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On the Road to Human LibertyAnnual Report 2008

Winter 2008

On The Road To Human LibertyRoad Trip Highlights:

www.compassionandchoices.org

Bringing Families Together in Oregon: Jim Ora Powell taught his children to respect others’ choices. When he opted for aid in dying, they respected his. Page 9.

Lone Star Volunteer in Texas: Don Moore is as passionate about paving the way for human liberty as he is about people’s rights to a peaceful death. Page 11.

Driving Quality Care: In New Mexico, Colorado, Maryland and Michigan, we are working to prevent loss of health care as a result of hospital mergers. Page 13.

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Victory in Washington-Destination Dignity: Doubling the number of states with an aid-in-dying law, we pave the way for patients’ rights across the nation. Page 5.

Steering Health Care In a New Direction: When California’s Right to Know End-of-Life Options Act goes into effect in January, the impact will reverberate across the nation. Page 7.

Paying it Forward in Connecticut: Alan and Jeannette Mittelsdorf support Compassion & Choices to protect human liberty and individual choice at the end of life. Page 15.


Annual Report 2008


Winter 2008 Volume 7 Number 3

Creative DirectorBeven Byrnes

Staff WriterMonique Balas

ContributorsBarbara Coombs Lee

Van Zandt Williams Jr.

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Letter from the President

Ahhh, road trips! Who doesn’t remember them fondly? The unexpected vistas, the exhilarating accomplishments, the glimpses of love and wisdom!

Each December we end the year with an “Annual Report” edition of Compassion & Choices Magazine. This year included adventures aplenty on our road to human liberty, with advances and developments at every turn. Inspiring principles and people joined us along the way, and you will meet them here.

Like road signs confirming our direction, indicators of tangible, meaningful progress and dignity appeared as we traveled on. We reached many milestones this year, including the legalization of aid in dying in a second state. We’ll share those successes in this magazine.

Oregonians have drawn a wonderful road map, empowering patients with choice, control and dignity at the end of life. Oregon

state can now serve as a guide to Washington and others as they approach the previously uncharted territory of aid in dying.

Thomas Edison’s famous formula for success is “1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.” We agree. Hurdles and barriers dot every road and overcoming them can be grueling work.

But our solidarity with you, our generous supporters, keeps us going. You build the roads and bridges that make this journey possible. You give it shape and purpose.

And so together we journey on, in dogged pursuit of truth over lies, dignity over dogma, and free will over obedience. Thank you for joining us in loyal companionship and generosity. Enjoy the ride!

Barbara Coombs LeePresident

Dear Members, Supporters & Friends,

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Dying shouldn’t have to include fear, uncertainty unnecessary pain or suffering. We are committed to provide every American the opportunity to choose a peaceful death, consistent with personal wishes and beliefs.

We work for reform at local, state, and federal levels to empower patients with control of end-of-life care. We set national standards for end-of-life care and assert constitutional protection for aid in dying.

Our team of litigators and legislative experts fights bills that would force patients to endure futile, invasive treatment; establishes enforceability standards for advance directives; mandates pain and palliative care training for physicians; monitors legislative and policy initiatives; and ultimately shapes best-practice standards for end-of-life care.

Compassion & Choices devotes itself to creative legal and

legislative initiatives to secure comprehensive and compassionate

options at the end of life.

This year, our team passed the nation’s second aid-in-dying law.

We successfully pushed legislation to give California residents the right to know all legal end-of-life treatment options.

We are fighting on behalf of terminally ill people in Montana for a constitutionally protected right to a dignified death.

We are working to prevent loss of health care as a result of hospital mergers.

These are only a few of the things that, with your help, our advocacy team has accomplished this year.

Advocate

Seattle, Washington


Victory in Washington - Destination Dignity

On March 4, 2009, aid in dying will be legal in Washington state. After three years of hard work by Compassion & Choices and coalition members,we are celebrating this resounding victory.

Washingtonians overwhelmingly supported the Death with Dignity measure by 59 percent to 41 percent. Dignity prevailed over dogma despite the opposition’s fierce advertising campaign, largely funded by the Catholic Church.

Thousands of volunteers gave their time, energy and money to support patient choice. Their heroic dedication and labor empower Washingtonians with choices and allow them to exercise the right to die peacefully.

The I-1000 measure garnered a stunning list of 14 newspaper endorsements across Washington state, including the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Olympian. Organizations also endorsed the measure, including: ACLU of Washington, Washington State Public Health Association, American Medical Women’s Association, American Medical Student Association and the Older Women’s League (OWL) of Seattle.

“The passage of Washington’s I-1000 is a turning point on the path to human liberty,” says Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Compassion & Choices. “Now, dying Washington residents can turn to legal aid in dying instead of feeling forced into violent, crude methods to end their suffering. We hope someday to be able to say the same for patients in the other 48 states.”

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Booth Gardner and Barbara Coombs Lee celebrate the Washington victory on election night.

I-1000 Campaign volunteer Nancy Niedzielski on election night in Seattle,

Washington.

Former Washington Governor Booth Gardner sponsord

Initiative 1000.


Helena, Montana

Next Stop: Montana

This year Compassion & Choices’ Legal Affairs Director, Kathryn Tucker, and Missoula attorney Mark S. Connell filed suit on behalf of a terminally ill Montanan and four distinguished physicians in Baxter et al v. Montana.

“This is my personal choice, based on my personal values and beliefs,” says plaintiff Bob Baxter, a retired truck driver who suffers from lymphocytic leukemia. “I want to be able to gather my loved ones and die with dignity in my own home. I should be free to make my choice without the state making the decision for me.”

At the recent hearing in Helena, District Judge Dorothy McCarter asked piercing questions. “Does the state have a compelling interest to preserve the life of a terminally ill patient whose death is soon in coming and who is suffering and who wants to end his suffering by hastening his own death?” she asked the defense.

This landmark lawsuit may establish the right to choose aid in dying for all mentally competent terminally ill people who want this option in the Big Sky State. The judge is expected to rule before year’s end.

Kathryn Tucker puts this case in context: “For a decade, Oregon has served as the ‘laboratory’ for other states, demonstrating that aid in dying can be implemented without harm to patients and, indeed, serving to galvanize improvements in end-of-life care for all citizens. It is timely for other states to follow in Oregon’s path. Through the Baxter case, Montana may soon be one such state.”

1,212

Compassion & Choices Action Network members and other supporters made 1,212 calls, 947to California Assembbly members, and 265 to Gov. Schwarzenegger, successfuly urging the passage of the Right to Kow End-of-Life Options Act.

Members of the Action Network automatically receive In Thought and Action, our electronic newsletter. This monthly publication presents the most up-to-date news and events related to the mission of Compassion & Choices Action Network.

Join the Action Network today online at www.compassionandchoices.org.

Right to Know Act: Steering Health Care in New Direction

California is the first state to require doctors to inform terminally ill patients of their treatment options. When California’s Right to Know End-of-Life Options Act goes into effect in January, the impact will reverberate across the nation.

The Act instructs doctors to disclose all legal and medically feasible options to a dying patient who asks about them. This includes options that relieve suffering, like hospice and palliative sedation and those that allow death, like stopping treatment, nutrition and hydration.

People can’t make good decisions in a vacuum. They can’t solve a puzzle without seeing all the pieces. This bill fills an important information gap. Compassion & Choices was surprised the bill drew vigorous opposition from some health care organizations.

With help from a broad coalition that included nurses, senior groups and human rights advocates, our bill narrowly passed both legislative chambers. Governor Schwarzenegger signed it into law on September 30, 2008.

Informed patients become empowered. When they are empowered, they direct the course of their own health care. We hope this bill will help establish a simple principle for people across the country:

“I have the right to know my options and decide for myself.”

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Helena, Montana

California Assemblywoman Patty

Berg and Donne Brownsey, of Compassion & Choices,

in the California Statehouse.

The Right to Know Act has picked up a host

of endorsements including:

California Medical Association, California

Nurses Association, California Chapter of the American Nurses

Association, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, American Civil Liberties

Union and the California Commission on Aging.

Compassionate Care: End-of-Life Consultation

A solid foundation of expertise, experience and kindness drives our End-of-Life Consultation program.

Our professional staff and volunteers bring comfort and hope to thousands of clients each year. They listen without judgment to fears and concerns about the search for a peaceful, humane death.

Our counselors accompany clients on all aspects of their end-of-life journey. They provide advance directives, referrals to local services, tips on pain management, legal counsel for inadequate care and information on humane, self-determined dying.

Compassion & Choices’ Consultation program uses the power of choice and comfort to restore hope to individuals and their loved ones at the end of life.

In 2008 Compassion & Choices provided in-depth counseling to 372 clients in 39 states through our End-of-Life Consultation program.

The duration of our consultation averages 180 days and countless hours.

In 2008 we distributed more than 300,000 End-of-Life Consultation referral cards throughout the nation.

In 2008 we delivered 1,178 Advance Health Care Directives, along with instructions to ensure end-of-life wishes are known and respected.

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Portland, Oregon


Bringing Families TogetherJim Ora Powell taught his children to respect others’ choices. When he opted for aid in dying, they respected his.

Jim was a life-long Oregonian, World War II veteran, and owner of several businesses. He was also a devoted father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a person of great integrity.

Over the years, Jim and his wife, Autry, counseled hundreds of patients to understand and exercise their rights. The more they volunteered, and the more people they comforted, the more Jim and Autry came to see the work of Compassion & Choices as their life’s calling.

Then Jim was diagnosed with lymphoma. After taming it for six years, Jim learned it had ravaged his body. His doctor told him further chemotherapy treatments would be futile and Jim likely had two weeks left to live.

In severe pain, Jim opted to end his suffering.

His daughter Katy wasn’t surprised. “I always knew from his advance directive and his involvement in Compassion & Choices that this was his wish, that he did not want to die in a lot of pain and discomfort,” she says. “But he also really loved his life and really wanted to live on just to be with my mother.”

Having legal aid in dying in Oregon allowed Jim to talk openly with his children and his minister about his decision. They all accepted it despite their religious differences.

Jim chose to gather his family over the second weekend of September, during which they shared laughter, tears, reminiscences and farewells.

On a Monday morning, he left this life surrounded by his three sons, two daughters, their spouses, 17 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a handful of special friends.

Katy feels terminally ill people in other states deserve aid-in-dying laws because individuals deserve the right to decide how they die.

“Everybody needs to have the freedom of choice,” she says. “It’s a personal matter.”

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Powell Family circa 1950s

Jim and Autry Powell

Powell Family circa 1970s

The work of Compassion & Choices would be impossible without the dedicated efforts of volunteers. Our volunteers come from all walks of life, and contribute in many different ways.

Ways to Volunteer

End-of-Life Consultation volunteers are trained to work with clients and their families throughout the end of life.

Fundraisers and friendraisers hold house parties and assist in organizing events.

Board members of our local groups coordinate efforts to further the mission of Compassion & Choices, set policy and raise funds necessary to provide service.

Interns work on specific projects that include data entry, mailings and assisting at fundraisers and other events.

Administrative support volunteers spend time at a local or national Compassion & Choices office assisting in day-to-day operations, preparing materialsfor distribution or planning an event.

Volunteers

8,520

Desert Road, Texas


Compassion & Choices volunteers generously donated 8,520 hours of service in 2008.

In 2008 we trained 116 new volunteers. 116

Lone Star Volunteer, Don MooreFor 10 years, Don Moore’s Texas twang has served as a voice for choice in what he calls the “buckle of the Bible belt.” A resident of Bryan, Texas, Don is a Compassion & Choices volunteer in the Lone Star State. He has traveled as far as Washington State and Washington, D.C., to help clients.

A retired employee of AT&T and Lucent Technologies, he found us after reading about us as the Hemlock Society in Ann Landers.

He’s as passionate about the right to choose as he is about people’s right to a peaceful death.

“The problem is they just don’t know about the choices,” says Don, who discusses aid in dying every chance he gets. “They suffer because they don’t know.”

Recently, a doctor mistook a spot on Don’s lungs for cancer. It was scary, yet Don is happy to have had the experience because it allows him to further empathize with his clients.

His volunteer work has enriched his life.

“I have had some wonderful experiences,” he says. “You wouldn’t call somebody’s death a wonderful experience, but it is rewarding to me to know that they don’t have to suffer. And the families that I’ve met have been so caring. There are so many of both the families and the clients themselves that I could have been friends with over the years had I been given the opportunity.”

Join our journey - volunteer today!

For more information contact us at 1.800.247.7421 or e-mail us at [email protected].

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Compassion & Choices volunteer,

Don Moore.

Texas State Capitol

More than ever, we are heard across the nation. Compassion & Choices promotes informed end-of-life decision-making by educating the public and advising health care professionals.

Too many health care professionals turn away from their dying patients. Too many Americans are unprepared to navigate the complex options and restrictions surrounding the end of life.

We employ educational training programs, media outreach and online and print publications to change health care practice, inform policymakers, influence public opinion and empower individuals.

At Compassion & Choices, we equip families and caregivers with the knowledge and skills they need to make the best possible end-of-life choices.

Effectively communicating with the media, Compassion & Choices created dialogue with readers across the nation. More than 5,000 print articles were published with Compassion & Choices mentioned more than 500 times.

In 2008 we reached 2,100 faith communities through 67 clergy members. We educated them on end-of-life care and choice. In 2008 Compassion & Choices members submitted 2,684Letters to the Editor. Responding to biased language they successfully changed more than 200 headlines from “Assisted-Suicide” to “Aid inDying” or “Death with Dignity.”

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Driving Continued Quality CareThis year, Compassion & Choices ensured that hospitals across the nation offer quality care free of religious bias.

Compassion & Choices is working to prevent hospital transactions in Colorado, Maryland, Michigan and New Mexico that would transfer nonsectarian hospitals to Catholic management. Such transfers subject hospitals, medical staff and patients to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare (ERDs).

The ERDs impose the church’s religious and moral values over patient care and can override patient choice. Compassion & Choices, its members and supporters, and coalitions of other “choice” organizations, join in collaboration to prevent these takeovers.

In New Mexico, the hospital in question agreed not to make any changes in services. We launched

a “Get It in Writing” campaign and are closely monitoring

the outcome.

In Colorado we are in the midst of a lawsuit to prevent a

Catholic hospital from taking over a nonsectarian facility.

In Maryland and Michigan, we are raising public

awareness regarding the potential impact of Catholic

takeovers. Grassroots opposition can prevent

these mergers.

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Compassion & Choices’ grassroots force of members and supporters

stand together to fortify our efforts across the nation.

New Haven, Connecticut

“I support and applaud your efforts and have your group in my will. There are hard decisions to make and not many places to go and feel comfortable discussing choices and issues with intelligent, caring people. Your group is one of the few.” – Anonymous Compassion & Choices client

Compassion & Choices is proud to be the recipient of a 4-Star charity rating by Charity Navigator, the largest independent evaluator of non-profit organizations. This is our second consecutive 4-star rating, which is received by only 17% of the charities they evaluate. In addition, we have an A- rating by Guidestar, another resource available to donors.

We take our responsibility of stewarding your money very seriously. Over 88% of your generous dues and contributions are spent on program activities. Here is how those expenses are broken down:


Paying it Forward in ConnecticutAlan Mittelsdorf and his wife, Jeannette, belong to the prestigious Compassion & Choices Council. These steadfast supporters comprise the leadership society of the movement.

After watching various family members experience prolonged and difficult deaths, Compassion & Choices supporter Alan Mittelsdorf knew he didn’t want that fate for himself.

The retired real estate owner/manager from Connecticut emphatically believes government should mind its own business where personal end-of-life decisions are concerned.

“I don’t want an institution to have control over my body, I want overall control of my body!” he says. “I think the issues surrounding end-of-life decisions should primarily reflect the will of the individual, not the will of an institution.”

That’s why for more than a decade he has chosen to contribute to Compassion & Choices.

Alan encourages potential donors to face end-of-life decisions while they are still healthy and clear of mind, and to express their wishes clearly to family members and trusted professionals.

Contributing to Compassion & Choices, he says, allows us to continue protecting human liberties and prevent powerful institutions from making personal decisions for us.

“Compassion & Choices is an organized force for necessary political and social change.”

– Alan Mittelsdorf

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Alan and Jeannette Mittelsdorf

Connecticut State Capitol

Compassion & Choices’ grassroots force of members and supporters

stand together to fortify our efforts across the nation.

New Haven, Connecticut

“I support and applaud your efforts and have your group in my will. There are hard decisions to make and not many places to go and feel comfortable discussing choices and issues with intelligent, caring people. Your group is one of the few.” – Anonymous Compassion & Choices client

Compassion & Choices is proud to be the recipient of a 4-Star charity rating by Charity Navigator, the largest independent evaluator of non-profit organizations. This is our second consecutive 4-star rating, which is received by only 17% of the charities they evaluate. In addition, we have an A- rating by Guidestar, another resource available to donors.

We take our responsibility of stewarding your money very seriously. Over 88% of your generous dues and contributions are spent on program activities. Here is how those expenses are broken down:


Compassion & Choices Board of Directors

Dear Members, Supporters & Friends,

What do Compassion & Choices supporters across the nation have in common? They may be Baby Boomers or Baptist. Some live in Alabama while others inhabit Alaska. But the most unifying theme of our members and friends is the importance of individual choice.

Aid in dying is one of the most personal, private decisions anyone will ever make. It surpasses age, religion, politics, or geography. The vast majority of our supporters will never use aid in dying. But they are grateful the choice is there – if not for themselves, then for their loved ones, friends or fellow neighbors.

As Americans, one thing that unites us is our fierce independence, our freedom of spirit and the individual liberties we hold dear. The last eight years have made us realize how precious those liberties are.

By supporting Compassion & Choices, we are paving the way toward greater human liberties for all.

Just look at what we’ve done this year:

We brought Death with Dignity to a second state. We passed a law in California that puts power in patients’ hands. We brought a lawsuit against the state of Montana advocating constitutional protections for the right to die with dignity. We counseled 372 people in 39 states, helping them to achieve a peaceful end to their suffering.

We are heading in the right direction. But we still have a long road ahead of us. With your help and contributions of money or time, we can make this journey together.

Van Zandt Williams Jr.,Board Chair

Advisory Board

Marcia Angell, M.D.

Ram Dass

Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B.

Olympia Dukakis

Bruce Fein

Judith Krantz

Rev. Howard Moody

Rev. John Shelby Spong

Louis “Studs” Terkel (1912-2008)

Marilyn Webb


“I don’t feel that end-of-life decisions should be made for me by doctors or governments, or laws that make it illegal for me to choose the way I want to end my life, or make it a crime for those who would compassionately aid me in doing so.” -- Melanie Hutchinson, Compassion & Choices Client

Letter from the Chair

Compassion & Choices Board of Directors

Barbara Coombs Lee, FNP, JD, Ex-Officio

Paul R. Q. Wolfson, JD

Marcia A. Campbell, CPA, Ex-Officio

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Robert Nimmo, Treasurer

Debbi Gibbs, Secretary

Van Zandt Williams Jr., Chair

Mathew A. Nelson

Sylvia Law, JD

Peter Ehrenhaft, JD

David Muller, MD

Gary L. Ivens, JD

Cheryl D. Perrin

Sue Porter


Circle of Compassion -$25,000.00 +

Dr. & Mrs. James C. Allen MD

Ms. Dolores Brandel-King*Irene Diamond Fund Mr. John H. Jordon Kohlberg Foundation Mr. Phillip Mackler*Mrs. Pearl A. Murray*Mr. Loren Parks Mr. & Mrs. J. Keith Thwaites*

9 Circle of Compassion members gave a total of: $2,284,608.17

Circle of Dignity - $15,000.00 - $24,999.99

Mr. Owen G. Benthin Mr. David Cuming Gifts of Time Charitable Foundation

Hawksglen Foundation Ms. Helen Davis Hermes Samuel S. Johnson Foundation

Mr. James Annenberg La Vea

Ms. Barbara S. Mosbacher Mr. Donald A. Pels & Ms. Wendy Keys

Richard A. Busemeyer Atheist Foundation

Mr. & Ms. Andrew Ross JD

11 Circle of Dignity membersgave a total of: $199,958.66

Circle of Care - ($5,000.00 - $14,999.99 ) Anonymous*Blum-Kovler Foundation Ms. Juliette S. Bonelli Ms. Cecilia Boone & Mr. Garrett Boone

Ms. Elizabeth H. Bromley & Mr. Dougin Walker

Mrs. Joann Bush Mr. Albert M. Darula*Ms. Dorothy Dever

Dopkin-Singer-Dannenberg Foundation

Mr. Morris F. Friedell Ms. Judith Friedman Ms. Julie B. Gale LCSW Ms. Debbi Gibbs Mrs. Phyllis M. Girvetz Ms. Margaret Goldman Ms. Lynda M. Goldstein Ms. Beverly B. Hancock*Mrs. Irene Hill Nancy & Robert Hoyt Mrs. Jacqueline Hughes Mr. Arvid E. Iverson Mr. Steven U. Leitner Mr. Henry McLane & Mrs. Katharine K. McLane

Ms. Barbara J. Meislin Ms. Carlin Meyer & Mr. Peter Bienstock

Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. MittelsdorfMr. Robert Nimmo & Ms. Linda Jensen

Norman Raab Foundation Ms. Yvette Neier Ms. Jane Orans Polly Annenberg LeVee Charitable Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence A. Price

Ms. Margaret E. Purvine*Ms. Karen L. Pye Ms. Dorinda Reed Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rock Ms. Susan Rockefeller & Mr. David Rockefeller

Ms. Lynne G Rosenthal Mr. Daniel E Rothenberg Ms. Roberta Schneiderman & Mr. Irwin Schneiderman

Clinton H. & Wilma T. Shattuck Charitable Trust

Mr. John Gilmour Sherman*Mr. Stanley R. Stangren Mr. Wade Thompson Richard L. VandenBergh MDMs. Ellen Westheimer Mr. Walter G. Wiedekerr Estate*

Mr. Van Zandt Williams & Mrs. Myra Williams

Mrs. Margery C. Wright*Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Wurtzel Wyss Foundation

51 Circle of Care membersgave a total of: $394,784.76

Circle of Love - $2,500.00 - $4,999.99 Anonymous Dr. Robert V. Brody & Ms. Andrea Jacoby

Ms. M. A. Chiulli Mr. & Mrs. David Cook Mr. David Corkery Ms. Linda Halbur & Mr. John Halbur

Mr. Geri Herbert & Mr. John Herbert

Mr. Sidney Kaufman*Samuel & Francine Klagsbrun Foundation

David L. Klein Jr. Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mandel Ms. Julie McMurchie & Mr. Brad McMurchie

Ms. Nancy Most Mr. Thomas M. Neal Mr. Matthew Nelson & Mr. Kip Beardsley

New York Community Trust Mr. M. G. O’Neil Ms. Sue Porter Ms. Margot C. Pyle Ms. June Raben & Mr. Murray Raben

Mr. & Ms. Mark Sandler Ms. Jerri L. Shaw & Mr. Ray Johnson

Mr. Robert J. Stein & Ms. Ellen Perry

Mr. Jorge A. Uribe JD Mr. John W. Walker*Ms. Suzanne Wilson Mr. Paul Wolfson JD 27 Circle of Love members gave a total of: $92,681.18

Circle of Hope - $1,200.00 - $2,499.99 Anonymous Mrs. Deborah S. Ablin & Dr. Arthur Ablin

Mr. Gordon B. Asselstine Ms. Linda Banez Ms. Barbara Barrie Ms. Joan Bole Ms. Ruth McLean Bowers Ms. Joan D. Carley & Mr. Clay Carley

Mrs. Betsy Carpenter & Dr. Alan Carpenter

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Channick

Mrs. Phyllis Childs & Mr. James Childs

Ms. Jane Stephens Comer Mr. Thomas M. Connelly Sage & John Cowles Ms. Cora Sue Cronemeyer Mr. Robert Cryan Ms. Sally Davis Mr. Laurence H. Dorcy Mr. Steffan Dye Mr. Robert J. Foster GE Foundation Mr. Lewis H. Geyer Mrs. Celeste Grynberg Mr. & Ms. Roland L. Halpern Mr. Thomas B. Harvey Mr. & Mrs. James M. Hayes Ms. Elizabeth W. Hill Ms. Dora Ann Hoyle Mr. Ernest J. Isenstadt JD Mr. Gary L. Ivens Ms. Jonnie T. Jacobs JD Mrs. Margaret A. Jacobs Mr. Robert D. Jaffee Ms. Helen A. Kay Dr. Samuel Klagsburn & Mrs. Francine Klagsburn

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Lahs Ms. Linda Lanam Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Lauer Ms. Gertrude V. Lindener-Stawski

Mr. Frederick MacIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Samuel B. Marcus

Mr. Paul McClenon Ms. Tollie Miller Mr. Robert E. Montgomery & Mrs. Sandy Jennings Montgomery

Mr. Florent G. Morellet Mrs. Katharine B. Morgan Mr. Jim Morris & Mrs. Cindy Morris

Mr. Henry Papit

Compassion & Choices is grateful to the tens of thousands of donors who give so generously to the mission we serve. From gifts of $1 to grants over $1,000,000, each and every one is vital to our success. While we only list donors here who have given $500 or more, or who give a sustaining monthly or quarterly gift, Compassion & Choices would like to thank everyone who is committed to our mission. * Denotes bequest donor

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Thank You for Your Support!

Compassion & Choices values its supporters. We make every effort to produce an accurate

donor list, but occasionally errors and omissions do occur.

If you discover incorrect or missing information,

please call Jane Sanders at 800.247.7421, ext. 2159. We

apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Thank you.

Supporters listed in this annual report made donations

between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.

Dr. Gerald Perman Mrs. Catherine F. Petersen Dr. Eric L. Raefsky & Mrs. Victoria A. Heil

Mr. Lyle Ramshaw Mrs. Mary E. Riese Mr. & Mrs. Dan Sargent Mr. Thomas C. Schelling & Mrs. Alice C. Schelling

Mr. Barry Traub & Mrs. Marjorie Traub

Ms. Ruth Venable Mrs. Mary Weinmann Mr. Mark Westin

59 Circle of Hope members gave a total of: $92,185.00

Friends of Compassion & Choices - $500.00 - $1,199.99

Anonymous (5) Mr. & Mrs. Richard Abrons Ms. Ioe Adler Mr. & Mrs. George V. Allen JD

Ms. Suzanne E. Allen Mr. & Ms. Bill Anderson Mr. Robert J. Angelici Marcia Angell MD Anita B & Howard S. Richmond Foundation, Inc

Anonymous Ms. Katherine J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. John Arnhold Mr. David J. Arnold Mr. Jeffrey M. Bachrach & Ms. Karen S. Cohen

Mr. Conrad Bain & Ms. Monica Bain

Mr. & Mrs. Hancock Banning

Mr. Horst Bansner Ms. Lillian T. Barnes Mr. Peter Belluschi & Mrs. Susan Belluschi

Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Berkbigler

Mr. Keith Berner Mr. William L. Bernhard & Ms. Catherine Cahill

Mrs. Rose S. Bethe Ms. Patricia Ellis Bixby Mr. Richard A. Blacker JD Ms. Adele G. Block Ms. Monique Bondeux & Mr. Robin Petty

Mr. James F. Boreham Mr. Jim Borg & Mrs. Judie Borg

Mr. Thomas E. Bottorff Ms. Ada-Marie Bowers Ms. Faith L. Braff

Ms. Rena G. Bransten Mr. Ronald C. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Peter Broner Mr. & Mrs. Hilton U. Brown III

Ms. Bonnie J. Brunet & Mr. Martin Rist

Ms. Elissa Buie Ms. Christa L. Burgoyne Mr. David K. Burton & Mrs. Hilde S. Burton

C. B. Strain & Son, Inc Ms. Marcia Campbell Ms. Sue M. Cannon Mr. Virgil Carlson Mr. H. B. Chancey Mr. Robert C. Christiansen Ms. Serena Clayton Mr. Eugene C. Coan Ms. Kate Coan Mr. Bert Cohn & Mrs. Barbara Cohn

Mr. Jeffrey A. Cole Ms. Priscilla A. Coleman Mrs. Nancy C. Collins & Mr. Jack A. Collins

Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Cone Ms. Vera F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cooper

Mrs. Laura A. Crosby & Mr. John A. Crosby

Ms. Beverly B. Cunningham Mr. David Cyr & Mrs. Patricia A. Cyr

Ms. Connie Dautremont David & Lucile Packard Foundation

Ms. Marcelle S. Davidson Ms. Sylvia Nemer DavidsonMs. Diane H. Davis & Mr. Henry A. Haberman

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Delp Mr. Thomas Denhart & Mrs. Gun Denhart

Mr. Joseph T. Derry Ms. Elizabeth M. Devlin Ms. Hester Diamond Ms. Muriel B. Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Bob Dodge Mr. James K. Donnell Ms. Fay M. Donoghue Mrs. Jaren J. Ducker & Mr. Bruce Ducker

Mr. Edward DuMont Colonel Billie B. Eby USAF RET

Ms. Elisabeth Ecke Mrs. Patricia Eggleston Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Ehrenhaft JD

Ms. Mary H. Eiseman & Dr. Ben Eiseman

Mr. & Mrs. George Elvin JD Mr. Peter J. Farago

Ms. Mary Fernandez Ms. Nancy G. Foley Mr. Harold Folley Mr. Don Frazier Mr. Philip M. Friedmann Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fritts Mr. & Ms. Jon Frye Mr. Brian Furtkamp Mrs. Jean Holmes Gillett Ms. Vivienne S. Gilroy & Mr. Edward N. Gilroy

Mr. Walter Howard Girdlestone

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Glosten

Ms. Jill Goodman Mrs. Ruth C. Goodsill Mr. Jonathan Goodson Ms. Faye Goodwyn Dr. Kenneth P. Gorelick & Mrs. Cheryl Opacinch

Mr. Daniel J. Gross Mr. & Ms. Hayden D. Groy Ms. Colette E. Gunn & Mr. Ronald R. Rogers

Mr. Wolfgang Haas Charles Hamlin MD Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Hammond

Ms. Julie Hansen Mrs. Wendy Haran Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable Foundation

Mr. & Ms. David F. Hart Dr. Gary W. Hartz PhD Mr. Arne Hatlestad Ms. Katherine Hay & Mr. James Desantis

Mr. Alain T. Henon Ms. Kala R. Herlands Hickrill Foundation Mr. Roger G. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Tim Hill Ms. Joy R. Hilliard Mr. Arthur I. Hirsch Dr. Barbara K. Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. Holloway

Mrs. Joyce D Homan Mrs. Patricia L Hooper Ms. Adrienne Moira Hopkins

Ms. Dorothy B. Hunt Mr. & Mrs. G. David Hurd Mr. Philip Irwin Jack Schenker Charitable Trust

Stella A. Jacobs Ms. Elliott Jones Mr. William Kalton Mr. Terry Kay Dr. & Mrs. Henry L. Kazal MD

Aristomenis Kazoglou

Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Kendall Jr.

Mrs. Doro M. Kerr Mr. Leo Kesselman Mr. & Ms. Merrill Knapp Dr. Mary M. Knight Mr. Roger L. Kohn JD Reverend H. August Kuehl Dr. Joachim P. Kuettner & Mrs. Monika Kuettner

Ms. Virginia H. Laddey Mr. Robert Laffal Mr. Jack L. Larsen & Dr. Chonita Larsen

Ms. Sylvia A. Law JD Mrs. Nell Lazarus Mr. Richard Lee Mr. Timothy Lee JD Mr. & Mrs. Harry Lenton Ms. Denise J. Levy Mr. Leonard S Lewis Mr. Mitchell Lichtenstein Ms. Pam G. Lichty Mr. Johnston R. Livingston Ms. Adlyn Loewenthal Mr. & Mrs. George Lohrer Mr. Michael Lotze & Ms. Joan Harvey

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Lovinger

Mr. Robert C. Lynn Ms. Victoria E. Marone Ms. Dortha Marquis


Circle of Champions members are those donors who have generously agreed to give a monthly or quarterly gift to Compassion & Choices. From a minimum of $10 to a maximum of $500, these gifts provide a stable foundation for our daily fundraising activities. We are very grateful for their ongoing support. Some names appear in the categories above due to the generosity of their gifts.

Ms. Susan Martin Mr. Warren K. Martin Mr. & Mrs. William Mattsson

Mr. & Ms. James S. McBride Jr.

Ms. Judith McCandless Mr. & Ms. Thomas R. McConnell

Mr. Charles McGarvie Mr. & Ms. Robert F. McIntosh

Mr. Allan B Mendel Ms. Nancy S. Mercure Ms. Erica C. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Michl Mr. Gary J. Miller Professor & Mrs. Edwin S. Mills

Ms. Nina Miness Ms. Mary P. Moffatt Mr. Craig Moore Mrs. Lillian Moore Mr. Robert Moore Ms. Starr Moore Ms. Marsha J. Morahan Ms. Caroline Morgan Mr. McLendon G. Morris Mr. & Ms. J. Reese Murray Ms. Virginia S. Newton NYS Naral Foundation Ms. Martha H. Oehler Ms. Jean P. Owens Mrs. Margaret P. Parker Mr. & Mrs. John S. Pedersen Mr. & Mrs. Grant Perkins Mrs. Elsbeth H. Pfeiffer Mrs. Adele Phelan & Mr. Gerry Phelan

Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. Phillips Ms. Jeanne Phillips Mr. Ron Pile Mr. Gail F. Piltz Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Plesent Mrs. Gertrude Pojman Wilburg Pokorny MD Helen Posey Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Pratt Mr. & Ms. Glenn D. Pratt Mrs. Jane M. Quinette Ms. Gordana Racic & Mr. Milan Racic

Real Change Partners Mr. Jerard P. Reilly Mr. Jim Rembert Ms. Merle Reskin Ms. Patricia K. Robertson Mr. David Z. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Robinson Mr. Peter M. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Robinson Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Peter Rogatz & Mrs. Marjorie Rogatz

Ms. Eleanor C. Rogers Mr. Jerry Rooke Dr. Barnett Rosenberg & Mrs. Ritta G. Rosenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Rudin Ms. Barbara B. Safford Ms. Alice M. Satterfield & Mr. George Satterfield

Ms. Lynn Schafran JD Ms. Sonia Scheim Mr. A. M. Schwab Mr. Thomas J. Schwarz Mrs. Joanna L. Sharon Ms. Nicole Sharpe Ms. Merri Lea Shaw & Mr. Bruce Carroll

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Sichler Mr. & Mrs. P. Gene Smith Mr. Nicholas G. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Henry Snee Mr. John L. Snyder Mr. Stephen Sosnick & Mrs. Galya Sosnick

Mr. Wesley E. Sowers Ms. Diana Starns Ms. Carla Kerr Stearns JD Ms. Susanne M. Stegmiller Mr. Frank Stewart JD Strypemonde Foundation Susan Stein Shiva Foundation

Ms. Barbara Swartz Mr. Michael D. Symond Mr. Lawrence E. Tarone Mr. & Mrs. Stanford H. Taylor

Ms. Lillian Tenopyr Ms. Joy Teske Ms. Elizabeth C. Traugott Mr. & Mrs. John G. Tryon Dr. Jane H. Underwood Mr. & Mrs. James W. Walkup Ms. Velma L. Wallace Mr. H Norman Watkins & Mrs. Barbara Watkins

Mr. & Mrs. John Watts Mr. & Mrs. Richard Watts Joseph O. & Geraldine C. Waymire Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Weiss JD

Ms. Katherine B. Whipple Dr. Mary White & Mr. Chris Flowers

William B. Wiener Jr. Foundation

Mr. Robert B. Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. Gordon C. Winston

Ms. Eleanor B. Winthrop Mr. Richard S. Wirtz Ms. Jane H. Wood Ms. Cynthia C. Woodward Ms. Anna L. Wooldridge Mrs. Harriet H. Wooten Ms. Elaine S. Yamaguchi Ms. Peg Yorkin Dr. T. Price Zimmermann

278 Friends of Compassion & Choices gave a total of:$195,746.76

Circle of Champions

Ms. Joann W. AalfsMs. Maxine L. AdairMs. Joyce D. AshleyMs. Elyn F. AvivaMrs. Mary Ellen Babbe and Mr. Georg Babbe

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Babcock

Mr. and Ms. Roger BaleMs. Nita BanewiczMr. Gerald L. BarkdollMr. Steedman BassMs. Barbara BelmontMs. Louise E. BenoitMr. Paul BerryMs. D. Vaughn BidwellMr. William G. BlakneyMr. William E. BlinnMrs. Fay K. Boeh and Mr. Robert Boeh

Else K. Bolotin PhDMr. Howard H. BondyMr. and Mrs. Robert BardburyMs. Germaine M. BrandMs. Paula BrodyMr. Harry O. BrouseMs. Joy D BrowerMs. Maren D. CarpenterMr. and Ms. Duane T. CarrMr. and Mrs. James F. CarterMr. David T. ChantlerMs. Priscilla A. ColemanMs. Cathy L. CookRev. James R. CooperMrs. Olinda H. Corin and Mr. Gordon Corin

Ms. Tona CornetteMs. Pamela CreanMs. Cora Sue CronemeyerMrs. Peggy Cruder and Mr. Robert Cruder

Ms. Nancy L. CushmanMs. Shirley M. Cuthbertson and Mr. Jim Cuthbertson

Ms. Sally DavisMs. Zelda DavisMs. Elizabeth M. DevlinMs. Mary A. DiegertMr. Jay DisbrowMs. Elizabeth R. Donley

Mr. and Mrs. Donald DraperMs. Sally DuffieldMr. Douglas R. DuncanMs. Barbara DuniwayMajor R. M. Dunn Jr.Mr. Richard DuttlingerMr. Alfred D. EgendorfMs. and Mr. Joan EngelhauptMr. Newell L. ErwinMr. and Mrs. Russell EwertMs. Diana FayMs. Barbara R. FeinsteinMs. Joan M. FoleyMr. Carl E. GebhardtMs. Sandra L. GeiselmanMr. Jean M. GeisslerMr. Philip R. GilesMs. Monica GrahamMr. and Mrs. Philip D. GreeneMs. Anne M. GriswoldMs. Martha A. HabeckerMr. and Mrs. Jack HallMs. Barbara HansonMrs. Catherine E. HarrisMs. Elizabeth HarrisMr. and Mrs. Curtis B. HarrisonMs. Joanne HawkinsMrs. Shirley M. HenleyMs. Ruth HessMr. Richard Hewitt and Mrs. Hazel Hewitt

Ms. Janet C. HillmanMs. Ann HillstromMr. Arthur I. HirschMs. Louise G. HodellMr. and Mrs. V G. HolzapfelMs. Mary HopkinsMrs. Diana HosleyMrs. Ellen C. HoveyMs. Jeannine HudsongreenMs. Barbara B. HultgrenMr. David H. HuntMrs. Margaret A. JacobsMs. Trudy A. JamesMs. Ellen J. JanikMs. Brenda D. JeffersMs. Anna W. JohnsonMr. Evan R. JonesMr. Roger JonesMr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. KahnMrs. Agnes J. KamemotoMs. Naneen Karraker

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Ms. Eleanor KatzmanMs. Diana K. Keesee and Mr. James Keesee

Lt. Colonel and Mrs. John W. King

Mrs. W Stanton KipMr. Joseph KlemsMs. Ruth Klooster and Mr. Winn Mather

Mr. Wilmer W. KnoxReverend Lois D. KnutsonMs. Mary KodookaMr. Richard H. KostMs. Anna M. Kramer and Mr. Charles Kramer

Ms. Janet LaineMs. Helen W. LangMr. Louis LantzMs. Sylvia A. Law JDMr. Edward LeafeyMr. Romy LeahMs. Anastazya LenczMs. La Verne LennonMs. Hermione W. Lewis and Mr. Larry I. Worthey

Mr. Leonard S LewisMs. Anne LeydenMs. Elizabeth LowethMs. Jane W. LuskMs. Shirley J. LynnMs. Sara MackMrs. Geraldine J. MacleodMr. Donald MainMs. Eileen M. MarshallMr. William J. MartinMs. S V. MartinMr. William J. MaxsonMr. and Ms. Richard D. MayMr. Robert W. McAllisterMr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. McGraw

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKenzieMs. Gertrude McKitterickMs. Lynn McLeodMs. Alyce McMahonWilliam C. Menzies MDMs. Paula MerwinDr. Gerald A. MetzMrs. Irene L. Meulemans and Mr. John L. Meulemans

Ms. Nelda G. MoldMs. Derianna MooneyMr. James E. MooneyMrs. Lillian MooreMs. Diana MorabitoMs. Marsha J. MorahanMs. Ann MorrisE. H. MurphyMs. Linda P. NaserMs. Adelaide E. NewburgerMs. Paula Nordwind and Mr. Aaron Nordwind

Ms. Helen K. NormandinE Jeanne NortonMs. Sheri L. NudelmanMs. Patti A. O’KeefeMs. Ann R. OliverMs. Mary E. Olson

Ms. Susan OlsonMr. H George Oltman Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kent G. Oppenheimer

Mr. Michael C. Ormsbee and Mrs. Wilma J. Ormsbee

Ms. Kelly PaigeMr. Quintin Papineau Jr.Mr. Mike ParkerMs. Barbara L. ParryMr. Owen W. PerezMrs. Annelou PerrenoudMs. Carol PetersonMr. Joseph PickeringMs. Lois PickettMr. Gordon B. PierceMr. Steven R. PlotnickMr. Donald M. PollieMr. Charles PoseyMs. Winifred W. PotterMrs. Alice R. Powelson and Mr. Jack P. Powelson

Mr. William C. PrinnMs. Pauline L. RabinMr. Bruce RamsayMs. Lila Saunders RankinMrs. Mary E. RieseMs. Ethel RosenfeldMs. Christine G. Royal and Mr. Henry D. Royal

Ms. Barbara RyalsDr. and Mrs. Frank D. SargentMs. Virginia A. SaundersMr. and Mrs. Glenn H. SchnadtMr. and Mrs. Orva A. SchrockMr. Stanley H. SchroederDr. Calvin SchutzmanMr. John E. ScottMr. and Mrs. Ben SeaborneMr. John SheltonMr. Harold L. ShoemakerMs. Elizabeth ShwalMr. George M. SmallMs. Anne SmilerMr. Paul R. SmithDr. Brian SmithBarbara Sorkin PhDMs. Virginia StantonMs. Amy StapletonMr. and Mrs. Bruce M. StaveMs. Sarah W. StearnsMr. Mark SteinbergMr. Stephen StiboraMs. Lois H. StierMr. Frederick D. Stocker and Mrs. Janet Stocker

Ms. Grace C. SturgesMs. Diane SwansonMs. Rina SwentzellMs. Mary A. TannerMr. Edward TarteMs. Melody T. TennantMs. Sue TenthoreyMs. Majda ThurnherMr. and Mrs. John R. TkachMs. Evelyn M. TruckMs. Barbara TynerMr. Peter J. Vennewitz

Ms. Leandra VicciMs. Eleanor WagnerMs. Mary C. WaibelMs. Janet WellsMrs. Barbara L. Weymann and Mr. Ray J. Weymann

Mr. George B. WhatmoreMrs. Doris WheelerMrs. Edward WilderMs. Lois L. WillisMs. Sigrid WilshinskyMs. Patricia D. WilsonMrs. H. Leabah Winter and Dr. Barry S. Dorfman

Mr. Wolfgang W. WolfMr. David WylarMr. and Mrs. Allan N. YontMr. and Mrs. Walter Youngblade

Morton Zivan PhD

Honoree: Donor

In honor of Polly Annenberg Levee: Polly Annenberg LeVee Charitable Trust

In honor of Meredith Babbott: Dr. & Mrs. David Babbott

In honor of Ford Brennon: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Trish Brennon: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Valarie Brennon: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Sue Cohen & David Rockefeller Jr.: Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Plesent

In honor of David Cuming: Mr. & Mrs. John Arnhold

In honor of Mary Dodge: Ms. Susan J. Hessel & Mrs. Karen Dahle

In honor of Harold & Anita Eisenstein: Mrs. Rhea Kaplan

In honor of Barbara Griffin: Ms. Maxine L. Adair

In honor of Ermina Hart: Mr. & Ms. James Hart

In honor of Bill & Jen Holmlund: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Jimmy & Patty: Ms. A. Faye Gallegos

In honor of Fran Johns: Dr. Gary Arsham MD

Ms. Betty J. Carmack Renate Kay The Honorable Mark LenoIn honor of Dr. Jack Kevorkian: Ms.Hedi McKinley

Mr. William Palladini & Mrs. Carol Palladini

In honor of Otto & Ruth Landman: Landman Charitable Family Giving Fund

In honor of Jerry & Elsa Lewis: Ms. Estelle Milch

In honor of David Leven: Ms. Polly Rothstein

In honor of Stephen Levine: Ms. Nina G. Fendel

In honor of John Linton: Ms. Lauren Wendlandt

In honor of Eunice M. Mongan: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Mark & Janice Perry: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Julie & Kaye Perry: Mr. William T. Perry

In honor of Robert Raben: Ms. June Raben & Mr. Murray Raben

In honor of Ruth Proskauer Smith: Ms. R Mooers

Heidi NitzeIn honor of Viven Steiner: Mr. James Golan

In Memory of: Donor

In memory of Virginia Albrecht: Ms. Kathryn L. Dalenberg

In memory of Pat Anderson: Ms. Teresa E. Lozoya

In memory of Robert Anderson: Ms. Ann Anderson

In memory of Albert E. Arent: Arent Charitable Foundation

In memory of Evelyn Barnhart: Dr. & Mrs. Robert Palmer

In memory of Tommy Bender: Ms. Susan Scott

In Memory of Kenneth Benson: Mrs. Jacqueline Tavaglione

In memory of Beverly C. Berkstresser: Mr. Charles Berkstresser Jr.

In memory of Michael Black: Mr. Peter Loewenberg

In memory of Rena Bradley: Ms. Roni Gordon

In memory of Allen Breiman: Mr. Lawrence M. Robinson

In memory of Myrtle Brickman: Ms. Hilda J. Mintzes

In Memory of Sandy Bush: Ms. Gayle Bush

Mrs. Joann Bush Ms. Karen E. Kauffman Mr. Michael Margolius & Mrs. Linda Margolius

Mr. Roger B. Ray & Mrs. Frye Ray


In memory of Ruth H. Chapman: Mrs. Nancy C. Collins & Mr. Jack A. Collins

In memory of Walter H. Cooper: Mrs. Leta C. Fredricks

In memory of Bill Cooper: Mr. Henry J. Williams & Mrs. Bettie F. Williams

In memory of Alice MacQueen Cox:. Mr. David M. Liston & Ms. Patricia R. Skidmore

In memory of Martha Dyer: Ms. Judith Gilbert

In memory of Mervyn “Buck” Edwards: Adams Benevolent Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Cobb Mr. & Mrs. Dave Handelman Ms. H. B. Brownyard & Ms. Elissa Hepner

In memory of James Eggleston: Mrs. Patricia Eggleston

In memory of Agnes C. Ellis: Ms. Judith A. Ellis

In memory of Katie Felton: Mrs. Katherine R. Stebbins & Mr. Herbert Stebbins

In memory of Judith Fleming: Ms. Marcia Campbell

Direct Marketing Designs, Inc.

Mr. & Ms. Roland L. Halpern Mr. Gary L. Ivens Ms. Barbara Coombs Lee Ms. Kimberly Maine

Mr. Matthew Nelson & Mr. Kip Beardsley

Ms. Sue Porter Mr. Scott Rice & Ms. Claire Simons

Mrs. Jane Sanders & Mr. Robert D. Sanders

In memory of Judith Fletcher: Mrs. Michele Golay

In memory of Joe Gayne & Ruthie Pratt: Mrs. Joann Bush

In memory of George Charles Graff: E.J. Graff

In memory of Gloria Gutierrez: Mr. Robert L. Rowland

In memory of Elaine Hamilton: Mr. Jerome Dunlevy

Mr. R. Rhoads StephensonIn memory of J. Alan Hansen, Sr.: Mr. Andrew V. Hansen

In memory of Sylvia Hashmall: Ms. Paula Hashmall

In memory of Robert C. Hennekens: Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Fridl

In memory of George W. Heston: Ms. Jean F Heston

In memory of Louise F. Hewitt: Mr. Robert W. Hewitt

In memory of James Holt & Henry Pitts: Ms. Pearline M. Pitts-Holt

In memory of Mary Dudley Hopkins: Ms. Adrienne Moira Hopkins

In memory of Thelma Isaacs: Ms. & Mr. Christine Waterman

In memory of Rose Jacobs: Stella A. Jacobs

In memory of Andy Johnson: Mrs. Deane D. Johnson

In memory of Virginia Joyce: Ms. Claire F. Latham

In memory of Julie’s Mother: Ms. Gayle Bush

In memory of Patricia Kane: Ms. Kay Polenz

In memory of Kip Karkanen: Mrs. Kaia M. McLaughlin

In memory of Nancy Kelem: Ms. Judith Hemenway

Ms. Robin Iwai Mr. & Mrs. Brian MelleaIn memory of Lorraine M. Keipper: Ms. Shirley A. Klug

In memory of Elmer Klavens: Mr. & Ms. Lee B. Rosenberg

In memory of Ruth Krist: Ms. Judy Simpson

In memory of Nell Lazarus: Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Jacobs

Mr. Donald E. Lepley & Mr. Martin Lepley

Ms. Lisa S. Rubinstein Ms. Margaret B. Thalheimer Ms. Ellen WestheimerIn memory of John Linton: Ms. Lauren Wendlandt

In memory of Marty Lurie: Mrs. Joann Bush

In memory of David Donald Malcolm: Ms. Bonnie Malcolm

In memory of Peter Marx: Ms. Denise J. Levy

In memory of Cherry Miller: Mr. James L. Miller Jr.

In memory of Virginia Minium: Mr. Thomas P. Kerr

Ms. Helen ParishIn memory of Robert M. Mustard: Mr. & Mrs. Brian O’Connell

In memory of Lynn Rowan Myers: Ms. Laura G. Smith

In memory of her Aunt Nancy: Ms. Marie Franchi

In memory of Don Alan Neuhaus: Mr. Donald W. Kreuzer

In memory of Ed Nieubuurt: Ms. Kathleen Nieubuurt

In memory of Kathryn Noles: Ms. Linda M. Caminati

Mrs. Julie Fitzgerald

Mr. Franklin R. NashIn memory of David Lee Ogden: Ms. Mary E. Ogden

In memory of her Parents: Ms. Lorene S. Nugent

In memory of Diane Peters: Ms. Lynn Townsend

In memory of Leona Peters: Mr. Robert J. Foster

In memory of Bob Plotkin: Mr. Jay A. Dackman

In memory of Dr. William Pollin: Dr. Louise Y. Postman

In memory of Harold Pringle: Mr. Charles Lutz

In memory of Richard T. Reid: Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Banning

In memory of Betty J. Rickerman: Ms. Robyn L. Akahoshi

In memory of Audrey Rosenman: Ms. Denise J. Levy

In memory of Louise Bennett Rowe: Mr. Noel B. Rowe

In Memory of Sloan Rubin: Mr. Gerald Rubin

In memory of Sondra Sapperstein: Mr. Jay A. Dackman

In memory of Fran Schroeder: Mr. Wade W. Schroeder

In memory of Penny Seiden: Ms. Barbara Geib Aycock

In memory of June Skaggs: Dr. Paula M. Cohen

In memory of Mary & Rodney Shaw: Ms. Jerri L. Shaw & Mr. Ray Johnson

In memory of Maria L. Soliz: Ms. Keely R. Allen

In memory of Ruthilyn Steinberg: Mrs. Lisa Decker

Mr. & Mrs. Moses WeitzmanIn memory of Jeanie Summer: Mr. John R. Stark

In memory of Don Sweet: Ms. Linda Halbur & Mr. John Halbur

In memory of Vera Joy Tawlks: Mr. Patrick Spithill & Mrs. Bonnie Spithill

In memory of Mr. Thomas: Ms. Gayle Bush

In memory of Helen Thrall: Ms. Martha S. Devis

In memory of Sarah VanderMast: Ms. Lynda C. Burnside

In memory of Kevin Walters: Mr. Phil Ruedig

In memory of John L. Wooten: Mrs. Harriet H. Wooten

Bequests & Charitable Gift Annuities

Ms. Maris Beckerman Mr. Owen G. Benthin**Ms. Dolores Brandel-King*Ms. Ellen Camner Ms. Sandra Lee Church and Mr. A. H. Clayburgh

Ms. Melinda Cogen Mr. Albert M. Darula*Ms. Roslyn M. Douglass*Mr. Alan K Face Ms. Julie B. Gale LCSW*Ms. Bernice C. Garnick Mrs. Jean Holmes Gillett*Mrs. Phyllis M. Girvetz Mrs. Patricia Gladis Ms. Margaret Goldman**Ms. Beverly B. Hancock*Mrs. Jacqueline Hughes**Mr. Sidney Kaufman*Ms. June K. Killackey Mr. O. Delbert Liechty*Ms. Stelle Luftig Mr. Phillip Mackler*Mrs. Pearl A. Murray*Mr. John Micetich and Mrs. Grace Conlee-Micetich

Mr. Paul Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Nussbaum

Ms. Susanna S. Oxley*Ms. Margaret E. Purvine*Ms. Susan A. Safer Ms. Sonia Scheim*Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schultz

Mr. John Gilmour Sherman*Mr. Stanley R. Stangren**Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Thwaites*Ms. Valerie Vollmar JD Mr. John W. Walker*Mr. Walter G. Wiedekerr Estate*

Mrs. Margery C. Wright*Ms. Helen Patton Wright*

During FYE 2008, Compassion & Choices was the beneficiary of nearly $400,000 in bequests (*) and charitable gift annuities (**). These gifts are the result of the generosity of those supporters who have made a life commitment to our mission. This list includes those donors as well as those people who have notified us that they have made a provision in their estate plans for a gift to Compassion & Choices. We are humbled by their generosity and truly grateful.

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Combined Statement of Financial Position*June 30, 2008

ASSETS

Current Assets:

Cash and Cash Equivalents Operating $741,564Investments 1,382,440

Pledges Receivable, Current 34,146Investments 597,198Book Inventory 2,402Prepaid Expenses 51,127Other Current Assets 1,375

Total Current Assets 2,810,252

Property, Equipment and Improvements, at Cost:

Furniture and Fixtures 414,335Leasehold Improvements 9,904Signs 6,016

Less Accumulated Depreciation (352,222)

Total Property, Equipment & Improvements 78,033

Other Assets:

Pledges Receivable, Non-current 7,153Intangible Assets 4,014Deposits 19,589

Total Other Assets 30,756

Total Assets $2,919,041

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Current Liabilities:

Current Portion of Obligation Under Capital Lease $8,065

Accounts Payable 42,824Accrued Payroll and Taxes 85,996Accrued Expenses 30,445

Total Current Liabilities 167,330

Long-term Liabilities:

Gift Annuity Payments Due 274,999Capital Lease Obligation, Net of Current 10,220Tenant Deposits 2,250

Total Liabilities 454,799

Net Assets:

Unrestricted 1,138,791Temporarily Restricted 1,075,451Board Designated 250,000

Total Net Assets 2,464,242

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $2,919,041

Combined Statement of Activities & Changes in Net Assets*For the Year Ended June 30, 2008 Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Board Designated TotalRevenue and Other Support:

Contributions $1,559,912 $1,420,000 $2,979,912Membership Fees 283,124 283,124Sales 9,669 9,669Grants 1,937,500 1,937,500Investment Income 34,460 34,460Realized & Unrealized Gains on Investments 1,307 1,307Gain on Sale of Assets 2,553 2,553Other Income 115,616 115,616Net Assets Released from Restrictions:

Satisfaction of Program Restrictions 451,567 (451,567) –Total Revenue and Other Support 4,395,708 968,433 – 5,364,141

Expenses:

Programs 4,221,317 4,221,317General and Administrative 260,776 260,776Fundraising 333,817 333,817

Total Expenses 4,815,910 – – 4,815,910

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (420,202) 968,433 548,231

Net Asset Increase (Decrease) for Board Designated Funds for Direct Lobbying (250,000) 250,000 –

Net Assets, Beginning 1,808,993 107,018 – 1,916,011Net Assets, End 1,138,791 1,075,451 250,000 2,464,242

* The complete audited financial statement for the year ended 06/30/08 is available at www.compassionandchoices.org or by request via U.S. mail.

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