THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, November 18, 1994 TAG: 9411160148
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 21 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY PATRICIA HUANG, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
United Way volunteers and contributors attending celebration breakfast at QVC Chesapeake last Thursday learned that Chesapeake has become the first city in Hampton Roads to reach its goal in this year's campaign, bringing in contributions totaling $1,050,000.
The campaign actually surpassed its goal of $1,040,000 when a $15,000 donation from Household Credit Services pushed them over the top.
Cheerleaders from Indian River High School attended the celebration breakfast to cheer the volunteers and shower them with confetti.
``We had a lot of generous contributors this year who went over and beyond what they gave last year,'' said Mary Darden, director of United Way in Chesapeake.
Chesapeake General Hospital donated a total of $71,414, which is $15,000 more than they gave last year, Darden said.
``A lot of the schools came in, putting us over our goal today,'' she said.
Seventy-five percent of the donations, Darden said, come from donations made by employees through payroll deductions.
The United Way campaign helps support 70 health and human services agencies serving the Hampton Roads community. Agencies supported by United Way provide more than 140 programs, including food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, quality day care for parents, positive role models for youth, care and companionship for the elderly and family counseling.
The chairman of the Chesapeake campaign this year is Donald S. Buckley, president of Chesapeake General Hospital.
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