Campaign Awards & Special Recognition

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Corporate Campaign Awards

Major Employers 1

Major Employers 2

Commerce & Industry 1

Commerce & Industry 2

Commerce & Industry 3

Commerce & Industry 4

Employee Campaign Awards

Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards are given to recognize above average giving regardless of the number of employees for all organizations with:

1. a minimum of 50% participation AND

2. an average weekly gift of over $1 for all employee donors

Platinum-Average Employee Gift of $5 or more per week ($260+/year)

Anderson, O’Brien, Bertz, Skrenes & Golla
Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Nationwide Financial Services
Regnier Consulting Group
Sentry Insurance
The Boldt Company-WRV
United Way of Portage County
Wells Fargo Advisors
Wisconsin Paper Council

Gold-Average Employee Gifts of $3 or more per week ($156+/year)

Achievement Center-Early Intervention
American Red Cross of Portage County
Ameriprise Financial
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Portage County
CAP Services
Central City Credit Union
Cooper Dental
Ellis Stone Construction Company
Epilepsy Foundation of Central & Northeast Wisconsin
Express Employment Professionals
General Beer-Northeast, Inc.
HSBC-North America
JHL Mail Marketing Inc.
M&I Bank
Meals on Wheels
Mid-State Technical College
NAPA Distribution Center
Pointe Precision
Portage County Business Council
Portage County Gazette
Recycled Office Environments/Emmons Business Interiors
Spud City Sales
UPS
Worth Company

Silver-Average employee gifts of $2 or more per week ($104+/Yr.)

Aging & Disability Resource Center
AnchorBank-Plover Branch
Associated Bank
Bliss Educational Services Center
Family Connections in Portage County
Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes
Mark Motors Automotive
McKinley Elementary
NewPage-Stevens Point Mill
NewPage-Whiting Mill
Pineries Bank
Wysocki Produce Farm/Paragon Potato Farms

Bronze -Average employee gifts of $1 or more per week ($52+/Yr)

AnchorBank-Stevens Point Branch
Bannach Elementary
Blenker Construction
Boys & Girls Club of Portage County
Bulls Eye Credit Union
Childrens Service Society of Wisconsin
Community First Bank
Community Industries Corporation
DigiCopy
JC Penney Company Inc.
Kennedy Elementary
McDill Elementary
Midwest Hardware Association
PJ Jacobs Junior High School
Plover Whiting Elementary
Portage County Child Passenger Safety
River Cities Bank
Roosevelt Elementary
Stevens Point Water/Sewer Department
Target Stores #806

100% Club -all businesses with 10 or more employees that reported 100% participation during the 2009 campaign.

Ameriprise Financial
AnchorBank-Stevens Point Branch
Boys & Girls Club of Portage County
Community First Bank
DigiCopy
General Beer-Northeast, Inc.
Mid-State Technical College
Pineries Bank
United Way of Portage County

Thousand Dollar Clubs

$100,000+ Club-Corporate and employee gifts of $100,000 or more

Associated Bank
Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Ministry Medical Group/Saint Michael’s Hospital
Sentry Insurance

$75,000+Club- Corporate and employee gifts between $75,000 and $99,999

Donaldson Company Inc.
NewPage Corporation
Travel Guard

$50,000+Club-Corporate and employee gifts between $50,000 and $74,999

Worzalla Publishing Company

$25,000+Club-Corporate and employee gifts between $25,000 and $49,999

Golden County Foods
M&I Bank
Noel Group, LLC
Skyward, Inc.
Stevens Point Public Schools
UPS
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

$10,000+ Club-Corporate and employee gifts between $10,000 and $24,999

Anderson, O’Brien, Bertz, Skrenes & Golla
CAP Services
CN
Community Care of Central Wisconsin
Ellis Stone Construction Company
Joerns Healthcare
Muzzy Broadcasting (InKind)
Neenah Paper-Whiting Mill
NRG Media (InKind)
Pointe Precision
Portage County Government Employees
RR Donnelley
Spectra Print (InKind)
Worth Company
Wysocki Produce Farm/Paragon Potato Farms

Portage County Business Park Employee Participation Award

Stevens Point Business Park organizations with 100% participation regardless of the number of employees

Ameriprise Financial

Portage County Business Council

Regnier Consulting Group

Outstanding Campaign Awards

Greatest Campaign Percentage Increase of All Public Schools-Plover Whiting Elementary – Up 22% over 2008
Greatest Campaign % Increase of All Parochial Schools-Pacelli High School – Up 266% over 2008
Greatest Campaign % Increase of All Partner Agencies-Achievement Center – Early Intervention – Up 109% over 2008

Other Recogntion

2009 Pacesetter Organizations

Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Regnier Consulting Group

Special Recognition Awards-superior effort in support of the 2009 campaign

Melanie Loomis, NAPA
Susan Wolf, NAPA
Mark Hilliker, Community Care of Central Wisconsin

Lifetime Achievement Award-Dr. Robert Cooper

For steadfast support of United Way with his time and talent, as For steadfast support of United Way, as a dedicated donor, as our 1979 Board President when this United Way took the campaign over the $300,000 mark for the first time since its inception back in 1945, and as a steadfast advocate - especially among the doctors in the dental community here in Portage County. 

Campaign Kick-Off Partners  

Aging & Disability Resource Center	Fuel Stop	Muzzy Broadcasting	Roberts Irrigation
Almond Fire Department	Heartland Farms	North Central Irrigation	Sentry Insurance
American Red Cross	James Burns & Sons	Paramount Farms	Stevens Point Brewery
Boys & Girls Club of Portage County	Land O’Lakes	Patrykus Farms	Stevens Point Police Dept.
Dairyland Cycle Insurance	Meals on Wheels	Plover Police Department	WAOW-TV Channel 9
Free Riders Press	Midwestern Farms	Portage Couty Sherriff’s Dept.	Wysocki Produce Farms

Campaign Prize Sponsors

Badger Sports Properties	Furniture & ApplianceMart	The Landing Resort	UWSP Athletics
Delta Dental of Wisconsin	John & Jeanne Herder	Travel Guard
Ellis Stone Construction Company	M&I Bank	Trig’s County Market

Media Sponsors 

Campaign Volunteers 

United Way campaign volunteers provide their time, talents, ideas and resources to play a key role in the annual campaign. Following is a list of individuals who contributed to the success of the 2009 campaign:

Campaign Coordinators of the Year-Wysocki Produce/Paragon Potato Farms

Speakers Bureau Award-Carie Winn, Boys & Girls Club of Portage County

Special Service Award-for commitment, leadership and support of the United Way campaign

NewPage Stevens Point Mill
Skyward, Inc.
Stevens Point Area YMCA

2009 Campaign Cabinet 

Past Drive Chair Ambassadors 

2009 Speakers Bureau