Staffers, volunteers and donors gathered at Revolutions in Lower Saucon Township to mark the occasion.
View full sizeVolunteers on Thursday reveal the amount raised in the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley's 2012 capital campaign: $10,279,792 -- an increase of nearly $500,000 over the prior year. The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley celebrated the end of its 2012 capital campaign tonight, announcing it raised nearly $10.3 million -- a 5 percent increase over the prior year.
Staffers, volunteers and donors gathered at Revolutions in Lower Saucon Township to mark the occasion, deliver awards and set the stage for the 2013 capital campaign.
Todd Donnelly, who led the 2012 campaign, said the $10,279,792 was nearly $500,000 more than collected in 2011.
The capital campaign chairman for 2013 is Paul Farr, executive vice president and chief financial officer for PPL Corp.
Awards presented for outstanding contributions to the community included:
- The Morning Call Silver Bowl Award, to Lisa Daugherty, of Victaulic.
- The Campaign Chairman's Award, to PPL.
- The Leonard Pool Impact Award, to the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown.
- The Express-Times Community Building Award, to Lehigh University.
- The Live United Award, to St. Luke's University Health Network.
- The TeenWorks "Making a Difference" Award, to Jimmy Kelleher Jr. of the Allentown Boxing Club.
The United Way also bade farewell to outgoing President Susan Gilmore, who joined the agency in 2005. She is leaving to become executive director of community engagement for FamilyWize in Upper Saucon Township.