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Prizes

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2025 prize drawings

Four Thursday prize drawings have occurred during the 2025 campaign.

To have been eligible for a particular week’s drawing, an online pledge must have been made before 3 p.m. the date of the drawing. If you pledged online by 3 p.m. on March 27, you were eligible for all of the drawings. If submitting a paper pledge form, the University’s United Way Office must have received the form by the Monday prior to the drawing to have been eligible.

Review official rules for more information.

Continuous Pledge payroll donors with pledges still in effect were eligible for all of the drawings.

Week 1 – March 27 drawing winners

 

  • $200 Amazon Gift Card: Irena B., Medical Directors Office
  • $100 Amazon Gift Card: Christopher M., ISD Infrastructure
  • $100 Kohls Gift Card: Miranda V., Surgery SMH
  • $100 T.J. Maxx Gift Card: Susan G., EIOH
  • $100 Panera Gift Card: Lynn D., Career Center
Week 2 – April 3 drawing winners

 

  • $100 Wegmans Gift Card: Tracy B., Clinical Practice
  • $100 Amazon Gift Card: Regina R., Nursing Practice
  • $100 HomeGoods Gift Card: Andrea A., Advancement

  • $100 Olive Garden Gift Card: Still to be contacted
  • $100 Panera Gift Card: Still to be contacted

Week 3 – April 10 drawing winners

 

  • $100 Wegmans Gift Card: Monica W., Central Admin
  • $100 Amazon Gift Card: Derek W., Surgery
  • $100 Starbucks Gift Card: Linda C., Cancer Center

  • $100 Lowes Gift Card: Chancye W., Oncology
  • $100 Target Gift Card: Still to be contacted

Week 4 – April 17 drawing winners

 

  • $200 Wegmans Gift Card: Esther A., URMC
  • $100 Amazon Gift Card: Timothy O., Physical Therapy
  • $100 Marshalls Gift Card: Still to be contacted

  • $100 Target Gift Card: Still to be contacted
  • $100 Lowes Gift Card: Still to be contacted

Note: Funds to purchase prizes do not come from United Way campaign donations.

Official rules for the 2025 Campaign

To be entered into the prize drawings, campaign responses must be received within the timeframe specified by the United Way Office at the University of Rochester. No donation is necessary to enter or win. A donation will not increase the chances of winning.

Drawings will include all UR United Way Campaign responses entered online by 3:00pm on the date of each drawing (March 27, April 3, April 10, and April 11 ). Continuous Pledge payroll donors with pledges in effect at the time of the drawings are automatically entered.  ** Any paper pledges submitted must be received to the UR United Way office by the Monday prior to the drawing for processing.

Limit one entry per person. Entrants must be employed by the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York at the time of the drawing.

The odds of winning shall be determined based upon the number of valid pledges received.

Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

Illegible paper form entries will be disqualified.

University of Rochester and other sponsors are not responsible for lost, late or misdirected mail, or entries not completed in ePledge in time for the random drawing.

Prizes cannot be transferred, exchanged or redeemed for cash or other merchandise.

All prize winners must be at least 18 years of age by March 21, 2025.

The drawings will be supervised by the UR United Way Office whose decisions are final with respect to all matters related to the drawings.

Winners will be notified by their e-mail addresses available in the UR global directory. Winners are required to respond to the email and claim prizes within ten (10) days of email notification. If no reply is received within 10 days, an alternative winner will be chosen.

Prizes valued at $50 or less will be mailed to the winners via UR campus mail. For prizes valued at more than $50, winners must pick up their prizes at the UR United Way Office at 46 Prince Street at a mutually agreed upon time.  Prizes not picked up by August 1, 2025 will be forfeited and used for the following year’s United Way campaign.

Winners release the University of Rochester and the participating sponsors, their franchises, subsidiaries, advertisers and promotion agencies, respective employees and agents from any and all liability arising out of their participation.

ADDRESS: A winner’s list will be available online at www.rochester.edu/unitedway after May 22, 2025 and can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

University of Rochester
United Way Campaign Office, Box UWAY-614
46 Prince Street
Rochester, NY 14607

All communications with respect to this drawing, including requests to be removed from future drawings, should be directed to the University of Rochester’s United Way Office.

A complete listing of prizes for each of the five drawings is available on the UR United Way website

Download the official rules