The Sedalia-Pettis County United Way is at 89 percent of its 2012 goal of $575,000, with just two weeks left in this year’s campaign.
Executive director Linda Kirk and campaign chairwoman Deidre Esquivel told the Democrat on Tuesday that while the economy shows some signs of improvement, the group will struggle to meet its goal by Dec. 31, the end of this year’s campaign. The campaign has raised $510,290.63 to date.
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