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United Way held its annual award luncheon on Friday, March 7, 2008, at Napoli’s. At least 17 trusts and foundations contributed just under $160,000, with corporate donations totaling $158,000. Nearly $65,000 was collected by various businesses and individuals throughout the community. Holloman said approximately $393,500 was pledged by the businesses, corporations, and individuals along with the trusts and foundations. “We were very pleased,” Holloman said, “to make our goal. We were concerned this year about making our goal since the economy is a little unstable at the moment. In fact, some of our top ten pledges increased their pledge this year, so we were pleased overall with the campaign.”
Several awards were presented to some of the area businesses and corporations during the luncheon. Citizens National Bank received the 100 Percent Award, with employees 100 percent participation mark for the 2008 campaign. Community Cornerstone Awards were given out to Navarro College. Employees of the college gave $1,500 through payroll deductions and raised an additional $3,000 through special activities, including the sell of t-shirts for their football playoffs and giving the profits to United Way. Corsicana Independent School District, Jeld-Wen, and TXI also received Community Cornerstone Awards. CISD held pledge drives on all of their campuses and raised $5,584 for United Way. Jeld-Wen matched more than 100 percent of the amount given by employees. Employees of the company pledged $3,928, while Jeld-Wen pitched in an additional $4,000. Cookbook sales and TXI’s dollar for dollar corporate match made a combined pledge of nearly $9,400, an increase of almost 50 percent from their 2007 pledge drive. The Community Pillar Award was given out to Corsicana National Bank and Trust, Kohl’s Department Stores, and Oil City Iron Works. CNB&T employees pledged $6,000 with the bank matching that total, and added an additional $300 to make their final pledge in the amount of $12,300. Employees of Kohl’s Distribution Center and Call Center, through payroll deduction pledges, raised $5,573 and raised another $6,990 through special activities. Combined with the corporations 25 percent match, Kohl’s Corporation raised a total of almost $15,716.75. Oil City Iron Works has supported United Way for many years, and held their first workplace campaign last year. The corporation chipped in $12,000, and combined with employee contributions, Oil City pledged a total of $15,739.50. Community Pinnacle Awards went to H.E.B., Guardian Industries, and True Value. Nearly all of H.E.B. employees participated in the pledge drive, receiving incentives such as H.E.B. gift cards and paid days off they raised a total of more than $25,000, an average of over $200 per employee, and an increase of 22 percent over 2007. Guardian Industry employees pledged more than $28,000, with the corporate contribution of $2,000 to make their total contribution an even $30,000. True Value was the top corporate donor with a combined employee and company total of $31,192.50. Corporations having workplace campaigns included the following: Atmos Energy AT&T Bank of America CHASE Bank Child Advocates of Navarro County Citizens National Bank City National Bank City of Corsicana Community Services Association CISD Corsicana National Bank and Trust Corsicana Residential Treatment Center Cresline Pipe Co. Exxon Mobil Falcon Business Forms Gander Mountain Guardian Industries H.E.B. Jeld-Wen Kohl’s Department Stores Lakes Regional MHMR Navarro College Navarro County Navarro Regional Hospital Oil City Iron Works Pactiv Corporation Payless Shoe Source True Value Company TXI TXU/Oncor Electric Delivery Wal-Mart Wells Fargo Bank YMCA of Corsicana Corporations making Corporate Contributions: Collin Street Bakery Corley Funeral Home Corsicana Bedding David Taylor Investments Kay Cummins Photography Land and Cattle International Lynn Cooper Insurance Master Vend McKee Lumber Navarro County Electric Co-op Texas Land Bank TLH Enterprises, Inc. Trusts and Foundations: Garland D. Rhoads Foundation Garitty Charity Bessie I. Hofstetter Trust Annie Lee Robbins Charitable Trust J.N. and Marcie Edens Foundation Katherine C. Carmody Trust Peno Graham Trust Rena Fleming Foundation Navarro Community Foundation Roger and Marijo Cameron Trust Sheppard Foundation J. Tom Eady Charitable Trust Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation Well point Foundation ATT&T Foundation Amex Foundation |
