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May 26, 2017
Contact: Kristen Rotz; 717-238-7365; Pictures available upon request
United Way of Pennsylvania and United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley congratulate Andy Daubon winning Keystone Spirit Award
Harrisburg, PA– United Way of Pennsylvania (UWP) honored Tocqueville Society donors throughout the stateand presented the second annual Keystone Spirit of United Way Award at a reception in Bethlehem last night.
Andy Daub,senior partner of Brown-Daub Dealerships and aTocqueville Society member from United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV), was awarded the prestigious Keystone Spirit of United Way Awardfor his generosity, advocacy and commitment to improving the lives of Pennsylvania residents.
Daub and his wife Carolyn have been members of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s Tocqueville Society for more than 15 years. In addition to Daub’s personal philanthropy, he also provides a generous corporate gift and leads a successful United Way campaignat Brown-Daub Dealerships with nearly 90 percent employee participation.
Daub first became involved with United Way while serving in the Navyand has since become a dedicated donor, active volunteer, and stalwart advocate for the Lehigh Valley.
“We are very lucky to have Andy in our United Way family,” said David Lewis, President of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. “He is truly what it means to LIVE UNITED, and we are grateful for everything he does and continues to do for our community.”
In addition to generously supporting United Way, Daub also encourages his employees to volunteer in the community throughout the year, particularly at UWGLV’s Day of Caring event. For the past few years, Brown-Daub Dealership employees have spent Day of Caring volunteering at Children’s Home of Easton, a non-profit agency providing therapeutic, campus and community-based programs for trouble youths from dysfunctional families.
“Andy is committed to the health and well-being of children in our community,” said Lewis. “He wants to make sure every child is able to lead a good life.”
In addition to his commitment to education initiatives, Daub has served in many formal and informal capacities for United Way to influence others to give. He has served as a Board member, a Tocqueville Society Cabinet member, and a Campaign Cabinet member. During his tenure as Campaign Chair for United Way’s 2009 campaign, Daub inspired leaders throughout the Lehigh Valley to personally give to United Way, to give generous corporate gifts, and to run workplace campaigns at their companies.
“Andy harnesses the collective power of the Lehigh Valley’s top philanthropists and uses their generosity to strengthen our community,” Lewis said.
Daub’s foundation, Brown-Daub Charities, supports many other agencies, including Community Services for Children, the Boys & Girls Club of Easton, and the State Theatre in Easton. In 2000, Daub was selected out of more than 20,500 dealers nationwide to receive the prestigious Time Magazine’s Quality Dealer Award, which recognizes care dealers for exceptional performance in their dealerships and distinguished community services.
“Andy is truly one of the best,” said Lewis. “He is a tremendous humanitarian, and his work with our United Way will impact children and families throughout our community for years to come.”
United Ways are connecting people to community resources through 2-1-1
United Ways fight for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community we serve across Pennsylvania. This includes funding local impact work as well as coordinating across the network to advocate for policy change at the state and national level. Together, all the Pennsylvania United Ways raised more than $177 million in 2015, and our work would not be possible without Tocqueville Society’s philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions, whose donations amount to $32 million in 2015.
United Ways are contributing to countless community-building programs each year. One in particular, highlighted during the statewide Tocqueville Society reception, includes the work being done around the PA 2-1-1 network. PA 2-1-1 is an informational and referral dialing code connecting Pennsylvanians with health and human service needs, and United Ways are currently the largest funder of this service.
“Every donation to a local United Way is deployed for needs that are specific to the local community. Some donor dollars are leveraged for programs such as 2-1-1 which reach across county boundaries to address a variety of needs. 2-1-1 is the most comprehensive statewide database of all the public and private resources that are available to address health and human services needs for all members of our communities,” said Kristen Rotz, president of United Way of Pennsylvania.
Through annual contributions of nearly $3 million from United Ways across the commonwealth, this service is now available in all regions of Pennsylvania for the first time in the history of the program. More than 160,000individualscontacted 2-1-1 in 2016 to access help for their needs. Through 2-1-1, people connect to help for a wide range of issues from utility or rent assistance, food location, disaster relief, or transportation. 2-1-1 utilizes a statewide database to quickly locate services in the contact’s immediate area and explore all available public and private options available. United Ways work diligently to find solutions and assistance in a variety of areas and dedicate their service to helping others.
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