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I'm Dan Logar, Area Manager for Met-Ed, a First Energy
Company, and Campaign Chair for the 2008 United Way of Lebanon
County Campaign.
You might wonder how someone like me becomes the United
Way Campaign Chair. One hot and humid day last August, when
I was just sitting down to eat lunch, I received a call
from someone asking me if I would be willing to chair the
2008 United Way Campaign.
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My brain was affected by the heat and humidity, and I said that
I would.
Then as the day went on, I began to think … what did I agree
to? We've been hovering around the $2,000,000 mark for several
years. How did I think we could raise more money than that?
Although the Lebanon Valley has not been hit as severely as other
areas by the recent financial meltdown, we are all feeling the
pinch of high prices and financial uncertainties. But, there are
some in our community who may have lost their jobs, are faced
with uninsured medical bills, family crises, or are just getting
by, these economic challenges have been devastating. These could
be your friends or neighbors.
That is when I knew why I really agreed to chair the United Way
campaign.
At some time in our lives each of us has needed help. It might
have just been a kind word or some good advice. Or it might have
been real, concrete help to take care of a serious problem.
That is what United Way does. We provide supportive counseling,
help kids grow up healthy and provide real solutions to real needs.
By giving to United Way and encouraging others to give, we are
keeping vital programs and services alive in this community.
At the same time, United Way creates opportunities, by focusing
on the building blocks for a good life: Education, Financial Stability
and Health.
Our campaign theme this year is LIVE UNITED.
What does LIVE UNITED mean?
It means: Joining hands, Opening our
hearts, Lending our muscle, Finding our voices.
It means giving 10%, giving 100%, giving
110%,
giving an hour, a Saturday, thinking of WE before ME.
Because, when we reach out a hand to
ONE, we influence the condition of ALL.
I invite each of you to join me and do whatever you can: advocate,
volunteer, give. Let's not disappoint our friends and neighbors
who are experiencing difficult times and see, if together, we
can find a way to help by contributing to the United Way.
Each of us doing our part, that's what it means to LIVE UNITED.
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It is hard to say goodbye to a caring, intelligent and
outstanding volunteer like Andy Marhevsky.
Andy, who served as a United Way of Lebanon County Board
member for 8 years, resigned recently because of a planned
move to North Carolina in mid-2009. He is retired from Fulton
Bank.
Exemplifying the "Live United" theme, Andy spent
countless hours volunteering in key roles for our United
Way. He served as Campaign Chair in 2004 and Board President
in 2006. For the past two years, he chaired the Community
Needs Impact Grants Panel. He guided our United Way through
its evaluation of the results from United Way of America's
Standards of Excellence Self Assessment and served on
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the Strategic Plan Task Group. In addition, Andy served
on the Executive, Admissions, Endowment, and Communications
committees, as well as the Campaign Cabinet.
The very best wishes to Andy and his wife, Connie, as they
head south. He will be missed.
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