FOTOFAX NOVEMBER, 1979
EDITORIAL:
ONE MORE TIME
Somewhere between the last issue
and this one, the United Way campaign
began and ended. The sign at the front
walk reported a total gift well above the
goal; a letter was published to thank the
people who worked on the campaign
and there was a paragraph in staff notes
listing groups with 100% participation.
Enough said. But there were some things
unsaid, and I believe they're worth men
tioning.
The United Way has some critics.
That's no big deal; I've yet to see a club,
a church, a family of any sort where
everyone agreed with the way everything
gets done. But it's worth mentioning in
order to point out that being a solicitor
can be a tough job. It's more than just
taking cards to names on a list. Solici
tors gets lots of complaints about unfa
vorite charities. They have to listen to
the same old excuses time and time again,
and people often use the solicitor as a
target for years-old resentment. It's a
person-to-person job which can be down
right uncomfortable.
So, thank you, solicitors. It couldn't
happen without you. And thanks to
John Stroup and Tom Bailey, who took
the biggest solicitor jobs of all. Thank
you. Dot Osborne—you kept things on
time, on target and running smoothly.
But most of all, thanks to you, the
giver. There were fewer of you this year,
yet you gave more of your hard-earned
money to help others. Inflation has cut
into your spending money; maybe you
didn't really care for all the agencies in
the fund—but you looked around the
problems and saw the needs. You dug
deep to provide our communities with
vital services.
Thanks to you, the United Way
Agencies will continue working, for all
of us, another year.
—Hale
There are two basic types of Christ
mas toys: the chiidrens' favorite, which
breaks before noon on Christmas Day,
and the one which requires 24 hours for
assembly - that's the one Dad begins on
Christmas Eve.
FOTOFAX
published by
E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS& CO.
BREVARD^ NORTH CAROLINA 28712
Bob Hale, Editor
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