United Way Campaign

The Wellness Community has been designated a recipient of money raised through the United Way of Central Maryland campaign that begins tomorrow.The organization provides free psychological support to people with cancer as an adjunct to conventional medical care, through support groups, workshops, lectures and many other personalized programs.Wellness Community will participate as a non-member of United Way. Wellness Community will not be eligible for the Combined Federal Campaign or the United Charity Campaign of Maryland State Employees until it has been open three years.

Neil Cullum, a customer service supervisor with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., has been named volunteer chairman of United Way of Central Maryland's 1993 campaign in Harford County.The campaign will be held this year to raise funds to support health and human services in the county.Mr. Cullum served as division chairman of last year's United Way campaign in the county, which raised $307,491.This year the county goal is $352,280.Mr. Cullum's objective for this year's campaign is to increase the level of participation among businesses in the county.

Beilenson to help anti-smoking effort Dr. Peter L. Beilenson, Howard County's health officer, will join students at Howard High School at 10:45 a.m. today for the unveiling of a "Kick Butts Day" pledge wall banner. The Health Department's Tobacco Control program will support Kick Butts Day, a national campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco use, by sponsoring the "Smoke-free Pledge Wall." The traveling banner will be signed by students and others to offer support to those who want to quit smoking.

The United Way Community Partnership of Howard County raised more than $2.25 million from local companies, employees and individual contributors last year, United Way officials announced last week, $38,000 less than in the 1993 campaign."

Jerome Charles Price, 64, bank vice presidentJerome Charles Price, who had been executive vice president and comptroller of Maryland National Bank, died of cancer Sunday at home in Perry Hall. He was 64.Mr. Price joined Maryland National Bank as comptroller and executive vice president in 1966 and retired in 1991. The next year, he became financial director of the Maryland Science Center; he left that position last year.He was assistant comptroller of the Greenspring Dairy from 1955 to 1965.

Edward W. Hearn, a retired United Way campaign official, died Friday of cancer at Howard County General Hospital. He was 73.Services for Mr. Hearn, a resident of Ellicott City for the past 15 years, will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles St., with burial in Arlington National Cemetery.Born in Baltimore, Mr. Hearn attended Forest Park High School and was a 1939 graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis. He later enlisted in the Army and served in World War II.He served in the Army Reserves until 1970, when he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

If your favorite food truck wasn't in its regular location on Tuesday, it's because it went to Hopkins. Some 22 food trucks in all were dispatched to Johns Hopkins Medicine facilities all over creation, from Bayview to Homewood to Green Spring Station. The Food Truck Frenzy was hosted by Johns Hopkins Medicine as part of its United Way campaign. The trucks were planning to make a donation to the campaign as was the Maryland Mobile Food Vendors Association. The trucks were scheduled to serve at Hopkins sites from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Baltimore's food trucks return to McHenry Row for a special Halloween Gathering . The rally will include an adult costume contest - the grand prize is a stay in the McHenry Row guest suite.

Donald and Brigitte Manekin first met Charlie Barber as he lay curled up on an outdoor bench at Greenspring Station. Toothless and gaunt, Charlie shivered in the winter night as he talked to them. Brigitte worried for his health. Later that evening, she returned with a pillow and blanket -- and slipped him her phone number in case of an emergency. The anonymous call came days later: "Charlie wants to come live with you." Within hours, the homeless man was at the door of the wealthy but unassuming heirs to a Baltimore real estate empire.

The United Way campaign in Central Maryland apparently fell well short of its goal this year, but a change in reporting practices makes it difficult to determine just how poorly the fund-raising drive fared.The four-month campaign, which officially ended yesterday, will not disclose the amount of money contributed by federal workers, at the federal government's request, said Kim Scheeler, vice president for resource development at United Way of Central Maryland.Instead, the campaign has announced that it raised a total of $31.3 million from private sector employees, state and local government workers, corporations and foundations.

ERNIE OHLER is an enthusiastic and capable volunteer with an infectious personality. At the United Way of Central Maryland, where he has volunteered for 12 years, this 82-year-old has a host of admirers who say there's no end to what he can accomplish.During each United Way campaign, Ohler works in the marketing department doing anything to help out, including assisting with community promotions and special events. He draws the plans and builds props and displays for events, and he solicits contributions for the construction materials.