Rice United Way Campaign is going strong

The 2012-13 Rice United Way Campaign is going strong — 62 percent of Rice’s $175,000 goal has been achieved.

In the campaign’s seventh week, pledges and contributions total $108,780. The School of Social Sciences leads the campus in funds raised with $13,480, followed closely by the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and the Provost Division. The George R. Brown School of Engineering has the highest number of donors with 41 campaign contributors, and the Finance Division leads the campus in participation with 47 percent.

Rice employees can make a pledge payable by payroll deductions spread over all paychecks in calendar (and tax) year 2013 by logging in to ESTHER (http://esther.rice.edu) and filling out the United Way form. To make a cash, check or credit card contribution (for tax year 2012), complete, print and mail the pledge form found at www.rice.edu/unitedway.

For more information on the 2012–13 Rice United Way Campaign, visit www.rice.edu/unitedway.