December 9, 2005

Everyone is a winner with the United Way campaign

While the real winners of the 2005 MGH United Way campaign are the people who will be served by the nearly $336,000 raised to date, many MGHers received prizes in a number of raffles held for employees who pledged to the campaign. The weekly raffles featured a variety of prizes, including gift certificates to area restaurants and shops, tickets to Patriots football games and eight hours of earned time. Early donors Christie James of the Professional Billing Office for the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and Tanya Tran of MGH Psychiatry, were the big winners at the campaign kick-off event Oct. 25. James won a 32-inch, high-definition TV while Tran won an autographed Deion Branch football. In November, the end of the campaign was announced with two additional grand-prize winners — Marianne Beninato, PhD, from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, was the winner of an autographed Tom Brady Patriots jersey, and Cordula Magee from MGH Radiology, received a vacation package including a hotel stay, two days of earned time and a $100 American Express gift check.

Employees who have not yet made a donation still have time to help the MGH reach its goal. To make a donation or to learn more about the campaign, visit www2.massgeneral.org/unitedway.

Early United Way raffle winners Tran, left, and James