Several Businesses Support United Way

(HSHS ST. ANTHONY'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESENTATION: LEFT TO RIGHT: MARTY WATSON, THERESA HARNER, PEGGY VALENTI, LINDA HEMMEN AND ROSS RICHARDSON)

A number of local businesses have made their contributions to the 2017 United Way of Effingham County Campaign.

Theresa Harner and Ross Richardson from HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital presented a check to United Way Board President Peggy Valenti and other United Way representatives.

Donations raised from the employee campaign during their 2017 campaign totaled $20,952.

(STEVENS INDUSTRIES PRESENTATION: FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: ANN BECKMAN, JANICE GOODWIN, CAITLIN BLAKE, KATIE SMITHENRY, ROSS RICHARDSON, PEGGY VALENTI, LINDA HEMMEN AND MARTY WATSON; BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: BRITTNEY WEST, LISA KOERNER, JAYNE OAKS AND ERIC PULLEY)

Katie Smithenry and employees from Stevens Industries presented a check to Ross Richardson, United Way Campaign Co-Chair and other United Way representatives.

Employee and company donations raised during their campaign totaled $31,118. This was a 24% increase from last year.

(SIEMER MILLING PRESENTATION: LEFT TO RIGHT: MARTY WATSON, PEGGY VALENTI, LINDA HEMMEN, RICK SIEMER, ROSS RICHARDSON, HENRY SIEMER AND RACHEL MILLER)

Rick Siemer and employees from Siemer Milling Company presented a check to Ross Richardson and other United Way representatives.

Donations raised through their employee and corporate campaign totaled $20,019. That is a 6% increase from last year's campaign.

(CROSSROADS BANK PRESENTATION: LEFT TO RIGHT: MARTY WATSON, ROSS RICHARDSON, MIKE DEFEND, PEGGY VALENTI, LINDA JANSEN AND LINDA HEMMEN)

Mike Defend of Crossroads Bank presented a check to Ross Richardson and other United Way representatives.

Employee and corporate donations totaled $2,000.

(NIEMERG'S STEAK HOUSE PRESENTATION: LEFT TO RIGHT: ANN BECKMAN, LINDA HEMMEN, JASON SANDSCHAFER, GENE NIEMERG, ROSS RICHARDSON, PEGGY VALENTI AND MARTY WATSON)

Gene Niemerg and Jason Sandschafer of Niemerg's Steak House presented a check to Ross Richardson and other United Way representatives representing funds raised during their 2017 employee campaign and chicken-to-go promotion. Their campaign and promotion raised a total of $6,556.

25 local partner agencies receive funding from United Way of Effingham County.

For more information, phone Linda Hemmen at United Way of Effingham County at 342-3824.