Campaign of the Year - Companies with More than 100 Employees

by Nicole Milbradt, Sr. Marketing Associate & Events Manager

The second category of nominees is the Campaign of the Year for Companies with more than 100 employees. Campaign awards recognize outstanding companies who demonstrate excellence in the conduct of their workplace campaigns. And the nominees are…

Concrete Technology Corporation – This company rose to the occasion despite the economic conditions, running one of their best campaigns ever. They raised more this year than in 2008 even though they lost one third of their staff.

Costco Wholesale – Puyallup – Costco ran an outstanding campaign in 2009, incorporating agency tours and presentations that helped employees truly understand the needs of our community. The result, the most significant increase in giving the organization has seen.

Mutual of Enumclaw – Another organization that saw big increase was Mutual of Enumclaw. A very active company in the Enumclaw community, they gave generously this year, increasing their campaign 148 percent.

Umqua Bank (formerly Rainer Pacific Bank) – A dedicated group of coordinators made this year’s campaign an active one. Fundraisers from breakfasts, raffles, doughnut sales, restaurant take-overs and auctions helped this company achieve success.

Toray Composites America – After laying off a quarter of their staff, Toray had their work cut out for them. Yet, their fundraising remained steady and they gave an additional donation to the Gifts in Kind program.

The winner will be announced April 27th at United Way of Pierce County’s Community Celebration. Congratulations to all of our nominees!