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January 10, 2002

Pitt United Way pushes to reach goal

The Pittsburgh campus's United Way campaign has raised $635,000 in gifts and pledges from faculty, staff, students and retirees.

That's $40,000 short of the campaign's $675,000 goal, so members of the campaign's steering committee this week are e-mailing and phoning previous donors who have not yet given.

"Because of your generous, past support, we ask you to consider helping us bridge this [$40,000] gap with a gift to the United Way by Jan. 31, 2002," stated a Jan. 7 e-mail from campaign co-chairs Jerry Martin, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and G. Reynolds Clark, executive director of Community and Governmental Relations.

Gifts may be made online at www.pitt.edu/~united. For a paper pledge form, call 412/624-5846 or send an e-mail to Jean McDonough at jean.mcdonough@ia.pitt.edu.

Pitt's United Way drive kicked off Oct. 10 with a breakfast for campaign leaders. The campaign was to have ended on Nov. 21 with a final report on Jan. 11.

"Sometimes, it takes a little longer to reach a campaign goal than originally planned," said Gerard J. LaVan, Pitt United Way campaign manager and associate vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement. "I'm pretty sure we'll get there. We haven't had problems in the past meeting our United Way goals."

Last year's Pittsburgh campus United Way campaign raised $655,700 and was one of the top 25 such campaigns in Allegheny County, receiving a Silver Award from the United Way for per capita giving in the $50-$99 range.

— Bruce Steele

Filed under: Feature,Volume 34 Issue 9

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