The Last Day

We've made it to the final day of the campaign and it's very exciting. With just a few hours left we have had 45.87% of Commerce donate, which I think is amazing. But there is still some time to donate and hopefully we can reach our goal of 55% by day's end.

As of right now, DOPL is just edging out DPU in individual contributors by one person. This race is coming down to the last moments.

Noel Taxin from DOPL won in the donation drawing. Jackie Betts from CORP, Jan Buchi from DRE,  Marvin Everett from DRE, and  John Crawford from DOPL won in the blog drawing.

Hooray for winning!

There is still time to donate so hurry to www.usecf.state.ut.us and help us reach the 55%.

Day 31 Happy Halloween

ONLY ONE MORE DAY!

We are doing great. We've finally breached 100 people donating from our Department, which is really exciting. We're now at 43% for Commerce as a whole. And DOPL has overtaken DPU for most individuals who have donated, with 22 individuals. That's amazing.

Tracy Naff from DOPL, Mykah Travis from DRE, and Tammy Baker from DOPL won in our donation drawing. Mary Price from CORP, Rachell Oaks from CORP, Kathy Archuleta from DRE, and Connie Call from DOPL won the blog drawing. 

Everyone is so happy!

There is still time to win excellent prizes and to feel great. So donate now at www.usecf.state.ut.us and enter the blog drawing.

Day Thirty

Wow. The end is near. We only have two full days left to contribute so make sure you go to www.usecf.state.ut.us to donate if you haven't already.

We're doing pretty well so far. My goal at the start of the campaign was to have 55% of Commerce donate. And right now we're at 39%, which is pretty great. I hope we can get a surge of contributors these next couple days and that we'll reach that 55%.

Right now the competition for most individual contributors is neck and neck (and neck), with CORP, DOPL, and DPU all in the mix. But every division is doing a really excellent job and I'm impressed by the good attitudes of all involved.

We had some winners today in the drawings. In the donation drawing, we had Dan Jones from CORP as our winner. Connie Hendricks from DPU, Shauna Benvegnu-Springer from DPU, Masuda Medcalf from ADM, David Thomson from DPU, and Teresa Swanson from CORP won in the blog drawing. Congratulations to all our winners!

"Winning is great!"

If you're here and haven't donated yet be sure to go to  www.usecf.state.ut.us to donate!

The Building Event Was GreatWe

We had a great day at the Building Event. We had popcorn and puppies! Twelve charities attended the event.

I'd like to give a big thank you to the charities that participated in our event.

• Adopt A Native Elder (1002)
• Camp Hawkins (1142)
• Humane Society of Utah (1519)
• Huntsman Cancer Foundation (2009)
• Intermountain Therapy Animals (2506)
• Primary Children’s Medical Center Foundation (1036)
• Ronald McDonald House Charities (2023)
• The Sharing Place (2513)
• Utah Food Bank (1051)
• Utah Assistive Technology Foundation (1101)
• United Way of Salt Lake (7500)
• Utah Foster Care Foundation (1052)

Click on the charities names to be directed to their websites.

We really want to thank all of you who attended the event! So we're going to thank you. You can't stop us!

FYI: We were supposed to be "Helping (Ranch/Farm) Hands"

And we had a TON of winners! Adam Watson from DCP, Michele Beck from OCS, Joyce Mcstotts from DOPL, and Carol Verdoia from the AGO won our donation and raffle drawings. Chenille Hutto from DCP, Brandon Henrie from SEC, Elliot Lawrence from OPRO, Van Kagie from DRE, Kadee Wright from DRE, Carla Westbroek from DRE, Allison Pettley from DOPL, Grant Allen from DOPL, Deb Buckeley from the AGO, and Terri Lym from AGO won raffle drawings and blog drawings! Congratulations everyone!

Everyone was happy they won!

Don't forget to go onto www.usecf.state.ut.us and donate! And remember to enter the blog drawing!

Day 23

The Building Event is tomorrow. I am very excited. There are going to be some great charities there and it's going to be really worth while. The event is tomorrow from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm downstairs in the first floor lobby and north conference room. We really hope to see you all there.

DPU is doing an outstanding job with individual donators. They are essentially wiping the floor with all of us. And I have some very exciting news in the division percentages...(drum roll please)...the Office of Consumer Services has reached ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of individuals from their division donating. It is tremendously exciting! Congratulations to them and to all of us for knowing them.

We held a drawing yesterday and the lucky winners from the donation drawing were both from DPU. Congratulations to Paul Hicken and Sam Liu! Also, congratulations to  Jonny Stewart from DRE, Mykah Travis from DRE, Rachell Oaks from CORP, Cyndy Nelson from OPRO, Sheila Thomas from SEC, and Erika Tedder from DPU for being our winners in the blog drawing. 

So much joy happens when you win.

Do you see the joy?

 So don't forget to visit us tomorrow during the event and most especially don't forget to donate at www.usecf.state.ut.us! Thanks so much!

Day Seventeen

Hello fellow commercians! We are just over half-way through the campaign and we're doing a good job but not quite great. So far we have had just about 25% of Commerce Employees donate. Which is exciting. And our tree is starting to look like a tree!

Also, we'd like to thank Keith from Securities for being the model for all the handouts we made to put on the tree. He stayed very still while we traced all 250 hands. He was a real trooper! Thanks Keith!

The above paragraph is a joke and was brought to you by TB and JS.

Don't you want the tree to look full and great? Donate!

OCS has overtaken OPRO for the highest percentage of employees donating from their division. And DPU is the clear leader in individual donators! Way to go DPU! You guys are rocking it!

I'd also like to say congratulations to today's prize drawing winners! Valeri Stewart from CORP, Julie Price from ADM, Jan Buchi from DRE, and Kathy Berg from CORP won in the blog drawing today. They all seemed pretty excited. Dave Hermansen from SEC won the donation drawing and he was over the moon with excitement!

Everyone is so pleased when they win!

Last week we also held a surprise drawing where Connie Call of DOPL and Barbara Berg of CORP won the blog drawing prizes. Daniel O'Bannon of DCP won the donation drawing. It was a very exciting day!

See, when you participate then you are happy!
(Connie wasn't there so we couldn't get a picture of her but I guarantee you that she was happy!)

Make sure you donate and enter the blog drawing for your chance to win fabulous* prizes! You can donate by going to www.usecf.state.ut.us today and clicking pledge online! You're already online so why not?

And don't forget to come to the Charity Event on October 24, 2013. The event will be from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. You won't regret coming.

*Assertion of prize fabulousness is subjective.

Day Four

Today was a big day for the campaign: the first day with a drawing. At 11:30 am when we conducted the drawing we had 44 donators! That means we had 15 people contribute before the day was even half over! I am super impressed with all the divisions. Especially DPU, who has taken the lead in the individual donators category away from CORP.

THE DONATORS DRAWING

Jan from DRE and Chenille from DCP were today's winners.
Look how happy donating makes you!

THE BLOG DRAWING

Ann from SEC, Kaylene and John from DOPL, Kathy from DRE, Teresa from CORP, and Maxine from CORP all won today during the blog drawing and got to choose an awesome prize from the Bag of Blog Bounty.

Do any of these people look sad to you? Answer: Of course not because they won a prize and candy! And so can you, if you donate and enter the blog drawing to the right.

So donate to any of the great charities and then add your hand to our tree! We need more leaf-hands!

Day Three

As of 4:30 pm, we had an additional 7 donators. I am so proud. And while the tree in the lobby isn't accurately reflecting the amazing donating that is going on...I'm still really pleased. Don't forget to check the fun graphs in the sidebar. And don't forget to enter the blog drawing, also in the sidebar. And most importantly, don't forget to donate!

 

Note: most of the pink text is a link. 

Day Two

I have to say that, so far, I think the campaign is getting off to a great start! The tree is up in the lobby and ready to have more helping hands added to it's branches. So hurry to the internet (hey, you're already here!) and donate so you can add your hand to the tree.

Look at how bare the tree is...doesn't that make you want to donate!

We already have had 22 individuals donate! That means we just need to get 91.02% to join in and we'll have everyone. To those 22 of you (you know who you are) I want to say thank you so much for getting this campaign out of the starting gates with a bang. In fact, I'm so grateful I'm giving each of you a bonus entrance into the prize drawings.

The first prize drawing will take place on Friday. Fingers crossed! So donate and enter the blog drawing (just fill out the form to your right...you're already here) and you could be the lucky one!

Also, for those who are competitive or statistically intrigued I have added charts showing your donation progress to the right sidebar. So far OPRO is winning the percentage race and CORP is winning with the individual donators.

Day One

The day we have all been waiting for has finally arrived! That's right...the annual Charitable Contributions Campaign has officially begun! The campaign goes from October 1, 2013 until November 2, 2013.

This year for the campaign we are going to be creating a tree in the lobby with the hands each employee should have been given by their division committee member. Once an employee donates their hand will be added to the tree.

You can turn your hand into your committee member and they will add it to the tree.

To donate online go to: http://www.usecf.state.ut.us/. Choose “Pledge Online” and enter your LAN password. On the next page, under “Select Your Contribution Type”, choose either Payroll Deduction Contribution or One Time Contribution. You can search for your favorite charities by entering keywords. You also have the option of contributing to more than one charity. Once you have submitted your contribution, you will still be able to edit it. After you have confirmed your donation, please make sure to print a copy for your tax records (you will notice a “print” button located in the bottom left corner next to the “finish” button). This will be your only opportunity to print the receipt.

You can also take your contribution to your Division representative or Amber Nielsen in Real Estate and they will help you complete the process.

Our big building event will take place Thursday October 24, 2013, so mark your calendars. You will not want to miss it.

We will also be doing prize drawings for those who have participated. If you do not want to be included in the drawings let me know. Your donation is confidential.

It's going to be a great campaign!