2007 I Believe in My Community Awards

United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County presented campaign awards on February 7th to workplaces that demonstrated through the 2007 Campaign that they truly believe in their community.

The "I Believe in My Community Awards" held at the Caboto Club and hosted by Cam Gardiner and Heather Douglas, recognized the outstanding commitment of Windsor and Essex County organizations and their participation in the United Way Campaign.

Adrian Vido, incoming Board Chair of United Way thanked the award recipients and all of the Campaign workers in attendance saying, "Now, it's time to put the results of all your work to work. You can be assured that the money raised will be invested in areas making a measurable impact in our community. Programs and services that could not be effectively delivered if not for your time, effort, and commitment!"

Award Recipients

Best First-time Campaign, recognizes an organization that has run a campaign for the first ever and achieved high employee participation and average gift per donor.

· The recipient of the Best first-time Campaign was:

Tregaskiss

Pictured from left to right are Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008, Janice Forsyth, United Way and accepting the award Joe Sheehan and Eric Bialkowski.

Community Partnership Awards, recognize organizations that participate and excel in the United Way Campaign. They are awarded in three workplace size categories (1 to 99 employees, 100 to 499 employees and 500 or more employees). The awards are determined by employee participation, average gift per donor and per-capita corporate gift.

The recipients of the Community Partnership Awards were:

· 1 to 99 employees

TransAlta Cogeneration L.P. and CAW Local 444

Pictured from left to right are Jelena Jelich, Campaign Chair for 2007, Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008 and accepting the award Robert Fontanini and Erika Drouillard.

· 100 to 499 employees

Green Shield Canada and CAW Local 240

Pictured from left to right are Jelena Jelich, Campaign Chair for 2007, accepting the award Dave Gibson and Mary Lynn Myers and Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008.

· 500 plus employees

Chrysler Canada Inc., CAW Locals 444, 1498, 195 and ONA Local 8

Pictured from left to right are Tom Lesperance and Pearl Davies accepting the award and Jelena Jelich, Campaign Chair for 2007 and Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008.

Community Workplace Campaign Awards, recognize organizations that participate and excel in the United Way Campaign. They are awarded in three workplace size categories (1 to 99 employees, 100 to 499 employees and 500 or more employees). The awards are determined by employee participation, and average gift per donor.

The recipients of the Community Workplace Campaign Awards were:

· 1 to 99 employees

CAW Local 444 Office and CAW Local 240

Pictured from left to right are Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008, accepting the award Tom Lesperance and Carol Cowling and Janice Forsyth, United Way.

· 100 to 499 employees

Martinrea Fabco Metallic Canada Inc. and CAW Local 195

Pictured from left to right are Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008, accepting the award Kim Ring and Biljana Angelovski and Janice Forsyth, United Way.

· 500 plus employees

University of Windsor, WUFA, CAW Locals 195 and 2458, CUPE Locals 1001, 1393 and 4580

Pictured from left to right are Janice Forsyth, United Way, accepting the award Neil Gold and Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008.

The Quantum Leap Award, recognizes an organization that participates and makes a quantum leap in its United Way Campaign. The award is determined by the highest increase in employee participation and average gift per donor.

· The recipient of the Quantum Leap Award was:

Canada Border Services Agency and PSAC-CEUDA Local 18

Pictured from left to right are Jelena Jelich, Campign Chair for 2007, accepting the award Lindie Rudover and Bill Reeves, Campaign Chair for 2008.