2010 Reach for the Stars Campaign Recap

The Reach for the STARS campaign came to a fabulous conclusion on September 30th at the Victory Celebration at Kansas City Southern.  Our STARS had much to celebrate - raising $15,136.00 in just over 6 weeks, which is $5,136.00 OVER our projected goal of $10,000.00!

Our second annual campaign was another great success!  We had 19 STARS raising funds and awareness for the Women's Employment Network.  Over the course of the 6 1/2 week campaign, the STARS helped to bring in 284 donations with the average amount of a gift being $49.92.  In addition, over $2,000.00 of the total $15,136.00 raised came from companies with matching gifts programs.

We are thrilled about the success of the campaign and we are looking for bigger and better things to come in 2011.  We would LOVE to have you be a STAR for the campaign next year!

A little about the Reach for the STARS campaign - it is an annual campaign to help build awareness and financial support for the Women's Employment Network.  It's a quick, laid back, and fun fundraising campaign that allows participants (STARS or AMBASSADORS or FRIENDS or CHAMPIONS - you get the point) to start their own "Giving Circle" to support WEN.  The "Giving Circle" can be among friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, FaceBook friends, etc. 

We just ask each participant to raise a minimum of $500.00 within the designated campaign timeframe and we strongly encourage each STAR to ask their company to support and/or match the funds raised for their campaign; however this is not mandatory.

2010 Campaign - STAR Roster:

* Top 3 Fundraisers are in BOLD

Shannon Swift & Nan Vail - $655.00
Angela Tower - $515.00
Shelley Ericsson & Angela Tsevis - $1,055.00
Megan McCurdy - $2,030.00
Jackie Helm - $501.00
Linda Laurence - $1,000.00
Kayden Howard and Doniele Kane - $2,000.00
Sheridan Sechter - $700.00
Shirley Cooper - $2,105.00
Joyce C. Murray - $600.00
Suzy Hall - $900.00
Amy Migliazzo - $350.00
Jenny Redix - $785.00
Mindy Corporon - $500
Athena Dickson - $375.00
Susie Haake - $965.00

To view the campaign ActiveGiving Page, click here

2009 Reach for the Stars Campaign Recap

On June 18th, 2009, WEN kicked off its first annual Reach for the Stars campaign. With this campaign, WEN set out to find a minimum of 10 STARS or “ambassadors” in the community to raise funds and awareness for WEN. Each STAR was responsible for raising a minimum of $500 within the 6 week time frame of the campaign. STARS raised funds in a variety of fun and unique ways, they: held raffle drawings at their place of work, hosted happy hours after work and invited their friends and co-workers to come and learn about WEN, hosted ice cream socials at their company in exchange for donations to WEN, collected money from their company‘s casual / jean day on behalf of WEN, and simply asked their friends and co-workers to support the Women‘s Employment Network.  It's fun & easy & most importantly, it helps a great organization get women back on their feet and back to work.

In addition, this campaign focused on leveraging gifts from companies in the Kansas City community with matching gifts programs. Through this campaign $3,700 was raised from companies with matching gifts programs.

The campaign was a HUGE success. We had a total of 13 STARS and brought in over $11,000, which was more than $6,000 over our projected goal.

WEN would like to thank each STAR and the company they represent:

Shannon Swift – JP Morgan
Edie Battaglia – AT&T
Laura Rogers – Bank of KC
Lisa Wright – Spencer Fane Britt & Browne
Kelly Nash/Amy Cline – Bryan Cave LLP
Doniele Kane – Kansas City Southern
Angela Tower – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Debora Field/Joyce Murray – Zimmer Real Estate Services
Shelley Ericsson – Lathrop & Gage LLP
Amanda Ketchum – Dysart Taylor PC
Dawn Murphy – Saint Luke‘s Health Systems
Jackie Helm – Blue Cross Blue Shield KC
Linda Laurence – Missouri Bank

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