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| May 9, 2009 |
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National Letter Carriers Food Drive
Each year the Letter Carriers and United Way band together to help the needy in our community. This year's food drive raised over 17,500 lbs of food and the proceeds were given to FISH, the local food pantry serving all of Knox County citizens in need.
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Share-A-Tree Program
Each year Target donates decorated Christmas trees to local not-for-profit organizations. Through a partnership with the United Way of Knox County, all 501(c)3 organizations are given an opportunity to request one of the trees. We salute the Target team for their enthusiasm and generous holiday gifts!
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| Holiday spirit at Target |
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| James (Terry) See, Galesburg Trainmaster, Cherie McClusky Galesburg Human Resources Manager and Ann Tucker, Executive Director, Knox County United Way. |
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| On June 11, 2008, the Chicago Division annual golf outing was held at Kewanee Dunes, in Kewanee, Illinois. The event was organized for the 8th year in a row by Trainmaster James (Terry) See (Galesburg) and his wife, Cookie. Seventy six golfers participated in the event consisting of both scheduled and exempt employees, contractors and vendors.
This year, Human Resources Manager, Cherie McClusky (Galesburg), sponsored a 50/50 raffle with proceeds benefiting the Knox County United Way. United Specialties Services of Galesburg, was the lucky winner of the drawing and graciously donated their half of the cash back to United Way.
Thanks to the contractors, vendors and employees of BNSF, a check for $286.00 was received by Ann Tucker, Executive Director, Knox County United Way.
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| Christmas Donations |
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| The Knox County Association, Home & Community Education donated Linus blankets to Catholic Charities to distribute to clients as Christmas presents.
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Caring Connections
The United Way of Knox County partners with The Register-Mail in sponsoring Caring Connections. If you or someone you know has a need that cannot be met by conventional means, ask your church or a local human service agency to send the request to the United Way of Knox County. It will then be printed in The Register-Mail so that anyone who can donate the item or provide assistance will be able to contact your agency.
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Emergency Food & Shelter Program
The EFSP Board, made up of seven human service agencies, distributes thousands of dollars for food, housing and utility assistance to people confronted by hunger and homelessness.
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