2. Camas-Washougal Community Chest
All volunteer organization dedicated to helping the people of Camas and Washougal since 1946

3. CWCC Public Mtg Agenda Introductions & Cheers at 54-40 (5 min)
Last year’s accomplishments (5 min)
Recognition of our major donors (10 min)
Election of new board members & officers (5min)
Thank you to our retiring board members (5 min)
JD Currie Youth Camp– Dale Tidland (10 min)
GFWC Reach for the Stars with Books– Pat Suggs (10 min)
Plans for next year & Thank you (10 min)

4. Executive Report – FY17 Jan –Dec, 2017
2017 Donations received: $104K
2017 Investment income: $2K
2017 Expenses: $2.9K (<3% of income)
2017 grants dispersed: 21 grants totaling $75K
Assets as of Dec 31, 2017: $164K including:
$57K endowment
$15K emergency & $30K reserve funds
2018 grants pledged: 23 grants totaling $83K
Passed independent financial & procedural review in April 2018 by Joan Durgin and Ken Cline

5. Big impact with limited $
Based on reports from our 2017 grant recipients, your donations to the Community Chest had the following impact in the local area:
Over 15,000 instances of people helped by the 21 agencies we supported last year, including:
4,000 meals served at Lost and Found Café
150 students took weekend food home via Interfaith Treasure House
1,100 persons helped at the East County Family Resource Center
20 runaway youth from C-W will received safe housing at Janus Youth
26 homeless persons used St Anne’s Safe Stay services.
2,700 kids participated in Camas Public Library summer reading program.

6. 32 local non profit agencies helped over the last 6 years
Inter Faith Treasure House
Childrens Home Society –East County Family Resource Center
Meals on Wheels People
C & W Schools Principal’s Checkbook
Janus Youth Programs
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Journey Theater Arts Group
Tree Song Nature Awareness Center
JD Currie Youth Camp
Fort Vancouver Library – Washougal
CW Historical Society
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity
Friends of Camas Community Center
Camas Farmers Market
Camas Methodist kids reading program
Opera Quest Northwest
Camas Sister City
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Camas Farmers Market
REACH Community Development
Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
C-W Top Soccer Club
Young Life
Pathways Clinic
Camas Washougal Boy Scouts
Silver Star Search & Rescue
Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library
FV Regional Library -Washougal
New Day Dental
Lifeline Connections
St Anne’s Safe Stay program
Liberty Athletics
List compiled from grants awarded

7. Thank you this year’s major donors (over $1K from Oct 1, 2017 to date)
GP Foundation & Employees
Stephen Nigro
HP Inc employee match
City of Camas employees
Camas School District employees
Port of Camas Washougal employees
Plexsys Interface Products
IQ Credit Union
Jill & Larry Stryker
Exterior Wood
LR Mitchner Philanthropic Fund
Rich & Marianne Reiter
Joelle & Jay Scheldorf
Downtown Camas Association
Waste Connections
Windermere Foundation
Andrew Colburn

8. Board & Officers election
Continuing term May
Nominees for term May
Richard Reiter -campaign manager
Joelle Scheldorf - President Elect?
Marianne Reiter Treasurer
Dave Pinkernell – President?
Cari Corbett Secretary
David Scott
Pete Capell
Jeff Snell
Amy-Bolt Minister
Matthew McBride
Stuart Bennett
Jeff Dambrun (GP)
TBD from Washougal School District
TBD from Port of Camas-Washougal
Red text is nominations for officers for term May
Thank you to our retiring board members Caroline Mercury, Lina Anderson, & Mike Stromme
Local People Helping Local People

9. Guest speakers JD Currie Youth Camp– Dale Tidland
GFWC Reach for the Stars with Books– Pat Suggs

10. Our donation strategy
Stay the course with our current strategy of keeping expenses very low, i.e. getting the word out via networking and free PR.
Recruit a Friend of Community Chest from every organization in CW
Camas Washougal Planned Giving program –Bob and Jill
Like us on facebook.com/CamasWashougalCommunityChest

11. Community Chest Funding
How can you support the Camas Washougal Community Chest?
Become a Friend of the CW Community Chest
Designate CWCC as recipient of your company’s giving campaign
Make a direct donation
Cash or check
Donate online
Make a bequest via our Planned Giving Program

12. Thank you for your support And Cheers to 54-40