By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The vast majority of the funds for the United Way campaign are in here in Reno County.
"At the end of December, I'm really excited to tell you that we hit $1 million," said Lisa Gleason with the United Way of Reno County. "That is certainly getting us closer to our goal. As of this morning, we're sitting at $1,040,000."
The goal was actually trimmed a bit this year.
"The original goal is $1.1 million," Gleason said. "We lowered that goal just because of the pandemic. Last year we raised $1,250,000. Certainly the need is that if not greater."
Though quite a bit of the money is taken out from employees of local businesses through payroll deduction, no matter how small your donation, if you want to give, they can help you.
"About 60% of what we bring in, it comes through employers and their payroll deductions," Gleason said. "We certainly have corporate gifts that help make that happen as well. The other 35 to 40% really comes from individuals just giving of their resources to help us make that difference."
You can donate here, if you haven't already.