Campaign

Here are 4 ways businesses and organizations can be involved:

Organize a Workplace Campaign

United Way workplace campaigns are about bringing people in local workplaces together to tackle our community's most difficult issues in the areas of education, financial stability, and health. Whether you're a small business, major corporation or even a nonprofit, you can join the hundreds of local businesses and organizations that run workplace campaigns each year.
Benefits:

Build Your Team: Engaging employees in a community partnership strengthens talent retention, boosts morale, and provides staff development opportunities.
Build Your Business: Community involvement helps you reach a broader audience. You can see increased sales and improved client relationships.
Build Your Reputation: Community focus strengthens you as an industry and community leader with stakeholders, employees, and customers.

United Way will help you design a campaign to meet your needs. (See below).

Corporate Gifts

By investing your corporate charitable dollars with United Way, you get a partner who:

Directs your gift in a targeted, measurable way.
Supports dozens of the best local programs run by non-profit agencies that meet or exceed United Way standards.
Brings together top corporate leaders who recognize that a healthy community is good for business.

Support Employee Volunteerism

Individuals and groups can make a difference in your community and help bring about the change they want to see by volunteering for a cause or organization that shares their ideals.Volunteering not only provides the satisfaction of making a difference - it can offer other benefits, such as:

Learning new skills
Meeting new people, including business contacts
Providing a sense of worth, satisfaction, and making a difference.

Loaned Executive Program

Loaned Executives are individuals “loaned” to United Way from an organization or sponsored with funds from local companies. Loaned Executives function as extensions of the United Way fundraising staff in coordinating employee campaigns and soliciting employee pledges throughout Mid Coast Maine during the Campaign. Loaned Executives build leadership, communication, and teamwork skills while assisting local employers in planning, implementing, and managing successful United Way workplace campaigns. Serving as United Way spokespeople, Loaned Executives convey the mission, vision, and values of United Way to the community.

Companies that have offered Loaned Executives and/or sponsored Loaned Executives include: L.L.Bean, Hannaford, Bath Savings Institution, FHC, Inc., and Norway Savings Bank.

If you are interested in any of these involvement options, please contact us at 207-443-9752 or [email protected].

There are many advantages to running a United Way workplace campaign:

United Way of Mid Coast Maine offers a simple, convenient, and efficient way for your employees to support the community and causes they believe in.
Your employees may give in regular increments with easy payroll deduction.
A workplace campaign will help your company to achieve its Corporate Social Responsibility goals.
Your employees will be able to tap into a wealth of volunteer opportunities and receive information about what is happening in their community, including the free, confidential referral system 2-1-1.

We will provide you with all the tools and support you need.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine is a tested leader in workplace giving and we thoroughly vet our nonprofit members annually to ensure we provide donors with access to the most effective nonprofit organizations in the area.

Through a workplace campaign your employees will experience the satisfaction of seeing their donations turn into programs and services that create impact on people’s lives. When they see the needle moving on important social issues in our community, they will know your company or organization helped to make a difference and they will feel proud of their collective accomplishments.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine will partner with you to develop a customized fundraising campaign that aligns with your corporate values, as well as the particular interests of your employees. We will provide training and support to assist you in building your fundraising team and running an effective campaign. We will provide you with the tools and resources needed to be successful.

2024-2025 Campaign Cabinet
The Campaign Cabinet are volunteer community leaders who have a passion for the United Way mission and want to help us reach our fundraising goal. The Cabinet is comprised of new and returning members, and include:
Kelly Creamer, Campaign Chair, LincolnHealth
Steve Cohen, community volunteer
Mike Cunningham, Hannaford
Karry Kane, Norway Savings Bank
Cerina Leeman, Camden National Bank
Patrick Manuel, RSU 1
Tara McCannell, L.L.Bean
Julie Osinski, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Lorri Perry, community volunteer
Cindy Tucci, Retired

2022-2023
Corporate Contributors

$50,000+

$10,000-$49,999

$5,000-$9,999

$3,000-$4,999

$1,000-$2,999

Bangor Savings Bank
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Burgess Technology Services
First Federal Savings
First National Bank
Five County Credit Union
Fogg Art Restoration
Goodwin's Chevrolet
H.M. Payson & Co.
Kennebec Company
M.W. Sewall & Company
Maine Community Bank
Mid Coast-Parkview Health
Morong Brunswick
Ray Labbe & Sons

$500-$999

Boucher Perkins Campbell Paradis
Casco Bay Title
KeyBank
Lajoie Brothers, Inc.
Rotary Club of Bath Sunrise

If you would like to learn more about starting a workplace campaign in your company or organization, or need assistance running your campaign, please contact us 207-443-9752.