ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, September 26, 1996           TAG: 9609260027
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                PAGE: N-6  EDITION: METRO 

UNITED WAY WILL GET HELP FROM LOANED EMPLOYEES

Each year more than a dozen Roanoke Valley companies and agencies sponsor volunteers or lend employees to the United Way during its 21/2-month fall campaign.

The employees work for United Way full time while their employers pay their salaries.

The 1996 loaned employees and sponsored volunteers are:

*Christopher Finley, sponsored by Crestar Bank.

*James Garris, sponsored by Carilion Health System.

*Bill Gore, a Roanoke Gas retiree.

*Ken Hale, Norfolk Southern Corp.

*Joe Johann, an Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. retiree.

*Marsha Jolley Kirk, sponsored by Maid Bess Corp.

*Robin Lambert, American Electric Power.

*Debbie Leftwich, First Union National Bank.

*Sharon Mitchell, Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

*Yvonne Olson, sponsored by Central Fidelity National Bank and First Virginia Bank-Southwest.

*Kelly Pendleton, NationsBank.

*Amanda Sawyers, sponsored by Lewis-Gale Medical Center.

*Shannon Scott, Kroger Co.

*Karen Thomas, Allstate Insurance Co.

*Ray Williams, sponsored by Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc.

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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  (headshot) Finley, Garris, Gore, Hale, Johann, Kirk, 
          Lambert, Leftwich, Mitchell, Olson, Pendleton, Sawyers, Scott, 
          Thomas, Williams.