{"id":50451,"date":"2014-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/17\/united-way-day-3-why-i-am-a-supporter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:48:44","slug":"united-way-day-3-why-i-am-a-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/17\/united-way-day-3-why-i-am-a-supporter\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Day 3: Why I am a supporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>UNMC is currently taking part in the 2014 United Way Campaign. Each week during the campaign, we will feature a member of the UNMC community who is a United Way supporter.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we meet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Tom O&#8217;Connor\n<li><b>Department:<\/b> UNMC Public Relations\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Favorite United Way community partners:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Although I leave my United Way donation undesignated, so that the organization can allocate my gift to the causes they see fit, three UW community partners I particularly admire are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Red Cross\n<li>American Heart Association\n<li>Salvation Army\n<\/ul>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"99ccff\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nThe running total<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nAs of 3 p.m. Tuesday, UNMC achieved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donations of $73,717, nearly 50 percent of the campaign goal of $150,000.\n<li>Employee participation of 16 percent. Last year, there was 42 percent participation &#8212; that should be an easy number to break. Remember, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/net.unmc.edu\/eserv\/\">UNMC eServ<\/a> website to choose not to donate counts as participation!\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<b>I support the United Way because:<\/b><br \/>\nI have been a United Way supporter for nearly 40 years. I worked as a United Way loaned executive many years ago, and it was an eye-opening experience. I saw firsthand the number of lives United Way touches in our local community through the many organizations it supports and the services it provides. I truly believe that United Way is the best donation one can make to benefit the community. There is no better way to help people, because United Way touches everybody.  <\/p>\n<p><b>To join me in supporting the United Way:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/net.unmc.edu\/eserv\/\">link<\/a>. (The link will take you to UNMC eServ page.)\n<li>Enter your UNMC username and password.\n<li>Click on the United Way link and participate today!\n<li>New this year: Credit card donations are accepted!\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"mr z Q eDGq HeF oAhVT s wnxpoB\">mr z Q eDGq HeF oAhVT s wnxpoB<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNMC&#8217;s Tom O&#8217;Connor takes time out to talk about why the United Way is an important force for good in our 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