What does LIVE UNITED mean to you? In the UW world, we want it to inspire a social movement. Does it, or is it just another ad campaign?

It's good to be busy, but with the NE Ohio UW meeting Thursday, the YouToo Seminar on Friday & Annual Meeting next week, I'm beyond busy.

7 UW agencies offer info & support to 5,000+ people and their familes dealing with life-changing, chronic health conditions, thanks to you.

is writing the scripts for UWSC's 4/20 Annual Meeting. Hope you can join us to celebrate our campaign and honor Dave Brennan & Terry Gordon.

United Way of Summit County Announces Campaign Results

United Way of Summit County announced the final results of the 2009 United Way/Red Cross Fundraising Campaign in Summit County.

Final total for the 2009 campaign is $10,955,000, just under 97% of the campaign goal of $11,300,000.

United Way of Summit County President Bob Kulinski said, “While our 2009 – 2010 United Way/Red Cross campaign raised just under $11 million, three percent less than we raised last year, our community should feel good and take great pride in stepping up to sacrificial giving to help families and individuals of all ages in Summit County. Thanks to the incredibly hard work of our volunteers and staff our results were better than national and state averages, and we didn’t leave anything on the table at the conclusion of our campaign.

“As a result of generous community support, increased operating efficiency and improved investment income,” he continued, “we will have available for allocation to programs at our affiliated agencies a little more than ninety-eight percent of current funding levels. We are grateful to our 2009 Campaign Chair Bill Lowery, all our donors, volunteers and staff who made this achievement possible.”

United Way of Summit County encourages everyone to LIVE UNITED. Each of us has the power to improve lives and advance the common good when we give, advocate and volunteer. For more information on how to give now, on programs and services in our community, or to volunteer, call your United Way of Summit County at (330) 762-7601, explore our website at http://www.uwsummit.org/, or visit our offices at 90 N. Prospect St., Akron, Ohio.

United Way of Summit County improves lives by mobilizing community assets for health and human services.

UWSC Marketing/Communications VP to present at YouToo Social Media Conference

The Akron Chapter of the Public Relations Society of American (PRSA) is hosting the YouToo Social Media Conference on Friday, April 16, 2010 at Kent State University's Franklin Hall.


Michael Gaffney, United Way of Summit County's Vice President - Marketing & Communications is among the presenters at this day-long conference. He will speak on 'How to Add Friends and Influence Opinions.'


This seminar is a great opportunity for communications professionals and others interested in this new media to learn from some of the exciting new campaigns being executed by corporations, advertising and public relations firms and non-profit agencies in our region.


For more information, visit http://youtoo2010.weebly.com/, or more appropriately, on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3019458&id=231807062608#!/YouToo2010. Hope to see you there.