Campaign 2008
 

2008 Campaign results: $3.85 million

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2008 Campaign Donors Win Thomas J. Watson Society Recognition

In 1914, Thomas J. Watson was named president of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., an organization he had joined just a year earlier. It was a small company with its only plant at Endicott, New York. It had 235 employees at that time and sold a variety of business equipment including scales, time clocks, punch-card systems, and adding machines. But under Watson's leadership the organization grew. In 1923, it changed its name to International Business Machines Corp., and before Watson’s death in 1956, IBM became the leading company in the manufacturing of computers worldwide and had 60,000 employees at 200 offices and plants.

Watson also made an indelible mark on the Broome County community with his personal generosity. As a tribute to him, the Thomas J. Watson Society was established to recognize giving by the private and public sectors of the Broome County business community to support the health and human services funded by the United Way of Broome County. All business organizations contributing $10,000 or more in combined corporate and employee campaign gifts in a single year are eligible for membership.

There are four levels of recognition in the Thomas J. Watson Society: 

The Platinum Award recognizes combined corporate and employee giving of $100,000 and above.
The Gold Award recognizes combined corporate and employee giving from $50,000 to $99,999. 
The Silver Award recognizes combined corporate and employee giving from $25,000 to $49,999. 
The Bronze Award honors combined corporate and employee giving from $10,000 to $24,999.

Click here for a complete list of the members of the Thomas J. Watson society for the 2008 Campaign.

2008 Campaign Volunteers Win Helping Hand Awards

Some of the volunteers who promoted the 2008 United Way Campaign within their organizations received awards at the United Way Awards/Thank You Reception held earlier this month.  

The Helping Hand Award recognizes the exceptional leadership, inspiration, and dedication of a campaign volunteer. The award is based on the following criteria: commitment (supports the voluntary system of human services), creativity (thinks “out-of-the box,” originating new and often fun approaches, resulting in a successful campaign, volunteerism (has given years of service to the United Way Campaign and the community), inspiration (acts as a role model to others), and measurability (impacted positively on the outcome of the campaign).  

The winners of the Helping Hand Awards for the 2008 Campaign are:  
Joanne Aloi, Clear Channel Radio  
Brigit Gault-Plate, Gault Chevrolet  
Kathy Pfaffenbach, Catholic Social Services  
Ron Skeels, Instron  
Ken Spink, Endicott Interconnect Technologies  
Shiela Sullivan, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York  
Margo Undercoffer, Susquehanna Valley Central Schools

Updated: March 9, 2009