United Way Raises More Than $11 Million to Help Our Community
Thanks to the generosity of our local community, United Way of the Capital Region has exceeded its campaign goal of $10.5 million by raising $11,010,644. United Way made this announcement recently at its Celebration Reception at the Hilton in Harrisburg.
“United Way plays a vital role in addressing the critical issues facing our community,” said Campaign Chair Gary D. St. Hilaire, president and CEO of Capital BlueCross. “Lives are improved every day thanks to the organization’s collective work with community partners, dedicated volunteers and generous donors. The 2016 campaign aspired to lift the good work of United Way even higher. The community stepped up, with so many going above and beyond expectations, to help our neighbors in need, and I couldn’t be more proud of what we were able to accomplish together.”
At the event, Timothy B. Fatzinger, United Way of the Capital Region president and CEO announced Hersha H. and Hasu P. Shah have become the first Million Dollar Roundtable donors from the Capital Region. The couple made a gift of $250,000 to United Way for the 2016 campaign and a commitment to subsequent donations over the next several years. There are more than 550 United Way Million Dollar Roundtable donors worldwide. Learn more about the Shahs by watching this video.
United Way’s Pillar Society once again made a tremendous impact on its campaign. Twenty-three organizations are members of the Pillar Society this year and make up 61 percent of the entire campaign.
The Pillar Society consists of organizations that contribute $100,000 or more in combined corporate and employee giving to United Way. Those organizations and their combined contributions to United Way, recorded as of January 27, 2017 are:
$100,000 Club – (Donating at least $100,000 in employee and corporate giving)
- Country Meadows Retirement Communities
- Deloitte Consulting
- Delta Dental of Pennsylvania
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Gannett Fleming
- Giant Food Stores and Ahold USA
- Hersha Group
- Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
- M&T Bank
- McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
- Nationwide Insurance
- Novitas Solutions, Inc.
- Penn National Insurance
- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine
- Reynolds Enterprises
- State Employee Combined Appeal
- Three Mile Island Generating Station
- UPS
$500,000 Club – (Donating at least $500,000 in employee and corporate giving)
- Capital BlueCross
- The Hershey Company
- Highmark Blue Shield
- PinnacleHealth System
- Rite Aid Corporation
At the evening’s reception, the winners of this year’s campaign raffle were selected. This year, donors who gave $182 or more to United Way’s campaign were eligible to win one of five prizes: a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze, donated by Sutliff Chevrolet; a $2,000 gift card from Wolf Furniture; a Sweet Retreat Getaway Spa Package, valued at $1,750, from Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company; a $1,500 getaway courtesy of AAA Central Penn; and $1,500 in groceries donated by Giant Food Stores. Prizes will be awarded in the coming weeks.
