{"id":3853,"date":"2017-06-07T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hfuw.org\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2017-06-07T16:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:10:31","slug":"2017-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/2017-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating $17.7 Million for the Community!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2278\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/HeartofFloridaUnitedWay\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10155448101412375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2278\" class=\"wp-image-2278 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hfuw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2017\/06\/DSC_0006.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0006\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Click here to view photos from the event<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bacon, eggs and fundraising! Today, Heart of Florida United Way celebrated the end of its 2016-17 Workplace Giving Campaign. Every year, employees from across Central Florida signed up for payroll deductions through workplace giving campaigns in order to invest in community programs supported by Heart of Florida United Way. hundreds of companies and thousands of employees contribute to their community through United Way. This year, under the leadership of Campaign Chair John Pisan of Wells Fargo Wealth Management more than $17.7 million was raised to fight for the health, education and financial stability of every person in Central Florida.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year, Walt Disney World, Publix Super Markets and Lockheed Martin were honored as \u201cMillion-Dollar Champions\u201d for raising $3.5 million, $3.4 million and $1 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 400 Central Florida businesses organized workplace campaigns and fundraising events to benefit United Way. Individuals and companies were recognized for their exemplary efforts in this year\u2019s campaign. Specific company and individual recognitions included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cChairman\u2019s Award\u201d \u2013 Orange County Government<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPhenomenal Executive Champion\u201d \u2013 Malcolm Barnes with Duke Energy<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSpirit Award\u201d \u2013 Costco Wholesale<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExceptional Employee Campaign Managers\u201d \u2013 Melissa Dukes with OUC \u2013 The <em>Reliable<\/em> One and Chanda Jordan with Enterprise Holdings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$500,000+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orange County Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$400,000+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UPS Florida<\/li>\n<li>SunTrust Bank of Central Florida<\/li>\n<li>City of Orlando<\/li>\n<li>Florida Hospital<\/li>\n<li>AT&amp;T<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$300,000+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tupperware Brands Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Wells Fargo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$200,000+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enterprise Holdings Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Darden Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Adventist Health System<\/li>\n<li>CNL Financial Group<\/li>\n<li>Duke Energy<\/li>\n<li>OUC- The <em>Reliable<\/em> One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$100,000+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank of America<\/li>\n<li>University of Central Florida<\/li>\n<li>FedEx Corporation<\/li>\n<li>CenturyLink<\/li>\n<li>PCL Construction Services<\/li>\n<li>Orlando Health<\/li>\n<li>Costco Wholesale<\/li>\n<li>Siemens Energy<\/li>\n<li>Target Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster Kantor &amp; Reed, PA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe generosity shown by local businesses, organizations and individuals in this year\u2019s campaign is the reason we\u2019re able to make such a positive collective impact in our community,\u201d said John Pisan, 2016-2017 Heart of Florida United Way Campaign Chair and Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo Wealth Management. \u201cThe funds raised over the past year will be invested in critical programs aimed at education, income, health and basic needs \u2013 programs that will help improve the lives of residents in our own community which, in turn, will improve our economy as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to every single person who helped us reach the $17.7 million total!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacon, eggs and fundraising! Today, Heart of Florida United Way celebrated the end of its 2016-17 Workplace Giving Campaign. Every year, employees from across Central Florida signed up for payroll deductions through workplace giving campaigns in order to invest in community programs supported by Heart of Florida United Way. hundreds of companies and thousands of employees contribute to their community through United Way. This year, under the leadership of Campaign Chair John Pisan of Wells Fargo Wealth Management more than<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/2017-victory\/\">Continue Reading &#8250;&#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":3854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3853"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3860,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions\/3860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coxmedia.thestagingurl.com\/heartoffloridaunitedway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}