Skagit County United Way Executive Director Paul Chaplik pulled away a paper panel this morning, unveiling the “kickoff” total for contributions to the 2006 fund-raising campaign. Contributions from campaign “Pacesetters” such as school districts and the two Anacortes refineries pushed the start-up total to $318,800, which is about 38 percent of the campaign goal of […]
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, […]