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The crew at the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley holds signs Tuesday morning denoting the record $1.115 million raised in the 2020-21 campaign. From left are Finance and Operations Manager Michelle Lewis, Operations Assistant Carol Payne, West Virginia 211 Director Delaney Laughery and Community Impact Director Sara Hess. At the far right is Executive Director Stacy DeCicco speaking about the dedication of the staff. (Photo by Jess Mancini)
PARKERSBURG The United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley has again exceeded its campaign goal, officials announced Tuesday.
The agency raised $1.115 million in the 2020-21 campaign, a remarkable figure in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that impacted all segments of the community and hindered fundraising of non-profit groups for the past year.
Wilda L. Bungard Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles explains a question raised by the West Virginia Auditor’s Office about the carryover estimate for the 2021-22 fiscal year budget during Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Ryan Barber, center, is sworn in as Parkersburg’s development director after Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting, during which he was confirmed on an 8-0 vote. He is flanked by Mayor Tom Joyce and Personnel Director Sondra Wallace. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Randy Jay Riffle Susan Sheppard Ryan Barber, with the Parkersburg Development Department, speaks during a District 4 town hall meeting Monday at the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, as City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck listens. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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jmancini@newsandsentinel.com Olivia Dauley, a program assistant at the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley, and Delaney Laughery, United Way information and referral specialist and WV211 state director, at an event for 211. West Virginia 211 is celebrating 211 today, Feb. 11, or 2-11. (Photo Provided) The West Virginia 211 display at the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley. United Ways in West Virginia are celebrating 211 Day today, Feb. 11, 2-11. (Photo Provided) Delaney Laughery, United Way information and referral specialist and WV211 state director, answers a phone. United Ways are celebrating 211 Day, today, Feb. 11, or 2-11. (Photo Provided)
Delaney Laughery, United Way information and referral specialist and WV211 state director, answers a phone. United Ways are celebrating 211 Day, today, Feb. 11, or 2-11. (Photo Provided)
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From left, Executive Director Stacy DeCicco of the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley accepts the ceremonial check for $122,280 from Dave Mongilio, Kraton manager of strategic initiatives, and Maggie Starkey, Kraton workplace campaign coordinator. Time remains to get in on the 2020-21 campaign, DeCicco said. (Photo Provided)
PARKERSBURG Kraton Polymers is leading with the largest workplace giving campaign so far in the 2020-2021 campaign in the nine-county service area of the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
During the company’s three-month-long United Way campaign, Kraton employee pledges, along with a generous company match, totaled $122,280 to benefit United Way and its partner agencies, Stacy DeCicco, executive director of the United Way Alliance, said.