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Tocqueville Luncheon

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shannon_2010 by Shannon Harmon
Leadership Giving Director
Women’s Leadership Council/Tocqueville Society

Serving as Chair of the Tocqueville Society, Ron Jibson, Chairman, President, and CEO of Questar Corporation, is leading an effort to reimagine this donor network. A newly formed committee has established a goal to create events and exclusive outlets for members that encourage greater investment and a stronger affinity to the goals and mission of United Way. These events are also intended to appeal to prospects and members and create a place where everyone can network, socialize, and see their investment in action—literally changing the odds for children and families in our community!

ZY 3As a way to kick-off the effort to reimagine Tocqueville Society, Tom Love, Sean Slatter, and Ron Jibson recently held luncheons for Tocqueville Society members.  The luncheons were an invaluable opportunity for members to gather in a small intimate setting to get to know one another and give feedback on how best to increase engagement of members of this network.

A big thank you to Sean and Ron for hosting at ZY Restaurant and Alta Club! We’d also like to thank Tocqueville members who attended and gave us feedback.  We are looking forward to a great year of opportunities tailored to fit the needs, interests and availability for members of Tocqueville.

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Tocqueville Society is comprised of philanthropists who demonstrate extraordinary generosity by investing $10,000 or more annually. These caring individuals make an outstanding commitment to improving the quality of life in our community. To learn more about Tocqueville Society or any of our other donor networks, please contact Shannon Harmon, Leadership Giving Director at shannon@uw.org, or 801-736-7704.

SimplexGrinnell Extends Campaign!

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timTim Harrison
Resource Development Executive

This week, SimplexGrinnell decided to extend their month-long campaign by a week because they’ve seen such strong support helping their local United Ways.  The Salt Lake office of SimplexGrinnell ramped up their efforts this year with a special emphasis on ensuring their employees knew that their donations will stay right in the surrounding communities. We appreciate the passion and strong testimonials of those running the campaign.

Last year, SimplexGrinnell employees raised over $150,000 for United Ways in the US and Canada with about half of those funds being directed to the United Way Youth Venture Initiative.  This youth-led enterprise focuses on empowering kids to be change makers, regardless of their age.

United Way of Salt Lake and our partners indeed know the power of our youth.

We appreciate the enthusiasm and generosity local SimplexGrinnell employees showed this month—congratulations on your best campaign yet!

24 Hour Fitness: Creating Healthy Behaviors!

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United Way of Salt Lake believes that creating healthy behaviors and attitudes can lead to a healthier life overall, and this week 24 Hour Fitness affirmed that they share this belief.  Thanks to Wellness Manager and Corporate Trainer Melissa Cox, 24 Hour Fitness is taking a greater interest than ever in our community.

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Although 24 Hour Fitness is new to working with UWSL, they have certainly jumped in with both feet.  In our overall objectives of education, income and health, 24 Hour Fitness has decided to focus their energies on the “health” aspect of our pipeline, aligning their own values with those of United Way.

This week, 24 Hour Fitness came out to United Way to talk to our own employees about their commitment to become involved with our programs and to share some advice on health and wellness.

 

Their plans for involvement in United Way and the community are exciting.  In addition to running a workplace giving campaign, 24 Hour Fitness is planning to start volunteer projects at our neighborhood centers that would engage children not only in fun exercise programs, but also in discussions about nutrition, fitness and overall wellness.  They are also looking at sponsoring a 5k run in the fall for both their employees and patrons, with the proceeds going to United Way of Salt Lake!

After highlighting their future plans with United Way, Melissa and two of her trainers spoke to us about wellness topics.  While covering varied subjects such as general nutrition, diet myths, vegetarian proteins, and office exercises, Melissa and her training team answered questions and gave demonstrations.  After all, if we hope to successfully encourage healthy habits and behaviors in our community at large, then it is certainly a good idea to look inwards and make sure that we are working towards a healthier lifestyle for ourselves.  This is what it means to LIVE UNITED.  And I, for one, am sitting up a little straighter today!  Thank you, 24 Hour Fitness!

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UWSL Employees “Change the Odds” During Our Internal Campaign!

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alison_2011by Alison Cundiff
Resource Development Executive

Last week was an exciting one here at UWSL! We held our annual workplace giving campaign where we got the chance to raise money for our work in the community. UWSL employees generously gave of their own means as well as solicited friends and family to give through Teamraiser, an online fundraising tool. Campaign activities included a kick-off breakfast with a presentation from Zenia Frendt, a leadership tour at Granite Park Jr. High, a delicious potluck, Minute to Win It games, a silent auction, opportunity drawing, and an incredible casino-games wrap-up party!

UWSL employees, friends, and family were able to raise over $64,000 for our campaign which goes right back in to the community to help us change the odds for children and families! I personally was blown away by my fellow coworker’s passion for and generosity towards our work! It is a privilege to work with such outstanding people!

A huge thank you to Stacey Earle, Operations Director at UWSL, and her campaign committee for planning such a fun and successful campaign!

Thank you to all who donated items for our auction or raffle, or contributed in other ways to our campaign! We couldn’t have done it without you!

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Tracking the Importance of Afterschool Activities at Guadalupe

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elwood-brandonby Brandon Elwood
Guadalupe Community School Coordinator

Data is a big part of the culture at Guadalupe School. Ernie Nix, principal of Guadalupe School, has declared that the school is “Going Green.” This doesn’t mean that Guadalupe is going paperless or installing solar panels. Instead, “Going Green” means that the students of Guadalupe are working to become proficient, or “green,” in all core subjects.

United Way of Salt Lake has provided Guadalupe with a dynamic online tool, ClientTrack, to measure the progress of the afterschool students. Students that participate in the afterschool program have been targeted for this programming because they are either in the “red” (well below proficiency) or “yellow” (below proficiency). With ClientTrack, Guadalupe will be following the progress of the afterschool students, and aligning strategies, partnerships, and programs in order to aid students in their quest to “Go Green!” The system is speeding up the process of how the afterschool staff enroll new students, take attendance, and take note of which students respond to different activities.

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The combination of a data culture with a new technology is helping Guadalupe boost student achievement and provide new examples for how data can drive community change.