United Way Durham Region

2012 Campaign Update

On March 21, 2013 agencies, banks, businesses, school board members, counselors, mayors and volunteers gathered at Deer Creek Golf and Banquet facility to celebrate the close of the 2012 United Way campaign.  Surpassing previous years, the final fundraising total was $3,879,043. This reflects a 5.19% growth in a year in which we experienced more speed bumps and head winds than we have typically encountered.  It is a great accomplishment and we hope everyone is as proud of their hard work and contribution as we are grateful for it.

 

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70+ Years of Service - A legacy we're proud to carry on.

The 2012 Campaign for the United Way in Durham Region will mark the 72nd anniversary of service for the United Way in this community. While much has changed in the past 70+ years there are more than a few constants. Coming together as a community, in good times and in difficult times, to help those less advantaged is something we hope will never go out of fashion.

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Great Venue and Great Partnership

The General Motors Centre has been host to big names such as Elton John, the Wiggles, The Tragically Hip and Marianas Trench, but it is also the place you can go to take in sporting events like the Oshawa Generals hockey games, the Oshawa Power basketball games and more!

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Ride4UnitedWay – A great turnout for a “great day on the bike”

The 4th annual Ride4UnitedWay was the biggest and most successful to date. It was a beautiful and sunny day (although a little hot), more than 400 cyclists took off from Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Centre in Bowmanville following a Police escort and a 2012 VW Passat as our pace car, and proceeded on courses ranging from 25K to 160K. All of the fund raising pledges are not yet in, but we are on pace to exceed our previous record of slightly more than fourty four thousand dollars in total.

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Thank You! Mayor(s), Councillors, volunteers and all riders

We were thrilled with the enthusiasm and participation in this year’s Durham Waterfront Community “Ride With the Mayor(s)”. Fortunately the anticipated (and called for) rain did not appear, and we were able to enjoy the courses and the support of all of the volunteers on dry pavement and without resorting to rain gear! It was great to see the support of our local Mayors and Councillors who joined us.

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Serving all of Durham Region

The final steps in the process to create the United Way of Durham Region have now been completed. For more than 40 years there were two United Ways serving in Durham. (The United Way of Oshawa/Whitby was created 70 years ago. It later added the communities of Clarington and the townships of Brock & Scugog) About 40 years ago the Ajax/Pickering United Way was formed, and Uxbridge was added a number of years ago. The Boards of both United Ways, working with the enthusiastic support of the United Way of Canada voted to take the necessary steps to form a single United Way.

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From the desk of the Intern

I have seen so much that I didn’t know about the United Way and how much they do for people. I had heard of them as many of us have but I never really knew what they were all about. I spent my first week here researching and finding out they work with close to 50 agencies here in our community many in which I had heard of from school, some of which I didn’t know worked with United Way at all...

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From the Desk of the intern part 2

Since January we have had a placement student work with us.  She has been a hardworking, dedicated individual who wanted to experience the fundraising side of working in the social services.  She has taken on many tasks such as event planning and donor relations.  Please read more to see her final review of placing with the United Way.  We will miss her!

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