Skagit County United Way agencies got a great fund-raising campaign boost last Friday when kickoff donations by area businesses and other organizations were announced at a Mount Vernon breakfast event. Pictured here is Shell Puget Sound Refinery executive Tom Meyer, who represented the refinery as well as Shell Foundation with checks of $25,000 and $57,000, respectively. Receiving the checks was Anacortes resident Carl Bruner, a Sedro-Woolley School District administrator who serves as United Way President. Also represented at the event were local groups including Tesoro ($25,000) and the Anacortes School District ($4,000). Pre-campaign contributions totalled almost $291,000. The county-wide campaign is now officially under way.
