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NOVEMBER 2009
Pacesetters Pave the Way for a
Successful
Campaign by Raising $4.9
Million
Thank you
to the
116 companies and organizations that have raised more than $4.9 million in
this year's United Way Pacesetter program. Their efforts
will help support 202 health and human service programs
that help more than 400,000 Greater Cleveland residents
every year. Programs that serve meals to those who are
hungry; keep our kids on positive educational paths;
help deliver health care to people without insurance and
much, much more. By achieving their ambitious goals and
running early campaigns they have put their marks on a
better world for all of us. Please join them and
give
as generously as you
can
to this year's United Way
campaign.
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Please Support Issue 4 for
Cuyahoga Community
College
The United Way of Greater
Cleveland Board of Directors endorses Issue 4 and
encourages Cuyahoga County voters to join them and vote
for Tri-C's latest 10-year levy on November 3. Passage
of Issue 4 will go a long way toward keeping this
dynamic college open and accessible. Education is the
path out of poverty and Tri-C offers affordable
education for more than 30,000 full-time students. The
levy is a 1.6-mill replacement and a 0.3-mill increase,
the latter to compensate for state budget cuts,
decreased property values and foreclosures. It's a
modest increase -- about $18 more a year in property
taxes on a $100,000 home -- that would reap about $56
million per year for the college. Please vote for Issue
4.
Your Opinion
Counts
Please take a few minutes and
complete our enewsletter
survey.
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THE LIVES YOU
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Mentoring program leads to scholastic
success, and
more
It's pretty much a dream come true
for single mom Carlette Smith. Her 10-year-old son,
Fayquan Stearns, went from being lazy at home, reluctant
to participate in school activities and getting poor
grades to helping out with and being a role model to his
three younger siblings, cleaning the house, improving
his grades and becoming more of a leader at school. Learn
how your contribution to United Way helped turn Fayquan
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 You're invited to the VIP
Party
at the Fabulous Food
Show
Don't miss this exclusive VIP
party inside the Fabulous Food Show at the I-X Center
Friday, November 13, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
where sport and food items will be up for bid.
Your VIP treatment includes hors d'oeuvres inspired by
Food Show celebrity chefs, complimentary valet parking
and your own private VIP entrance. Buy
your tickets here. The first 200 people to purchase
tickets will receive a $20 gift certificate to Zack
Bruell's Table 45 at the InterContinental Hotel. And
this event offers auctions galore! You can bid on sports
and food items that you can't buy anywhere else in two
ways ... log onto WTAM.com
beginning November 6 for the online auction items, and
live and silent auction items will be available for bid
at the VIP party. Preview
the auction items here.
Fabulous Food Show Tickets
Discounted $5 for United Way
Donors
Come to the Fabulous
Food Show at the I-X Center on Friday, November 13,
and support United Way. Buy
a discount ticket for $21 (reg. $25) and use
password UWAY4 and United Way of Greater
Cleveland will receive $5 from every ticket purchased!
Friday's chef shows include demonstrations by Food
Network celebrities Sandra Lee and Tyler Florence.
Another fabulous way to support United Way!
 What's
better than watching LeBron and Shaq play basketball?
Watching Lebron and Shaq play
and helping your community through United Way.
Just click
here for discount tickets to the Tuesday, November
17, Cavs game at 7 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena when they
face Stephen Jackson and Monta Ellis of the Golden State
Warriors. The Cleveland Cavaliers will donate $5 for
every ticket sold through this promotion to United Way.
Plus if United Way is the top ticket-seller among the
six local charities participating in the promotion, an
additional $2 for each ticket sold by all the charities
will come back to United Way. Buy
tickets now.
Melting Pot Orchestra
Concert
Groove to the mellow sounds
of the Melting Pot Orchestra in a special evening
concert on Saturday, November 21, at 7
p.m. at the Tri-C Eastern Campus Performing
Arts Center (in the Liberal Arts Bldg.). This
multicultural ensemble's music is a blend of
African/Latin influences, jazz and contemporary rhythms.
No reservations are needed. A $10 donation will be
accepted at the door. All proceeds benefit United Way of
Greater Cleveland. Visit
uws.org to hear a sample of the music and for more
information.
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 A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP: Visiting Nurse
Association, Warren-Chaney Office Furniture and United
Way
Visiting Nurse Association of
Ohio President and Chief Executive Officer Claire
Zangerle was delighted to discover the added bonus that
a portion of their Warren-Chaney Office Furniture
purchase would benefit United Way. "This creates a full
circle -- bringing back dollars to VNA and the clients
we serve because we receive significant funding from
United Way as one of their partner agencies," she said.
Read
full article
 Live
United this Holiday Season with
United Way and Bakers
Square!
Order
your holiday pies online, over the phone or at any
area Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies and when you
pick up your pies and present
the voucher that you can download here, Bakers
Square will donate $1 from each pie you buy to United
Way of Greater Cleveland. Only one voucher is needed per
order; five pies are a $5 donation to United
Way.
Green Living with Youth Opportunities Unlimited
and
Cleveland Housing Network
What do a
youth development agency and an affordable housing
agency have in common (besides the fact that they are
both nonprofits funded by United Way of Greater
Cleveland)?
This is the story of just such an
unlikely partnership between Youth Opportunities
Unlimited and Cleveland Housing Network. Read
the full
story
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Give $5 for
Change
Do you LIVE UNITED? Donate $5
today to UnitedWayCLE by texting the word CHANGE to
UNITED (864833). Put your fingerprint on a better world.
Need Help? United
Way's 211 is a free confidential information service
ready to direct you to the health and human services you
need in Cuyahoga, Geauga and Medina counties. Just dial
2-1-1. Professional referral specialists are available
to help you 24 hours a day, every
day.
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