Breckenridge Texan

By Carla McKeown/Breckenridge Texan

For the 11th consecutive year, Clear Fork Bank of Breckenridge President Kevin Simmons presented the United Fund of Breckenridge with a check representing 100 percent employee participation in the organization’s annual fundraising drive and the bank’s matching donation.

This year’s Clear Fork Bank donation was for $3,000, and the donation was accepted by Sherry and Les Strickland with United Fund on Thursday, July 2.

United Fund President Sherry Strickland said that, with the Clear Fork donation, the fundraising campaign has reached 78 percent of its $18,400 goal for the year.

Since 1957, the United Fund of Breckenridge, Inc., which is not affiliated with the similarly named United Way, has been helping out the community. Every year, the members collect charitable donations, which are then dispersed to several local organizations. This year, the United Fund will make donations to the following:

• Breckenridge Fine Arts Center
• Breckenridge Library
• Breckenridge Little League, Inc.
• BSA Girls Troop #72
• Cub Scout Pack #81
• Dr. Goodall’s House
• Friends of Historic Breckenridge
• Meals on Wheels
• The Open Door
• School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)
• Stephens County Agriculture & Community Center
• Stephens County Child Welfare Board
• Stephens County Humane Society
• Swenson Memorial Museum

Every year the United Fund’s board of directors reviews the requests for funds from local organizations and then sets their fundraising goal for the year based on how much they allot to each organization, Strickland said.

Anyone who would like to donate may do so via three methods:

• Mail a check to: United Fund of Breckenridge, Inc., P.O. Box 170, Breckenridge, TX 76424.
• Make a deposit to the United Fund accounts at Clear Fork Bank or Interbank
• Send a payment via Venmo (@unitedfund76424). Click here to go to the United Fund’s Venmo page.

The United Fund’s board of directors includes: Sherry Strickland, Les Strickland, Jean Hayworth, Kevin Simmons, Whitney Rogers, Scott Harris, Lynda Justus, Kathy O’Shields, Gary Trammel and Sharon Wimberley.

For more information about the United Fund of Breckenridge, visit the organization’s Facebook page.

Cutline, top photo: Clear Fork Bank-Breckenridge President Kevin Simmons presents a check to United Fund representatives Sherry Strickland, center, and Les Strickland, far right, on behalf of the bank’s employees who contributed to the United Fund. This year marks the 11th consecutive year that 100 percent of the bank employees have contributed to the fundraiser. Additionally, the bank matched the employees’ donations. Clear Fork employees participating in the fundraiser include Kevin Simmons, Sharron Brown, Jonathon Newton, Ken Taylor, Anna Castro, Melanie Gonzales, Nayeli Hernandez, Nayeli Mendoza, Gentry Wimberley, Brenda Deubler, Terry Parks, Michelle Drake, Tina Robinson, Connie Wooten, Noemi Duran, Renee Funderburg, Laura Davila, Sabrina Gilbreath, Carol Mace, Cindy Spencer, Annie Brooks, Jenae Trejo, Kasey Ragle, Alondra Ortiz, Zak Elkins, Heather Ezell, Katelyn Williams, Monsey Mendoza, Renee Hight and Robbi Harris. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)