Be a Sponsored Employee

 

United Way’s Sponsored Employee Program offers you the opportunity to join forces with our staff for a 15 week period - usually during our fall campaign. Serving as an extension of our team, you’ll act as a resource person to assist workplaces in planning, implementing and monitoring their United Way campaigns, using tools like those found in our Campaign Toolkit.

 

What are the benefits?

As a sponsored employee, you’ll interact with both our internal United Way team and outside business contacts. Acting in a motivational role, you’ll hone and refine your skills in:

  • Sales techniques and customer service
  • Public speaking
  • Teamwork and interpersonal relationships
  • Strategic analysis and planning
  • Leadership capabilities and project management
  • New contact development and networking 


Best of all, you’ll return to your employer feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to go - not to mention brimming with new skills and ideas!

 

Students can be Sponsored Employees too!

Many of our sponsored employees come from post-secondary institutions. Some are sponsored by the schools themselves, while others come to us through the generosity of local businesses and organizations.

 

2011 Sponsored Employees

Name Organization  
Renee Walkom

Wilfrid Laurier University

 
Esther Song University of Waterloo  
Carrie Bergen-Geisel Manulife Financial  
Matthew Wong University of Waterloo  
Annette Walker The Region of Waterloo  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many thanks to our 2010 Sponsored Employees and the organizations that sponsored them!

For more information on becoming a sponsored employee, please contact Rene Porritt, at rporritt@uwaykw.org  or 519-888-6100 ext. 287.