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Celebrating Fifty Years
2014 Report to the Community
1526 Commerce Avenue • Longview, WA 98632 • phone 360-425-343 • toll free 800-383-2101 • www.LowerColumbiaCAP.org
Message from the Executive Director
For fifty years, Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP)
has been a force for positive change in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum
counties.
Lower Columbia CAP
is one of 30 CAPs
(Community Action
Programs) in
Washington State.
The Promise of
Community Action
Community Action changes people’s
lives, embodies the spirit of hope,
improves communities, and makes
America a better place to live. We care
about the entire community, and we
are dedicated to helping people help
themselves and each other.
EDITOR: Alan Rose
Layout: Korina Groff, Grafworx
Photo credits:
(All photos by Alan Rose
unless otherwise noted)
C’s Photography
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Don Hagner
Ron Johnson of Pioneer Lions
Jessica Lemmons Photography
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Board of Directors
Organized by local citizens in 1964 as part of the War on Poverty, its
mandate was to empower and equip our community to identify our
own problems and find our own solutions to those problems.
Over the decades, CAP’s programs have changed in response to the
changing needs and issues facing this community. A number of these
programs “spun off ” to become important community organizations
themselves, addressing such issues as domestic violence (Emergency
Ilona A. Kerby
Support Shelter), health care for low income families (Family
Executive Director
Health Center), early childhood development (Head Start), refugee
Photo courtesy Dimmick Photography
and immigrant resettlement (Ethnic Support Council), and legal
assistance for low income people (Evergreen Legal Services, now Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Legal
Aid). Even the Farmers Market had its start as a CAP program.
As we embark on the next fifty years, our mission and mandate remains the same: to
respond to the changing needs in our community by creating programs that address those
needs. We can already guess some of the issues we will be facing: an aging population
requiring more and more senior services; health challenges as Cowlitz County continues
to place high in the state in smoking, drug use, obesity, and other harmful behaviors; the
need for job training opportunities, especially for those who do not finish high school; and
perhaps even addressing the challenge of recidivism among our community members who
are in a downward spiral as they return again and again to our jails.
Representing Disadvantaged People
Dian Cooper,
Vice President
Family Health
Center
Carlos Carreon
Cowlitz Health and
Human Services
Leri Jacobs
Community
Advocate
Carolyn Perrault
HeadStart
Daniel Tchozewski
Community
Advocate
(Wahkiakum)
Susie Theriault
Community
Advocate
Representing The Business Community
2014 Financial Statement
40%
23%
20%
8%
5%
3%
1%
Bill Boehm
B&B/Entek, Retired
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10
15
20
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6% of all Income goes to Administrative costs.
The restgoes to Program expenses
March 16, 1964 — In his address to Congress, President
Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “war on poverty.”
“What does this poverty mean to those who endure it? It
means a daily struggle to secure the necessities for even a
meager existence. It means that the abundance, the comforts,
the opportunities they see all around them are beyond their
grasp. Worst of all, it means hopelessness for the young.”
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,554,918
40%
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,992,363
23%
Donated Goods & Services . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,779,732
20%
Program Service Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $664,637
8%
Cash Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $288,941
3%
Retail Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $455,896
5%
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$69,761
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TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,806,248
Figures are not yet audited.
David Green,
President
Columbia Bank
Mary Gillespie,
Treasurer
Gillespie Properties
Rev. Don Hagner
Secretary
Calvary Baptist
Church
Dave Andrew
Cowlitz PUD
Brent Arnold
Cowlitz PUD
The Board of Directors
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without spending a dime.
FEDERAL
STATE
DONATED GOODS & SERVICES
PROGRAM SERVICE FEES
RETAIL SALES
CASH DONATIONS
OTHER
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How you can support CAP
We welcome the challenges coming. By rising to meet them, we raise up the entire
community.
INCOME
Stay up to date with what’s
happening at CAP by
following us on Facebook
Grounds for Opportunity (GFO)
Weekly specials & After-Hours Dinners
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GroundsforOpportunity
Whatever the issues, we will seek creative, collaborative solutions.
WAR ON POVERTY
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To insure that the Boards of Directors of all CAP reflect and represent their communities,
the law requires that one third of the Board’s members represent Disadvantaged People
who receive services; one third represents the local Business Community; and one third
represents Local Government. The Board of Directors has responsibility for the oversight
of all aspects of the organization’s policies, programs and finances.
100%
are the “eyes and ears” of our
community, representing the
varied populations who CAP
serves and with whom
CAP works.
Fred Johnson
Attorney
(Wahkiakum)
Representing State & Local Government
Link your Fred Meyer Rewards
Card to “Lower Columbia CAP”
at www.fredmeyer.com/
communityrewards. Then every
time you shop and use your
Rewards Card, Fred Meyer will
make a donation to CAP services.
Shop online? Go to
www.goodsearch.com/goodshop.
aspx, select “Lower Columbia
Community Action Program”,
and do your shopping online
as usual. GoodShop will donate
a % of your purchase to
CAP at no cost to you.
Lower Columbia Community
Action Program (CAP)
Commissioner
Mike Backman
Wahkiakum County
Representative
Brian Blake
19th Legislative
District
Todd McDaniel
City of Kelso
Steve Moon
City of Longview
Commissioner
Dennis Weber
Cowlitz County
phone 360-425-343
toll free 800-383-2101
1526 Commerce Avenue
Longview, WA 98632
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Highlights of 2014
Major Food
Donors
15th Ave. Safeway
Kelso Safeway
Ocean Beach Safeway
Walmart - 2 stores
Fred Meyer
Cash & Carry
Northwest Harvest
Food Lifeline
Highlands Neighborhood
Association
Cash & Carry
Local Cash & Carry store manager Tony
Voukidis presented a check for $2,577 to
Lisa Chavez and Help Warehouse volunteer
Bob Johnson. Cash & Carry also participates
in our Grocery Rescue program, each week
warehouse volunteers pick up food that the
store must discard because of the approaching
expiration dates. Help Warehouse is set up to
get this food out to the food banks before the
food’s use expires.
Giving Fund
Kalama Kids
For the second year, Diana Dugeloh
(left), owner of Kalama Kids toy &
clothing store, has donated toys for
children from low income families.
From Nov 8-Dec 20, Diana, joined by
her employees and customers, donated
one toy each day. Gina Nugent from
CAP collected toys for 38 children in
15 families who are in her housing
program. A $5,000 grant from the Weyerhaeuser
Giving Fund purchased insulated carrying
bags, ice sheets, and pan carriers for Meals
on Wheels. This equipment will help
regulate temperatures as CAP volunteers
deliver heated food to homebound seniors.
Local Food
Drives
Cookies for CAP
11-year old Erica Snyder (front),
along with her brothers and
friends, sold cookies again in
2014, raising $3,630 to
purchase books, educational
games, gym equipment, and
musical items they presented
to St. Helens Elementary
School. They were supported
by generous sponsorships from
Columbia Bank and the IBEW
48 Union Electrical Workers.
Also Important
Northwest Pet Products
(Pet Food Donations)
Bates Technical College
(Free food delivery)
Peninsula Trucking
(Free food delivery)
CAP’s Beginning
Partnering With
Kelso High School
Since January, Kelso High School
students have participated in CAP programs.
Students Austin and Mireille (above
left) were interns at CAPtured Treasures,
working with store supervisor Ashley
Loughmiller and her staff to gain
real-world work skills in a retail
environment.
Several students from Jason Langenbach’s
class (above right) built and installed
garden beds at one of CAP’s group
homes.
Kelso Theater Pub
Harvest Classic
Longview Early Edition Rotary raised $5,000 to support Help
Warehouse and area food banks with its annual Harvest Classic. This
was the 32nd year of the popular fun run/walk community event.
On August 20, 1964, President Johnson signed the Economic
Opportunity Act into law. The keystone of the War on Poverty,
the act provided a range of social programs that addressed the
causes, not just the symptoms of poverty (e.g., Job Corps, Adult
Basic Education, VISTA.) Among these were Community Action
Programs (CAPs) — community-based programs that identify local
problems and seek local solutions. Today there are 30 CAPs
in Washington state, and more than 1,000 across the country.
Our thanks to Mike & Dawn
Julian for donating the Kelso
Theater Pub for showings of
two powerful films, which CAP
hosted. American Winter
(January) told the stories of eight
families who fell out of the middle
class into homelessness as a result
of the Great Recession. A Place at
the Table (December) looked at the economic and
social implications of hunger for our nation, and
how we could solve it.
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• Altrusa/STP
• Animal Health Services
• Associated Students, LCC
• Brookhollow RV Park
• Butler Acres Elementary
• Canterbury
• Cascade Middle School
• Catlin Properties
• Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
• Coweeman Middle School
• Cowlitz Indian Tribe Pow Wow
• Curves
• DeFrancisco, Lampitt & Brado
• Dick Hannah
• Dept of Social & Health Services - Kelso
•Earth Day
• Franz Bakery
• Gibson & Olson
• Grocery Outlet
• Harvest Classic-Early Edition Rotary
• Kapstone
• Kelso Methodist
• Kelso Theatre Pub
• Kelso School District Bus Drivers
• Kindercare
• Letter Carriers-Postal Food Drive
• Lakeside Industries
• Longview Public Library
• Longview/Kelso Elks
• Longview Garden Club
• Longview Orthopedic
• Mainstage Theater
• Mark Morris-RA Long Civil War
• Mary Huel
• Mel Lipincott
• Mint Valley Elementary
• Mt. Solo Middle School
• Nytemare Manor
• One Main Financial
• Red Leaf
• Republican Women’s Club
• Richard Howell
•Shred Day-Credit Unions of
SW Washington
•SNAP Fitness
•Stella Lutheran Church
•Street of Screams
• Three Rivers Eye Care
•Trinity Lutheran Church
• Walk and Knock – Lions & Rotary Clubs
• Waste Management
• Watershed Nursery
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Photos courtesy of Don Hagner, CAP Board Secretary
(Left to right) CAP Board Treasurer Mary Gillespie, Centralia
Mayor Bonnie Canaday, and June White, President of Altrusa
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Fiftieth
AnniversaryGala
On Saturday, October 25, 2014, people came together to celebrate Lower Columbia CAP’s fiftieth anniversary. Gala Co-Chairs
Pat Rodman and Bill Boehm welcomed the guests, and Emcee Terre Harris (RA Long Class of 1958) guided them through a
review of the past fifty years of this Community taking Action: in the areas of affordable housing, job skills training, services
to our seniors, as well as a range of services that care for our most vulnerable community members and support families
going through tough economic times. We now look to the next fifty years, accepting the challenges
and the opportunities that are always present in an ever-changing community.
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Wahkiakum County Health & Human
Services Director Sue Cameron with
Bill Rodriguez.
Former Wahkiakum County Prosecutor (and
current CAP Board member) Fred Johnson
(left) with 19th District State Representative
Dean Takko.
Title SPonsor:
See more gala sponsors on page 8
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& Amy Bremer, who are among the 408 families who have built
their homes through CAP’s Self-Help Housing Program.
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Highlights of 2014
Gala Sponsors
~Event sponsor~
Staff Receive Recognition
~Dinner Sponsor~
Recognizing the relationship between
nutrition and health, the Health Care
Foundation provided a $10,000 grant to
support CAP’s Meals on Wheels & Senior
Community Lunch programs. Foundation
Board member Judy Bailey (red) and
Executive Director Mary Jane Melink (blue)
were given a tour of CAP’s Grounds For
Opportunity café & job skills training
kitchen by student Laura Pietila.
Many thanks to
Comcast for their
continuing support.
15th Avenue Safeway
To help kick off 2014’s Walk and Knock,
15th Avenue Safeway assistant manager
Shannon Holmes presented a $1,000
check to Help Warehouse manager Lisa
Chavez. Safeway also sold bags of food
that were donated for Walk n Knock.
Give the gift
Hope
of
Financial Reality Fair
In April, approximately 150 adults and
children participated in a “Reality Fair”
game about money, organized by the
Cowlitz Assets Building Coalition, which
CAP coordinates. Each family received a
month’s income and a budget, and then
visited various booths (food, housing,
transportation, etc.) where they had to decide
how much they could afford to make their
income stretch to the end of the month.
This year’s Annual
Appeal broke all
previous records
$71,209
CAP Finds A Home
~Gold Community Sponsors~
Bill & Karen Boehm
Juanita Burnham
Tim Gregory
Juanita Burnham (left) receives the Patricia
Price Housing Hero Award from Longview
Housing Authority’s Lori Parson (center)
and LHA Executive Director Chris Pegg.
Juanita received the award in recognition of
her 9 years working with families in CAP’s
Self-Help Housing Program.
CAP weatherization field technician Tim
Gregory received his building quality control
inspector certification, making him one of
about 20 in the state, and the only certified
building quality control inspector in Cowlitz
and Wahkiakum counties.
~Program Sponsor~
~Decorations Sponsor~
Celebrating Homeownership
On June 30, during National Homeownership
Month, five more families moved into homes they
themselves built through CAP’s Self-Help Housing
Program. Over the past year, they had worked 30
hours a week on these homes, in all kinds of weather,
under CAP construction supervisors. Since the
program started, 408 families have built their
homes through this program.
photo courtesy of Don Hagner
Health Care Foundation
Supports Senior Nutrition
Don & Pat Rodman
Vashti Langford, from Goodwill’s Work Opportunities
Center, was one of the “financial coaches” who met
with families over dinner to discuss their choices and
what they learned from the experience.
~Wine Sponsor~
~Entertainment Sponsor~
Photo: Sharon Mitchell celebrates as she receives a $1500 rebate check from Cowlitz PUD’s Rob Salberg. Each family
received the rebate for building Northwest Star energy efficient homes.
Photo courtesy of
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Omi’s Umbrella
Poverty Simulation
Since its beginning in 1964, Lower Columbia CAP’s programs
were located in different parts of the city. In the late 1980s, when
Sears moved to the new Three Rivers Mall, its landmark building
on Commerce Avenue came up for sale. CAP Executive Director
Kathy Jones and Board President Ed Putka negotiated the purchase
of the 1948 building. Following extensive renovation, all of CAP’s
many programs were housed in one location, realizing the Board’s
dream of a one-stop service center.
In December, community leaders and members in Cowlitz County
participated in a poverty simulation organized by CAP. Participants
from the Kelso City Council, the County Sheriff’s Department,
Lower Columbia College, Longview Fire Department, Council
of Governments, Legal Aid, churches and other community
organizations spent a “month” during the morning, experiencing
what it’s like to be poor.
Conducted by staff from the Washington State Department of
Commerce, it was a wake-up experience for many who participated,
helping them to understand the challenges that low income families
face daily--for food, for transportation, for medical emergencies, etc.
~Silver Community Spon-
Naomi “Omi” Cummings,
Executive Director from 1967-1983,
led CAP through a dynamic and
innovative period of new programs.
During her years of leadership, many
CAP programs were started that in
time became important community
organizations, including the Emergency
Support Shelter, the Family Healthy
Center, Head Start, the Ethnic Support
Council, Evergreen Legal Aid, and
even the Farmers Market.
Community groups would approach CAP, wanting to address a
community issue (e.g., domestic violence); they would organize
under CAP — what came to be called “Omi’s umbrella” — until
they had become established and gained funding to become
their own organization.
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Millennium Bulk Terminals
~Additional supporters~
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Thank You Donors!
$5000-$10,000+
$500-$999
Bill & Karen Boehm
Michael &
Lucia Claxton
Philip & Carol Fortuna
KapStone
JH Kelly
Longview Early
Edition Rotary
Mike & Kathy Bates
Boatman Family
Frances Brock
David & Gayle Burt
Bonnie Canaday
Travis & Phyllis Cavens
Julie Cliffton
Cowlitz County Assoc.
Of Realtors
DeFrancisco, Lampitt
and Brado, PS
Dan Hiebert
Jess & Vickie Hight
Mary Huels
I.C.W.U.C. Local 747C
Marshall & Deanna Jackson
Marlene Johanson
Michael & Rebecca Kubitz
Bradley Larsen
Leonard & Marilyn Lessard
Patricia Miller
Timothy & Linda Nelson
Philip Nordin
Peace Health
Glenn Petterson
Bonnie Pluard
Retired Public Employees
Council #20
Dan Smith
St. Rose Catholic Church
St. Rose Parish School
D Margaret Studley Foundation
Tami Wilson
$1000-$4999
Donna Ahrenholtz
Brian Blake
George & Mary Bowerman
Cash & Carry Stores
Columbia Bank WA Way
Community Foundation
For Southwest Washington
Alma Day
Diamond Showcase
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Entek/B&B
Fibre Federal Credit Union
Randy & Mary Gillespie
Dave & Diane Grumbrois
Ray Hegr
Philip & Alma Henderson
Heritage Bank
Jan & Ilona Kerby
Longview Pioneer Lions Club
Millennium Bulk Terminals
Richard Nau
Joseph & Sandra Pollick
Port Blakely Tree Farms
Propel Insurance
Safeway 15th Ave
Safeway Foundation
Richard & Ann Van Sickle
Patricia Snyder
SW Washington Chapter Of
Credit Unions
2 Lady Scramble, 3-Rivers
Golf Assocciation
$100-$499
Roger & Karen Almquist
Gerald Ashley
H. Glen & G. Jewel Baker
Vivian Barr
Mike & Sally Bartlett
Florence Bass
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Archie Beyl
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Columbia Ford
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Dian Cooper
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Cowlitz County Title Company
Cowlitz Valley Chapter 541 Women
Of The Moose
Suzanne & Tim Cusick
Longview Public Schools
Barry Dahl
Daniel & Audrey Dale
Patricia Devin
Diane Dick
Anna Mudraya & Dmitriy Mudryy
Give With Liberty
William & Barb Dunlap
Donna Earl
Robert & Barbara Ellinghaus
James Erickson
Dan Evans
Financial Life Dimensions
Wayne & Brenda Fisher
Roxanne Forrest
Leslie & Connie Foss
Michael & Kathrin Fowler
Mick & Cathy Fox
Pat Frederickson
Fred Meyer Customers
David Freece
Barbara Freiberg
Friends Of Cloud Mtn
Linda Frost
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Goodshop
Deborah Gordon
David Green
David Hamilton
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Aaron & Heather Harlin
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Tom Heck
Arnold & Patricia Hendrickson
Michael & Amy Hicks
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Jeanette Hourigan
Lillian & Steve Jabusch
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Dave & Suzanne Jenkins
Gretchen Jennings
Matt & Deborah Johnson
Dave Kavander
Richard & Patricia Kelley
Julie Kerby
Wendell & Mickey Kirkpatrick
Janet Knudsen
Phillip & Kay Koski
Kroger
Patrick Kubin & Jill Johansen
Gregory & Margaret Lapic
Thank You Donors!
Les Church Concrete
Dale & Patricia Lilienthal
Jerry & Sandy Look
William & Rosalie Maitland
Kari Marcuson
Mark Morris Leadership
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Mary McEachern
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Teri Moeller
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Dave Ravander
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William Reade
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Alan Rose
Sandi Rosenzweig
Rotary Foundation Of Kelso
Noel Salata
Richard & Vicki Schreiber
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Single Sisters Lunch
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Stella Lutheran Chapel WELCA
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$1-$99
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Patricia & Philip Gurrad
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Celice Carlough
Arlene Hall
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Thomas Halloran
Carla Carron
Dorlores Hamer
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Jack & Debbie Hannah
Rex & Joyce Carter
Diane Harding
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Roy Christison
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James & Josephine Ciambetti
Ellen Hatch
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Charles Havens
Darrell Clark
Lloyd & Elizabeth Hedglin
Clark Living Trust
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Heron Point Park
Debra Cody
Jean Hodges
Sharol Cohn
Jay & Laura Holland
M J Coleman
Harold & Patricia Hoiness
Marguerite Cooley
Beverlee Hood
Kenneth & Colleen Corbin
Dena Horton
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Ted Hostetter
Donna Cox
Betty Houten
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Evelyn Hoyer
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Elaine Dahl
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Robert Davidson
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Huovinen
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Barbara Lerokomoser
Jeff Dean
Robert & Laurie Ireton
Vernette Deckman & Lynne Worth Douglas Irvine
Linda Ishiguro
Gary & Gloria Jacobs
Sylvia & Wayne Jacobsen
Tony & Martha Irene Jeanetta
Rick & Karen Johnson
Myrna & John Johnson
Ralph Jones
Wanda Jones
Garfield & Doris Jorgenson
Jaymin & Kate Joseph
Robert & Linda Kalal
Myrtle Karney
Roger & Nancy Karnofski
Dianne Karthauser
Patt Keller
William Kelly
Jonell Kenagy
Nicole Kerby
Andy & Kathy Kiser
Genny Kissinger
Jennifer Kizziar
Douglas Kjallin
Linda Klein
Alfons & Karen Knorr
Freddie Kologie
Fax Koontz
James Kreofsky
Arlen La Beau
Ben & Deborah Lafountaine
Carol Lamere
Joan Lavier
Neva Leach
Dorthy Learned
Lenora LeBlanc
Randal & Kynda Lemiere
Robert Lenzl
Dwight & Doris Leverton
Kevin & Jill Lewis
Jackie Lightfoot
James & Kathryn Likowski
Gary Lindstrom
Bruce & Diane Lockhart
Karen & April Locust
Longview Junior Service League
Linda Lowe
Ramona Lowe
Galen & Jo Luchau
Charles & Patricia Lunday
Joe & Donna Mackenzie
Patrick & Cheryl Maginn
Larry & Nancy Marko
Jacki Masters
Barbara Mattila
Anell Mattison
Donnie Mayfield
Terri McCloud
Gregory & Denise McCoy
Todd & Christine McDaniel
Raymund McDermott
Michael & Michele
McIntosh / Schafer
Sharon & Darrell McKee
Donna & Paul McLain
Bruce McLean
Burki McMahon
Laird & Carol McRae
Wendy McVay for Ona
Mae Hallmark
Tom & Mary Meek
Judith Merritt
Barbara Millard
Donald & Gavin Jeanne Mills
H.H.(Anne) Minthorn Trust
Edna Moliskey
John & Pat Monahan
Thomas & Martha Monahan
Marcia Mongrain-Finkas
Cheri & David Moroney
Ann Mottet
Karen Mueller
Michael & Maureen Muller
John & Nancy Murphy
Sidney Nelson
Myron & Mary Nelson
Wanda Nelson
Remona Nichols
Steven & Jacqueline Nichols
Brenda & Kennith Nimmo
Elice Nipp
Howie & Libby Odden
Rick Ogden
Marion Olmsted
Darren & Adriane Olsen
Genevieve Olson
One Gun Trucking, Inc
Judy Orcutt
Keith Paavola
Dorothy Packard
Shelley Palodichuk
Rose Parcel
Joann Parsons
Elijah & Winnifred Parsons
Ken & Darlene Pasche
Harry & Inga Pearce
Shirley Perry
Bud & Kathi Phillips
Mark Porter
Hannelore Poths
John Power
Sandra Powers
Miriam Prather
John & Kathy Pratt
Mike Pribbanow
Timothy & Boni Randall
Virgie Reid
Doris Reinholdt
Louise Rhoads
Robert & Sherry Rice
Susan Richards
Stanley & Joe Ann Riedesel
Lance & Sharyl Roberts
Donna Rolfe
Cy & Diana Romag
Jeanene Ronning
JD Rossetti
Linda Rutherford
Ronald & Patricia Schauer
Donald & Dorothy Schmidt
Dixie Schraeder
Screen Print Northwest
Glenda Schuh
Paul & Alice Seaberg
James Senn
Arvid & Muriel Shaw
Judith Shiflet
Sybil Sides
Loren Sievilo
Norma Simart
John & Shirley Simpson
Billy & Betty Smith
Blanche & Marla Smith
Marian Smith
Travis Smith
Marvin & Delores Snider
Faye Snow
Leah Sprague
Margaret & Seppo Soderman
Jennifer Sparks
Paul & Ann Spears
Dorothy Stadtfeld
Donna Stansberry
Jim & Cheryl Stonier
Richard Stumph
Donna Sutton
Robert & Nancy Swanson
Audrey Swingle
Jay & Lou Ann Tabor
Lawrence & Janice Taylor
Daniel Tchozewski
RD Theriault
James & Tracy Thomas
Michael Thomas
& Sharron Simpson
Cecily Thompson
Paul Thompson
Marilyn Tilton
Miguel Torres
Betty Trembley
Susan Truluck
Clara Trusty
Jean Turner
Gary & Susan Udd
Melbelyne Underberg
Skip & Loretta Urling
Richard & Edith Uthmann
Patricia Vorse
Joseph & Rosemary Vowell
Edward & Gertrude Vrana
Dennis & Chris Wallace
Leslie & Judy Wasson
Billy Wells
Donna West
Western Federation Of
Retirees- Local 153
Marjorie Westman-Field
Mary Wheeler
Ken & Barbara White
June White
Chris Whiteside
Duane Williams
Danny Wilson
Janice Wilson
Mary & James Williams
Walter & Gladys Williams
Alice Winn
Melvin & Sophie Wirkkala
Dick & Lois Witt
Richard Witt
Gertrude Woodward
Malcolm & Patricia Worrell
Stephanie Worth
Nick Wright
Van & Judy Youngquist
Paul & Ella Youmans
Frank Zdunich
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Building Healthy Communities One Family At A Time
Self-Help Programs
CAPtured Treasures
Boutique Clothing Store
& Retail Training Center
■ 51 students participated
in the training program,
gaining retail experience.
By the end of the year, 17
had gained unsubsidized
employment.
CAP Works
■ 69 people receiving public
assistance obtained fulltime employment.
■ 286 people receiving public
assistance were placed into
paid part-time jobs to gain
skills and work experience.
These participants provided
50,467 hours of assistance
to public and non-profit
agencies.
Financial
Independence Center
■ 314 people took the
MoneySmart course on
money management in
2014 (a total of 1,872
people have taken the
course since 2007).
■ 1068 people received
assistance with their tax
preparation (in association
with AARP volunteer Tax
Aides). Refunds for this
group totalled $1,079,852,
and an estimated $347,000
was saved by area residents
for paid tax preparation.
■ 533 homeless and at risk
Grounds for
Opportunity (GFO)
Café & Job Skills
Training Center
■ 7 students graduated
from GFO’s 16-week
training program, where
they learn all aspects of
the food preparation and
service industry. By the
end of the year, 6 had
obtained employment.
Self-Help Housing
■ 5 families completed
construction and moved
into their new homes in
Castle Rock.
■ 5 families are currently
building their homes
also in Castle Rock.
■ 408 families have built
their homes since CAP
started Self-Help Housing
in 1989.
Volunteer Center of
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum
■ 250 active volunteers
provided a total of 30,205
hours of service to the
community, valued at
$685,351.
For more information
on these programs, please
visit our website at
www.lowercolumbiacap.org
persons participated in 126
Life Skills workshops.
phone 360-425-3430 toll free 800-383-2101
Safety Net Programs
Energy Assistance
■ 1,626 households
received assistance
with payments totaling
$524,655.
■ 1,516 people attended
a two hour energy
conservation class.
I-5 Vans
(Rural Public
Transportation)
■ 28,877 rides between
Vancouver and Castle
Rock were provided.
Meals on Wheels
■ 561 households qualified
■ 20,084 meals were
■ 387 households
Medicaid Rides
& Senior Rides
for the PUD Senior
Discount Rate program.
qualified for the PUD
Disabled Discount
Rate program.
Help Warehouse
■ 1.6 million lbs of food
were distributed through
area food banks.
Homelessness
Prevention &
Rehousing
■ 472 households received
financial assistance that
either moved them from
homelessness into
housing or kept them from
becoming homeless by
preventing their eviction.
■ 60 persons received case
management to help
them obtain and maintain
stable housing.
■ Permanent Supportive
Housing (PSH) provided
housing and case
management services to
9 chronically homeless
men who had been frequent
users of emergency,
medical and law
enforcement services.
delivered to homebound
seniors.
■ 1,583 Medicaid rides
were provided.
■ 913 Senior rides
were provided.
Rental Housing
■ CAP provided affordable
rental housing to 46 low
income families in 2014.
Senior Community
Lunches
■ 11,128 meals were
served at lunch sites in
Castle Rock, Cathlamet,
Kalama, Kelso,
Longview, Rosburg,
Ryderwood and
Woodland.
Weatherization
■ 50 homes were
weatherized.
■ Currently, 33 homes are
in the process of being
weatherized.
Visit us online at www.LowerColumbiaCAP.org