your envelopes with your name on the outside to me in the Business Office new location FRNY 1057. * Those who give at least $20 more than last year to United Way will receive a special ticket price for the Sept. 26 home football game against Bowling Green. Pledges must be received by Sept. 17. * Those who give at least $20 more than last year will receive a buy-one-get-one-free offer for Mark Morris Dance Group's "Dido and Aeneas" through Purdue Convocations. The promotion is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 500. * Every new gift or increase of $100 will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to a grant from Eli Lilly Endowment. * Vanguard donors who increase their gift will receive Shively Outdoor Club tickets for $100 each or Buchanan Indoor Club tickets, which includes premium food, for $150 each. Pledges must be received by Sept. 17. For more information * Purdue United Way office: 49-49240 or www.purdue.edu/unitedway<http://www.purdue.edu/unitedway>. [cid:image003.jpg@01D0EF0F.440858D0] JoAnna Hadley Account Clerk Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1057 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-4072 Fax: 765-494-4073 hadleyj@purdue.edu<mailto:hadleyj@purdue.edu> Donations will benefit 22 United Way participating organizations that serve Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County and many surrounding counties: United Way of Greater Lafayette<http://uwlafayette.org/> * American Red Cross (596)<http://www.redcross.org/> * The ARC (612)<http://www.arcind.org/> * Bauer Family Resource Center (661)<http://www.bauerfamilyresources.org> * Big Brothers/Big Sisters (620)<http://www.bbbslaf.org/> * Boy Scouts Sagamore Council (711)<http://sagamorebsa.org/htdocs/wordpress/> * Willowstone Family Services Inc. (653)<http://www.willowstone.org/> * Food Finders Food Bank (844)<http://www.food-finders.org/> * Girl Scouts of Central Indiana (737)<http://www.girlscoutsindiana.org/> * Hanna Community Center (836)<http://www.hannacntr.org/> * Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (21196)<http://www.laralafayette.org> * Lafayette Family YMCA (786)<http://www.lafayettefamilyymca.org/> * Lafayette Transitional Housing Center (13847)<http://www.lthc.net/> * Legal Aid Corporation (679)<http://tclegalaid.org> * Lyn Treece Boys & Girls Club (638)<http://www.bgclublafayette.org> * Meals on Wheels (687)<http://www.mowtippecanoe.org> * Mental Health America of Tippecanoe County Inc. (695)<http://www.mhalafayette.org/> * The Salvation Army (729)<http://corps.salvationarmyindiana.org/lafayette/> * The Center @ Jenks Rest (752)<http://www.jenksrest.com> * Riggs Community Health Center (15206)<http://www.riggshealth.com> * Right Steps Child Development Centers (745)<http://rightstepscdc.org> * Wabash Center (778)<http://www.wabashcenter.com/> * YWCA (794)<http://www.ywcalafayette.org/site/c.ahJKKZMGJiL2H/b.8082423/k.BD7F/Home.htm> For a different county, simply write the name of that county on your pledge card. Designations outside of United Way of Greater Lafayette's Community Initiative programs or 22 participating organizations are subject to an 8% administrative and fundraising fee.
