Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 22, 1994 TAG: 9411030024
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Pacesetter campaigns are conducted to jump-start the traditional fall campaign. The amount raised was 15 percent above projections.
Participating organizations and amounts raised include: Advance Auto Stores, Inc., $111,695; Allstate Insurance, $61,502; American Red Cross, $14,437; Davis H. Elliot Co. Inc., $3,494 though the campaign is not yet over; First Virginia Bank-Southwest, $18,966; and Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, $27,324.
Others include: L'Eggs Products Inc., $13,614; Roanoke Electric Steel Corp., $31,026; Roanoke Times & World-News, $55,025; United Central Labor Council, $4,207; and Vitramon-Roanoke, $13,764.
Advance Auto had a $35,000 campaign increase, the largest of the Pacesetter organizations. The Roanoke Times & World-News had the highest average employee gift - $191.06.
Earlier this month, the United Way began working with 15 "loaned employees," who will work for the agency's annual fund-raising campaign. Employers of these loaned workers will continue to pay the salaries.
The loaned employees are:
Tracy D. Blaney, professional development associate, Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
H.T. "Tom" Blankenship Jr., program maintenance manager, Norfolk Southern Corp.
Michael Christle, management trainee, Kroger Co.
H. Karen Claris, vice president, First Union National Bank
Will Estes, retired
Susan Wheeler Grubb, customer service department assistant, Appalachian Power Co.
Andy Held, industrial engineer, Precision Fabrics Group
Kamran Karbassiyoon, technical staff, ITT Electro-Optical Products Division
Andrew Lang, sponsored by Maid Bess Corp.
Sharon Stanley Mitchell, inventory management technician, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Susan Musselwhite, assistant branch manager, Crestar Bank
Mark Robertson, human resources staff., Allstate Insurance Co.
Nancy Veith, community services manager, Roanoke Times & World-News
Hillary Rowe, sponsored by Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Robert Frary, sponsored by Central Fidelity Bank and Lewis-Gale Hospital
by CNB