Dear Colleagues,
We are just hours away from Saturday, November 19th, when the MU Libraries’ 2011 United Way Campaign officially ends. The following day, Sunday, begins Thanksgiving week. It seems most auspicious that we should close this effort to aid the less fortunate in our midst at a time in which we as a community express our gratitude for all of our good fortune. Among the blessings for which we might be thankful are the opportunities available to us to touch the lives of others for the better. Certainly many of us are grateful for those times when we were able to assist friends, family, and colleagues. Nevertheless there are still many others with whom we do not have direct contact who are in need of help. The Heart of Missouri United Way gives us the means to expand on our chances to impact the lives of others and improve our community
If you have already pledged, your generosity is among the things that we are thankful for. If you have not pledged yet, please go the United Way link www.unitedway.missouri.edu or complete and return the pledge card that Mark Ellis sent you. If you have any questions, contact Mark Ellis (104 Ellis Library), Mary Hainen, Ann Riley or Paula Roper.
Also don’t forget that participation in the campaign makes you eligible for prizes donated by the United Way leadership team. Moreover employees of the MU libraries who pledge by November 18, 2011 will have their names entered in a drawing for these gifts as well:
- A $10 Bookmark Café gift certificate
- Concert series tickets
- A $25 campus bookstore gift certificate
- $100
Thanks to everyone who has pledged and those of you who will pledge.
Living united,
Mary Hainen Ann Riley Paula Roper
HainenM@missouri.edu RileyAC@missouri.edu RoperP@missouri.edu
The MU Libraries 2011 United Way Tri-Chairs