Goodwill Tulsa volunteers helped package campaign materials for the Tulsa Area United Way this week. It’s something we’ve been doing for several years, now. This year, the volunteers were from TulsaWORKS and participants in Employee Essentials Training.
Photos by Modisane Kwanza
Personalized packets are made up for each company, agency or organization. About 1,800 packets in all, assembled in one week, said Cynthia Qualls, senior director of campaign operations at TAUW.
“Everything we need to run employee campaigns is included in the packets,” Qualls said.
The volunteers sorted, counted, bundled and bound the components at stations. In one room, strategically placed near the snacks, the group counted and wrapped brochures in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50.
Goodwill Tulsa volunteers Alvin Wagner and Sonja Tarver at an assembly station at Tulsa Area United way.
In another, deposit bags and envelopes were sorted and labeled. Once all the pieces are ready, volunteers begin “walking the line” as Qualls calls it. Packets are put together in an assembly line of volunteers taking materials from each station.
The arrangement helps United Way get a large project done quickly. For the class participants, it’s a good volunteer experience that they can put on their resumes.
Courtesy photo: Jeff Rogers, TAUW
Bags of campaign packets at Tulsa Area United Way. The materials will be disbursed to local companies, groups and organizations.
The packets are complete and ready to go. Goodwill Tulsa representatives will accompany the sector leaders when they deliver their packages and make their pitches for the campaign. As a partner agency, we can give a first-hand account of how donations to Tulsa Area United Way impact the community.
So, when you see that pledge card with your paycheck, maybe you will think of us. (wink wink)
Lead photo: (Clockwise from top) Parrish McDaris, Joanna Corbett, Arthetta M. Pouncil and Norma Craig sort and bundle brochures at Tulsa Area United Way on July 17.
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