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United Way kicks off annual fundraising campaign
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John O’Leary was the guest speaker at the United Way of Hall County fundraising kickoff breakfast Thursday morning at the Brenau Downtown Center. O’Leary suffered severe burns to 98 percent of his body when he was a boy, and lost his fingers in the accident.
The United Way of Hall County kicked off its annual fundraising campaign Thursday morning at the Brenau Downtown Center in Gainesville, boasting about $550,000 in donations already from 23 "pace setter" companies. Now, the United Way turns its attention to the community, asking people of Hall County to donate, volunteer or contribute in any other way possible. Melissa Tymchuk, director of public relations at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center and chairwoman of the fundraising campaign, asked the hundreds of attendees why they should give to the United Way.