Univest Corporation Awards $5,000 to the Bucks County SPCA as Winner of the Caring for Community Giveaway
Pictured (standing left to
right): Meghan Garber, volunteer coordinator, Bucks County
SPCA, with Chihuahua/Terrier mix, Max; Kim Detwiler, senior
vice president and director of corporate communications, Univest
Corporation, with Poodle mix, Jordy; Anne Irwin, Executive
Director, Bucks County SPCA; Beth Kittrell, director of
development, Bucks County SPCA; Annette Szygiel, executive
vice president and chief experience officer, Univest
Corporation; (front) Bucks County SPCA volunteer Laura
Goodwin with Pitbull, Lucy.
SOUDERTON, Pa., January 9, 2013 - Univest Corporation today
announced the winner of the Caring for Community Giveaway, a
contest that awarded $5,000 to a local, nonprofit
organization. The Bucks County SPCA was randomly selected as
the winner from 233 local, nonprofit organizations.
Nominations for the prize were made through the Univest Facebook
page, with each post made on behalf of a nonprofit organization
counting as an entry in the contest. There were a total of
1,997 posts over the course of the contest, which ran from December
3, 2012 through December 31, 2012.
"We are so honored and excited to have been chosen in Univest's
Caring for Community Giveaway! With the opening of the Bucks
County SPCA's Upper Bucks shelter last year, the $5,000 could not
have come at a better time," said Beth Kittrell, director of
development for the Bucks County SPCA. "This boost to our
Centennial Campaign will go a long way toward helping us develop
the new shelter and advance our core mission - preventing and
alleviating the suffering of thousands of animals each year.
We are deeply grateful to Univest for such generous support and to
our always enthusiastic Facebook family for so many kind words and
nominations."
"We were thrilled with the overwhelming response we received for
the Caring For Community Giveaway," said Annette Szygiel, executive
vice president and chief experience officer of Univest
Corporation. "This contest truly brought to light all of the
great work being done for so many different causes right here in
our own communities. We are proud to be able to support the
Bucks County SPCA and look forward to continuing to support a
variety of organizations through our Committed to Local giving
program."
This $5,000 Caring For Community Giveaway wrapped up the first
year of Univest's new Committed to Local giving program, an
initiative that provided an additional $100,000 over the course of
2012 to local nonprofits to help make a difference in the
neighborhoods Univest serves. Univest's total support to the
community surpassed its $1 million goal and employees of Univest
volunteered more than 13,500 hours to help local nonprofits.
Univest has announced its Committed to Local giving program will
become Univest's overall philanthropic program moving
forward. In 2013, Univest once again expects to contribute
more than $1 million to the communities it serves. If
registered 501 (c) (3)organizations are interested in applying for
support from Univest's Committed to Local program applications and
giving guidelines can be found by going to univest.net/ctl. For more
information, please contact Nicole O'Neil at 215-721-2450 or oneiln@univest.net.
For the complete rules for the Caring For Community Giveaway,
click
here.
About Univest Corporation of PA
Headquartered in Souderton, Pa., Univest Corporation of
Pennsylvania (www.univest.net)
and its subsidiaries serve the financial needs of residents,
businesses and nonprofit organizations in Bucks, Chester and
Montgomery counties as well as the Lehigh
Valley. For more information on Univest Corporation of
Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries, please visit www.univest.net.
About Bucks County SPCA
The Bucks County SPCA has been dedicated to preventing and
alleviating the suffering of animals since 1912. For more
information, please visit www.bcspca.org or call the Lahaska
shelter at 215-794-7425 or the Upper Bucks shelter at
267-347-4674.