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The United Way of Wayne County has raised $705,500 — 83% — of its campaign goal that will go toward helping more than 14,000 people in need during the upcoming

United Way of Wayne County kicked off its 2022 campaign Wednesday at the Maxwell Center, having already raised 36% of its goal of $850,000.

The 2021 United Way of Wayne County campaign fell short of its $850,000 goal, raising only 90%, $768,084.

The United Way of Wayne County is getting ready to kick off its 2021 campaign with frontrunners who set the pace of the annual fundraising effort. The frontrunners campaign begins July 12 and ends Aug. 15, with the United Way’s annual campaign officially starting Aug. 19. The frontrunners campaign, which includes major investors, used to be the pacesetters campaign, which began in Wayne County in the 1960s to set the pace for the rest of the drive. In 1964, 23 pacesetters raised $35,568, 22% of that year’s goal. In 1966, 41 pacesetters had a goal to raise $62,000. By 1978, the numbe...