UW Gazette, October 8, 1997

                              

     This year's campaign for the United Way, which supports
some 50 social agencies in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, will
start on campus with a "dress-down day" this Friday, October
10.
     Helen Kilbride, who's heading the campaign again this
year, noted that the on-campus United Way effort is starting
a little later than usual, and said the official campaign
dates would be October 10 through November 10.
     Across K-W, the campaign got rolling last week, a
little damaged by reports that hard times have forced it to
drop almost a dozen programs it had previously supported,
including Boy Scout and Girl Guide activities.
     The United Way gets the largest share of its support
from workplace campaigns such as the one at UW, which last
year raised $126,000.
     Pledge forms are on hand now, and other information
about the United Way should be available on campus shortly,
said Kilbride, who is retired as UW's associate registrar
for graduate studies.