Recognition of leadership and commitment
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The University's campaign is scheduled to run through Dec. 15 on the main campus and on Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Campus volunteers are distributing pledge cards. People who have questions or need another pledge card should contact their departmental campaign volunteer, look at the United Way home page at <www.princeton.edu/pr/uw/> or contact the main campus United Way coordinator, Karen Woodbridge, at 258-5656 or <karenw@princeton.edu>. Plasma Physics employees should contact the lab's United Way campaign chair, Mary Ann Brown, at 125-3045 or <mabrown@pppl.gov>.
By the numbers
The University's annual campaign in support of the United Way of Greater Mercer County runs through Dec. 15.
To illustrate the power of contributing, here are some examples of what your dollars could provide:
$1 per week
• Two nights in a shelter for a homeless family of
four
• Twelve days of rehabilitative therapy for a child
with developmental disabilities
• A nursing visit to an elderly person recovering from
surgery
$5 per week
• Five months of dinner meals for a senior
citizen
• Distribution of surplus food to 300 families
$10 per week
• Basic necessities for a family of six who are
victims of a fire
• Eleven sessions of psychiatric care for a mentally
ill individual
• A hot, nutritious meal for 100 homeless, indigent
people
$20 per week
• Fifteen days in a shelter with counseling for a
battered woman and her children
• One year of activities for three children in a
community program
• Six months of therapy for a low-income family
addressing teenage suicide
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