For the first time in five years, the State Employees Combined Campaign in Orange County made its goal. In fact, it surpassed the $500,000 goal by nearly 6 percent.
University faculty and staff contributed $435,689--or 82 percent--of the $528,156 raised in the October 1995 campaign. Thirty percent of University employees contributed to the campaign, giving 17 percent more money than in 1994.
Rounding out the local campaign were donations of $12,700 from UNC General Administration and $79,767 from UNC Hospitals.
"We set an ambitious goal, and our volunteers and employees came through," said local campaign chairman Matt Kupec, associate vice chancellor for development. "Carolina faculty and staff generously supported organizations that make life better for people in our community and around the world."
The once-a-year statewide fund raiser for local, national and international charitable organizations this year included 289 agencies for which employees could earmark their contributions.
More than 300 volunteers worked as vice chairs, area coordinators and solicitors for "A Moment of Sharing ... A Lifetime of Caring," the theme for this year's campaign.
Twenty-three departments qualified for the campaign's gold award, given in areas that had 85 percent employee participation with average gifts of $65 a person, while 29 qualified for the silver award, recognizing 65 percent participation and average gifts of $50.
Gold Awards:
Aerospace Studies
Affirmative Action
Alumni Association
Applied Science
Carolina Union
Chancellor's Office
Center for the Development of Learning
Dentistry (Diagnostic Studies, Pediatrics and Periodontics)
Development Office
Highway Safety Research Center
International Studies
Journalism and Mass Communication
Maternal and Child Health
Mathematics
Principals' Executive Program
Public Health Dean's Office
Scholarships and Student Aid
Sheps Center
Social Medicine
Urban Studies
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Office
Silver award:
Academic Services (Arts and Sciences)
Ambulatory Care Center (Administration)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance
Cashier's Office
Center for Alcohol Studies
Center for Public Health Practice
City and Regional Planning
Contracts and Grants
Dentistry (Operative)
Division of Continuing Education
FPG Child Development Center
Geology
Health Behavior and Education
Health Policy and Administration
Human Resources
Internal Audit
Materials Support (Purchasing)
Operations Research
Office of Information Systems
Philosophy
Political Science
Program on Aging
Provost's Office
Russian and East European Languages
Pharmacy
Study Abroad Program
University Affairs
University Relations
Women's Studies
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