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United
Way Announces New Board at Annual Meeting
TACOMA, Wash.-United
Way of Pierce County held its Annual Meeting Thursday, April
29th at the Tacoma Club. Local executives and community leaders
learned about the 2003 community accomplishments and gained
insight on the condition of human services in Pierce County.
They also learned how United Way will work in partnership
with volunteers, human service providers, business and community
leaders, unions and local governments to resolve the toughest
issues in Pierce County.
In addition, the new Board of Directors and
Board Chair were announced at the 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting.
The 2004 board of directors officers include: Alan Spence,
Pierce College, Chair; Linda Gutmann, Russell Investment Group,
Chair-Elect; Scott Winship, Community Volunteer, Treasurer;
and Jim Krueger, Vandeberg, Johnson & Gandara, Secretary.
New board members include: Amy Goings, Clover
Park Technical College; Marcia Harris, Peninsula School District;
Grover Johnson, Laborers International Union of North America;
and Thaddeus Martin IV, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell.
Retiring board members include: Sandy Hill,
Community Volunteer; Bruce Sadler,
Kennedy High School; and James Walton, City of Tacoma
Immediately following the meeting, local CEOs
and top-level business leaders in attendance rolled up their
sleeves and participated in the Executive Day of Caring. Executives
spent the remainder of the day performing a number of projects
for ten local partner agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Some of the projects included planting flowers and hanging
baskets with developmentally disabled individuals, serving
lunch to needy patrons at a soup kitchen, and conducting mock
job interviews with students learning English as a second
language.
Annual Meeting and Executive Day of Caring
are sponsored by Columbia Bank, State Farm Insurance, Totem
Ocean Trailer Express and United Parcel Service.
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