"I gave at the office." Chances are, you have. United Way campaigns are conducted in almost 300 local businesses and organizations. Payroll deduction makes giving even easier, allowing a small portion of each paycheck to be deducted and sent to United Way.

For an employee, it makes giving easy, and they can be assured that their dollars are being put to use effectively and efficiently by local agencies.

For a business, a United Way campaign does several things:

• It's a great way to support a wide variety of needs with one single gift;
•  It provides your employees with the widest range of giving possible - employees can allow United Way volunteers to invest their gift, or designate their gift to any nonprofit organization in the world.
• It's an efficient way to give - a campaign presentation takes about 20 minutes, and can be incorporated into an existing staff or safety meeting;
• It's fun! Employees working together to help their community - it builds teamwork and helps us appreciate how fortunate we are.

Companies are learning to work efficiently with fewer employees. Since workplace fund-raising is how we raise millions of dollars each year, we continually need to add more companies to our "friends list" to raise those essential dollars to help our friends and neighbors in need.

The Resource Development Team is the Advisory Board's team responsible for raising the resources necessary to fund the needs of our community. The annual campaign brings in the funding for local agencies, and represents the ultimate team effort.

This team also is responsible for ongoing efforts to secure in-kind contributions, such as volunteers, donated materials and reduced rates for nonprofits, which all help keep operating costs to a minimum.

This team focuses not only on short-term fundraising, but also long term financial stability for our community's nonprofit organizations.

Members:

2003/2004 Resource Development Team:
John Allen, (RD Team Chair) Occidental Petroleum
George Dugid, Independent Consultant.
Steve Hadden, Independent Consultant.
Mike Marquez, (Leadership Chair) ChevronTexaco

Assessment of Community Needs Team
Resource Development Team
Community Impact Team
Marketing Results Team