Leadership Giving Roster Mark O’Bryant, 2010 Campaign Chair
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10 20 Leadership Giving Roster Mark O’Bryant, 2010 Campaign Chair Will you please join them this year? An Investment in Your Community’s Future Community is about investment. The leadership-giving program of United Way relies on the fact that certain citizens in our community have the resources to make a significant investment. The two major functions of leadership are to point a direction and to raise the sights of others. Without exception, each of us has received life from what others have planted. They gave that gift to us because they wanted to leave their community better than they found it. We should do no less. And if we have the resources to lead, that too becomes our responsibility. The human-care services we support today were themselves created through the sacrifices of others who knew they might never themselves enjoy the shade, sustenance or scenery of their labors. There are countless ways to make an investment in your local community. We believe United Way gives you the most valuable way. • United Way is the most versatile way… reaching out equally to children, the aged, the ill and disabled, the poor, the abused, the hopeless. • United Way is the most reassuring way… giving donors the certainty that volunteers monitor the services and finances of each agency. • United Way is the most responsible way… operating economically and stretching every dollar to do the most good. • United Way is the most visible way… reporting back to the community the tremendous support being given by individuals, foundations, corporations, agencies. • United Way is the most collaborative way… bringing together community builders and problem solvers to change lives for the better. And for you, we wish it to be the most rewarding way. We want you to know that your gift matters. If you gave a leadership gift last year (either by direct gift or via a workplace campaign), please consider an increase when you pledge this year. If you did not give a leadership gift last year, please consider the good you can do by saying “Yes” this year. Together, we can create a stronger community. 2 LIVE UNITED visit us online at www.uwbb.org Barry Webster, 2010 UWBB Board Chair UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING WE ARE, UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING WE DO, WE ARE ALL PEOPLE. CONNECTED, INTERDEPENDENT, UNITED. AND WHEN WE REACH OUT A HAND TO ONE, WE RAISE THE HOPES OF ALL. THAT’S WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE UNITED. GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. LIVE UNITED 3 Partners in helping people today... Together, we are investing in current and long-term needs of the communities in which we live. Every day, our certified agencies provide human-care services to help people meet basic needs and handle emergencies. 2-1-1 Big Bend Dick Howser Center for Childhood Services Ability 1st Early Learning Coalition of the A Life Recovery Center Big Bend The Alzheimer’s Project ECHO Outreach Ministries American Red Cross, Capital Elder Care Services Area Chapter Epilepsy Association of the Big America’s Second Harvest of Bend the Big Bend Florida Disabled Outdoor Big Bend Cares Association Big Bend Habitat for Girl Scout Council of the Humanity Florida Panhandle Big Bend Homeless Coalition Kids Incorporated of the Big Big Bend Hospice Bend Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Big Bend Tallahassee Bar Association Boys and Girls Club of the Big Legal Services of North Florida Bend Lighthouse of the Big Bend Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee Literacy Volunteers of Leon Boy Scouts of America, County Suwannee River Area Lutheran Social Services of Council North Florida Brehon Institute for Family Mothers in Crisis Services Neighborhood Health Services Capital Area Community Action Agency Office of the Public Guardian Capital Area Healthy Start PACE Center for Girls Coalition Planned Parenthood of North Capital City Youth Services Central Florida Capital Region YMCA Pregnancy Help and Information Center Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida Refuge House Children’s Home Society of The Shelter Florida, North Central Special Olympics Florida Leon Division County CredAbility Turn About 4 and creating solutions for tomorrow visit us online at www.uwbb.org Our long-term approach aims resources and collaborative efforts at pinpointing why certain social problems exist and developing strategies to minimize or prevent them. Investing in prevention now will certainly pay off down the road. Through the BEST Project, United Way of the Big Bend is leading an effort to help lower-to-modest income residents preserve and increase their financial assets. The BEST Project, along with community partners, serves residents of the Big Bend through proactive and collaborative solutions to improve their long- term financial stability and quality of life. In 2010, through BEST and our community partners: • 1,181 people attended financial-education classes • 465 people received individual credit counseling • 3,761 clients utilized VITA sites to file their taxes • $4,456,394 in tax refunds were processed • VITA clients saved $564,150 (est.) in out-of-pocket, tax-filing fees • $1,155,478 in federal dollars were brought to the community in the form of the Earned Income Tax Credit Learn more at www.theBESTproject.org Whole Child Leon is focused on making sure that children in our community are healthy at age 1, making appropriate progress, and entering kindergarten ready to succeed. Some highlights of our work include: • “Quality Counts: Your Guide to Big Bend Child Care” was launched through a partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend and MomsLikeMe.com • From the Whole Child Leon website parents in Leon, Jefferson Taylor and Madison Counties can access the new Connection to complete a “profile” and receive a custom report of services specific to their needs • Families can connect to over 2,000 resources through our online Resource Guide including pediatricians and support groups, after- school activities, and discount dining opportunities • 26 Family Connection Corners have been installed at key locations around the community to give families access to the Whole Child Connection • The number of children in our schools without health insurance or at risk of losing coverage dropped from 3,300 to just 938 • More than 200 children have been screened for developmental delays and disabilities at WCL’s semiannual Free Screening Day • Professional Network meetings provide a monthly forum for professionals from more than 60 human service agencies to make contacts, exchange ideas and participate in professional development Visit www.WholeChildLeon.org 5 Available to Leadership Givers Benefits of Membership: • Opportunities to engage with like-minded, community supporters • Involvement in community volunteer and advocacy efforts • Special-recognition events • Recognition in UWBB publications • LifeSaver Updates and invitations to campaign events • Recognition of gift levels (see pages 8 and following) Current Leadership Outreach Areas: • African-American Leadership Outreach (ALO) – Promotes, advances and supports collaborative efforts aimed at addressing the diverse needs of the African-American community in the Big Bend. (page 26) • For Young Leaders Only (FYLO) – Recognizes Leadership Givers under the age of 40 who have the capability and interest in expressing philanthropy at a young age. (page 28) • Power of the Purse (POP) – Creates a forum for women who want to significantly improve the quality of life in the Big Bend through leadership giving, advocacy and volunteerism. POP honors the vital role women play in our community and provides even more opportunities for women to participate fully as active philanthropists. (page 31) THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY 6 Leadership visit us online at www.uwbb.org A Message from 2010 Campaign Chair Mark O’Bryant This has been a year marked by unprecedented uncertainty for many within our Big Bend region. Ongoing struggles across our economy, election- driven challenges to “our local-employment base, and ecological threats to our coastal communities are just a few of the major hurdles we have had to face during this year’s campaign. However, in spite of mounting hardships, it has been heartening to see so many sectors of our community significantly step up their support for United Way and the critical programs sponsored through their agencies. Once again, with their actions the people of the Big Bend showed their true colors of generosity. Leading the Way • 1,231 individuals and/or couples gave leadership gifts of $1,000 or more. • Leadership gifts totaled more than $2,050,701. • Leadership giving contributions represent 32% of the total dollars raised in the community-” wide campaign. 7 Tocqueville Society Tocqueville Society – Gifts of $10,000 and above United Way established this society to recognize out- standing volunteerism, to involve new and influential leadership, and to encourage personal major gifts by high-wealth individuals. The society’s name was chosen because of Alexis de Tocqueville’s admiration for the spirit of voluntary association and voluntary effort for the common good, a spirit he noted in America and about which he wrote enthusiastically. Flecia Braswell McCord, 2010 Major Gifts Chair Ordre D’Egalité – Gifts of $50,000 through $74,999 Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Ordre de Liberté – Gifts of $25,000 through $49,999 Angela and Mark O’Bryant Gifts of $20,000 through $24,999 Sharon and John Harris One member wishes to remain anonymous. Gifts of $15,000 through $19,999 Ron Sachs and Gay Webster-Sachs Barry and Tiffanie Webster Gifts of $12,500 through $14,999 Talbot D’Alemberte and Patsy Palmer 8 Tocqueville Society (cont.) visit us online at www.uwbb.org Gifts of $10,000 through $12,499 Jeanie and Ken Armstrong Sallie and Duby Ausley Bates Family Foundation Bob and Peyton Deison Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Frazee, Jr. Charles J. Hall Marilynn and Cantey Higdon John R.