Annual Celebration

The United Way of Cass County's Annual Celebration was held on February 22, 2024 at The State Theatre. We recognized the Volunteer of the Year, Outstanding Pacesetter of the Year, LIVE UNITED Day award winners, and long-time Business Partners. You can read more about them below!

Thank you to NIPSCO for sponsoring this event, The State Theatre for hosting, Logansport Savings Bank for donating water, Vibrant Events for catering, and Rich Voorhees for taking the pictures!

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2023 Volunteer of the Year

Our 2023 Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Nikki Ellington. Nikki is our Board Secretary, served our organization in various volunteer roles, and showed up in many other ways in 2023. She is a key part of United Way of Cass County, and we are grateful to have her on our team!

 

*Photo by Rich Voorhees

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Picture of Small Parts receiving the Outstanding Pacesetter of the Year award

The Outstanding Pacesetter of the Year award was given to Small Parts. Their campaign improved greatly from 2022 to 2023. Small Parts supports United Way of Cass County in various ways!

 

*Photo by Rich Voorhees

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Lewis Cass receiving an award for LIVE UNITED Day

Lewis Cass High School was one of the recipients of the LIVE UNITED Day award for 2023. The students and staff worked at Galveston Town Park on September 8, 2023 to refresh and clean up the area.

 

*Photo by Rich Voorhees

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Pioneer Regional School Corporation receiving the LIVE UNITED Day award

Pioneer Regional School Corporation was the other recipient of the 2023 LIVE UNITED DAY award. The elementary school and high school students and staff completed various projects on school grounds. 

 

*Photo by Rich Voorhees

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Business Partner Recognition

The Cass County Reading Railroad's Business Partner program began during the 2008-2009 school year. Maria Rogers, Sharon Lantz, Deb Ploss, and Stacy Rans have been reading for the program since it began 16 years ago. We recognized them at our Annual Celebration for their commitment to the youth in our community. 

 

*Photo by Rich Voorhees