Wayne Champion, above at last year's Cow Chip fund-raiser, received the United Way of Franklin County Wayne Stallings Volunteer of the Year Award for the 2010-11 Campaign.

Volunteers Recognized During

2011 Community Breakfast on March 17, 2011 at Louisburg College

United Way of Franklin County Celebration Breakfast on March 17 recognized individual volunteers, businesses and corporations that helped raise a record $131,104 that will go to Franklin County non-profits and teachers’ grants as well as Day of Caring and food drive projects.

Wayne Champion was awarded the 2nd annual United Way of Franklin County Wayne Stallings Volunteer of the Year Award.

The Silver Awards were given to: Toney Ace Hardware – Overall Campaign Support; Rustic Building Supply Co. – Day of Caring; Coach John Sala and the Louisburg College Hurricanes Football Team – Day of Caring; Deta Wright, First Citizens –  Pacesetters Leader for 100 Percent Participation; Nancy Neal – Overall campaign support; Jay Lamm – Overall campaign support; Frances Willard – Volunteer; Carey Johnson – News Coverage - The Franklin Times – Overall campaign support; Donna and Gary Cunard - The Franklin Times – Advertising; Men at Work – William Kearney, Crew – Day of Caring; Hill King United Methodist Church – Craig Ayscue, Crew - Day of Caring; Granny’s Drive-In – Overall Campaign Support; The Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce – Overall Campaign Support; Louisburg High School Volleyball Team – Spelling Bee; Franklin County 4-H – Food Drive; Pete Smith Tire and Lube – Greg and Keith Smith - Overall campaign support; Village Dairy and Grille – Business Blitz; Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen – Overall Campaign Support; Country Moments – Overall campaign support; Harry Foy – Foy Mart – Overall campaign support; Mann Mullen – Cow Chip; First Baptist Church, Franklinton – Overall Campaign Support; Dr. Diane Fleming – Community Impact Grant Chair; Nicki Perry – Community Impact Grant Co-Chair; Karen Wilson – Community Impact Grant Co-Chair; Holt Kornegay – Community Impact Grant Chair; Shelby Street – Community Impact Grant Chair; Gary Tharrington – Community Impact Grant Chair; Fannie Brown – Community Impact Grant Chair; Franklin County Department of Social Services Employees – Day of Caring.

The Gold Awards were presented to: Wester’s Front End and Brake – Total Campaign support; Moore’s Print and Graphic – Cow Chip; Tar River Trading Co. – Cow Chip; Finch’s Print Shoppe – Overall Campaign Support; Mark Speed – Outstanding Volunteer; Sears, Louisburg – Cow Chip; May and Place, PA – Cow Chip; Meadow Lane Farm – Cow Chip; Don’s Body Shop – Cow Chip; Hedgepeth-Hutson Insurance – Cow Chip; Youngsville Baptist Church – Day of Caring; Farmer’s Foods – Total campaign support; Wammock Utility Buildings – Overall Campaign Support; Ribeyes Restaurant – Overall Campaign Support; Franklin County Detention Center Officers – Overall Campaign Support; Davis Sturges & Tomlinson – Overall campaign support; Franklin County Library System – Food Drive; Franklin County Library System – BookBag Blitz; Youngsville Area Business Association – Overall Campaign Support; Linda Frederickson – Outstanding Volunteer; Genie Faulkner – Outstanding Volunteer; Angela Harris – Outstanding Volunteer; Ed Wilson – Outstanding Volunteer; Louisburg Elementary School Employees and Staff – Overall Campaign Support; Franklin County Sheriff’s Office – Kenny Harp and Explorers – Day of Caring; Franklin County Sheriff Deputies and Detention Officers – Day of Caring; Michael Schriver - Outstanding Volunteer; Amy Mitchell – Outstanding Volunteer; Austin Murray, The Cook Shack – Outstanding Volunteer; Louisburg Police Department – Rick Lassiter and Jason Abbott – BookBag Blitz; Betty Craig – Outstanding Volunteer; Karen Wilson – Outstanding Volunteer; Kevin Mitchell and Family, Mitchell Farms; Bunn High School Future Farmers of America – Outstanding Volunteers; Laurel Mill Elementary Students, Teachers and Staff – Food Drive; Louisburg Elementary School Students, Teachers, Staff – Food Drive; Franklinton Elementary School Students, Teachers, Staff – Food Drive; Bunn High School Students, Teachers, Staff – Food Drive; Franklinton High School Students, Teachers, Staff – Food Drive; Bunn Elementary School Students, Teachers, Staff – Food Drive; Hamlet’s Meat Market, Centerville – Overall Campaign Support; Mitchell’s Do It Best Hardware – Shane and Amy Mitchell – Overall Campaign Support; Wal-Mart, Louisburg Employees – Food Drive Volunteering; Rolesville Baptist Church – Day of Caring.

The Gold/Crystal Awards went to seven recipients this year. They represent those people or companies who go above and beyond, who come up with better ideas and better approaches to move human service needs in Franklin County to positive, energized levels.

• Louisburg Elementary School for exceptional volunteerism in food drive efforts by students and staff and for coming in as the top school in the county in payroll deduction.
• Wake Electric for judging the UWFC teachers’ grants, for providing the UWFC website operations and for a generous corporate donation.
• Time Warner Cable for providing a $4,000 grant in a partnership with United way and the Franklin County Boys and Girls Club to teach children the benefits of cycling. Dollars will go for equipment and education, and the children will team with a cycle club from Wake County to compete this year.
• CenturyLink for sponsoring the 2010 Jail-A-Thon, which raised $24,000. The company paid for food and promotions and hooked up eight phone lines for the event. The savings from the sponsorship allowed the UWFC to increase county program funding for this year.
• McDonald’s of Louisburg for in-kind donations as well as a significant company contribution and sponsorships through the year of UWFC fund-raisers. Owner Steve Fordham was recognized as a supporter of the agency especially for the designations to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
• Dr. E. Carroll Joyner and Family for efforts to support the UWFC food drives, providing time to collect food, warehouse space, transportation and the donation of 200 Butterball turkeys.
• The Franklin County Girl Scouts for exceptional volunteerism for Day of Caring projects and the food drives.

The 2010 Campaign Leadership Awards were presented by UWFC Executive director Kathy Harrelson to:

Wendy Watkins, Co-Chair Day of Caring; Wayne Stallings, Co-Chair Day of Caring; Lori Martin, Co-Chair Cow Chip; Wayne Champion, Co-Chair Cow Chip; Dale Byrns, Co-Chair Spelling Bee;  Dr. Henry Holt, Co-Chair Community Impact Grants; H.M. Edwards, Co-Chair Jail-A-Thon; Andrew Bailey, Co-Chair Pacesetters; Shane Mitchell, Co-Chair Pacesetters; Russ Vollmer, Co-Chair Community; Kent Winstead, Co-Chair Community; Fannie Brown, Community Leader Franklinton; Jeremy Neal, Community Leader White Level/Centerville; Graham Stallings, Community Leader, Youngsville; Martha Mobley, Community Leader, Louisburg.

Campaign Co-Chair Nicki Perry was presented a plaque for her leadership.

Pacesetters Awards (corporate contributors that raised $78,900 from employees and corporate donations) honored were: BB&T; Franklin County Government Employees; The Franklin Times; Louisburg College; Suntrust Bank; Union Bank; First Citizens Bank; Franklin County Schools Employees; Franklin Regional Medical Center/Novant; Novozymes; Alford Mechanical; Wake Electric Employees; Wal-Mart, Louisburg; Bunn Exxon; Cal-Maine Foods; Eaton Corp; Ryerson; Cross Creek Charter School.

The morning’s top awards for Overall Campaign Support were given to: Franklin County Schools, accepting Superintendent Dr. Eddie Ingram; Wal-Mart, Louisburg, accepting Human Resource Director Donna Gurley; FRMC/Novant, accepting President Jason Proctor; Novozymes, Franklinton, accepting Laura Terry; The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, accepting Kenny Harp and First Citizens Bank, accepting Darrell Smith. First Citizens was highly commended for 100 percent participation for the second year in a row.

In addition, more than 100 small business and volunteers were individually recognized and received or will receive certificates of appreciation. More than a dozen were Youngsville area businesses.

Volunteer Opportunities

CORPORATE

SMALL BUSINESS

SCHOOLS

INDIVIDUALS

COMMUNITY GROUPS

UWFC relies on volunteers to carry out its plan of work. Many opportunities exist for the individual who wants to give back to his/her community. Some examples include but are not limited to the following:

Day of Caring (Girls Scouts, above): Each year volunteers contribute time and effort providing needed services for citizens who are unable to do for themselves some simple, one-day projects such as: building handicap ramps, painting, yard work, small repairs, etc. Projects are assigned on a referral from the Department of Aging, the Department of Social Services, or any citizen can recommend a project. Projects are usually completed in four to eight hours. This special event is held annually in May, but some volunteers contribute time throughout the year on an as-needed basis. Visit the Events section for more details.

Community Impact (CI) Grant Allocations Panel: Volunteers serve on panels to evaluate grant applications. After the orientation/training session (one hour) volunteers individually review assigned grant applications and then meet as a group on a given date to hear presentations from grant applicants (three to four hours). CI Review Panel recommendations are then brought to the United Way Board of Directors for a final funding decision.

 

Campaign (FRMC and Louisburg College volunteers at the 2010 Spelling Bee): Volunteers are needed each year to assist in raising funds for the local campaign. The amount of time can vary, but most volunteers commit several hours weekly during the campaign timeframe.

Call the United Way office if you are interested in lending a hand in one or more of the volunteer areas listed above. Giving your time and talents will ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD throughout Franklin County.

We aoso need volunteers to help with our spring and fall food frives to pick up food and to help sort.

Call 919-496-0937 to volunteer.