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The INDEPENDENT, June 5, 2003 Generous donations made a great activity From page 3 U nited W ay agencies. It w as dow n sig n ifica n tly because, d e spite the best efforts of c a m paign vo lu n te e rs and staff, the U nited W ay of C olum bia C o u n ty fell fa r sho rt of its goal fo r the first tim e in ten years. W hen you m eet o r exceed goal e ve ryon e ce le b ra te s, and the acco la d e s of the co m m u n i ty follow. W hen you fail to m eet goal, the ce le b ra tio n and a cco lades are m uted, though th e e f fort and the c o n trib u tio n s of those w ho vo lu n te e re d to lead the cam paig n, and th o se w ho pledged th e ir sup port to the ag encies, w as proba bly m ore heroic than usual. T h a t’s just hum an nature. The B oard of D irectors and the staff of R iversid e T raining C enters w ould like to do a sm all part to cha n g e that. W e w a n t to p u b lic ly a c k n o w le d g e and tha nk e ve ryon e w ho w o rke d on the 2 0 0 3 U nite d W ay C a m paign. W e w a n t to a ckn o w l edge and th a n k in a special w ay eve ry d o n o r to the U nited W ay ca m p a ig n w ho con tinue s to give so g e n e ro u sly to help the less fo rtu n a te in the c o m m unity even in the face of p e r son al u n certa inty. W e w o u ld like to p a rticu la rly th a n k those w ho serve on the U nited W ay Board of D irectors and the re view panel w h o had to listen night a fte r night to painful s to ries of needs, and then m ake very difficult fun d in g decisions. K udos to all of you! O u r focus at R iverside is not on how m uch w e w ere cut. O ur focus is on how de e p ly honored and tou che d w e are tha t the p e o p le of C o lu m b ia C o u n ty con tinue to sup port R iverside and all the agencies so g e n e r ously even in the face of great e co nom ic hardship! W hile w e are at it, we w ould also like to say a special tha nk you to e ve ryon e w ho serves in a v p lu n te e r le a d e rs h ip role, w h e th e r on one of the U nited W ay a g e n cy boards, o r on the board of a spe cial services d is trict^ o r on the school boards during these difficu lt tim es. W e w an( you to know that yo u r e f fo rts and yo u r lea dership are deeply a p pre ciated by all of us, e sp e cia lly w hen the task before you seem s im possible. L e t’s all m a ke a p o in t of show ing ou r sup port and sa y ing a personal “th a n k you" to those w hom w e know th a t are giving of th e ir tim e, and bearing the co n sid e ra b le stress of v o l un tee r leadership during these To the Editor: On behalf of the Jr M idgets B aseball league. I w ant to send a tha nk you to all the m em bers of the com m un ity w ho cam e out and supported o u r pop can drive in A pril. W e raised nearly $300 to be used for equipm ent and our e n d -o f-th e -ye a r picnic, raffle and fa m ily ball gam e. I also w ant to extend a big thank you to all of the in d ivid u als and bu sinesse s w hose d o nations m ade o u r event a huge success. B ecau se of all the ge nerous donatio ns and d is c o u n te d p ro d u c ts , v e ry little " ' a :•>: y- , <•; • A ’ -«y Kids (and adults) enjoyed a visit from Red Robin at T-Ball pic nic in Hawkins Park. Red Robin was just one of many donors who helped make the season very successful. difficult tim es. Al Soenneker Executive Director Riverside Training Ctrs, Inc. St. Helens Your generosity helps meet growing needs To the Editor: The V ernonia C ares Food B ank w ould like to tha nk the fo o d c o n trib u to rs and postal carriers fo r a successful Letter C arriers Food Drive on M ay 10. T h anks to you, 659 pounds of food w as added to y o u r local foo d pantry. O ur shelves w ere b e c o m in g e m p ty of c e rta in fo o d s an d y o u r a d d itio n of canned foods helped to m eet the need. T h a n k you, esp ecial ly to P eter O ’Leary, w ho head ed up this project. The nu m be r of clients c o n tinues to increase. In January, w e assisted 304 people; in Feb, 298; in M arch 321; in April 327; and in M ay 341. This continual clim b in the num ber of people needing food assistance tells us that w e ’re doing w hat w e’re supposed to be doing: helping feed the hungry of ou r co m m u nity. It takes both food and fu n d s to ke e p C a re s open. G ifts can be sent to Vernonia C ares, P.O. Box 126, Vernonia, O R 97064. All donations are tax deductible. W e also could use vo lu n teers. C ou ld you spare fo u r h o u rs a w e e k ? P le a se ca ll (5 0 3 -4 2 9 -1 4 1 4 ) o r co m e by 627 A dam s A venue (front entry of the Legion Hall, behind W est O re g o n E le c tric ) d u rin g ou r b u s in e s s ho u rs on T u e s d a y and Thursday, from 10 a.m . to 2 p.m . M any of you brought plastic and pa p e r sacks for us to use filling the grocery orders. Y our re s p o n s e w as great. Thanks! W e can still use more, especially pa per sacks. The Food B ank is you r hand e xte nd ed to th is com m unity. 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