Live United 2010 – Donations top 130,000, participation challenge set for Wednesday

As of Monday afternoon, about $131,075 had been raised during the UNMC’s 2010 United Way fund drive, which ends Friday.

That is about 92 percent of our campus donation goal of $143,094.

Participation rankings Below are the campus participation rankings by unit as of Monday afternoon: Chancellor’s unit – 77 percent Nursing – 64 percent Allied Health – 59 percent Public Health – 58 percent Academic Affairs – 52 percent Research – 43 percent Business/finance – 41 percent ITS – 38 percent Eppley Institute – 25 percent Medicine – 20 percent Munroe-Meyer – 19 percent Pharmacy – 15 percent Dentistry – 5 percent

Also, as of Monday afternoon, about 27 percent of the campus had participated in the drive. The campus participation goal is 100 percent.

To help raise the participation stats, the unofficial inaugural UNMC United Way Participation Hour will run at 8 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

Those who haven’t participated in the drive yet will receive an e-mail from United Way on Wednesday morning reminding them to participate.

If you’re among this group, between 8 and 9 a.m., we’d like you to:

• Open the e-mail, which contains your participation password; and
  
• Choose a donation amount or select the “no donation” option — choosing not to donate COUNTS as participation.

If you participate, even if it means you click the “no donation option,” you:

• Help increase your unit’s participation goal; and
  
• Qualify to win prizes in Friday’s final weekly prize drawing.

Of course, you don’t have to wait until 8 a.m. to participate and if you can’t participate between 8 and 9 a.m., you can participate anytime between now and Friday at 5 p.m.