{"id":117958,"date":"2019-05-15T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=117958"},"modified":"2019-05-15T23:24:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:24:29","slug":"united-way-campaign-sets-all-time-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/15\/united-way-campaign-sets-all-time-record\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way campaign sets all-time record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s United Way of Van Wert County campaign set an all-time record this year, raising a total or $513,762 for the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest previous campaign was 2006 when United Way raised $505,110 under the direction of Jan Hoblet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/United-Way-Van-Wert-County-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17650\" width=\"239\" height=\"121\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnder the leadership of Campaign Chair Tisha Fast and the many volunteer board members, we were able to make a difference for 29 United Way agencies this year,\u201d said United Way Executive Director Vicki Smith. \u201cThe campaign focus this year was increased involvement from the community, stressing that small contributions from a larger number of people can have a tremendous impact,\u201d Fast said. \u201cWe wanted to increase community support of the United Way\u2019s mission and develop a sense of \u2018how do we fit\u2019 and the response was overwhelming! Thank you from myself, the campaign committee, and the Van Wert County United Way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fiesta Fun Friday reverse raffle event held at Willow Bend Country Club May 3 was a great success, bringing in nearly $12,000 to help surpass this year\u2019s goal of $500,000. The $1,000 grand prize winner was Kyle Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ability to reach the goal set has been a great accomplishment,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe can say this is the largest campaign goal we have met; it has been a privilege to work with an amazing board, caring community, and great individuals that give unconditionally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on giving or to volunteer, contact the United Way of Van Wert County at 419.238.6689 or email&nbsp;<a>director@uwvwco.org<\/a>. People can also stop in at the United Way office, 136 E. Main St. in Van Wert. Check the organization out on Facebook and watch for its new campaign video for 2019-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information This year\u2019s United Way of Van Wert County campaign set an all-time record this year, raising a total or $513,762 for the campaign. The highest previous campaign was 2006 when United Way raised $505,110 under the direction of Jan Hoblet.&nbsp; \u201cUnder the leadership of Campaign Chair Tisha Fast and the many volunteer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 13:46:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}