A month after announcing a fundraising goal of $730,000, the United Way of the Pennyrile has received donations and pledges totaling more than $311,000.
Campaign leaders revealed the amount raised so far during a joint lunch meeting Tuesday of Hopkinsville’s Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at the Memorial Building.
In line with the campaign theme of Planting Seeds of Hope, the luncheon included a floral arranging competition that pulled in an additional $1,783 for the campaign, according to a Facebook post.
The United Way of the Pennyrile, helps fund 47 programs offered by 19 agencies in Caldwell, Christian, Todd and Trigg counties. Last year’s campaign generated $726,743.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
