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Survey seeks parents’ opinions about community services
What kind of children’s activities should be offered in the community? What kind of assistance would parents of young children most appreciate? Where do parents go first for help or advice?
Those are among the questions parents are invited to answer in a survey compiled by United Way of Lane County and several partner agencies. The deadline for parents to complete the survey is Dec. 9.
Change in emphasis
The United Way of Lane County launched its fall fundraising drive Tuesday in a manner as unlikely as the Ducks starting a game at Autzen Stadium without a football. The agency gathered up 200 captains of business and industry for its kickoff breakfast, as usual. Chairmen and chairwomen rallied the leaders to support United Way causes, as they do every year.
EDITORIAL: The Gould standard
It’s likely that few people in Lane County gave much thought to how tough Priscilla Gould’s job is until they learned she was leaving it. The executive director of the United Way of Lane County has to be a first-rate fundraiser and manager. She also needs a vision of her organization’s role in improving people’s lives, and the diplomatic skills to bring disparate constituencies together in pursuit of that vision. As the search for Gould’s successor begins, it’s clear she won’t be easily replaced.
United Way prepares to replace retiring chief
Priscilla Gould will leave the United Way of Lane County after more than two decades at the helm of the $4.5 million community organization.
Gould, 58, will retire at the end of the year when an executive search committee names her replacement after a national search.
The committee, headed by PacificSource CEO Ken Provencher, has conducted a series of five “listening” meetings to solicit advice about how to replace Gould from United Way volunteers, staff, donors, recipient agencies and board members.
Longtime teacher’s aide named United Way volunteer of the year
Not content 15 years ago to let her great-granddaughter struggle in school, Etha Ellingsen of Eugene decided to volunteer to help in the classroom. Today, at age 89, Ellingsen is still an unpaid teacher’s assistant at west Eugene’s Danebo Elementary School, an effort that led to her being named Thursday as volunteer of the year by United Way of Lane County, area businesses and The Register-Guard.
