$1 each week. It’s less than the cost of a cup of coffee. Giving up just one cup of coffee can mean endless possibilities for people in our communities.
Toward that end, organizers gathered recently to review campaign materials, share promotional ideas and build enthusiasm for Clemson University’s upcoming United Way campaign, which begins Oct. 9.
“We all know that Clemson University is about winning in the classroom and on the athletic fields of competition,” said Cheryl Dye, Ph.D., United Way campaign chair and a faculty member in the university’s College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences. “It would be outstanding if Clemson faculty and staff would be ‘champion givers,’ helping people in need in their own backyards.”
United We Fight. United We Win.
With a campaign theme of United We Fight. United We Win, Dye said this year’s campaign goal is $120,000. She, the United Way planning committee and and the team captains, who are spearheading the campaign in the university’s schools and departments, think the goal is achievable if everyone pitches in.
“Clemson faculty and staff have always been generous to support our community and United Way,” said Brian O’Rourke, vice president of development and alumni relations and a member of the United Way campaign planning committee. “This is our annual opportunity to give back to help individuals, families and children in our community achieve their potential, become financially stable and to meet their basic needs. Clemson has a rich culture of helping others, and I know this year’s United Way campaign will be successful.”
Your donations remain local
Although it’s a national organization, organizations say United Way donations remain local, benefiting programs in the donor’s home community. “If you live in Pickens County, your donation stays in Pickens County,” said Dye. “Wherever you live across the state, your donation benefits your local community.
Your donations make a difference every day
This is Dye’s second year as the chair of the campaign. And she’s passionate about the campaign and United Way. “I appreciate having the opportunity to again lead this important effort at Clemson,” said Dye. “As a professor in public health sciences and the Director of the Institute for Engaged Aging, I know first-hand about the needs of the senior population in our community. United Way only supports outcomes-based programs and services where their limited resources can make the biggest impact. I invite all faculty and staff to join me in pledging support for our neighbors in needs. Collectively, we can make a huge difference.”
Read what President Jim Clements had to say about the campaign.
Learn more information about this year’s United Way campaign in next week’s Inside Clemson.
