President and CEO of United Way of Greater Mercer County Herb Klein III, Michele Dahan, Association Headquarters (Trenton), Bonnie Mukerjee (Princeton), Everton Myers of Solvay, CEO of Solvay Jim Harton, Amanda Ramanan of FMC, John Lenox of Rider University and Jaclyn Immordino of Princeton University.
United Way of Greater Mercer County hosted their annual Community Awards Celebration at Greenacres Country Club in Lawrence June 13.
This year, the event theme was A Celebration of Dollars and Sense, which focused on the United Financial Empowerment Center and the economic benefit a dollar invested in UWGMC brings back to the community.
The Community Honorees were recognized for their outstanding commitment, support, dedication to UWGMC and to changing lives in greater Mercer County included.
Volunteer of the Year awards went to Michele Dahan of Trenton and Bonnie Mukerjee of Princeton.
Campaign Excellence Awards went to Princeton University, Rider University and Solvay.
Bank of America recieved the Special Event Awards and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Company of the Year Award went to FMC.
At the event, UWGMC announced that in 2013 the United Financial Empowerment Center prepared more than 1,400 free tax returns to individuals and families earning under $50,000 with an average return of $1,467.00. Preparers brought $2.09 million back into the county.
UWGMC also announced that $1.00 invested in UWGMC brings back $10.07 in economic benefit to Mercer County. This is an increase of 11.11 percent from 2012.
UWGMC focuses to improve the financial stability, self-sufficiency and health of Mercer County residents. They measure results in terms of changed lives, cost savings and economic benefit returned to the community.
More information is online at uwgmc.org.
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