“You help people…when you walk into these doors every day, you help someone. Don’t forget that.,” Kent Fortune, Regional VP of USAA, told our team during our Workplace Campaign kickoff. It’s so simple and yet I think we all needed the pep talk he gave. Kent and Stephannie Fortune are generously giving their time as our 2019-2020 campaign co-chairs. Both long-time supporters of Pikes Peak United Way, they are passionate about helping us so we can have a greater impact in El Paso and Teller counties
The Fortunes are Tocqueville Society donors and they told the team that if we had 100% staff participation in our own campaign, they would increase their gift by $2,000 AND give $500 to go toward the staff holiday party. I’m proud to say we met our goal of 100% participation!
Sometimes people are curious why we would choose to give money to the organization we work for. Well, for us, it’s simple. If we don’t believe in the work we do, how could we ask you to give?
“We are so proud of all the work you do and also for believing in the organization to give back some of your hard-earned money to support the mission.,” Kent told the team after learning of the 100% participation.
Workplace campaigns are critical to our success. In fact, workplace campaigns make up 90% of all the money United Ways across the country raise each year! That’s a whole lot of money that goes toward improving people’s lives. We need to boost our workplace campaigns and get into new doors, so if your organization is interested, please click here to get started.
Here’s a list of last year’s top campaigns and how much they raised for this community:
