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Volume 1 Number 1 • Fall 2005<br />
SAMARITAN<br />
Published for the friends of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> of Western<br />
Washington and the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority.<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
<strong>Affordable</strong><br />
<strong>Housing</strong><br />
CCS & AHA work wonders<br />
in a challenging market<br />
Welcome<br />
to Samaritan Magazine
SAMARITAN<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
3 Letter from the Vicar<br />
Trouble on the home front.<br />
4 Michael L. Reichert<br />
“We have plenty of good stories to tell.”<br />
Hurricane Katrina<br />
CCS and local parishes help evacuees build a new life.<br />
6 A Day in the Life of...<br />
The Tahoma Family Center<br />
10 Holiday Events<br />
CCS and AHA look forward to holiday events for all<br />
ages, throughout Western Washington.<br />
11 CCS Week<br />
Campaign addresses the enormous need right here.<br />
12 Profile: Theresa Meurs<br />
This “Energizer Bunny” with a can-do attitude<br />
breathes fresh air into CCS in Whatcom County<br />
14 Cover Story:<br />
A Place to Call Home<br />
AHA and CCS respond to the challenge of providing<br />
affordable housing in a red-hot market.<br />
18 Natural Companions<br />
CCS, parishes combine resources to address<br />
community needs.<br />
20 A Mother’s Story<br />
22 News Briefs<br />
24 Thank You to our Contributors<br />
O N T H E COV E R<br />
Jose Romero and his wife, Holly Willhoite, enjoy the grounds of La Casa<br />
de la Familia Santa with their sons, Jaime and David. The permanent<br />
housing, located in Centralia, is the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority’s<br />
fifth affordable housing development for farm worker families in Western<br />
Washington. ©PHOTOBYMIKE.COM<br />
SAMARITAN<br />
Samaritan is published by <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> of Western<br />
Washington. Address all correspondence<br />
to the editor. Samaritan is distributed to<br />
friends of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />
and the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority.<br />
© 2005 <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> of<br />
Western Washington.<br />
Offices:<br />
100 23rd Avenue South, Seattle, WA<br />
98144-2302<br />
Tel: (206) 328-5696 • Fax: (206) 328-5699<br />
Web site: www.ccsww.org<br />
Corporate Member:<br />
Most Reverend Alex J. Brunett, D.D., Ph.D.<br />
Archbishop of Seattle<br />
Episcopal Vicar for <strong>Catholic</strong> Charities:<br />
Very Rev. Kenneth Haydock<br />
Publisher:<br />
Michael L. Reichert<br />
Editor:<br />
Kay Lagreid<br />
Contributing Writers:<br />
Amy Cunningham<br />
Christine Dubois<br />
John Wolcott<br />
Photography:<br />
Mike Penney<br />
Designer:<br />
Mathes Design<br />
Board of Trustees, CCS and AHA:<br />
Very Rev. Kenneth Haydock, Chairman<br />
Patrick J. Sursely<br />
Jack Sullivan<br />
Dennis O’Leary<br />
Leo Regala<br />
Michele Kopp, O.P.<br />
Michael Reichert (ex officio)<br />
Michelle Audino<br />
Elizabeth Thomas<br />
Vincent Mullally<br />
Barbara Schamber, S.P.<br />
John Cunningham<br />
John Stoner<br />
James Hilger<br />
Board of Trustees Development Committee:<br />
Very Rev. Kenneth Haydock<br />
Joe Abel<br />
Michelle Audino<br />
Patty Shepherd Barnes<br />
Richard Bray<br />
John Cunningham<br />
Sheryl Gudaitis<br />
Kay Lagreid<br />
Jim Murphy<br />
Rosemary Zilmer<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> is accredited<br />
by the Council on Accreditation for<br />
Children and Family <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
A United Way Agency
Trouble on the Home Front<br />
By Very Rev. Kenneth Haydock<br />
Very Rev. Kenneth<br />
Haydock is the<br />
Episcopal Vicar for<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> Charities<br />
of the Archdiocese of<br />
Seattle, and the chair<br />
of the Board of Trustees<br />
of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> and the<br />
Archdiocesan<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> Authority.<br />
The blazing hot housing market has brought great<br />
satisfaction to many homeowners, who have<br />
watched the value of their home skyrocket. But<br />
there is a dark side to the housing boom. Why<br />
People who are homeless find it increasingly difficult<br />
to locate affordable housing. Many of these people are<br />
battered and abused spouses who have fled for their<br />
lives, and people who have lost everything as the result of<br />
catastrophic illness or unemployment.<br />
Workers who earn a minimum wage find it increasingly<br />
difficult to rent affordable housing, let alone purchase<br />
a “starter” house. The average cost of a house in King<br />
County is $375,000. Many elderly people who live on fixed<br />
incomes face three challenges: the cost of decent housing,<br />
the cost of medical care, and the cost of food.<br />
All human beings have a right, in justice, to affordable<br />
and adequate housing. Societies that place no value on<br />
providing safe and affordable housing risk instability, as<br />
we have seen in many inner city environments. In order<br />
to reinforce the quality of family life and provide stability<br />
for families, we must work to provide as much affordable<br />
housing as possible for all citizens of our community.<br />
Cities throughout the United States have made it a<br />
priority to shelter the homeless and to provide affordable<br />
housing for people with low incomes. Government<br />
agencies at all levels have joined with foundations and<br />
civic groups to address this need. In many cases, churches<br />
and nonprofit organizations have assumed the mantle of<br />
leadership in this area.<br />
The Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority of the<br />
Archdiocese of Seattle works creatively and tirelessly<br />
to address the need for affordable housing in Western<br />
Washington. AHA sponsors shelters for people living on<br />
Seattle’s streets. Among them are the St. Martin de Porres<br />
Shelter, which provides a meal and a bed at night for<br />
homeless men. Noel House is a shelter for women. Sacred<br />
Heart Shelter serves women, children and families. The<br />
Lazarus Day Center provides a meal and a place to stay<br />
during the day.<br />
Sacred Heart Shelter in Seattle serves women,<br />
children and families.<br />
AHA also developed and manages five housing<br />
facilities for farm worker families in the Skagit Valley and<br />
Southwest Washington. Three additional projects are<br />
under development.<br />
Individuals with very limited resources also have<br />
access to affordable AHA housing subsidized by the<br />
government. Chancery Place and the Josephinum in<br />
Seattle are examples of this type of housing.<br />
One area of great need is rent subsidy, that is, Section<br />
8 vouchers provided at the federal level. This program is<br />
the cornerstone of direct federal support and is being cut<br />
by the current administration, exacerbating the problem<br />
significantly. Many new projects are not feasible unless<br />
they can get project-based Section 8 support. Also, the<br />
reduction of vouchers for people with low incomes<br />
significantly reduces their access to housing because they<br />
cannot afford rent.<br />
AHA oversees 1,600 housing units throughout<br />
Western Washington. Many of the housing sites also<br />
provide services for residents, such as counseling and<br />
food programs.<br />
AHA is a strong advocate for adequate and affordable<br />
housing, but it cannot do this work alone. Stable family<br />
life and access to affordable housing for all people require<br />
that each one of us find a way to work with our local and<br />
regional leaders to encourage them to continue to sponsor<br />
such programs. Likewise, as responsible stewards, we are<br />
called to volunteer our time and to assist financially to<br />
ensure that everyone has a place to call home.<br />
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©PHOTOBYMIKE.COM<br />
Michael L. Reichert<br />
talks with Cleo Zeno<br />
and Terry Mondhan,<br />
residents of Chancery<br />
Place Apartments in<br />
Seattle.<br />
‘We Have Plenty of Good Stories to Tell’<br />
Welcome to the first issue of Samaritan magazine! All of us<br />
at <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> and the Archdiocesan<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> Authority are delighted to have this new means<br />
of keeping you up-to-date on the important work of CCS and AHA,<br />
and how you can share in that work.<br />
This new publication allows us to bring you in-depth information,<br />
as well as giving you an overview of CCS and AHA programs in your<br />
community and beyond. The first issue is being mailed to more than<br />
25,000 of our friends and supporters.<br />
Since we view our work as serving people in need on your behalf,<br />
we’re committed to keeping you informed. Our website – www.<br />
ccsww.org – has become a vitally important source of information.<br />
And with this magazine, we take another giant step.<br />
Let us know what you think! What stories, topics, or issues would<br />
you like to see covered Please contact Editor Kay Lagreid and share<br />
your ideas.<br />
As you may know, CCS is the largest local private provider of<br />
services to poor and vulnerable people in the State of Washington.<br />
With 71,000 clients, a $75 million budget, 2,650 staff, and 13,000<br />
volunteers, we’ve got plenty of good stories to tell. Look for more of<br />
them in upcoming issues of Samaritan magazine.<br />
Michael Reichert, President and CEO<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />
and the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
CCS Helps Local<br />
Evacuees Build a<br />
Kyle Williams is one of the<br />
lucky ones. He and his 8-<br />
year-old daughter Cristina<br />
are struggling to build a new life in a<br />
new city after losing nearly everything<br />
they owned in Hurricane Katrina.<br />
But at least they’re alive.<br />
“I feel very fortunate and blessed<br />
to be here,” says Williams. “If I can<br />
work out the details, I plan to stay.”<br />
Williams, 46, packed his Dodge<br />
Caravan and left his Gulfport, Miss.,<br />
home just days before the storm<br />
hit. There’s nothing left there to go<br />
back to, he says. He came to Seattle<br />
on Sept. 12 after landing a job as<br />
editor of the monthly magazine,<br />
Washington Thoroughbred, that he<br />
saw listed on the Internet. The Red<br />
Cross put the family up at a motel<br />
in Tacoma and referred them to<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
Meanwhile, students at St. Joseph<br />
School in Seattle had raised $1,500<br />
to help pay housing costs for an<br />
evacuee family. When they heard<br />
about Williams and Cristina, school<br />
officials offered to let the secondgrader<br />
attend the school tuition-free<br />
through eighth grade.<br />
Williams is now looking for<br />
an apartment near the school<br />
and looking forward to having a<br />
permanent address.<br />
“Nobody asked me if I’m <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
or if I go to church,” he says. “These<br />
folks have not tried to make it about<br />
helping their own. They’re just people<br />
wanting to help someone who needs<br />
help.”<br />
As of mid-November, CCS has<br />
helped more than 300 evacuees from<br />
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Hurricane Katrina<br />
New Life<br />
the Gulf Coast start building new<br />
lives in the Puget Sound area. And<br />
more are arriving each day.<br />
“It’s quite unprecedented,” says<br />
Cameron Levin, coordinator of the<br />
CCS Hurricane Katrina Response,<br />
who notes that this is the first<br />
time in the Refugee Assistance<br />
Program’s 30-year history that it has<br />
provided resettlement services for<br />
people from the United States. The<br />
Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority, a<br />
sister corporation of CCS, manages<br />
the Refugee Assistance Program.<br />
As they do with refugees, staff<br />
at the Refugee Assistance Program<br />
in Seattle begin by meeting with<br />
the evacuees to determine their<br />
immediate needs. They offer them<br />
bus tickets, clothing, toys for the<br />
children, and gift cards for food and<br />
personal needs. Jackets are especially<br />
welcome. After coming from the mild<br />
southern climate to a Puget Sound<br />
winter, nearly everyone is grateful to<br />
get a coat.<br />
Once the immediate needs are<br />
met, CCS staff start the hard work of<br />
finding the evacuees jobs and longterm<br />
housing.<br />
The mood of the evacuees is “pretty<br />
grim,” Levin notes, but begins to lift<br />
as they see brighter days ahead.<br />
“There’s a lot of trauma and a lot<br />
of disillusionment,” she explains. “A<br />
lot of people are frustrated with how<br />
slow the response can be, especially<br />
with housing. But at the same time,<br />
when we’re helping someone get<br />
established, they’re relieved and<br />
happy to feel supported.”<br />
The Archdiocese of Seattle has<br />
raised $1.5 million for Hurricane<br />
Katrina relief. Of that, $400,000 will<br />
go to CCS and to parish schools to<br />
help meet the needs of evacuees in<br />
this area.<br />
The most pressing need is housing.<br />
About half the evacuees are staying<br />
in motels paid for by vouchers from<br />
the Red Cross or other agencies. The<br />
rest are living with family or friends.<br />
All are anxious to find a place of their<br />
own.<br />
Fortunately, <strong>Catholic</strong> parishes and<br />
schools are stepping up to help. After<br />
Archbishop Alex J. Brunett called<br />
on Western Washington <strong>Catholic</strong>s<br />
to open their hearts and facilities to<br />
Katrina evacuees, CCS has heard<br />
from many eager to offer housing,<br />
food, jobs, and other assistance.<br />
The challenge for CCS is matching<br />
the offers with the right families.<br />
“It’s like doing improv,” says Levin.<br />
“Working with people on the spot to<br />
How you can help<br />
find a solution to this vast emergency.<br />
We’re creating a model for how we’ll<br />
work with parishes in the future for<br />
emergency relief.”<br />
Annette Quayle, director of<br />
parish services development for<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> of<br />
Western Washington, is creating a<br />
database with specific information<br />
from individuals, parishes, and other<br />
groups about the goods, facilities, and<br />
other help they can offer. CCS staff<br />
will be able to search the database to<br />
find the resources a particular family<br />
needs.<br />
Parishes and schools shine in<br />
times like this, says Quayle, thanks to<br />
their flexibility and pool of dedicated<br />
volunteers.<br />
“We can do together what none of<br />
us can do alone,” she notes. “It’s our<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> social teaching in action.”<br />
– Christine Dubois<br />
To add your name, or that of your parish or organization, to the<br />
CCS Hurricane Katrina Response Resource Database, call Annette<br />
Quayle at 206-328-5648 or e-mail: annetteq@ccsww.org.<br />
To make a financial contribution, use the enclosed envelope and<br />
designate your gift for local Hurricane Katrina Response.<br />
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A D A Y I N T H E L I F E O F . . .<br />
The Tahoma Family Center<br />
One Day Makes a Difference<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong>’<br />
Tahoma Family Center,<br />
housed in the former St. Leo<br />
High School building in the heart of<br />
Tacoma’s Hilltop Neighborhood, is<br />
the hub for more than 25 different<br />
programs. By carefully integrating<br />
its services with services provided by<br />
other agencies in the community, the<br />
family center is able to mend broken<br />
lives and nourish<br />
self-sufficiency in<br />
individuals and families<br />
throughout Pierce<br />
County.<br />
This snapshot<br />
of a “day in the life”<br />
of the family center<br />
highlights some of its<br />
many programs and<br />
services, and the staff<br />
who provide them.<br />
6 a.m.: The Hospitality Kitchen<br />
When the day starts at 6 a.m.,<br />
Wesley Welton is busy in the<br />
Hospitality Kitchen, putting out<br />
tables and chairs, coffee, doughnuts<br />
and bread to welcome people off the<br />
streets and to provide relief from a<br />
tough night.<br />
Welton, a security guard, has been<br />
with the Tahoma Family Center for<br />
two and a half years. He has many<br />
roles -- caring listener, crisis manager,<br />
resource man. Within 10 minutes,<br />
he guides five people in the right<br />
direction, provides insights from the<br />
lunch menu, and talks to a woman<br />
During a day in the life of the Tahoma<br />
Family Center, volunteers serve lunch<br />
at the Hospitality Kitchen; children<br />
enjoy a hot meal at the Kids’ Place Child<br />
Care and Early Learning Center; a<br />
visitor uses the free public telephone to<br />
access community resources; a girl in<br />
the International Foster Care program<br />
enjoys a light moment; and women find<br />
clothing for the workplace as part of the<br />
Suited for Success program.<br />
who is just off drugs to help her find a<br />
counselor and give her a hot meal.<br />
Welton looks at the people<br />
coming in to see how he can help.<br />
Many are bruised by a hard life --<br />
either on the streets or struggling to<br />
make ends meet. Some people come<br />
in wearing hospital bracelets, and are<br />
very ill. <strong>Services</strong>, as well as food, are<br />
provided by the Hospitality Kitchen.<br />
A psychologist is on site once a week.<br />
St. Joseph Medical Center provides<br />
chaplain services. A library, with<br />
donations from Half Price Books,<br />
offers reading material.<br />
The Hospitality Kitchen’s<br />
challenge, Welton says, is meeting<br />
the increasing needs of patrons. With<br />
winter on the way, the program is<br />
in special need of bus tickets, socks,<br />
blankets and coats.<br />
The kitchen serves lunch at 11,<br />
averaging 949 meals a day. About<br />
half of the patrons are homeless, and<br />
half are considered working poor. To<br />
contribute food or financial support<br />
to the Hospitality Kitchen, or to<br />
volunteer, call 253-502-2763.<br />
9 a.m. – The Lobby<br />
In the family center lobby, there<br />
is a brief wait to use the free public<br />
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FACT: In 2004, CCS made it possible for 63 refugee children from Sudan, Vietnam,<br />
Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Central America, Mexico, Pakistan,<br />
India and China to live in safety with foster families and to attend school<br />
and classes in life skills.<br />
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telephone and a computer. This small<br />
business center is a welcome resource<br />
for those who need to touch base with<br />
a counselor or to look up resources.<br />
10 a.m. – The Directors<br />
Susie Hofstedt, family center<br />
director and the clinical director for<br />
the CCS Southwest region, is talking<br />
with staff about the Hospitality<br />
Kitchen and making key personnel<br />
decisions. Hofstedt, who has been<br />
with CCS for 26 years, says she<br />
finds her greatest joy in working<br />
with children and the foster care<br />
programs. An important challenge for<br />
the family center, she says, is meeting<br />
the needs of the rapidly growing<br />
Spanish-speaking community in<br />
Pierce County.<br />
Hofstedt describes the Tahoma<br />
Family Center as “a place where staff<br />
pay attention, listen, show clients<br />
respect, and offer a broad spectrum<br />
of services to enhance their lives.”<br />
More than likely, a visitor to<br />
the family center will find Denny<br />
Hunthausen, the agency director for<br />
CCS Southwest, busy in his office,<br />
making phone calls, responding to<br />
emails, or in a meeting. Hunthausen<br />
has been with CCS for 21 years,<br />
and has been instrumental in<br />
jump-starting many of the family<br />
center’s most successful programs,<br />
particularly in the areas of food<br />
and housing. Like many CCS staff,<br />
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Hunthausen started as a volunteer.<br />
“Our greatest challenge,” he says,<br />
“is upholding CCS’s mission to<br />
provide care, and actively responding<br />
to the call of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church in<br />
Western Washington to serve those<br />
most in need. We are problem solvers,<br />
but the most rewarding part of our<br />
job is to champion the causes of our<br />
clients.” Hunthausen has appeared in<br />
court to champion affordable housing<br />
and other services for the community<br />
he serves.<br />
Where will the Tahoma Family<br />
Center be in five years “We hope<br />
that it continues to grow and to<br />
serve more people, such as the<br />
homeless and low-income men who<br />
will find transitional housing at our<br />
new Benedict House in Bremerton,”<br />
Hunthausen says. Currently under<br />
construction, the facility is slated for<br />
occupancy in February 2006.<br />
11 a.m. – The International Foster<br />
Care Program<br />
The International Foster Care<br />
Program provides a safe, stable,<br />
nurturing environment for infants and<br />
children whom the U.S. government<br />
considers refugees. These children<br />
can be described as in transition<br />
between their native country and a<br />
new life in the United States.<br />
Their day starts at the family<br />
center, in a classroom setting with<br />
Colin Glithero, a seasoned teacher<br />
with a British accent who speaks<br />
fluent Portuguese. Glithero focuses<br />
the first half of the day on English<br />
basics and a crash course in American<br />
culture. After lunch, the children<br />
have another class and then their<br />
foster parents pick them up.<br />
One young girl, a preteen with<br />
an engaging smile, has been in the<br />
program for two months. Some of<br />
the children have walked across the<br />
Mexican border into the U.S. Others<br />
FACT: In 2004, CCS enabled 1,209 people, many<br />
with very low incomes, to receive counseling, and<br />
to gain skills and insight to improve interpersonal<br />
relationships and family life.<br />
have come to this country illegally<br />
with their family, and the Immigration<br />
and Naturalization Service (INS)<br />
holds their parents. The International<br />
Foster Care Program works closely<br />
with INS and other government<br />
agencies to ensure that these children<br />
are safely returned to their parents.<br />
Thirty-five children are currently<br />
in the International Foster Care<br />
Program, which can serve up to 50.<br />
Teachers speak many languages,<br />
Northwest Region<br />
Bellingham<br />
Whatcom Family Center<br />
360-676-2164<br />
Everett<br />
Snohomish Family Center<br />
425-257-2111<br />
Mount Vernon<br />
Skagit Family Center<br />
360-416-7546<br />
King County<br />
Bellevue<br />
East King County Family Center<br />
425-284-2211<br />
Seattle<br />
Randolph Carter Family and<br />
Learning Center<br />
206-323-6336<br />
Kent<br />
South King County Family Center<br />
253-854-0077<br />
Southwest Region<br />
Aberdeen<br />
Grays Harbor Family Center<br />
360-533-9470<br />
Bremerton<br />
Kitsap Family Center<br />
360-405-9486<br />
Longview<br />
Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Family Center<br />
360-577-2200<br />
Olympia<br />
Thurston County Family Center<br />
360-586-2960<br />
Tacoma<br />
Pierce County Family Centers<br />
253-383-3697<br />
Vancouver<br />
Clark/Skamania Family Center<br />
360-567-2211<br />
The Archdiocesan<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
206-448-3360<br />
The CCS Long-Term Care System<br />
877-870-1582<br />
The CCS<br />
Family Preservation System<br />
800-566-9053<br />
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FACT: In 2004, CCS volunteers in Pierce County provided 6,855 hours of in-home<br />
services to low-income elderly and disabled adults, assisting 177 clients with<br />
transportation, cleaning and grocery shopping.<br />
including Spanish, Vietnamese and<br />
Portuguese. Children under 6 spend<br />
their time at Kids’ Place, the family<br />
center’s child care and early learning<br />
center. Further information about<br />
the program is available from Betsy<br />
Higley at 253-502-2694.<br />
Noon – Kids’ Place<br />
Kids’ Place, a quick walk from<br />
the family center lobby, is a child<br />
care and early learning facility that<br />
provides care Monday through<br />
Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for up<br />
to 50 children per day, ages six weeks<br />
through 6 years. Approximately 95<br />
percent of the children are from<br />
low-income families; many reside<br />
in homeless and domestic violence<br />
shelters in the Hilltop area.<br />
Kids’ Place serves breakfast at<br />
8:30 a.m. and provides learning<br />
opportunities from 9:30 to 11. A<br />
noontime visit finds the kids having<br />
a meal of pita sandwiches, broccoli<br />
with cheese, and applesauce. Upstairs<br />
in the infant room, a six-month-old<br />
naps underneath the colorful mobiles<br />
and painted sky in the room.<br />
<strong>Services</strong> are provided to all<br />
children and families, and are based<br />
on the best knowledge of child<br />
development and early learning.<br />
Literacy, field trips, art, music,<br />
and outdoor play are important<br />
components of the curriculum.<br />
Further information is available<br />
from Cora Ramirez, the director of<br />
Kids’ Place, at 253-305-0836.<br />
1 p.m. – The Phoenix <strong>Housing</strong><br />
Network<br />
A short drive from the family center<br />
takes a visitor to the Phoenix <strong>Housing</strong><br />
Network (PHN) office and the<br />
program director, Alan Brown. PHN<br />
is a transitional housing program that<br />
offers families a new outlook on life.<br />
The PHN has 50 apartments located<br />
at several sites available for homeless<br />
families in transition. Families are<br />
able to live in their apartment for one<br />
to two years, paying rent based on<br />
30 percent of their income. Families<br />
receive support services, including<br />
life skills classes, while they work<br />
toward their goal of self-sufficiency<br />
and permanent housing.<br />
PHN is housed in a former parish<br />
school building. Seven days a week it<br />
offers facilities for showers, laundry,<br />
telephones, cooking and classes. Its<br />
“Suited for Success” program offers<br />
life skills classes for low-income<br />
women entering the workforce.<br />
2 p.m. – The Suited for Success<br />
Program<br />
Barbara Severson, program<br />
coordinator, buzzes around the<br />
boutique, helping women find the<br />
items that will complete their look.<br />
Severson makes sure the front office<br />
is staffed and works with the state<br />
Department of Human <strong>Services</strong> to<br />
facilitate the workshops.<br />
According to Severson, “85 percent<br />
of getting a job is the attitude you<br />
present at the time of the interview.<br />
We are here to give these women<br />
the resources they need to start and<br />
maintain a successful career.”<br />
The classes offer soft skills on<br />
body language, self-confidence and<br />
interview tips. At the conclusion of<br />
the three-hour class, women are able<br />
to “shop” for five to 10 core outfits and<br />
accessories from a boutique in one of<br />
the rooms in the school. All of the<br />
clothes are donated by career women<br />
in the community. The boutique also<br />
offers hosiery, jewelry and makeup.<br />
All items are in impeccable<br />
condition.<br />
The Suited for Success program is<br />
always in need of larger sizes, hosiery,<br />
unused make-up and trouser socks.<br />
All clothing should be in readyto-wear<br />
condition, clean, and in<br />
conservative colors. Donations are<br />
accepted Mondays from 8 a.m. to<br />
noon, and Wednesdays from 1 to 5<br />
p.m. The boutique is open on Tuesday<br />
afternoons from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Further<br />
information is available from Barbara<br />
Severson at 253-471-5340.<br />
–Amy S. Cunningham<br />
This “Day in the Life” of the Tahoma Family<br />
Center is intended as an overview of the<br />
work of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> in<br />
urban communities, and as a sample of the<br />
programs and services that CCS provides.<br />
For more information about the Tahoma<br />
Family Center, or to volunteer time or<br />
contribute financially, contact Susie Hofstedt<br />
at 253-502-2618.<br />
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P R O F I L E<br />
CCS Highlights an Outstanding Volunteer<br />
Theresa Meurs<br />
Hope House Angel and Energizer Bunny<br />
AMY S. CUNNINGHAM<br />
Volunteer Theresa Meurs oversees the<br />
preparation of lunches for homeless persons<br />
served by the CCS Hope House Street<br />
Ministry in Bellingham.<br />
At a time when human needs<br />
often seem insurmountable<br />
and resources are low,<br />
Theresa Meurs has been like a breath<br />
of fresh air to <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> in Whatcom County. “She<br />
has a real ‘can do’ attitude that can<br />
get things going,” said Rod Elin, chief<br />
of staff at the CCS family center in<br />
Bellingham.<br />
Two years ago, this energetic<br />
volunteer and a friend, Henry<br />
Delgardo, started the Hope House<br />
Street Ministry. It serves people who<br />
are homeless where they are – under<br />
bridges, in camps in the woods, and<br />
on the street.<br />
The ministry is an extension of<br />
the work of the Hope House Multi-<br />
Service Center in Bellingham, a<br />
collaborative effort between CCS<br />
and the <strong>Catholic</strong> parishes in the city.<br />
Social service agencies throughout<br />
the Whatcom County issue vouchers<br />
for individuals and families to shop<br />
at the service center free of charge at<br />
designated times.<br />
Meurs was a volunteer with Hope<br />
House when she and Delgado started<br />
the street ministry. For several years<br />
Meurs had assisted with the “Spirit<br />
of Hope Treasure Sale” fund-raiser<br />
that brings in thousands of dollars<br />
annually to support the multi-service<br />
center. That event was a “natural” for<br />
Meurs, who owns her own business<br />
organizing and overseeing estate<br />
sales.<br />
Meurs’ compassion for others,<br />
especially those in need, was the<br />
impetus for the development of the<br />
Street Ministry, Elin said. “Theresa<br />
truly seeks to live out Christ’s<br />
teachings in all that she does. She<br />
is spirit-filled, eager to help, very<br />
hard-working, and able to bridge<br />
frustrations.”<br />
The Street Ministry, which started<br />
with a few hamburgers and hats,<br />
has grown to 85 lunches, two vans<br />
chock full of basic needs items, and<br />
warm gloves, sleeping bags and long<br />
johns that are given to those who are<br />
hungry, cold, and tired.<br />
Without Muers’ effort, and the<br />
effort of other volunteers, “much<br />
of the good works that are being<br />
done for those less fortunate here in<br />
Whatcom County would be difficult<br />
to do,” Elin said. “Our volunteers are<br />
a tremendous resource.”<br />
Cheri Woolsey, program manager<br />
at Hope House, has worked closely<br />
with Meurs and describes her as<br />
both the “Hope House Angel” and<br />
the “Energizer Bunny.”<br />
“Theresa possesses the desirable<br />
volunteer traits,” Woolsey says.<br />
“These include the willingness to go<br />
the extra mile, the ability to perform<br />
without constant supervision,<br />
trustworthiness, and follow through.<br />
She does what she says she will do.”<br />
In addition, “Theresa motivates other<br />
volunteers by working as hard as they<br />
do. She holds mini-retreats to train<br />
staff. Her enthusiasm is infectious.”<br />
Hope House is staffed by<br />
volunteers and is supported by the<br />
generosity of the community. For<br />
information or to volunteer, call 360-<br />
676-2164 or 888-300-2439.<br />
– Amy S. Cunningham<br />
Five Tips on<br />
Volunteering<br />
1 Research the causes that are<br />
important to you. You are<br />
more likely to put your heart<br />
and soul into something<br />
you believe in and are<br />
passionate about.<br />
2 Don’t over-commit your<br />
schedule.<br />
3 Consider the skills you have<br />
to offer. For a mutually<br />
beneficial volunteer<br />
experience, evaluate your<br />
skills to see where you can<br />
best contribute.<br />
4 Consider volunteering as<br />
a family.<br />
5 Consider Virtual Volunteering<br />
if you have access to a<br />
computer and have limited<br />
time. This could take the<br />
form of free professional<br />
advice or keeping in contact<br />
with a homebound person<br />
via email.<br />
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Funds donated through CCS Week will support programs<br />
that help people, including counseling, child care, food<br />
distribution, emergency shelter, and other services.<br />
CCS Week Campaign Addresses<br />
‘The Enormous Need Right Here’<br />
More than 130 parishes<br />
in Western Washington<br />
will give their members<br />
a chance to learn about and support<br />
the work of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> during the annual CCS<br />
Week campaign, which takes place<br />
during December. This year’s theme<br />
is “Providing Help. Creating Hope.”<br />
CCS Week began in the early<br />
1990s as a way to educate local<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong>s about the work of CCS<br />
and the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong><br />
Authority. In 2000, Bob Corcoran,<br />
newly retired after 13 years as<br />
director of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Fund of the<br />
Archdiocese of Seattle, volunteered<br />
to be a CCS Week parish speaker. He<br />
was surprised to learn that speakers<br />
didn’t ask for donations.<br />
“Nobody’s going to give unless<br />
they’re asked,” says Corcoran, who,<br />
with his wife Lee, will speak at three<br />
parishes this year. Ask he did, with<br />
overwhelming results, and CCS Week<br />
soon became a major fund-raiser as<br />
well as an educational undertaking.<br />
Last year CCS Week raised nearly<br />
$600,000. For the first time this year,<br />
donors will have the option of making<br />
their gift in three monthly payments.<br />
Money collected in each parish<br />
benefits the CCS family center that<br />
serves that area. Since CCS operates<br />
with an overhead of just 10 percent,<br />
90 percent of funds donated will<br />
support programs that help people,<br />
including counseling, child care, food<br />
distribution, emergency shelter, and<br />
other services. In addition, through<br />
the CCS Partners in Service program,<br />
a parish can ask to have 25 percent<br />
of its CCS Week collection returned<br />
to the parish to help support its<br />
outreach ministry.<br />
Returning money to the parishes<br />
is a way of recognizing and thanking<br />
them for their work on behalf of the<br />
poor, says Rosemary Zilmer, CCS<br />
director of development. “A lot of<br />
parishes partner with our programs,”<br />
she says. “We’re in this ministry and<br />
carrying out the Gospel together.”<br />
In their brief parish presentations,<br />
CCS Week speakers look for ways<br />
to help parishioners learn about and<br />
relate to CCS, the state’s largest local<br />
private provider of social services.<br />
Rather than presenting statistics,<br />
they focus on a program that serves<br />
the local community.<br />
In his talks, Rod Elin, chief of staff<br />
of the CCS family centers located<br />
in Bellingham and Mount Vernon,<br />
points out that Hope House, which<br />
provided food, clothing, and other<br />
assistance to more than 9,000<br />
low-income and homeless people<br />
in Bellingham last year, relies on<br />
funding from CCS Week. “Without<br />
CCS Week, we wouldn’t be able to do<br />
any of that,” he says.<br />
As valuable as the CCS Week<br />
funding is, awareness and education<br />
are also important, notes Annette<br />
Quayle, CCS director of parish<br />
services development. Through<br />
CCS Week mailings and speakers’<br />
presentations, parishioners learn<br />
what services are available to them,<br />
what CCS is doing to serve the poor<br />
on their behalf, and the opportunities<br />
that are available for volunteers.<br />
“It’s helping people connect our<br />
work with their faith,” she says.<br />
Father Kenneth Haydock, pastor<br />
of Holy Rosary Parish in Edmonds<br />
and the archdiocesan Episcopal Vicar<br />
for <strong>Catholic</strong> Charities, believes people<br />
will be generous with their time and<br />
money, despite the recent string of<br />
natural disasters worldwide.<br />
“There’s an enormous need right<br />
here,” he says. “If people knew their<br />
neighbor was living on $800 a month<br />
and couldn’t afford her medications, I<br />
think people would want to help. It’s<br />
a matter of getting the story out.”<br />
– Christine Dubois<br />
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H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T R O U N D - U P<br />
People of All Ages Benefit from CCS Holiday Projects<br />
Children served by the CCS Hope House enjoy a visit from Santa at Assumption Parish<br />
in Bellingham.<br />
During the holiday season,<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> teams up with<br />
individuals, parishes, businesses,<br />
and community organizations to<br />
sponsor a variety of holiday events<br />
and projects that assist individuals<br />
and families in need. Planning is well<br />
under way, and now is the time to get<br />
involved! The events and projects are<br />
described by region.<br />
CCS King County<br />
The three King County family<br />
centers collaborate on the “Adopt<br />
a Family” program to provide gifts<br />
and gift certificates for low-income<br />
families. Clients are referred from<br />
several programs. After a family fills<br />
out a holiday wish list, the family<br />
center refers the list to a generous<br />
donor, who works to fulfill requests.<br />
Donors are able to meet with families<br />
to deliver the gifts. Potential donors<br />
can contact one of the King County<br />
family centers for more information:<br />
The Randolph Carter Family and<br />
Learning Center in Seattle, 206-328-<br />
6854; the East King County Family<br />
Center in Bellevue, 425-284-2211;<br />
and the South King County Family<br />
Center in Kent, 253-854-0077.<br />
Christmas for Families: A<br />
Celebration of Hope is an annual<br />
fund-raising event benefiting the<br />
King County family centers. This<br />
year’s celebration, to be emceed by<br />
local television personality John<br />
Curley, will take place December<br />
2 at The Westin Hotel in Seattle.<br />
Three annual CCS awards will be<br />
presented: the Archbishop Thomas<br />
J. Murphy Servant Leadership<br />
Award; the Archbishop Raymond G.<br />
Hunthausen Humanitarian Award;<br />
and the Archbishop Alex J. Burnett<br />
Outstanding Benefactor Award.<br />
Invitations to the event are sent to<br />
previous participants. Others who<br />
would like to attend the celebration<br />
may call Naomi Tuttle at 206-328-<br />
5703. The ticket cost is $150 per<br />
person.<br />
Holidays at the Hardwoods is a<br />
CCS fund-raiser in conjunction with<br />
the Seattle SuperSonics. Starting<br />
November 30, the Sonics will put the<br />
CCS web site link on their site, www.<br />
supersonics.com, for donations. In<br />
addition, CCS will be featured during<br />
the Sonics’ game against Houston on<br />
December 15.<br />
Volunteer Chore <strong>Services</strong> (VCS)<br />
of King County sponsors an annual<br />
“Shoeboxes of Joy” project that<br />
provides holiday gifts for low-income<br />
elderly and disabled persons in need.<br />
Parishes, businesses, organizations<br />
and individuals are invited to fill<br />
wrapped shoeboxes with useful<br />
quality items, as well as fun and<br />
specialty items, for delivery during the<br />
holidays. The boxes typically include<br />
toiletry items, specialty food items<br />
for those that are diabetic, batteries,<br />
flashlights, gift cards for groceries,<br />
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phone cards, games, socks and<br />
stamps. A list of recommended items<br />
is available. Persons who would like<br />
to participate in the project should<br />
contact the project information line<br />
at 425-284-2240 by early December.<br />
For further information about<br />
CCS holiday programs in the King<br />
County area, contact Josephine<br />
Tamayo Murray, CCS King County<br />
agency director, at 206-328-5701 or<br />
josephinetm@ccsww.org.<br />
CCS Northwest<br />
The annual Holiday Giving<br />
Project and <strong>Community</strong> Dinner,<br />
a project of the Snohomish Family<br />
Center in Everett, provides lowincome<br />
families with gifts, food<br />
certificates and food baskets during<br />
the holiday season. Families submit<br />
a wish list of clothes and toys;<br />
donors select items from the list,<br />
purchase and wrap the items, and<br />
take them to the family center. For<br />
the community dinner, CCS invites<br />
all persons who are hungry to enjoy<br />
a home-cooked hot meal, prepared<br />
by volunteers. Further information<br />
is available from Sharon Paskewitz<br />
at the Snohomish Family Center,<br />
425-257-2111.<br />
The CCS Hope House Christmas<br />
Project adopts 50 to 60 families in<br />
the Whatcom County area. These<br />
families each receive three toys, one<br />
outfit, and one stocking per child,<br />
as well as a gift for each parent.<br />
Members of Assumption parish in<br />
Bellingham who take tags from the<br />
parish “Angel Tree” provide the gifts,<br />
and classes at Assumption School<br />
adopt one or two families. Individual<br />
families and community groups<br />
also adopt families. The families<br />
pick up the gifts at Hope House a<br />
few days before Christmas. Further<br />
information is available from Cheri<br />
Woolsey, at Hope House, 360-223-<br />
6141.<br />
The Giving Tree is organized by<br />
volunteers from Sacred Heart Parish<br />
in Bellingham, in collaboration with<br />
the CCS Whatcom Family Center in<br />
Bellingham. The program provides<br />
gifts for families and children in<br />
need. Each recipient usually has one<br />
“wish” and one “need” fulfilled. Gift<br />
tags can be chosen from the Giving<br />
Tree during Masses at Sacred Heart<br />
Church, beginning November 20.<br />
CCS staff will pick up their clients’<br />
gifts in the parish hall December 8<br />
and 9, and distribute them as clients<br />
come in for services.<br />
Further information is available<br />
from Ellen Fryxell at the Whatcom<br />
Family Center, 360-676-2164.<br />
Carefully wrapped and filled “Shoeboxes of<br />
Joy” await delivery to low-income elders and<br />
persons with disabilities.<br />
CCS Southwest<br />
The Tacoma <strong>Community</strong><br />
Christmas Dinner will take place<br />
on Christmas Day, December<br />
25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the<br />
Tahoma Family Center. The event<br />
provides a holiday meal for families<br />
and individuals in need. In addition,<br />
hot meals are delivered to some 200<br />
homebound elderly and disabled<br />
persons in the Pierce County area.<br />
CCS assumed sponsorship of the<br />
dinner when the Red Cross ended<br />
its contract with Pierce County to<br />
provide senior nutrition services. Toy<br />
donations for children are accepted,<br />
but must be new, and in their original<br />
wrapping, for ages newborn through<br />
16. Gifts for children ages 5-13 are<br />
most needed. Further information<br />
about toy donations is available<br />
from Pam Conn at 253-921-4668<br />
or connpamela@yahoo.com. For<br />
other information, and to volunteer,<br />
contact Susan Schoberl at 253-474-<br />
1200 or susansc@ccsww.org.<br />
The Tahoma Family Center and<br />
Volunteer Chore <strong>Services</strong> of Pierce<br />
County collaborate on an “Adopt<br />
a Family” project, which provides<br />
food for Thanksgiving and gifts for<br />
Christmas. Further information is<br />
available from Linda Dombrowski at<br />
253-502-2741 orlindad@ccsww.org.<br />
The CCS Clark/Skamania Family<br />
Center in Vancouver coordinates a<br />
Family Assistance program during the<br />
holidays. Family center staff work with<br />
CCS Family Preservation <strong>Services</strong><br />
(FPS) and the local Salvation Army to<br />
assist families in need, many of whom<br />
are FPS clients. Further information<br />
is available from Tami Kuzmovich at<br />
360-567-2211 or 800-316-6454.<br />
Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong><br />
Authority<br />
During the holiday season, the<br />
Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
(AHA) invites friends, donors and<br />
staff to “Shop AHA.” The Giving<br />
Tree program has 10 locations<br />
where handcrafted wooden toys can<br />
be purchased, as well as at www.<br />
ccsww.org/givingtreetoys/catalog.<br />
php. The workshop is located at 2008<br />
Westlake Ave. in Seattle. Further<br />
information is available from Steve<br />
Sterling at 206-340-1575.<br />
AHA’s Noel House sells holiday<br />
cards and CDs to benefit the<br />
program for homeless women.<br />
Further information is available at<br />
www.noelhouse.org/index_holiday.<br />
html, and from Gillian Parke at 206-<br />
441-3210.<br />
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AHA, CCS help thousands find<br />
Home<br />
A Place to Call<br />
©PHOTO BY MIKE.COM<br />
Sergio Paramo and his wife, Dolores Valencia, receive an ovation after a ribbon-cutting<br />
ceremony at La Casa de la Familia Santa in Centralia. The couple has three children:<br />
Sergio, Jr., Anthony, and Ilse (not pictured). Archbishop Alex J. Brunett of Seattle (left)<br />
blessed the 46-unit housing facility for farm worker families September 8. Also pictured<br />
are Deborah Saweuyer-Parks, president and CEO of Homestead Capital, a major<br />
funder, and the Very Rev. Kenneth Haydock, Episcopal Vicar for <strong>Catholic</strong> Charities and<br />
chair of the CCS and AHA Board of Trustees.<br />
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Today, AHA and CCS provide more than 1600 affordable housing units in<br />
32 facilities throughout Western Washington, helping thousands of<br />
low-income families, seniors and disabled people find a place to call home.<br />
Finding affordable housing<br />
for low-income families<br />
is reaching a crisis level in<br />
Western Washington, presenting a<br />
growing challenge that has brought<br />
innovative efforts and solutions from<br />
the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
and <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
The region’s economy is on an<br />
upswing, employment is increasing,<br />
and hundreds of homes are going<br />
up in the suburbs. New apartments<br />
and condominiums seem to be<br />
everywhere. Empty lots are eyed for<br />
new homes.<br />
Yet a large segment of the<br />
population can’t afford such homes.<br />
Record-setting sales in the area’s<br />
soaring real estate market pushed<br />
the median cost of a home in King<br />
County to $375,000 last June, more<br />
than double the 1995 median price of<br />
$166,000.<br />
Apartment options offer few<br />
alternative solutions for low-income<br />
residents. In King County, a fulltime<br />
worker needs to earn $19.17<br />
an hour to afford an average twobedroom<br />
apartment at $996 per<br />
month, according to a King County<br />
government report on affordable<br />
housing issued last November. This<br />
is based on a worker’s spending<br />
30 percent of his or her income for<br />
housing. More than 36,000 very lowincome<br />
households are paying more<br />
than half of their income for rent, the<br />
study found.<br />
Figured another way, for those<br />
earning King County’s median<br />
income of $72,250, a monthly rent of<br />
$1,806 is considered to be affordable.<br />
For those families earning $38,950<br />
(50 percent below the median level)<br />
the affordable rent ceiling drops to<br />
$974. There are thousands who earn<br />
far less, restricting their housing<br />
options even more.<br />
To help low-income families<br />
find affordable housing, <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (CCS) formed<br />
the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
(AHA) in 1979 to develop and build<br />
affordable housing. Today that work<br />
continues, but the challenges have<br />
reached epic proportions.<br />
“Today the housing situation is<br />
difficult even for working people<br />
with good incomes,” said John<br />
Hickman, AHA’s director of finance<br />
and operations. “Our emphasis is on<br />
homelessness and those families with<br />
very low incomes. With federal moves<br />
to reduce rent subsidies, the situation<br />
is becoming even more difficult.”<br />
To use limited federal and state<br />
housing funds most efficiently, AHA<br />
focuses on developing multi-unit<br />
rental housing. But Hickman said<br />
finding available buildings or land<br />
at prices that will pencil out for the<br />
agency is increasingly difficult.<br />
“We receive financing only through<br />
once-a-year funding cycles, since we<br />
rely heavily on tax credit financing,”<br />
Hickman said. The state’s <strong>Housing</strong><br />
Trust Fund and <strong>Housing</strong> Finance<br />
Commission don’t have funding<br />
available all of the time. When we buy<br />
land we have to find a seller who will<br />
allow us six to nine months before<br />
closing. Most sellers want to close<br />
deals in 90 days in today’s heated up<br />
market,” he said.<br />
With prices rising, even available<br />
government funding doesn’t often<br />
beat out private contractor bids<br />
for property the AHA needs for its<br />
housing, making matters even worse.<br />
“One bright spot is the city housing<br />
levy passed in Seattle that provides<br />
funding for affordable housing,”<br />
Hickman said. “Not every city does<br />
that. We’re fortunate to have that<br />
resource.”<br />
AHA and its sister organization,<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong>, often<br />
work collaboratively on projects,<br />
Hickman said. Examples are the<br />
Washington Grocery Building<br />
development in Bellingham, an<br />
AHA-sponsored project with CCS<br />
as the primary tenant of the mixed<br />
housing and retail facilities.<br />
“Typically what drives ownership,<br />
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whether by AHA or CCS, is how we get<br />
the funding, and that can be complex,”<br />
Hickman said. “The two agencies<br />
work closely on all opportunities to<br />
bring more affordable housing into<br />
the market. When the tax credit is<br />
your primary mechanism for funding<br />
affordable housing, we act as the<br />
nonprofit sponsor and manager, with<br />
a tenth of a percent ownership. The<br />
limited partner has 99.9 percent,<br />
with investments coming from banks<br />
and other financial resources in the<br />
private sector.”<br />
Although the Archdiocesan<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> Authority has a $10 million<br />
annual budget and assets of more<br />
than $25 million in properties<br />
owned or managed by the agency,<br />
the shortage of affordable housing is<br />
overwhelming.<br />
“We’re not under any illusion that<br />
we are going to solve the problem of<br />
homelessness but we can address it<br />
in a positive way that also witnesses<br />
to the church’s social justice teaching,<br />
working to offer people the dignity of<br />
life that housing provides,” Hickman<br />
said. “We’re one of many, many peers<br />
all trying to solve this, but we are also<br />
doing it as a mission of the church.”<br />
Today, AHA and CCS provide<br />
more than 1,600 affordable housing<br />
units in 32 facilities throughout<br />
Western Washington, helping<br />
thousands of low-income families,<br />
seniors and disabled people find a<br />
place to call home.<br />
Both organizations share a<br />
common mission, serving the people<br />
of Western Washington through<br />
a faith-based and values-driven<br />
outreach of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, a<br />
mission that focuses on the Gospel<br />
call to loving and compassionate<br />
service and respecting the dignity of<br />
every human being. Far more than<br />
being simply property developers<br />
and landlords, AHA and CCS are<br />
concerned about the worth of each<br />
person, offering them a variety of<br />
other services in addition to shelter,<br />
and being interested in them as<br />
people, not just tenants.<br />
In September, two newly opened<br />
housing facilities developed by the<br />
AHA were blessed by Archbishop<br />
Alex J. Brunett, one in Seattle, the<br />
other in Centralia.<br />
Katharine’s Place–named for St.<br />
Katharine Drexel, founder of the<br />
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament who<br />
established ministries in the United<br />
States to serve African Americans<br />
and Native Americans–is at 3512<br />
S. Juneau Street in Seattle’s Rainier<br />
Valley.<br />
All 10 of its transitional housing<br />
units for homeless families are<br />
filled, along with the 15 other units<br />
for permanent residents. All of the<br />
living units provide opportunities for<br />
families to create more stable family<br />
lives and to become more involved in<br />
community life.<br />
“Katharine’s Place is exactly the<br />
kind of project the city and county<br />
really need to attack homelessness,<br />
including project services,” Hickman<br />
said. “Typically, people are low income<br />
for a reason – recent immigration,<br />
health issues, substance abuse, and<br />
other issues. <strong>Housing</strong> is not their<br />
only problem. We stabilize their lives<br />
with housing but then we can work<br />
on life issues. Katharine’s Place is a<br />
very good model.”<br />
Both Katharine’s Place and La<br />
Casa de la Familia Santa, at 1809 N.<br />
Pearl Street in Centralia, have onsite<br />
managers, a community meeting<br />
place, and children’s play areas.<br />
La Casa de la Familia Santa has<br />
45 new resident units, all filled. It<br />
is AHA’s fifth affordable housing<br />
development for farm workers.<br />
Others are being developed.<br />
“We’re developing more housing<br />
for agricultural workers from<br />
Whatcom County to Clark County,<br />
including two projects in Mount<br />
Vernon and one in Sedro Woolley,”<br />
said Gloria Burton, AHA housing<br />
developer. “In the Woodland area,<br />
where we have a 50-unit building, we<br />
have another being developed with<br />
25 units. Another is being planned<br />
for Kelso. The challenge throughout<br />
Western Washington is that the need<br />
is so great.”<br />
Another example of affordable<br />
rental developments in Western<br />
Washington is the Matsusaka<br />
Townhomes in Tacoma. AHA built<br />
26 units of family housing with two-,<br />
three- and four-bedroom apartments<br />
on a site across from a lot being<br />
developed for office space. It’s home<br />
to nearly 100 people, including 60<br />
children. The design concept was<br />
focused on families, resulting in a<br />
play area in the back, a large jobtraining<br />
program, child care services,<br />
and a social service agency across<br />
the street. It is one example of how<br />
AHA and CCS continue to provide<br />
not only much needed low-income<br />
housing, but also improvements<br />
to neighborhoods and the local<br />
economic mix.<br />
The Matsusaka Townhomes have<br />
been used as a statewide example<br />
to showcase how to do affordable<br />
housing well.<br />
One of the newest projects,<br />
currently under construction, is<br />
Chestnut Street Apartments in<br />
Bellingham, an AHA “eco-friendly”<br />
development with 40 studio and onebedroom<br />
apartments for individuals<br />
at 30 percent and 50 percent of the<br />
area’s median income. Eight units<br />
are set aside for formerly homeless<br />
tenants, and eight units are for<br />
tenants with disabilities. Four floors<br />
of housing are being built atop streetfront<br />
commercial, with one level of<br />
parking below grade.<br />
It will also be a LEED (Leadership<br />
in Energy and Environmental Design)<br />
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Where You Will Find Us<br />
Bellingham<br />
Family Center<br />
Long Term Care <strong>Services</strong><br />
(available in every county)<br />
Family Preservation<br />
Child Care Center<br />
AHA <strong>Housing</strong><br />
AHA Special Ministries<br />
Sedro Woolley<br />
Mount Vernon<br />
Everett<br />
Poulsbo<br />
Redmond<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />
of Western Washington serves as<br />
the official social service agency<br />
outreach of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church in<br />
Western Washington. It includes 12<br />
family centers located throughout<br />
Western Washington, a Long Term<br />
Care System, Family Preservation<br />
System, Child Care System, and the<br />
Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority.<br />
CCS/AHA annually serves tens<br />
of thousands of people through<br />
more than 70 programs, including<br />
affordable housing, emergency<br />
shelter/services, counseling, home<br />
care for elders and the disabled,<br />
Volunteer Chore <strong>Services</strong>, youth<br />
services, family support, life skills/<br />
parenting education, adoption, foster<br />
care, child care, pregnancy support,<br />
Hispanic outreach, food programs,<br />
chemical dependency services,<br />
literacy, job and career counseling,<br />
and mental health services.<br />
Aberdeen<br />
Seattle<br />
Bremerton<br />
Tacoma<br />
Spanaway<br />
Olympia<br />
Tumwater<br />
Centralia<br />
Longview<br />
Woodland<br />
Vancouver<br />
Bellevue<br />
Renton<br />
Kent<br />
Sumner<br />
certified building, constructed by Rafn<br />
Construction, the general contractor<br />
who built AHA’s Traugott Terrace<br />
in downtown Seattle, an awardwinning,<br />
LEED certified building.<br />
That means it will feature good<br />
indoor air quality (helped by the use of<br />
non-toxic and low-toxic finishes and<br />
materials) and thorough ventilation<br />
of occupied spaces. The building’s<br />
water and energy consumption<br />
will be reduced through the use of<br />
rapidly renewable materials, locally<br />
harvested or manufactured materials,<br />
and recycled materials.<br />
The Opportunity Council of<br />
Bellingham will provide services to<br />
tenants. Prospective tenants may<br />
apply for housing in March 2006.<br />
Chestnut Street Apartments will be<br />
the third AHA affordable housing<br />
facility in Bellingham.<br />
–John Wolcott<br />
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<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> partners with<br />
St. Olaf Parish in Poulsbo, the site of the CCS<br />
St. Olaf ’s Child Care and Early Learning<br />
Center. Pictured from left are Annette<br />
Quayle, CCS director of parish services<br />
development; Sister Pat Millen, OSF, Kitsap<br />
Family Center developer; and Father David<br />
Mayovsky, pastor of St. Olaf Parish.<br />
Natural Companions<br />
CCS, parishes combine resources to address community needs<br />
Deanna faced going home to<br />
an empty apartment with<br />
a newborn baby boy after<br />
an emergency C-section. She had<br />
no family, and one friend, in all of<br />
Seattle.<br />
Having left home at age 16,<br />
Deanna made a career out of longdistance<br />
trucking. She settled in<br />
Seattle shortly before her due<br />
date, wanting a more stable life<br />
for her baby. The hospital social<br />
worker called the CCS Pregnancy<br />
Support counselor, who called the<br />
volunteer coordinator for Pregnancy<br />
Support Ministry (PSM), a fabulous<br />
partnership between St. James<br />
Cathedral Parish and CCS Pregnancy<br />
Support <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
PSM serves pregnant and<br />
newly parenting women who are<br />
often alone and in need of support<br />
and resources. CCS provides the<br />
professional counseling and case<br />
management services, while St.<br />
James’ trained volunteers assist with<br />
transportation, meals, chore help,<br />
mentoring, and emotional support<br />
to clients of CCS and others working<br />
with hospital or agency social<br />
workers. It’s a match made in heaven.<br />
The volunteers meet monthly to<br />
pray, problem-solve, and support<br />
one another in answering their call to<br />
serve in this way.<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> and<br />
parishes are natural companions. In<br />
our mutual search for justice, in<br />
our quest to live out the Gospel call<br />
to serve and to act on our <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
social teachings, the church’s faithbased<br />
and values-driven outreach –<br />
CCS – and the church’s communities<br />
of faith, action, and hope – the<br />
parishes – bring our strengths and<br />
resources together. But, as great as<br />
parish relationships are, they are<br />
not enough. We must use those<br />
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elationships to serve. The poor and<br />
the poor in spirit need and deserve<br />
the resources parishes and CCS can<br />
provide together. Often faced with<br />
overwhelming hardships, these men,<br />
women and children deserve the<br />
synergy, creativity, and hope that our<br />
partnerships provide.<br />
PSM volunteers provided Deanna<br />
with meals, groceries and emotional<br />
support. Still, Deanna called our<br />
volunteer coordinator one day<br />
sobbing so hard she couldn’t catch<br />
her breath, saying she hadn’t slept<br />
because the baby had been up all<br />
night. Deanna was afraid to take her<br />
pain medication because she was<br />
concerned she wouldn’t hear the<br />
baby and was at her wit’s end. The<br />
coordinator called a parish volunteer<br />
who went over immediately, held<br />
the baby while Deanna took her first<br />
shower in days, and then just talked<br />
with her, quietly assuring her that<br />
she wasn’t in this alone. Deanna told<br />
the volunteer, “I didn’t know people<br />
could care for a stranger like this.”<br />
Fifteen families have been cared for<br />
and nurtured by PSM. It has been a<br />
tremendously successful partnership<br />
and is ready to be replicated in other<br />
parishes. As a client said to a friend<br />
who had been offered services, “Girl,<br />
just use them. They’re good and<br />
there’s no strings attached. They just<br />
want to help!”<br />
PSM is just one of several<br />
partnerships that CCS and AHA<br />
have with St. James Cathedral,<br />
including Volunteer Chore <strong>Services</strong><br />
and the Solanus Casey Center. Father<br />
Michael G. Ryan, the pastor of St.<br />
James Cathedral Parish, states, “CCS<br />
has supported parish programs for<br />
many years. It has been a very fruitful<br />
relationship.”<br />
On Seattle’s waterfront, some 250<br />
men file in from the streets every<br />
night of the year for a good meal;<br />
212 of them will have a warm, dry,<br />
safe place to sleep. The “turnaways,”<br />
between 30 and 50 men, will be taken<br />
back to the streets after dinner due to<br />
a lack of shelter beds.<br />
St. Martin de Porres Shelter could<br />
not begin to provide for these basic<br />
human needs without its parish<br />
partnerships. Bob Goetschius,<br />
program director at the shelter, states,<br />
“The volunteers do much more than<br />
serve a meal. Homelessness is its<br />
own subculture. The guys here get a<br />
touch of mainstream culture through<br />
the volunteers. A spiritual thing<br />
happens. I can see the experience<br />
feeding the volunteers, also.”<br />
Longtime volunteer Barb Ascanio<br />
from St. Brendan Parish in Bothell<br />
agrees. “I started volunteering for the<br />
homeless through my parish and I<br />
loved it! When I began at St. Martin’s,<br />
I was coming home super-high every<br />
night. A few months into it, my<br />
husband, Tony, said he was going<br />
to go with me and see what was so<br />
special about this place. That was 22<br />
years ago.”<br />
Hundreds of parish partnerships<br />
with CCS and AHA exist throughout<br />
Western Washington. In Bellingham,<br />
Assumption Parish and the CCS<br />
Whatcom Family Center together<br />
provide emergency services to<br />
hundreds of people each year through<br />
Hope House. Holy Rosary Parish<br />
in Edmonds supports several AHA<br />
shelters with funding, volunteers,<br />
and in-kind donations. St. Theresa<br />
Parish in Federal Way will host a<br />
series of information sessions for<br />
seniors, one featuring <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong>’ Long Term<br />
Care <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
The Kitsap Family Center in<br />
Bremerton is partnering with<br />
several Olympic Deanery parishes<br />
and congregations to provide meals<br />
and housing for homeless men. In<br />
Aberdeen, the Grays Harbor Family<br />
Center shares space with St. Mary<br />
Parish volunteers serve meals at the St. Martin<br />
de Porres Shelter in Seattle, and assist the<br />
program in other ways.<br />
Parish and, along with volunteers<br />
and support from other parishes and<br />
churches in the area, provides meals<br />
to dozens of people each day through<br />
their Feed the Hungry program.<br />
CCS has more than 200<br />
partnerships with parishes. Some<br />
are longstanding, others are brief,<br />
and they vary widely. All are created<br />
in response to unmet needs in our<br />
communities. All take time, talent,<br />
and treasure. All begin with a desire<br />
to serve.<br />
In what way are you called to serve<br />
those most in need How can you<br />
help What parish, congregation, or<br />
group do you belong to How might<br />
you partner with CCS and AHA to<br />
serve those most vulnerable and in<br />
need As another longtime volunteer<br />
at St. Martin’s, Dorothy Murphy, said<br />
in a most straightforward and loving<br />
tone, “The ability to reach out to<br />
other people is what we are called to<br />
do. If an opportunity walks into your<br />
life, you gotta grab it.”<br />
As Director of Parish <strong>Services</strong><br />
Development, my job is to work<br />
with parishes to bring our resources<br />
together to best serve those in need. I<br />
would like to discuss the possibilities<br />
of partnering with CCS and AHA.<br />
You can reach me at 206-328-5648<br />
or annetteq@ccsww.org. Let’s grab<br />
those opportunities together!<br />
–Annette Quayle<br />
Annette Quayle is the CCSWW Director of<br />
Parish <strong>Services</strong> Development.<br />
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A Mother’s<br />
Story:<br />
‘<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> became<br />
my lifeline’<br />
Lisa Jones’ oldest daughter,<br />
Megan, suffered brain damage<br />
from an accidental drug<br />
overdose right after her 13th birthday.<br />
Until then, the girl had been highly<br />
successful, outgoing, and loving. After<br />
the overdose, Lisa noticed strange<br />
behavioral problems developing in<br />
her daughter that ultimately resulted<br />
in a frightening psychotic change.<br />
Physicians told her that this was the<br />
beginning presentation of a mental<br />
illness. “Bipolar,” “schizophrenia,”<br />
“borderline personality” – the labels<br />
changed with Megan’s presentations.<br />
Lisa was also told that this<br />
could not have been caused by the<br />
overdose, although Megan had seized<br />
and had been in a coma. Lisa recalls<br />
one physician’s words after Megan’s<br />
first discharge from a psychiatric<br />
unit: “Your daughter has less than<br />
a 50 percent chance of surviving<br />
adolescence. You are in for a bumpy<br />
ride, and you need to accept it.”<br />
How does a parent accept a<br />
pending death sentence for a child<br />
Lisa refused to accept it, although<br />
the doctor was right about the<br />
bumpy ride. Megan “melted into a<br />
fugue world of multiple psychotropic<br />
medications,” Lisa said, and for four<br />
years “911 lived at our house or my<br />
daughter lived in repeated short-term<br />
psychiatric inpatient care. Voices in<br />
her head told her to do terrible harm<br />
to her body, and medications bloated<br />
Lisa Jones and her daughter, Megan Gaines.<br />
her small body to 200 pounds. We<br />
(her family) lived in daily fear of harm<br />
for us or for her. It was a nightmare<br />
that we could not wake from.”<br />
Two years into this nightmare, the<br />
family moved back to Washington<br />
state from a neighboring state. A<br />
month after the move, Megan’s<br />
behavior deteriorated rapidly. She<br />
became impulsive and violent,<br />
experienced extreme highs and<br />
lows, and harmed herself. The<br />
hospital put Lisa in touch with the<br />
state’s Department of Social and<br />
Health <strong>Services</strong>, and a caseworker<br />
there referred her to the <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> office in<br />
Tacoma. CCS’s Family Preservation<br />
System team quickly stepped in.<br />
“CCS became my lifeline,” Lisa<br />
said. “They held my hand when the<br />
strain of living like this – trying to<br />
keep my child alive, trying to access<br />
help, protect her and her younger<br />
sister, and keep our family together<br />
and still work to support us all –<br />
almost broke me. At one point, when<br />
my family begged me to give up and<br />
commit my daughter, CCS helped me<br />
find the strength to believe in a better<br />
tomorrow.”<br />
Lisa said the CCS team did not<br />
make the family – with its frequent<br />
needs for crisis intervention, respite,<br />
case aides, and other assistance – feel<br />
like a problem. “What was always<br />
provided was calm, caring support<br />
to get us through those times, an<br />
amazing flexibility to meet everchanging<br />
needs, and a belief in our<br />
family’s strength and love,” Lisa said.<br />
With CCS support, Megan’s family<br />
convinced her physicians to evaluate<br />
her for a potential organic brain injury<br />
and indeed, they found that she had<br />
suffered significant brain damage.<br />
The physicians stopped treating<br />
her with medications and turned to<br />
neuro-rehabilitation.<br />
Megan, now a young adult, works<br />
for the Family Preservation System<br />
in Tacoma as a <strong>Community</strong> Support<br />
Specialist (CSS) and Youth Partner. In<br />
that position, she works closely with<br />
the team of professionals supporting<br />
the child and family. <strong>Community</strong><br />
support specialists teach appropriate<br />
social skills and those that prepare<br />
youth for adulthood; mentor youth;<br />
and provide in-home support to the<br />
family. Said Cheryl WiIliams, the<br />
CCS therapist: “Megan is a wonderful<br />
young woman, with a life of potential<br />
ahead of her.”<br />
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N E W S B R I E F S<br />
Changes aimed at enabling King County<br />
agency to better serve<br />
Changes under way at CCS King County are aimed at enabling the<br />
agency to better serve its clients and other constituencies, according<br />
to Josephine Tamayo Murray, agency director.<br />
The agency, which has been preparing for the changes over<br />
two years, implemented a new reporting structure November 1.<br />
Conversations about change, improving systems, and enhancing<br />
services will continue.<br />
The change process began with the convening of a Management<br />
Restructure group in mid-2004. Group members consisted of program<br />
managers, family center directors, and the administrative team, who<br />
began looking at needed process improvements for the agency.<br />
The group concluded that:<br />
• CCS’s continuing acknowledgement and celebration of<br />
the diversity present in the communities it serves should be<br />
reinforced;<br />
• Alignment with the agency’s mission should be enhanced;<br />
• The efficiency and integration of services and program sites<br />
should be improved.<br />
Two significant staff changes have taken place. Evelyn Allen,<br />
former director of the Randolph Carter Family and Learning Center<br />
in Seattle, has been appointed the director of the African American<br />
<strong>Services</strong> Ministry of <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> of Western<br />
Washington. Cameryn Flynn, former South King County Family Center<br />
director, is now the associate director of the King County agency.<br />
According to Tamayo Murray, the Randolph Carter Family and<br />
Learning Center, the East King County Family Center in Bellevue,<br />
and the South King County Family Center in Kent will continue CCS's<br />
service presence in these local communities.<br />
Further information is available from Tamayo Murray at 206-328-<br />
5701 or josephinetm@ccsww.org.<br />
Gov. Gregoire to keynote KINSHIP dinner<br />
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire will be the guest speaker at<br />
the CCS Thurston County Family Center’s fifth annual KINSHIP Dinner<br />
on Friday, May 5, 2006, at the Worthington<br />
Center at St. Martin’s University in Lacey.<br />
Gregoire was invited by the family center’s<br />
advisory council because of her long history<br />
of service, compassion and commitment<br />
to the poor in Washington state, said Gary<br />
Sandwick, family center director.<br />
The primary purpose of the dinner is to<br />
Gov. Christine Gregoire raise awareness of the most vulnerable people<br />
served by CCS in Thurston County. Funds<br />
from the event will be used to serve homeless and low-income<br />
children, adults and families in the family center’s child care, family<br />
preservation, counseling and community kitchen programs.<br />
Further information and tickets are available at 360-586-2915.<br />
CCS receives Franciscan Humanitarian Award<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> and Denny Hunthausen, CCS<br />
Southwest agency director, received the 2005 St. Francis Humanitarian<br />
of the Year Award Oct. 25. The ceremony took place at the St. Joseph<br />
Medical Center Chapel in Tacoma.<br />
The annual award, in its 24 th year, honors individuals and<br />
organizations in Pierce and King counties that exemplify the values<br />
and philosophy of St. Francis, the patron saint of Assisi. It is sponsored<br />
by the Order of the Sisters of St. Francis and the Franciscan Health<br />
System Foundation.<br />
“Denny and <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> build bridges of hope and<br />
opportunity for the underprivileged,”<br />
said Bob Krotz, president of the<br />
Franciscan Foundation. “Both he and<br />
the agency have long been dedicated<br />
to promoting human dignity and social<br />
justice. Countless hearts have been<br />
touched and lives improved because Denny Hunthausen<br />
of his compassion and commitment.”<br />
CCS assists new ARISE program<br />
ARISE – the “Area of Renton Interfaith Shelter Endeavor” – opened<br />
its doors Nov. 1 at St. Anthony Church in downtown Renton. The<br />
CCS South King County Family Center in Kent provides staffing and<br />
case management and screens the men, which includes a criminal<br />
background check.<br />
ARISE is an extension of the Homeless Outreach Mobilization<br />
Effort (HOME) in Kent. Among the men it serves are those who have<br />
not been served previously, or have been turned away in Kent.<br />
Participating churches will host the men during the colder winter<br />
months. The cost of providing the shelter is approximately $12<br />
per man per night, $84 per man per week, and $260 per man per<br />
month.<br />
Donations can be made to “HOME” and sent to P.O. Box 6474,<br />
Kent, WA 98064-6474. Donors should indicate in the memo area that<br />
the donation is for ARISE operations.<br />
For further information contact Jennifer Malloy, 253-850-2516.<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> construction to begin next spring<br />
Construction of the Devoe Street <strong>Housing</strong> Continuum in<br />
Olympia is set to begin in the spring of 2006. The project will enable<br />
CCS Southwest to reach out to homeless men and women. It will<br />
be unique in integrating shelter and transitional and permanent<br />
supportive housing at one site.<br />
The architectural design is being finalized and the project is in<br />
the contract phase with various funders, including the Department<br />
of <strong>Housing</strong> and Urban Development (HUD), the Washington<br />
State <strong>Housing</strong> Finance Commission, and the State of Washington<br />
Department of <strong>Community</strong> Trade and Economic Development<br />
(DCTED). CCS received a $350,000 no-interest loan from the City of<br />
Olympia last year to assist in buying the property for the project.<br />
Potential names for the project are being evaluated. The naming<br />
committee is comprised of CCS advisory council members, social<br />
service providers, and elected officials.<br />
According to Gary Sandwick, CCS Thurston County Family Center<br />
director, “The support CCS has received from local, state and federal<br />
agencies, social service agencies, elected officials, parishes and others<br />
in the community has been instrumental in the development of this<br />
project.” Further information is available at 360-586-2915.<br />
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Benedict House set to open in February<br />
Construction is under way on Benedict House, a group residential<br />
facility in West Bremerton with supportive services for chronic lowincome<br />
homeless men. The 6,000-square-foot facility, a program of<br />
the Kitsap Family Center, is expected to open on Feb. 11, 2006.<br />
Benedict House is an outgrowth of the Homeless Outreach<br />
Shelter Team (HOST) program operated by area churches to provide<br />
temporary winter housing for men.<br />
The program has hired a former client, and many unemployed<br />
workers in Kitsap County, to help build the facility, which is located at<br />
the corner of Rodgers and Cambrian.<br />
Further information is available from Sister Pat Millen, OSF, Kitsap<br />
Family Center developer, at 360-405-9486.<br />
Construction of Benedict House is under way.<br />
Programs expand in southwest region<br />
CCS Long-Term Care (LTC) and Family Preservation <strong>Services</strong> (FPS)<br />
have expanded in the Vancouver and Longview areas.<br />
Long-Term Care is new in the area. The office is located at the CCS<br />
family center in Vancouver. Family Preservation <strong>Services</strong> is expanding<br />
to include Multnomah County (Portland, OR), with the Vancouver<br />
team heading up educational trainings using the FPS model.<br />
CCS is the largest provider of home care services in the state. More<br />
than 2,500 people are served daily and more than 1.5 million hours of<br />
service are provided annually. CCS Long-Term Care provides personal<br />
care services to frail elderly persons and persons with disabilities.<br />
According to Peter Nazzal, LTC director, home care services are<br />
being offered in the area in response to requests from people who<br />
asked for services from a faith-based agency. Nazzal added that the<br />
largest agency in the area, a for-profit, “does a good job providing<br />
home care services.”<br />
Nazzal said that LTC staff “had a hunch that if we provided services,<br />
we would be welcomed by the community. In July 2005 we opened<br />
for business. Our hunch was correct. Within 10 weeks, we went from<br />
zero to 30 clients.”<br />
LTC has two offices in the area, in Longview and Vancouver,<br />
serving, Clark, Wahkiakum, and Cowlitz counties. Information about<br />
services is available toll free at 877-879-1582.<br />
Everett child care center shifts focus<br />
Childspace: A Child’s Place, located in Everett, is changing its focus<br />
to serve children whose parents are in CCS recovery programs.<br />
The original purpose of the child care and early learning center,<br />
established in 1994, was to serve such children. Since then, the center<br />
expanded to accept children with special needs, and has been<br />
open to the community. In recent months, the center redefined its<br />
target group. Children of parents with substance abuse problems are<br />
considered special needs children.<br />
The program can serve up to 43 children and currently serves<br />
eleven. Parents of these children are being treated for alcohol and<br />
drug abuse. The children may also have suffered physically, socially,<br />
and emotionally.<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> is available for mothers in recovery and for homeless<br />
parents expecting a child. CCS offers child care, mental health<br />
services, and domestic violence programs. Parents are also able to<br />
get employment training to support their children. It is the goal of<br />
CCS in Snohomish County to provide housing that compliments the<br />
county’s Section 8 program.<br />
Further information is available from Daljit Grewal, Childspace<br />
director, at 425-316-0728.<br />
Monte Cristo Apartments to be purchased<br />
The Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority (AHA) and CCS of Snohomish<br />
County have collaborated to purchase and manage the Monte Cristo<br />
Apartments in Everett in early December.<br />
AHA will be responsible for development of the low-income<br />
housing complex and the day-to-day management of the facility.<br />
Twelve of the 69 apartments will be reserved to provide permanent<br />
supportive housing for chronically homeless single women. On-site,<br />
individually tailored case management services will be provided<br />
through CCS.<br />
Further information is available from Sharon Paskewitz, chief of<br />
staff at the CCS Snohomish Family Center, 425-257-2111.<br />
St. Patrick’s Day event<br />
will benefit Grays Harbor<br />
Family Center<br />
The second annual St. Patrick’s Day<br />
fund-raiser benefiting the Grays Harbor<br />
Family Center in Aberdeen will be held<br />
Thursday, March 16, 2006.<br />
The event will include a traditional<br />
meal of corned beef and cabbage, salad,<br />
soda bread and desert. Items for the silent and oral auctions will be<br />
displayed prior to dinner. These include handmade quilts and knitted<br />
items, woodwork, and smoked salmon. Other items are donated by<br />
local businesses.<br />
Volunteers staff the event, preparing and serving the meal,<br />
setting up auction items, and providing entertainment. Proceeds<br />
benefit the family center’s Feed the Hungry Program. The 2005 event<br />
raised $5,000.<br />
Further information is available from Mike Curry, family center<br />
director, at 360-533-9470, Ext 117.<br />
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T H A N K Y O U<br />
We are Blessed by All Who Share Their Gifts<br />
We are deeply grateful to the individuals, organizations, corporations, and foundations listed who supported us this past fiscal year<br />
ending June 30, 2005. We also recognize, though not listed, the 12,639 generous donors of gifts under $500. In addition, we honor the<br />
valuable assistance of 12,790 dedicated volunteers and hundreds of others who provide in-kind goods and services for our programs.<br />
(Please note: some CCS Week 2004 donations may not be included by name but are reflected in the total giving of the donor’s parish.)<br />
Visionary (10,000+)<br />
Altria Corporate <strong>Services</strong>, Inc.<br />
Amgen Foundation<br />
Anonymous (8)<br />
Archdiocese of Seattle - Rice Bowl<br />
Association for <strong>Catholic</strong> Childhood<br />
The Babare Foundation<br />
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Burgess<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> Charities USA<br />
Ms. Sharon Coleman<br />
Corporation of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Archbishop<br />
of Seattle<br />
John and Carolyn Cunningham<br />
D.A. Davidson & Company<br />
Elizabeth A. Lynn Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Eshelman<br />
Estate of Jeannette G. Huneau<br />
Estate of Katherine Brandstrom<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fahey<br />
First Presbyterian Church<br />
Mr. Richard J. Fitzpatrick<br />
Fleck Family Foundation<br />
Forest Foundation<br />
The Foster Foundation<br />
Gottfried & Mary Fuchs Foundation<br />
Karl and Pamela Garand<br />
Geneva Foundation<br />
Greater Tacoma <strong>Community</strong> Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Harding<br />
Mark H. and Blanche M. Harrington<br />
Foundation<br />
The Harvest Foundation<br />
Holy Rosary Parish - Edmonds<br />
HomeStreet Bank<br />
Mr. David J. Hovind<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes<br />
LA Weight Loss Centers<br />
Legal Foundation of Washington<br />
The Lochland Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John L. MacKenzie<br />
The Mannix Canby Foundation<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. McKain<br />
McKay Chadwell, PLLC<br />
Merrick & Olver, P.S.<br />
Microsoft Giving Campaign<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Morrissey<br />
Muckleshoot Casino<br />
Jim and Norma Murphy<br />
MWSH Auburn LLC<br />
Nesholm Family Foundation<br />
The Norcliffe Foundation<br />
Northwest Children’s Fund<br />
Providence Everett Medical Center<br />
Rose Magrini Endowment Fund<br />
The Seattle Foundation<br />
Sheppard Group of Marcus & Millichap<br />
Sovereign Military Order Of Malta-<br />
Western Association<br />
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church<br />
St. James Cathedral<br />
St. Martin’s Abbey<br />
St. Martin’s Programs<br />
The Stewardship Foundation<br />
Stocker Foundation<br />
The Farrell Group<br />
The Foster Foundation<br />
The Warm Foundation<br />
Travelers Express Company<br />
Tulalip Tribes<br />
United Way of Cowlitz County<br />
United Way of Grays Harbor<br />
United Way of King County<br />
United Way of Kitsap County<br />
United Way of Pierce County<br />
United Way of Skagit County<br />
United Way of Snohomish County<br />
United Way of Thurston County<br />
United Way of Whatcom County<br />
Washington Mutual Employee Giving Fund<br />
Estate of Irene C. Weber<br />
Benefactor (5000-9999)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dick W. Abrams<br />
Maj. and Mrs. Frederick M. Adolf<br />
Adrian Dominican Generalate<br />
Alcoa Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alhadeff<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Attorney General of Washington -<br />
Consumer Public Division<br />
Tony and Michelle Audino<br />
E. K. and L. F. Bishop Foundation<br />
Blue Sky Charities<br />
The Boeschoten Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Borgman<br />
Michael R. Brown<br />
Ms. Patty Burgunder<br />
Mrs. Colette G. Butterfield<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> Woman’s Club<br />
Church of the Assumption<br />
Mr. Todd Clarke<br />
Coalition for <strong>Community</strong> Development<br />
Combined Federal Campaign of King County<br />
The <strong>Community</strong> Foundation<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Foundation for Southwestern<br />
Washington<br />
Costco Companies, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Curran<br />
DBA Harvest Rsources<br />
Digital Music Systems<br />
Employees <strong>Community</strong> Fund of Boeing<br />
Puget Sound<br />
The Everett Clinic Foundation<br />
Ms. Johanna P. Flanagan<br />
The For All Kids Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Frazier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Genise<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Greene<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Hannula<br />
Mr. Thomas W. Healy<br />
Wyman J. Johnson<br />
Karr Tuttle Campbell<br />
Kelly Foundation of Washington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kerner<br />
Kilworth, William Foundation<br />
MAC Global Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Martz<br />
D. V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ravi K. Menon<br />
Metropolitan Market<br />
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program<br />
New Options<br />
PacifiCare Health Systems<br />
Princeton University Class of 1969<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Service Fund<br />
Puyallup Tribe of Indians<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don F. Raftis<br />
Rainier Pacific Bank<br />
Rotary Club of Tacoma #8<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Rumberger III<br />
Russell Investment Group<br />
The Satterberg Foundation<br />
Mr. Robin L. Schultz<br />
Dwight L. Schwab<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schwab<br />
Seattle Times Fund for the Needy<br />
Seattle Tractor Parts and Equipment, Inc.<br />
Seattle University<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Senecal<br />
Sisters of Providence<br />
Smith Barney Inc.<br />
Ms. Sharon S. Snuffin<br />
Mr. Jerome F. Soler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Solimano<br />
St. Anthony Parish<br />
St. Bridget Church<br />
St. Charles Borromeo - Tacoma<br />
St. Jude Parish<br />
St. Monica’s Friends of Needy<br />
St. Patrick Parish - Seattle<br />
St. Vincent de Paul Parish<br />
Surface Art<br />
Tacoma Longshoremen Union #23<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Tanasse<br />
Estate of Margaret Taylor<br />
The Estate of Marie J. Franklin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Thomson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Thorp<br />
Thorp Properties, Inc.<br />
Mr. Frank J. Tonkin Jr.<br />
Tosa Foundation<br />
Union Bank Of California, N. A.<br />
Trust Department<br />
United Way of Clallam County<br />
United Way of Lewis County<br />
University of Washington - Financial<br />
<strong>Services</strong><br />
US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc.<br />
Clifford and Roma Van Dyke<br />
Volunteers of America<br />
Washington Health Foundation<br />
Washington Mutual Bank<br />
Ms. Marie D. Webster<br />
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation<br />
Yohowudoin.com<br />
Zurcher Dairy<br />
Leader (2500-4999)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick S. Agresta<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Alex<br />
Altria, Inc.<br />
Anonymous<br />
ARINC Charitable Team<br />
Bank of America<br />
Bank of America United Way Campaign<br />
Banner Bank<br />
Battelle - The Business of Innovation<br />
Mr. Tom Bichsel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boulanger<br />
Boullioun Aviation <strong>Services</strong>, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Boyle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Brajcich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brenner<br />
Broadway Cares - Equity Fights AIDS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Brotherton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dormel L. Brown<br />
Nick and Mary Bujanovich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Cangany Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carroll<br />
Chief Seattle Club, Inc.<br />
The City Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Corcoran<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin W. Crow<br />
Mr. Mark Dexter and Ms. Deborah Cowley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Diens<br />
DiMartino Associates, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory DiMartino<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dunnam<br />
M. J. Durkan, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ellingson<br />
Emmanuel Lutheran Church<br />
Employees of BP Refinery<br />
Exponent<br />
Fales Foundation Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Ferron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Flaat<br />
Foster Pepper & Shefelman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Fouty<br />
The Fred Meyer Foundation<br />
Leo & Katherine Gallagher Trust<br />
Gordon Trucking<br />
GST Telecom, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hanika<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Harrington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen<br />
Mr. David Hernandez<br />
Holy Family Parish - Kirkland<br />
Holy Spirit Parish - Kent<br />
<strong>Housing</strong> Development Corp of WA<br />
Mr. Douglas Hutchens<br />
Irving A. Lassen Foundation<br />
John L. O’Brien & Company<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnston<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Kane Jr.<br />
Kenco Brokerage, Inc.<br />
Key Foundation<br />
Mr. Dennis Kibby<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Knight<br />
Korum for Kids Foundation<br />
Mr. David M. Lincoln<br />
Louella Cook Foundation<br />
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Haward G. Maron, M.D.<br />
Martin Family Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martonick<br />
Mr. Patrick L. Mathiasen MD and<br />
Mrs. Jenner Roth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McAleese<br />
Mr. Ronald P. McFadden<br />
Merck Partnership for Giving<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Messina<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mitchell<br />
Mrs. Donna L. Nichols<br />
Mr. Steve Nichols<br />
Ohno Construction Co.<br />
Olympia Federal Savings<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. O’Shea<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Pasquier<br />
Pierce County Medical Society Foundations<br />
Pinkerton Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Proctor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Radovich<br />
Regence BlueShield<br />
The Riener Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rompa<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Ross<br />
Ms. Mary J. Ryan<br />
Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation<br />
Mr. Oscar D. Scarborough<br />
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell S. Scott<br />
Seattle Police Employees Charity Fund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Darren Shakib<br />
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia<br />
Mr. and Ms. Paul Sleeth<br />
Rob and Nancy Sonderman<br />
Mr. Christopher Sopcak<br />
Span-Alaska Consolidators, Inc.<br />
St. Benedict Parish<br />
St. John Parish<br />
St. Joseph Parish - Ferndale<br />
St. Joseph Parish - Issaquah<br />
St. Joseph Parish - Seattle<br />
St. Leo Parish<br />
St. Louise - Social Concerns Commission<br />
St. Rose de Viterbo Parish<br />
Synergy Construction, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Tucci<br />
United Good Neighbors Fund of Jefferson<br />
County<br />
United States Trust Company<br />
United Way of Mason County<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ursino<br />
Mr. and Mr. Donald M. Verkest<br />
Wal-Mart Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Wartelle<br />
Washington State Bar Association<br />
Wells Fargo Private Client <strong>Services</strong><br />
Whitaker Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wickstrand<br />
Windermere Foundation Trust
Founder (1000-2499)<br />
Adobe Systems Incorporated<br />
Dr. Jan Agosti and Mr. Frank Woodruff<br />
AHBL, Inc.<br />
Alaskan Copper & Brass Co.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alkire<br />
Ms. Evelyn T. Allen<br />
Mr. Curtis D. Anderson<br />
Mr. Eric J. Anderson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Anderson<br />
Ms. Karen C. Anderson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Andre’<br />
Mr. Sidney S. Andrews<br />
Anonymous (4)<br />
Mr. Sarafin Aquino<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Arbuckle<br />
Mr. Michael Arnold<br />
Associated Ministries<br />
Assumption <strong>Catholic</strong> Church<br />
Mr. George M. Babare<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Barnes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Baumann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Belgau<br />
Bellarmine Preparatory School<br />
Ms. Brooke Belman<br />
Ms. Martha Benshoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Bernitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bialek<br />
Biella Foundation<br />
Black Family Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Blais<br />
Mr. William Blazer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Blume<br />
Boeing Goverment & <strong>Community</strong> Relations<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Boguch<br />
Mr. Michael J. Bonck<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Borte<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Bourgault<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Boyce<br />
Ms. Delores Boyle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bradford<br />
Dr. and Mrs. William Brennan<br />
Brooks Manufacturing Co.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Bunney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Buskirk<br />
Ms. Susan C. Campbell<br />
Mrs. Geraldine T. Capps<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Carriveau<br />
Ms. Judith A. Carter<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Case<br />
Mr. Mark C. Chambers<br />
Yimhung Chan and Wei Kit Lau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Check<br />
Rev. Fr. Peter Chirico<br />
Church World <strong>Services</strong><br />
Mr. Brian Clancy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Cline<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Clinton<br />
Mr. Jeffrey Coblentz<br />
Ms. Charlotte Cole<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Coleman<br />
Mr. John Colleran<br />
Mr. James Collins<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Collins<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Colombini<br />
Domenico & Mary Coluccio Foundation<br />
Combined Federal Campaign of North<br />
Puget Sound<br />
Mr. Loren D. Combs<br />
Common Cents<br />
Consorta<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Cooper<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Corbin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cornick<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Corr<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Costello<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Grant E. Courtney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Cowell<br />
Mr. James H. Cox<br />
Mrs. Sandra E. Cozzetto<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crinkey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Cronin<br />
Mr. Donald E. Culver<br />
Mr. Khoi (Michael) Cung<br />
Ms. Mary Ann Currier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Dahl<br />
Ms. Lois Dambacher<br />
Ms. Janet Darragh-Fastabend<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Davidson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley A. Del Matto<br />
The Luino and Margaret Dell’Osso<br />
Family Foundation<br />
Robert and Renee DeVinck<br />
Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Diller<br />
Ms. Joyce Dixon<br />
Ms. Cathy L. Doperalski<br />
Mr. John V. Dovey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Drury<br />
Ms. Elvera M. Duffy<br />
Ms. Janet Dyckman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Eckstrom<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Edelhauser<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Edwards<br />
Mr. Michael Eidson<br />
CB Richard Ellis<br />
Ms. Juliana Ellis-Billingsley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Erickson<br />
Ms. Kathryn L. Evered<br />
Evergreen Olympic Properties, Inc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Ewings<br />
Expeditors International of Washington<br />
Ms. Jan Faull<br />
Feed Washington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Feist<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Ferullo<br />
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund<br />
First Christian Church of Kent<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence G. Fisher<br />
The Fishing Company of Alaska, Inc.<br />
Ms. Judith A. Folden<br />
Ms. Meagan Foley<br />
Fort Lewis Chapel Tithes & Offerings Fund<br />
Mr. Robert Fortner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Foster<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Lynn R. Frary<br />
Mr. Joe Frazier<br />
Fred Meyer Public Affairs Department<br />
G M Babare Foundation<br />
Ms. Kristin Gaerttner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Gaffney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. James Gallagher<br />
Ms. Diana L. Geary<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gehrig<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Geisen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. George<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randall C. Gilliam<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gockel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Golitzin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gorman<br />
Alexander Gow Fire Equipment Company<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Gowell<br />
Grace Lutheran Church<br />
Mr. Donald G. Graham Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Grambihler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Josef E. Gray<br />
Mr. Michael Gray<br />
Mr. J. P. Guedet and Ms. Laurier D. Mailloux<br />
Mr. James R. Hagen<br />
Mr. Thomas G. Hamerlinck<br />
Mr. Dennis Harn<br />
Mr. Daniel T. Harrington<br />
Ms. Lindsay A. Harris<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Francis J. Harthorne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harvey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Harvey<br />
Mr. Peter A. Hashisaki and<br />
Ms. Sandra J. Diangi<br />
Ms. and Mr. Virginia M. Haver<br />
E. John and Victoria Helmon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos E. Herrera<br />
George Hess<br />
Reverend Oliver L. Hightower<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W. Hilger<br />
Ms. Rebecca A. Hill<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hogan<br />
Holland America Line Westours, Inc.<br />
Mr. John H. Holliday Jr.<br />
Holy Family Parish - Seattle<br />
Holy Family Social Concerns<br />
Holy Rosary Parish - Seattle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Honda<br />
Mr. John G. Hoos<br />
Mr. Richard A. Hopp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Hopps<br />
Mr. E. W. Hounsell<br />
Howarth Trust Fund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Howell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hughes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Huxtable<br />
IKEA<br />
Immaculate Heart of Mary<br />
Immanuel Lutheran Church Women<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Isaksen<br />
Ms. Maxine Jackson<br />
Jacobson Jarvis & CO, PLLC<br />
Clair and Nancy Jenkins<br />
Jesuit <strong>Community</strong> Seattle University<br />
John L. Scott Real Estate<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Kapust<br />
Kawabe Memorial Fund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Keane<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Kelly Jr.<br />
Kenco Foodservice, Inc.<br />
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Kennedy<br />
Mr. and Ms. Barry Kenney<br />
Ms. Marian G. Kessel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Kieffer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. King II<br />
Kirkpatrick Family Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Klee<br />
Mr. Edward C. Klopping III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Knoff<br />
Mrs. Mary A. Knowles<br />
Mr. John F. Koenig and<br />
Mr. William M. Pease<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Koenig<br />
Koeplin Family Foundation<br />
Mr. Bill Korum<br />
Ms. Leah Kosik<br />
Ms. Dionne M. Krebs<br />
L.G. Isaacson Company, Inc.<br />
LA Inc.<br />
Ms. Beverly Lacore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laskowski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Legge<br />
Ms. Eileen Lennon<br />
Mr. Eugene A. Liekhus<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terence A. Limb<br />
Ms. Mary Jane Lind<br />
Dr. Ann D. Liou DDS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid G. Loeken<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Luvera<br />
Ms. Cecille A. Lynch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn MacPherson<br />
Madigan Army Medical Center<br />
Mr. Sean Maloney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Malshuk<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Manza<br />
Mr. Melvin L. Marklein<br />
Ms. Janile M. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Martin IV<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Martinez<br />
Mary Queen of Peace Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Massoth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leon P. Maurice<br />
James and Judith McAteer<br />
Jack McCann, Inc.<br />
Ms. Mary E. McCarthy<br />
Mr. Steven P. McClean<br />
Ms. Susan M. McConnaha<br />
Randy McCormick<br />
Mr. Randy McDaniel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry McDonald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald<br />
Ms. Mary J. McHugh<br />
Ms. Vera C. McKernan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McSweeney<br />
Medina PTSA<br />
Mr. Douglas I. Medley<br />
Mellon Bank<br />
Mr. Ashok Menezes<br />
Merle I. Smith Charity Trust<br />
Messina - Bulzomi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Meyer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Mhyre<br />
Mr. Jonathan R. Miller and<br />
Ms. Rebecca J. Nelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Mitchell<br />
Moctezuma’s Restaurant<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Molteni<br />
Michael and Janet Monda<br />
Shaughn Moore<br />
Mr. Glenn Moran<br />
Mrs. Melinda Muchmore-Thompson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Mullally<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Murphy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Murphy<br />
Murray Pacific Management, Inc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Murray<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mylet<br />
Lt. Col. and Mrs. J. Patrick Naughton<br />
Ms. Irene Neale<br />
Ms. Joanna R. Nelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Nitkey<br />
Mr. Arthur E. Nordhoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Nowak<br />
Mr. Martin Ochsner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie O’Connor<br />
The O’Donnell Family Charitable Foundation<br />
Mr. Jeffrey G. Ojemann and<br />
Ms. Karen L. Selboe<br />
O’Keefe Family Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Leary<br />
Ms. Dolores F. O’Leary<br />
Ms. Jill K. Oshel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Osterhaus<br />
Ms. Katherine Oswalt<br />
Pacific Northwest Healthcare<br />
Mr. Michael Danks and<br />
Mrs. Carmi Parker Danks<br />
Ms. Violet I. Paschke<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Pattison<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Paux<br />
Mr. Charles A. Pearson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Penry<br />
Perfect Lawns, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Peterson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Petesch<br />
Honorable and Mrs. John A. Petrich<br />
Mr. Mark Petrich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pfannenstiel<br />
Hienthuc T. Phan<br />
Ms. Judy Pigott<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pleasant<br />
Mr. Ed Plunkett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Poussier<br />
Mr. David A. Pranghofer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Price<br />
Prince Of Peace Lutheran Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley P. Proudlove<br />
Puget Sound Capital Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Milton O. Pyle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Razore<br />
Mr. E. J. Regala<br />
Mr. Charles F. Rehberger<br />
REI<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Reykdal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Richardson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Richardson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Riel<br />
Ms. Jayne E. Riggs<br />
John and Jan Rittenhouse<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Roberts<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Robertson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Robinett<br />
Robison Construction Inc.<br />
Reverend Stephen T. Roman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Russell<br />
Very Rev. Michael J. Ryan<br />
Mr. Rodney A. Ryan<br />
Sacred Heart - Battle Ground<br />
Sacred Heart Church - Enumclaw<br />
Sacred Heart Parish - La Conner<br />
Safeco Your Gift Plus<br />
Mr. Samuel F. Saracino and<br />
Ms. M. Victoria Ries<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Al Savio<br />
Ms. Ann R. Scearce<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted J. Schepper<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig P. Schiedermayer<br />
Ms. Carol Schifsky<br />
Mr. Chris Schmidt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Schneller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Schumacher<br />
The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving<br />
Mr. James J. Schwartz and<br />
Ms. Renee Willette<br />
Ms. Frances M. Schwendiman<br />
Mr. Felix M. Sciulli<br />
Seattle King County Dental Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Segale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Selis<br />
Ms. Donna Sexton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Shephard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Seth L. Siegal<br />
Sisters of St. Francis<br />
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Skahill<br />
Ms. Maria Skilton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don Sly<br />
Mr. George Smeby<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Noel L. Smith<br />
Ms. Mary E. Snapp<br />
Dr. Donald J. Soltero<br />
Soroptimist International of Bremerton<br />
Sound Tax & Investment <strong>Services</strong><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Souza<br />
St. Andrew Episcopal Church<br />
St. Anne Outreach<br />
St. Barbara Church<br />
St. Brendan Parish<br />
St. Cecilia Parish - Stanwood<br />
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church<br />
St. Frances Cabrini Parish<br />
St. Gerard Guild<br />
St. John Bosco Parish<br />
St. John Mary Vianney - Kirkland
St. John of the Woods Parish<br />
St. Joseph Parish - Sequim<br />
St. Madeleine Sophie Parish<br />
St. Mary Parish - Anacortes<br />
St. Matthew Ministry Fund<br />
St. Matthew Parish<br />
St. Paul Altar Society<br />
St. Theresa Parish<br />
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish<br />
Mr. Joseph C. Stack<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Stamper<br />
Starbucks Matching Gifts Program<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mark J. Stephan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stuart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Studer<br />
Mr. Karim M. Suleman<br />
Father Gary Sumpter<br />
Swedish Health <strong>Services</strong><br />
Tacoma Elks Lodge #174<br />
Tacoma Lutheran Home and Retirement<br />
<strong>Community</strong><br />
Ms. Josephine V. Tamayo Murray and<br />
Robert Murray<br />
Target Stores<br />
Ten For Children Foundation<br />
The IAC Foundation<br />
The Redemptorists<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Thorbeck<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vern G. Thoreson<br />
Mr. George J. Thornton<br />
Ms. Michele T. Thornton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomberg<br />
Mr. Christopher Treacy<br />
Tucci and Sons<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucci<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ulacia<br />
Mr. Todd Ungerecht<br />
United Way of Columbia-Willamette<br />
United Way of Island County<br />
University District Service League<br />
Dr. Steven J. Urback DDS<br />
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program<br />
Vehicle Donation Processing Center<br />
Mr. Michael L. Verhaar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Vimont<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. VonLehman<br />
Ms. Florian Waas<br />
Ms. Leslie Wagner and<br />
Mr. Edward C. B. Curtis<br />
Wal Mart of Bentonville<br />
Ms. Elaine S. Waller<br />
Mr. Scott A. Wallick<br />
Maria and Daniel Wallig<br />
Wal-Mart of Port Orchard<br />
Mr. James A. Walsh<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Walton<br />
Mr. Ian P. Warren<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Weber<br />
Kathleen and Bruce Webster<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Wellington<br />
Mr. Christopher S. West<br />
Dr. Robert S. Wharton<br />
Wheeler Charitable Trust<br />
Whisker Club<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Wilde<br />
Ms. Nancy L. Wilder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Wilke<br />
Ms. Gertrud Williams<br />
Mr. Jeffrey Williams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williamson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Witte<br />
Women of The ELCA<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Woods<br />
Woodward Canyon Winery, Inc<br />
Mr. Jeffrey A. Woodworth<br />
World Reach, Inc.<br />
Mr. William B. Yarbrough<br />
Marcia W. Zech Foundation<br />
Ms. Mary G. Zembrycki<br />
Reverend Gary M. Zender<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ziegler<br />
Mr. and Ms. Ed G. Zigweid<br />
Mark and Rosemary Zilmer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Zimmerman<br />
Ms. Margaret L. Zurcher<br />
ZymoGenetics, Inc.<br />
Sponsor (500-999)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Abbruzza<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Adams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Adsitt<br />
Aerojet<br />
Agilent Technologies<br />
Ms. Anita Alerich-Lobdell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Allen<br />
Allstate Giving Campaign<br />
Ms. Mary L. Almonte<br />
Mr. Steven D. Altman<br />
Altrusa International of Lake Washington<br />
East<br />
Analytical Chemistry Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Erik B. Anderson<br />
Mr. Terrence M. Anderson<br />
Ms. Alison S. Andrews<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Archbold<br />
Ms. Nancy L. Arndt<br />
Mr. Joseph G. Asaif<br />
Ms. Sharon D. Ashley<br />
Associated <strong>Catholic</strong> Cemeteries<br />
Associated Petroleum Products<br />
Ms. Karla Ayala<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Bangasser<br />
Mr. and Ms. Tomas C. Barajas<br />
Mrs. Margaret Baran<br />
Mr. Paul S. Barbano<br />
Ms. Marilynne Barberis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Barker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Barry<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Beard<br />
Mr. Peter Beck<br />
Mr. Douglas P. Beighle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beil<br />
Bellevue Christian Reform Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Benshoof<br />
Ms. Daniel Benson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Bichsel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Bigger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bligh<br />
The Boeing Company<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bohlman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bohorfoush<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Boitano<br />
Mr. Michael Bonincontri<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Bonipart<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jon H. Bosland<br />
Ms. Becky J. Bottino<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Boulanger<br />
Mr. Justin Bourn<br />
Mrs. Delores H. Bowman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Boyer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bradley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bradshaw<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Duane G. Brandvold<br />
Mr. Hugh Brannon<br />
Ms. Elaine A. Breen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Brewer<br />
Mr. Alex Brindle Jr.<br />
Mr. Robert A. Briscoe<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Brooks<br />
Brown & Brown Insurance<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Brown<br />
Ms. Jeanne M. Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Brunell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Bruski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Bullinger<br />
Mr. John F. Burggraff and Ms. Janet Quimby<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Burke<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Burnham<br />
Ms. Ann C. Burris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery H. Buske<br />
Mr. Donald J. Buss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Buthorn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butrim<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Calhoun<br />
Mr. Robert Callahan<br />
Ms. Sharon Callahan<br />
Ms. Therese A. Campion<br />
Ms. Beckey Candini<br />
Mr. William Caples<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Capone<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Carlsen<br />
Ms. Patricia B. Carmody<br />
Central Kitsap Presbyterian<br />
Mr. Norman Chamberlain<br />
Mr. William S. Charters<br />
Chicago Title Insurance Co.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Chilenski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Christofferson<br />
Ms. A. Marguerite Clark<br />
Mrs. Sophia Clark<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence T. Clark<br />
Mr. Jon Clarke<br />
Margie and Nate Clinton<br />
Ms. Joan Clough<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic J. Colasurdo<br />
Ms. Teresa Colby<br />
Mr. Robert J. Colella<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Coleman<br />
Columbia State Bank<br />
Computer Associates International, Inc.<br />
Mr. Joseph E. Connelly<br />
Ms. Jill S. Conner<br />
Mr. Arnold J. Conrad<br />
Costco Companies, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Costello<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry F. Coupe<br />
Coyote Resource and Recycle, Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Crawford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Crocker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Crowley<br />
Ms. Mabel L. Curran<br />
E. J. Curry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis<br />
Custom Fence Company<br />
Mr. Matthew Daly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D’Ambrosio<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Daubenspeck<br />
Ms. Phyllis Davie<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce G. Davies<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Dawes<br />
Mr. Robert M. Dec<br />
Mr. Joe S. Deck<br />
Defiance Forest Products<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Defiesta<br />
Delivery Express, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. DeMuth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deschamps<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dickson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. P. Stephen DiJulio<br />
Mr. Juan Donato L. Dinio<br />
Ms. Mary E. Dittmann<br />
Mr. William Dittrich<br />
Mr. and Ms. Budyanto Djunaedi<br />
Mr. John Dominguez<br />
Dominican Sisters of Edmonds<br />
Mr. Thomas A. Donovan<br />
Very Rev. Joseph H. Doogan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Douglas<br />
Ms. Margaret M. Dour<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dovey<br />
Mr. Thomas J. Downey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Druzianich<br />
Ms. Anne Duncombe<br />
Mr. Dennis J. Dunphy and<br />
Ms. Roxie J. Dufour<br />
Mr. Gerald L. Duppler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Durr<br />
Reverend James Eblen<br />
Ed Burby Construction and Remodeling<br />
Edwin C. Dwyer Co.<br />
David L. and Sarah B. Eitelbach<br />
Mrs. Dianne M. Elledge<br />
Mr. Kendall Ellingwood Jr. and<br />
Ms. Betty Lau<br />
Ms. Eileen P. Ellis<br />
Vern and Laurie Endres<br />
Mr. John P. Engel and Ms. Susan M. Reis<br />
Mr. William Erwert<br />
Estate of Helen Stutzke<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Blair Evans<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans<br />
Evergreen Excavation, Inc.<br />
Ms. Carol Fawcett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Ferullo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie J. Ferullo<br />
Dirken Field<br />
Mr. Thomas P. Finch Sr.<br />
First Presbyterian Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Fitzgerald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny R. Flynn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Foltz<br />
Mr. Emilio Fonzo<br />
Ms. Katherine Forbush<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Franklin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freiburger<br />
Mr. Steve Freni<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Fricke<br />
Mr. Ned B. Friend<br />
Kathleen and Shane Frigon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fritschen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Fruzzetti<br />
Mr. Dwight E. Funai<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Furst<br />
Reverend William E. Gallagher<br />
Dr. John J. Gallucci<br />
Ms. Margaret J. Gannon<br />
Mr. Alex Gebhard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Geck<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gemperle<br />
Ms. Vickie L. Glastetter<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Glew<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Glivar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Golic<br />
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church<br />
Ms. Karen E. Gordon<br />
Mr. Stephen Gordon and<br />
Ms. Megan M. Lantry<br />
Ms. Sharon E. Gorham<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Gorringe<br />
Mr. David E. Goulet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Gowen<br />
Mr. Matthew W. Granquist<br />
Ms. Marie V. Green<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Gregory<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Griffith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Gross<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grunke<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gutmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Haines Jr.<br />
Ms. Tamara Hale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hall<br />
Ms. Peggy A. Hamernik<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Harn<br />
Mr. Keith R. Harrell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hartmann<br />
Mr. Jim Hartz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hathorn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hauck<br />
Ms. Theresa L. Haugen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Healey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hein<br />
Mr. Peter J. Hemmen<br />
Ms. Leonore G. Hernandez<br />
Mr. Joseph Hester<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hickman<br />
Jodi Higman<br />
Ms. Judie A. Hill<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hines Jr.<br />
Ms. Suzanne M. Hittman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Hoag<br />
Michael W. Hoder<br />
Mr. Harris E. Hoffman and Ms. Joan E. Gray<br />
Ms. Veronica A. Holland<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Holman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Holmes<br />
Holy Family Parish - Auburn<br />
Holy Redeemer Parish<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Homchick<br />
Horizons Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Horton<br />
Ms. Kristin C. Houle<br />
Mr. Frederick A. Howell<br />
Ms. Marsha A. Hubbard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Hudson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Hushek<br />
Rev. Tim W. Ilgen<br />
Immaculate Conception - Seattle<br />
Ms. Pam Ingalls<br />
Mrs. Lisa A. Irwin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Isaacson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. James<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike F. Janicki<br />
Mr. Timothy J. Jenkins<br />
Jesuit Fathers of Seattle Prep<br />
Ms. Sindy Jo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Johnson<br />
Ms. June A. Johnson<br />
Mr. Lyn K. Johnson and<br />
Mrs. Mary A. Murphy-Johnson<br />
Mr. Thomas F. Johnson<br />
Mr. Brian Jones<br />
Junior League of Tacoma<br />
Kappert’s Waterfront Construction<br />
Ms. Kathleen Karp<br />
Kaufman Brothers Construction<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Kawamoto<br />
Mr. and Mr. David J. Keen<br />
Mr. John W. Keenan<br />
Pat and David Kelley<br />
Mr. James F. Kelly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kelly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kelso<br />
Mr. Matthew Kerner<br />
Mr. Michael P. Kieltyka<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Killen<br />
Kimberly-Clark Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knetzger<br />
Knights of Columbus #3598<br />
Knights Of Columbus #8150<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Knuckey<br />
Mr. Gary Knudson and Ms. Martha Scoville<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Kolp<br />
Ms. Myra J. Kopf<br />
Mr. Emil J. Korjan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Korkowski<br />
Mr. Victor E. Koury<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kraetsch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kragelund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Kreilkamp
Mr. Leonard J. Kreissl III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kreitzer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Krischano<br />
Ms. Irma L. Krueger<br />
T. Eileen Krueger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Krupa<br />
Ms. Amy M. Kuchan<br />
Mr. Andrew D. Laird and<br />
Ms. Maureen M. Cyr<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Laird<br />
Ms. Toni M. Lally<br />
Ms. Mary R. Lamb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Lamb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Lane<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney C. Langer Jr.<br />
Langhauser Cable Contractors<br />
Mr. E. C. Larson<br />
Mr. Jeffrey D. Laveson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick LaViollette<br />
Law Office of Robert Sifferman<br />
Ms. Marion K. Lawber<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ledoux<br />
Ms. and Mrs. Maureen T. Lee<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rhoady Lee Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Legaz<br />
Legg Charitable Trusts<br />
Ms. Catherine Leone-Wood<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Lichon<br />
Ms. Rebecca Liebman<br />
Lifeline<br />
Mr. Phillip L. Lipe and Ms. Megu Hagiwara<br />
Ms. Carol Litten<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Little<br />
Darraw Littlefield<br />
Ms. Ada Lochridge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lockemy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lombardi<br />
Mrs. Mary Long<br />
Ms. Sharon L. Losey<br />
The Lucarelli Family<br />
Ms. Lisa M. Lundgren<br />
Mrs. Robert F. Lynch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lyon<br />
Ms. Jean M. MacDonald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. MacDonald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Mack<br />
Mr. James L. Mack<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan MacLean<br />
Mr. Murnane H. Maenhout<br />
Magnolia Lutheran Church<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mahoney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mahre<br />
Ms. Carla Main<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Mann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mann<br />
Ms. Kristina A. Manthie<br />
Ms. Barbara C. Marilley<br />
Ms. Celeste S. Maris and Mr. John O’Connor<br />
Ms. Helen K. Mark<br />
Mr. Bert Markovich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Martineau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mason<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mathern<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Matson<br />
Mrs. Dorothy G. Matuska<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Maxwell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McAlister<br />
Mr. and Mrs. McCarry<br />
Mr. James McCrae<br />
Mr. John W. McDonald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McDonnell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tab McFadden<br />
Mr. Brian McFaul<br />
Mr. Michael H. McGivern<br />
Mr. Van S. Mckenny III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. McLaughlin<br />
Ms. Mary C. McNerthney<br />
Ms. Mary Means<br />
Frances Mednikoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Meiklejohn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Melville<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Menard<br />
Mr. John G. Merry Jr.<br />
Mr. William G. Merz<br />
MGC General Contractors Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Michaels<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Miles<br />
Milgard Manufacturing<br />
Mrs. Diana D. Miller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miraldi<br />
Ms. Suzanne M. Mitchell<br />
Mr. James Moceri<br />
Mr. Richard D. Moldenhauer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Molloy<br />
Mr. David H. Monteith<br />
Mr. Cecile J. Montgomery<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Monty<br />
Mr. William Moreton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Morford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Morris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Moser<br />
Ms. Magdalena Motta<br />
Ms. Janet M. Mueller<br />
Ms. Colleen Mulligan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy<br />
Murphy’s Kids<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Naughton<br />
Naval Air Station Whidbey Is<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Nearn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nelson<br />
Mr. William D. Nettles<br />
Mr. Mark J. Nielsen and<br />
Ms. Mary C. Peterson<br />
Nippon Paper Industries<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose P. Noonan<br />
Mr. Timothy D. Noonan<br />
Mr. Patrick Noone<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Ratzlaff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Norton<br />
O’Blarney’s, Inc.<br />
John L. O’Brien & Company<br />
Mr. Michael P. O’Connell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Odegard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. O’Donnell<br />
Mr. Bryan Ohalek<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Olson<br />
Olympic Credit Fund<br />
Ms. Norma H. Oneill<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Orlando Jr.<br />
Mr. Henry E. Ortiz<br />
Mr. Gerald T. Osborn<br />
Our Lady Of Fatima Parish<br />
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish<br />
Our Lady Queen of Heaven<br />
Pacific Northwest Title Co.<br />
Packaging Machines International<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Palmer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Pankanin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Parks<br />
Mrs. Lucy Pasquier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Patsula<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Paul<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paulson<br />
Ms. Karen A. Pavletich<br />
Mr. Thomas W. Pearson<br />
Ms. Mary C. Peppard<br />
Mr. John Perron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Peters<br />
Mr. James L. Peterson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Peterson<br />
Pierce County Budget and<br />
Finance Department<br />
Mr. John Pietromonaco<br />
Mr. Michael J. Pizzo and<br />
Mrs. Kathryn A. Pizzo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Plakinger<br />
Ms. Linda Pleger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pletcher<br />
Polish <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Porterfield<br />
Portfolio Strategies Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Pospisil<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Laird M. Post<br />
Poulsbo North Kitsap Rotary<br />
Mrs. William F. Powers<br />
Ms. Margarita Prentice<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Proteau<br />
Providence Medical Center<br />
Providence St. Peter Hospital<br />
Mr. Angel Quant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Rademacher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Rafferty<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Rainer<br />
Rainier Investment Management<br />
Rames Family<br />
Ms. Charlotte Ranarui<br />
Eileen and Thomas Rasnack<br />
Mrs. Margaret Read<br />
Ms. Gingie S. Reder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reeves<br />
Mr. Othel R. Reeves<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Reichlin<br />
Mrs. Mary Reid<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Rempe<br />
Ms. Jean M. Reynolds<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James P. Rice<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rice<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Richardson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Ridlon<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Francis X. Riedo<br />
Reverend George O. Rink<br />
Mr. Ronald M. Roberts<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Roland<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Rollins<br />
Roof Doctor, Inc.<br />
Roo-Lan Healthcare Center<br />
Mrs. Helen M. Roozen<br />
Dave and Patty Ross<br />
Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation<br />
Rotary Club of Lacey<br />
Mr. Rene N. Roussel<br />
Ms. Marilyn Rowe<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Rowlands<br />
Mr. Antonio C. Rufin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Russo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ryan Jr.<br />
The Salvation Army - Northwest Division<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sambataro Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Samora<br />
Ms. Helen A. Saulnier<br />
Ms. Bernadette B. Savino<br />
Ms. Amelia D. Sazon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Scarff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schaefer<br />
Mr. Edward A. Schenck<br />
M. F. Schlanbusch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schmidt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ulrich C. Schoettle<br />
Ms. Leslie M. Schofield<br />
Ms. Marcia C. Schonlau<br />
Ms. Ellen F. Schram<br />
Ms. Jennifer Schroder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Schultheis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Schumacher<br />
Ms. Katherine J. Schwarzmann<br />
Mr. M. J. Sebastian<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Seiwerath<br />
Senior Action Network<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Shandrow<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd E. Sharp Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shaw<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shipman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Shoemaker<br />
John and Kathleen Shoesmith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Siljeg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Simmons<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Skinner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. M. John Slikas<br />
Mr. Phil Smart Jr.<br />
Ms. Dianne E. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Smith<br />
Mr. John E. Smith<br />
Ms. Patricia M. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Smith<br />
Sojourn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marcelino Soriano<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Southall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Spahr<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spane<br />
Mr. Jeffrey Spelman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Spencer<br />
Ms. Carolyn W. Sperry<br />
Mr. Harold L. Spiess<br />
Mrs. Adele M. Spillane<br />
Squaxin Island Tribe<br />
St. Anne Parish - Seattle<br />
St. Francis Parish<br />
St. John Vianney - Vashon<br />
St. Louise Parish - Bellevue<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. St. Marie<br />
St. Mary Parish - Battle Ground<br />
St. Philomena Parish<br />
St. Rita Parish<br />
St. Stephen the Martyr - Renton<br />
St. Thomas Parish<br />
Reverend Mark A. Stehly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Stephens<br />
Ms. Mary A. Stevan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stewart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stilin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Stokke<br />
Mr. William Stone<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Stoner<br />
Mr. Harold Storm<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stroosma<br />
Mr. John Sullivan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sullivan Jr.<br />
Summit Family, a Washington Foundation<br />
Summit Partnership <strong>Services</strong>, LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sweo<br />
Ms. Sharon Swift<br />
Tacoma Harley Owners Group 5380<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Tannesen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Tavis<br />
Mr. Ronald S. Taylor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tenkhoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Tesch<br />
The Lakes At Gig Harbor<br />
The News Tribune<br />
Ms. Shirley M. Therrien<br />
Ms. Carol Thomas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Thomas<br />
Mr. Warren Thomas<br />
Mr. Robert G. Thompson &<br />
Mr. Christian Thompson<br />
Tiger Mountain Stag Alcoholics Anonymous<br />
Mr. Jay Tihinen and Ms. Cheri Tihinen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ian D. Timms<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Tomski<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Toomey<br />
Ms. Paula F. Towne<br />
Toyota Motor Sales<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Trunek<br />
Mr. Geoffrey Tupper<br />
Mr. Daniel A. Twining<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Twombly<br />
University Congregational United Church<br />
of Christ<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Unruh<br />
US Bank<br />
Mrs. Marie Vachon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Valluzzo<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Van Inwegen<br />
Mr. Mark S. Vanderpool<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vartanian<br />
Mr. Lewis Vaughan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Vetto<br />
Mr. R. B. Vincent<br />
Ms. Rita Vincent<br />
Ms. Kelly Vomacka<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Vorono<br />
Mr. Chau N. Vu<br />
Mr. Adolph B. Waiss<br />
Mr. Leroy J. Walz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Warner<br />
Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program<br />
Washington Women’s Foundation<br />
Mrs. Virginia Watson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Phyllis Webb<br />
Ms. Sally Webster<br />
Mr. Michael Wehrman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glen L. Weller<br />
Mr. Tram B. D. Weller<br />
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.<br />
Ms. Darla W. Wendel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randal S. Wesselman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas West<br />
West Vocational <strong>Services</strong>, Inc<br />
Mr. Aaron Westlund<br />
Whatcom Educational Credit Union<br />
Ms. Mary Whisner and<br />
Ms. Mary A. Hotchkiss<br />
Ms. Mary A. Whitley<br />
James and Mary Lou Wickwire<br />
Ms. Marianne Wieland<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wightman<br />
Ms. Judy Wild<br />
Mr. Raymond K. Wilde<br />
Ms. Janyce M. Williams<br />
Ms. Marcia M. Williams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Wilson<br />
Ms. Mary C. Winter<br />
Ms. Deanne L. Witt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Wittmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wojciechowski<br />
Ms. Kathleen Wolf<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin F. Woodland<br />
Pete and Nancy Wright<br />
Ms. Amy Yu<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Magnus A. Zapolski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Ziemkowski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clement J. Zipp Jr.<br />
Ms. Jacklynn A. Zorich<br />
Please notify us if our<br />
records are incorrect.
The Good Samaritan Society<br />
“One of the values that we live by deals with feeding,<br />
clothing and comforting the poor. Nobody does<br />
that better than CCS. Certainly include CCS in your<br />
current will. Establish a will if you do not have one.”<br />
–John & Marsha Baumann, Renton<br />
Vincent Van Gogh, “The Good Samaritan”<br />
“No one organization does more<br />
for the less fortunate than CCS.<br />
We strongly recommend that you<br />
include CCS in your estate planning.”<br />
–James G. & Norma Murphy, Edmonds<br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Services</strong> and the Archdiocesan <strong>Housing</strong> Authority<br />
have established the Good Samaritan Society to honor those of all faiths<br />
and all backgrounds whose bequests or planned gifts will support our<br />
mission into the future to serve children, the poor, the elderly, and the<br />
physically challenged.<br />
The New Testament parable of “the Good Samaritan” (Luke 10:29-37) has<br />
come down through the ages, is honored by all cultures, and resonates in<br />
the stories of all religious traditions. The Good Samaritan exemplified “love<br />
made real, compassion made visible.”<br />
Membership in the Good Samaritan Society is comprised of those who<br />
have made:<br />
• Bequest in their will or living trust<br />
• Charitable Gift Annuity<br />
• Beneficiary designation in their IRA/retirement account<br />
• Real estate or property gift<br />
• Beneficiary in their life insurance or contribute paid-up policy<br />
• Stock, bonds or mutual funds donation<br />
• Endowment gift<br />
To become a member of the Good Samaritan Society, or for more<br />
information, please contact 206-328-5707 or plannedgiving@ccsww.org.<br />
You can also visit our planned giving website at www.ccswwlegacy.org.<br />
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