The 2008 UNMC United Way campaign kicks off Monday.
UNMC has set an employee contribution goal of $140,980 for the 2008 drive, which ends Friday, Oct. 31.
To make donating more convenient for employees, UNMC will again conduct its campus United Way campaign electronically.
For the third-straight year, UNMC employees will be able to pledge online through an efficient, secure system that mirrors the traditional paper pledging system of years past.
On Monday, employees will receive a user name and password in an e-mail message sent to their UNMC e-mail account. A handful of UNMC employees who do not have a UNMC e-mail account will receive pledge cards to fill out.
Once again, employees can direct campaign contributions, which help support more than 150 health and human service programs across the Omaha-Council Bluffs-Bellevue metropolitan areas. Overall, the United Way hopes to raise $21.7 million for the community.
Campaign pledges, which can be made through UNMC’s payroll deduction, are automatically withdrawn beginning in January.
Those pledging by Oct. 17 will be eligible for weekly prize drawings that will be held on Fridays. Among the prizes available during this year’s drawings are tickets to Nebraska football games on:
- Oct. 25 against Baylor;
- Nov. 8 against Kansas; and
- Nov. 28 against Colorado.
Other prizes awarded during the drawings include gift certificates from Borsheim’s, Target, Best Buy, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Village Pointe Shopping Center and other businesses.
Drawing winners will be announced in UNMC Today.
A “no-pledge” option is available online for employees choosing not to donate this year. Individuals unable to contribute are still encouraged to access the eWay Web site and submit their “no donation” response to be eligible for the prize drawings.
For more information, contact Jill Carson, UNMC’s campaign manager, at 559-4694.