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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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Thank You For Being a Fan

 

We just wanted to take a minute to say "thank you" to all our fans.  We have fans all over the state of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri.  And on Facebook, we hit our 100th fan this week.  

For some, this may seem like a small number.  For others, 100 may be huge.  But it's not about the quantity.  It's about the quality.  We have always put a serious emphasis on the relationships we have with our employees, friends, family, customers, and vendors.  And so while there is nothing magical about the number 100, it's always time well spent to pause, reflect and say "Thank You" to those of you who have allowed us to help you be successful. 

Because we realize when we help you achieve your goals, we've hit ours. 

So to all our fans in the marketplace and in the social media space, "Thank You" for being a fan.

If you are on Facebook and would like to be our fan, please visit our fan page at http://www.facebook.com/unitedlinen.