2010 Spirit of Butler County Award

Butler County Chamber of Commerce

The Butler County Chamber was critical to the implementation of the Butler County Solutions Assessment, conducted in partnership with United Way, Butler Health System and the Butler Collaborative for Families. Chamber members participated in multiple surveys and interviews, and the Chamber staff promoted that participation.

Chamber President Stan Kosciuszko is a past United Way Board member and volunteers as chairman of a community investment panel each review year and has done so for the past seven years. He served alongside Jennifer Roxbury, another past chamber and Leadership Butler County Board member, as chair of the United Way Strategic Planning Committee as the United Way adopted an Impact Plan centered on Education, Financial Stability, and Connecting People.

The Chamber and its Board of Directors helped manage the Butler Area Merchants Association (BAMA) Auction each year which benefitted many community nonprofit agencies, and in its final gala year, the United Way and the Emergency Relief Initiative. They are extremely cooperative in providing information and contacts as we launch our campaign and throughout the campaign year.

Leadership Butler County recently partnered with United Way, Butler County Community Action and Butler County Human Services to present a Board Governance Training that was well attended and supported by Chamber leadership and Board members.

The Butler County Chamber of Commerce connected its Young Professionals Group with the United Way and its agencies to participate in “Volunteering Made Easy.” Multiple non-profits introduced their agencies and missions and presented potential “Week of Caring” projects to the Young Professionals who selected Butler County Children’s Center for their trail-building project in the fall. The group has also agreed to host a “Duckie Derby” in August to benefit the Scoutreach Program through United Way.

The Butler County Chamber of Commerce presents many awards to other organizations. It is our pleasure to present the organization with the Spirit of Butler County Award and recognize Stan, Jennifer and Bobbi Jo and the Chamber Board for their accomplishments and support.

Join Us in Thanking the Organizations Who Support United Way!

As of May 31st, 2010

Awards

Gold

(per capita gifts of $250 or more)

Hefren-Tillotson
Murrin, Taylor, Flach, Gallagher & May

United Way of Butler County

UPS

Wells Fargo 

Silver

(per capita gifts of $100 or more)

Bank of America

Butler Eagle

Constellation Energy

C.W. Howard Insurance Agency

FedEx 

First Energy

Lifesteps, Inc.

MSA

Westinghouse Electric Company 

Bronze

(per capita gifts of $50 or more)

Agr International, Inc.

Allegheny Energy

BASF

Calumet-Penreco LLC

C.U.E., Inc.

INDSPEC Chemical Corporation

Mental Health Association

Nationwide Insurance Company

NexTier Bank