July 2022 Corporate Community Champion

The City of Woodland has been a strong supporter of United Way for more than 20 years, raising over $200,000 for the community! 

Chief of Police, Derrek Kaff, has shown his support for United Way by serving on the United Way Board of Directors and currently as a member of our Yolo County Community Advisory Committee. Chief Kaff can be found volunteering in the community along with fellow police officers, firefighters, and city council members at our Kindercamp Kids Farmers Markets and annual Woodland Kids Read event. 

Rosie Ledesma, Environmental Resources Analyst, graciously coordinates the city-wide annual employee giving campaign, ensuring all employees have the opportunity to donate to the non-profit of their choice. 

Woodland has allocated Measure J funding to our Kindercamp program to ensure more children are prepared to enter kindergarten. The Woodland Public Library has also helped us distribute over 40,000 books to local children!

June 2022 Corporate Community Champion

Costco and their 11 local warehouses and distribution centers have been an important pillar of the community and supporter of United Way in the last 12 years, raising over $1.8 million in support of the California Capital Region!

Costco continues to give back to local schools through their Backpack Program, which has provided over seven million backpacks to students across the world since 1997.

Costco also provides ample opportunities for employees to participate in bettering the community. In addition to donating dollars, employees also give their time through the Volunteer Reading Program where they tutor children who are below grade level in school.

Thank you, Costco!

May 2022 Corporate Community Champion

Ullrich Delevati has been an important corporate partner of ours for many years and has raised over $22,000 through their annual employee giving campaign in just the last three years!

Ullrich Delevati understands the wellbeing of the communities where we live and work is invaluable to the greater good.

The partners, principal and staff have a long and varied history of service to the community. They lead by example and support the causes they are passionate about, serving on boards and committees, participating in fundraisers and donating their time and personal financial support.

Currently, Mark Ullrich, Ullrich Delevati founder and managing partner, generously gives his time to United Way serving on both the Board of Directors and Resource Development Committee.

Ullrich Delevati is also again generously sponsoring our Annual Golf Classic tournament.

April 2022 Corporate Community Champion

Congratulations to Target for being selected as our April 2022 Corporate Community Champion!

Target has been an important and significant corporate partner for over 13 years.

In those years, Target employees have donated over 1.1 million dollars, to help organizations throughout the community!

United Way proudly helps connect 22 local Target stores and Distribution Centers with nonprofit organizations in their community. These stores have also given back hundreds of hours of service to the community through their Target Regional Days of Service Program.

Between 2019-2021, Target employees nationwide donated over 10 million dollars to their local communities, almost $200,000 of that was by our local Target stores!

During the Holiday season, Target stores participated in their annual Great Giftogether, which provides comfort and joy to families in their communities. Store employees shopped for, wrapped and delivered gifts to nonprofit partners that were helping to spread holiday cheer.

Thank you, Target, for setting a solid example of what it means to Live United and build stronger, healthier, more compassionate communities. You are an inspiration!

March 2022 Corporate Community Champion

Congratulations to U.S. Bank for being selected as our March 2022 Corporate Community Champion!

They had a goal to double their number of volunteer hours from last year, and they more than doubled it in volunteering over 1,000 hours!

U.S. Bank also has a great workplace giving campaign which they kicked off virtually this year. Their online auction alone raised over $5,300!

They also support our KinderCamp program, as well as our Annual Golf Classic event as our highest sponsor last year.

U.S. Bank is a super partner and is very engaged, with employees sitting on our Board of Directors, Golf Classic Committee, and Resource Development Committee.

February 2022 Corporate Community Champion

We’re thrilled to honor Enterprise as our February 2022 Corporate Community Champion, especially as they have been a national and local partner for over 20 years.

Enterprise runs an employee giving campaign every year with 12 days of giving and employees receive gift card incentives for donating.

Enterprise has raised over $12 million dollars for our community, and they contribute a United Way-only corporate gift totaling over $1.4 million dollars.

Through the years, Enterprise has named top employees to our Young Leaders Society (YLS) and Women United (WU) Leadership Committees, and has generously sponsored events such as the Annual WU Luncheon and YLS Brews & Brains.

Jason Clarke from Enterprise currently sits on our local UWCCR Board of Directors.

Thanks, Enterprise, for taking care of your communities!

January 2022 Corporate Community Champion

We are proud to present Holman Enterprises as our January 2022 Corporate Community Champion. Holman is a valued corporate partner who has supported us through sponsorships of our Women United Luncheon for many years. They have generously committed again this year at the $2500 Gold Sponsor level!

Holman’s sense of creativity, spirit, and family honor is reflected in the title they gave their national United Way Campaign this year: Holman Rises. Employees from locations across North America have rallied to the mission of United Way for more than seven decades!

New hires at Holman quickly learn that their long tradition of supporting United Way is so integral to the company’s ethos that it’s included in a new employee orientation session.

In the California Capital Region, Holman Enterprises has pledged over $32,000 in employee gifts, special events, and sponsorships in just the last five years!

Holman Enterprises takes pride in giving back to the communities they work in through their charitable giving efforts centered on providing basic needs, access to education, income stability, and health assistance, for our neighbors who need them most.

Thank you, Holman Enterprises!

December 2021 Corporate Community Champion

First Northern Bank (FNB) has long been a supporter of United Way, especially in our Woodland service area, and ran their first employee giving campaign this year! 

First Northern Bank generously sponsors Woodland Kids Read every year, and has also sponsored Women United Events.

Last year FNB staff in Woodland “Adopted a Family” for the holidays.

Senior Executive Vice President and COO, Jeremiah Smith, has served on our United Way Board of Directors since 2012. He also currently serves on our Financial Stability Impact Council.

First Northern Bank has been a major sponsor of our golf tournament for many years. Vicki Faye, VP and Financial Services Manager, serves on the golf tournament planning committee.

Thank you, First Northern!