UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN FOR 2009 $27,398!!!
Sine 1991 our organization and employees have contributed more than $250,000 to the Monadnock United Way. All Fenton Family Dealership's employee pledges are matched dollar for dollar by the Dealership. This year alone (2009), our employees pledged $13,699.
With the Dealership match it beings our total to $27,398! Last years total donation was $26,000 and our goal for this year was $26,500.
We beat last year by $1,398 and this years goal by $898!
Sine 1991 our organization and employees have contributed more than $250,000 to the Monadnock United Way. All Fenton Family Dealership's employee pledges are matched dollar for dollar by the Dealership. This year alone (2009), our employees pledged $13,699.
With the Dealership match it beings our total to $27,398! Last years total donation was $26,000 and our goal for this year was $26,500.
We beat last year by $1,398 and this years goal by $898!
What is the Monadnock United Way?
Founded in 1952, the Monadnock United Way is an autonomous and independent organization governed by a
Board of community members. Our accountability is to our local volunteers and donors. Decisions on which
programs to fund and all other operating and policy decisions are made here in the Monadnock Region.
Although the Monadnock United Way is best known for conducting an annual campaign which provides
funding for needed services to people in the region, community building represents an equally major effort.
Monadnock United Way collaborates with a variety of partners to help identify and address emerging issues
and specific human service needs. These partners include social service providers, foundations, local
government, education and the medical community.
COMMUNITY KITCHEN DONATION FOR 2009 $36,000!!!
The Community Kitchen has long been a charity choice for the Fenton Family. We have sponsored a Charity Golf
Tournament each summer for the past 18 years bringing in $25-$30,000 each year for the kitchen. Providing healthy
meals to individuals and families is such a fundamental need to those who can't provide for themselves.
The Community Kitchen has long been a charity choice for the Fenton Family. We have sponsored a Charity Golf
Tournament each summer for the past 18 years bringing in $25-$30,000 each year for the kitchen. Providing healthy
meals to individuals and families is such a fundamental need to those who can't provide for themselves.
Fenton Family Dealerships raised $33,700 during the 2009 Golf Tournament for the Community Kitchen
WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN?
It started out as a soup kitchen in 1983 with a couple dozen volunteers and support
from local churches and friends. They served soup to 25 people in a church basement
and as time passed and more people came, it was quickly discovered that the soup
kitchen's offering was the only daily meal for some of its guests.Today, 26 years later,
The Community Kitchen has become a helpful hand to more than 12,000 hungry people
in the Monadnock Region. Of the 952,700 meals provided last year, over 60% went to
children under the age of 19. They anticipate serving 1.2 million meals this year. The
families seeking food assistance are not just the homeless. Most are the working poor
desperately trying to feed their children and many upper middle class parents who have
recently suffered family upset through divorce, health issues or job loss. "The children
affected is our main concern. They are helpless to provide for themselves; yet these
same children are our country's future. They need good nutrition and adequate food
choices to properly grow and develop into healthy productive adults. These children
need everyone's help."
and as time passed and more people came, it was quickly discovered that the soup
kitchen's offering was the only daily meal for some of its guests.Today, 26 years later,
The Community Kitchen has become a helpful hand to more than 12,000 hungry people
in the Monadnock Region. Of the 952,700 meals provided last year, over 60% went to
children under the age of 19. They anticipate serving 1.2 million meals this year. The
families seeking food assistance are not just the homeless. Most are the working poor
desperately trying to feed their children and many upper middle class parents who have
recently suffered family upset through divorce, health issues or job loss. "The children
affected is our main concern. They are helpless to provide for themselves; yet these
same children are our country's future. They need good nutrition and adequate food
choices to properly grow and develop into healthy productive adults. These children
need everyone's help."
