United Way is short of goal

The president of United Way of Hill County is hoping donations and pledges in the last two weeks of December will make up for a very slow start of the organization's 2003 funding campaign.

"It is going very slow. We are only at half of our goal at $63,000," said president Lori Henderson.

United Way has extended the deadline for the 2003 drive to the end of December, but that will make it difficult for the organization to plan its budget, she said.

The United Way board generally meets early in January to allocate its budget to the 19 Hill County agencies it supports. Henderson said the budget n...