CVC News
Fundraising efforts by VCU and VCUHS employees earn an award from
the state Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign
Record giving by university and health system employees earns
Pinnacle Award
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Sara Wilson, director, Virginia Department
of Human Resource Management, presents the Pinnacle Award to representatives
from VCU and the VCU Health System combined campaign. From left
to right are: Macon Sizemore, CVC steering committee; Clare Greene,
CVC steering committee; Deanna Lacy, CVC co-chair; Wilson; Linda
Tillman, CVC co-chair; Connie Davidson, CVC steering committee;
and Michael Ford, CVC steering committee.
Photo courtesy of Virginia Department of
Human Resource Management
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By Michael Ford
University News Services
March 10, 2005
The statewide Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign has recognized the record-setting
efforts in 2004 of Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health
System employees, who raised more than $400,000 for various charities.
The Virginia Department of Human Resource Management presented the health
system and university combined campaign with a CVC Pinnacle Award for
its best campaign ever. VCU and the VCU Health System combined Commonwealth
of Virginia Campaign raised a record $437,340. The total was an increase
of more than 19 percent from both campuses for 2004, eclipsing the previous
year by $71,020.
The CVC is an annual giving program that encourages Virginia state employees
to contribute to humanitarian, environmental and health- and-human service
charities. The statewide campaign began Oct. 1 and ended in mid-December.
“My fellow employees deserve the credit for this recognition,”
said Paul W. Timmreck, VCU’s senior vice president for finance and
administration and chair of the VCU and VCUHS combined campaign. “Collectively
the faculty and staff of VCU and the VCU Health System showed tremendous
generosity and commitment to make this our most successful CVC effort.”
University and health system employees also set a record for participation.
During last fall’s combined campaign, 3,530 employees returned pledge
cards, compared with 3,380 employees in 2003, when $366,320 was collected.
That was nearly a 5 percent boost in participation.
"VCU and VCU Health System employees should be proud of what they
have accomplished – setting new records for giving and participation
for our institutions,” said Cindy H. Andrews, executive director,
VCU Human Resource Division.
"I want to thank the co-chairs, the 34-member executive steering
committee and the 200 campaign associates who worked on the campaign,”
Andrews said. “And I wish to thank the employees from both campuses
who took the time to get involved in this most worthy endeavor.”
Three factors contributed to the successful combined campaign: employee
pledge cards accounted for nearly $337,210, more than three-fourths of
the total; the Heart Walk added $53,900, and the annual Gurney Tourney
provided a $46,230 boost.
This is the second year in a row that employee contributions have resulted
in a record-setting total for the VCU and VCUHS combined campaign, which
has been a pacesetter in Virginia, ranking second among all agencies for
the past four years.
In the past six years, employees of VCU and the VCU Health System have
contributed nearly $2 million to the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign.
The 2004 statewide CVC finished with $3.6 million, a 10 percent increase
over last year.
