United Way Countdown is Approaching!

Wow, has time flown?! This week is the last week of our United Way campaign. See below for our fun United Way events. 

GREAT Prizes in Our First Raffle! 
Hotel stays, bowling passes and a tour of the State Historical Society collections vault are just a few neat prizes we have on our United Way raffle! Tickets to a 2014 season show at the Indianola Carousel Theatre and a $20 gift certificate to Dublin Bay in Ames were just added to the list this morning! 

Please be sure to take a look at http://ow.ly/pho97 to see what you could win! 

Click here for the raffle ticket form. Each square represents one ticket. Fill out each ticket you would like to purchase, print the entire page and send your check, payable to United Way and written for the correct amount, to Claire Sowder, van rt. 0.0 or 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston IA 50131. Below is some quick guidance for how many times you print the raffle ticket page for purchasing tickets. 

12 tickets – print 2 and write a check for $10 
18 tickets – print 3 and write a check for $15 
24 tickets – print 4 and write a check for $20 
30 tickets – print 5 and write a check for $25 

Make sure to send in your tickets soon! They’re due to Claire by October 31. A live drawing will be done on November 1 at 1:00 p.m. We’re planning to set up the Polycom so each office can tune in, too! 

Return Completed Pledge Cards – GET TIME OFF! 
Staff members who submit a completed pledge card with any donation amount can leave one hour early on a date of your choosing! (Time off? Yes, please!) You will not have to submit vacation time and if you submit time cards, you may mark it as “United Way Leave.” Send your completed form to Claire Sowder. 

Helping Communities 
Be sure to snap a photograph while you’re doing a volunteer activity and send it to comms@heartlandaea.org to be put in an upcoming HeartBeat! Staff members are encouraged to wear Heartland AEA-logo clothing or our “Heartland Cares” stickers that were created for this purpose. You can request stickers by contacting Claire Sowder at csowder@heartlandaea.org. For more information about our new agency volunteer leave time, click here. 

We have done our best to make our United Way events fun and enjoyable for staff. As always, your participation in the Agency’s United Way events is voluntary.