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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.

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