Mississippi College Exceeds 2009 United Way Goal
Mississippi College faculty and staff stepped up their United Way giving this fall as they poured in more than $18,500 to the annual campaign.
United Way in metro Jackson supports more than 50 human services agencies in Hinds, Rankin and Madison counties. The MC funds will aid various programs, whether it's the Magnolia Speech School, the Shelter for Battered Women and Children or Goodwill Industries.
The $18,507 donated this fall at MC tops the $14,128 coming from the Christian university last fall. The goal this year was to exceed $15,000.
Reports show 31 percent of the 500 MC faculty and staff members made contributions this fall. That's an increase from 29 percent a year ago when the rate was the best among area colleges.
MC's United Way coordinator Shari Barnes, the director of MC's Community Service Center, says giving levels remained strong at the MC School of Law. Some 55 percent of the law school faculty and staff made United Way donations this fall.
The campaign at Mississippi College began in early October and concluded in early November.
Active in United Way drives since 1993, MC President Lee Royce said earlier he felt university employees would come through as they've done in previous years to assist those in need.
"It's a way of life in Mississippi, which traditionally ranks among the top states in the nation when it comes to charitable giving," Royce said.
A total of $2,840 came from the MC School of Law in Jackson and $15,667 was supplied by the main campus in Clinton, new reports show.
Magnolia Speech School Executive Director Anne Sullivan says her school will use United Way funds for student scholarships. For the past 53 years, the Jackson-based school has served 3,000 hearing impaired and language disordered children from Mississippi and other states.
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