Jim Stitt has been a donor to United Way of Westmoreland County for over 25 years. Read below about how he demonstrates the meaning of LIVE UNITED.
"I believe that as a resident of a community, you have a responsibility to provide solutions in any way you can to that community. That's why I have donated to United Way for so long. United Way puts my money into the programs that Westmoreland County needs the most.
I LIVE UNITED through contributions to my United Way."
A Diamond Donor is someone who has donated to a United Way organization continuously for 20 years or more. These individuals exhibit extraordinary
dedication to making a difference in our communities. This strong base
of supporters has enabled us to grow over the past century, building
programs that help families and individuals empower themselves to
create better lives.
Kimberly Barnard poses with an adored birdhouse in front of her freshly, painted, spare bedroom. Faith in Action's home safety check volunteers visited her home to help transform the once dreary and chipped walls into a bright and welcoming space.
ABB Inc. Employees Support Boy Scouts Annual Scouting for Food Drive. At this time of year, when ABB’s Sherry Stahl, Administrative Assistant to Marketing and Engineering, and Teresa Walker, Supply Chain Manager, get together, they are talking about how much food and support they can generate for the annual Scouting for Food Drive. In previous years, between 400 and 500 lbs. of non-perishable food has been collected from employees at the Mt. Pleasant facility. This year, ABB is helping to grow the drive by matching one dollar per pound collected.
For over 20 years, ABB Inc. has been a strong supporter of Scouting for Food since its inception. ABB’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Chris Reinbold says, "Especially in today's economic conditions, we see this food drive as critical to the stability of our community and an opportunity for our employees to demonstrate their support and care for those in need. We are encouraged that our national ABB Foundation is able to provide matching support to leverage our local efforts.”
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November 23, 2009 Shopping Spree for Welcome Home Shelter
When Ray Charley blew the whistle for the start, Sheryl Brown of Elliott Company took off with her shopping cart to gather as many grocery items as possible for families residing at the Welcome Home Shelter in Greensburg.In this season of Thanksgiving, this event is a celebration of our nation’s abundance and our community’s commitment to help others in need.Thanks to the sponsorship of United Way’s Step-Up Grocery Spree Incentive by Ray Charley and the Charley family who own the Greensburg and Route 66 Shop’n Save Supermarkets, children and families of the shelter will have great meals this Thanksgiving.
Lyndsay Burrik of Welcome Home Shelter, beneficiary of the shopping spree,
gives Sheryl Brown some pointers on how to race through Shop'n Save store.
United Way of Westmoreland County offers this incentive to highlight the need for food by thousands of families in our area. With over 15,000 individuals utilizing the resources of pantries throughout the county annually, hunger is a real issue here.Many working families need food due to loss of a job, challenges from major medical issues or rising costs of basic needs such as housing, heat, transportation and/or medicine.
Fortunately for Sheryl, as a longtime donor to United Way, she knows her gift does help those in need. As a Step-Up winner for United Way of Westmoreland County, she contributed one new dollar per week to enter the drawing for the Shop’n Save Shopping Spree.More than 1,300 individuals qualified for this incentive, which grew by 20% this year.
Ray Charley and his son, Mike, present a $250 gift certificate to Sheryl Brown, the 2009
United Way Shopping Spree winner. Sheryl's 3-minute run garnered $258 of groceries for
Welcome Home Shelter.
At the end of Sheryl’s run, Lyndsay Burrik of Welcome Home received two shopping carts filled with meats, assorted breakfast cereals, paper products and vegetables.As a winner, Sheryl knows not only that she is helping families through her grocery run, but also she will be shopping for her own family this Thanksgiving with a $250 gift certificate for Shop’n Save merchandise, courtesy of the Charley family.
November 19, 2009 Faith in Action Seniors Stay Warm Thanks to Local Heating Company
Latrobe, PA • November 11,
2009:It was not until she heard loud banging
in her basement that Doris Kovac, 43-year resident of Latrobe, realized that
the comfort of a new furnace donated and being installed by Donahue’s Inc., was
a reality for her this winter.Thanks to the generosity of Regis “Butch” Donahue and GBG Supply of
Youngwood, this individual and another senior in Export will be warm with their
new Amana 95 gas heating systems.
Butch Donahue and Barry Radel of Donahue's, Inc. share the
warmth of a new furnace with Doris Kovac of Latrobe.
When
Doris received a call about the new furnace, from Kathy Bartolomucci of the Area
Agency of Aging (AAA) in September, she said, “I could not believe it.”Her furnace was 20 years old and
rusting.She needed a new heating
system.Kathy’s call was triggered
by Barry Radel, Comfort Consultant of Donahue’s, Inc., who came up with the
idea of helping seniors in need.Finding the right senior was the challenge. The right connection was
made to recipients, like Doris, through local Faith in Action programs found in
our area.
Doris Kovac admires her new furnace donated and installed
by Donahue's, Inc and GBG, Inc.
Faith
in Action programs are volunteer networks that provide basic and necessary
services for seniors to help them remain safe and secure in their homes.Laurel Area Interfaith Volunteer
Caregivers (LAIVC) serves the Greater Latrobe area and Ligonier communities and
Forbes Trail Faith in Action serves the Murrysville, Delmont and Export
area.These programs, along with
four others in the area, serve hundreds of seniors and are supported or funded
by United Way of Westmoreland County.
Thanks
to individuals at Donahue’s Inc., AAA and LAIVC, the dots were connected to a
senior in need. Each installation was valued at $3,000 to $3,500 and will
translate into tremendous savings as the new furnaces are 95% efficient. Butch
and Barry hope this in-kind support for seniors will become an annual
tradition.
United
Way of Westmoreland County is a nonprofit organization that invests its
resources in efforts that solve critical community problems with measurable
results.Covering Westmoreland and
portions of Fayette and Armstrong counties, we serve over 50,000 people through
partnerships in three targeted areas: Helping Children & Youth Succeed;
Building Strong Neighborhoods & Communities and Supporting Vulnerable &
Aging Populations.For more
information, please contact us at (724) 834-7170 or www.unitedway4u.org.
