Advancing the Common Good 2013-14 Report to the Community

Advancing The Common Good 2013-14 Report to the community

GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County UnitedWayOxfordMS.org Thank you! 2013-2014 was a year of both change and growth for United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County—and none of it would have been possible without tremendous support from all sectors of our community. We appreciate every dollar donated, every hour volunteered, and every new and long-time partner. In 2013-2014, we raised a record-breaking $525,492 and mobilized more than 3,000 hours of volunteer service. But what was our Katherine Drinkwater Alice Ricks impact? We hope that this Report to the Community gives you Assistant Director Executive Director insight into the achievements of United Way funded programs, and that it inspires you to both learn more and do more.* Our mission: For more than 40 years, the Lafayette-Oxford-University community has trusted United Way to invest wisely, partner effectively, and ultimately improve lives. By focusing on the building blocks of a good life—good health, quality education, and a stable income—we ensure that your donations make a meaningful difference. Ultimately, our shared goal is to make Lafayette County To Improve Lives a place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Getting there will require a reliable safety net for emergencies, as well as accessible, effective supports for individuals and families. It will also require changing community conditions to prevent and Meet Community as many problems as we can and to actively promote positive experiences—starting with our very youngest children. It is challenging, rewarding work. Thank you for joining us.

Needs by Uniting *In many – but not all – cases, UWOLC funding complements other programmatic funding in ways that do not allow disaggregation of achievements by funding source. Therefore, many of the achievements highlighted in this Annual Report reflect the impact of a program’s total budget, including but not limited to UWOLC’s 2013-2014 investment. Also, please note that specific funding People and Resources amounts for each program can be found on the UWOLC website.

INVESTMENTS 2013–14: TOTAL $383,101 United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County advances the common Prevention & Wellness Financial Stability $34,734 – 9% good by mobilizing individuals, $38,950 – 10% organizations, and workplaces to Health & Mental Health Care health TOTAL: $78,234 – 20% give, advocate, and volunteer. $43,500 – 11% We focus on the building blocks of EDUCATION TOTAL: $150,767 – 40% Early Childhood Education a good life: good health, quality Basic Needs $37,300 – 10% education, and financial stability. $115,150 – 30% Income TOTAL: $154,500 – 40% Character Development & We fund programs, convene Enrichment issue-driven coalitions, and serve $22,142 – 6% as a resource to individuals and Adult Literacy Reading at Grade Level organizations in our community. $6,925 – 2% $84,400 – 22%

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2013–14 Report to the Community | 1 improving our HEALTH What was our collective impact on health? Prevention and Wellness: 2013-2014 Highlights 2013-2014 Investment in Prevention and Wellness: and Investment in The LOU Excel by 5 Coalition taught children and families $34,734 about healthy early childhood development and nutrition at Health and Mental Health Care: $43,500 events attended by more than 600 people.

Stan the Bear, the educational mascot of the Exchange Club’s STop Abuse Now (STAN) program, taught 1,000 children how to recognize and respond to abuse.

The 14 pregnant teenagers 140 children participated in attending the Exchange Club’s Leap Frog’s after-school physical activity and mentoring programs, building healthy fitness To Love a Child program habits and fostering self-esteem. (TLC) were more likely to stay in school, attend doctor’s appoint- ments, and successfully engage 111 adults with intellectual and the fathers of their babies in their developmental disabilities participated in the pregnancies. They were also less likely to have a second child as a Special Olympics teenager and/or before marriage. program, allowing them to stay active and Special Olympics Area 4 be part of a team.

Funded Partners Health and Mental Health Care: 2013-2014 Highlights

Prevention and Wellness Family Crisis Services served 61 victims of crime, providing a safe place for LOU Excel by 5 Coalition Health & Safety Focus Area them to receive counseling and other advocacy services to meet their needs. Exchange Club Family Center Stop Abuse Now Exchange Club Family Center To Love a Child Leap Frog Program After School Enrichment/Mentoring Special Olympics Area 4 119 people needing dialysis services were Health and Mental Health Care helped by North Mississippi Kidney Foundation. Family Crisis Services Victim Services All 29 patients who received funding for access surgery had successful experiences and North MS Kidney Foundation Patient Assistance are now able to receive dialysis treatment effectively. Respite Day Services Memory Makers Respite Day Program

2 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 2012-13 Report to the Community | 3 EDUCATION ACHIEVING OUR POTENTIAL What was our collective impact on education? 2013-2014 Investments in Early Childhood: Early Childhood Education: 2013-2014 Highlights $37,300, Character Development and The Family Resource Center, co-sponsored by the LOU Excel by 5 Coalition, offered a free lending library of toys, as well as guidance on promoting Enrichment: $22,142, Reading at Grade Level: positive child development (672 visits in 13-14). The Coalition hosted two EXCELebra- tions with free, fun, family events for children under five, which reached over 300 people. $84,400, and Adult Education: $6,925

796 children received a free book every month, thanks to the Lafayette County Literacy Council’s partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Character Development and Enrichment: 2013-2014 Highlights

600 young people More than 85% of the 52 court- participated in 4-H pro- involved youth participating in the Exchange grams, building a wide vari- Club’s Correcting Our Past & Establishing Skills ety of skills, including logical (COPES) program tested drug-free after 10 weeks. reasoning, public speaking, Horizons at the University of Mississippi Ultimately 100% achieved this goal and self-confidence. and completed the program. Funded Partners Early Childhood Education The almost 600 young people who participated in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts built leadership skills, prob- Lafayette County Literacy Council Dolly Parton Imagination Library lem-solving skills, and healthy relationship skills, all of which contribute to positive character development over the long term. LOU Excel by 5 Coalition Character Development and Enrichment Reading at Grade Level: 2013-2014 Highlights Lafayette County 4-H 4-H Programs Boy Scouts of America Yocona Area Council Traditional Scouting Exchange Club Family Center Correcting our Past & Establishing Skills All 115 participants in the all 31 struggling readers Girl Scouts Heart of the South Girl Scout Leadership Experience Boys & Girls Club’s Power Hour who attended the Lafayette County Literacy program will be promoted to the Council’s Reading Rockets program significantly Reading at Grade Level next grade level, and at mid-year improved their reading skills, while further devel- Boys & Girls Club of North Mississippi Power Hour had an average GPA of 3.17. oping their love of learning. Lafayette County Literacy Council Reading Rockets Leap Frog Program Tutoring

LOU Reads Coalition Horizons at the University of Mississippi 81% of the 140 children participating in Leap Frog’s tutoring program University of Mississippi Horizons eliminated “summer learning loss” for its 29 were promoted to the next grade, with Adult Education kindergarteners and first graders, who also Interfaith Compassion Ministry GED and Basic Education Program built life-saving swimming skills. 78% of them reading at grade level. Lafayette County Literacy Council Adult Basic Literacy Education 4 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 2012-13 Report to the Community | 3 MEETING NEEDS & PROMOTING STABILITY INCOME What was our collective impact on financial stability? Basic Needs: 2013–2014 Highlights 2013-2014 Investments in Basic Needs:

$116,130 and Investments in American Red Cross helped 24 people recover from fires and severe storms. Financial Stability: $38,950 301 homeless individuals received Almost 1,500 people received assistance temporary housing and food in paying their utility bills, through the efforts from Interfaith Compassion Ministry (ICM). ICM also of both Interfaith Compassion Ministry and assisted 708 people with rent/mortgage payments, Salvation Army. preventing evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness.

Three Rivers’ Meals on Wheels delivered 30,000 meals to almost 200 seniors.

United Way chaired the Local Board for the Emergency Food & Shelter Program, which brought $18,494 in federal funds to Lafayette County residents.

Promoting Stability: 2013–2014 Highlights Pro Bono Initiative at University of Mississippi School of Law VITA Center

Funded Partners American Red Cross trained 3 homeless families have successfully transitioned out of Doors of Hope Transition Ministries’ Self-Sufficiency 85 local volunteers Basic Needs Empowerment Program and 3 more families are currently to respond to disasters. sheltered and working towards this goal. American Red Cross NW Mississippi Chapter Disaster Relief Interfaith Compassion Ministry Homeless Client Assistance Thanks to LOU-Home Inc, there are now 9 trained credit and housing counselors in Interfaith Compassion Ministry Indigent Client Assistance L.O.U. Financial literacy information has been distributed across the community using flyers Three Rivers PDD Meals on Wheels and a social media presence reaching over 3,000 people. Salvation Army Utility Assistance Promoting Stability 36 local artists participated in $212,145 was returned to the community American Red Cross NW Mississippi Chapter Disaster Preparedness the Arts Council’s Arts Incubator, which in tax refunds secured through the Ole Miss Doors of Hope Transition Ministries Self-Sufficiency Transitional provided training and support to help Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Empowerment Program launch new arts-based businesses. LOU-Home, Inc. Financially Literate LOU Pro Bono Initiative at the University of Mississippi School of Law Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Center almost $52,000 was saved on medications for Lafayette County Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Art Farm & CSA residents thanks to United Way’s partnership with FamilyWize prescription drug cards.

6 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 9 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 2013–142012-13 ReportReport toto thethe CommunityCommunity || 97 Organizational Leadership & Volunteers Community Impact Coalitions L.O.U. Excel by 5 Coalition Emergency Food & Goal: All L.O.U. children enter Shelter Program kindergarten prepared to Goal: All L.O.U. residents have succeed in school and in life. food to eat and a place to live. Steering Committee Local Board Member Chair: Alice Ricks, United Way Organizations Certification Manager: Chair: United Way Afton Thomas, Providge Consulting American Red Cross Northwest Community Involvement Chair: photo by Joe Worthem Mississippi Chapter Katherine Drinkwater, United Way Church of Christ UWOLC Board of Directors Early Care & Education Chair: Linda Glaze, 2013-14 First Baptist Weekday Education City of Oxford Family & Parent Support Chair: Judith Doors of Hope Transition Ministries 2014 Board Members 2014 Community 2013–2014 Thompson, University of Mississippi Jewish Society Investment Committee Health & Safety Chair: Marcia Cole, Homeless Coalition President: Karen Chain Office Volunteers University of Mississippi Interfaith Compassion Ministry Vice President & Community Leadership Melissa Leach Community Research Chair: Kathleen Lafayette County Investment Co-Chair: Bryon Cohron (AmeriCorps VISTA, Sullivan, University of Mississippi LIFT Community Investment Bryon Cohron Co-Chair, February 2013–May 2014) Past Certification Managers: Co-Chair: Ryan Upshaw UWOLC Board, ProMatura Group Latoya Anderson More Than a Meal Mary Harrington, Retired and Campaign Chair: Connie Hwang Ryan Upshaw Co-Chair, Michael Andrew Carwile Saint John’s Catholic Church UWOLC Board, University of Mississippi Kathy Sukanek, Retired Treasurer: Melissa Swetland LaTanya Dixon Members at Large: Olivia Pasterchick, Salvation Army Secretary: Cheryl Cannon Woods Drinkwater Jumpstart, University of Mississippi, The Pantry Past President: Finance Sub-Committee Don Frugé Jr. Jamez Leach Emma Tkachuck, McLean Institute, University Karen Chain UWOLC Board, Born Learning Trail Semaj Leach of Mississippi and Kris Carsley, Retired Joel Bell Mid-South Financial Group Community Trust Bank Cheryl Cannon Cannon Motors Jeff Cousar UWOLC Board, FNB Oxford Daniel Lindsey UWOLC is proud to have LOU READS Coalition partnered with the LOU Janice Faye Carr University of Mississippi Matt Parham UWOLC Board, Shelley Moss Karen Chain Community Trust Bank Bank of Commerce Amber Scullion Goal: All L.O.U. children enter Excel by 5 Coalition, 4th grade reading on grade level. Bryon Cohron ProMatura Group Nicole Yenter Caterpillar, and the Oxford Jeff Cousar FNB Oxford Program Application Member Organizations Park Commission in the Thelma Curry University of Mississippi Sub-Committee Convener: United Way design and installation of Don Frugé Jr Oxford Investment Advisors Mary Bragg Baptist Memorial Convener: Lafayette County Literacy Council Lafayette County’s first Born Jacqueline Gilner Oxford University Club Hospital North Mississippi Boys & Girls Club of North Mississippi Learning Trail. With the help Mary Harrington University of Karen Chain UWOLC Board, Lafayette County School District of these organizations, Community Trust Bank Born Learning Trail photos by Joe Worthem Mississippi (retired) Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library as well as the talents of Connie Hwang FNC Inc. Jeff Cousar UWOLC Board, FNB Oxford Leap Frog Program local artist Nicole Lamar Rich Joyce Winchester Lance Hickman Bancorp South LOU Excel by 5 Coalition and volunteers from the Lucile McCook University of Mississippi Al Hope City of Oxford LOU-Home, Inc. University of Mississippi’s Sonia McKeithen Baptist Memorial Connie Hwang UWOLC Board, FNC Inc. Sports Law Review, we were Hospital North Mississippi Oxford School District Rich Joyce UWOLC Board, Winchester able to construct the Trail Kelley Norris Swetland Cook PLLC Oxford University School Barbara Lowe Oxford School District in Avent Park in November Matt Parham Bank of Commerce Second Baptist Church Libby Lytle Oxford Police Department of 2013. The Born Learning Kelsey Pettus University of University of Mississippi Mississippi (student) Matt Parham UWOLC Board, Trail promotes nature-based, Bank of Commerce Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction Andrew Robinson Second Baptist Church interactive learning for Sandy Rogers Communicare College Corps/Jumpstart Moni Simpson Invitation Oxford children up to 5 years of age. Moni Simpson UWOLC Board, College of Liberal Arts Kathleen Sullivan University of Mississippi Together, children and their Invitation Oxford Horizons Summer Program Melissa Swetland Swetland Cook PLLC families can use the Born Kathleen Sullivan UWOLC Board, McLean Institute for Public Service & James Thomas University of Mississippi University of Mississippi Learning Trail to get exercise, Community Engagement Ryan Upshaw University of Mississippi James Thomas UWOLC Board, have fun in a beautiful University of Mississippi North Mississippi VISTA Project outdoor setting, and boost Kim Washetas Writer on Staff, LLC School of Education early literacy, math, and Driven Educational Services, LLC (consulting partner) science skills. Writer on Staff, LLC (consulting partner)

8 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 2013–14 Report to the Community | 9 STRONG FINANCES WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGN 2013-2014 was United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County’s most successful fundraising United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County is proud to partner with many local year ever! Once again, community members demonstrated their strong commitment employers to promote charitable giving in the workplace. We are grateful to the to improving lives by promoting health, education, and income stability. We appreciate thousands of employees and the companies they work for, for seeing our and are humbled by all our donors – those with the means and vision to give at collective value and investing in Lafayette-Oxford-University. extraordinarily high levels, as well as those with fewer resources who nonetheless donate with incredible generosity and selfless service. Every gift counts. Together, the Lafayette County community is raising the bar to new heights. 2014 workplace campaign totals 2013–2014 CORPORATE LEADERS (includes employee and corporate gifts) (corporate gifts of $1,000 or more) Name Amounts $10,000 – $24,999 University of Mississippi $143,525 Caterpillar Winchester $105,447 Winchester 2013 campaign total: $525,492 FNC, Inc. $27,944 Caterpillar $27,451 $5,000 – $9,999 PERCENTAGE INCREASE FNB Oxford $11,023 FNC, Inc. For the past 20 years, BancorpSouth Oxford School District $10,878 has supported United Way of Oxford $1,000 – $4,999 & Lafayette County—and, in 2013, the giving by sector share of employee & individual Oxford University Bank $9,057 company grew its campaign by an im- AT&T giving by donation amount Roseburg Forest Products $8,794 pressive 47%, more than almost any Bancorp South Individual Gifts Workplace Campaign GE Aviation, Panola County $8,553 other workplace. Employees at Bancorp Corporate Gifts UPS $7,201 Baptist Memorial Hospital South-Oxford are proud of their impres- 11% North Mississippi sive 100% participation rate, and the $2,500 and up North Mississippi 12% bank’s leadership team is honored to Regional Center $6,069 Belk 23% give an annual corporate gift in recog- Local Business Gifts Walmart $5,880 FNB Oxford $1–499 nition of the company’s commitment 7% Baptist Memorial Hospital GE Aviation to the community. Beyond their gener- 30% North Mississippi $5,464 Hayakawa Electronics ous giving, BancorpSouth-Oxford’s team Workplace Campaign AT&T $5,247 America, Inc. volunteers for United Way—with Lance Employee Gifts City of Oxford $4,698 Mechanics Bank Hickman, First Vice President, serving Oxford University Bank on the 2014 Community Investment 68% Northeast Mississippi Committee—and enhances our commu- Electric Power Association $4,298 Roseburg Forest Products Panola County Workplace $1,000–2,499 nity through a wide range of community Campaign Gifts $500–999 International Paper $3,692 UPS events, including financial education for 2% 25% Renasant Bank $3,418 Walmart Lafayette County youth and free work- 22% ProMatura Group $2,570 shops on credit and homeownership. Regions Bank $2,467 Hayakawa Electronics $2,445 CenterPoint Energy $2,165 United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County is dedicated to being an excellent steward of the resources invested in our work. Lafayette County School District $1,980 Mechanics Bank $1,798 Of every dollar donated in Lafayette County, 99 cents stay here in our community and more than 87 cents go to program BancorpSouth $1,753 DOLLAR INCREASE services. Just as importantly, our volunteer-driven Community Investment Committee seeks to stretch the value of every gift Community Trust Bank $1,676 Olin Corporation, Winchester Division under- Belk $1,634 stands the importance of being a good corporate and ensure that every dollar makes the biggest impact possible: they do this by focusing on measurable outcomes and citizen. Indeed, as Winchester’s Oxford Opera- North Mississippi Medical Clinics $1,634 promoting the use of data to drive continuous improvement in all of our funded programs. tions continue to grow, so does their desire to Oxford-Lafayette County support and give back to the communities where Chamber of Commerce $1,565 their employees live and work. Partnering with Lafayette County $1,518 United Way allows Winchester to invest in and as- JCPenney $1,382 sist with community needs to help create a better place to live and work. 100 Nationwide Insurance $1,240 allocation of Kroger $1,200 Winchester’s Oxford Operations annual United Way campaign continues to grow. The 80 resources Oxford Eagle $1,062 campaign is now a week-long event filled with special events, all raising funds for 60 United Way. Last year’s campaign was the most successful to date, with employee Data drawn from UWOLC’s Bank of Commerce $940 40 contributions, corporate support, and special events raising over $100,000—the big- 2012-2013 audit and IRS FedEx $552 gest dollar increase in a workplace campaign! This success speaks to their employees’ 20 1% 12% 87% Form 990 for 2012. Wells Fargo $500 generosity and belief in the mission of United Way. 0 ElSohly Labs $405 United Way Fundraising & Management Program South Mississippi Worldwide Dues Expenses Expenses Electric Power Association $390

10 | United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County 2013–14 Report to the Community | 11 LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP DONORS

Local businesses, both big and small, give generously to United Way of Oxford & United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County benefits tremendously from the Lafayette County. Their monetary and in-kind gifts are invaluable to our work, and outstanding generosity of a growing group of leadership donors, individuals we appreciate their contributions and commitment to expanding opportunity for all who contribute at a level of $500 or more. Their support is critical to the who live in the L.O.U. community. success of our organization and we strive to live up to their example.

Local Business Gifts $250 – $499 Andrew Ratcliffe tweed recording studios: ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Dr. John P. Fullenwider Leo Carmody Matt & Tammy Parham biggest new gift to Uwloc VISIONARY $5,000 – $9,999 Chandler Motor Company Lori Gardner Walt & Diane Chambliss Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Perry Marchbanks Real Estate Dwight L. Young Group Alexis de Tocqueville Society: Charlie & Kathy Gates Alex & Daisy Cheng Dennis Pride In October of 1998, Andrew Ratcliffe opened the $10,000 + Elliott Lumber, Inc. doors of Tweed Recording Studio, here in Mr. & Mrs. Matt Gaw Marcia Cole DeeDee Rafnson $1,000 – $4,999 Frugé Law Firm PLLC Oxford, MS. The studio, which has seen artists John & Renee Grisham Brian Goley Audra Cook Dr. Thomas J. Reardon Cannon Motor Company Pickens Pest Control, Inc. ranging from Will Hoge and Grace Askew to One Anonymous Donor Mary Harrington & Dave Wheelock Alice Cooper & John Adham Jason & Holly Reynolds Endoscopy Center of University Sporting Goods Pokey LaFarge and the North Mississippi Allstars, Dan & Lydia Jones Darlene & Richard Copp David & Vivian Roach focuses on vintage recording styles. By recording Visionary: $4,500 – $9,999 North MS, LLC Your Extra Closet William Marquis Jeff & Katrina Cousar David & Michelle Rock the full band playing together in one room, Bob & Carol Dorsey Gastroenterology Associates Michael & Eva-Maria Metcalf Larry & Linda Cox Tweed Recording Studio is able to capture a Drs. Dale & Tonya Flesher Lisa T. Rogers of North MS $100 – $249 truly live sound. Kristin Newman Samuel & Caroline Davis Mac Showalter Holli’s Sweet Tooth Laurie & Jeff Triplette Animal Clinic Oxford Having started a local business from the Will H. Norton Doug Davis Stuart & Moni Simpson Local Color Farm Bureau Insurance ground up, Andrew has seen the growing and Visionary: $3,000 – $4,499 Michael H. & Helen G. Overstreet Victoria Dickinson Deborah Gochfeld & Oxford University Club Ice Core Fitness thriving side of Oxford, but knows there are Laura G. Harper Brian & Vicki Reithel Hiram Dilworth Marc Slattery real needs in the community as well. That is Peas & Carrots Johnson’s Furniture Jerry & Gloria Kellum Barbara & Wylie Richards Maurice R. Eftink Marquis & Rachel Sledge Sentry Asset Management, LLC why Andrew and Tweed Recording Studio have Lexington Pointe Apartments chosen to give back to this community, and in Kate Kellum & Jason Finch Christopher Ricks & Judith Aronson Edward & Julie Field Stacey & Whitman Smith Sneed’s Ace Hardware Matthews Landscape & doing so, became this year’s largest new Local Jean M. Shaw Jackie Rozier Hugh & Jill Freeze Larry & Jacky Sparks Tweed Recording Studios Maintenance Business donor. Deciding to become a new John Samonds & Kathryn McKee Benjamin Frierson Hubert & Rose Spears Local Business donor was a simple choice The J. E. Neilson Co. Paris Nails COMMUNITY BUILDER Ronald & Natalie Schroeder Don & Mary Ann Frugé Marti Stark according to Andrew, “I feel good about Rapid Cash & Tax Service David Warren Steel contributing to organizations such as United Community Builder: $1,999 – $2,999 Laura Jean Sheppardson Don & Liza Frugé $500 – $999 Sugar Magnolia Antiques Way, because I believe they are making a good Charles & Brenda Eagles Dr. Jackson Taylor, Jr. Richard Gershon & Donna Levine Andy & Jo Ann Stefani Addy Photography, Ltd. impact in our city and county…when we invest Glen & Paige Evans Dr. Mark Van Boening Cliff Godwin Peter Sterczela Ajax Diner in our community it benefits everyone.” $1 – $99 Connie Hwang & Duncan Chen Kathy and Jim Vaughan Rosie S. Goolsby Morris & Cynthia Stocks Elliott & Britt Engineering, P.A. Casa Bella Hair Design While United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County Lucile M. McCook & Clifford A. Ochs Douglas Vorhies Roane Grantham Melissa Swetland LuLu’s Shoes & Accessories focuses on Health, Education, and Income, Don & Dale’s Barber Shop Peter & Kathy Sukanek Christine Wallace Doug & Donna Gurley Windy Deanne Thees Oxford Eye Clinic / Vision Source Furniture World Tweed Recording Studio is most interested in Paul Timpane UWOLC’s work in early literacy, stating, “I hope Dr. & Mrs. Cooper L. Terry Julie & Gerald Walton David Guyton Oxford Insurance Agency High Point Coffee we can make some big changes in this area in Marvin & Becky Wilson Steve & Leslie White Matthew Hall Ryan Upshaw Oxford Investment Advisors In Control Weight Loss the coming years.” Gifts like these ensure that Dr. Margaret Wylde & Six Anonymous Donors Mark & Paige Hamann Steve & Rosie Vasallo Yoknapatawpha Arts Council New York Fashions we will make an impact, and we are very Mr. Kenneth Wooten Ernest & Bonnie Harland Kathleen Wachter Oxford Paint Supply photo by Joe Worthem thankful for our local businesses who help us Sherry Wall reach these goals. FOUNDATION GIVERS Keith Hayward Peggy’s Alterations Community Builder: $1,000 – $1,999 Jeffrey & Isabella Watt Foundation Giver: $500 – $999 Al E. Hope, Sr. University Cleaners Ann & Dale Abadie Stephen Wicker Harry & Sharon Alexander Andy Howorth Allison & Bill Bailey Ney & Dana Williams Walt & Janice Antonow Will & Beth Hunt Johnny & Ev Barrett Charles Williams Melvin & Teresa Arrington Kirk Anthony Johnson Sonya & Ross Bjork Christy Wyandt Peyton Atchley Kirk Johnston David & Karen Blackburn Louis G. Zachos In-Kind Donors to United Way and Community Impact Coalitions William Ball Larry Kegley Mr. & Mrs. Josh Bogen Eight Anonymous Donors Joel & Jill Bell Paul & Barbara Lago Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bradley, Jr. Brad & Allyson Best Eric Gregory Lambert In Honor of Gifts Michael & Kimberly Bryant Mike & Camie Bianco Jimmy & Anna Langley Bob Dorsey Denny & Robin Buchanan Danny & Caron Blanton Slade & Amy Lowe Lewis Glen Evans Karen Chain Walter Boney Cynthia & Royce Linton Larry Kegley Alice Clark & Charles Hufford Rachel Bost Cathy Marshall-Smith Jeffrey Little Sumali Conlon Richard & Marye Boyd Mike McCauley Bill Rayburn John Conlon Rebecca Brown Bressler Matt & Brigham McCraw John Scott Vickie M. Cook Lucius & Martha Brock T.H. McElroy Kathy Sukanek Thelma Curry Patrick Brown Bill & Sonia McKeithen Richard Davis Abner’s, Art 2 Frame, Clay Canvas, Domino’s Pizza, Documart, First Baptist Church, FNB Oxford, High Point Coffee, Joe Worthem, Kroger, Lafayette County- Robert Brown Jeff Nix In Memoriam Gifts Norman & Margo Easterbrook Oxford Library, Lusa’s Pastry Cafe, McAlister’s Deli, McLean Institute for Public Service & Community Engagement, Megan Marascalco Photography, Luanne Buchanan & Christopher Noe Josephine Cooks MetroCast, Oxford Conference Center, Oxford School District, Paint N Pen, Panini’s, Peas N Carrots, Regions Bank, Ravine, Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, Davis L. Fair III Michael H. Hoffheimer Albert & Lisa Nylander Kevin Eagan SevenSouth Tailgating, Shelley Moss Photography, Sonic, Southern Foodways Alliance, Southern Oasis Spa, Square Books, Subway, Walmart, Wendy’s. 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