{"id":4176,"date":"2011-11-17T16:53:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T22:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=4176"},"modified":"2011-11-17T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T22:53:36","slug":"united-way-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2011\/11\/17\/united-way-update\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/United-Way.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4180\" title=\"United-Way\" src=\"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/United-Way.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2011\/11\/United-Way.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2011\/11\/United-Way-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>We are just hours away from Saturday, November 19<sup>th<\/sup>, when the MU Libraries\u2019 2011 United Way Campaign officially ends.\u00a0 The following day, Sunday, begins Thanksgiving week.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Among the blessings for which we might be thankful are the opportunities available to us to touch the lives of others for the better.\u00a0 Certainly many of us are grateful for those times when we were able to assist friends, family, and colleagues.\u00a0 Nevertheless there are still many others with whom we do not have direct contact who are in need of help.\u00a0 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<\/p>\n<p>If you have already pledged, your generosity is among the things that we are thankful for.\u00a0 If you have not pledged yet, please go the United Way link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedway.missouri.edu\/\">www.unitedway.missouri.edu<\/a> or complete and return the pledge card that Mark Ellis sent you.\u00a0 \u00a0If you have any questions, contact Mark Ellis (104 Ellis Library), Mary Hainen, Ann Riley or Paula Roper.<\/p>\n<p>Also don\u2019t forget that participation in the campaign makes you eligible for prizes donated by the United Way leadership team.\u00a0 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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $10 Bookmark Caf\u00e9 gift certificate<\/li>\n<li>Concert series tickets<\/li>\n<li>A $25 campus bookstore gift certificate<\/li>\n<li>$100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who has pledged and those of you who will pledge.<\/p>\n<p>Living united,<\/p>\n<p>Mary Hainen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ann Riley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paula Roper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:HainenM@missouri.edu\">HainenM@missouri.edu<\/a> <a href=\"mailto:RileyAC@missouri.edu\">RileyAC@missouri.edu<\/a> <a href=\"mailto:RoperP@missouri.edu\">RoperP@missouri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MU Libraries 2011 United Way Tri-Chairs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dear Colleagues, We are just hours away from Saturday, November 19th, when the MU Libraries\u2019 2011 United Way Campaign officially ends.\u00a0 The following day, Sunday, begins Thanksgiving week.\u00a0 It seems most auspicious that we should<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2011\/11\/17\/united-way-update\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Way Update<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-announcement"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 18:19:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}