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2010 Campaign Award Winners

The Million Dollar Circle

Bestowed to companies and their employees that have raised more than $1 million during an annual United Way campaign.

  • HCA
  • Ingram Industries Inc.
  • Nissan North America Inc.
  • Vanderbilt University

Ingram Award

Outstanding support from organizations with more than 500 employees. The Ingram Award is named in honor of Mrs. Hortense B. Ingram who was greatly respected throughout her life for her generosity and community service. It honors not only outstanding campaign organization and success, but also volunteer commitment, communications efforts and employee involvement.

  • Bridgestone Americas
  • Genesco Inc.
  • Ingram Industries Inc.
  • Nissan North America Inc.
  • Regions

Advocate Award

Outstanding all-around support by organizations with 100 to 499 employees. The Advocate Award honors not only outstanding campaign organization and success, but also volunteer commitment, communications efforts and employee involvement.

  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Fiberweb

Cumberland Award

Outstanding support organizations with less than 100 employees. The Cumberland Award honors not only outstanding campaign organization and success, but also volunteer commitment, communications efforts and employee involvement.

  • Brasfield & Gorrie
  • State Auto Mutual Insurance Company - Nashville Center
  • The Bank of Nashville

Werthan Award

Most outstanding performance by a business professional firm. The Werthan Award honors outstanding charitable support and volunteer involvement by the Werthan family on behalf of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. Recognizes a business professional firm (accounting, legal, brokerage or architecture/engineering) for its exemplary performance throughout their United Way of Metropolitan Nashville campaign.

  • Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Pillar Award

All-around consistency and campaign excellence, including employee giving, corporate support, in-kind support and implementing campaign “best practices.”

  • AT&T / CWA
  • Bank of America
  • Blevins, Inc.
  • Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
  • Dollar General Corporation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch
  • HCA
  • Meharry Medical College
  • Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
  • Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
  • Nashville Electric Service
  • Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - The Pruett Financial Group
  • OHL
  • Publix
  • Rogers Group, Inc.
  • SunTrust
  • Tyson Foods, Inc.
  • US Bank
  • UPS
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
  • Willis North America, Inc.
  • XMi Holdings, Inc.

Community Impact Award

The Community Impact Award honors a company’s support of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s community impact mission through its focus on prevention and commitment to addressing the root causes of problems in support of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s initiatives and focus around Education, Financial Stability, Health and Neighborhoods.

  • Deloitte

Day of Action Award

Recognizes outstanding support of and participation in United Way’s Day of Action volunteer activities.

  • UPS

Volunteer Review Team Volunteer of the Year

Recognizes outstanding service to United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s funded program review process. The volunteers’ commitment to United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s integrity in how we invest dollars in the community is invaluable.

  • Leigh Beauchamp, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation

OSCAR Award


The Oscar Award recognizes outstanding Campaign coordinators (employees who coordinate a United Way fundraising campaign within their own company). Coordinators are eligible in one of three categories, based on the number of employees within their company. Recognizes the hardest-working people in any campaign, our campaign coordinators!

Oscar Award winners for companies with less than 100 employees

  • Stefanie Hasch, State Auto Mutual Insurance Company - Nashville

Oscar Award winner for companies with 100 to 499 employees

  • Lauren Duggar, Fifth Third Bank

Oscar Award winners for companies with 500 or more employees

  • John Doerge, Deloitte

Agency Ace Award

Honoring individuals from United Way partner agencies for their passionate commitment to United Way. The Agency Ace Award is given to outstanding agency speakers who help donors understand how United Way of Metropolitan Nashville support makes a difference in their funded programs and the community at large.

  • Brian Diller & Denice O’Neil, St. Luke’s Community House

Sennet Laurel Award

Honors commitment to promoting employee membership in the Sennet Society, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s young professionals’ group. It was established at the 10th anniversary celebration of the society.

  • Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP

Innovation Award

In recognition of exemplifying high levels of creative engagement within the workplace campaign, including areas around volunteering, special events, social media and marketing promotions.

  • Genesco Inc.
  • Nissan North America Inc.
  • The Southwestern Company
  • Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation

Innovation Award - Flood Response

In recognition of exemplifying high levels of support and engagement in response to the catastrophic May flood in Nashville.

  • Blevins, Inc.
  • Target