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This total exceeded the campaign goal of $725,000 and is the fourth straight year of record fundraising totals. United Way’s campaign goal and results are divided by the regions of Southwest Colorado so that money stays in the community it was donated from. Each region’s results are provided below.
| REGION |
|
GOAL |
|
FINAL TOTAL |
| Archuleta County |
|
$70,000 |
|
$72,000 |
| Montezuma & Dolores Counties |
|
$100,000 |
|
$102,000 |
| La Plata & San Juan Counties |
|
$555,000 |
|
$576,000 |
99% of the funds generated stay here in Southwest Colorado one way or another,
unless the donor designates his or her gift to a nonprofit outside our community.
For a list of all recipients of campaign donations, click on Community Partners and/or
Programs on the left side of any page on this website. Scroll down to your community
to see the local nonprofit organizations that are supported with donations to the 2007
campaign.
La Plata & San Juan Counties
Pace Setter Awards
City Market South, LPEA, XTO Energy, Wal-Mart
Highest Percent of Participation – Small Business
Del Alma, Women’s Resource Center, Volunteers of America, Durango Adult Education Center, Sexual Assault Services Organization, Alternative Horizons, La Plata Youth Services
Highest Percent of Participation – Large Business
UPS
Highest Employee Per Capita Gift
Dawes & Harriss
Highest Average Gift
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund
Highest Percentage Increase
City Market South
Highest Corporate Gift Per Capita
Qwest
Combined Federal Campaign Awards
San Juan Public Lands, US Forest Service
Leadership Awards
Pat Stull, Bev deGraw, Anna-Maria Quintana, Bill Zimsky
Jim Child Excellence Award
Jim and Shari Dyer
Outstanding Partner Agency
Volunteers of America
First National Bank’s Sip to Soup-port Awards
Red Snapper, Matt Kelly
Silent Hero Award – Individual
Don Mapel, Coca Cola Bottling
Silent Hero Award – Business
Bob’s Johns, Skyway Auto
Spirit Award – Individual
Brian Sheffield
Spirit Award – Business
BP, First National Bank
Board President’s Award
John Francis, Wells Fargo Bank
Special Recognition
Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center, JC Penney
Click here for an article in the Durango Herald about this event.
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