Congratulations to our United Way Award Nominees
Each year we take time to recognize and celebrate the amazing companies who give back to the community and LIVE UNITED, as well as honor and lift up the tremendous individuals who volunteer. These companies and people are leaders who help make our community a great place to live, work, and thrive. Congratulations to this year’s Nominees! These people and companies inspire all of us to continue our work to help our neighbors in need.
Winners will be announced at our Community Celebration & Annual Meeting event on March 30 – learn more and join us!
United Way Change Maker Award
A change maker is someone who takes action to help others and doesn’t stop until they’ve made a difference. The United Way Change Maker Award honors a Campaign Cabinet volunteer who put in outstanding effort to engage our corporate community to give back to United Way. They gave their time and talent to serve as a passionate liaison who is always on the lookout for ways to get local companies involved with United Way.
United Way Humble Hero Award
All around us there are special kinds of heroes in our community that don’t seek the limelight. These unsung heroes and volunteers are genuine, dedicated, and unfailingly generous and their “go-above-and-beyond” mentality and commitment inspire us all. The United Way Humble Hero Award recognizes a person or company for their everyday exceptionality and kindness, reminding us that whether or not the spotlight shines on us, we always have the opportunity be heroic to those in need by stepping forward to volunteer with United Way.
United Way Magnetic Marvel Award
Lively. Magnetic. Unique. Energetic. Inspiring. Fun. Memorable. The United Way Magnetic Marvel Award recognizes a local company that brought energy, enthusiasm, and creativity to their company’s United Way campaign. This company rallied their employees to find the joy and teamwork that can happen when you come together to do good.
This award winner is chosen in partnership with our amazing social media community! We’ll share examples of each nominees campaign and ask for their feedback on which campaign “pulled them in!”
United Way Power of Partnership Award
Our ability to create change is amplified when we come together. The United Way Power of Partnership Award recognizes companies and people who personify collaboration. These dedicated and creative collaborators extend their hearts, minds, dollars, and/or goods to further the mission of United Way in an invaluable and immeasurable way.
United Way MVP (Most Valuable Person) Award
MVP, superstar, ace, genius, G.O.A.T., champ – whatever you may call it, it’s no doubt that the United Way MVP (Most Valuable Person) Award recognizes an outstanding Employee Campaign Coordinator volunteer or group of volunteers who gave it their all when it came to spearheading their company’s United Way Campaign. United Way MVP Award recipients are dedicated influencers whose hard work and perseverance helped inspire their coworkers to invest in the community we call home.
United Way Rising Star Award
There is something uniquely inspiring to see new companies emerge as philanthropic heroes in our community. The United Way Rising Star Award recognizes a local company who stepped forward to give back to United Way for the first time and start a tradition of giving their employees the opportunity to give back to our community. They start a fire of giving within their organization and blaze a trail for other companies to follow.
United Way Heart of Community Award
The heart of our community lies within the people, leaders, and companies who step forward to get involved in the community where they do business. The United Way Heart of our Community Award honors a company whose corporate culture embodies what it means to LIVE UNITED through their commitment to positively change our community. The company recognized with the United Way Heart of Community Award has volunteerism woven throughout everything they do as a company and earned the number one spot on our United Way Top 25 Engaged Workplaces list.
United Way Top 25 Engaged Workplaces
Empowering their employees to take an active role in their community is front and center in the culture of the companies on the United Way Top 25 Engaged Workplaces list. We are proud to recognize these 25 companies who are leading the way in empowering their employees to take on volunteer leadership roles, get involved, participate in hands-on volunteer events, and give back to the community we all call home with United Way. Their outstanding display of volunteerism and volunteer hours given by their employees fuel United Way’s Bold Goals and put opportunity in the hands of our neighbors to lift families out of poverty.
We also look forward to announcing the new list of Top 50 Generous Workplaces and Top 25 Engaged Workplaces during our event on March 30!
United Way Top 50 Generous Workplaces
For the companies on this list, generosity is woven into the fabric of who they are as an organization. We are proud to honor these 50 companies who have been the most generous in supporting our community through their workplace campaigns. The United Way Top 50 Generous Workplaces list is determined by a company’s philanthropic contributions to United Way during the previous year. These companies serve as role models for exceptional corporate social responsibility which in turn creates a culture of giving back among their employees. These top 50 companies and their employees generously invested in our Bold Goals to help lift families out of poverty and create a better tomorrow for all of us.
Join us for our United Way Community Celebration & Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 30 at the Avalon Events Center. We’ll honor how companies’ and individuals’ support has helped local families, announce this year’s award winners, and enjoy a social complete with appetizers, drinks, conversation, and fun. All are invited to join in on this inspirational celebration – Register Now!
Congratulations to all our United Way Award nominees and we hope you can join us on March 30 as we announce our United Way Award winners.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our team at unitedway@unitedwaycassclay.org.