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Show :vy.. -rr- . : r ... ccvyy;-'' : y, i : - i r y ?,yjt.- Ho- . J V .. I s ( $85,000 ' ;L i ' Vy- , i ' - n !., : ? $285,000 GOAL Olympics Silver Medal winners Ralp Mann and L. J. Silvester, center, cen-ter, discuss United Fund goal for 1973 with Jim Hollandsworth, left and Bob Smith, right, key members in team drive which will try for goal of $285,000 for Utah County. $205,000 United dfive Kicked Off afl Friday Lunclieoti United Fund of Utah County, Coun-ty, last Friday, launched its ninth annual campaign in an all-out effort to raise $285,000 for support of 17 member agencies in Utah County, including Boy Scouts of America. An estimated 300 County leaders from business, labor, government and education took part in the kickoff rally last week at a luncheon in the Wilkinson Center at BYU. Richard S. ' Stone, general campaign chairman, 1973, emphasized em-phasized the "crucial nature" of the countywide campaign and called this year's goal "the most important ever projected" project-ed" by the locally owned and operated United Fund. Brigham Young University i Athletic Director Stan Watts was the main speaker at the gathering last Friday, and called call-ed for leadership and teamwork team-work by campaign volunteers as the keys to achieving the goal for 1973. He urged all Utah County citizens to rally behind their United Fund and support the member agencies locally which provide vital health, youth guidance and welfare services in their area. Olympics silver medal winners win-ners Ralph Mann and L. J. Silvester, both of BYU, also played leading roles in Friday's Fri-day's kickoff rally and charged charg-ed campaign chairmen to meet the goals established for each phase of the drive. Also reported Friday were the results of the "Early Bird" campaigns to set an example for others in Utah County. Mr. Stone said Friday the goal of this fall's campaign took into account an unexpected unexpect-ed decline in pledge receipts from last year's drive, caused by lower than normal levels of employment and operation in key sectors of the Utah County economy late in 1971 and early this year. In calling for the "concerned "concern-ed support of all citizens" to make up this difference and meet local needs next year, he emphasized that United Fund of Utah County is an independent independ-ent corporate entity that is wholly owned and directed by the citizens of Utah County who contribute each year. "It's our United Fund," he said, "and it's squarely up to us to meet the needs of our community, as determined by our local directors." Mrs. Beth West of Pleasant Grove will head up the drive in the Pleasant Grove area in the Community Division. Services supported by United Unit-ed Fund of Utah County are: Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America; Utah County Chapter, American Red Cross; American Cancer Society; So-ciety; Utah Heart Association; Girls Scouts; Cystic Fibrosis; Diabetes; Help, Inc.; Utah County Chapter, Mental Health Association; Multiple Sclerosis Utah Valley Care and Training Center; Salvation Army; United Unit-ed Servicemen's Organization (USO); and Utah County Blind Association. |