Acknowledging three necessary and recent addendum, the United Way of the Pennyrile and its Board of Directors spent Monday afternoon approving its budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year.
Set at nearly $630,000, outgoing board chair and former Hopkinsville mayor Dan Kemp noted the changes were simple, but necessary.
They included:
— A cost of living increases for Executive Director Betsy Bond and Office Manager Lisa Oliver,
— An allotment of overhead expense money bequeathed by the United Way of Kentucky to assist with administrative costs in assigning tornado disaster relief,
— And the shifting of bookkeeping services for the organization to Thurman Campbell Group of Hopkinsville.
Barb Duvall, longtime bookkeeper, is retiring at the end of this fiscal year.
In other United Way news:
— A new slate of board members were announced for 2022-23, including: Nicole Cravens, Kristen Knight, Tony Prim, Marc Quesenberry, Adam Smith and Dan Stahl. New officers for 2022-23 will be Tab Brockman, chair, Melissa Spurr, treasurer, and Kemp as past chair.
— Retiring board members are: Rita Berman, Lesley Cansler, Brandon Grace, Sandy Grogan, Stephanie McQueen and Cindy Stagner.
— Kemp and Bond both confirmed that the organization is quickly approaching the announcement of a tandem for chair and co-chair of the 2022-23 United Way fundraising campaign. Kemp and Hopkinsville Tourism Director Brooke Jung earned a round of applause for last year’s campaign, and Bond comfirmed Monday afternoon that last year’s final total from “Baking a Difference” came to $726,476, with $1,500 already earmarked for this upcoming push.
Tentatively, the kickoff and campaign update gatherings will, respectively, happen in September and October.
