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By PEGGY RADEB
Beacon Journal Staff Writer
The 1978 United Way-Red Cross
campaign is still $120,000 short of
its goal, but campaign leaders were
able to announce Thursday night
that: '
• More money was raised this
year than in any other Summit
County campaign — $6,279,668, or
98.1 percent of the $6.4 million
goal.
' ; • The total represents the big¬
gest dollar increase over a prior
year's campaign — $629,688. Last'
year's total was $5.65 million.
• The money pledged represents
the largest percentage increase in
giving over a prior year since the
1959 campaign.
Four of the 12 divisions did not
top 100 percent, but t eight either
achieved or went over'100 percent.
"The campaign was a very defi¬
nite success," said campaign chair¬
man Charles J. Pilliod Jr. "When,
yon consider the challenge we took
on -r to raise 10 percent more than
last \year — this is quite an
achievement."
Pilliod reminded the nearly 700
people gathered at Tangier restau¬
rant for the campaign's end that
the figures represent only an inter¬
im report.
"We have a lot of promises here
tonight , that should get us over the
top by the time we complete the
final tabulations," Pilliod said.
"There were a lot of people who
thought we wouldn't make'it. I still
think it was the right goal and can
be made. A lot of people thought
the drive and enthusiasm of the
city was slipping away. You have
proven them wrong."
PILLIOD, chairman of the board
of Goodyear, said, the most gratify¬
ing aspect of the campaign is the
boost it should give Akron's mor¬
ale. "This campaign should con¬
vince''everyone that Akron is still
very much alive and well," he said.
1 He praised Ronald Glosser, presi¬
dent of Goodyear Bank and head of
the commerce and utilities division,
for making a last-minute effort to
counter the effects of Polsky's an¬
nouncement Wednesday that it will
close all of its retail outlets' Dec.
30.
The announcement means that
Polsky employee pledges, which
would have been collected through
payroll deductions in 1979, have
been lost.
According to United Way offi-
See UNITED WAY, page A-l*
Object Description
| Title | Knight, John S. (JSK_BE1_F45) |
| Creator | John S. Knight |
| Date Notes | 1978 |
| Description | Correspondences by, with, and about John S. Knight |
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| Subject Terms | Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981 |
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| Source Collection | John S. Knight Papers |
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| Format-Extent | 34 pages |
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| Title | JSK_BE1_F45 25 |
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| transcript | total is 1. %}*' - * 'K * i v 4K.ti By PEGGY RADEB Beacon Journal Staff Writer The 1978 United Way-Red Cross campaign is still $120,000 short of its goal, but campaign leaders were able to announce Thursday night that: ' • More money was raised this year than in any other Summit County campaign — $6,279,668, or 98.1 percent of the $6.4 million goal. ' ; • The total represents the big¬ gest dollar increase over a prior year's campaign — $629,688. Last' year's total was $5.65 million. • The money pledged represents the largest percentage increase in giving over a prior year since the 1959 campaign. Four of the 12 divisions did not top 100 percent, but t eight either achieved or went over'100 percent. "The campaign was a very defi¬ nite success," said campaign chair¬ man Charles J. Pilliod Jr. "When, yon consider the challenge we took on -r to raise 10 percent more than last \year — this is quite an achievement." Pilliod reminded the nearly 700 people gathered at Tangier restau¬ rant for the campaign's end that the figures represent only an inter¬ im report. "We have a lot of promises here tonight , that should get us over the top by the time we complete the final tabulations," Pilliod said. "There were a lot of people who thought we wouldn't make'it. I still think it was the right goal and can be made. A lot of people thought the drive and enthusiasm of the city was slipping away. You have proven them wrong." PILLIOD, chairman of the board of Goodyear, said, the most gratify¬ ing aspect of the campaign is the boost it should give Akron's mor¬ ale. "This campaign should con¬ vince''everyone that Akron is still very much alive and well," he said. 1 He praised Ronald Glosser, presi¬ dent of Goodyear Bank and head of the commerce and utilities division, for making a last-minute effort to counter the effects of Polsky's an¬ nouncement Wednesday that it will close all of its retail outlets' Dec. 30. The announcement means that Polsky employee pledges, which would have been collected through payroll deductions in 1979, have been lost. According to United Way offi- See UNITED WAY, page A-l* |
