Nominate a community hero

United Way campaign looks for people who have had a positive impact on Southeastern N.B.

By Stephanie Kukkonen Times & Transcript Staff
Published Tuesday July 31st, 2007
Appeared on page A2


Everybody knows somebody who makes this world a better place, and now you can tell that person just how much better they make it.
The United Way is once again running its Community Heroes campaign. The campaign gives Metro Moncton residents the chance to nominate a person who makes a positive impact on the area as a community hero.

"When we came up with the idea, we were talking about taking a strength-based approach and not always looking at the negative," says executive director, Debbie McInnis. "There are a lot of great things that go on in our community."

Nominations can be sent at any time through e-mail to mfardy@moncton.unitedway.ca or by going to the website www.gmsenbunitedway.ca. Nominations can also be made by telephone at 858-8600.

The United Way asks that nominations be summed up in 250 to 500 words. Please give the name of the person you are nominating, an explanation of why you are nominating them and how they have made a positive impact on the Metro Moncton or Southeastern New Brunswick region.

"We take whatever people want to give us," says McInnis. "Our kick-off is September 6, so we'll start recognizing people then."
McInnis says it is important for people to know who makes our city such a great place to live. She says what goes on behind the scenes is what makes things run so smoothly, and the people who are responsible for it aren't asking for the recognition so it is up to their peers to give it to them.

The United Way has two goals in mind for their Community Heroes campaign. They want people to recognize all the hard work that people put in to all the great things that go on and so that people don't take for granted the actual great things that do go on.
"It's kind of two-fold," says McInnis. "We're really looking forward to it, it's nice for people to know that their hard work is recognized."