Thanks for “texting it forward” to support Goderich!

There are a lot of people out there that I want to send a big thank you to right now – those who supported the victims of the recent tornado in Goderich by participating in our special two-week mobile giving campaign for United Way Perth-Huron.
 
Between August 23-31, $2855 was raised via texting to support the citizens of the disaster-stricken town of Goderich. With $5 being donated for each text, that’s a whole lot of texting going on!

Twitter played a big role in spreading the word about this special campaign, as did our local media outlets. I think our CEO, Jan Varner, summed it up best with the following statement: "I am so pleased to see the support from the community, media partners and social media outlets. We’ve never seen so many retweets! Our community put caring into action by texting their financial support and sharing it with their networks.”

We also accepted donations from donors without texting capability. These funds will be added to the text donations and sent to Goderich.

While we’re no longer accepting text donations for Goderich, the mobile giving campaign continues throughout our fall workplace campaign season in support of those in need right here in the KW area.

Simply text “UWAY” to 45678 and $5 will be added to your phone bill. You can make up to six text donations per month.

Here’s an interesting fact for you: Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Libro Financial Group, we were one of the first Canadian United Ways to launch a mobile giving initiative.

Thanks again to all who supported Goderich through our special two-week mobile giving campaign, and to all who continue to support our community by “texting it forward”.

Keep Caring it Forward!

Meg