2013A n n uA lR e p o R tto the Community

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

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2013 was a year of challenges – uncertain funding, sequestration budget cuts, and increasing numbers of seniors were just a few of them.

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty and reminds us that facing and meeting challenges is part of our tradition. Local community leaders organized “Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Inc.” in the fall of 1964, following passage of the Equal Opportunity Act in August of that year.

From the beginning, our focus has been on Community and Opportunity, for we know that the only way to build strong, healthy communities is by building strong, healthy families, giving them the opportunities to improve their lives and the tools and support for them to succeed.

Has the war on poverty been won? No, of course not, but there are important victories every day. Each person obtaining a living wage job is a victory; each family that breaks out of the generational cycle of poverty is a victory; each time a family is prevented from falling into homelessness, or builds their own home, or develops financial assets for the future, there is a victory.

We fully expect that 2014 will present us with still more challenges. We welcome them. They’re part of who we are.

Executive DirectorIlona A. Kerby

Board of Directors

RepResentIng tARget populAtIons

Carlos Carreon, treasurerCowlitz Health and Human Services

Dian Cooper, Vice presidentFamily Health Center

Angela Fowler Community Advocate

leri JacobsCommunity Advocate

Carolyn perrault HeadStart

susie theriault Community Advocate

RepResentIng the BusIness CommunIty

Dave AndrewCowlitz PUD

mary gillespie, presidentGillespie Properties

Karen graftonPeaceHealth

David green, secretaryColumbia Bank

Rev. Don hagnerCalvary Baptist Church

RepResentIng stAte & loCAl goVeRnment

Representative Brian Blake 19th Legislative District

Commissioner mike BackmanWahkiakum County

Dan myers City of Kelso

steve moonCity of Longview

Commissioner Dennis WeberCowlitz County

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Message from the Director

5Plan to join us for our

Saturday, October 25, 2014,6-9 pm

Red Lion Hotel • Kelso, Washington

Go to www.lowercolumbiacap.org

Anniversary Gala50th

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Lower Columbia CAP is one of 30 CAPs (Community

Action Programs) in Washington State.

2013 Financial Statement

CAP Facts

Ilona A. KerbyExecutive DirectorPhoto courtesy Dimmick Photography

Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,870,708 47%State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,011,508 19%Donated goods & services . . . . . . . . . . $1,496,357 14%Program service fees . . . . . .$788,564 8%Cash donations . . . . . . . . . .$740,021 7%Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .$416,900 4%Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,855 1%_________________________________________ToTal . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,393,913 100%

Revenues Expenses

HARVEST CLASSIC:Great Day For A Run/Walk!

Longview Early Edition Rotary organized another fantastic community event in October, raising $7,000 to purchase food for Help Warehouse to distribute through its network of food banks. This was the 31st year the Rotarians hosted the Harvest Classic, bringing together people of all ages for a fun run in the sun (sometimes in the rain).

Altrusa - STPAnimal Health ServicesASLCC NursesAssociated Students of LCCBob’s SurplusBPOE (Elks)CAP Caregivers Union Local 8CassavaCentral Christian ChurchCommunity GardensCounty Work Release GardenCowlitz / Wahkiakum Labor CouncilCowlitz PUD CVG Elementary SchoolDeFrancisco, Lampitt & Brado, PSDepartment of Fish and WildlifeDon’t Lose Your Day Job Band (Doctors Group)Earth DayFibre Federal Credit Union Forever FitGrocery OutletILWUKapstoneKelso 1st Methodist ChurchKey ClubLongview Public LibraryLower Columbia CollegeMainstage TheatreMaster GardenersMillenium Bulk TerminalsMint Place ApartmentsNORPACNorthwest Pet ProductsNyteMare ManorOne Main FinancialPropel InsuranceRose Valley Friends ChurchSafeway (3 local stores)Shred Day (Credit Unions)SteelScapeStreet of ScreamsTrinity Lutheran ChurchWaste ControlWatershed Garden WorksWeyehaeuser

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Community Food FightCowlitz PUD employees challenged the workers from Fibre Federal Credit Union, ILWU, Kapstone, NORPAC, Steelscape, Weyerhaeuser, and the students from Lower Columbia College to a “food fight” to see who could collect the most food for Help Warehouse to distribute. The winner? The Community!

Weyerhaeuser/NORPAC Employees

Donate 51,000 DiapersPart of a national effort, local Weyerhaeuser/NORPAC employees collected diapers for Help Warehouse to share with other social service organizations serving young families.

CAP COMMUNITY PartnersFood Drives

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“Cookies For CAP” Raises $3,235Erica Snyder along with her brothers and friends baked and sold 2,600 cookies, raising $3,235 to purchase toiletry items for Help Warehouse to distribute to low income and homeless families. They were sponsored by Columbia Bank and the IBEW 48 Union Electrical Workers.

Building Their Own HomesEight families spent a year building their homes through the Self-Help Housing program in Castle Rock, celebrating and becoming homeowners in November. Since 1989, 403 families have built their homes through CAP.

Gift from D. Margaret Studley Foundation

Scott Studley presented a $500 check from the D. Margaret Studley Foundation to support Meals on Wheels.

CAP Highlights

“Nonprofit of the Year”

Lower Columbia CAP was named “Nonprofit of the Year” by the Kelso-Longview Chamber of Commerce at their annual awards meeting. This was the first year that the Chamber created a “nonprofit” category.

The CAP Foundation Board of Directors voted to dissolve the Foundation and transfer its assets to the CAP Board of Directors to administer. Members of the Foundation Board continue to serve on CAP’s Endowment

Committee to monitor and grow the $500,000 endowment.

Online Energy Sign UpEach year 800+ people stood in lines on Energy Sign Up Day to get an appointment for energy assistance. In 2013, we introduced an online sign up process that people could access from any computer, Smartphone, or tablet. We also provided computers and volunteers at CAP to assist those unfamiliar with computers. Among those who have stood in line in the past was Mrs. Dorothy Jacobson. Her reaction: “This was so much nicer.” More than 1500 people have signed up using the online system.

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CAP Highlights

GFO Celebrates First Anniversary

Grounds for Opportunity (GFO), CAP’s café and job skills training kitchen in Kelso, celebrated its first year in August, a bright addition to Kelso’s Neighborhood Revitalization efforts.

Weyerhaeuser Grant For Meals On Wheels

Arika Atkins and Tim Temples (left) from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund presented a check for $5400 to support CAP’s Meals on Wheels program. Receiving the check on CAP’s behalf was volunteer Russ Neely, who has clocked over 10,000 miles delivering food to homebound seniors.

$500-$999Dave & Linda AndrewAzteca Mexican RestaurantMike & Kathy BatesBonnie CanadayCentury Link/Centurytel, IncRoy & Julie ClifftonColumbia BankCountry Folks DeliD. Margaret Studley

FoundationDan EvansDave & Diane GrumboisDeFrancisco, Lampitt &

Brado, PSPhilip & Alma HendersonBob & Alice HicksMarshall & Deanna JacksonWesley JohnsonKelso High School

Class of 1951Brad & Cindy LarsenLower Columbia CollegeKarl MarcusonPatricia MillerBonnie PluardDan SmithSweetspotThe Daily News -Neighbors In NeedWeyerhaeuser Employees

$100-$499Roger & Karen AlmquistDan & Gloria BaileyIlona BarlowBrian BarsalouDavid & Jeanne BennettLeah BergBethany Lutheran ChurchAnamae BlackstoneBessie BlumDennis BonnarTerry Brooks & Jeff CameronPhilip CahoonGerald CalbaumPaul CanadayCassavaColumbia River CorvettesCountry Village Nutrition Shoppe

& CaféCowlitz County CavaliersDiane DickDarold & Evalyn DietzDonna J. Rittenbach Living TrustMildred DurandDonna EarlEl Compadre RestaurantRichard ElliottEmerald Kalama ChemicalD. EverlyFibre Federal Credit Union

Jeffery & Susan FiskerRoxanne ForrestLeslie & Connie FossMichael & Kathrin FowlerFreddy’s Just for the HalibutGlenn & Christina GeeLee Ann GekasShelly GerryGoodsearchRobert & Marie GrantCatherine GrossRobert & Jill HallDavid Henry HamiltonJess & Vickie HightDonna HobkirkTom & Patricia HoganHop-N-Grape IBEW 48 Union Electrical WorkersGretchen JenningsMel & Kathleen JewelPatrick Kubin & Jill JohansenMatt & Deborah JohnsonDennis JorgensonDave KavanderKelso United Methodist WomenJulie KerbyJack & Linda KingAlfons & Karen KnorrJohn LeberRichard & Judy LeeDuain LeighLined Valve Company, Inc.Jerry & Sandy LookShirley LutzDon & Eloise MaahsMargaret M. Nigro LIV TrustGordon & Mary MatlockWanda MayhughJohn McClellandJanet & Van McDanielSandra McGheeLoren & Carol McNairLaird & Carol McRaeRany MeyerVirginia MickelMinthorn TrustWallane & Ronald MoltzanDmitriy Mudryy & Anna MudrayaLaurel Murphy & Edward PhilipsJames & Judith NakashimaJohn & Lesley NessNipp’sEsther NordinShirley O’HarePancake HouseJames & Cindy ParsonRoger & Sharon PedersenCharlotte PersonsAlice Peters CottonAlan & Carolyn PhilipsRobert & Hazel PottsLola PritchardFrances ProutyRA Long High SchoolGena RameyMona & Darren ReedRiverview Community BankAlan RoseSandi Rosenzweig

Royal Neighbors of AmericaDonaciana RuddFrances SandersVincent ScalesseBeverly SeabergPaul & Alice SeabergGay SelbyShari’sEarl & Dianne ShawSingle Sisters LunchRichard & Victoria SorensonSteelscapePatricia SteppCatherine StinnetteBarbara StuartScott & Deborah ThomsonTrinity Lutheran ChurchSusan TruluckLarry & Joanne TurnerMary Van SickleKelly WagonerRichard & Bonita WakefieldJack & Cindy WardlowDennis WeberJoan WilcoxCharles & Mary WilliamsTami WilsonDavid & Susie Yokel

$1-$99

Carolyn AbellSharon AdamsSandra AlbertiniWayne & Connie AmondsonRoger & Jean AmundsonLassie AndersonLarry & Kari ArlintPaul & Mary ArmstrongSharon AshfordEd & Kathleen BaileyShelley BaileyCathy & Bill BakamusJames & Susan BakerWylene BakerChris & Loretta BarclayMike & Sally BartlettFlorence BassPaul & Susan BatzleKayrene BeckLarry BeesonDavid & Anne BennettCarol BiesanzSean Bowen & Michelle MadisonBill & Nancy BoylanGeorgia & Maynard BrentCharlene BrownDave & Janet BrownRobert BurgePearle & Leroy BurnsRussell & Susan ByersDon & Kathy CamptonRex & Joyce CarterCecil & Sharon CarterMario & Janis CastroCharlotte ChapmanAlvina CharltonGerald & Lisa ChavezLucia & Michael ClaxtonRoger ClevelandHarold & Margaret Cockrell

Thank You Donors!

$5000-$10,000Bill & Karen BoehmCAP FoundationCowlitz PUD EmployeesPhilip & Carol FortunaLongview Early Edition RotaryWeyerhaeuser Giving Fund

$1000-$4999Brian BlakeClark County Chapter of Credit UnionsDiamond ShowcaseEmmanuel Lutheran ChurchMark & Carma FeigalRandy & Mary GillespieRay HegrMary HuelsI.C.W.U.C. Local 747CKapstoneJH KellyJan & Ilona KerbyThe Kirchner FoundationLongview Fibre CompanyLongview Junior Service LeagueMilennium Bulk TerminalsPhilip NordinNORPACDanny & Cathy PirnerJoseph & Sandra PollickRogers TruckingPatricia SnyderSt. Rose Catholic ChurchThree Rivers Ladies Golf Assoc.Richard & Ann Van Sickle

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This year’s Annual Appeal broke all previous records

$55,102!Many thanks to

for their continuing support.

Beverly K. CominKevin ConnorsCowlitz Americorps NetworksCowlitz County United WayAlice CoxSuzanne & Tim CusickDave & Deanna DahlbergDaniel M. DahlkeDennis DavenportDebra DeaneE. D. DeGraaffPatricia DevinSharon & Kenneth DietrichJohn W. DixonWilliam ‘Skip’ & Barb DunlapLarry EatonEdith EatonVern & Lori EatonPat & Arlene ElliottElsie M. Peters TrustGary & Jo Ann EssmanSusan & Jerry EvansChris & Jan FergusonFestival of GivingRichard & Victoria FisherAngela FowlerMick & Cathy FoxBarbara FreibergJudith FromdahlJerry & Bette FullerBrian & Marcy GilchristHarland & Shirley GililandAdrienne GormanHarold & Alvera GrahamNelson GrahamDave GreenRichard & Robyn GreenRichard Lee Green & Kathleen PattonRobert & Marian GriffithAmy HaghighiSara C. HamiltonRobert HammonJack & Debbie HannahHenry HansenRandy & Jackie HartleyRichard & Suzanne HartleyStephen H. HarveyJanis HarveyEllen HatchDarryl & Deborah HauckCathy & Gary HealeaAlan HeardAleta C. HeardByron & Betty HeldRichard & Sandra HellyerJoseph & Marilee HertigLavon HirschDavid HoffmanRichard & Raynita HuffMildred & John HuffmanDavid & Lorraine HuttonLinda IshiguroPhyllis JacobsonTony & Martha Irene JeanettaBruce JohnsonSusan JohnsonWanda Dale JonesChristopher JumonvilleDonald JuntunenShawn & Elizabeth KaberRobert & Linda Kalal

Patt KellerWilliam KellyKelly & Anne-Marie Kendall-KleinGenny KissingerWalter Knowles, Jr.Freddie KologieFax KoontzPhilip & Kay KoskiCharles LarsonNeva LeachDorothy LearnedVincent LearyLenora LeBlancVinghwa Cherry LeeSai & Wendy LeeJoan LeMieuxRobert LenziKevin & Jill LewisSandi LibbyRobbie & Jacqueline LightfootJames & Kathryn LikowskiDale & Patricia LilenthalBruce & Diane LockhartLongview Community ChurchRamona LoweSeward W. LuhnRandy LyonJoe & Donna MackenzieFaye MahoneyWilliam & Rosalie MaitlandLarry & Margaret MaloneDonald & Diane ManascoKenneth & Tracy ManningBrenda & John MarsdenLarry & Frankie MartinGerlinde M. MathenyEthel R. MayclinPerry & Debra McClungRaymund McDermottMary McEachernKathryn McGheeJames & Marti McKean-PerkinsPolly MendlinMen’s Bible StudyGeorge & Sally MeyerValerie MillerDon & Gavin Jeanne MillsDavid & Veronika MinthornTerrence & Frances MiracleEd MoliskeyThomas & Martha MonahahKenneth & Cleo MorganDanny MorrisonPhyllis MortonSherri & Wendell MostellerGreg MurrayDan MyersJack & Liz MynttiJeff & Tune Myren

Richard & Michelle NavarreSidney NelsonMyron & Mary NelsonWanda NelsonJo Ellen NewtonSteven & Jacqueline NicholsElice NippJack & Sue NorbergMargaret NunnelleyCecil OlmsteadGenevieve OlsonYvette O’NeillGary & Janet OyerKeith PaavolaRobert PageMary PalmerElijah & Winnifred ParsonsKen & Darlene PascheRobert & Geneva PeresDiane PerronGregory & Jodi PetersonWilla PharrSteve & Tracy PondDaphne PoolePhilip PortwoodHannelore PothsJohn D. PowersJohn & Kathy PrattPropel InsuranceLouise RhoadsChristine RichardGloria RigneyLarry & Marie RobbinsKathryn & C.E. RobinsonKaren RogersDonna RolfeJeanene RonningBryan RunyonJoel Rupley & Janice StixrudMichelle RuschReynold SabataMary Lou SalbergJan SamsVera SaverchenkoGary & Dawn SaylerJane SchaafDonald & Dorothy SchmidtDaphne SchneiderLouise SethmannShirley SheaDarrell H. SherrettSybil SidesNorma SimartJohn & Shirley SimpsonBlanche & Marla SmithTravis Smith

Marvin & Delores SniderKyle & Stephanie StewartFrank & Louise StrattonDonna SuttonRobert & Nancy SwansonMary SwitzerBonnie & Thomas TarabochiaDavid & Colleen TaylorLawrence & Janice TaylorMelissa TaylorThe BritsDorothy ThomasJames & Tracy ThomasJohn ThomasMichael Thomas & Sharron SimpsonMoira & Marshall ThomsonMarion ThumaRoy E. & Peggy TiddKris & Diana TolenMichael TorresLarry & Carol ToverJean TurnerMargery & Miriam UhligMelbelyne UnderbergEdward & Gertrude VranaDennis & Chris WallaceVicki WashingtonLeslie & Judy WassonMaxine WeisenbergTim & Lee Hutton WelchWestern Federation of Retirees-Local 153Bill & Myrna WhatleyJune WhiteAlan & Junell WhitfordSteve & Ellen WilcoxDale WilliamsonJoseph WillisGerald & Bobbi Sue WilsonJance WilsonMary Ann WirkkalaDick & Lois WittDonald WolfeGertrude WoodwardJoAnn WorkmanJohn YeatsGeraldine ZevenbergenZufall Trust

If your name was omitted or misspelled, or appeared in the wrong column, please accept our apologies and let us know by calling 360-425-3430 x 280.

Butler Acres Students Tour Help Warehouse

3rd graders from Butler Acres Elementary School toured Help Warehouse in November, learning about hunger in our community, but clearly, the highlight of the tour was the ride in the warehouse’s freight elevator!

Thank You Donors!

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CAPtured TreasuresBoutique Clothing Store & Retail Training Center ■ 35 students participated

in the training program, gaining retail experience. By the end of the year, 10 had gained unsubsidized employment.

CAP Works■ 75 welfare recipients

obtained full-time employment.

■ 272 welfare recipients were placed into paid part-time jobs to gain skills and work experience. These participants provided 54,274 hours of assistance to public and non-profit agencies.

Financial Independence Center■ 443 people took the

MoneySmart course on money management in 2013 (a total of 1,558 people have taken the course since 2007).

■ 1300 people received assistance with their tax preparation (in association with AARP volunteer Tax Aides). Refunds for this group totalled $1,881,408, and an estimated $455,000 was saved by area residents for paid tax preparation.

■ 266 non-custodial parents participated in the Building Assests for Fathers and Families (BAFF) Program, which is a partnership with a division of Child Support.

Grounds for Opportunity (GFO)Café & Job Skills Training Center

■ 8 students graduated from GFO’s 16-week training program, where they learn all aspects of the food preparation and service industry. By the end of the year, 4 had obtained employment.

Self-Help Housing■ 8 families completed

construction and moved into their new homes in Castle Rock.

■ 5 families are currently building their homes and an additional 5 are in pre-construction, also in Castle Rock.

■ 403 families have built their homes since CAP started Self-Help Housing in 1989.

Volunteer Center of Cowlitz-Wahkiakum■ 369 active volunteers

provided a total of 53,724 hours of service to the community, valued at $1,218,997.

Energy Assistance■ 1,445 households

received assistance with payments totaling $504,948.

■ 1,617 people attended a two hour energy conservation class.

■ 542 households qualified for the PUD Senior Discount Rate program.

■ 377 households qualified for the PUD Disabled Discount Rate program.

Help Warehouse■ 1.9 million lbs of food

were distributed through area food banks.

Homelessness Prevention & RapidRehousing■ 1,277 people received

financial assistance that either removed them from being homeless, or kept them from becoming homeless.

■ 77 persons received case management to help them obtain stable housing.

I-5 Vans (Rural Public Transportation)■ 29,550 rides between

Vancouver and Castle Rock were provided.

Meals on Wheels■ 26,645 meals were delivered to homebound seniors.

Medicaid Rides & Senior Rides■ 2,286 Medicaid rides

were provided. ■ 1,038 Senior rides

were provided.

Rental Housing■ CAP provided affordable

rental housing to 37 low income families in 2013.

Senior CommunityLunches■ 16,251 meals were served

at lunch sites in Castle Rock, Cathlamet, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, Rosburg, Ryderwood and Woodland.

Weatherization■ 93 homes were weatherized. ■ Currently, 46 homes are

in the process of being weatherized.

Safety Net ProgramsSelf-Help Programs

CAP Facts

■ Building Healthy Communities One Family At A Time ■1526 Commerce Ave, Longview, WA 98632 ■ phone 360-425-3430 toll free 800-383-2101

Visit us online at www.LowerColumbiaCAP.org

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