Jerry Griffin

Five lucky United Way donors were rewarded for their generous support of our 2011 Campaign when their tickets were drawn from more than 12,000 entries in our GAVE BACK. WON BIG. Sweepstakes.

 

Volunteer Campaign Chair Michael A. Frey, whose day job is President and COO of Touchpoint Technologies, LLC, pulled the winning tickets out of a huge rotating drum to the cheers and applause of United Way staffers and volunteers. Mike and the United Way Surprise Patrol traveled around the county to deliver the good news to the winners, who chose their prizes in the order their tickets were drawn.

 

 

Lancaster General Hospital on Lime Street was the Surprise Patrol’s second stop where Jerry J. Griffin, staff chaplain on the Palliative Care Team, couldn’t believe his good fortune. “I’m overwhelmed,” he said. “This is unbelievable.”

The Lititz resident picked the $2,500 VISA card donated by Fulton Bank, which will come in handy for a home remodeling project he’s been pondering.

 

Jerry is pictured on the far left with LGH executives Mary Miskey and Jay Bucher.

 

It definitely was Jerry's lucky year; he also won LGH’s employee incentive prize, a GPS system.

 

Jerry, 73, has been a faithful United Way donor for 45 years. He describes his donation philosophy this way: “A single kernel of corn when planted becomes an ear in its development which, in turn, produces many more kernels, and on and on. That’s how I perceive the power of the United Way! My meager gift when formed into the whole makes a larger impact than on its own.”