Celebrate the LIVE UNITED award winners and enter for your chance to WIN $5,000!
Join with us on May 9 for the 2025 Victory Celebration!
Sponsorship and ticket information coming soon!
United Way of Western Kentucky will host their annual Victory Celebration at Walker Hall Event Center on Friday, May 9. Victory Celebration is a partnership with the Fred Paxton Challenge for Charities and is presented by Swift & Staley, Inc.
The Victory Celebration includes the excitement of a jackpot raffle with a mission focused message and award ceremony. Annual awards are presented to honor individuals and organizations that have directly impacted the community through their partnership and dedication to the United Way.
Raffle tickets are $50 each and will be sold through 11:59 pm on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Ticket information coming soon for your chance to win $5,000. Drawing will be held on May 9 at 12:15 pm at Walker Hall Event Center and will be visible on the United Way of Western Kentucky Facebook page, the WPSD Local 6 Facebook page and WPSD Local 6 noon newscast. One winner will be selected. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter. You do not have to be present at the event to win.
Proceeds from this event will serve the region by improving conditions in education, income and health. For more information call 270-442-1691.
Charitable Gaming License #EXE0001467.
2024 Awards Winners:
- Overall Campaign of the Year – Computer Services, Inc.
- Largest Campaign Increase – Progress Rail
- New Supporter of the Year – Ballard County Schools
- LIVE UNITED Corporate Partnership – Paducah Bank
- LIVE UNITED Small Business Partnership – Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC
- LIVE UNITED Nonprofit Supporter of the Year – Marshall County Public Library
- Samuel S. Sloan Employee Campaign Coordinators of the Year – Melissa Breeden & Kristy Taliaferro, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
- Ladd Mathis Lifetime Achievement Award – Bill Evans, WPSD Local 6
- LIVE UNITED Impact Award, Education – Shay Tyler, Paducah Middle School
- LIVE UNITED Impact Award, Income – Tiffany Riley, KentuckyCare
- LIVE UNITED Impact Award, Health – Donna Thomas
- LIVE UNITED Impact Award, Youth – Fiona Caywood, Paducah Tilghman High School
- Outgoing Board of Directors – Lesley Owen, Keuler, Kelly, Hutchins, Blankenship & Sigler
Charitable Gaming License Number EXE0001467
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Click here to view pictures of the 2021 Victory Celebration
Click here to view pictures of the 2019 Jackpot Elimination Dinner
