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SAFEWAY PARTNERS WITH THE UNITED WAY

When you visited the Safeway in Chester during the month of November, you may have noticed the jugs at the end of the check out counter with signs asking you to donate your change for the United Way of Queen Anne's County. The collection of donations from customers coupled with a home made turkey BBQ held outside the store one blustery Saturday raised almost $2,000 for the United Way. According to store manager, Bruce Moore, "There's something special about raising money for a non-profit organization that helps the very community of which you are a part."

Mr. Moore has also agreed to have a United Way thermometer outside the store along Route 50 so the residents of Queen Anne's County can keep track of the progress being made towards the United Way's goal of $110,000 to be raised during the 2007-2008 campaign year. To date, $88,000 of that goal has been achieved. Mr McNutt stated that "the Queen Anne's County United Way hopes to achieve or exceed our fund raising goal so that we can maintain or increase our allocation monies to our 22 non-profit agencies."

The United Way of Queen Anne's County is all about neighbors helping neighbors! They allocate funds to agencies that serve the community needs from children to seniors covering areas from health and human services, to the arts and the environment.