Daniel P. French, Chairman and President of French commented on the campaign, "French and our employees have supported the local United Way for over 53 years because we recognize that their community work has a positive impact on Piqua. For the second year in a row, 100 percent of French employees have participated in our fundraising campaign. Our people understand that we need to support our customers, our families and our community. I am very proud of my team for the amount of money they donated and for their outstanding job of civic participation."

French is one of 17 area “Pacesetter” companies that helped jumpstart the United Way’s community campaign, which started on September 1. These pacesetter companies ran their campaigns in August, a month before the community campaign, and are now challenging the community to meet their fundraising amounts. The local United Way is working to reach their fundraising goal of $565,000 by October 31.

French hosted a luncheon to celebrate their employees' fundraising efforts for the United Way. French donated over $23,000 and, for the second year in a row, had 100% employee participation in the campaign.