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Who decides where the money goes? Each employee has an opportunity to determine which local, non-profit groups receive annual funding from Chi. Cabarrus Helping Hearts and Hands manages the Annual Campaign Drive to collect funds for local non-profit charitable organizations. Before the campaign is launched each year, employees are asked to complete a survey to determine which 10 organizations (in addition to the Community Emergency Fund and United Way) will receive funding that year, based on a list of local 501 (c) 3 charitable organizations. Based on the results of the employee survey, the top 10 will be- come choices on the Annual Campaign form. During the Annual Campaign, employees may select to pledge money to one, all or any combina- tion of charities or the Community Emergency Fund (CEF) on the form. Employees who choose to make either a one time contribution or donate through payroll deductions. Since Chi is run by a volunteer group of Cabarrus County employees, there are no overhead costs. Therefore, 100 percent of all funds contributed to the Chi Annual Campaign, or any other Chi spon- sored collection, goes directly to the designated charitable organizations located in Cabarrus County. In addition to the survey this year, a questionnaire was sent out to all employees to seek input and gage the success of the program. The survey recorded 370 responses. The highlights of the survey are as follows: • Additional Non-Profits should not be added to the Annual Preference Survey (APS) • Health related Non-Profits should be added to the APS • Environmental Non-Profits should not be added to the APS • United Way should not continue to be an automatic option on the APS • There should be a limit of Non-Profits on the APS • Incentive Prizes do not influence participation in Chi ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Each year, employees have the opportunity to make monetary contributions to the Cabarrus Help- ing Hearts and Hands Annual Fund Drive. Contributions are distributed to the local charities se- lected by employees and the Community Emergency Fund. The Chi committee set the 2006 Annual Campaign fundraising goal at $50,000 with 100 percent participation. Through the generosity of 449 employees, the funding goal was surpassed. The An- nual Campaign received $50,033 in pledges to local charitable organizations. There was also an in- crease in employee participation in drives and service projects compared to 2005. These funds will be distributed bi-annually in 2007 to the 10 local non-profit agencies that were se- lected by the employees through the APF. The agencies are: American Red Cross/Cabarrus County Chapter, Boys and Girls Club of Cabarrus County, Coltrane L.I.F.E. Center, Cabarrus Meals on Wheels, Community Free Clinic, Cooperative Christian Ministry, CVAN Battered Womeri s Program, Habitat for Humanity/Cabarrus County Chapter, Hospice of Cabarrus County, and the Salvation Army. Employees also contributed to the United Way and a Chi managed emergency fund called the Community Emergency Fund. Z -~j