United Way tops $1.5M campaign goal

Denny Smith one of 25 key winners in Cadillac giveaway

Pictured from left at Thursday’s 25 Keys of Christmas car giveway are campaign chairmen Mark and Renee Miller, Kim and Tom Dinsdale, car winner Terry Pfeifer, and United Way President Karen Rathke.
Pictured from left at Thursday’s 25 Keys of Christmas car giveway are campaign chairmen Mark and Renee Miller, Kim and Tom Dinsdale, car winner Terry Pfeifer, and United Way President Karen Rathke.

The Heartland United Way celebrated a successful 2023 fund drive Thursday, announcing that donors contributed $1,574,629 to benefit 17 nonprofit agencies in Hamilton, Hall, Merrick and Howard counties. The announcement was made at Dinsdale Chevrolet in Grand Island, where a 25 Keys of Christmas car giveaway drew a large crowd of supporters to see who would win a 2023 Cadillac donated by Tom and Ki…