Pledge Update

We Reached Our Goal!
$650,043

Thank you to the entire Upstate family for your incredible generosity!

Incentive Programs

Two Great Incentive Programs....

Upstate's Incentive Winners:

Upstate Incentive Program Winners

Grand Prize: Apple iPad
Theresa Phillips, Opthalmology

$200 Cash - 5 Prize winners:

  • Colleen Fenton Boyea, Nursing Admin
  • Lorne Runge, Medicine - Rheumatology
  • Diane Chilson, Finance & Management
  • Ryan Miller, Pharmacy
  • Joanne Ondrako, Graduate Studies
iPad and Cash prizes donated by PEF, UUP, Upstate Campus Administration.

Upstate Gala (2 tickets)
Heidi Kosienski, Nursing 6H Med ICU
Donated by the Foundation for Upstate Medical University.

United Way's Incentives:

To qualify for the Step-up Challenge
Start giving, or increase your gift, by $1 per week ($52 per year) and you'll be entered to win your choice of 4 terrific grand prizes as well as daily and special weekly prizes awarded throughout the campaign.

GRAND PRIZES - see full descriptions

1) Dream Card
$3,000 debit card for anything your heart desires.  Donated by Alliance Bank, N.A.

2) Home Makeover
$3,000 in furnishings for any room in your home.  Donated by Raymour & Flanigan Furniture.

3) Fill Your Fridge
$3,500 gift card good for food and merchandise at any store location. Donated by Wegmans.

4) Dream Vacation
Add $3,000 to your vacation budget! Donated by SRC, Inc. and SRCTec, Inc.

Step Up Daily Prizes, Wild Card Wednesdays, and Fun Fridays, from October 3, 2011 to January 20, 2012

Return your pledge early for more chances to win!
Upstate Community Giving Campaign Incentive Program Winners 2010

2011 Incentive prize donors and winners.
(L to R) back row: Colleen Fenton Boyea, Diane Chilson, John McCabe, MD (campaign co-chair); Wanda Thompson, PhD (campaign co-chair); Yvonne Goodman (incentives co-chair); front row: Joanne Ondrako, Theresa Phillips, Tree Carter (incentives co-chair)

Missing from the photo: incentive winners Heidi Kosienski, Ryan Miller and Lorne Runge, MD; and cash prize donors Carol Braund (UUP President) and Susan Murphy (PEF President)

Step Up Challenge

Daily Prize winners from Upstate

Mary Usiatynski

Mary Usiatynski, Orthopedic Surgery is the Step Up Challenge winner of AMF Bowling Passes