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!

November 2021 Corporate Community Champion

We are thrilled to recognize SMUD as our November 2021 Corporate Community Champion! SMUD has been a valued partner for decades and has brought in more than two million dollars for our community. They have always generously sponsored our UWCCR events, such as Women United Luncheon and the Young Leaders Society events. SMUD has also been a part of our Leaders United program for more than ten years!

SMUD is a strong community partner and has contributed countless volunteer hours to nonprofits all over the Sacramento region.

Steve Lins, SMUD’s Deputy General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs, has been a valued participant on our UWCCR Board and currently serves as the Immediate Past Chair.

Thank you, SMUD, for helping us start at Square One to significantly reduce poverty in the California Capital Region!

October 2021 Corporate Community Champion

We are shining a spotlight on Gilbert CPAs as our October 2021 Corporate Community Champion. They have been a strong United Way corporate partner for over 20 years and steadily increasing their employee giving each year. Almost 50% of their business involves serving nonprofits and associations in Northern California! 

Gilbert CPAs works with more than 300 nonprofit clients, focusing on relationships with the goal of helping those nonprofits better deliver their mission.

They are a local company recognizing the importance of commitment to their community. In their words, they want their employees to lead a full life in and out of the office, and they believe community service is vital to that goal. To accomplish this, they organize and participate in charity events and volunteer time to local causes.

Their team is involved in more than 50 community organizations as members and directors. Annually they plan an office-wide community service day enthusiastically rolling up their sleeves to tackle various projects-construction, food distribution, clothing drives and more. 

United Way has enjoyed providing pancake breakfasts and desk drops to thank Gilbert CPAs for their support. 

Gilbert CPAs employees have also participated in Women United and Young Leaders Society action group events.

September 2021 Corporate Community Champion

We are shining a spotlight on Bayer as our September 2021 Corporate Community Champion. Bayer has served on a number of United Way boards and committees since 2013!

This Spring, Bayer supported our Women United Virtual Event through generous corporate sponsorship. Since 2016 Bayer has been a premier sponsor of KinderCamp and can always be counted on to show up for volunteer service projects.

Bayer boasts several individual employee recognition awards including Volunteer of the Year 2016 and CEO Involvement 2015, and has been recognized both as a top corporate giver and for having the most leadership givers in Woodland since 2014.

Thank you, Bayer! We are so excited about the incredible things you are doing to support the Capital Region.

August 2021 Corporate Community Champion

We are shining a spotlight on ACCO Engineered Systems as our August 2021 Corporate Community Champion.  ACCO has been a strong corporate partner since 2009.

This year, ACCO provided the highest level of sponsorship at the Gold Level for our United Way 2021 Golf Tournament.ACCO participated in our Holiday Market by purchasing gifts for children for the last Holiday season.

ACCO has a strong commitment to the community and to ensuring their employees are an important part of the process.

The company generously matches all donations their employees make to United Way at 100%. During the campaign, ACCO employees are treated to a coffee bar, a great breakfast, and are provided goodies bags as a “Thank You” gift. To help get in the giving mood, ACCO also hosts a spirited raffle for the employees. 

We are grateful for the continued support ACCO gives to United Way

July 2021 Corporate Community Champion

We are thrilled to recognize UPS as our July 2021 Corporate Community Champion. UPS has been a loyal partner with UWCCR for the past 38 years. Over those years, UPS has donated nearly $8,000,000 to United Way locally through their employee giving and corporate gifts.

UPS is also a generous sponsor. Through donations and volunteer hours, they have proven their commitment to helping people in need here in Sacramento. In 2017, they became the sponsor for our large conference room, which we now call the UPS Conference Room. They served as one of our title sponsors for Big Day of Giving in 2018, and have also been a table sponsor for our Women United Luncheons.

Even during a pandemic, UPS continued to be an amazing partner. They actually increased their giving by more than $50,000!

UPS encourages its employees to do everything they can in the community, through their Neighbor to Neighbor program. UPS employees have provided more than 5,000 volunteer hours to our local community.

June 2021 Corporate Community Champion

In the fall of 2020, West Sacramento welcomed a new Dollar General/DG Fresh cold storage facility and community partner, whose mission is “Serving Others.”

Brandy Payne, the General Manager, held Dollar General’s first employee giving campaign during their first week of operation and raised nearly $1,700 to support UWCCR.

In November the Dollar General team presented United Way California Capital Region with a generous $5,000 corporate gift check in support of our local programs.

Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is an ardent supporter of literacy and education awarding grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries to support adult, family, summer and youth literacy programs.