The Brown County United Way held their annual Campaign Appreciation Luncheon on Friday recognizing donors who made pledges totaling $225,595 to help local agencies.
United Way Board Member Lynn Day explained that it takes the entier community to make the campaign a success which makes the funding of member agencies possible.Brown County United Way supports 15 agencies in Brown County which include American Red Cross, The Ark, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Club, Brownwood Community Resource Council to benefit TJJD Youth, Brown County 4-H Clubs, Brown County Home Solutions, Brown County Association for Retarded Citizens, Cancer Services Network, C.A.S.A. in the Heart of Texas, Early Childhood Intervention, Pearl Griffin Memorial Latch Key Program, Family Services Center, Girl Scouts of Central Texas, Salvation Army Loaves & Fishes.
The 2015-2016 campaign raised these funds through generous contributions received from many businesses and individuals. The top four donors of this year’s campaign were 3M Company (pictured above) with donations totaling more than $59,600, Kohler Company with over $37,200, Atmos Energy with more than $12,600 and United Supermarkets $12,500.
The following businesses and their employees contributed $1,000 or more to the campaign, which totaled 90% of the total funds raised, and were recognized at Friday’s luncheon:
Top Donors
3M
Kohler Company
Atmos Energy
United Supermarkets
$5,000-$10,000 Donors
Landmark Life Insurance
Citizens National Bank
Kroger
Superior Essex
City of Brownwood
TexasBank
$3,000-$4,999 Donors
Oncor Electric
United Parcel Service
Central Texas Foundation/J.R. Beadel
DanHil Containers
Howard Payne University
Underwood’s Cafeteria
Brownwood ISD
Stephen and Sandra Kelley Foundation
$1,000-$2,999 Donors
Center For Life Resources
Stripes
Chevron Phillips – Performance Pipe
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Family Services Center
Many other small businesses and individuals gave to the campaign as well.
Pictured above are representatives from 3M, the top donor of the campaign. From left to right are Plant Manager Paul Aufenkamp, Jennifer Blasingame, Kathy Duffy, Bret VanOverbeke, and Angela Adams.
Below are the other three top donors.
Pictured from left to right are representatives from Kohler: Mitzi Dahlberg, Jeff Mitchell, and Megan Wilson.
Pictured from left to right are representatives of Atmos Energy: Todd Burkes, Ron McCullough, Dahl Howard, Tim Talley, Alicia Newman, and Debbie Hudson.
Pictured above from left to right are representatives from United Supermarkets: Verna Spain, Lynn Day and Stephanie Mitchell.
