2001 COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS

• General Electric’s and Sikorsky Aircraft employee campaigns each totaled more than $1.2 million.
• People’s Bank ran its first electronic employee campaign and raised more than $900,000.
• Aquarion Company campaign a 17% increase.
• Cadbury Schweppes employee campaign increased for the second year in a row and included a company match.
• Fairfield Public Schools finished at the top of its class with a 20% increase. 
• Fairfield University boosted its campaign to $30,000.
• Bullard Havens employee campaign increased 100%.
  New companies who joined the Community Campaign this year include Electric Heater/Super Seal, Cyclone Car Wash, Anthony Julian Railroad Construction, Fetzer Tire, Millward Brown International, U. S. Baird, William B. Meyer and New Horizons Computer Learning Center.
• Roger Ludlowe Middle School Student Council organized a school dance to raise funds to benefit the September 11th Fund.
• The Total Look Salon of Fairfield organized a “Cut-a-thon” to benefit the September 11th Fund.
• Six new members have joined the Alexis de Tocqueville Society, individual who give $10,000 or more.
• 56 new givers joined the Signature Club by making a leadership gift of $1,000 or more.
• Among member agencies ran internal United Way Community Campaigns, the largest increase was Hall Neighborhood House followed by Cardinal Sheehan, The Center for Women and Families, and the YMCA’s.
• United Parcel Service exceeded its goal by conducting its annual raffle and a golf tournament raising more than $20,000 through special events. 
• Fairfield County Labor Council hosted the Connecticut United Motorcycle Ride, which generated nearly $10,000 in addition to their annual contribution to Fairfield County United Ways.
• Bridgeport Fittings demonstrated their community commitment by matching funds raised through their employee campaign with a matching corporate contribution.
• Bead Industries and Owens Brockway both had 20% increases in their employee campaigns.
• Zeldes, Needle & Cooper led the way in the Business Firms Division with an increase of 14%.
• Department of Mental Health was up 15% from last year.
• Monroe Post Office had a tremendous year with an increase of 25%.

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