The Brown County United Way held their annual Campaign Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday recognizing donors who made pledges totaling more than $247,000 to help local agencies.
Guest speaker, Christine Rose, spoke to the crowd about how quickly things changed for her and her son when their home burned in January of this year. Rose described how the fire spread quickly, she got to safety and how emergency personnel such as Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy John Harper, Steve Adams, Winchell Volunteer Fire Department, and the Brownwood Fire Department and others responded to help in her time of need. Rose explained that Jeanette with the Red Cross came and sat with her in a car, handing her a prepaid credit card with funds to enable her to buy necessities when all of Rose’s belongings were destroyed in the fire.
“Everything was destroyed. I’m really grateful to the Red Cross and the United Way for supporting me,” said Rose. “I’m very grateful to the fire departments and law enforcement, just everyone. And, the dog was saved.”
Brown County United Way supports 15 agencies in Brown County which include:
American Red Cross
The Ark
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Club
Boy Scouts
Brown County 4-H Clubs
Pearl Griffin Memorial Latch Key Program
Brown County Association for Retarded Citizens
Cancer Services Network
C.A.S.A.
Family Services Center
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Mid-Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Salvation Army Loaves & Fishes
Small World Child Development Center
The 2012 campaign raised these funds through generous contributions received from many businesses and individuals. The top donors of this year’s campaign were 3M with donations totaling $53,580 and Kohler Company with $50,380.
The following businesses and their employees contributed over $1000 or more to the 2012 Campaign.
3M
Kohler Company
Landmark Life Insurance
Atmos Energy
Citizens National Bank
TexasBank
Kroger
Oncor Electric
Brownwood Regional Medical Center
Superior Essex
City of Brownwood
United Parcel Service
Brownwood ISD
Howard Payne University
Central Texas Foundation/J.R. Beadel
DanHil Containers
Stephen and Sandra Kelley Foundation
Underwood’s Cafeteria
JC Penney
Center For Life Resources
Family Services Center
AT&T
Wal-Mart
The Brownwood Bulletin
Federal Express
TYC Ron Jackson Unit
TDCJ Havins Unit
Pictured at top are representatives of top donor 3M. Below are recognized donors from various companies which were present at Thursday’s luncheon.
