Annual Report of 1999 - United Way of the Plains

What does a
year’s worth
of caring
look like?
1999
Annual Report
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of the Plains
portraits
of united way
report from the
chairman & president
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1999 at a glimpse
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campaign awards
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allocations
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directors
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report
from the chairman’s and
president’s point of view.
What a tremendous challenge it is to appreciate
what a year’s worth of caring really looks like. It seems
that, throughout the year, we often find ourselves increasingly overcome by details, meetings, and all manner of day to day events. All of which are extremely important. However, in doing so, we frequently lose sight
of, if only for a minute, the true reason we sweat the
details—a glimpse of the big picture of caring. The smile
on a child’s face. The relief in the eyes of a storm victim.
Or, a volunteer lending a hand.
President Patrick J. Hanrahan and Board of Directors
Chairman LeRoy Rheault
This past year witnessed an incredible outpouring of generosity and service. As we turn our thoughts to last May’s
tornado, it’s humbling for United Way to be a part of a community that so strongly unites to lift up those
weakened by a tragedy which physically rips a community apart. Moreover, the same expression that defined the
community during tragedies represented the spirit of caring throughout the entire year. It was a year of renewed
enthusiasm. By restructuring and retooling, we were able to progress our efforts in community planning and
volunteerism. A Director of Community Planning was appointed, leading the way for revitalized programs that
specifically meet the needs of the community. United Way addressed community foster care concerns and brought
together area foster care providers to uncover the crucial needs and then presented the findings to legislators.
Further efforts went toward enhancing the capabilities of the United Way Volunteer Center as we continue to
strengthen training programs and promote its resources. Planned giving continued to gain influence as we received notification of several individuals who set up planned gifts with United Way. We provided funds and gave
complete support to Project Access, a program developed by the medical community to provide free medical care
to the low-income uninsured.
We introduced the web site for United Way of the Plains and, with interactive services such as CareLink Online, it
provides another effective medium to reach out to the community. The implementation of CareLink Online on the
web site dramatically improved our United Way InfoLine efforts, enabling individuals to locate health and human
services any time, any day on the Internet. Similarly, CareLink On Disk in squad cars has given the Wichita police
an opportunity to locate help quickly for those they encounter with special needs.
Now, we look forward and contemplate the future of caring. Taking steps to ensure continued success to the
community, we have developed a Strategic Plan that details the direction of United Way of the Plains for the next
3-5 years.
Finally, we want to extend our special thanks to the many of you who possess the vision of building a stronger
community. This incredible outreach would not have been possible without the overwhelming generosity of south
central Kansas. Together, United Way and you have the power to shape what a year’s worth of caring looks like for
many years to come.
LeRoy E. Rheault
Chairman of the Board
Patrick J. Hanrahan
President
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community
accomplishing common goals…
uncommonly well.
Medical care to the
uninsured. Project Access is a program organized by the Medical Society of Sedgwick
County to provide free medical care to the lowincome uninsured. United Way allocated $120,000
in funds for the program’s core office and staff
support. Project Access is also receiving support
from city and county governments, the state
Social and Rehabilitation Service, area hospitals,
pharmacies and community-based clinics. The extensive support received from the medical community made this program a success in just the
first four months of operation. Collectively, 424
physicians contributed more than $180,000 worth
of donated medical services and local hospitals
provided more than $600,000 in donated services.
A paradigm of collaboration, Project Access nurtured a special relationship with the medical community and allowed the United Way to share a
common goal with area physicians.
Innovative and
rejuvenated programs
exemplified community planning throughout
Focusing on what was best for
children in foster care, United Way brought
various foster care providers together and testified before state
legislators on the needs surrounding the foster care system.
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1999. Complemented by the addition
of a Director of Community Planning,
United Way’s community efforts
moved forward with renewed passion
and an unparalleled spirit of caring.
Community Planning
Activities
Project Access
Foster Care
Community Assessment Unit
Communities That Care
School Survey
Homeless Database
Facilitated Community Evaluation
for HUD’s SuperNOFA Process
Monitoring Welfare Reform
Consortiums, Coalitions
& Collaborations
Children’s Mental Health Coalition
Consortium on Parenting Education
Crossroads Committee
Emergency Assistance Network
FEMA
HOLA (Hispanic Organization for
Latino Advancement)
Homeless Coalition
Literacy Network
Male Focus Groups
Multi-Cultural Coalition
Parents University
Runaway & Homeless Youth
Action Team
Sedgwick County Early Childhood
Development Coordinating Council
Wichita’s Promise,
The Alliance For Youth
Youth Activity Advancement
Alliance
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resources
easy access…any time,
any day assistance.
Find help fast with
United Way CareLink
Online. Taking advantage of the
timeliness and accessibility of the
Internet, United Way introduced
CareLink Online to connect people with
hundreds of local services. Utilizing a key
word search, computer users can quickly
locate hundreds of agencies that provide
help such as literacy tutoring, job training, family counseling and more. Additionally, CareLink Online has the capacity to expand beyond Sedgwick and the
seven surrounding counties and link users
with programs throughout the state—
the service already includes programs
from Wichita County in western Kansas.
United Way CareLink on police car computers.
The Wichita Police
Department loaded United Way’s CareLink On Disk onto each of their squad car’s laptop computers.
Equipping police cars with CareLink enables officers to quickly find programs that meet people’s needs.
CareLink On Disk is a stand-alone program that complements the online version by providing computer
access to CareLink’s database of local programs.
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volunteerism
touching individuals.
connecting the community.
Record breaking 516
students volunteered a day during their
spring break to participate in the sixth annual
United Way Youth Day of Caring on March 26.
Given a special opportunity to give back to their
community, students spent the day performing activities that ranged from painting a house
to assisting seniors with home repairs, from
cleaning up neighborhoods to cleaning up
campsites. Together with United Way Volunteer Center, area youth planned and participated in 33 projects for 28 local agencies.
Operation “Building Bookworms.”
Coordinated by United Way Volunteer
Center, Make A Difference Day volunteers embarked on a mission to make a difference for school
children. Nearly 200 volunteers spent the day building bookcases, making homework supply boxes and
sorting books at the Evergreen Recreation Center on October 23.
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Group Projects
Coordinated by United
Way Volunteer Center
(number of participants in parentheses)
Collegiate Upper School (150)
Connect With A Kid Mentor
Week (250)
Kansas Christian Teen
Convention (800)
Riverlawn Christian Church (150)
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic
School (225)
United Methodist Confirmation
Rally (600)
Grants Awarded and
Administered
Corporation for National Service
awarded for Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day of Service – $3,500
Kansas Health Foundation
awarded for Prudential Youth
Leadership Institute
(2-year grant) – $8,000
Kansas Health Foundation
awarded to United Way Volunteer
Center – $408,435 (second year of
three-year grant)
Learn & Serve awarded to expand
Youth Day of Caring – $250
Points of Light Foundation
awarded for AmeriCorps
Promise Fellow – $10,075
Wal-Mart awarded for Make a
Difference Day – $1,000
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relief
lending a hand. supplying the
strength to move forward.
Redefining the “value” in
Give Items of Value, the United
Way GIV Program once again displayed the unmatched generosity of our community—distributing donated items valued at more than $1.4
million to 121 different agencies (up from
$615,700 in 1998). United Way GIV Program
along with the community personified the
power of giving throughout the year. Also
emerging at special times of need, GIV gathered and distributed more than $500,000 worth
of items needed for the May 3 tornado victims
and distributed a truckload of Barbie dolls,
worth $500,000, for many needy and grateful
children at Christmas.
Providing air-conditioning units and workers, AFL-CIO Community Service
Labor Liaison together with United Way helped the United Methodist Urban Ministry’s Homeless Drop In
Center maintain operations after their outdated cooling system failed. The labor liaison also worked yearround to encourage more volunteerism in local unions by setting up disaster teams and community service
committees, as well as working to keep all informed of community activities through the creation of the
Community Service Newsletter. What’s more, preparing for future emergencies, International Association of
Machinists #70 became a local disaster headquarters, equipped for the Disaster Response Network from the
American Red Cross.
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Easing the pain of the May 3 tornado,
the community contributed $396,417
through the United Way Tornado Relief Fund, which was allocated to seven different agencies that provided
service to those effected by the storm. United Way’s GIV Program also distributed more than $500,000 worth
of products such as gloves, cleaning supplies, toiletries, yard/trash bags and plastic sheeting for disaster relief.
Coordinating volunteer
efforts for tornado cleanup,
United Way Volunteer Center set up a central location that coordinated more than 1000 volunteers
to help those effected in Haysville and south
Wichita. United Way also provided an opportunity
for service providers to share results and concerns
through weekly update meetings.
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planned
leaving agiving
legacy.
welcoming a future of hope.
Planned giving
makes a lasting impact
on the community. Many
special individuals contributed to the
Forever Fund, United Way of the Plains’
endowment, during 1999. Through
these charitable donations, including
memorials, tribute gifts and will/trust
gifts, United Way is dedicated to keeping community services strong for
future generations.
Touch so many lives, in so many ways. United Way recognizes and understands the many choices and decisions involved with planning for the future. The planned giving
program preserves a commitment to the community and respects ones wishes by offering a number of
ways to include the community in an estate plan—from income-earning gifts to gifts of specific property and various other types of bequests. Whichever manner preferred, it’s certain that each gift will
continue to change lives for years to come.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Society
Members of the national Alexis de
Tocqueville Society are leaders in the
spirit of giving, contributing annual
donations of $10,000 or more to their
United Way. The following members
are examples of what a year’s worth
of caring looks like:
Ordre de Liberté
Russ and Helen Meyer
Cessna Aircraft Company
Membres de la Société
Marvin and Bobbie Bastian
Fidelity Bank
Robert M. Beren
The Robert M. Beren Foundation
Sheldon and Kathy Coleman
Pat and Renée Hanrahan
United Way of the Plains
Raytheon Aircraft Company
Charles and Patricia Harris
Vulcan Chemicals
Darlene and Ric Knorr
DK Consulting
HQS&C Management Company, LLC
Charles and Liz Koch
Koch Industries, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Oliver, Jr.
Scott and Carol Ritchie
Phil Ruffin
The Ruffin Companies
Mark and Melinda Schweibold
Cessna Aircraft Company
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Smith
Range Oil Company, Inc.
Velma Lunt Wallace
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campaign
raising awareness.
surpassing our goal.
Campaign roared to new record. Due to the overwhelming generosity of south central
Kansas, the United Way campaign once again surpassed goal. Totaling $14,622,430, the fund-raising efforts
exceeded its goal by more than $120,000 through the leadership of Peter E. Pitz, campaign chairman.
Pacesetter companies hit new high.
After being kicked off at a Wichita Wranglers baseball game the
1999 Pacesetter Campaign swung into action with campaigns averaging a 24 percent increase over 1998 pledges. A total of $1,142,292
was raised from the following 17 companies: AmeriServe Food Distribution
Company, Inc. - Wichita • Associated Advertising Agency, Inc. •
Bombardier Aerospace Learjet • Burnham Products, Inc. •
Business Systems, Inc. • Commercial Federal Bank • Davis-Moore
Auto Group • EMC Insurance Companies • Fahnestock Heating & Air
Conditioning, Inc. • Kansas Gas Service - A Division of ONEOK •
Kansas Masonic Home • Morrison & Hecker, L.L.P. • Peterson,
Peterson & Goss, L.C. • Royal Caribbean International • Sedgwick
County • Wesley Medical Center • York Unitary Products Group.
Young leaders strengthen the community. Whether volunteering their time or
sharing in gifts, the Young Leaders Association provides the community with unparalleled support and leadership—sponsoring community services, social activities and “Lunches with Leaders.” The association consists of 173 members who contributed more than $170,000 in 1999 under the leadership of John C. Clevenger,
who has been the chair since its inception in 1997.
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Spirit of Caring Award
Winners
United Way’s most prestigious award
recognizes organizations for their
outstanding community support.
Each year a panel of volunteer judges
selects recipients based on a combination of the following criteria: percentage of employee giving potential, per capita corporate gift, and
level of involvement in United Way
activities.
Winners:
Large Organization
QuikTrip Corporation
Medium Organization
Commerce Bank, Wichita
Small Organization
Baird, Kurtz & Dobson
Nonprofit & Government
American Red Cross,
Midway-Kansas Chapter
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marketing
a powerful message
that brings us together.
A moving billboard.
United Way gained year-round exposure as the “Building a
Better Community, Together” billboard moved to prime locations along Kellogg Avenue. The
billboard was made possible due to the donation of space from Bank of America, INTRUST Bank
and Donrey Out-Of-Home Media, and sign production from Donrey Out-Of-Home Media.
New look to banners.
United Way attracted attention with the new, purple banners
that were hung along downtown streets. Area businesses purchased the banners and Multimedia Cablevision
donated the installation.
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generosity
south central kansas
1999 Campaign Awards
United Way of the Plains appreciates the excep-
Episcopal Social Services
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
Fahnestock Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Wichita Business Journal
Family Consultation Services, Inc.
Gold Awards
tional participation of the following companies in
Grant Thornton LLP
the 1999 campaign.
Huber, Inc.
International Brotherhood of
The Award of Excellence is bestowed upon those
companies reaching 90 percent or more of their
potential*; the Gold Award goes to those attain-
Electrical Workers Local Union 271
INTRUST Bank, N.A. - Haysville
INTRUST Bank, N.A. - Valley Center
JCPenney Company Towne West
ing 75 to 89 percent of potential; the Silver Award
Kamen Wiping Materials Co., Inc.
goes to companies at 50 to 74 percent; and the
Kansas School for Effective Learning (KANSEL)
Bronze Award is for those companies at 40 to 49
Kirkpatrick, Sprecker & Co., LLP
percent of potential.
KPMG LLP
The Law Company, Inc.
Award of Excellence
LS Industries
All-Weather Products Co., Inc.
Medical Service Bureau
Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C.
Milling Precision Tool Corporation
American Red Cross, Midway-Kansas Chapter
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Service
The Arc of Sedgwick County
Preferred Health Systems, Inc.
Baird, Kurtz & Dobson
QuikTrip Corporation
Bank of America
Rainbows United, Inc.
Berry Companies, Inc.
Rehab Mobility
Berry Material Handling
Sedgwick County Risk Management
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County, Inc.
Sheplers, Inc.
Boy Scouts of America, Quivira Council
Stanion Wholesale Electric Company
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas
Sunflower Supply Company
Burnham Products, Inc.
Target Stores-Wichita West
Business Systems, Inc.
UMB Bank
Capitol Federal Savings
Unirex, Inc.
Center Industries Corporation
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas
Cereal Food Processors, Inc.
United Way of the Plains
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas
Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Check Center
Chisholm Trail State Bank
Commerce Bank, Wichita
Communities in Schools of Wichita/Sedgwick
County, Inc.
ConnectCare
Dane Design
DeVore & Sons, Inc.
District Lodge #70 International Association
of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
International Union
EMC Insurance Companies
*A
company’s potential is equal to its annual payroll
multiplied by .006, which is what could be raised if each
employee gave one hour’s pay per month.
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Airxcel, Inc. RV Products Division
AmeriServe Food Distribution
Company, Inc. - Wichita
Associated Advertising Agency, Inc.
Berry Tractor and Equipment Company
Catholic Charities, Inc.
Child Care Association of Wichita/Sedgwick County
CoBank
Delta Dental Plan of Kansas
Direct Mail Printers, Inc.
Downtown Day Care Center, Inc.
Great Plains Ventures, Inc.
P.B. Hoidale Co., Inc.
INTRUST Bank, N.A. - Wichita
KETCH (the major project of the Kansas
Elks Association)
Law/Kingdon, Inc.
Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas
Mid America Credit Union
Nies Enterprises
Pennypower
Sedgwick County Department on Aging
Sedgwick County Manager's Office
Summerfield Hotel Corporation
Target Stores-Wichita East
Trinity Day Care & Preschool
Western Uniform & Towel Service, Inc.
White Star Machinery & Supply
Wichita Baseball, Inc.
The Wichita Eagle
Silver Awards
Goldsmith’s, Inc.
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
Hospice Incorporated
Aerospace Systems & Components, Inc.
JCPenney Company Towne East
Aircraft Instrument & Radio Co., Inc.
JR Custom Metal Products, Inc.
Allied Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Kansas Social & Rehabilitation Services
American Family Insurance
Kennedy and Coe, LLC
American Red Cross - Central Plains Blood Region
Multimedia Cablevision
Arthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter
Newman University
Best Buy-East
Old Cowtown Museum
Buckley Roofing Company, Inc.
Poe & Associates of Kansas, Inc.
Daland Corporation
Protection One, Inc.
Dillard's Towne East
Security Savings Bank
Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc.
Sedgwick County Comcare
Emprise Bank
Sedgwick County Election Office
EXCEL Corporation
Sedgwick County Environmental Resources
Fidelity Bank
Sedgwick County Park
First United Methodist Church
Sisters of St. Joseph
Foley Equipment Company
Southwestern Bell & Communications Workers
Golden Rule Plan - Raytheon Aircraft Company
GT Sales & Manufacturing, Inc.
Kansas Children’s Service League
Vulcan Chemicals
Kansas Gas Service - A Division of ONEOK
Wichita Children’s Home
KGE
York Unitary Products Group
Lubrication Engineers, Inc.
Manning & Smith Insurance, Inc.
Price Brothers Equipment Co.
Loaned Executives
The Salvation Army
Loaned Executives are loaned from or spon-
Sedgwick County Appraiser's Office
sored by local companies during the general
Sedgwick County Human Resources
campaign. The following 17 companies sup-
Sedgwick County Lake Afton Park
ported 27 LEs in 1999:
Sedgwick County Information and Operations
American Red Cross, Midway-Kansas Chapter
Senior Services, Inc. of Wichita
Bank of America
Sullivan Higdon & Sink, Inc.
Berry Companies, Inc.
Sunflower Bank
The Boeing Company
United Parcel Service
Bombardier Aerospace Learjet
Urban League of Wichita, Inc.
Cessna Aircraft Company
Wichita Area Girl Scout Council
City of Wichita
Willis Corporation of Kansas, Inc.
INTRUST Bank, N.A.
Bronze Awards
Kansas Gas Service
ARAMARK Business Services
Bombardier Aerospace Learjet Care Fund
Case Wichita Products Center
Cessna United Friendship Fund
Dondlinger & Sons Construction Company, Inc.
Employees Community Fund of Boeing Wichita
Farmland Foods, Inc.
The 1999 Capt. Laurie Green Award for
outstanding loaned executive was
awarded to Michael L. Anderson,
sponsored by The Boeing Company.
of America Local #6402
Star Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.
Metal-Fab, Inc.
Capt. Laurie Green
Award
KGE
QuikTrip Corporation
Raytheon Aircraft Company
Sedgwick County
State of Kansas
Vulcan Chemicals
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita Public Schools
John E. Rees II Award
The 1999 John E. Rees II Award for
the most impressive United Way campaign in a law firm went to Foulston
& Seifkin L.L.P.
Aaron Joel Smith
Memorial Volunteer
Scholarship
Students who exemplify the true
meaning of volunteerism are rewarded
for their efforts through scholarships.
The scholarship recipients were:
$1000 Winner
Emily Davis, East High School
$600 Winner
Cindy Tran, Heights High School
$400 Winner
Saideh Eftekhari, East High School
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allocations
helping a community
in need.
Member Agencies
1999 Approved Allocation*
American Red Cross, Midway-Kansas Chapter ............................... $1,653,433
The Arc of Sedgwick County ........................................................... 184,355
Arthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter .............................................. 111,198
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County, Inc. .............................. 454,553
Boy Scouts of America, Quivira Council ............................................ 349,012
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas ........................................ 320,250
Catholic Charities, Inc. .................................................................. 541,144
Child Care Association of Wichita/Sedgwick County .......................... 220,417
Communities In Schools of Wichita/Sedgwick County, Inc. ................. 251,068
ConnectCare ................................................................................. 107,500
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, Inc. .............................................. 157,382
Episcopal Social Services ................................................................ 110,000
Family Consultation Service ........................................................... 288,242
Hospice Incorporated .................................................................... 211,868
Kansas Children’s Service League .................................................... 299,105
Kansas School for Effective Learning (KANSEL) ................................. 164,061
KETCH (the major project of the Kansas Elks Association) ....................72,631
McConnell Air Force Base Youth Program ............................................30,000
Medical Service Bureau .................................................................. 235,024
Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas ........................... 206,358
Rainbows United, Inc. ................................................................... 919,530
Roots & Wings, Inc. ....................................................................... 112,495
The Salvation Army ....................................................................... 632,392
Senior Services, Inc. of Wichita ...................................................... 253,307
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas ...................................................... 323,468
United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita..................................... 208,782
Urban League of Wichita ................................................................ 278,918
Wichita Area Girl Scout Council ...................................................... 343,862
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center ................................................. 142,817
Wichita Child Guidance Center ........................................................ 345,380
Wichita Children’s Home ................................................................ 226,246
YMCA .......................................................................................... 278,479
Subtotal .............................................................................. $10,033,277
*Unaudited – Includes supplemental agency allocations
Complete audits of the financial records of United Way of the Plains are conducted
annually by an independent certified public accounting firm and are available at the
United Way office, 245 N. Water, Wichita, Kansas.
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88%
Helps People
in Need
12%
Administrative
Costs
Partners in Business & Industry
American Cancer Society Heartland Division Inc. .............................. 511,981
American Heart Association, Sedgwick County Division ..................... 496,336
Subtotal ................................................................................ $1,008,317
Assisting
the
Elderly
Dwane L. Wallace Youth Venture Grants
Catholic Charities, Inc. – Snap 2 ........................................................... 800
Catholic Charities, Inc. – Educational Arts .............................................. 590
Hospice Incorporated – Grief Camp .................................................... 1,010
Medical Service Bureau – Childrens’ Unmet Health Needs ...................... 2,000
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center – Art Therapy ................................ 1,650
Wichita Metropolitan Family – Kid’s House ............................................. 950
Subtotal ....................................................................................... $7,000
Fostering
Health &
Independence
Special Grants & Projects
Aaron Joel Smith Memorial Volunteer Scholarship ................................ 4,500
Project Access .............................................................................. 120,000
United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita.......................................21,820
The Winter Overflow Homeless Shelter ................................................ 7,500
Subtotal ................................................................................... $153,820
Meeting
Basic
Needs
Community Services
Community Planning & Resources ................................................... 139,869
Labor Relations ...............................................................................71,451
United Way Give Items of Value (GIV) ................................................ 25,393
United Way InfoLine ..................................................................... 151,349
United Way Volunteer Center .......................................................... 154,259
United Way at Work ........................................................................ 27,989
Subtotal ................................................................................... $570,310
Nurturing
Children
& Youth
United Way Administration
Campaign ..................................................................................... 949,265
Management & General .................................................................. 970,368
Subtotal ................................................................................ $1,919,633
Pledge Loss
Pledge Loss Reserve ....................................................................... 936,528
Subtotal ................................................................................... $936,528
Strengthening
Families
Total ................................................................................... $14,628,885
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leadership
making a difference today.
building for tomorrow.
Executive Committee
Chair
LeRoy E. Rheault
President & CEO
Via Christi Health System
First Vice Chair
Alan L. Rupe
Partner, Husch & Eppenberger, L.L.C.
Second Vice Chair & Allocations Chair
Marlon Dauner
President, Preferred Health Systems
Treasurer
Peter Redman, Community Volunteer
Assistant Treasurer
David L. Strohm
President & CEO, TrueNorth, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair
Robert J. O’Brien
Health Affairs Consultant
Preferred Health Systems
Campaign Chair
Peter Pitz
President & Publisher
The Wichita Eagle
Capital Funds Chair
Dennis Keenan
Director - Corporate Business Plans
Raytheon Aircraft Company
Community Planning Chair
S. Edwards Dismuke, M.D., MSPH
Professor & Chairman, Dept. of
Preventive Medicine, University of
Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Direct Services Chair
John Hartman, Community Volunteer
Human Resources Chair
Mike Turner
Director of Human Resources
Wichita State University
Marketing Committee Chair
Vera Bothner
Public Relations Consultant
Kansas Health Foundation
Strategic Planning Chair
Steve Houlik
Certified Public Accountant
Allen, Gibbs & Houlik
Appointees of the Chair (At Large)
Theron Black
Auditor
International Association of Machinists &
Aerospace Workers International Union
Patricia M. Dengler
Attorney at Law
Brown, Dengler, Good & Rider
Gregg L. Lesh
Community Bank President
INTRUST Bank Haysville & Valley Center
Directors
Richard Aldrich
President, Wichita-Hutchinson Labor
Federation of Central Kansas AFL-CIO
John Ast
Operations Director/Site Manager
LSI Logic
Annette Beck*
Chairman of the Board & President, KGE
VP, Customer Service, Western Resources
Clarence J. Brown
Recording Secretary
Wichita-Hutchinson Labor Federation of
Central Kansas AFL-CIO
Frankie M. Brown
Assistant Director of Human Resources
Wichita State University
Tom Cronk, Community Volunteer
Sue Dondlinger
Chair, Division of Business and CIS
Newman University
Ron Eldridge
Grand Lodge Special RepresentativeSouthern Territory, International Association
of Machinists, District #70
Carl W. Fitch, Sr.
President & CEO, Wesley Medical Center
Barbara Fuller
President
United Teachers of Wichita
Michael C. Germann
Director, Communications & Government
Affairs, The Boeing Company
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Ivonne Goldstein, Community Volunteer
Joye Haneberg
Executive Vice President/Retail Banking
Emprise Bank
Gary Hay
CEO, Cessna Aircraft Company
John G. Himmel
Chairman & CEO, Commerce Bank, N.A.
Arnold Hudspeth
Division Controller, Multimedia Cablevision
Ed Miller
Vice President - Corporate Services
Willis Corporation of Kansas, Inc.
John E. Moore
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Cessna Aircraft Company
Tim Norton
Mayor, City of Haysville
Marilyn Pauly
President, Bank of America
Kathleen M. Perez, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Wichita State University
Anthony R. Ross*
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Wichita State University
Dr. Donna Sweet
University of Kansas
School of Medicine - Wichita
Paul N. Tobia
Plant Manager, Vulcan Chemicals
Gracia Toubia-Stucky
Director of Marketing, Latour Management
Cheri M. Updegraff
Certified Public Accountant
Updegraff & Updegraff, C.P.A.’s
Judith C. Ward
American Postal Workers, #735
Deborah Watson
Executive Vice President
Communication Workers of America #6402
Linda Weir-Enegren
President, LS Industries
Jim Ziegler
Vice President & General Manager
Bombardier Aerospace Learjet
*Directors who served partial term during 1999.
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