CAP is expanding its weatherization program, making home energy assessments with recommendations for improvement available to the general public. Over the past year CAP’s Energy & Housing Department has weatherized 113 low income families’ homes, resulting in significant cost savings for the families. “Because of the benefit we have seen for these families, we decided to offer the home energy assessments to the general public as well,” said Sheila Girt, CAP’s Energy & Housing Director.

“The savings vary from home to home, but on average people will save 20% or more once their

homes are weatherized,” said Joel Haymes, one of CAP’s weatherization field technicians.

“This is a savings for the individual families, but it’s a savings for the

whole community, too, when families’ usage is reduced.” Low income families who qualify for the federal program have their homes inspected by CAP’s certified field technicians. Once the inspection is

completed, CAP works with local contractors to complete the repairs. CAP technicians will now be providing the same assessment service to homes who do not qualify for the federal program, for a fee,

based on the number of square feet. For more information or a brochure, call CAP at 360-425-3430 ext 213 or go to weatherization under “Energy & Housing ” at www.lowercolumbiacap.org

1526 Commerce Avenue • Longview, WA 98632 • tel 360-425-3430 • toll free 1-800-383-2101 • www.LowerColumbiaCAP.org

Lower Columbia CAP...Building Healthy Communities, One Family At A Time

Feb 2011 Volume 6 , Issue 1

Weatherization SavesRonald Taylor from Castle

Rock saw his PUD electric bill drop from $148 to $82, and his monthly usage dropped from 5,779 kilowatt hours

to 2,787 kilowatt hours.

CAP’s Weatherization Program Now Available to General Public

2010 StatiSticS

In Home Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63,037 hours provided

meals on WHeels . . . . . . . . . . .42,950

meals delivered

senIor CommunIty . . . . . . . . . 18,352 lunCHes meals served

senIor & medICaId . . . . . . . . . . 4368 transportatIon rides provided

Help WareHouse . . . . . . 1,206,900 lbs

of food distributed

energy assIstanCe . . .3139 households helped with heating bills

Cap I-5 Vans . . . . 33,069 rides provided

(Vancouver to olympia)

self-Help HousIng . . . . 7 families built their own homes

VoCatIonal skIlls . . . . . 333 dislocatedtraInIng workers and low income

adults found jobs

Volunteer . . 618 volunteers contributed Center/rsVp 100,687 hrs of service

to the community

Homelessness . . . 280 families assisted

preVentIon to obtain or retain affordable housing

fInanCIal . . . . . . . . . . 200 people took IndependenCe Center the moneysmart

course on money management

Lower Columbia CAP’s Financial Independence Center is offering Business 101 classes for people interested in starting their own business. The six-week program involves 18 hours of instruction as well as coaching in financial management, basic accounting procedures, cash flow management, developing a business plan, and marketing.

The “Business Builder Program” is funded by a two-year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the city of Longview for the purpose of developing and expanding

micro businesses (A micro business is defined as a business with five or fewer employees.) The city’s objective with this program is to expand opportunities for small business development in Longview. “The purpose of this program is to equip people with the knowledge and skills necessary to start up or build their own business,” said Marcel Goulet, Financial Independence Center Director. To be eligible for this free service, people must be a Longview resident and fit the HUD income guidelines. However, Marcel plans for the Business Builder Program to also be available on a sliding fee scale, from $50 to $150, to people outside of Longview and with higher incomes.

Executive DirectorIlona A. Kerby

Board of Directors

RePResenTIng TARgeT PoPULATIons

Mary gillespie, Arc of Cowlitz Valley

Janice Barrera, Highlands Neighborhood Association

Carlos Carreon,Cowlitz Health and Human Services

Dian Cooper, secretaryFamily Health Center

Richelle Durham, Client Advocate

Carolyn Perrault, HeadStart

Jim Williams, Advocate for Homeless

RePResenTIng The BUsIness CoMMUnITy

Dave Andrew,Cowlitz PUD

Travis Cavens, M.D., Vice President

Priscilla JohnsonFarmers Insurance Group

Jeff WashburnLocal 26 Plumbers & Steamfitters Union

RePResenTIng sTATe & LoCAL goVeRnMenT

Representative Brian Blake, 19th Legislative District

Commissioner Blair Brady, PresidentWahkiakum County

Dan Myers, City of Kelso

Dennis Weber, TreasurerCity of Longview

Lower Columbia CAP is one of

thirty CAPs (Community Action

Programs) in Washington State.2

At October’s grand opening of the Longview Superstore, (l to r) Walmart Regional Marketing Manager Jerry Skinner, Longview store manager Susan Lanier, and Camas store manager Dion Hess presented CAP Executive Director Ilona Kerby with a check for $25,000 from the Walmart Foundation. Dion had spearheaded the effort to apply for the grant that would buy food for Help Warehouse’s network of food banks.

WalMart Opens Longview Superstore with $25,000 Check to Help Warehouse

2010 Give to a Good Cause With the theme, “Give Up a Cup for a Good Cause,” many people donated the price of a cup of coffee, raising about the same amount as last year’s annual appeal—That’s an awful lot of coffee!

2010 $27,216 (2009-$27,652)

photo courtesy of doug koenig

CAP Provides Help with Small Business Start-ups

Marcel Goulet, Financial Independence Center Director

photo courtesy of Jessica lemmons photography

Give Up a cup for a caUSecaP’s once-a-year appeal Your opportunity to make a difference.

Our thanks to Comcast for their support again this year.

In 2010, CAP’s Help Warehouse was honored to be chosen by Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging to receive a check on behalf of its employees in the amount of $4500. Presenting and receiving the donation are (left to right) Scott Emslie, box plant manager, Eric Larsen, plant superintendent, Pat Ortiz, assistant mill manager, CAP Executive Director Ilona Kerby, Tammy Free, box plant customer service supervisor, CAP Community Services Director Michael Torres, Chelsea Schilter, communications specialist, Help Warehouse manager Lois Shelton, Kendall Hansen, marketing business analyst, and Paul Harriss, President of Local AWPPW.

photo courtesy of doug koenig

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Our Thanks for These Food Donations – Large and Small!

Longview Fibre Employees Raise Money for Help Warehouse

• animal Health services• applied Industrial technologies• Bob’sMerchandise• Butler acres elementary• Coweeman Junior High• Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of governments• 15th avenue safeway• franz Bakery• fred meyer• frontier long term Care• Henry’sCarousel• Home depot• Jiffy lube

• kelso Central Christian Church• ladies Bowling league• longview Baptist Church• longview fire department• longview/kelso Building & Construction trade with Cowlitz/

Wahkiakum Central labor Council• longview/kelso elks• longview police guild• longview public library• longview urology• mark morris arts & Crafts Bazaar• montessori school

• national active & retired federal employees• nyghtmare manor• ocean Beach safeway• olympic elementary• robert gray elementary• standing ovation• steelscape• trinity lutheran Church• Wsdot (Wash st . dept of transportation)• Walmart• Wilcox and flegel employees• ymCa

Annual “Shred Day” & Food Drive to Celebrate International Credit Union Week Employees and family members from Red Canoe, Fibre Federal, Lower Columbia Longshoremen, Mint Valley, and Cowlitz Credit Unions shredded 17,200 lbs of documents, collecting 1520 lbs of food and $372 for Help Warehouse on October 23.

Photo at left: Cameron Snyder was one of the family members of credit union employees who assisted with this year’s “Shred Day”.

photo courtesy of Cowlitz Credit union

Your DonationAt Work

92% of all gifts and donations to CAP goes directly to our vital programs –

and these programs achieve results!

100% of all gifts and donations remain here in our community.

8% 92%

Program Related Expenses

Administrative and Fund Raising

Expenses

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In a unique collaboration between CAP’s Housing Department, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and Wallace Elementary School, 4th graders painted birdhouses and then delivered them to seniors living at Park Royal Medical Nursing Center. The idea came from Steve Webb, CAP’s construction manager, who presented it to Big Brothers/Big Sisters coordinator Tobie Crocker. Building

materials were donated by ProBuild, and Sherwin- Williams provided the paint. Then a “painting party” was organized by Diane Wheatley from Wallace, where nineteen families participated, painting the birdhouses and enjoying pizza provided by Vernie’s Pizza. On a later day, the proud students delivered their birdhouses to the residents in the care facility.

Birdhouse Project Brings Children and Seniors Together

People are getting the message that we can buy more food with their money than they can—as low as 10 cents per pound!

WaLk n’

knOck2010

photos courtesy of tobie Crocker and sheila girt

Thank you for your caring and your generosiTy!

FOOD: 70,600 lbs. (2009-77,000 lbs)

MONEY: $11,860(2009-$9170)

PLAN NOW …eat at a participating restaurant any time on tuesday, may 17th and they will donate a percentage of that day’srevenuestoMealsonWheels. see may newsletter for list of participating restaurants .

restaurants interested in participating contact alan rose at 360-425-3430 ext 280 or alanr@lowercolumbiacap .org

May 17, 2010

Thanks for Holiday Donations Thanks to the Longview Kelso Building & Construction Trade Council and the Cowlitz Wahkiakum Labor Council for the 1284 lbs of turkeys and hams they donated to Help Warehouse in December. The donated meats were distributed primarily to homebound individuals and families.

Thanks to Additional Sponsors:goLd sPonsors• columbia ford• heritage Bank• Pacific Tech construction• Peacehealth• red canoe credit unionsiLver sPonsors:• entek/B&B air conditioning• foster farms• J.L. storedahl & sons• signature Transport• swanson Bark & Wood Products• Wilcox & flegel oil co.

TEDDY BEar PENDaNT raFFlE

CAP is going green! Receive CAP newsletters by email & save paper. Send your email address to Alan Rose at alanr@lowercolumbiacap.org.

(PleAse note: We do not shARe oR sell suPPoRteRs’ ContACt infoRmAtion.)

Photo credits: CowlitzCreditUnion

TobieCrocker

DimmickPhotography

SheilaGirt

DougKoenig

JessicaLemmons Photography

Webmaster: BonnieCanaday

editor: AlanRose

Layout: KorinaGroff, Grafworx

Board of Directors

Tim Welch, President Stellar J Corporation

Bill Boehm, Vice President

B&B/Entek, Retired

Ben Coombs,CLU, CFP, sec-Treasurer,

Retired

Max AndersonAnderson and Anderson

Bob Crisman Gallery of Diamonds

Mary gillespie CAP Board of Directors

Dave grumboisLocal Businessman

Ilona Kerby CAP Executive Director

Rick ParrishThe Daily News

Dean PiotrowskiColumbia Bank

heather snyderAdtopia

sophia spencer Red Canoe Financial Group

Deborah sweetDCK, Inc.

Maryanne WainwrightPort of Longview, Retired

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You can donate online to support the CAP program of your choice—it’s quick, it’s

easy, it’s safe. Go to lowercolumbiacap.org and click “Donate.”

Thanks To Title Sponsors

KeePinG familieS toGether

November 13, 2010

Red Lion Hotel & Conference

Center,

Kelso, Wa

CAP FoundationAnnual Dinner

RaiSeD $57,206

Designed

and donated by

Bob Crisman,

gallery of

Diamonds

photo courtesy dimmick photography

photo courtesy Jessica lemmons photography

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in partnership with

Celebration of Literacy Week

Altrusa International of Centralia-Chehalis

Altrusa International of Clark County

Altrusa of Longview-Kelso

Bonnie CanadayTravis & Phyllis Cavens

Christina & Larry Clarke,CEO, EGT-LLC

The Columbia River ReaderColumbia Bank

Dian CooperJH Kelly

Kelso Public Schools Foundation

Jan & Ilona KerbyLongview School District

Independent Order of Forester

Glenda SchuhDick & Ann Van Sickle

Washington Humanities

Community Address7:00 pm, RA Long High School, Longview

Ticketed event only • Limited seatingFor tickets, go to www.lowercolumbiacap.org

presents

GreG MortensonNominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 and 2010,

Mortenson has been internationally recognized for his humanitarian work building 141 schools & 60 temporary

refugee schools in Afghanistan & Pakistan.

tea with Greg Sponsors Reception from 4:00-5:00 pm, at Lower Columbia

CAP in the Altrusa Room. For individuals and organizations who contributed $500 or more to bring Greg to Longview.

To become a sponsor, go to www.lowercolumbiacap.org.

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