By Dan Schiedel
With Christmas and the brand new 12 months simply across the nook, I needed to take a second and speak about the entire blessings that abound right here in Northwest Oklahoma. Even greater than our now well-known Christ Tree in Enid, hearts are larger, hotter and extra beneficiant than ever in our communities.
This 12 months has been an unimaginable 12 months personally and professionally. The United Way continues to succeed because of YOU and our connections and partnerships. Our associates in a number of enterprise sectors assist elevate funds and consciousness to assist our different associates do the tireless work day-after-day for our residents. We have all heard the necessary John Wesley quote “do all the good you can.”
In Northwest Oklahoma, we’re surrounded by individuals who do good, care about others and have beneficiant hearts of gold.
This 12 months, we have now been in a position to fund 14 United Way accomplice businesses to create more healthy and happier communities throughout Northwest Oklahoma. Whether by means of meals, shelter, well being care, counseling, financial help, assist with faculty and extra, our businesses serve our residents each younger and seasoned. Our residents are extra unbiased, productive and in a position to take care of one one other because of the unimaginable affect — collectively — of our companions and YOU.
If you’ve gotten donated to the United Way this 12 months, I whole-heartedly thanks. And in fact, there is at all times extra time to present. We have massive targets in 2023, and our accomplice businesses are planning on even larger affect for the longer term. Your items save lives, put meals in kitchens, adjustments lives for the higher and places smiles on faces and arms to work. We admire your giving.
I hope you and your households have a blessed Christmas, vacation season and a most affluent new 12 months. And I can’t wait to inform you extra about how our group continues to Live United all 12 months spherical. God Bless you and thanks as soon as once more for “Living United” in Northwest Oklahoma.
Schiedel is CEO/government director of United Way of Northwest Oklahoma.
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