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Wrapping up United Linen's United Way Campaign

This post wraps up United Linen's United Way campaign for the year.  We had a great time raising money for United Way and learned a tremendous amount about fund-raising.  This marked the first time we used social media tools to help promote our fund-raising efforts and that was a huge learning experience (more on that in a future post). 

As Kristin alluded to in the video above, we have added up the money and votes for those employees who participated in our Halloween Costume Contest.  Last week our employees dropped off money in a box under the picture of the person they thought had the best costume.  Those of you around the world had the opportunity to vote by donating money via the ChipIn widget, placed in the blog's right sidebar, and leave a comment as to the costume you thought was the best.

We tallied up the money and the winner is...

  

...Cherie Sanders (Christmas Tree).  Cherie won an iPod Nano for her creative interpretation of a Christmas tree as her Halloween costume.

  

Runner up was Dana Henshall, who portrayed a texting-while-driving accident victim. 

We raised $62.00 using the ChipIn Widget.  The cash collected during the jelly bean guessing contest and costume contest totalled $282.35, making a grand total collected of $344.35 for United Way. 

A tip of the hat and a heart-felt "thank you" to all of our employees and to all of you who participated with us in this fun campaign.  This just goes to show what can happen when everyone does a little bit...it adds up to making a big difference. 

If you have any ideas, suggestions, comments, you would like to make regarding our United Way campaign, we would love to hear from you.  Just leave a comment in the Comments section below.

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#140conference - LA

 
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking on behalf of United Linen on a panel at Jeff Pulver's #140conference - LA.  The panel discussion was on how small businesses use Twitter/social media.  On the panel were Kim Fenolio (@kfenolio) of America's Best Companies and Neal Rohrbach (@nrohrbach) of iDea Anglers.  Kim, Neal and I had never met before this conference, other than over the phone, and we hit it off great.  Both Kim and Neal are very knowledgeable when it comes to using social media for small business. 

The #140 Characters Conference (Exploring the State of Now) was a 2 day download from people of all areas of business, entertainment, sports and music.  Held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, CA, attendees got to listen in as panelists spoke of their experiences, successes and mis-fires using Twitter specifically and social media in general.  Below is the video of our session from Day 2 on Twitter and Small Business

Special thanks to Becky McCray (@beckymccray) from Alva, OK for putting this panel together for Mr. Pulver. 

For more pictures of the #140conference go to our Flickr page.

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United Linen's 2009 United Way Campaign - Costume Judging Contest

Here they are...we have pictures of the United Linen employees and the costumes they wore so you can vote and help raise money for the Bartlesville Regional United Way.

Watch the video below to see how you can participate.  Donating money is extremely easy.  Just click on the ChipIn Widget located in the right-hand sidebar of this blog, and choose how you would like to donate, (either through your Paypal account or with a credit card)

When you donate, leave a comment in the comments section of the Chipin widget (you'll see it after you make a donation) and tell us which costume you think is the best.  The contest is good through 11/6/09

Our employees will be voting also by leaving donations in a box associated with the picture of the costume.

At the end of the week, we'll tally the scores and let you know who our winner is.

Thanks for playing along with us and helping United Linen & Uniform Services raise money for the Bartlesville Regional United Way.

  

Costume #1  The Christmas Tree costume

 

Costume #2 Texting While Driving Victim costume

  

Costume #3  Vampire costume

 

Costume #4  Tavern Lady costume

 

 

Costume #5  OU Football Player costume

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United Linen's 2009 United Way Campaign - Interview with Chris Berger

We are a couple of weeks into our United Way campaign and learning alot as we try new and different approaches to raising money for this great cause. Today, we visit with Chris Berger, former resident of Bartlesville, OK about the Bartlesville United Way and how you can help make a difference in this year's United Way Campaign. Chris was heavily involved in the Bartlesville United Way campaigns when he and his family lived here, so it's great to get to visit with him and get his insight on United Way and his perspective on social media/fund-raising.



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And The Winner Is...

We announce the winner of the "How Many Jelly Beans Are In The Jar" contest we had for our 2009 United Way Campaign.  Thanks to everyone for your generosity and for helping us raise money in a fun and unique way for United Way.

This was our first time to try this approach in fund raising.  We had read about some other fund-raising efforts using the ChipIn Widget in the book, Twitterville, by Shel Israel and thought we would give it a try. 

Have you tried fund-raising usine social media methods?  What were your thoughts on this contest?  Was it easy to donate money through the ChipIn widget?  We would love to hear your thoughts.

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United Linen's United Way Campaign - Special Guest Chuck Wheelock

All this week we have been talking about our United Way campaign and how you have a chance to win a Flip video camera by guessing how many jelly beans are in the jar pictured below.  We really appreaciate everyone participating and helping out.  We have be best fans of any company around and we thank you for helping us reach our goal of $600. 

To find out how to play, see our blog post here.  

To help make the point that geography does not matter in our fund-raising event, we called Chuck Wheelock, of Johnny Grey Studios, in Greenwich, Connecticut and visited with him about our fund-raising effort.  Chuck is a cousin of mine and practitioner of the social media arts, so we thought he would be a good candidate for helping us demonstrate how easy it is for people all over the United States (and the world) to join us in our efforts in helping support the United Way.

We are confident that with your help, we will reach our goal of $600 for United Way.   And who knows, you may even win a Flip Video Camera.

Stay tuned as we will be coming up with other fun fund-raising events during the month of Oct and Nov.

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United Linen's United Way Campaign - Special Guest David Austin

David Austin is today's special guest on the United Linen's United Way Campaign.  In today's segment, David guesses how many jelly beans are in the jar and shows us how easy it is to make a donation online.

You can go to this blog post for more information on the rules and regs.  There are not alot, but there are a few.

Have some fun with this, see if you can guess how many jelly beans are in the jar, support a good cause and maybe even win a FLIP video Camera.

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New Washer Reporting for Duty.

This last week we were able to install the new Ellis washing machine into our Wash Room.  I'll let the video tell the rest of the story.

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Everyone Gets To Guess for a Good Cause

 
United Linen is participating in this year’s United Way campaign through a series of contests. Our goal is $600.  In the video below, Kristin Crawford gives a brief description of how the game works.

 Our first contest is “Guess how many Jelly Beans are in that jar!” & will run October 5^th through October 16^th. The gist of it? Purchase a guess (or as many as you want) & the closest to the correct number of Jelly Beans wins a Flip video camera.

 Employees & friends across the globe are eligible to participate.

 An employee wishing to participate should check out the jar in the front office or see Kristin & Elwanda in HR.

 For those of you wishing to participate virtually, please click on our ChipIn Widget on the (right) side of the screen. This will take you to a secure Paypal site where can you make donations for $1.50 per guess. When making your donation, be sure to click the "Go to ChipIn/Leave a Comment" link & type your guess in the comment field. You do not have to have a Paypal account in order to participate. Once on the Paypal site, there is a link to pay via debit/credit card.

 Just a few housekeeping details…

1. On Monday, October 19^th, the beans will be counted and a winner determined.
2. The person with the guess closest to the number of jelly beans, without going over, is the winner.
3. In the event that all guesses are over, the person with the lowest guess is the winner.
4. In the event of a tie, the person turning in the correct guess first, wins.
5. The winner will be notified by October 21^st & the prize will be awarded/mailed by October 23^rd.

 
Thanks for playing along and helping us raise money for the Bartlesville Regional United Way.

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