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Show m Axnwr Fff ,;:--CiJ r. tfvf J 7 Usx2r M ,; ;.,-V: r' ' Alum. unn i-,' ' ,:-mii,ni-ni .MMasw avnunii mi mmn UNITED WAY KICKOFF James Bruff, vice president of operations for Max Factor's Utah operations fires up volunteers gearing up for the 1(.)81 United Way campaign as they gain ammunition at the kickoff held at IlAUVs NCO Club. fourth straight year with 96 percent employee participation. participa-tion. They have donated to date $30,102, a 17 percent increase in-crease over last year. Eaton-Kenway, Inc., West Bountiful, has collected $17,234. Viewmont High's faculty fa-culty have donated $ 1 ,200 and students raised an additional $550 at a fund-raising benefit last week. OTHER "pace-setter" organizations groups that set the pace of the campaign to follow with pre-campaign fund-raising drives are Bon Marche of Layton, Bountiful City Corp.. J.C. Penney Company Com-pany of Bountiful. K-Mart of Layton; Mervyns of Layton Hills Mall; Smith Mangement Corporation of Davis and Weber We-ber Counties. Union Pacific Railroad, and ZCMI of Lavton Hills Mall. United Way of Davis County Coun-ty is one of five such agencies in the state and 2.100 local agencies located throughout the United States. By GARY R. BLODGETT HILL AFB - Davis County United Way has barely kicked off its 1981 campaign, and already the "pace-setter" pledges represent 42 percent of the entire annual goal of $333,000. THE announcement came last Thursday at the kickoff for the fund-raising campaign which was held at the Noncommissioned Non-commissioned Officers' Club at this northern Utah air base. United Way officials said the $333,000 goal for 1981 represents rep-resents a 10.9 percent increase over last year. The 1979 figure of $300,246 was only a 5.6 increase in-crease over the previous year, they said. UNITED W AY was incorporated incorpo-rated as a private, non-profit organization in 1974. The initial ini-tial year's donations amounted to $34,728. Campaign Chairman James B. Bruff. vice president of Utah Operations for Max Factor Fac-tor Company, introduced the United Way board of directors and thanked the many volunteers volun-teers who are serving in the fund-raising campaign. IN A BRIEF address to more than 1 00 volunteers at the noon luncheon. Mr. Bruff said there is an increasing need for volunteer volun-teer service as communities continually withdraw from federal aid. "We are shifting our responsibilities respon-sibilities away from federal government and more to helping help-ing each other on a local basis," he said. "And this is the role played by United Way." HE EMPHASIZED that the spirit of volunteering is to reach out and help those in need neighbor helping neighbor. "We must commit now to helping others through the United Un-ited Way." said Mr. Bruff. "We can accomplish more and do it better on a local level." MAX FACTOR, Inc., Freeport Center, is leading the "pace-setting" industries the |