About 1,000 Family & Children’s Services employees were welcomed today by cheers from Booker T. Washington High School’s Pom team for this year’s agency-wide Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW) Campaign Kick-Off Pep Rally at the Nathan E. Harris Field House. F&CS is one of 59 partner agencies and the largest recipient of TAUW funding.
This year’s theme is “Pledge and Shout: Let’s Knock This Out!” The KIPP Tulsa Drum Line wowed the crowd as the F&CS leadership team led a chant to kick off the program. F&CS CEO Gail Lapidus and TAUW president Alison Anthony presented words of inspiration and acknowledgment of F&CS employees who serve one in six Tulsans daily in its more than 75 programs.