THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, September 30, 1995 TAG: 9509300296
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY MASON PETERS, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
After months of funding problems, directors of the Albemarle United Way have presented final allocations to 20 area agencies that received more than $165,000 in 1994.
United Way Chairman Douglas Fairfax and Executive Director Karl Quinn handed out $41,039 in fourth-quarter checks to the benefiting agencies in a Thursday ceremony at United Way headquarters in the Midland Building.
The checks were due in June, but United Way officials faced a money shortage earlier this year after a former executive director was indicted for embezzling more than $100,000 in United Way funds.
``The people of the Albemarle and all of our agencies have been very supportive of the United Way board throughout this whole ordeal,'' said Fairfax. ``We'll work to rebuild the public's confidence in our organization.''
Agencies receiving United Way checks in the final 1994 funding included Albemarle Hopeline, Albemarle Manna, Albemarle Recreation Center, American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America, Boys and Girls Club, Cancer Control Board, Catholic Social Ministries, Chowan County 4-H, Dare Hospice, Friends of the Court, Gates County 4-H, Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast, Girls Inc., Habitat for Humanity, Hugh Cale, Kids First Inc., Pasquotank County 4-H, Pilmoor UMC Food Center and the Salvation Army.
After the presentation, Quinn, a former commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Support Base in Elizabeth City, said United Way directors were already planning the 1995-96 campaign year.
``We know we have to work harder than ever for our agencies,'' Quinn said. by CNB