United Way of Southeast Mississippi

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8th Annual Home Sweet Home Raffle Begins

The ribbon-cutting for the new home in United Way's 8th Annual Home Sweet Home Raffle was held Friday, January 15. Representatives of the Greater Hattiesburg Home Builders Association were present, along with employees of Leaf River Cellulose, who presented United Way with a check for $70,000 for their sponsorship of the raffle.

Raffle tickets are on sale now! You could win a new $218,000 home for only $100! Click here for more information about the raffle, to see pictures of the home and to buy your ticket online.

2009-2010 Campaign
Southeast Mississippi has been busy this fall raising money for United Way and our 21 partner agencies. United Way wants to thank all our donors and volunteers for your great support!

Pictured above are a few recent activities from the campaign.

At left: United Way of Southeast Mississippi Executive Director Dan Kibodeaux accepts a corporate donation from Belk Store Manager Wayne Freeman. Middle: Purvis High School Senior Cody Triplett presents a check to Community Impact Coordinator Michelle Garraway representing the proceeds from a ping pong tournament he organized as part of his senior class project. At right: Qdoba Mexican Grill hosted a United Way benefit during the restaurant's grand opening week. The event raised $4,000 for United Way!

2009-2010 campaign kicks off
The 2009-2010 community campaign kicked off with a military boot camp-themed lunch on Sept. 3. Campaign Chair Allen Anderson announced this year's campaign goal to be $1.75 million.

Pictured at right (in their camouflage and dog tags) are Renita Hatten and Sara Peterson checking in attendees and assigning them to a branch of the military.

Click here for more information about the Campaign Kick-off.

19th Annual Corporate Challenge
On August 29, United Way held its 19th annual Corporate Challenge where teams participated in games like volleyball, tug-of-war and egg toss. This year's Overall Team Spirit Winner was Forrest General Hospital (left), and this year's first place winner was The Family Y (right). Second place honors went to Regions Mortgage, and BancorpSouth won third place. Other Team Spirit Award winners were Target and BancorpSouth.

Pacesetters kick off 2009-2010 campaign
On July 30, 11 organizations met at the Family Y to kick off the Pacesetter campaign for United Way of Southeast Mississippi. United Way thanks our Pacesetters for stepping up and providing our campaign great momentum in the next month. For more information, click here.
Pictured at left is Pacesetters Chair Jerome Brown of The First speaking to Pacesetter representatives.

ARC breaks ground on new multi-purpose building
On June 12, representatives of the ARC (Association for Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities) broke ground at the location of their new multi-purpose building, which will be built behind the current ARC home on Bonhomie Road. The building will be used for leisure recreation and will feature a theatre, a kitchen, an exercise room and more.