This year’s campus United Way Campaign chair is Phil Hartman (professor of biology and chair of TCU’s PreHealth Professions Advisory Committee), assisted by Nancy Styles (marketing & communication), campus campaign coordinator. Meetings can be scheduled for every area of campus, where faculty and staff will have an opportunity to learn more about United Way, the services provided, and how to make pledges to the 2009 United Way campaign.
Dr. Hartman states: “I hope you will join me in supporting the United Way. The needs are particularly acute this year, given a recent report indicating that charitable giving to human services fell by over 12% in 2008. I hope we can muster our Horned Frog Pride to buck this trend and achieve our target. Serving on the Board of Directors of the Child Study Center, a United Way partner agency, I regularly see our contributions in action. In this case, a team of caring and talented professionals works to help children with emotional and development abnormalities reach their potential. Please join me in helping the United Way continue to enrich the lives of many who live in Tarrant County.”
All faculty and staff should receive their packets by mail this year and again it will be possible to make your pledge online. Watch for an e-mail message from Dr. Hartman and United Way explaining the process and instructing users how to access the online donation form. TCU employees have several options for donations. They may select the payroll deduction method, credit card, cash or check or use the form to request billing from United Way.
Again this year, Tarrant County United Way is focusing on three issues: Education, Income and Health. They have also added special focuses of Homelessness and the Women’s Endowment Fund. There also are 43 community partner agencies and more than 100 United Way funded programs serving Tarrant County. For more information, call Nancy at ext. 7808.