United Way Campaign Kickoff 2022

Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri, raises her hand while speaking to the crowd at a luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the VFW Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Mark Stone, director of marketing and development for United Way, hands out girl scout cookies to former girl scouts Rhonda Bolton, left, Bonita VanGennip and Donna Wikel. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Laura Propst with the St. Francis Foundation raises her hand at the United Way Campaign Kickoff Luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the VFW Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Spear, a United Way board member, shows a thumbs up during the United Way Campaign Kickoff Luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the VFW Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

United Way held its Campaign Kickoff Luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the VFW Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jay Wolz, a United Way board member, claps at a luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the VFW Hall in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)