 | Vice President Bruce Alexander and Local 34 President Laura Smith, co-chairs of this year's Yale-United Way Campaign, visit the New Haven Boys & Girls Club, one of the agencies that benefit from the annual drive. |
An affordable home, hot meals, the ability to read and quality care for your children while you work: These are needs most of us take for granted in our daily lives.
But for some of our New Haven neighbors, these basic needs could not be met without the support of the United Way.
Each year, Yale faculty and staff are able to help provide these and other essential services to the most vulnerable members of the Greater New Haven community through the United Way Campaign.
The 2006-2007 Yale United Way campaign will be launched in mid-October, with the goal of increasing the participation of University faculty and staff.
The co-chairs of this year's campaign are Bruce Alexander, vice president for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development, and Laura Smith, president of Local 34. This is the first time that the campaign has been led jointly by a University administrator and a labor representative.
"The United Way helps those in our community less fortunate than ourselves but also supports organizations that serve the entire community," says Alexander. "I very much look forward to working with Laura to make this our most successful campaign ever."
Alexander and Smith hope to increase faculty and staff participation to above the 11% achieved in last year's campaign. Last year, the Yale United Way Campaign surpassed its million-dollar goal, raising over $1,030,000 in pledges and matching funds from 2,795 current and retired employees and students.
"This is a great cause," says Smith. "By giving to the United Way, we can have a direct impact on the lives of so many of our sisters and brothers throughout the greater New Haven community."
The United Way supports local community organizations and agencies that provide such services as emergency shelter, substance abuse counseling, literacy programs, affordable housing, employment training, health education and care, disaster relief, programs for senior citizens, and quality child care and education, after-school care and youth mentoring programs.
Of the total collected through the generosity of Yale community members in last year's campaign, $150,000 was contributed in support of the United Way of Greater New Haven's "Success by 6," the nation's largest community-based early childhood movement. The goal of "Success by 6" is to ensure that all young children are healthy, nurtured and ready to succeed when they enter school.
To mark the start of the campaign, Yale and other local businesses and organizations have partnered with the United Way to host a conference on Friday, Oct. 6, to discuss the local region's economy and educational well-being. The event, titled "What Will It Take? Creating a Competitive, Economically Vibrant Region," will take place 11 am.-2:30 p.m. in the Michael J. Adanti Student Center at Southern Connecticut State University, 345 Fitch St. The keynote speaker will be Thomas L. Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times and author of the bestselling book "The World Is Flat." Friedman will address how the world has "flattened" due to technological and communication advances and how these changes affect the economy and communities. The fee for the conference is $25. Register online at www.uwgnh.org or contact Kathleen Norwood at (203) 772-2010, ext. 213.
Yale is traditionally one of the biggest contributors to the annual United Way Campaign. In recognition of the University's successful campaign last year, the United Way of Greater New Haven honored Yale with a "Building a Legacy" award.In addition, last year's campaign chair, Judith Dozier Hackman, was recognized as "Volunteer of the Year."
Faculty and staff will receive Yale United Way Campaign pledge forms in the mail. The envelope also contains information about various options for contributing to the campaign.
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