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cent over 1986, and reaching 100 per cent
participation, thanks to ECC Cathy Vitale..
At Wholesale Marketing, Maureen Proctor
did it again by increasing donations 19 per
cent, to $1,866.

Mike Guraliuk was the key at Sauder
Industries, where the employees in the
Hardwood Panel Division more _ than
doubled their giving to $1,555. Whonnock

Industries’ mill passed last year's
achievement by almost $4,000. Norm
Halliday and Frank Lemesurier have

helped raise a whopping $15,000. Great
work!

A team of 33 dentists, hygienists and lab
technicians held a _ two-night telephone
follow-up on their canvass of people in the
dental professions. The reminders netted
a positive response from more than 200
people of the 350 who were called,
signalling exciting progress for their
campaign.

have increased their
participation to 67 per cent, and have
raised $11,300... In the Montreal Trust
campaign, the big prize for all United Way
donors will be a chance to get Bob
Buchanan, VP Personnel Services and
Branch Manager, as Slave For A Day ...

Reed Stenhouse,

The Little Engine that Could at Royal Trust
Express raised $12,937, along with
a similar corporate gift... A new branch of
MacLeod Young Weir in White Rock
thought they'd go for a $250 goal first
year. They collected $750... at their
downtown office they raised $7,678,
surpassing their $6,500 goal. Employees
of Richmond Savings Credit Union
surpassed their $10,000 goal by raising
$11,843. Great work!

Great achievements are being reported in
the federal goverment offices around town.
A sampling: Canadian Aviation Safety
Council held their first-ever campaign this
year, and raised $468 with 30 per cent
participation ... Communications Canada
went over goal 9 per cent, the Coast Guard
went over 31 per cent, Ports Canada went
up 7 points, and the Department of
Regional Industrial Expansion achieved a
12 per cent increase. In the large

 

Employment and Immigration Canada
organization, they've achieved almost 86
per cent of their $70,000 goal, and hope
to exceed it in the next few weeks. The -
Department of Supply and Services in
Richmond exceeded their goal by 30 per
cent, under the leadership of ECC Leslie
Sutton, and Brenda Aanestad, EEC of the
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
led her colleagues to surpass their goal by
a whopping 42 per cent!

BC Crown corporations are also having
successful campaigns, notably BC Systems
Corp, which tallied $4,901 on a goal of
$3861... BC Housing aimed for $7,000,
raised $9,000 and ECC Jana Davidson is
still going... And Molly Winkles, ECC at BC
Pavillion expected to raise $1,000 new
dollars from her colleagues, and ended up
with $72 above that amount.

Here's a quick round-up of results from
some of the municipal employee
campaigns around the Lower Mainland
(last year's totals in brackets): Burnaby,

$19,964 ($17,177); Delta, $10,197
($8,132); Langley District, $4,200
($3,967);North Van City, $7,000 and
counting ($5869); North Van District,
$7,000 ($6039); Port Coquitlam, $3,148
($2782); Richmond, $15,601
($11,355);and Surrey, $6,514 ($6136).
Great support from our _ municipal
employees!

 

In our last edition of Happenings, we
neglected to acknowledge the work of the
YMCA in organizing the Bedpan Relay,
which is a joint event with proceeds
shared between the Y and United Way.
Great work on a great event.

 

Published by

United Way

of the Lower Mainland
Communications Department
1625 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C., V6J 1T9
Telephone 731-7781