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	ENews January/February 2015 http://www.uwaykpt.org
	ENews January/February 2015 http://www.uwaykpt.org

Executive Director's Corner

Danelle Glasscock

My family loves football. It was no big surprise then on Monday to see my teenage son dragging out of bed late with a case of the morning after the Super Bowl blues. I was reflecting on a conversation between my two sons as they had discussed football defensive plays and strategies recently, and the difficulties of their teammates to remember all the details. My older son was saying that his secret to remembering the plays was to see the whole field, to think of the myriad of defensive plays not as 100 different defenses to remember, but more as parts of three strategies. The older one was instructing the younger that to play the game well one has to see the big picture. Seeing the whole field simply means to put the details into the context of the larger strategy.

I was thinking about his comments to "see the whole field" as we went into our United Way Strategy Sessions. These sessions are where each committee chair meets with the incoming United Way Leadership and discusses their plans for the upcoming year.

I find these sessions fascinating. It's really our chance to step back from the day-to-day and together to set the goals of what we desire for the organization, and through it, our community for the coming year.

January was a great month...a month of reflecting, planning, thanking our Leadership Givers, training new Board members, and expressing appreciation to our outgoing members. It was a great month for setting the ground work in anticipation of another great year of creating "A Better Life for All" in our community.

A special thanks to each donor, advocate and volunteer for the important role you play in "seeing the whole field" and helping us to make the lives better for a myriad of individuals in our community.

Thank you and Live United,

Danelle Glasscock

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UWGK 2014 Annual Meeting
Thursday, February 12, 2015

On Thursday, February 12th, UWGK will hold its Annual Meeting in the Douglass Room of the V.O. Dobbins Community Complex from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. During this meeting, the UWGK Board President and Treasurer will report on the activities and the financial condition of the organization.

During the meeting we will also have our featured speaker, Dr. Marvin Cameron, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Kingsport. Dr. Cameron will be speaking on how "Charity Matters" to each of us. Let's join together to see how we can make it matter even more to those in our community! Lunch will be provided by Chef's Pizza. Cost is $10

Please RSVP to Brenda Overbey by Tuesday, February 10th to reserve your lunch! Thank you!

United Way of Greater Kingsport

2014 Board of Directors

President......................................................................John Perdue

Vice-President...........................................................Darren Eskind

Secretary........................................................................Cari Parker
Treasurer/Finance Chair.................................................Mike Watts
Assistant Treasurer/Finance Vice-Chair........................Jim Maddox
Administration Chair........................................................Brett Sago
Administration Vice-Chair.................................................Cacy Fink
Audit Chair.......................................................................Lori Payne
Audit Vice-Chair..........................................................Andy Hatfield
Communications Chair...................................................Ben Conkin
Communications Vice-Chair.......................................Jeannie Miller
Community Assessment/Planing Chair........................Edd Baldock
Community Assessment/Planning Vice-Chair...............Kevin White
Community Investment Chair.......................................Lora Barnett
Community Investment Vice-Chair..............................Christin Dyer
Human Resources Chair...........................................Andy Wampler
Human Resources Vice-Chair................................Rhonda Reeves
Leadership Development Chair.................................Duane Barnes
Leadership Development Vice-Chair............................Keith Parker
Quality Chair...............................................................Phillip Tencer
Quality Vice-Chair.....................................................Susan Fannon
Resource Development Chair...................................Candace Sass
Resource Development Vice-Chair...........................Craig Denison
Strategic Planning Chair...................................Rachel Horton Cain
Strategic Planning Vice-Chair.......................................Jeff Fleming
At-Large Member.........................................................Tim Attebery
At-Large Member...................................................Marvin Cameron
At-Large Member...........................................................Matt Storey
At-Large Member.........................................................Dory Creech
At-Large Member..................................................Thomas Henning
At-Large Member.........................................................Jubal Yennie

UPCOMING EVENTS

UWGK 2014 Annual Meeting

Thursday, February 12, 2015

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

V.O. Dobbins Douglass Room

RSVP to Brenda Overbey

by Tuesday, February 10th, 2015

Cost of lunch is $10

(paid in advance or at the door)

*NEW* Community Impact

Module 1 (Initiatives) Training

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

UWGK Conference Room

RSVP to Kandy Childress

*NEW* Community Impact

Module 2 (Agencies) Training

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

UWGK Conference Room

RSVP to Stephanie Crandall

Visit 2-1-1 new website for
free information about health and human services.

www.contactconcern.org

2014-2015 Leadership Giving Event

On January 29th United Way of Greater Kingsport held its Leadership Giving Event

at the Toy F. Reid Employee Center. This event was organized to say "THANK YOU"
to all those that donated $500 or more to the 2014-2015 UWGK Campaign.

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