Ace IS the place!

A big Thank You goes out to Auer Ace Hardware, their employees and their customers!

For every gallon on Benjamin Moore paint sold in the month of October,

Auer Ace Hardware donated $5.00 to the United Way.

Customers bought 168 gallons of paint in October,

totalling $840 in donations to the United Way!

Thanks to Ace for this promotion and

to all of you who chose to get that painting done in October!

Pictured above are Tom Edwards and AmyTaylor.

Kraft is committed!

Kudos to the Coshocton Kraft Foods plant. This group joined hands and collected $12,863 for this years' United Way campaign! That is a little more than double what they did last year! Thank you Kraft employees for your contributions and dedication to helping your friends and neighbors in Coshocton County!

Here's just a few of the Kraft employees proud to be a part of it all.

Thanks also to the supervisors and plant Campaign Manager Arturo Jauregui for scheduling the 37 meetings we had to let Kraft employees know about the great things that the United Way does. This was time well spent! LIVE UNITED!

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Hopewell has fun!

Hopewell School finished up their campaign with a day of drawings. They offered incentives for employees who gave. One of those was a special "United Way Parking Place."

Another prize was an extra personal day off of work. Who wouldn't like that?

And lots of miscellaneous prizes. Thanks to everyone at Hopewell for your support!

Chase Chips In

Chase employees got in the United Way spirit this week. In addition to running their internal campaign, Friday they hosted a luncheon for employees and guests. It was a great lunch with soups, sandwiches and yummy desserts. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Thermometer

The thermometers are up! Thanks to the great guys at Smurfit Stone Container, you can keep up with our progress by checking out one of thermometers at displayed at the entrance to Conesville, the WTNS lot in Coshocton, at the Home Loan lot in West Lafayette or coming out of Wal-Mart in the Hopewell school lot. Thanks to all of these places for letting us display!

I hope we get to see this thermometer in motion!

Results are coming in...

It's that busy time in the United Way campaign when campaign packets are rolling right in.

We are currently at 30 %! To date we have raised $111,712!

If you have not been asked to give, please contact our office. (Or donate online at http://www.coshoctonunitedway.org/) In these tough times, our campaign is as important as ever! The needs are great and are programs are helping to make a difference to the lives our our friends and neighbors in Coshocton County! Any donation you can make is most appreciated!

In addition to the 20 amazing agencies we support and work with all year around,

the United Way is also making a difference in our community with these programs:

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

This program is being introduced to Coshocton County children from birth to 5 years old. Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed in your child's name directly to your home. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a FREE GIFT to our children. Registration forms can be picked up at the United Way office, both libraries, Maternal/Child Health Clinic, the WIC office and the Help ME Grow office.

Familywize Discount Prescription Card Program

Anyone that has a prescription that is not being covered by insurance, Medicare or Medicaid is encouraged to pick up a Discount Card from your United Way office. No personal information is needed to receive the card and one card is good for an entire family. The average savings from these cards is 25%. Since United Way started this program in April of 2007, Coshocton County residents have saved over $27,000! Call our office for more details. 622-4567.

United Way of Coshocton County is making a difference in our community. Please contact the office if you have any questions or would like to volunteer with any of our programs.

The great group of employees over at the Coshocton County Board of Health collectively put together a lovely luncheon to raise funds for the United Way.

Employees from the building and all over came to enjoy the great soups, breads and desserts.

Thank you to this group for all of your hard work and to everyone who came to support their efforts!

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross of Coshocton County put on their first Armed Services Ball this past Saturday night at the Coshocton Armory. The event was very well attended and was a delightful evening.

The evening highlighted the services that the Red Cross provides to the families of military. Red Cross is the only means to contact a solideir in the case of an emergency.

The Coshocton Hospital (Dave Powers & crew) served a delightful meal.

And the Coshocton Big Band entertained the guest with great music. Congratulations to the Red Cross and it's volunteers who put on a very nice fundraising event.

CASCO

Amie Bair is the United Way's Employee Campaign Manager at Classic Auto Supply this year. She is getting everyone in the campaign spirit by filling their stomachs. Each Friday, employees have had the opportunity to buy lunch at work with the profits going to CASCO's United Way campaign. Here's a picture of Amie (right) and one of CASCO's owners, Betsy Brown (left), serving up some delicious spaghetti.