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Annual campaign raises funds for United Way programs
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Dorothy Doyle, left, and Wanda Berry help prepare plates of chicken alfredo, green beans, bread and dessert Thursday for the United Ways Shepherds Supper program, just one of the many programs that benefit from the United Ways campaign efforts each year. - photo by Crissie Elric

Programs offered through the United Way of Bryan County will receive much-needed funding after this year’s campaign generated more than $64,000.
Though the campaign, which wrapped up Nov. 18, fell short of its $72,000 goal, United Way of Bryan County Director Janice Blunt said the shortcoming is not indicative of the community support.
 “One of our biggest challenges in Bryan County is that, unlike Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties, we don’t have a lot of industrial accounts that run very large employee campaigns,” Blunt said in an email.
“Our total figures are not indicative of the generosity of the citizens of Bryan County. Many Bryan County residents give through their workplace, and in many instances that is located in another county. We have the community support – we just don’t get to put it on our ‘thermometer.’”
See more in the Dec. 7 edition of the News.

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