The Greater Dallas Chamber ended its 15-week Chamber Resource Campaign with a victory celebration on June 18 at Dave & Buster's restaurant. The campaign generated a 500 percent increase in new memberships with a total of over $370,000 - a record for the Chamber from this effort.

The campaign builds the Chamber's membership base and provides the financial resources necessary to implement the Chamber's program of work. Volunteers who brought in the most new members, donations and renewals competed for prizes including the grand prize of a trip for two to New Orleans.

The campaign raised $375,282 through the hard work and dedication of volunteers representing eighteen member companies: JP Morgan Chase, Bank One, TXU/Oncor, Alon USA, Ambassadors Club, Austin Industries, Children's Medical Center, OxyChem, Jackson Walker, Coca Cola Bottling Group of North Texas, Comerica, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Lopez Garcia Group, TDIndustries, Turner Corporation, Wells Fargo, Grant Thornton LLP, and The Staubach Company.

Campaign Chair Robert Chereck, president of Wells Fargo Bank Dallas, attributed the success of the campaign to dedicated volunteers who helped the business community recognize the importance of being an active member of a premier business leadership organization that serves the Dallas area and an eight-county region.

Winners Circle

Top Volunteer Awards
Congratulations to the top volunteer winners in the three campaign categories. The first place winner in each category received round-trip tickets for two compliments of Southwest Airlines:

New Memberships/Cash Donations/Membership Upgrade Category
Winner: Hal Jackson, Bank One
First Runner-up: John Self, TXU/Oncor
Second Runner-up: Rick Rogers, Comerica

Membership Renewal/Reinstatement Category
Winner: Alan Miller, Bank One
First Runner-up: Bob Engram, Comerica,
Second Runner-up: Kathryn Laughlin, JPMorgan Chase

Sponsorship Category
Winner: Zach Johnson, Wells Fargo Bank
First Runner-up: Susan Enarson, TXU/Oncor
Second Runner-up: Jaymie Bell, Jackson Walker

Top Campaign Teams
Congratulations to the "Top Producing Teams" in the Chamber's 2002 Resource Campaign.
First Place: JPMorgan Chase
Second Place: TXU/Oncor
Third Place: Wells Fargo Bank

Winners of Trip to New Orleans:
Congratulations to the following volunteers who won a trip to New Orleans because they produced a minimum of $11,000 of which $4,000 was in the "New Memberships/Cash Donations/Membership Upgrade" category:
Calvin Cooper, Staubach Company
Susan Enarson, TXU/Oncor
Bob Engram, Comerica
Hal Jackson, Bank One
Zach Johnson, Wells Fargo Bank
Alan Miller, Bank One
Rick Rogers, Comerica
John Self, TXU/Oncor

Top Campaign Volunteer/John J. Hospers Award
Special recognition goes out to the "Top Resouce Campaign Volunteer" and the winner of the John J. Hospers Award along with a gift from Mariloff International, Inc. Diamond Wholesale Jewelers.
John J. Hospers Award Winner: Zach Johnson, Wells Fargo Bank
First Runner-up: Susan Enarson, TXU/Oncor

Donation Recognition
The Greater Dallas Chamber and the campaign volunteers would like to thank the following Chamber members for their generous donations during this 15-week period:
Adolphus Hotel
Alonti Cafe & Catering
Balloons To You
Blockbuster
Bread Winner's
Captial Grille
City Club
City Place Conference Center
Cingular Wireless
Colters BBQ
Cookie Bouquet Metropolitan Mall Downtown
Dallas Burn Major League Soccer
Dallas Museum of Art/ Seventeen Seventeen Restaurant
Dave & Buster's
Eddie Deen's Ranch
Hotel Inter-Continental
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
Magnolia Hotel Dallas
Mariano's Mexican Cuisine
Mariloff International, Inc Diamond Wholesale
Southwest Airlines
Spark's Agency
Texas Ranger's Baseball Club
Tower Club
WRR Classical Radio Station (FM 101.1)
Zodiac Room at Neiman's Downtown