United Way: It’s not brain surgery

The 2015 UNMC United Way campaign kicks off today and will run through Oct. 9.

This year, UNMC has an employee participation goal of 50 percent and a monetary goal of $155,000. For the second year, UNMC will be teaming with Nebraska Medicine, aiming for a combined goal of $305,000.

It’s easy to give! (Don’t believe us? Check out UNMC’s Tom O’Connor and Corrigan McBride, M.D., in the above video.)

• UNMC employees can pledge online through an efficient, secure system using your UNMC eServ (formerly ESS) password.
• Today, UNMC employees will receive an e-mail message in their UNMC e-mail accounts.
• Paper pledge cards will be available to UNMC employees who do not have UNMC e-mail accounts.
• Campaign pledges, which can be made through UNMC’s payroll deduction, are automatically withdrawn beginning in January.
• A “no-pledge” option is available online for employees who choose not to donate. If you’re unable to contribute, you still are encouraged to access the eWay website and submit their “no donation” response. A “no donation” response counts toward total employee participation.

See UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Nebraska Medicine CEO Rosanna Morris discuss the importance of the United Way campaign here.

Why give?
The United Way supports a variety of human-service program providers across the Omaha/Council Bluffs area. United Way-supported programs build lasting change, creating life-changing opportunities by meeting the basic needs of the area’s most vulnerable populations, supporting children during their academic years and helping to prepare young people for productive careers. The programs funded by the United Way impact our neighbors.

Other giving options:
Employees can now give by credit card on the online giving site, as well as through payroll deduction, cash, or check.

Contribution options:
Employees can direct their campaign contributions of $50 or more to any of hundreds of health and human service nonprofit organizations across the Omaha/Council Bluffs area.

Incentives for 2015:
Pledge by 4 p.m. on Sept. 25 to be eligible for the first weekly prize drawing, which will be held each Friday during the campaign.

• All those who pledge a minimum of $20 (only $1.67 per month) by 4 p.m. on Sept. 25 will be eligible to win a prize each week of the campaign! Exciting prizes this year include gift cards and Husker football tickets.
• The earlier you donate the better chance you have at winning.
• Drawing winners will be notified via email.