Remember how John Rogers our former Chief Administrative Officer committed to having his head shaved to achieve a certain target for town staff's United Way Fund Raising Campaign.
Remember how Heather Green in the Bylaw department did the same thing. It had to do with some fancy kind of boat race event. For the same good purpose.
Former Mayor Tim Jones accepted tennis challenges from anybody to raise funds for the same purpose.
It was all in a good cause and highly successful. Not only did it make our organisation a family. in coming together to help others, they had fun doing it and took pride together in their achievement.
The United Way came to Council to express their appreciation. The Mayor asked if the same objective could be achieved by payroll deductions.
Councillor Gaertner once asked how much time staff were spending in fund-raising. The answer was they were spending their own time. If the project ran over into town time, they got their work done by staying after work hours. They fulfilled both commitments. .
Aurora staff have opted against payroll deductions for the United Way since the idea was first proposed and repeatedly since. The principle has always been that people should be able to choose which charity, if any, to donate available personal resources.
I just received an e-mail from the town informing me of a photo opportunity for myself.
"The Town of Aurora participates in the 2010 United Way payroll deduction campaign".
“I just received an e-mail from the town informing me of a photo opportunity for myself.
ReplyDelete"The Town of Aurora participates in the 2010 United Way payroll deduction campaign".”
A photo op you will be skipping no doubt.
I would hope that maybe the staff that is participating should be the ones getting the attention instead of those who made the decision on their behalf. Because “it is all about the staff” according to Madame Stalin eerrrr Morris.