UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of the FRASER VALLEY

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Volume 7, Number 3

September 30, 1992

Coaches at work: Scott Fast (left) and
Ken Fernstrom, co-coaches of the UCFV
men’s soccer team, watch their squad
during the annual UCFV tournament. The
Cascades placed sixth in the eight-team
tourney.

“We were pleased with the team but not
with the result,” says Fast of his young —
team’s showing (they have only three
returning players).

In league play, the Cascades tied
Okanagan in their first game. The
women’s team, coached by Fast’s son
Tom, defeated Okanagan 2-1.

Erling Close photo

United Way goal $17,000 this year

Last year’s United Way donations by
UCFV employees exceeded the goal of
$7000 by more than $2,500, so this year
campus organizers have upped the goal
to $17,000.

- More importantly, they also plan to
focus on increasing the participation
rate, from last year’s rate of 18 percent
of all employees to a goal of 40 percent.

Personnel director Barry Bompas
estimates that if everyone who works for
UCFYV gave an hour’s pay, the goal of
$17,000 could be met easily.

The donation and participation goals
were set by a number of UCFV people
interested in the United Way.

One way of encouraging participation
is interdepartmental competition.

Personnel, which administers the United
Way campaign for UCFV, will tabulate
the donations of different divisions and
announce the winners. The Academic

- and Career divisions will compete

against one another, as will Educational
Support and Continuing Education, and
the President’s office and the Bursar’s
office.

“We tried to match up divisions with
a similar number of employees,” says
Bompas. Members of the division with
the highest participation rate in each
competition who themselves
participated will be eligible for a draw
for a Cross pen worth around $50,

- donated by a supplier.

Bompas acknowledges that not

everyone agrees with the United Way,
but stresses that donating through this
mechanism allows UCFV employees as
a group to give something back to the
community.

Personnel officer Carole Hardy adds
that your donation doesn’t have to be to
the United Way or one of its member
charities — you can also designate your
favourite non-member charity. Your
donation will then count towards the
United Way total and be distributed by
the United Way. Using this method
allows you to donate through payroll
deductions instead of one lump sum.

Canvassers have been chosen for
several departments. Their role is to

Please see United Way, page 2