Dyer County United Way Cabinet holds first reporting meeting

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

United Way of Dyer County recently held its first reporting meeting. The organization's goal is set for $474,000. To date, $40,000 has been officially submitted with reports of an additional $20,000. Members of the Dyer County United Way Cabinet are pictured above.
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The campaign for United Way of Dyer County met at Dyersburg State Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The group is composed of over 30 volunteers who are responsible for this year's fundraising effort for Dyer County.

Members of the cabinet include Board President Katie Winchester; Dyer County Chair Dr. Karen Bowyer; Vice Chair Andrew Harrington; Community Investment Chair Mike Kroeger; Major Firms - Jeff Agee, Larry White, David Taylor and Tom Sheedy; Medium Firms - Don Crews, Whitney Allmon, Danny Watson, Joe Emery, Matthew Gant and Kevin Cook; Public Service - Dyersburg Mayor John Holden and Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill; Retail - Michelle Brewer and Cathy Strawbridge; Professional - Medical, Jim Horner and Judy Boehmler; Professional - Attorneys, Molly Williams; Professional - Accountants, Joe Enoch; Education, Lloyd Ramer; Special Gifts, David Hayes; Finance Chair Ralph Henson; Publicity, Brooke Emery; Members-At-Large John Lannom, Eugene Smith, Jimmy Williamson and G. Wendell West; and Agency Representative Lynn Fritchey.

The goal for this year's campaign is $474,000. To date, the organization has over $40,000 dollars officially submitted and reports of an additional $20,000.

Campaign Chair Dr. Karen Bowyer is optimistic about the preliminary reports.

"All of our companies that conduct an employee payroll-deduction campaign have either completed or have scheduled their campaigns," said Bowyer. "In addition, individual letters that were sent to our professionals are also getting excellent results."

United Way of West Tennessee is a local, volunteer-driven organization that helps local people in need. Its mission is to unite people and resources to build stronger, healthier communities. To find out how to help with your community's United Way effort, call (731) 422-1816 or e-mail: give@unitedway.tn.org .

Additional information is also available at United Way of West Tennessee's Web site, www.unitedway.tn.org.

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-- Posted by Otisfaye on Wed, Nov 5, 2008, at 7:33 AM

I thought when United Way was presented to Dyersburg that this was to stop everyone else from asking for donations? I haven't seen a slow down at all???

-- Posted by Otisfaye on Wed, Nov 5, 2008, at 7:35 AM