United Way goal is slightly higher than last year’s effort

Lucas Stagner and Whitney Stewart will attempt to push this year’s United Way of the Pennyrile fundraising campaign a bit higher than last year’s effort. The co-chairs announced Thursday morning that the goal is $730,000, according to a Facebook post about the kick-off breakfast at the Christian County Senior Center. The 2021-22 campaign generated $726,743. 

This theme for the campaign is Planting Seeds of Hope. The breakfast decorations included “blooming table runners” painted by second graders at South Christian Elementary School. 

Based in Hopkinsville, the United Way of the Pennyrile, helps fund 47 programs offered by 19 agencies in Caldwell, Christian, Todd and Trigg counties. 

“We are on our way to reaching our $730,000 goal, and have about 29% already committed!,” the organization said in the Facebook post. 

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