It was a night of celebration Thursday, as the United Way of the Pennyrile handed out awards and announced their fundraising campaign total.
The campaign co-chairs this year were Lucas Stagner and Whitney Stewart and they had a theme of “Planting Seeds of Hope”, and Stagner says none of this would be possible without the generosity of the community, from industries to businesses to individuals. They raised $700,550 and Stagner says they’re proud of what was accomplished and know the money will go to support those in need in the community.
United Way Board Chair Tab Brockman says Hopkinsville continues to prove its giving spirit, and we are blessed to call it home.
President Betsy Bond says a lot of people put in a lot of work to make the campaign a success, and she cannot thank them enough.
Many awards were handed out during the celebration, including the Beverly Whitfield Award to Anne Cox for her work at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen, and the J. William Flowers Award was presented to Dan Kemp.
Aaron McNeil House, Christian County Chamber of Commerce, Christian County Emergency Management, Christian County Literacy Council, the Dyslexia Association of the Pennyrile, Pennyrile Children’s Advocacy Center, St. Luke’s Clinic, Trace Industries, Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority, Hopkinsville Electric System, Hopkinsville Solid Waste and Visit Hopkinsville were all presented with 100 Percent Employee Giving Awards.
The People Helping People Award in the small division went to First Southern National Bank, the medium division was Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority and the large division was won by H&R Agri-Power—the overall winner of the People Helping People Award was the City of Hopkinsville.
