Jan 6, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            
Contact:  Pete Winton, Lee County Administration
               (239) 335-2777                       

LEE COUNTY GOVERNMENT RAISES $95,000 FOR UNITED WAY
 
FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 6, 2006) Lee County Government Employees raised $94,907 for United Way during its recent annual fundraising campaign. 

In all, the county has raised more than $419,000 for United Way over the past six years:

2005 $94,907

2004    93,582

2003    72,430

2002    70,000

2001    61,676

2000    26,518 

Employees raised the money through pledges and payroll deductions, food sales, raffles and other contests. 

Lee County Government has 2,600 employees, operates 25 departments and divisions, and spends about $1 billion annually on an array of projects, programs and services, including Parks & Recreation, Libraries, Roads, Public Safety, Public Transit, Animal Control, Utilities, Community Development, Human Services, Natural Resources Management, Economic Development and the Visitor & Convention Bureau.

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