mu vs ecu

The ECU Pirates dominated Saturday against Marshall’s Thundering Herd in Greenville, N.C. with a final score of 37-10.

The Thundering Herd was trying to shake off a 3 game losing streak and hadn’t played since Oct.13 against UCF at home, losing 35-14.  The Herd has had a rough season so far with a conference record of 0-3 and a non-conference record of 1-2, giving them the over all record of 1-6.

The Herd was hoping to control the ball to keep ECU’s strongest players such as quaterback Davis and wide receiver Dwayne Harris off the field.  Marshall was successful in the first half, with a 22-yard field goal from lead kicker Tyler Warner and a 9-yard touch down pass from Brian Anderson to Troy Evans to with 8:56 left in the second period.

The Pirates were led by, senior Jonathan Williams who ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, quarterback Dominique Davis who threw for 208 yards and two scores, Dustin Lineback who had 12 tackles and several other outstanding receivers (ECU had a total of 11 different receivers catch balls). The ECU Pirates are currently the East Division leaders and have a conference record of 4-0 and an overall record of 5-2. Leading the Pirates to be tied for the fourth-longest active conference-winning streak in the nation.

Marshall's Brian Anderson threw for a total of 217 yards before being pulled for backup for the third game in a row. He finished with 3 interceptions before being pulled by Marshall head coach, Doc Holliday. Marshall's only touchdown was Anderson's 9-yard pass to Troy Evans midway through the second quarter that tied the game at 10-10.

The game was tied until the Pirates scored twice in the final 2:30 of the first half to take a 20-10 lead before halftime. Marshall outgained ECU in total yardage by 19 in the first half, while Davis, who is the league's top passer at about 315 yards per game, threw for only 92 yards. But Williams’ 29-yard burst up the middle for a touchdown put East Carolina ahead 17-10 with 2:14 left in the half that led to an ECU 40-yard field goal to close out the half, a Pirate lead that would only grow.

The Pirates then scored on their first three plays of the second half to open up the game.

Davis started the opening play of the second half with a 26-yard touchdown to make it 27-10. Then after the Pirates second drive ended with a field goal, Williams crushed the 100 yrd mark by jumping around and over linemen for a run of 21 yards, which set up Davis' 10-yard pass to Mike Price, scoring for the 37-10 final lead with 12:59 left in the game.

Marshall’s Thundering Herd returns to Huntington next Saturday at home for the homecoming game against UTEP. Kickoff is 3 p.m. at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

-East Carolina official sports page

-Herald Dispatch

-Herzone

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People
   Patricia A. Price . Exectutive Director
   Lee L.McCloud . Community case manager
   RaShawna K. Smalley . school case manager
   Erin Fannin . Community and school case manager
   Clients

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   Patricia-What made her want to become a part of BBBS
               -how long has she been in charge
               -previous job
   Erin Flannin-Is it hard to get to know the kids and have to work their cases
                       -what made her want to be part

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   guidestar.org
   unitedwayrivercities.org

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   audits
   tax exemptions

Gilliam United Way

Laura Gilliam, is the Executive Director for the Cabell County branch of the United Way. She was invited to speak at a Marshall University luncheon Thursday at noon by the SGA and Faculty Senate. The program was held at the student center in the John Marshall Room and about 100 people attended.

      Gilliam kept the focus on what the United Way is and what it is they do. Gilliam gave an example story about an ogre on a river to help the audience better understand their purpose and goals.

 Think about a man walking along the river, and he sees a baby floating by so he jumps in to grab it. Then after he gets out there are 2 babies floating in the river, so he jumps back in. Then he gets back out again and turns around and the river is full of babies, so he runs into town to get help. And when one townsman shows up and said well. . Where are all these babies coming from? So the townsman walks up the river to find an ogre that is throwing all the babies into the river.

            Gilliam said that’s their goal now, to find that Ogre. Just because the United Way is able to pump money into the community and help people with their immediate needs that that is not the United Ways goal, they want to be able to find the root cause and create a long-term solution to be able to build a stable future.

            The Cabell County United Way has three partnerships, financial stability partnership, Cabell County substance abuse and Success by six. Gilliam is also working on a fourth partnership to reduce and eliminate hunger in Cabell County.

            The financial stability act’s goal is to help families learn to manage their money before they begin to have financial trouble. The Cabell County substance abuse act was put into place to educate young children and teens about the danger of using drugs, try find out why young children, teens and adults are turning to drugs and to turn that around by teaching them the dangers at a young age. Success by six is a program put in place to help ensure that children under the age of 6 are enrolled in school and are being prepared for a bright education.

            While the United Way must have money and financial donors to be able to do what they do, “No money no mission”, Gilliam stressed 3 of the most important things that the audience or anyone is able to do to make the United Way successful. Give, Advocate and Volunteer. That while having people donate hundreds and thousands of dollars is great, not everyone and in fact most people aren’t able to do that. Volunteering is the number one thing that Gilliam preached, that without volunteers the United Way simply wouldn’t be able to function, volunteering is the backbone of what they do.

            Gilliam try’s to encourage everyone into giving his or her time to volunteer. That just because you may not be able to make a monetary donation doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything to help the cause. Gilliam also explained that they try to help “fit” people into being able to help in the areas they feel most passionate about.

            A question that most of the audience kept asking was, what is their fundraising goal for this year? Gilliam didn’t really want to give an actual dollar value because their goal “is a fifteen increase in the number of donor’s”, well what exactly does that mean?

            The most common donor for the United Way gives about five to seven dollars per month, and most are under five hundred dollars a year. So by having a fifteen percent increase in the actual number of donors that would raise more money then just have a few donate a lot of money, that having a lot of people giving just a little or whatever they can is more important and more effective, because in tern you actually have a greater physical number of donors. As far as an actual dollar amount though their goal for this year is just around $1.25 million, which is just a little more then they were actual able to raise lat year ($1.1 million).

United way of the river cities

Laura Gilliam and Cassey Bowden are leaders in the Cabell County branch of the United Way. They presented their goals and explained just what exactly it is they do to the JMC 201 class at Marshall University.

            Laura Gilliam is the Executive Director of the United Way of the River Cities and Cassey Bowden is the Director of Resource Development & Marketing of the United Way of the River Cities. Laura focused on the explanation of what the United Way is and what it is they do. While Cassey focused on explaining how it is they are able to do what they do through special events and fund raising.

            The Untied Way of the River Cities was founded in Cabell County in 1922, where they concentrated most of their efforts in the “work place campaign”. About 15 years ago the United Way felt that they needed to take a more direct approach in helping the community, that just because they were peddling money in and helping save people in distress it didn’t mean a promising future, which is the United Ways goal.

Laura gave an example story. Think about a man walking along the river, and he sees a baby floating by so he jumps in to grab it. Then after he gets out there are 2 babies floating in the river, so he jumps back in. Then he gets back out again and turns around and the river is full of babies, so he runs into town to get help. And when one townsman shows up and said well. . Where are all these babies coming from? So the townsman walks up the river to find an ogre that is throwing all the babies into the river.

            “Our goal now is to find that Ogre.” Laura explained that just because they are able to pump money into the community and help people with their immediate needs that that is not the United Ways goal, they want to be able to find the root cause and create a long term solution to be able build a stable future.

            The Cabell County United Way has 3 partnerships, financial stability partnership, Cabell County substance abuse and Success by 6. Laura is also working on a fourth partnership to reduce and eliminate hunger in Cabell County.

            The financial stability act’s goal is to try to help families be able to learn to manage their money before they begin to have financial trouble. The Cabell County substance abuse act is to try to help educate young children and teens about the danger of using drugs, trying to find out why young teens and adults are turning to drugs and to turn that around by teaching them the dangers at a younger age. And Success by 6 is a program put in place to help ensure that children under the age of 6 are enrolled in school and are being prepared for a bright education.

            While the United Way has to have money and financial donors to be able to do what they do, “No money no mission”, Laura and Cassey both stressed 3 of the most important things that are able to make the United Way so successful. Give, Advocate and Volunteer. That while having people donate hundreds and thousands of dollars is great, not everyone and in fact most people aren’t able to do that. Volunteering is the number one thing that they preached, that without volunteers the United Way simply wouldn’t be able to function, volunteering is the backbone of what they do.

            They try to encourage everyone they can into giving their time to volunteer. That just because you may not be able to make a monetary donation doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything to help the cause. Laura and Cassey also explained that they try to help “fit” people into being able to help in the areas they feel most passionate about.

            Fundraising and special events are a key element in what Cassey does for the River Cities branch. The Put’n’Play event, Out on the Town, The West Virginia 5k Race, Super Kids Saturday, community basketball games and many more. Is all just a small glimpse of what Cassey does to try to raise funding for their community projects.

            A question that most of the students in the class were wanting to know was what is their fundraising goal for this year ? Cassey nor Laura didn’t really want to give an actual dollar value because their goal “is a 15% increase in the number of donor’s”, well what exactly does that mean?

            The most common donor for the United Way gives about 1 hours pay per month, and most are under 500 dollars a year. So by having a 15% increase in the actual number of voters that would raise more money then just have a few donate a lot of money, that having a lot of people giving just a little is more important and more effective. As far as a actual dollar amount though their goal for this year is just around 1.25 million, which is just a little more then they were actual able to raise lat year (1.1 million).