First Quarter 2015

LIVE UNITED TODAY A GREATER IMPACT IN 2014

TOP LEFT: Small Business Partners with their awards TOP RIGHT: United Way staff members welcoming guests to the Campaign Finale BOTTOM: Best Overall Campaign, Publix posing with their award, along with United Way President & CEO Deborah Bowie and Board Vice Chair Nick Banks

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have evolved into spirited events n March 19, we held our annual Campaign Finale at the Best Western including fun activities such as athletic Gateway Grand. The theme for this competitions, head shaving, wacky dress days and other contests. ECCs play a year’s campaign was Imagine, Inspire, key role in the success of their workplace Invest. The Campaign Finale fully campaigns because they are the driving embraced the theme, decorating the force behind the campaign. Furthermore, entire room using those words and the the campaign themes help the ECCs clouds that accompany them. This and their teams engage with event gives United Way a The 2014 other employees in a new chance to thank all of our and exciting way. amazing Employee campaign Campaign Coordinators raised 2% During the 2014 campaign (ECCs) and their teams for season 120 local companies more than all of their hard work and the UF Campaign for 2013! during the campaign Charities raised $3.1 million. season. It also gives the ECCs These generous contributions help to a chance to celebrate their success. make our community a better place and Workplace campaigns make up nearly make real progress in the areas of 75 percent of United Way’s fundraising education, income, health and immediate efforts and help raise money for the needs.

Community Investment Fund, which Thank you for the commitment you have funds 26 programs at 19 Community made to United Way of North Central Partner Agencies.

Florida and thank you for making this In recent years, workplace campaigns year’s campaign a success! 

2014 CAMPAIGN FINALE AWARDS

TOP 10 CAMPAIGNS Publix (Best Overall Campaign–raised $618,000) UF Health Shands Nationwide RTI Surgical Enterprise Holdings AvMed GRU Alachua County Public Schools City of Gainesville Campus USA Credit Union MOST CREATIVE CAMPAIGN North Florida Regional Medical Center TOP 5 CAMPAIGNS HIGHEST DONOR PARTICIPATION Enterprise Holdings (100%) Nordstrom (100%) Catholic Charities (100%) Enterprise Rent-A-Car (100%) Alachua County Tax Collector (90%) TOP 3 CAMPAIGNS GREATEST GROWTH FROM 2013 TO 2014 Campus USA Credit Union (292%) Regions Bank (263%) Enterprise Rent-A-Car (238%) TOP EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS Best New ECC: Miranda McLeory of Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk Best Overall ECC: Jennifer Hill of Alachua County Public Schools Best Team of ECCs: Toya Williams, Gerri Singleton, Kyle Lindsey, Jody Strunk, Linda Power & John Power of Alachua County Tax Collector’s Office BEST CAMPAIGN SPIRIT UF Health Shands BEST NEW WORKPLACE CAMPAIGNS Infinite Energy (more than 100 employees) ALICO Nursery (less than 100 employees) COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARD The University Of Florida

FIRST QUARTER 2015

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SUPER SEALANT SATURDAY, SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT, HEARTS UNITE EVENT

ORAL HEALTH MONTH

SUPER SEALANT SATURDAY

UPCOMING EVENTS MAY 14, 2015 | 5:30–7:30 p.m.

LEADERSHIP RECEPTION—A NIGHT OF THANKS Leadership donors are invited to our annual night of recognition and appreciation of all of their support.

Thank you to our sponsors: BBI Construction, Florida Food Service and North Florida Regional Healthcare Location: Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611 R.S.V.P. at: uwleadershipreception.eventbrite.com

JUNE 19, 2015 | 7:30–9:00 a.m.

CEO/COMMUNITY LEADER BREAKFAST Join fellow CEOs and community leaders at the 2015 CEO/Community Leader Breakfast hosted by United Way of North Central Florida.

Thank you to our sponsors: BBI Construction, Florida Food Service, Gateway Bank and North Florida Regional Healthcare Location: Best Western Gateway Grand 4200 NW 97th Boulevard, Gainesville, FL 32606 ntistry ege of De orida Coll l health exam Fl f o y it Univers g an ora performin students

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s a new way to highlight and show our appreciation for our donors, we have created the Small Business Spotlight! Twice a month, a new Small Business Partner will be featured in our e-newsletter.

Small businesses play a critical role in maintaining a thriving local economy. They are no less important to the success of United Way, as we endeavor to improve lives through our work in education, income and health. Our Small Business Partners are an important, growing family of donors who are vital to helping us meet the needs of our community.

To read the full interviews with Dan and Matt, please visit www.unitedwayncfl.org/smallbusinessspotlight. To sign up for our e-newsletter, please visit www.unitedwayncfl.org. To become a Small Business Partner, please contact Chris Wells at cwells@unitedwayncfl.org. 

“ There are three kinds of people: those who can do math, and those who can’t.”

R.S.V.P. at: uwcommunityleaderbreakfast.eventbrite.com

University of Florida Colle ge of Dentis explaining th try student e dental seal ant process at Terwilliger to a student Elementary School

In honor of February being National Children’s Dental n 2012 United Way of North Central Florida and the Health Month, the University of Florida College of Dentistry University of Florida College of Dentistry began a took the opportunity to visit with even more children. They partnership to help second and sixth grade students in performed additional dental screenings, resulting in dental Alachua County. Over the past three years, the Seal & Smile sealants and fluoride varnishes. They also took the opportunity initiative has been working tirelessly to reach as many to teach children about the importance of children in need as possible. During the dental hygiene.

2013–2014 school year alone, 476 During the 2013–2014 students received dental sealants and On Saturday, April 11, the University 619 students received fluoride varnish. school year alone, of Florida College of Dentistry and United Although the number of students being Way are partnering for the first ever 476 students received reached is rising, the need is also Super Sealant Saturday. Children between dental sealants and growing. In 2014, tests showed that 54.1 the ages of 6–17 are eligible for free percent of third grade students have 619 students received dental sealants, fluoride treatments, dental experienced tooth decay and 33.6 screenings and oral hygiene education. fluoride varnish. percent have untreated cavities. Believe All services will be provided by the it or not, tooth pain can be a huge University of Florida College of Dentistry hindrance on a child’s ability to learn and will take place at the UF College of Dentistry at Shands. and succeed in school. Studies have shown that children in Call 2-1-1 to sign up!  dental pain are three times more likely to miss school and four times more likely to have a failing grade.

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SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

JULY 23, 2015 | 8:30–11:30 a.m.

EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR APPRECIATION BREAKFAST United Way and Nationwide invite you to learn how you can “Change Lives Here” and make your community a better place.

Thank you to our sponsors: BBI Construction, Florida Food Service, Nationwide and North Florida Regional Healthcare Location: Nationwide Café Conference Room 3300 SW Williston Road, Gainesville, FL 32608 R.S.V.P. at: 2015eccbreakfast.eventbrite.com

Small Business Partner Dan Drotos, Bosshardt Commercial Realty

“ Believe what your Papaw always taught you. Believe those 10 words that govern your whole life—‘If it is to be, it is up to me.’”

SAVE THE DATE! United Way of Florida Conference Coming to Gainesville!

June 24-26, 2015 Hilton University of Florida Conference Center Visit www.unitedwayncfl.org for more information.

Small Business Partner Matt Donovan, Seventh Compass, Inc.

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LEVERAGING YOUR STRENGTHS

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n Thursday, February 26, United Way of North Central Florida’s Young Leaders Society hosted a Strengths Finder 2.0 Workshop, “Leveraging Your Strengths to Help Others,” presented by Melissa Johnson, PhD., Associate Director of the University of Florida Honors program. Dr. Johnson‘s interactive workshop focused on working from a place of strength and embracing one’s “jagged edges” in a historically remedial focused culture. The workshop highlighted leveraging one’s identified strengths to manage weaknesses and applying those strengths to civic-minded purposes.

The Young Leaders Society holding up their “Great Wall of Strengths”

For more information about the Young Leaders Society, please contact Britt Pearson at bpearson@unitedwayncfl.org or 352-333-0855. 

SMALL BUSINESS SPEAKER SERIES BREAKFAST FEATURING: JOE CIRULLI, GAINESVILLE HEALTH AND FITNESS

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n January 29, we held another event in the United Way Small Business Speaker Series. This breakfast event featured Joe Cirulli of Gainesville Health and Fitness. Joe shared his inspiring story about how he moved to Florida with nothing but passion for fitness and is now the owner of three fitness clubs in Gainesville with over 26,000 members. Established in 1978, 2013 marked 35 years that Gainesville Health and Fitness has been a staple in our community. Attendees enjoyed a delicious breakfast generously provided by Small Business Partner, Adam’s Rib Co. 

TOP: Deborah Bowie kicking off the Small Business Speaker Series BOTTOM LEFT: Joe Cirulli of Gainesville Health and Fitness speaking at the Small Business Speaker Series BOTTOM RIGHT: Small Business Partners, Danny Gilliland and Darleen Morgan of Gateway Bank with Doug Pratt of Modern Capital Solutions

HEARTS UNITE

AN EVENT TO ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD

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e are so appreciative of everyone who attended Hearts Unite on February 12. This annual fundraising event invited individuals who were unfamiliar with United Way’s mission and introduced them to our organization. More than 200 people from all over the community were in attendance. Attendees enjoyed a delicious complimentary lunch, provided by our community supporter, Piesanos. All of the proceeds raised from this event went to the Community Investment Fund and to directly impact the people of Gainesville and surrounding counties.

mentors, including Gainesville High, Hawthorne and Eastside.

The luncheon began with our new President & CEO, Deborah Bowie, introducing herself and United Way to the crowd. The program also featured special guest speakers. Debbie Sorgi, Small Business Partner and member of United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council Steering Committee, gave a testimonial about her work with the United Way and why she signed up her business, Katsu Dojo Karate, to be a Small Business partner. The Small Business Partnership is an exclusive opportunity that allows business leaders to show a commitment to United Way through their donations and continuous efforts to contribute to the local economy.

Thank you so much to our attendees and especially to our wonderful speakers. Thank you to our community supporter Piesanos. We hope that Hearts Unite inspired you to get more involved with our community and United Way to make a better life for everyone. 

Eastside High School and Check & Connect student, Terrell Quarterman, spoke about how the organization has impacted his life and changed the way he views education. The Check & Connect program uses a dedicated core of mentors to help students see their own potential for growth and consider their future goals. Currently, three area high schools house the

Also featured at the program was a video presentation, filmed and produced by Two-Head Video, Inc., highlighting three highly personal stories from three families that have used United Way agencies to change their lives.

United Way’s Vice President of Resource Development, Dana Clayton, introduced the video series and reminded attendees that stories of life-changing experiences are abundant in our region.

Chris Wells with Hearts Unite speaker, Debbie Sorgi

Brandon Nappy, Fritz Reichardt, Casey Hahn and Rebecca Sheppard Cain at Hearts Unite

United Way Board Chair Kay Ayers with Josh Chase at Hearts Unite

United Way Board Member Bill Gair with Ben Cannon at Hearts Unite

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A FUNDRAISER FOR UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA

SPEND THE DAY WITH JOHN SPENCE

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WELCOME TO THE TEAM, DEBORAH!

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recently attended CEO training in Virginia, along with 82 brand-new CEOs from across the county. There, we listened on “day 1” to United Way Worldwide President Brian Gallagher talk about the mission and goals of UWW. He shared many impressive facts about the organization, including, today, that there are 1,800 United Way agencies in 41 countries with a combined $5.2 billion in revenue. In all, they represent more than 10 million donors and boast 2.61 million volunteers from 100 global corporate companies.

n April 24 John Spence will once again lend his expertise to United Way for Spend the Day with John Spence.

John Spence has been named one of the top 100 business thought leaders in America, one of the top 100 small business influencers in America and one of the top 500 leadership development experts in the world. John has also worked with top companies such as Microsoft, GE, IGM, Verizon, Merrill Lynch and more.

This year’s program will feature a personal career development workshop. In the workshop, John Spence will help you to create a strategic plan for your life. You will gain practical skills that will help you to identify where you would like to be and how to formulate a plan to get there.

The event will take place at the Best Western Gateway Grand from 1–4 p.m. There will also be a Mix-n-Mingle with John at the Gators Den Sports Grill from 4–5 p.m. Thank you to our event sponsors Best Western Gateway Grand, Florida Food Service, Gainesville Regional Airport and North Florida Regional Healthcare. 

That’s one heck of an impressive snapshot, but it’s what Brian said next that spoke to me the most. “We are in the business of recruiting communities,” Gallagher said.

What a powerful statement. Not that the work we do is not significant, because it is. But, what differentiates the United Way of North Central Florida from the results our partner agencies provide is that we have the unique ability to mobilize resources, interests, money and focus in ways no other agency can. We can do none of these things without YOU! It’s you who holds the key to whether we change lives. It’s you who helps us determine our collective impact to move the needle on education, income, health and immediate needs.

We are in the impact business. It’s our job to recruit you to change what can be changed and to focus on how together, it must. 

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arents and children at Terwilliger Elementary enjoyed the ReadingPals Initiative’s second Family Literacy Night on February 25. Attendees enjoyed a read-aloud of The Book with No Pictures, a number one New York Times bestseller, by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak.

Matt Adkins, actor, read the book to the group, inducing many giggles and demands for him to read it again. Volunteers from UF’s Family, Youth and Community Sciences Club helped children create a Silly Word Bubble, based on the comical words in the book. At the end of the event, three lucky raffle winners took home a bag of books and pencils, much to their parent’s delight. Each student received a copy of The Book with No Pictures and expressed their eagerness to read it when they got home. Visit our Facebook page for more photos from the event.

The ReadingPals Initiative aims to involve parents in their child’s literacy by providing events like this in order to bring fun back to reading. Building positive reading experiences together is important for parents and children in order to help children realize the benefits and value of books. With events like these and the every day work ReadingPals is doing, parents and children will have more books in the home, children will perform better in school, and parents will be more involved in their child’s literacy. 

The ReadingPals Initiative aims to involve parents in their child’s literacy by providing events like this in order to bring fun back to reading.

ReadingPals student, Dayla showing off her art project

Students working together on the craft activity

Students and their parents enjoying Family Literacy Night

FAREWELL TO SOMEONE WHO MADE A GREAT IMPACT

“ To be a great leader, you must first be a leader of yourself.”

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BUILDING POSITIVE READING EXPERIENCES AS A FAMILY

On January 27, United Way held a retirement reception for Vice President of Community Impact, Karen Slevin. Karen began her time with United Way in January of 2013, after many years at

Catholic Charities. The United Way family is so grateful for everything she has done for us and she will definitely be missed around the office! 

LEFT: Karen Slevin and Dana Clayton at Karen’s retirement celebration. CENTER: Karen Slevin with the Catholic Charities team. RIGHT: Karen Slevin with the United Way team.

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Development Team Dana Clayton, VP Resource Development Chris Wells, Development Director of Residential & Individual Giving Britt Pearson, Development Associate, Affinity Groups Sylvia Waldman, Director of Database Systems Lauren Martin, Database Associate

Communications & Marketing Amy Azoulay, Communications Manager

Board of Directors Executive Committee Kay Ayers, AvMed, Chair Nick Banks, Front Street, Vice Chair Carolyn Lukert, Dementia Education, Inc., Past Board Chair Ed Bonahue, Santa Fe College, Member-At-Large

Dennis Gies, Community Volunteer, Member-At-Large Kenneth Kurdziel, James Moore & Company, Finance Chair Melanie Ross, UF Health, Communications Chair Board Members Bill Gair, University of Florida Sam Goforth, Community Volunteer Jennifer Hunt, CAMPUS USA Credit Union Shaney Livingston, Alachua County Library District Brad Pollitt, UF Health & Shands, Campaign Chair Doug Ray, Gainesville Sun/Ocala Star Banner Dr. Jen Day Shaw, University of Florida Andy Sherrard, O2BKids!

Dr. Patricia Snyder, University of Florida Adrian Taylor, Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, Public Policy Chair Lynda Tealer, University Athletic Association, Inc. Scott Thomas, Infinite Energy Jenna White, Enterprise Holdings, Inc., CIT Chair

Special thanks to our Academy Sponsors

2014–2015 Campaign Cabinet Brad Pollitt, Chair, UF Health & Shands Rory Causseaux, Causseaux, Hewett and Walpole, Inc. Robert Deese, Suntrust Bill Gair, University of Florida Monica McMillen, Law Offices of Steven Miller John Power, Alachua County Tax Collector Jason Shank, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Jay St. Pierre, North Florida Regional Medical Center

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