2013 Annual Report

United Way of Lea County
320 N. Shipp, Ste. B - 575.397.2203
info@unitedwayofleacounty.org
www.unitedwayofleacounty.org
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2013
President
Kay Hannum
A Word From
the President
1st Vice President
Phillip Roybal
2nd Vice President
Hayden Andrews
Secretary
Vanessa Galindo
Treasurer
Curtis Schrader
Assistant Treasurer
Vicki Henry
At Large Representative
Stefanie Shoults
Past President
Rudy Quiroz
Mary Jane Ward
Tommy Brooks
Susan Collins
Dickie Wall
Pete Turner
Milton Shupe
Mary Ann Cohen
Lindsay Chism
Tracy South
TJ Parks
Genia Miller
Chris McCall
Grace Hackfeld
Lisa Pearce
Disa Walker
Kris Allen
United Way’s vision for Lea County is to be a place where
all people and families thrive. This is accomplished by
making an all-encompassing impact in education and
peoples’ well-being through a unified community
collaboration to help the citizens of our communities reach
their full potential. In today’s world, it is vital that community
goals are shared and that each community program is held
accountable for delivering what it promises.
As stewards, we work hard to ensure the trust of our
donors, our volunteers, our partner agencies, and very
importantly, the folks that we tirelessly serve throughout Lea
County. As we all know, today’s successful communities
are not born; they are built.
As the President of United Way of Lea County I am
committed to ensuring that our organization continues to be
a respected, trusted, and an esteemed member of Lea
County by capitalizing the return on investment in all that
we bring to each of our stakeholders. I also pledge to all of
our stakeholders that our organization will continue its
transparency with any and all information. This information
will be posted on the United Way of Lea County website –
www.unitedwayofleacounty.org.
I would like to close by saying that without our staff, donors,
and volunteers, the United Way of Lea County could not be
as productive and effective in supporting the needs of Lea
County. Because of those who sacrifice time and money,
their friends and neighbors have a better quality of life,
which allows our organization to meet our mission of
positively impacting the cities of Lea County.
Finally, a great big thank you to everyone involved with the
United Way of Lea County. You are the people who
provide the resources, relationships, talent, and programs
that create a positive and powerful effect on the lives of so
many!
Reverently,
Phillip Roybal
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We are so grateful for
every single person who
donates to our annual
campaign and to all the
marvelous volunteers who
put in hundreds of hours in
order
to
produce
a
professional and organized
effort.
The 2014 campaign chair,
Curtis Schrader, gave it his
typical 110%, and we
cannot
express
our
gratitude enough. Curtis, a
Curtis Schrader, 2014 Campaign Chair
former board member of
several years and an
allocation team member, made
numerous
presentations
to
companies
throughout
Lea
County at all hours of the work
day.
When the dust finally cleared,
over $1.1 million in pledges had
been tallied and recorded.
Curtis Schrader & Kathryn Eades
Thank you, Curtis, and thank you,
Lea County, for your incredible
friendship and support.
$ 1.1 million
When thousands of people
pledge thousands of dollars,
that’s a pretty strong
indication
of
their
confidence in United Way.
2014 CAMPAIGN SPEAKERS
Lauri Brown
Walt Case
Patty Collins
Kay Hannum
Vicki Henry
Salem Thayne
Lynda Lakin
Lori Llamas
Sheila Parker
Becky Bass
Curtis Schrader
Veronica Peery
Saul Villareal
Dickie Wall
Tyler Wallach
Mary Jane Ward
Lindsay Chism
Phillip Roybal
Veronica Torrez
Genia Miller
Anita Braun
Debi Feltman
Lisa Pearce
Debra Lyles
TJ Parks
Gene Strickland
Spencer Rogers
$ 1.1 million
Thank you to the campaign speakers
and presenters. They are amazing
people. They come from the business
community, non-profit organizations,
schools and your neighborhood. They
are small business owners, stay-athome moms, school teachers, retired
folks and people who truly believe in the
power of communities to build strong
helping
networks.
Our
campaign
volunteers are at the root of strong
fundraising results, and they do it with
little fanfare and recognition.
A plastic grocery bag is not a backpack. A hand full of
broken crayons and a few old pencils is not a
sufficient set of school supplies. But that’s not a
problem each year for many hundreds of children in Lea County who receive a new backpack and
shiny new ‘tools for school’ through the annual United Way Stuff-a-Bus event! Businesses and
individuals donated approximately $20,000 in school supplies, which were delivered to every elementary school in the county. Thank you to Wal-Mart, KZOR, KIXN, KPZA, Opportunity House and all the
school districts for your support and participation.
STUFF-A-BUS COMMITTEE
Hobbs Municipal Schools
Lovington Municipal Schools
Eunice Public Schools
Jal Municipal Schools
Tatum Municipal Schools
Wal-Mart
Opportunity House
Employees of Lucky Services
delivered an entire carload of
backpacks and school supplies!
RADIO ADVERTISING EVENT SPONSORS
Got Safety
McNabb Services
Aries Well Service
Banta Oilfield Services
Custom Welding
Mico Services
Incognito Hair Salon
Xcel Energy
First United Methodist Church of Hobbs
Lucky Services
Lucky Rental Tool
TRM Trucking
Lucky Health & Safety
Nova Mud
Maclaskey Oilfield Services
Parker Energy
$ 20,000
Stuff-a-Bus
This area may be famous for the oil and gas industry,
but there are some mighty good cooks around as well!
The 2013 United Way Chili Fest featured more than
just a new logo. Thousands of hungry souls filed into the Lea County Event Center parking lot to taste
test homemade chili, brisket, asado, Frito pies, grilled triple cheese sandwiches, fajitas, cobblers,
cheesecake, kettle corn, roasted corn and loads of other delectable groceries. The 21st Annual Chili
Fest week brought in a whopping $52,000! We appreciate everyone who helped make the event
possible!
COOK TEAMS
Maclaskey Oilfield Services
RWI Construction (5th Place)
Conoco Phillips
Oxy Permian (2nd Place)
Chevron (People’s Choice Award)
Xcel Energy
Lea County State Bank (4th Place)
Banta
Boy Scouts
Wells Fargo Bank
High Plains Oncology
Permian Auto Group
Hobbs Police Officers Association
URENCO USA
CASI
Bruckner Trucking (3rd Place)
Jennifer Schofield (1st Place)
AUCTION DONORS
Home Depot
DCP Midstream
Senator Gay Kernan
Xcel Energy
Suzanne Holler
Lobo Nut & Bolt
Wilson Supply
Bea Shirley
Mike Guerin
Fly Hobbs
Wells Fargo Bank
Texas Tech Red Raider Club
Odessa Pumps
Triple M Machine, Inc.
Keep It Sweet Shoppe
SPECIAL THANKS
Monty Ragsdale
Alan Eades
Jayme Birmingham
Sarah Edwards
Scott Brake
Patty Collins
Kathy Mulkey
Sean Gerwick
Melissa Soto
Valerie Leeper
Larry Deen
Don Blair
Justin Wright
Benny Young
Roman Salazar
Junior Cardona
Steve Slater
Marshal Allen
Sean Robinson
A.J. Harris
Girl Scouts
American Red Cross
Option
Child & Family Services
Windstream
Opportunity House
First United Methodist
Church M.O.P.S.
Sheila Skinner
Anita Braun
Kerry Romine
April Landers
Jesse Landers
Keith Manes
Chancey Sunners
Rhonda Copeland
Daniel Johncox
SPECIAL THANKS
Dickie Wall
Chelsa Toglia
Andrew Toglia
Norman Wells
Linda Bittle
Emily Haines
Tarah Haines
Dinora Guthrie
Frank’s Supply Company
Coca Cola
Roadrunner Car Club
Lea County Event
Center Staff
Veronica Peery
Arlene Seeman
Salvation Army
Helen Shockley
Boys & Girls Club
Manna Outreach
Maciolek School of Dance
Phit Buddies
Heavenly Touch Massage
Waste Management
All car show participants
Kelly Holladay
Mr. & Mrs. Nick Zepeda
GOLF SPONSORS
Conoco Phillips
Diamondback Disposal Service
R360 Environmental Solutions
Johnson, Miller & Company
D & L Meters
TWS
Ingram Professional Services
Metering & Testing Service, Inc.
Redbird LP Gas Company
Wallach Concrete
Bruckner Truck Sales
Rice Operating
Compressor Elements
Quinn Pumps
Select Well Service
BMB Rentals, LLC
McNabb Services
JD Hot Shot
Richards Energy Comp., LLC
Nova Mud
Hudson Packer Company
Nalco Champion
Don-Nan Pump & Supply
Waste Connections
Nabors
TRC
PAC
Lobo Trucking
Key Energy Fishing & Rental
Tex-Mex Rentals & Services
Willbros
$ 52,000
Chili Fest & Golf Tourney
GOLF TEAMS
Diamondback Disposal
Chevron
Tex-Mex Rentals
R360 Environmental Svs.
COPC/Lonestar
E.L. Farmer & Co.
Metering & Testing Services
Don-Nan Pump & Supply
Odessa Pumps
Quinn Pumps
McNabb Services
JD Hot Shot
Richards Energy Comp., LLC
Shaner’s Pump Jack Repair
Ronny Alexander Team
Nova Mud
Hudson Packer
Nabors
Basic Energy Services
Willbros
Nalco Champion
TRAP SHOOT COMMITTEE
Bustin’ Clays
for United Way
ˈtrapˌSHo͞otiNG/
noun
trap shooting; trap-shooting
1.) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons released from a spring trap.
$ 38,400
Justin Wright
Larry Deen
Ben Fisher
Woody McNabb
Robert Dobbs
Jeff Mosley
This county-wide, free resource is active all year long
providing information to help people get the help they
need. Since 2004, we have worked with other service
providers, churches, civic organizations and law enforcement to help people find the resources they
need. With over 150 calls and walk-ins each month and several in-house direct services of our own,
we manage to stay busy!
TOP NEEDS IN 2013
2013 STATISTICS
Calls/Walk-ins
Service Referrals
2,200
FanFare
Fans/Air conditioners
85
Warm Up, Lea County!
Heaters
65
Coats for Kids
180
2-1-1
2-1-1 Referral Help Line
This grant is funded by an endowment from
Hospice Services, Inc. and is available to
501 (c) 3 non-profit organizations. It
encourages new or better ideas, practices, products, processes or strategies that
add value to an organization or community. Think out of the box. A Community Innovation Grant is heavily focused on originality, inventiveness and innovation of
ideas and remarkable methods of addressing issues. This project must benefit citizens of Lea County, New Mexico.
MyPower, Inc.: $7,000
Provides young girls with a means of empowering one another to think about life goals and to talk
candidly about issues such as prevention of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and facts and
myths pertaining to sexual activity. Currently the program serves seven schools in Hobbs, including
two middle schools. A Community Innovation Grant of $7,000 will enable the organization to expand
into Highland Middle School. Participants meet regularly with mentors, learn about a healthy
self-image and beneficial choices, as well as engaging in community service projects.
Salvation Army: $6,000
To facilitate a brand new program for The Salvation Army called Empowering People to Eat Their
Way to Better Health. In a series of lessons, Salvation Army staff and volunteers help attendees learn
to make healthy food choices using information on food packages and dietary guidelines. Participants
learn how to prepare food for maximum nutritional value and to shop wisely on a budget, focusing on
improving family wellness and bonding.
Girl Scouts: $3,500
Camp CEO II, an educational retreat and financial literacy weekend camp. Emphasizing a need for
access to such opportunities in rural areas, Girl Scouts recruits girls from smaller Lea County
communities to attend. Camp CEO II is designed to give girls the knowledge and skills to make
informed choices regarding personal finances and hands-on experience in utilizing these skills.
$ 16,500
Community Innovation
Grant
ABOVE
and
BEYOND
Above and Beyond Award
MONTY RAGSDALE
OXY Permian
The Above and Beyond award is given to individuals or companies who went a little further, worked
a little longer and went above and beyond what was expected of them in order to make the annual
campaign a success.
This year, Monty Ragsdale of OXY stepped in and rescued the United Way Chili Fest, which was in
danger of not happening because there was no event chairman to organize it. Consequently, the
event did happen and it was a resounding success!
Thank you, Monty, for all your tremendous work, dedication and enthusiasm. You’ll never know how
much you are appreciated.
Where does the money go? And who decides?
The money raised as a result of the annual campaign
is awarded to United Way partner organizations by a committee of Lea County residents. These
committee members hail from all walks of life, varied backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs and professions. Once a year, they hear the requests for funding and, together, determine how to respond and
with what degree of funding. These are truly unsung heroes who are tasked with a very weighty
responsibility.
ALLOCATION TEAMS
WHERE THE MONEY WENT
team ONE
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Boys & Girls Club
CASA of Lea County
Child & Family Services
Eunice Senior Center
Faith in Action
Girl Scouts
Heart’s Desire
Isaiah’s Kitchen
Manna Outreach
Opportunity House
Option, Inc.
Salvation Army
McKibben Senior Center *
Hobbs Senior Center *
USO *
2-1-1 Help Line
RaeLynn Dunlap
Rhonda Tyler
Mary Ann Cohen
Steve Sauceda
Dickie Wall
Brian Dunlap
Harold Nicholson
team TWO
Christie Brown
Becky Cousins
Genia Miller
Curtis Schrader
Becca Titus
Holly Peden
Cristie Coffman
Jotty Kinney
team THREE
$47,305
$29,099
$109,577
$75,802
$59,629
$13,707
$37,347
$11,941
$65,877
$82,711
$13,336
$42,211
$53,036
$56,691
$2,436
$6,571
$2,283
$52,094
Becky Bass
Hayden Andrews
Tracy South
Disa Walker
Mary Jane Ward
Corey Cruce
Vanessa Galindo
* Organizations denoted with an asterisk did not request
funding, but received donor designated contributions.
NON-UNITED WAY PARTNERS
(Donor Designated Pledges)
American Cancer Society
Humphrey House
Lea County Humane Society
Motorcycle Toy Run
Lovington Youth Center
MyPower
PDAP
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
United Way of Lubbock
United Way Andrews County
United Way of Santa Fe County
$622
$160
$650
$130
$504
$160
$920
$160
$204
$4,158
$771
$ 770,000
Where the Money Goes
United Way partner agencies benefit from a variety of
revenue sources, including events, endowments and
other fundraisers. But it is the people and companies
that choose to connect with us that truly make things happen. Workplace giving campaigns enable us
to get our message out there where people can make a choice about their giving strategy. The top 25
companies listed below accounted for over half of the pledges last year. We are so proud to partner
with these companies and their generous employees. Thank you so much for your support, faith and
friendship.
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Urenco USA
ConocoPhillips
Hobbs Municipal Schools
Lea County State Bank
Xcel Energy
Permian Auto Group
Lea Regional Medical Center
Forrest Tire Company
OXY USA
Wayne & JoAnn Moore Foundation
J.F Maddox Foundation
New Mexico Junior College
Johnson, Miller & Company
Daniels Insurance
Stripes Convenience Stores
Nolan H. Brunson, Inc.
Wallach Concrete
Baker Hughes
Chevron
Child & Family Services
United Parcel Service
Lovington Public Schools
LEACO
Devon Energy
McVay Drilling
Top 25
Top 25 Companies
2013 Marketing Sponsors
Our marketing sponsors play a very special and
significant role. By underwriting the cost of campaign
advertising and marketing efforts, these companies
enable more money to be directed to programs and agencies in Lea County. Their support means
your donor dollar is that much stronger.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE MEDIA AND MARKETING PARTNERS
KZOR / KIXN / KPZA
KWMW & KRUI
City of Eunice Bulletin Board
Tatum Schools Bulletin Board
City of Hobbs Community Bulletin Board
Jal Record
KLMA
Jason Adams
City of Hobbs Bulletin Board
Lovington Chamber Bulletin Board
Bender Billboard
Lovington Leader
KPER / KYKK
Hobbs News Sun
Eunice News
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Additional Thanks
Justin Roberts
CDR Services
Gerald Hudson
Curtis Machine
Rotary Wireline
Smith and Sons
Rice Environmental
Baker Hughes
TCT Maintenance
Well Foam
Diversified
Legacy Safety
Onda-Lay Pipe
Paul Castillo
Hobbs Rental
Petroplex Acidizing
Klein Automotive
Richards Energy Compression
Guns Up Armory
TNT
ConocoPhillips
Kelly Dobbs
John Hood
HRC
Hydrotech
Lobo Trucking
Lovington Country Club
Hobbs Country Club
Nueva Vista
Richland Hills Country Club