Lake City Bank held an event at First Friday in Warsaw last week to kick off its role as a United Way Pacesetter.
Everett Nifong is serving as the general chair and Shelly Fraley is the commerce unit chair for Lake City Bank.
They said they have come up with several ways to drum up support for their company’s United Way Pacesetter campaign.
Each year, companies from around the area step up as Pacesetters for United Way.
They are charged with getting the fundraising effort going for United Way.
United Way relies on these fundraising efforts to fund its programs every year.
During First Friday, a tank was filled with Monopoly money and wind blew the fake cash all around.
People paid money to collect as much cash as possible.
Winners were awarded gift certificates from places like Noa Noa, American Table and The Boathouse.
There was also a crisp $100 buried somewhere in the tank.
Lake City Bank employees can also pay $1 to wear blue jeans for a company town hall meeting.
Fraley said being able to wear jeans is a huge deal for bank employees.
The bank historically has an 83 percent participation rate when raising money for the United Way.
As a Pacesetter, Nifong said he hopes to increase that number.
“As a company we find it important to be involved in community service,” said Nifong. “We have employees who serve on United Way boards and many who also serve as volunteers.”
The bank historically done a 50 percent match for whatever employees raise as well.
Also this year, the Indiana Association of United Way introduces a program called Invest 1213.
It’s a dollar-for-dollar match of new dollars to the campaign.
The Kosciusko County United Way could earn up to $202,232 more this year.
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