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Boston University is a leader among our partners in the academic world, raising $175,000 in 2007 to support our work. As part of this year’s campaign, they moved their support up a notch by declaring Dec 6 Live United Day at the Agganis Arena. That day, a crowd of 1300 Terriers basketball fans heard about United Way’s work and enjoyed a performance by Dancers from Hyde Square Task Force, a United Way partner working to empower youth and families to enhance their own lives and build a strong and vibrant urban community. The crowd viewed our Community Support Fund PSA and United Way’s own Amanda Angel addressed the audience at half time.

BU also hosted over 120 youth served by United Way agencies with free tickets to the game and a reception where the audience had refreshments with the team and collected autographs.

Go Terriers!

Community involvement has long been a key aspect of Deloitte's culture, and the firm has been a pioneer in skills-based
volunteerism, sharing not only time, but highly valued professional skills with nonprofits. Over the years, Deloitte has also become an advocate for this approach to volunteering. The firm regularly conducts research that has demonstrated not only the value of skills based volunteering to the organizations served, but also its importance as a tool for recruitment, training & retention. President George W. Bush recognized Deloitte's leadership in the field of corporate volunteerism at a White House ceremony in February 2008.

Deloitte is also a leader locally. People at the firm's Boston office contributed over $1,000,000 to United Way last year, and its employees and partners contribute many professional service hours to local nonprofit organizations. As part of the firm's national Impact Day, in addition to dispatching over 1000 people to over 60 nonprofit site in greater Boston, the New England office designed and hosted the 2008 Deloitte Summit for Non-Profit Leaders, where over 130 non-profit leaders attended workshops on measuring success, using the Web technology to advance their missions and more.

"The ‘Live United' philosophy complements our community involvement strategy, which emphasizes year-round, skills-based volunteering in addition to financial support," said Bill Bacic, New England Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "This comprehensive approach helps the United Way achieve its mission while providing our people with valuable opportunities for leadership and professional development through skills-based volunteering initiatives."