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2008 United Way Campaign Award Recipients

Richard P. Miller Award - United Way Campaign Coordinator of the Year
Andrea Lennon - University of Rochester

Small Business Award - given to a small business that runs an outstanding United Way campaign
Vincent Associates, Inc.

Labor Community Champion Award - given to a union that demonstrates outstanding community commitment
Teamsters Local 118

Chairperson’s Award - given to a company that embodies true commitment to helping those in need
ESL Federal Credit Union

President’s Award - given to an organization that has an exceptional level of support for United Way
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rising Star award winners - given to first-time United Way coordinators who run great campaigns
Deanne Annechino - FM Resources
Tim Barbeto - Teamsters Local 118
Paul Bielewicz - Qualitrol Corp.
Janet Bovitz - Bosch Security Systems
Kimberly Bunce - Harris Corporation
Brayton Connard - County of Monroe
Sean Delehanty - County of Monroe
Erin Grant - Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region Inc.
Diana Hicks - Pictometry International Corp.
Sue Langenfeld - The Dolomite Group
John Mills - Qualitrol Corp.
KaeLyn Rich - Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region Inc.
Bonnie Stein - County of Monroe
Laurie Thorpe - Fairport Baptist Home

Shining Star award winners - given to veteran coordinators who run great campaigns
Rita Amorese - Visiting Nurse Service
Susan Bottazzo - West Irondequoit Central School District, Irondequoit Educational Secretaries Assoc.
Evelyn DeSain - Greater Rochester Orthopaedics
Flo Dorsey - Town of Pittsford
Kim Graham - Paychex, Inc.
Stephanie Haynes - Paychex, Inc.
Susan Jones - Vaccinex Incorporated
Laura Niemeyer - Stantec
Glenn Peck - Stantec
Nancy Rogers - Town of Pittsford
Linda Short - M/E Engineering PC
Susan Wallace - Cryovac Division of Sealed Air Corp.

Million Dollar Roundtable - companies that support United Way with overall gifts of $1 million or more
Bausch & Lomb gave a corporate gift of $440,000 and employees raised $562,000. Campaign coordinators are Bob Moore, Gina M. Reger and Stephanie Perticone.

Eastman Kodak Company gave a corporate gift of $1 million and emplyees raised more than $1.9 million. Campaign coordinators are Ann McCorvey and Frank Campbell.

University of Rochester employees raised more than $1.3 million. Andrea Lennon, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Center for Community Health, leads the University of Rochester's campaign. This year, she won the Richard P. Miller Award, which is given to the Campaign Coordinator of the Year.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. gave $340,000 from the Wegmans Family Charitable Foundation in honor of Peggy an Bob Wegman. Employees raised $1.8 million, plus contributed $134,000 from special events at the stores. Campaign coordinator is Kathy Magin.

Xerox Corporation gave a corporate gift of $1 million. Employees and members of UNITEHERE Local 14A contributed more than $900,000. Campaign coordinators are Donna Lipari and Devendra Garg.

2008 Cornerstone Society - companies with combined corporate/employee gifts of $100,000+
Bausch & Lomb
Carestream Health Inc.
City of Rochester and Rochester Firefighters Local 1071, Rochester Locust Club, AFSCME
Council 66
Constellation Brands
Constellation Energy Group
County of Monroe and CSEA Local 828, Federation of Social Workers, Local 813, Monroe County Sherriff’s Association
CWA Local 1170
Delphi Corporation and UAW Local 1097
Democrat and Chronicle and Guild CWA 3107
Eastman Kodak Company
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Rochester Region
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Frontier Communications Rochester Region
GE Xerox Capital Services, LLC
Harris Corporation, R-F Communications
Home Properties
HSBC Bank
ITT Industries Space System Division
JML Optical Industries, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase
M&T Bank
Monro Muffler Brake & Service
Monroe Community College and MCC Faculty Association
Nixon Peabody LLP
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson Company
PAETEC Communications, Inc.
Paychex Inc.
Rochester City School District and Rochester Teachers Association, BENTE-AFCME Local 2419, SAANYS, ASAR, Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals (RAP)
Rochester Gas & Electric and IBEW Local 36
Rochester Institute of Technology
Sentry Group
The Gleason Works
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thomson Reuters
Time Warner Cable
Tops Markets LLC and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1
United Parcel Service
Unity Health System
University of Rochester and SEIU Local 1199, SEIU Local 200UNITED, Operating Engineers
ViaHealth
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. and Teamsters Local 118
Xerox Corporation and UNITEHERE Local 14A