Empowering Through Education

Empowering Through Education

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Champions for Change!!





How many of you have been the beneficiary of the significant philanthropic efforts of:


Jim Laub

Roger Welsh

Square One Printing!?!


The theme this year for the United Way Annual Dinner is "Champions for Change".

The keynote speaker will be:

LaVell Edwards 
former coach for Brigham Young University!!

Award recipients will be Jim Laub, Roger Welsh and Square One Printing.

We are soooo excited! Who would like to join us at this event!?! 

If we get a group of 8 people together we can get a reserved table towards the front. Otherwise it will be general seating and who knows where we will end up!

Also, if you will be attending please 
use the referral code UWCVVC 
(you can purchase tickets online at www.unitedwayofcachevalley.org)

This will help support the Cache Valley Volunteer Center and our efforts in the community as well as the United Way as a whole. Let me know if you have any questions.

Here are the details:

DATE:                           May 21
TIME:                           6:00pm
LOCATION:                USU Taggart Student Center Ballroom

The dinner will be preceded by a 'Tailgate' Party! This is going to be a very fun evening and will support a very good cause! Let's go together and make it even more fun!!


ABOUT COACH LAVELL EDWARDS

R. LaVell Edwards is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU). With 257 career victories, he ranks as one of the most successful college football coaches of all time. Among his many notable accomplishments, Edwards guided BYU to a national championship in 1984 and coached Heisman Tophy winner Ty Detmer in 1990.  LaVell contributes to a number of nonprofit foundations and serves as a National Advisor to ASCEND: A Humanitarian Alliance, which plans expeditions to Africa and South American countries to provide life skills mentoring with sustainable solutions in education, enterprise, health and simple technology.

HonoreesABOUT OUR CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE

JIM LAUB
Jim is a 1974 graduate of Utah State and president and CEO of Cache Valley Electric. Those who best know him realize that with every check also comes tireless effort as a champion of his community; that with every tangible gift also comes an immeasurable outpouring of heart.  His inexhaustible efforts to make a difference include his active service on many boards throughout the community, just to name a few....the USU Big Blue Club, The Sunshine Terrace Foundation, the Logan-Cache Airport Authority and has been an active supporter of Common Ground. 


ROGER WELSH
Roger Welsh has been a leader in Cache Valley Real Estate for the last 25 years. Roger feels fortunate to have beaten cancer and wanted to give something back to the community.  Hence, the Cache Valley For Hope Cancer Foundation was born. The foundation seeks to provide financial support of the 300-400 yearly cancer patients in Cache Valley. CVFHC has also established a scholarship program to give young cancer survivors the opportunity to pursue their post-secondary education.

SQUARE ONE PRINTING
Serving the residents of Cache Valley since September of 1985, Square One Printing, owned by Paul and Kathryn Cracroft, provides the highest quality product and a competitive price....unless you are a non-profit; then the quality is superb and their generosity is endless. With fullness of heart, Square One provides services to our agencies that are an essential part of their advocacy.  They have been champions for United Way year after year in support of our efforts and helping to make our events a success. 

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