United Way kicks off 2007
fundraising campaign
ATU women ‘Sail for the Cure’
A group of women school bus drivers and their friends — including several cancer survivors — took part in Sail
for the Cure Sept. 23. The event raises money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which funds breast cancer
education and research. The drivers work for Portland Public Schools and are members of Amalgamated Transit
Union Local 757; the union’s Executive Board agreed to sponsor the boat with a $500 contribution. Sail for the
Cure, in its eighth year, is organized by the Oregon Women’s Sailing Association and takes place on the same day
as the better-known Komen Race for the Cure. This year, Sail for the Cure drew 61 boats and 362 participants,
raising about $35,000. An estimated 40,110 women and 470 men die of breast cancer every year in United States.
Participating in this year’s event were ATU members Nicky Barron (breast cancer survivor), Earlene Jansen
(skipper and boat owner), Helen Goché, Julie Higgins, Sharon Pierce, Pat Belz and Carolyn Carson (breast cancer
survivor); Sandy Van Baggen (PPS safety/training) and friends Lenore Cloney and Stephanie Fuller (lung cancer
survivor).
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United Way of the Columbia-
Willamette has kicked off its annual
fundraising campaign for 2007.
Union members and labor organi-
zations have always played an instru-
mental role in the campaign’s success,
which helps fund organizations and, in
turn, individuals in Multnomah,
Clackamas and Washington counties
in Oregon and Clark County, Wash.
“Labor’s annual support has made
it possible to reduce hunger, support
children’s health care, counsel teen-
agers in need, help people with dis-
abilities live their lives to the fullest
and make the lives of seniors healthier
and more fulfilling,” said Glenn
Shuck, executive director of Labor’s
Community Service Agency Inc.,
AFL-CIO. Shuck sits on the board of
directors of United Way.
As in the past, union members and
labor organizations can direct their do-
nations to the agency of their choice.
Because Labor’s Community Service
Agency is a contract agency of United
Way, donations can be earmarked
specifically to that agency.
“No contribution is too small.
Every dollar makes a difference,”
Shuck said.
To assure contributors that 100 per-
cent of their donations are going to
help those in need, United Way of the
Columbia-Willamette this year
launched Cornerstone Partners. The
program is a way for companies and
institutions to designate cash gifts to
underwrite the fundraising and operat-
ing portions of United Way of the Co-
lumbia-Willamette. Last year the or-
ganization spent 6.1 percent of its
contributions on administrative costs
and 10.1 percent on fundraising costs.
Last year’s campaign raised $17.1
million.
According to Brent Stewart, presi-
dent of United Way of the Columbia-
Willamette, a goal has been set to get
administrative costs down to 15 per-
cent.
Columbia-Willamette is the first
United Way agency in the Northwest
to employ the Cornerstone Program.
Fifteen other chapters (out of 1,300)
use the program.
“The end result is more dollars are
invested in the real long-term change
to improve people’s lives,” Shuck said.
“All union members who contribute to
United Way should know that every
penny they contribute will go to
strengthening their communities.”
Shuck is available to speak at union
meetings. He can be reached at 503-
231-4962.
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