Popular incentives for the month of November have been announced for the 2009 UNM ‘Live United’ United Way campaign. Among the incentives are tickets to the Mariachi Christmas, Peking Acrobats and Lobo men’s basketball. Anyone who donates to the ‘Live United’ campaign during the month will be eligible for great prizes courtesy of Popejoy Presents and Lobo men’s basketball. The drawing for the prizes will be held the first week in December.
Additionally, all those who contribute to the ‘Live United’ campaign are reminded to wear their United Way pin, arriving via mail, to be eligible for additional prizes.
Every Friday during the course of the campaign, a group of volunteers, known as the United Way undercover prize patrol, will be around campus looking to award prizes to pin-wearing individuals. So remember to turn in your pledge forms and wear your pin every Friday for your shot at winning some great prizes. A few of the prize patrol offerings include Starbuck cards, haircuts, food and much more.
We all want to help others and United Way makes it easy. If you’re still looking for a reason to contribute, here are 10 reasons:
1. Roadrunner Food Bank - whose needs have risen 40% in the last two years.
2. Title I Homeless Project, Tutoring - providing the means, motivation and encouragement needed for homeless students to reach their potential as productive members of society in an educational environment that treats all students with dignity and respect.
3. Camp Rising Sun - a specialized summer camp experience for kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders, which also provides respite for parents and caregivers.
4. UNM’s School of Medicine, Division of Dental Hygiene - educating dental hygienists through the transmission of dental science knowledge acquired from research and patient care. The Student Clinic offers a full range of preventive and therapeutic dental hygiene services to our community.
5. Meals-on-Wheels - and their fleet of volunteers who deliver nourishing meals and smiles every day to people who are homebound, physically-ill or handicapped.
6. UNM’s Agora Crisis Center - providing free confidential, compassionate help to anyone in need of emotional support.
7. UNM’s STEM Education Outreach Programs – Promoting and keeping Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education in New Mexico.
8. UNM’s Popejoy’s Schooltime Series - where professional performing artists create educational experiences to encourage and support literacy, creativity, and communication; much needed in these times of cuts in art programs.
9. Empowering Victims of Violence through the Community Fund - Assisting both adult and child victims of violence by providing a multi-disciplinary, accessible, and culturally appropriate service delivery system.
10. KNME-TV - Presenting high quality programming which challenges the mind and enriches our quality of life, as well as serving as a forum for thoughtful civil discourse on issues that face our state and our nation.
For more information on the UNM ‘Live United’ campaign individuals may contact Campaign Coordinator Connie Beimer at (505) 277-0204, via e-mail, unmuw@unm.edu or visit: Live United.
Media Contact: Mara Kerkez, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: marakez6@unm.edu