INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

 

 

 

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United Way Campaign Set To Start

The statistics are staggering.
One in three people benefits
from the United Way.

“It could be your sister, your
son or an in-law," says McKendry,
Dean of Applied Programs, and co-
chair of Douglas College’s United
Way committee. "That’s pretty
sweeping. I was quite surprised
when I heard the figures."

It’s all the more reason why
McKendry hopes Douglas College
employees will support this year’s
United Way campaign.

"We're in the process of setting
up an on-campus fundraising com-
mittee," says McKendry. "In the
coming weeks, probably in Oc-
tober, we'll be announcing a noisy,
fun and attractive fundraising
event that I hope everyone will get
involved in."

“We haven’t set a goal a yet,
but we need to be realistic. Hope-
fully we can raise between $10,000
and $20,000. But participation is
the real goal."

All money raised on campus
will be donated to the Lower
Mainland’s United Way head-
quarters, which disburses funds to
89 agencies and services in the
Lower Mainland. The agencies

 

provide services to 500,000 local
people every year.

McKendry is chairing the
United Way Committee with Mark
Crozet, executive director of the
Douglas College Foundation.

 

agencies’ six Crisis Centres.
people in 1988.

Lower Mainland during 1988.

services for immigrants.

 

How United Way Agencies Respond

* Elizabeth Fry Society helped 27,963 clients through courtwork, shoplifter
counselling, outreach programs and group homes.

¢ CHIMO-Richmond Crisis Centre handled 18,522 calls on its crisis line
during 1988. Over 68,000 calls were handled through the United Way

e Surrey community Services provided suicide counselling for 3,944 local
e St. John Ambulance provided first-aid training for 135,200 people in the

¢ The Arthritis Society in 1988 provided over 25,000 treatments to Lower
Mainland patients, and received a total of 2,929 referrals to its
physiotherapy and occcupational therapy clinics.

¢« MOSAIC provides information, counselling and oral interpretation in 18
languages by professional staff; oral interpretation by volunteers is avail-
able in 70 languages. Six other United Way-funded agencies provide