MeadWestvaco employees raise funds for United Way

MeadWestvaco and its employees in the Kraft, Specialty Chemicals and Forestry Divisions presented $531,720 in donations to Trident United Way. MeadWestvaco employees in South Carolina raised money through the company’s Employee Charitable Contributions Program, an employee-driven charitable campaign that has distributed funds annually since 1953. The donation also included a company match. Pictured, from left, are David Nicole, Trident United Way; Chris Kerrigan, Trident United Way; Vicki Johnson, MeadWestvaco’s ECCP chair; Gil Gillespie, president of MeadWestvaco Kraft Division; Kathleen Brophy, American Heart Association; Gene Parker, president of MeadWestvaco Forestry Division; Katie Schumacher, March of Dimes; Elaine Caraviello, American Cancer Society; Ben Ward, president of MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals Division; and Pat Ray, American Cancer Society.

Employee honored for fund-raising efforts

The Combined Federal Campaign honored Violet Legette with its Spirit of the CFC Award for her work raising $37,000 for charity from employees of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. NOAA Coastal Services Center employees pledged $37,000, a 14% increase over last year. It was the fifth straight year of double-digit increases at the Coastal Services Center. Pictured, from left, are Larry Brewer, Trident United Way’s CFC staff director; Legette; and Beth McCandless of NOAA Coastal Services Center.

Sculpture in the South receives grant

American Express Financial Advisors named Summerville arts nonprofit Sculpture in the South as a recipient of a $10,000 award from the American Express Financial Advisors Field Community Partners Fund. Sculpture in the South has placed 14 pieces of permanent sculpture in Summerville’s public spaces. Pictured, from left, Sculpture in the South 2005 chairman Otis Engelman thanks American Express financial advisors Jay Sharp and Julie Hucks for the grant.

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