2014
Overcoming
barriers
Douglas College Foundation
board members are passionate
about education. We believe in
Douglas College’s ability to inspire,
motivate and energize students
and faculty. Our Executive Director
and her staff work with individual
and corporate donors to ensure
that financial barriers do not
prevent students from achieving
their educational goals. We are
all doing what we love, thanks to
the generosity of you, our donors.
Together we helped more than
2,000 students this past year to
study hard and dream big.
Darlene Hyde
Chair
Douglas College Foundation Board
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DOUGLAS COLLEGE
FOUNDATION BOARD
Darlene Hyde, CHAIR
Nigel Lark, VICE CHAIR
Wendy Lindvik, TREASURER
Neal Nicholson, SECRETARY
Baj Puri, PAST CHAIR
DIRECTORS
Karen Baker-MacGrotty
Nick Cheng
George Home
Ben Kendall
Suzanne Kyra
ted LAU
DOUGLAS COLLEGE
BOARD LIAISONS
Sydney Tomchenko
Bruce Clarke
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Helping
students seize
opportunities
Douglas College is a place where
students are encouraged to explore, to
try new things, to discover their passion
and learn to be good at it. At Douglas,
students are able to participate inside
and outside the classroom, join clubs,
volunteer in the community and seize
global learning opportunities.
Foundation staff work hard to ensure
that everyone has access to education
and that instructors have the equipment
they need to offer high quality, applied
learning. We get our energy from
our students and our inspiration from
you, our donors. We are privileged
to be the conduit through which your
philanthropy flows, and we’re honoured
to be the stewards of your generosity.
On behalf of the Foundation staff, thank
you for helping us help our students.
Hazel Postma
Associate Vice President
External Relations
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Giving
& Receiving
2013/2014
100%
of donations go directly
to support students
2,119
students assisted
$714,000
raised
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I AM IN
MY FINAL
SEMESTER
studying to become a Veterinary
Technologist. This assistance comes at
a very important time – I am required to
write the Veterinary Technician National
Examination in July/August of this year. I
was surprised to find out the cost of the
exam is $300 USD. I cannot work as
a registered technician without having
successfully written the exam, so this
money will be put to good use.
I am a mature student, returning to
school. The staff, instructors and “behindthe-scenes” folk have been nothing
but awesome during my two years at
Douglas. Thank you sincerely for helping
me make my academic years a success
and the future that much brighter.
Kristie B.
Diploma in Veterinary Technology
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FOLLOWING
HER DREAMS
Jodi has built a career around
helping people discover their
strengths and overcome barriers.
For 15 years she worked in special
education, and now she helps run an
employment centre for adults. Along
the way, she’s learned that sharing
her positive outlook can inspire
others.
“My life has not been easy, as a
single parent raising my three kids,”
Jodi says. “My work is about relating
to clients and going, ‘Yep, I’ve been
on income assistance. Yep, I’ve
struggled finding jobs. But you know
what? I’m still following my dreams.’”
One of Jodi’s biggest dreams is
to advance her education. She is
now completing the Classroom
and Community Support diploma
program at Douglas College. After
that, she plans to pursue a Bachelor
of Arts in Community Rehabilitation.
Working full time while being
a student hasn’t been easy for
Jodi, but the financial support
she received has made a world of
difference. “I’ve faced some huge
financial challenges. Without these
bursaries to help me continue with
my education, I wouldn’t be where
I am,” she says. “It’s so supportive
and encouraging and just gives me a
feeling of ‘I can do this.’”
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Events
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Our annual event to recognize the generosity of
our donors – Celebrate – saw us welcome about
40 corporate donors to lunch and 60 individual
donors to tea at the New Westminster Campus
for a celebration that included Student Research
Day. Student award recipients spoke movingly of
the challenges they face and the affirmation that
comes with receiving awards made possible by the
generosity of people in their community.
LEGACY
GIVING
seminars
16th annual
A Class
Act
Education was at the root of the two Legacy
Giving seminars hosted by the Foundation. The
free sessions, held at the New Westminster and
Coquitlam campuses, focused on financial and estate
planning, and travel options and insurance. The
information was well received, sessions were well
attended and money for bursaries was raised through
sponsorships.
The 16th annual A Class Act drew 250 people to
the Coquitlam Campus for an Oktoberfest evening of
beer and wine tasting, netting $30,000 for student
aid. Hospitality Management students worked with
Foundation staff to deliver an entertaining and
educational event supported by local businesses who
gave generously to the live and silent auctions.
The Uganda Quiz Night, co-hosted with the Rotary
Club of Coquitlam Sunrise, raised close to $5,000
for literacy initiatives in Uganda, where students
from the Faculty of Child, Family and Community
Studies do 10–week practicum placements. They
work in schools, clinics, hospitals, HIV/AIDs clinics,
in daycares and with street children.
Coquitlam Centre hosted the third annual Unwined
at the mall in May 2013 with 500 guests sampling
wine and food from local restaurants and bidding on
an eclectic silent auction. The event raised $20,000
for students in the TriCities, divided equally between
Douglas College Foundation and the Coquitlam
Foundation.
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I AM
FURTHERING
MY SKILLS
– both professional and personal – which I
look forward to putting to good use in the
helping of others. Mental health has a need
for empathetic, understanding workers who
help instill hope in clients, often grieving
their losses. The Psychosocial Rehabilitation
program at Douglas has been an illuminating
and very hopeful program. Your generosity is
much appreciated and is going to good use.
Louisa B.
Graduate Diploma in Psychosocial Rehabilitation
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TODAY
I GRADUATE
from the Child and Youth Care
Counsellor Diploma program
at Douglas College. Without
the assistance of Financial Aid I
would never have been able to
reconcile my previous student loan
debt, afford college, or navigate
the college bureaucracy to allow
me back with a 1.0 GPA and on
academic probation, let alone stand
with my cohort at convocation. Your
faith has inspired me to not only
succeed but to excel in my program
by bringing that 1.0 GPA to a 2.84
as well as making the Dean’s List
for the Winter 2014 Semester with
a 4.03 GPA. With utmost sincerity
and gratitude, David.
David E.
Child and Youth Care Diploma
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Corporate Donors
$100 - $999
Powerhouse Theatrical Society
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
1101 Ventures Inc.
of BC
420777 B.C. Ltd.
Quick Coach Lines
Bausch & Lomb Corporate Division
Randy’s Speedy Brake & Muffler
Better World Books
Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society
Canadian Blood Services
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Royal Arch Masons of BC & The Yukon
CDMF Performing Arts Festival Society
Sally Soo Enterprise
Centennial Optical Ltd.
School District No. 46 - Sunshine Coast
Certified General Accountants
Sherri Hoeflicker Foundation
Association of BC
Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc.
City of New Westminster
Surrey Canadian Baseball Association
Coast Progressive Physiotherapy
Surrey Foundation
CooperVision
The Cinderella Project Society
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
United Way of the Lower Mainland
Delta Kappa Gamma International Society
Vancouver Christian School
Devon Greenside Construction
Vancouver Golf Club - Business Ladies
Douglas College Accounting Department
Section
Douglas College ESL Department
Ladie
Vancouver Golf Club - Tuesday Ladies
Manage
Douglass College Hospitality Management
Vancouver Municipal Education and
Douglass College Music Department
mmunity Workers’ Society
Community
llege Veterinary Technolo
Technology
Douglass College
Westminster Savings
artment
ent
Department
Woodtone
ina C. McNary Inc.
Dr. Divina
Woodworks Solid Wood Furniture
ociation of Ca
Canada
Editors’’ Association
Grand Chapter of BC & Yukon - Order of the Zoetis Canada
Eastern Star
$1,000 - $2,499
td.
d
H. Kahl Construction Ltd.
Abbotsford Commun
Community Foundation
ada
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada
Alcon Vision Care
ng Centre
entre
Home Hardware Building
Animal Health Techno
Technology Association
- Abbotsford
of BC
uction Ltd
Howard Wilson Construction
Ltd.
Bank of Montreal
Hoya Vision Care - Canada
Boston Pizza International Inc.
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Bridgewater Properties Inc.
Employees #118
British Columbia Building Envelope Council
Johnson & Johnson Medical Products
British Columbia Christian Secondary
Killean Consulting Inc.
Schools Athletic Association
McLaren Trefanenko
British
Columbia Lung Association
Medical Office Assistants’ Association of BC
Brook Pooni Associates Inc.
Chapter 17
Canadian Federation of University Women
Mennonite Central Committee British
- Coquitlam
Columbia
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Nikon Optical Canada Inc.
Local 389
Northwest Junior Showmanship Foundation
Central Okanagan Bursary & Scholarship
Olsen Mechanical Ltd.
Society
Optimist Club of Coquitlam
Coast
Capital Savings
Pacific Pentecostal Education and
Compass Group Canada
Communication Society
Covenant House Vancouver
PEO Chapter AE
Credit Union Foundation of BC
PEO Chapter B
YOU
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Delta School District
Douglas College Campus Life
Douglas Students’ Union
Dr. Cam Coady Foundation
Estate of Bruce McDonald
F.K. Chan & Company
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
Helene Mackenzie & Past Governors of
Quota District 18 Trust
James Anderson Learning Centre
Kinder Morgan Canada
Lhoist North America of Canada Inc.
Loblaw Companies Ltd.
Long & McQuade
McCray Optical Supply Inc.
MPA Society
New Westminster Baseball Association
Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association
Phillips - Van Heusen Corporation
PLEA Community Services Society of BC
PoCo Mens Baseball League
b of Coquitlam
Rotary Club
b of Port Coquitlam Centennial
Rotary Club
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Canadian Legion #109 - Poppy Fund
Royal City Jewellers & Loans Ltd.
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ty
RWA Inner Circle Society
Soroptomist
e Co-operators
Ted Leung Agency Ltd. - The
mmunity
ty Social
So
The Federation of Community
Services of BC
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
UA Local 170 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union
United Croats of Canada - King Tomislav
Branch
United Food and Commercial Workers Local
1518
Vancouver School Board
Westwood Cycle
Youth in Motion Education Foundation
Community Living BC
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Falcon Equipment Ltd.
Grand Lodge of A.F.A.M. of B.C. and Yukon
Imaginus Canada Ltd.
Imperial Parking Canada Corporation
Mackenzie Investments
Minerva Foundation for BC Women
NS Department of Education - African
Canadian Services
Ricoh Canada Inc.
Teck Resources Limited
The Hatfield Society
The Society for the Preservation
of Vaudeville
$5,000 - $9,999
Arts Council of New Westminster
g of
Association of Universities & Colleges
ada (AUCC)
Canada
Canadian Hospitality Foundation
Canadian Western Bank
Canstar Restorations
DI McDonald Holdings Ltd.
Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation
London Drugs Found
Foundation
Microserve
Rotary Club of Coqu
Coquitlam Sunrise
Rotary Club of Port M
Moody Foundation
Royal Bank of Canad
Canada Foundation
Royal Canadian Leg
Legi
Legion #133
Port Coquitlam
The Sixty Three Foundation
Vancouver Foundation
THANK
YOU
$10,000 +
BlueSky Properties Charitable Foundation
Coquitlam Foundation
Douglas College Alumni Association
Eagle Creek Consulting Ltd.
HSBC Bank Canada
International Scholarship & Tuition
Services Inc.
ORW Opportunities Through Rehabilitation
and Work Society
Pension Fund Realty Ltd.
POLARIS Employment Services Society
The Radcliffe Foundation
viaSport British Columbia
$2,500 - $4,999
Aboriginal Community Career Employment
Services Society
Bearpark Foundation
Boys & Girls Club of Canada
Children’s Aid Foundation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses
of BC
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Individual Donors
$100 - $999
Gwendolyn Allen
Janet Allwork
Esther Aneke
Cindy Armstrong
Albert Atkinson
Monifa Ayinde
Elizabeth Bachinsky
Ja Yeon (Jay) Baik
Kyle Baillie
Karen Baker-MacGrotty
Craig Berkey
Marianne Berkey
Nina Blanes
Laura Blumenthal
Katrina Boguski
Blair Broaderip
Palmira Brouwer
Coleen Brown
Steve Burridge
Amber Callaghan
Heather Campbell
Ron Cassan
Bette Cavanagh
Adrienne Chan
Zarina Charania
Pauline Chow
Bruce Clark
Bruce & Helen Clarke
Brenna Clarke Gray
Judy Cleave
Ian Cockfield
Rosilyn Coulson
John R. Cowin
Ingrid Currey
Heidi Currie
Laureen Dailey
Rick Dauphinee
Ralph DeCoste
Steve DeCoste
Robert Deforest
Michele Della Mattia
Marie Della Mattia
Kathy Denton
Christine Dewar
Brian Dobbin
Shelagh Donnelly
Kathryn Duff
Barry & Mary Duncan
Pauline Dunn
Mary Dyk
Ellen Edwards
Suzanne Elston
Robert Emery
Brenda Eraut
Moneca Faircrest
Marie Fenton
Gilbert Fick
Debra Flewelling
Tana Frie
Christel Fuoss-Moore
Barbara Ganger
Anne Gapper
Arsineh Garabedian
Trish Gauntlett
Lauren Gavrailoff
Laleh Ghanipoor Farahani
Alison Gill
Louie Girotto
John Glofcheskie
Janet Gobin
Marie Gonzales
Nancy Grant
Tracy Green
Susan Greffard
Luis G. Guerra
Anita Hagen
Jean R. Hammer
Mary Hasner
Lynda Hayward
Anna Helewka
Jennifer Henderson
Karin Henderson
Mikki Herbold
Karol Heselton
Elizabeth Hicks
Diana Hiebert
Grace Hodgson
Bryan Hollingsworth
Dongseon Huh
Naomi Inglehart
Cheryl Jeffs
Blaine Jensen
Hayley Jensen
Chris Johnson
Allan Joyce
Alan & Sharon
Kamitakahara
Lynn Kendall
Peter Kendrick
Nicki Kerr
Angie Kirk
Piotr Kisiel
Eileen Klassen
Suzanne Kyra
Leslie Lake
Bruce Landon
Luc Lang
Katharine Lange
Julie Lemon
Geoffrey Lenahan
Patty Lewis
Edward Life
Len Linfoot
Sarah Lock
Valerie Lockyer
Lorraine Lyons
Maureen Mackey
Rosemary Mallory
Pauline Marshall
Les Marshall
Patricia Matson
Scott McAlpine
Deborah McCloy
Pamela McElheran
Ian McLeod
Raquel Michaelis
Diana Miles
Gregory Mohr
Shelley Moore
Bill Morfey
Don & Yvonne Mostert
David Moulton
In Memory of Laura C. Muir
Wayne Mullen
John & Margaret Murray
Peter Mussenden
Penny Nelson
Andrew Nemeth
Steve Norris
Guangwei Ouyang
Cynthia Papa
Arlene Patko
Dave Pearcey
THANK
YOU
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Janice Penner
Hanna Pham
Roberta Phillips
Wayne Pilkington
Rick Ponting
Tracy Price
Susan Pridham
Nancy Quinlan
Roxanne Quinn
Patricia Rachfall
Marilyn Rainbow
Shane Ramsey
Richard Rasmussen
Wayne Ratcliffe
Lori Reining
Rosemary Ritchie
Larry Ritz
Ian Rivers
George Robertson
Julia Robinson
Ronald Rogers
Silveria Roselli
Libby Russell
James Sanders
Anna Schachner
Lois Schwarz
Jon Scott
Colleen Sherriff
Gerry Shinkewski
Rita Sieber
Ellen Silverman
Sapna Singh
Todd Skene
Verne Smythe
Susan Smythe
Ingrid Sochting
Carol St. Jean
Janette Steel
Sarah Stephens
Irwin Stewart
Diana Stewart
Brian Storey
Sandra Struthers
Web Talma
Jennifer Tasse
David Taylor
Lois Taylor
Gary Tennant
Pamela Tetarenko
Sydney Tomchenko
Virginia Towers
Shaun Tyakoff
Wilson U
Peter van den Bosch
Gert Van Niekerk
Tony Viani
Padma Vipat
Jewel Walker
Catherine Walsh
Brenda Walton
Micah Waskow
Susan Wasserman
Calvin Wharton
Diana Wou
Florence Wynn
Victoria Yee
Robert Young
Peter Legge, OBC
Terry Leonard
Alec Logan
Heidi & David
Magnuson-Ford
Margaret Mason
Len Millis
Maria Morse
Jasmine Nicholsfigueiredo
Darlene Osborne
Joy Page
Hazel & Ron Postma
Kathy Potter
Dave & Elaine Rickards
Norma Rumberg
Irwin Sieben
In Memory of Hin Tang
Peter & Gonnie
vanTongeren
Barb Walsh
Leo Wilk
Dr. Michael C. Wilson
Lap & Sharon Wu
THANK
YOU
$1,000 - $2,499
Tim Agg
George & Linda Balzer
Gerard Batty
Pat Campbell
Judith Osborne & Colin
Campbell
Don Carscadden
Stephanie Clark
Mike Clay
John Dang
Roy Daykin
Mary-Jean Deeth
Gerry & Lorraine Della
Mattia
Laurel Donaldson & Terry
Harris
Gail Edwards
George Fisher
John Fox
Bruce Fraser
Dan Gilgan
Gordon Gilgan
Gordon Gram
Benjamin Kendall
Peter Kwong & Susan
Diewert Kwong
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$2,500 - $4,999
Barbara Bessey
Caitlin Haddrell
Michelle Lau
Andres Suarez
$5,000 - $9,999
Mike Cart
John Kuerbis
Peter W. Webster
$10,000 +
Louise Bowes
Frank Giustra
Larry & Margaret Harrison
John & Karen Kristianson
David Neima
ENDOWMENT FUND BALANCE
MARCH 31, 2014
$16.8
Number of
endowment funds
Number of
annual term funds
MILLION
243
167
Students assisted
in 2013/14
2,119
CONTRIBUTIONS
$242,150
Corporations
$471,929
Investment
income
$714,376
$1,488,172
Douglas College
$274,818
Foundations
$2,674,477
$72,964
Individuals
(internal)
$714,376
Individuals,
corporations
& foundations
$124,444
Individuals
(external)
2013/14 Contributions from individuals,
corporations & foundations
2013/14 Contributions from all sources
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ONE STEP CLOSER
“When the opportunity to become an
interpreter was presented, it was like:
here’s something that I enjoy doing
at home, that I will want to teach my
kids and that will allow me to give
back to the community,” he says.
Kyle Cardno wants to make a
difference in the lives of people who
are Deaf or hard of hearing. That’s
why he decided to leave behind
a job in retail sales and pursue a
new career path – becoming a sign
language interpreter.
Receiving a bursary has pushed Kyle
one step closer to his career goal.
“When I applied for financial support,
I wasn’t expecting anything, so when
I was awarded the bursary it was a
great surprise,” he says. “It helped
me pay off debt, get back on track
and continue with my studies. I’m so
grateful.”
Kyle was initially inspired to learn
how to sign by his fiancée, who is
hard of hearing. As his interest in
sign language grew, he decided
to enrol in the Sign Language
Interpretation program at Douglas
College, in which he has already
gained valuable experience as a
volunteer interpreter.
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Building
Legacies
New endowment funds
Bonnie Cart Memorial Bursary
Norman J. Goode Award of Distinction
New Annual Funds
Accounting Faculty Bursary
BC Building Envelope Council Award of Distinction
BMO Bank of Montreal Award
Canstar Restorations Award
Columbia Integrated Health Centre Award of
Distinction
David Currie Memorial Award
Douglas College Entrance Bursary
Douglas College International Women’s Basketball
Award of Distinction
Douglas College Practicum Support Fund
Douglas College Valedictorian Award of Distinction
Dr. Cam Coady Foundation Student Award
Employment Supports Specialty Advanced
Certificate Award of Distinction
MPA Society Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Psychiatric Nursing Award of Distinction
Gary Pooni and Family Award for Achievement
Westwood Cycle Prize for Student Innovation
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IT FEELS
AMAZING TO BE
RECOGNIZED
FOR MY STUDIES.
“I would like to express my overflowing gratitude
for having received this scholarship. I was ecstatic
when I received the awarding letter. It feels amazing
to be recognized for my studies, especially for
those in a subject that I plan to both major in and
teach. As an independently living young adult, I can
only begin to express how much I appreciate the
support. Thank you for recognizing and supporting
me through the quest to achieve my academic and
professional dreams.”
Richard T.
Associate of Arts Degree – Future Teachers
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Douglas College Foundation
PO Box 2503, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2
604 777 6176
[email protected]
douglascollege.ca/foundation
@DCollegeFdn
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