United Way of the Concho Valley 2016 Annual Mid-Campaign Report

SAN ANGELO, TX - This afternoon, the United Way of the Concho Valley (UWCV) held an annual Mid-Campaign Luncheon at the El Paseo de Santa Angela, 34 W. Ave. D. This luncheon was held to announce the progress of the 2016 United Way General Campaign.

At 11:30 a.m., music was playing in the background as people slowly but surely began to trickle on site.

The UWCV is located at Turner St. UWCV is here to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and is a non-profit organization.

This non-profit conducts about 375 work place campaigns in businesses and companies throughout the Concho Valley each year. The campaigns for these businesses began in August and will end Dec. 31, 2016.

To this date, $357,416 has been raised. Sidney Walker, the UWCV’s 2016 Campaign Chair said, “We’re on [track] for a great year for us, but we’ve still got a lot more work to do.”

She added, “Any amount helps us out with the United Way. We have so many programs and agencies that need our attention and our help, and what better way that it stays in our community as well.” 

In the Concho Valley, there are about 19 agencies that UWCV helps. Walker said, “The funds that are raised stay right here in our own backyard. That’s the biggest thing. You know I care about our community, so for it to stay in San Angelo means a whole lot more.”

Patti Breitreiter, President and CEO, explained that the goal of the United Way is to “raise as much money as possible during [its] campaign to fund the programs and agencies that we’ve got.”

Breitreiter also said, “I think that if people will remember that this is really not just supporting the United Way; its supporting your community. All of the programs that we fund are very instrumental in making sure that people have what they need to get by in the Concho Valley.”