Monday, March 29, 2010

The Spirit of Pierce County

by Nicole Milbradt, Sr. Marketing Associate & Events Manager

The highest honor bestowed by United Way of Pierce County is the Spirit of Pierce County Award. This award is given to the local company that demonstrates consistently strong performance in the conduct of their United Way workplace campaigns, diversity and depth in their community service and energetic and bold leadership in addressing community issues and needs. Recipients exemplify the highest standards of civic engagement and community-based philanthropy. And the nominees are…

Columbia Bank – This amazing organization is very committed to this community. Its employees not only support United Way’s community campaign but donate financial and technical support and volunteer time at more than 150 nonprofits throughout the county. Their fundraising efforts are lead by their management staff and recorded their best campaign ever as a result.

Comcast – This organization gives generously of both their time and treasure. This year, they helped the entire Puget Sound area, working with local United Ways to run the Give $10, Tell 10 Friends social media campaign. They also saw significant increases in their campaign and ran another success Comcast Cares volunteer event.

Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children – This partner has worked alongside United Way of Pierce County for years, working to provide vital dental care to children. This year, their campaign grew from 20% participation to 100% and as a result, their donations increased as well.

Moss Adams, LLP – This company knows what it means to volunteer. They support a number of local nonprofits with their time and through generous sponsorships. In addition, they consistently support the community with financial donations.

MultiCare/Good Samaritan Hospital – This committed organization runs a model campaign. Numerous events, leadership involvement, appreciation events and a hard-working coordinator team have helped MultiCare/Good Samaritan become one of the most successful campaign in the county.

Parametrix – This small company is fueled by an energetic and enthusiastic team of people. Their campaign is known for its fun events but this group understands the importance of supporting the community as well. This year they not only ran a campaign, but provided turkeys for local food banks that were hurting during the holidays.

Pierce Transit – The commitment to community runs year-round for Pierce Transit. They run a stellar campaign but also volunteer close to 2,400 hours of service. They have great leadership support, even putting their CEO to work washing cars.

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

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