United Way Goes Over the Top

After concerns that the United Way campaign might fall short of last year's giving, 11th-hour donations pushed the 2001 total to well over $250,000.

"We're thrilled by the generosity of the campus community," says co-chair Prof. Bev Kay, Land Resource Science. "It's heartwarming to see this kind of response, and it will make a huge difference to the overall Guelph and Wellington United Way campaign."

Co-chair Karen Reimer, manager of Co-operative Education Services, says the University campaign is well supported by employees, retirees and students.

"The Lollypalooza student event raised $6,500 and was a great kickoff for the United Way campaign," she says. "And we really appreciate the efforts of volunteer co-ordinators and canvassers who distributed payroll forms, as well as all those people who organized and participated in special events. Those individual efforts add up to a really great response from the University community."

Beth Osmond of Student Housing Services received the annual Gabrielle Hubert Award for volunteer service at an appreciation luncheon Nov. 29. The President's Award for special achievement went to the Central Student Association.

A highlight of the luncheon was drawing the winner of a vacation package donated by Golding Travel Ltd. of Guelph. Eileen Cook of the Department of Clinical Studies won the use of a one-bedroom condo for a week. Second prize in the campus-wide raffle, a U of G leather jacket, was won by John Burger of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Lillian Wilson of Human Resources captured the third prize, a getaway night for two at the Best Western in Guelph and 20 per cent off dinner at Mirage Restaurant.