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University Increases Its United Appeal
Goal to $75,000
Record-setting
campaigns during each of the last two
years have given organizers of the Ohio
University division of United Appeal the
confidence to set a loftier goal of
$75,000 this year.
University
employees contributed $78,081 last year,
112 percent of the $70,000 goal. Out of
3,000 university employees, 836 pledged an
average of $93 last year. In 1997-98, the
university division set a record with
$71,937 in contributions, surpassing the
$68,000 goal.
United
Appeal is a not-for-profit organization
that raises funds for 15 Athens County
social and human service agencies. The
countywide goal this year is $180,000.
Last year, the county campaign raised
$198,714, with Ohio University
contributing 40 percent of the
total.
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