COMBINED WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGN 2004-05 UPDATE

The College's sixth annual Combined Workplace Giving Campaign began Monday, Oct. 18, and the goal for this year's campaign is $20,000. As of Tuesday, Oct. 24, a total of $1,800 has been pledged to the Campaign.

The Giving Turkey pictured to the right represents the campaign's progress. As you can see, he looks a little pale: his feathers have no color at all. With every pledge, the turkey gets a little more of his color back. The closer the campaign gets to its goal, the more colorful he'll become. Campaign organizers hope to display a fully feathered turkey in time for Thanksgiving — the last chance to give to the campaign is Wednesday, Nov. 24, Thanksgiving eve.

The organizations the Campaign supports are the AIDS Fund, Bread and Roses Community Fund, the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Womens Way. Donors may even earmark their donations for specific agencies.

If you would like information about the organizations, you can download a PDF version here. Blue folders containing more information are still available at Benham Gateway, Campus Center, Canaday Library, the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Human Resources, Ward and the cafeterias of Erdman, Haffner and Rhoads.

All donors, regardless of the size of their gift, are eligible to be entered into a drawing for four $25 gift certificates from Strawbridge's. And this year, the College will be giving away an additional four $25 gift certificates just for first-time givers.

Meeting the campiagn goal will mean more than a colorful turkey, says campaign committee member Raymond Albert, Co-Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. "The campus community's gifts can make a real difference for the organizations and agencies meeting the needs of our neighbors, our environment and our ideals. Thank you to everyone who has made a pledge so far!"

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