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$150,000 United Way Drive gets Underway This Month

RIO GRANDE - A United Way campaign in Cape May County to raise a record setting $150,000 with an expanded program chaired by an Upper Township resident 'vas announced this week by David Von Savage, president of the United Way. For the first time since its founding in 1978, the United Way of Cape May County will hold a summer

phase in which it hopes to realize $20,000 from resort visitors and businesses. The first phase will kick off on Monday, August 16. The rest of the drive will take place in the fail. CHAIRING THE United Way campaign is Dorothy Armand, vice-president of the Upper Township Board of Education and captain of , the Upper-Dennis-Woodb-ine area in last year’s United Way drive.

“Never in the history of the campaign has there been a greater need for the United Way in Cape May County than now," said Mrs. Armand. “With large budgetary cuts taking place on the federal government level, the responsibility now falls upon the United Way to pick up the slack. I truly hope that visitors and permanent residents will give generously to this

worthy cause." TO ACHIEVE the goal$45,000 higher than accomplished last year — United Way plans to expand community awareness of the organization functions, its member agencies, and the benefits provided the people of Cape May County. It also plans a concerted effort to solicit Jersey Cape

Board Eyes Policy On Purchasing

ERMA — The Lower Cape May Regional School Board is toying with the idea of establishing a policy that will require school personnel to request approval from the board before purchasing equipment over a certain

price.

At the July 22 board meeting, it was decided the Policy and Finance Committees should come up with some kind of rules and regulations specifying what type of equipment and at what price the items^ should be brought bef( the boa rd f or a pprova 1.

ALTHOUGH NO specific price was set, board solicitor George James has recommended that the cost at which desired equipment first receive board OK be established somewhere between $500

and $1,000.

According to Finance Chairwoman Ruth Billmeyer, the intent of the policy' isn't to make it necessary that every time the district wants to purchase $500 worth of an item, such as paper towels or toilet tissue, it has to be approved by the board. The rules would pertain to correction/ elaboration

purchase -pf major equipment, such as computers, movie projectors, or sporting goods. The chairwoman also indicated that the policy would primarily regulate purchase of major equipment not previously budgeted for or included in items put out for bid prior to the beginning of the

school year.

THE ISSUE WAS brought to the board’s attention last month when high school phys ed instructor Bill Garrison

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purchase a hip sled as an

The last name of the daughter born July 16 to George and Bernadette Neil Foley of Villas was inadvertently left out of last week's listing of recent births.

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the computer literacy course to become available in the fall to students at the Teitelman junior high school. The equipment was purchased without first being approved by the board — a move that had at least one board member upset enough to request the computer be sent back to the manufacturer. IN OTHER July business, the board created a new part-time home economics teaching position at the high school — enlarging the department staff to one full-time

addition to the school’s present weight training equipment. According to principal Alan Beattie, it wasn’t clear if the $1,600 needed was available in the Athletic Dept.’s budget. He indicated he believed the sled—which was requested after items for the Athletic Dept, were already put out for bid—would rejjjace other equipment that had been included in the

budget.

SEVERAL BOARD members indicated they wouldn’t be opposed to the purchase if the cost of the sled isn’t over and above what has been provided for athletics in the 1982-83

budget.

This is the scond time in recent months the board has indicated a need for policy on major equipment purchases. The earlier incident centered on the purchase of a computer for

and two part-time members. According to principal Alan Beattie, the district provided in its 1982-83 budget for two full-time positions and one parttime. He said the total cost of the home economics staff will be 'about $1,000 cheaper by having one fulltime teacher and two parttime instructors. The new home economics position was created because of the large number of students that signed up to take home e<? offerings this year.

residents who work in Atlantic City. The thrust of this emphasis will be that while the residents are employed out of the county, services are provided them and their families through the United Way by 12 member organizations in the county in which they reside. THEME OF this year’s campaign, Mrs. Armand says, is We're people helping people, stressing that money conbributed will stay in Cape May County with 90 dents of every dollar going to the agencies and 10 ednts for cost of running the campaign. The percentage cost of running the Cape May United Way program is considerable less than the national average, due to the high level of volunteerisrfi in Cape May County, according to Mrs. Armand. County organizations supported by the United Way are the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, the Association for Retarded Citizens, Jersey Cape Diagnostic, Training and

Opportunity Center, Mental Health Services qf Cape May County, the Atlantic County Women's Abuse Center which services Cape May County; Cape-Atlantic County Legal Services, Contact, Jersey Cape Visiting Homemakers, the Salvation Army, First Call for Help, and the U.S.O. MRS. ARMAND has an extensive background in community volunteer work. She now is vicepresident for Friends for a Library, an organization campaigning for a branch library in Upper Township. She is cochairman of Community Education in Upper Township; secretary-treasurer of the Cape May School Board Association and a member of the legislative committee to the New Jersey School board Association. United Way of Cape May County is located in the Social Services Building, Routes 9 and 47, Rio Grande. Contributions may be mailed to United Way of Cape May County, Inc., P.O. Box 222. Rio Grande, N.J. 08242

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