United Way is Celebrating
90 Years!
United Way of Genesee County began under the aegis of the Chamber of Commerce in 1922. The founders, John Pierce, W.S. Ballenger, G. W. Cook, Charles F. Barth, J. E. Burroughs, L.H. Bridgman, S. S. Stewart, Fred A. Aldrich and Merliss Brown named the fundraising organization, Flint Community Chest.
A. G. Bishop was one of the leaders of the movement and on January 21, 1922, he appointed a forty-two-man committee. In 1928, the Community Chest was incorporated as a separate body. Sidney Stewart of W. F. Stewart Company offered the following resolution:
“RESOLVED: That we proceed to organize a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Michigan by the name of FLINT COMMUNITY CHEST, for the purpose of the collecting and disbursing of funds for charitable purpose and for character building
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