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United Way of Pierce County’s annual Community Partnership Awards recognize outstanding workplace campaigns and campaign volunteers, community-based organizations and community volunteers. A distinguished and diverse panel reviewed the nominations and selected the award recipients, recusing themselves from any deliberations where they or their companies or organizations were under consideration.

Special thanks to our esteemed awards panel

  • Donna Albers (Albers and Company)
  • Lynne Griffith (Pierce Transit)
  • Frank Hewins (Franklin Pierce School District)
  • Derrick Hochstatter (Tacoma Community House)
  • Dianna Kielian (Franciscan Health System)
  • George LeMasurier (Peninsula Gateway and Puyallup Herald)
  • Robin Lester (Washington Women’s Employment and Education)
  • Dean McColgan (The Boeing Company)
  • Dick Pickett (Rainier Pacific Bank)
  • Chris Winters (International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 1964)

 

 
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These awards recognize companies and individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to our community through the United Way of Pierce County Campaign.

2007 AWARD WINNERS

Campaign Volunteer of the Year
Kathi Bradley, Comcast
Kim Hladecek and Robert Kinch, Community Health Care

Campaign of the Year – Public Sector
Tacoma Public Utilities

Campaign of the Year – Public Sector – Companies with less than 100 employees
JC Penney-Puyallup

Campaign of the Year – Public Sector – Companies with more than 100 employees
Rainier Pacific Bank

Community Partner of the Year
Pierce County Early Learning Consortium

Community Volunteer of the Year
Lindsay Pruett, Youth United
Paul Jackson, KBTC Public Television

Community Partner of the Year – Labor
Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

SPIRIT OF PIERCE COUNTY AWARD, which represents the highest honor bestowed upon an organization by United Way of Pierce County. This award is based upon the broad-based, year long community involvement and campaign excellence demonstrated by an organization.

Recipients of this award show a consistent pattern of outstanding campaign results over the past five years including active management support, knowledgable and motivated campaign coordinators, and effective community involvements strategies.

Organizations receiving this award also show ongoing support for the community and for United Way of Pierce County above and beyond the workplace campaign, such as volunteer service, participation in the Loaned Executive Program, and sponsorship of major events.

— State Farm Insurance

 

Complete List of Nominees
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