United Way Soars Past Goal Raises $5 Million in 2013 Campaign
In front of an audience of roughly 300 community leaders, volunteers, supporters, and other community partners at the United Way of Southwest Alabama’s annual meeting and campaign celebration, David Trent, the 2013 Campaign Chairman and Site Director for Airbus Americas Engineering announced that the organization not only reached their goal for the 2013 annual fundraising campaign, but soared past it. “I am proud to share that during the 2013 campaign, individuals and businesses throughout southwest Alabama embraced our new community impact process. As support for our focus on the building blocks grew, so did our campaign. I am pleased to announce the 2013 campaign raised $5,003,272, a 5.2% increase over the previous year’s successful campaign.”