2010 Annual Report
United Way
Way
of Southeast
Southeast Alaska
Alaska
A Message from Michelle Prebula
Chairman of the Board of Directors for United Way of Southeast Alaska
The investment this community
has made in itself this year is remarkable. Our final pledge totals
were over three-hundred thousand dollars. With those funds
we housed the homeless, fed the
hungry and helped a child learn
to read. We comforted dying elders, trained new leaders and we
advocated for early childhood
education. I’m impressed and
you should be too.
It proves once again that we can
do more collectively than any
one of us can do separately. As you read through this annual report,
I hope you heart is uplifted by the success of your investment. Imagine what we can do if everyone increased their donation by 10%!
This year we moved our offices to a new nonprofit center. Five partner agencies co-located at 3225 Hospital Drive and began sharing
facilities to reduce overhead. Red Cross, SAIL, AWARE’s Batterer’s
Accountability Program, Cancer Connection and United Way benefited. Thank you to the Juneau delegation for helping us get $120,000
this year to help make it a reality.
We built Alaska’s first Born Learning Trail at Project Playground. If
you haven’t seen it yet, please, go take a look. It helps adult caretakers learn how to make every moment a learning moment in lots of
fun ways. If we can increase the vocabulary of every child entering
school, if we can give them a love of reading through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library books, if we can help a child be successful
in school, we have created a person who will contribute to our community in the future.
Our Community Impact Grants helped regionwide. SAGA taught
teachers how to use a system called Brain Gym to help kids learn
to read better. Juneau Family Health and Birth Center is able to offer free parenting classes and WISH in Ketchikan was able to teach
women how to use the food pyramid and to cook, saving them time,
money and making them healthier. SAIL received a Community
Impact Grant to pay for travel so their independent living specialists were able to service people in several outlying towns, allowing
individuals to stay and live in their homes more comfortably. Brave
Heart Volunteers were able to get two part time AmeriCorps volunteers to help deliver hospice services in Sitka and partner AEYC
used their grant to help connect parents with monthly reminders of
activities and tips on child rearing.
We completed the Juneau Indicator Project that revealed some important trends to follow. If you are interested in Health, Income or
2009 Community Impact Grant Awards
United Way of Southeast Alaska awarded $37,700 to thirteen partner
agencies. The projects were selected by a volunteer committee of
the board of directors chaired by Cameryn Flynn of Premera Blue
Cross, from a pool of 24 proposals. The total amount of requests was
$68,060.00.
The grant money is based on funds designated by donors in the
2007 campaign to the United Way of Southeast Alaska’s Community
Impact General Fund, designated to a particular town in Southeast
Alaska or to one of the four Areas of Care: Helping Children and
Youth Succeed; Supporting the Elderly and People with Disabilities;
Promoting Wellness and Self-sufficiency; or Meeting the Basic Needs
of People in Crisis. “United Way of Southeast Alaska is committed to
making an impact in SE Alaska and this is just one of those opportunities for us to demonstrate that commitment,” said Chairman of
the Board Larry Harris
ed in 1940s.
• Love INC. of Juneau received $1,800 to provide vouchers to
school age children to purchase clothing at local stores
• Ketchikan Youth Initiatives was provided $1,800 to help improve high school graduation rates
• The Four A’s (Alaskans Aids Assistance Association) received
$1500 for Rapid HIV testing
• Brave Heart Volunteers of Sitka received $1,600 to help fund an
Americorps volunteer.
• Rendezvous Senior Day Care Center in Ketchikan will get
$1,300 to help purchase a new flat screen television.
• Hospice of Haines will receive $1,400 to help purchase Hope
Baskets for grieving families.
The recipients and their projects are listed below:
• S outheast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) receive $3,000
towards Outreach Impact to take services to Kake, Angoon,
Hoonah, Metlakatla, Skagway, Petersburg, Wrangell and Prince
of Wales.
• P
olaris House in Juneau received $3,000 to be used exclusively
for securing housing and/or preventing the loss of housing for
their members.
• S ERRC/the Learning Connection received $3,000 for textbooks
for adults learning basic English Language.
• Association for the Education of Young Children received
$2,700 to aid early literacy through the Dolly Pardon Imagination Library in Juneau and Wrangell.
• Catholic Community Service received $2,700 to purchase
school readiness curriculum material for teaching children at
Puddle Jumpers Day Care in Juneau
• K
etchikan Homeless Shelter received $2,700 to help repair exterior leaks and mold remediation to their building construct-
Leadership Juneau 2010 Graduates
Back Row Left to Right:
Candice Bressler and
Cynthia Plantz
Middle Row Left to Right:
Jeff Vogt, Markus Bressler,
Mark Mesdag, Jessie Grant,
Tyler Browne and Jeff Rogers.
In front: Brenda Hewitt
Not pictured: Aaron Benson
positive influence on the communities they serve by identifying future leaders, equipping
them with knowledge, skills and
confidence to lead in their communities.
Nine participants of the United
Way Leadership Juneau program
finished up their semester long
community leadership program
with a ceremony at Perseverance
Theater. They presented their
three projects to a group of community leaders, family members
and supporters.
The projects included “Fix the
Pit” which focused on property located on Front Street and
Seward in downtown Juneau.
Through their push for public pressure to do something to
beautify the downtown, they saw
results. The lot is currently being filled in, sidewalks are getting fixed and a potential project
by Sealaska has been proposed
for future use.
A second project tackled the second hand smoke issue in downtown Juneau. The indoor public smoking ban in bars forced
smokers out onto the narrow
sidewalks, making it difficult for
passerby’s to avoid the smoke. It
also meant littering the streets
with cigarette butts and vandalizing special smoking bins. The
group made several recommen-
dations that went before the city
assembly on June 28.
A third project revolved around
helping UAS clean up the campus prior to the totem pole raising.
This was the third year of the
Leadership Juneau program that
was begun in response to the
United Way of Southeast Alaska’s Compass II project where
survey results showed a need
for increased community leadership. It is based off the Community Leadership Association’s
model that is designed to have a
The 2010 Steering Committee
consisted of Larry Harris; Jonathon Anderson; Lawrence Lee
Oldaker and Kevin Ritchie who
designed the curriculum. Participants dedicated every other
Saturday from January to May
learning a variety of leadership
skills, how government works
at the local and state level, what
makes the economy of Southeast
strong and meeting the community’s business and political leaders.
John and Sheri Williams hosted the
Leadership Thank You reception at
their home and Governor Sean Parnell and First Lady Sandy Parnell
attended. This Thank You reception was to thank leadership donors, those that contributed $1000
or more, to United Way.
Education trends in Juneau, follow them on United Way of Southeast
Alaska’s webpage www.unitedwayseak.org and then click on Juneau
Indicators. One piece I found particularly revealing was the number
of children who are ready to succeed when they start school; how
many children feel they have an adult outside of their parents they
can go to for help or how many high school students are asked almost daily about school by their parents. These are things we can
improve by getting involved; through knowledge. Not all improvements require a huge infusion of money. You can make a difference
right now – think of a child that you can lend a helping hand or ear
to today.
We also had another successful Leadership Juneau program. I’m always amazed by the quality of the participants in this course. Juneau
asked us to grow new community leaders in the 2005 Compass II
study and so we did. If you know someone ready to become an active community steward, have them apply. Information is on our
webpage.
Our Day of Caring became a Week of Caring with more than 100
volunteers taking on 22 projects. You can read more about it on the
next few pages but I have to say that United Way does a lot to encourage volunteerism. The Volunteer link on our website and our Volunteer Juneau Facebook page all complement our push for community
engagement. Speaking of social networking – please remember to
‘like’ United Way on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Lastly, let me say, none of this could be possible without you, our
donors. Thank you for investing in us.
2009 Pledges Dedicated to Agencies
AWARE
$20,216.28
Alaska Health Fair
$20.00
Alaska Legal Services, Corp.
$1,733.99
Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association
$572.59
American Red Cross of Alaska, SE AK Chapter
$8,838.51
Association for the Education of Young Children $2,133.30
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Alaska
$8,152.23
Big Brothers Big Sisters-Ketchikan
$615.48
Big Brothers Big Sisters-Sitka
$1,054.59
Boy Scouts of American, SE Alaska Council
$3,233.77
Boys & Girls Club
$663.56
Brave Heart Volunteers
$913.28
Cancer Connection
$9,303.46
Catholic Community Service
$14,869.30
CCS: Childcare & Family Resources
$596.00
CCS: Hospice & Home Care of Juneau
$4,971.34
CCS: Southeast Senior Services
$1,640.00
Gastineau Human Services
$1,345.94
Girl Scouts of Alaska
$2,912.75
The Glory Hole
$33,278.77
Helping Hands
$3,994.95
Hospice of Haines
$1,175.07
Juneau
$960.00
Juneau Family Health & Birth Center
$2,287.77
Ketchikan Committee for the Homeless (PATH)
$1,570.50
Ketchikan Youth Initiatives
$127.81
Love INC - Juneau
$2,411.92
Lynn Canal Counseling
$484.00
Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest
$3,954.55
Polaris House
$130.00
REACH, Inc.
$6,499.59
Rendezvous Senior Day Services
$400.00
SERRC (The Learning Connection)
$1,696.96
Sitkans Against Family Violence
$2,882.32
Southeast Alaska Food Bank
$15,514.50
Southeast Alaska Guidance Association (SAGA)
$1,112.38
Southeast Alaska Independent Living/ORCA
$5,429.32
St. Vincent de Paul
$1,763.33
United Way of Southeast Alaska
$199,545.39
United Way - Education
$8,204.81
United Way - Health
$4,733.37
United Way - Income
$2,653.66
United Way General Fund
$4,435.00
Wildflower Court
$2,101.94
Women in Safe Homes (WISH)
$1,112.80
Zach Gordon Teenage Club, Inc.
$90.00
Total Pledged* (not necessarily collected)
$392,337.08
Pick. Click. Give.
Another great way to give.
Some philanthropic Alaskans used their Permanent Fund
Dividend checks to donate to their favorite Alaskan charities.
This year United Way of Southeast Alaska received $4,525
from 46 donors in this year’s Pick. Click. Give. program. The
dollars were invested in local programs to help Southeast
Alaskans from Ketchikan to Yakutat.
“This is great news” says Brenda Hewitt, CEO of United Way
of Southeast Alaska, “it is an average donation of $98.37 per
donor; up $9 from last year. We have participated in the program since its inception, and we have seen the number of
donors and donations to all charities rise significantly in those
two short years.” Alaskans have used the program to donate
more than $1.45 million to Alaskan charities this year.
The opportunity to sign up for the Pick. Click. Give. program
will start again in January when people can register for their
2011 PFDs. Twenty-three of United Way of Southeast Alaska’s
38 social service partner agencies participated in the program
with 1,530 donors giving a total of $95,367. “There were several other Southeast charities that aren’t ours partners that
raised funds through this program as well,” said Hewitt. A
complete listing can be found on the website www.pickclickgive.org. The Rasmuson Foundation spearheaded the creation
of the program which was made permanent this year when
Senate Bill 171 was signed into law by Governor Parnell.
Tidbits from the President & CEO
While preparing this annual report, I looked back at all the things school programs for middle school students. It was a big move but
we did in 2009. I couldn’t get all of the stories to all fit in these four given the research and statistics, it is hard to ignore that this is the
pages. I am always amazed at all we have collectively done. When I best investment we can make from the dollars entrusted to us. Every
say “we have collectively done,” I mean you as a donor, the multitude child that is capable of reading at grade level by the end of third grade
of volunteers, the nearly forty partner agencies and the small but won- has a much better chance of succeeding in school and consequently
derful staff here at United Way. I really mean – all of us. Your volun- graduating and getting a job that will sustain him or her through their
life. Every dollar invested in early learning saves
teer hours; your financial investments and the sharsociety between $15-$17 dollars in taxes later. We
ing of your talents have made one positive impact
after another. Oh, I know that not everyone cares “We know that when know that it is much easier and cheaper to help on
front end, then to deal with the problems latand that frustrates me, but when I look at all the
people give of their time the
er—vandalism, drug rehabilitation, incarceration,
people who do care, who do make a commitment
to making our community a better place to live for and talents they are re- unemployment, and subsidized housing. We want
to create taxpayers not tax consumers.
our families, our friends, our co-workers and our
Thank you to all who turned out for the largest
clients, all I can say is, “WOW!”
warded – physically and
Day of Caring ever. More than 100 volunteers were
Thank you to Lance Stevens who chaired our
2009 campaign. He did a fantastic job, particularly mentally – in ways that out there working on twenty-two different projects
in Juneau. We know that when people give of their
when you listened to the economic news that hit our
country and although SE Alaska’s economy wasn’t can’t be replicated in time and talents they are rewarded – physically and
mentally – in ways that can’t be replicated in dolhit as hard as Detroit’s, everyone who had a retirelars.
ment account or investments in the stock market dollars.”
Brenda Hewitt
Funds are invested throughout Southeast Alassaw a huge decline in their holdings.
President and CEO
ka. In Ketchikan we were able to help battered and
Ever since I learned about the Born Learning
United Way of Southeast Alaska
abused women learn to cook; in Sitka we were able
Trails, I’ve wanted one. Thank you to Sealaska and
to help provide for an AmeriCorps for their hospice
Conoco Phillips and SAGA and Jim Becker for purchasing and installing Alaska’s first trail. Thank you to the City and program; and in Haines and Skagway we were able to provide some
Borough of Juneau Parks and Recreation for letting us place it at the training for teachers to help with reading skills.
Twin Lakes Park in Juneau. And thank you to Chris Gerondale family Please friend us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, have us add you
for giving us enough money to buy a second one for indoor use.
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I applaud the Board of Directors of United Way of Southeast Alaska informed.
for mobilizing around early learning, literacy by third grade and after
Alaska’s First Born Learning Trail Dedicated
Board of Directors
Mary Becker
CBJ-Assemblywoman
Mark Bryan
Publisher, Juneau Empire
Michelle Calvin-Casey
Management Consultant & Instructor,
University of Alaska Southeast
Ben Coronell
US Marshalls Office
Sheri Croll
Controller, Bartlett Regional Hospital Andrea Doll
Retired-Former State Representative
Katherine Eldemar
Assistant to the President, Sealaska
Jessie Grant
Dean of Students,
University of Alaska Southeast
Larry Harris Dean of Education,
University of Alaska Southeast
Tom Henderson
General Manager,
Coeur Alaska / Kensington Gold Mine
Scott Jones
Assistant State Comptroller
Department of Revenue – Treasury Division
Joan O’Keefe – Ex-officio Small Agencies
Executive Director,
Southeast Alaska Independent Living
Corey Pavitt Owner, Pavitt Fitness Center Mischelle Pennoyer
Office of the Provost,
University of Alaska Southeast
Michelle Prebula
State Investment Officer, State of Alaska Steve A. Samuelson
Allen Marine Pilot / Hammer & Wikan
Michael G. Tagaban
General Manager, Goldbelt Securities
Sheryl Weinberg – Ex-officio Large-Agencies
Executive Director, SERRC
Staff
Brenda Hewitt - President/CEO
Marie Stevens - Office Manager 1
Kayla Schauwecker - Office Manager 2
Andrew Dubay - AmeriCorps Member
Sheri Williams - Accountant
3225 Hospital Drive #201
Juneau, AK 99801
907.463.5330
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email: [email protected]
www.unitedwayseak.org
United Way is NOT a membership organization.
vested in; and Katherine Eldemar
representing both Sealaska and
United Way when she stated how
important it was to build the community through strong families.
United Way Board member and
organizer Heather Swanson introduced Kueni Maake, 2010 Early
Childhood Educator of the Year
who then cut the ribbon. Children
and adults then enjoyed a lovely
picnic, free bubbles and sidewalk
chalk from AEYC, coloring pages
and an opportunity to play. Other
dignitaries that attended include
Jonathan Anderson from the City
and Borough of Juneau Assembly
and United Way Board of Directors Ben Coronell, Mark Bryan,
and Sheri Croll.
United Way Worldwide’s Born
Learning initiative created a se-
2-1-1 Helps Southeast
The universal help line number 2-1-1 is helping thousands of
Alaskans every day connect with
the social service help they need
to address basic needs, mental
health, or child care. Here in
Southeast Alaska the calls have
increased this year over last
year but the requests are similar. The most calls are for basic
needs - looking for food, shelter
or clothing followed closely by
individual or family needs. The
trained counselors answer the
phones in Anchorage Monday
- Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm except
holidays. You can also access
them at 1-800- 478-2221 if you
have a rotary dial phone or you
can find the information on the
web at www.alaska211.org 24/7.
2-1-1 is a United Way program that can be found in almost
all of the United States now, says
Brenda Hewitt, of United Way of
Southeast Alaska, so if individu-
als are traveling or have family
“Outside” they shouldn’t hesitate
to utilize it for any social service
needs they may have. We also
encourage our agencies to call
2-1-1 and update their programs
so they have accurate information to give to individuals.”
Human Resource directors
have especially found the 2-1-1
system useful so they can help
their employees find help when
they need it. United Way has
Southeast Alaska. SAGA’s AmeriCorps volunteers helped to install
the signs at the Project Playground
area in the Twin Lakes Park earlier
this year under the careful guidance of United Way volunteer Jim
Becker.
rack cards and business card reminders for anyone who would
like to promote the system at
their office or organization.
UWSEAK Moves to New Social Service Nonprofit Center
Lance Stevens
Regional Vice President
Alaska USA Federal Credit Union
Nearly eighty individuals gathered
at Project Playground on Saturday
June 17, to dedicate Alaska’s first
Born Learning Trail. The ribbon
cutting was supplemented with a
free hot dog picnic, short speeches
and lots of happy faced children.
Speakers included Deputy Manager Randy Wanamaker who spoke
on behalf of the city; Joy Lyon who
addressed the crowd representing
the Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC)
encouraging parents to supplement verbal exchanges with their
children to include non-directive
speech, Gina Luckey from Conoco Phillips who said they were
delighted to help support families
in Juneau and proud to be a part
of this addition to Project Playground, a project they had also in-
ries of informative
and engaging signs
that encourage parents and caregivers
to interact with preschoolers in a healthy
fun way that also encourages early learning, helping kids to
enter school ready to
learn.
This year United
Way of Southeast
Alaska
mobilized
around early literacy.
The Born Learning
Trail was proposed to
Conoco Phillips and
Sealaska Corporation who donated the
bulk of the funds for
The Born Learning
Trail but there were
also several small
grants that made it all
come together from
the Moose Lodge,
Valley Paint, Costco,
the City and Borough
of Juneau, Breeze In,
and McDonalds that
helped to complete
the project. The $2,500 project
added to the already $16,000 that
has been allocated to the Association for the Education of Young
Children and SAGA for early
literacy programs throughout
United Way of Southeast Alaska
moved their offices to a new nonprofit center on April 1, 2010. “It
has been a dream of ours since
2002,” said United Way of Southeast Alaska Board Chair Michelle
Prebula.
Partnering with Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL), the
two popular nonprofits have created a new entity, United Human
Services of Southeast Alaska, in
order to form a multi-tenant nonprofit center.
Building off of successful nonprofit centers around the country,
the center will offer nonprofits not
only greater efficiency through
low rent, shared boardroom,
classroom, and common space, it
will create a synergy that will help
them all be more successful.
Located at 3225 Hospital Drive,
Juneau, Alaska, the center will
house SAIL, United Way of Southeast Alaska, American Red Cross
-Juneau, and AWARE’s Batterer’s
Accountability Program. As space
becomes available, other social
service nonprofits will be invited
to participate.
“Thanks to our Juneau delegation, Alaska Mental Health Trust
and the Rasmuson Foundation for
seeing the advantages to it and giv-
ing us some funds to get it started,”
said Joan O’Keefe, Executive Director of SAIL and President of the
new United Human Services of
Southeast Alaska. The project has
received letters of support from
Senator Egan, Representatives
Beth Kertulla and Cathy Munoz as
well as Mayor Bruce Botelho.
United Human Services of
Southeast Alaska has been part of
Foraker’s Pre-Development Program funded by the Alaska Mental
Health Trust, Rasmuson Foundation and the Denali Commission
for two years already. That program has helped to pay for setting up the new legal entity, site
selection and architectural work,
capital campaign development
and membership in the Nonprofit
Center Network, giving United
Way of Southeast Alaska and SAIL
valuable training and tools used to
develop the new center.
A Demand Assessment by the
McDowell group in July 2008
showed the need in Juneau for
several nonprofit centers. More
than 80% of all Juneau nonprofits
expressed an interest in co-locating in a nonprofit center. It also
listed several potential benefits of
locating in a multi-tenant nonprofit center including:
• I ncreased financial stability of
tenant organizations through affordable rents, space security and
consistency in location; low-cost
access to resources such as conference/meeting rooms, training facilities, communications
infrastructure, and information
resources; and reduced costs due
to sharing services, bulk supplies, and office equipment.
•G
reater visibility in the community for the nonprofit, including increased government and
funder awareness; more coverage by media; and incubation of,
and support to, small unincorporated community organizations
that provide needed services or
especially innovative programs.
• S ocioeconomic development of
communities through economic
impact of workers; improved
security and safety of former underutilized areas; and development or renovation of buildings
that are environmentally provide
universal access (ADA accessibility standards).
• I ncreased operating efficiency
through
cross-organizational
collaboration; higher worker recruitment and retention due to
a more supportive and pleasant
work environment; enhanced
professionalism; reduced duplication of services; low-cost,
more convenient access to management and consulting support;
informal coaching, mentoring
and problem solving; and formal
staff development and mutual
learning opportunities.
•C
hanges in the way the nonprofit
sector operates; also known as
“strategic systems change”, this
includes shifts the way agencies
and stakeholder groups interact
with each other and the community; inclusion of stakeholders;
development of leadership and
leadership alliances at all levels;
constituent partnerships, values
identification and clarification,
equalization of knowledge, and
sustainability.
“This great partnership will
eventually allow us to fulfill many
our mission,” said Brenda Hewitt,
President & CEO of United Way
of Southeast Alaska. “We envision
a community volunteer center, a
one-stop shop for information on
social services, a community use
boardroom and classroom, and it
makes us all more sustainable because it allows us to put more of
our donated funds into direct services instead of overhead.”
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS!
Our Great Givers include (L to R): Ron Plantz – Helca Greens Creek, Chris Gerondale – Construction Machinery Inc., Justin Shearer – NC Machinery, Tom Henderson – Coeur Alaska Kensington,
Lisa Happner - Alaska Coastal Helicopters, Eric Badger – Alaska Marine Lines
$10,000 +
Combined Federal Campaign
Lynden, Inc.
Rasmuson Foundation
SHARE Campaign
$5,000 +
Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
Coeur Alaska
First National Bank Alaska
Hecla Mining Company
Juneau Real Estate
Wells Fargo
Anonymous
$1,000 +
Alaska Airlines
Alaska USA Federal Credit
Union
AT&T Foundation
Bartlett Regional Hospital
Betit, Ellen
BP Foundation, Inc.
Calvin-Casey, Michelle
Champney, Kimberley A. and
Minick, Pat
Christenson, Mark S
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.
Cosgrove, Tom and Mila
Costco
Croll, Sharon M.
Cross, Robert J.
Elgee, Rehfeld & Mertz, LLC
Federal Express
Frame, Linda
Gardner, Doug and Laurie
Gelbrich, Glenn V
Gerondale, Chris and
Rebecca
Gianotti, Chris
Grant, Hugh and Sheri
Gruening, Win and Anne
Hagevig, Rosemary A.
Harris, Larry B.
Hewitt, Brenda
Hulbert, Constance S.
Jack, Edna
Jensen, Wayne and Rita
Johnson, Catherine A
Jones, Loren A.
Jordan Creek Center
Karpstein, Thomas
Kelly, Jim
Kiefer, Kimberly A.
Leamer, Nicchia P
Mallott, Anthony and
Amanda
Marx, Lisa S
McDonald, Kevin and Helen
McLeod, Timothy D.
Mearig, D Lance
Mitchell, Judith M.
Morgan, Karen and Sid
Oldaker, Lawrence Lee
Pavitt, Corey
Pugh, John and Margaret
Robertson, John E.
Roth, Joseph
Samuelson, Steven
Scandling, Laury R.
Shattuck and Grummett, Inc.
Sica, Laurie J. and Mike
The Swanson Family
Tietje, Nancy
United Way of Anchorage
Urata, Bob
Varness, Robert A. and
Beverly
West, Karen
Wood, Gayle A.
Wostmann and Associates
Tarlow, MaryClaire
Tavelli, Mark A
Tonsmeire, Mary M
Toth, Kathryn L
Vidic, Sheri A.
Wal-Mart
Weinberg, Sheryl L.
White, Seth T
Witt, Amy
Zinn, Steven
$500 - $999
Andresen, Diane
Bartholomew, Robert N. and
Kanne, Kaye
Becker, Mary and Jim
Bippus, Patti
Brantner, Steven J
Brawley, Linda L.
Breidinger, Ann E.
Brotherton, Lorinda M.
Cole, Doreen R
Coleman, John
Derr, Laraine L
Domagala, Tom J.
Duncan, Kirk S
Duncan, Mildred
Eldemar, Katherine
Elgee, George
Errico, Bonnie J
Ford, Charles R.
Gamble, Kathleen E.
GCI
Greely, John S.
Griffin, Leanne N.
Haas, Dave W.
Harvey, Doug
Heinz, Karl T
Herren, Cristi A.
Holley, Tanya L.
Houlihan, Stephen M.
Hudson, Peter J.
Jordan, Jack W
Kelly, Sharon
King, Ronald D.
Lehner, Deborah E
Leigh, Nathan
MacVay, Lauren
Majoros, Walter
Mastrandrea, Robert J
Mattson, Brent
McEwen, Elizabeth J.
McMillian, Dennis
Mills, Marianne D.
Moffitt, Anita L.
Norcross, Mary
O’Keefe, Joan H
Pennoyer, Mischelle M.
Peters, William C.
Potvin, Brian A
Purcell, Joey R.
Rehfeld, Robert L.
Schaible, Grace Berg
Schmidt, Joanne M
Shaub-Ellison Co. Inc
Smith, Moses G.
Soulier, Jacquie M.
Stevens, Lance
Strader, James B
$250 - $499
Ahleman, Megan E
Ahrens, Ashley E.
Backus, Timothy J
Bailey, Y. Natasha
Barnes, Barbara J
Baxter Bruce & Sullivan P.C.
Belcourt, Harvey L
Belcourt, Mary A
Blefgen, Linda May
Bleicher, Sandra J
Bolsinger, Jennifer M
Borthwick, Mary
Brady, Kevin J
Brown, Alexandra J
Burns, Julie A.
Bussone, Larry J.
Butler, Janice
Calvin, James S.
Carlson, Patti L
Chaney, Bonnie B
Clark, Stacy
Collman, Benjamin J.
Construction Machinery
Industrial
Coronell, Ben
Cox, Lianne C.
Doll, Robert J.
Epinosa, Amador
Fisher, Susan E.
Gould, Roy A.
Gross, Inez M
Hage, Karl L.
Harris, Carmen E.
Hartmann Moore, Cindy
Hawkins, Seth J
Hedlin, Carol
Holley, Jim E.
Houston, Joshua C
Howard, Wendy
Huebschen, Sarah L.
Johnson, Bruce F.
Johnson, Ruth A.
Katasse, Carmen Mastronardo
King, James G.
Koenitzer, Robert S.
Kroger (Fred Meyer)
Lanz, Bonnie L
Lee, Tina
Lobdell, Barbara A
Long, Shelley I
Lopez-Campos, Angelica A.
Lorenson, Aleah M
Lujan, Bridget M
Luczak, Leo C
Lyon, Joy
MacInnis, Peggy A.
Mannix, Jennifer L.
Marks, Amy and Richard
Matheson, Jill
Mayhew, Christine L.
McCallum, Geri L
Mercure, Rene
Milliron, Kathryn S.
Mosher, Elizabeth L.
Nathan, Valerie M
Newton, David R
Nigro, Jorden
Pacheco, Beverly A.
Pardes, Joan
Petrie, Toni R
Phillips, Marcia A
Powell, Nathan L
Purves, Debra J.
Revestir, Mary N
Reyes, Dante M.
Rhodes, Rae E.
Rue, Sarah
Sanford-West, Kristi Lou
Schijvens, Sander
Schwartz, Carl Bruce
Seludo, Charisse V
Sheggeby, Karin L
Stallone, Anthony D
Stewart Greinier, Kim M.
Tadewaldt, Carla
Tarver, Karen J.
Thibodeau, Raymond T.
Tombaugh, Nora A.
Trego, Berniece M.
Treston, Nila
UPS
Vallie, Linda M
Veale, Mary C
Warner, Wylie B.
White, Terry
Wilcox, Yelizaveta V
Wild, Linda C.
Wolk, Rick
Young, Dale
Zahnd, Esther S.
$1 - $249
Aguilar, Robert
Ahrens, Dirk
Ahrens, Erika A
Alaniz, Mario L
Alaska Commercial Contractors, Inc.
Albay, Alex
Albay, Lani
Albert, Emmert
Altman, Timothy G.
Anchor Electric
Anderson, Freya
Anderson, Theodore J
Arena, Barbara A
Arnold, Stacie
Arnoldt, Marcia
Aschenbrenner, Teresa
Association of Alaska School
Boards
Atkinson, Shelly
Bacon, Dustin
Badger, Eric W.
Bailly, Joanne
Baker, Shannon N
Baker, Terry
Baker-Williams, Pamela A
Banaszak, Debra
Barajas, Deana
Barnes, Matthew A.
Batac, Abner C.
Bates, Julie A
Baxter, Ronald C
Baxter, Stephen H
Bayless, Heather J
Beason, Randy L
Beiler, John
Belcourt, Ilea
Bell, Susan
Benin, Benjamin
Bennett, Marsha E
Bentz, Tennie
Bergey, Robin
Birk, Terri B.
Bischoff, Kyle
Bishop, Anita M
Bishop, Daniel
Bixby, William C
Black, Meigan M
Bloom, Joyanne
Bonner, Barbara A.
Botelho, Bruce
Brickey, Sara Lw
Brown, Angelenna
Brown, Daniel P
Brown, Jeff
Browne, Alison
Brunette, Cora S.
Buck, Darla
Buell, Althea
Bugayong, Oscar
Byjew, Beena
Cadigan, Jason M.
Campbell, Gary E
Cantilero, Sany
Capada, Dan
Capada, Jo-Ann B.
Carleson, Eric
Carlson, Dave
Castaneda, Lisa
Chambers, Sara C
Chilton, Vaughn
Church, Dewey
Coate, Emily
Coate, Kenneth W.
Coates, Mathew C
Cochran, Mary M.
Coffell, Raymond L
Coghill, Robert A. and Julia
Cole, Amanda L.
Cole, Dennis
Cole, Eric W
Cole, Judith A
Cole, Margo
Collins, Charles
Combs, Ellen M.
Conley, John
Conner, Connie
Conner, Craig S.
Connors, Linda L.
Cramer, Thomas J
Cuevas, Juan
Cumlat, Rogelio
Cummins, Delton A.
Cyr, John E
Dahl, Elizabeth M
Dahl, Leslie and Craig
Dameron, Logan D. and Fran
Darlin, Marie H
Davies, John S.
Davis, Carmen J
Davis, Florirose P.
Davis, Ryan M.
Delosreyes, Janette A.
DeSloover, Diane H.
Dewar, James
Dierick, Teri R
Digennaro, Terri D
Dihle, Nils O.
Dlugosch, Mary Ann
Douglas, Paul D.
Downs, John
Eckland, Cherry
Edgar, Odette M.
Edwards, Brenda
Edwardson, Robert
Elder, Susanne M
England, Leslie James
Enriquez, Linda M.
Epperson, Dean S
Erickson, Dale E
Esther, Linni
Evans, Alvin W.
Everson, Mark E
Fagnant, Debbie N
Fagundes, Richard F
Fangonilo, Marlynne C
Fanning, Luke M
Fanyak, Douglas S
Faulk, Chris J
Ferguson, Julie I
Ferrin, Julie A
Fieldhouse, Eve R
Finochio, Daniel
Fisher-Hughes, Jill
Flake, Douglas
Floresca, Estrella R
Ford, Margaret A.
Fox, John
Frank, Richard
Gagnon, Janette A.
Gahafer, Neal
Gallardo, Eduardo
Garcia, Juan M.
Gembala, Alexandra C
Gemmell, Zachary A.
Germain, Kristy M
Gibson, Sean T.
Gladhart, Marsha A.
Glidmann, Daniel and Wendy
Powers
Goad, Janice L
Goeden, Rose
Goetz, Brandal L.
Gonion, Renee J
Gore, Amanda
Gotner, Richard A
Grammel, James
Grasmeder, Martin
Gray, Janice
Greinier, Thomas R.
Griffiths, Melissa
Grunow, Meghan F
Hamby, Richard
Hanni, Donald L
Hansen, Jansy
Harmon, Amber D
Harri Plumbing & Heating
Hays, Gillian R.
Heaton-Sheufelt, Janice
Hesson, Elena A
Heuscher, Andrew E.
Hill, Jim
Hissong, Rebecca L.
Hoeltzel, Lisette C
Homme, Kimberly A.
Hoover, Lori
Hoyt, Timothy W
Hunt, Archie
Hunter, Michael Reid
Huntley, Jennifer R
IBM Corporation
Igliane, Eledit E.
Iputi, Alauni
Isturis, Ocean
Jabaay, Dana M
Jackson, April
Jackson, Deborah Kaye
Jarrett, Leon
Jim, Ann M
Johansen, Pam
Johnson, Bailey
Johnson, Christine
Johnson, Cynthia L.
Johnson, Deborah G.
Johnson, Donna J
Johnson, Jeannie E
Johnston, Jeff M.
Jonathan, Felishia D
Jordan, Kathryn C
Kelly, Jessica A
Kelly-Page, Barbara
Kenyon, Margaret E
Kerr, Jeremy
Key Bookkeeping
Kiefer, Stephanie A
Kigl, Kira
Kilgus, Cynthia J
Kimlinger, Kerstin S
Kipp-Phillips, Amy J
Kirchner, Michael C
Kissel, Teresa
Kissner, Mindy B
Knuthson, Thomas M.
Koelsch, Karter J.
Kreher, Barbara M
Kuelbs, Gerald F.
Kulm, Harold H.
Kussart, Donald and Janet
Lam, Anh Hue
Lam, King T.
Lampkins, Krista J
Langlund, John
Larson, Paul R
Lastimosa, Eulalie S
Lee, Jeremy
Lemke, Jeremy
Lew, Vincent
Ling, Amanda
Lopez, Iliana
Lopez, Miguel A
Lopez, Victor B.
Loree, Renee A.
Losselyong, Debra
Love, Donald
Lukshin, Talitha
Lumbab, Flordeliza
Lumbab, Fred
Lumbab, Lourlito
Lyman, Lesley M.
Magnuson, Carmen
Maldonado, Jesus
Malloy, Tami
Marra, Maria A.
Marshall, James
Marston, Stanley
Martin, Dennis
Martin, Diana
Martin, Mary C
Martinez-Adams, Lisa M.
Marx, Gus
Matheny, Lon
May, Trista
McAllister, Kirk
McCarthy, Kathrin W.
McCreary, Roberta
McDowell, Eric
McGill, John E
McKinley, Levi
McLaughlin, Caitlyn N
McLendon, Arthur
McVey, Luann
McWhorter, Naomi
Mecum, Barbara L
Mercure, Melissa
Merk, William S.
Merritt, Lori C.
Mertz, Max
Mesdag, David
Meyers, Lynn M.
Mickelson, Katrina I
Miller Young, Marilyn D
Miller, Tim R
Mitchell, Bob
Mitchell, Jodi
Mollick, Jonathan
Moore, Daniel J.
Morehouse, Christina
Moreno, Richard
Morford, Jason L.
Morford, Jon
Morgan, Kelly N.
Morris, Nikki
Morrison, Richard
Morriss, Mason
Moser, Tonja Lynn
Mosher, Amelia
Moss, Rynnieva
Moya, Casey
MRV Architects
Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc.
Nash, Corrie S.
Nelson, Tom
Nestler, Genevieve and
Kenneth
Northup, Barbara
Nylen, Stephanie S
Obersinner, Kathleen L.
Olin, Sheena
Olson, Cori
Olson, Julie A. and Gordon
Olson, Sharon L.
Otto, Lloyd W
Pagano, Brenda J
Palmer, Frank E.
Paradis, Steven
Partlow, Marsha
Payne, Brady R
Payne, Michael L.
Pendergrast, Gregory
Pepsi Bottling Group
Peralta, Jimmy
Percy’s Liquor
Peterson, David L.
Pierce, Donna
Poelman, JohnPaul H
Pornel, Ryan B
Potts, Bryan A
Prebula, Michelle
Price, Linda K.
Privett, Bill
Prudential Southeast Alaska
Real Estate
Prussing, Kate M
Race, Carol
Ramirez, Herminio
Rath, Elena
Redenbaugh, Irene M.
Rehfeld, Karen
Reid, Brian D.
Reid, Don L
Reynolds, Oberon R.
Ringle, Dave
Ritchie, Barbara J. and Kevin
Roemmich, Catherine D
Rogers, Karen I.
Roguska, Bernard
Romerein, Rikard K
Rud, Jeffrey M
Rud, Shane
Russell, Erin N.
Russell, Warren J.
Sadeghi, Beheshtch
Sadeghi, Mansour
Sambrano, Jose
Sanbei, Janet B.
Sargeant, Destiny S.
Schaal, Zach J
Schmitz & Buck CPA’s
Scholes, Laura J
Schooler, Jesse L
Schroeder, Elaine
Schwartz, Adrianne L.
Sele, Lisa J.
Senarillos, Juanito
Sewell, Robert
Shaquanie, Alby L
Shockley, Doug
Siemens Healthcare
Simmons, Catherine L
Sinclair, Walter
Sine, Tricia M
Sisikin, Mike
Sjoroos, Rich W.
Slater, DiAnne
Smith, Samuel R
Smith, Sophia M
Smoker, Rhys J
Smolin, Carin J
Spackman, Hal E.
Spear, Nanci E
St. George, Jeanette
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Steele, Richard A
Stewart, Jacqueline
Stewart, Michael P
Strandberg, James
Suryan, William
Svendsen, Valerie J.
Swanson, Jacqueline R
Syfert, Sarah G.
T & T Realty, Inc.
Tabachnick, Saralyn
Tabilas, Edgar U.
Tanuvasa, Leitasha K.
Tausili, Veronica S
Taylor, Brenda S
The Hot Bite
The Troupin Family
Thein, Nilar
Thompson, Thomas
Thomson Deborah J. and
David
Tompkins, Elizabeth J
Tran, Trang
Trinidad, Justine H
Tullis, Timi C
Turner, Allen F
Twelker, Janeann
Ulrikson, Toren J
Umbs, Michelle
Valdeconza, Hermogenes
Valley Of The Sun United Way
Verdadero, Jamel
Villanueva, Marievic A
Vogt, Jeff
Vrolyk, Margaret E
Wadleigh, Steve E.
Walkenford, Chris and
Gidget
Walkenford, Jeffrey
Walker, Ellen B.
Waller, Joanie
Walters, Kathryn R
Wanamaker, Randy
Warner, Kathryn L.
Waters, David
Watts, Pamela L.
WellsPeters, Pamela A
Westika, Sam
White, Jo An and James
Whiteley, Sean
Whiteley, Thomas
Whitis, Anne K.
Whittaker, Jetta
Wilkinson, Zachary
Wilson, Marsha D.
Winn, Leo
Wiswell, Charles
Wohlfarth, Elise M
Wong, Melissa R
Woods, Bethany R
Worden, Melissa G
Yadao, Arnold
Young, Hilary S
Zwingelberg, Kim F.
Home Depot of Juneau Donates
Over 300 Gallons of Paint
Home Depot of Juneau donated more than 300 gallons
of Glidden paint to area
nonprofits through United
Way of Southeast Alaska.
Agencies will utilize the
paint to do much needed
maintenance,” says Brenda
Hewitt, President of United
Way of Southeast Alaska.
“This was very generous of
Troy Wolfinbarger, manager, and his crew at Home
Depot. They could have
just thrown it away.”
“Glidden was changing out
some of their inventory and
we benefited from it,” said
Hewitt. “It is just one more
way to show how we LIVE
UNITED in our communities in Southeast.”
Agencies that benefit- Home Depot Manager Troy Wolfinbarger poses with United
Way President Brenda Hewitt and Julie Wright of Home
ted from the gift include Depot Receiving who organized the paint give-away.
The Glory Hole, SERRC/
The Learning Connection, Tongass Alaska Girl Scout Council, Love INC, Big
Brothers Big Sisters, Association for the Education of Young Children and Sitka
Counseling and Prevention.
Day of
United Way
of Southeast Alaska
Caring
2010 Juneau Community Indicators Report
After months work with McDowell Group and partner
agencies, the Rotary Clubs of Juneau, and with funding
from the City and Borough of Juneau and BP, we were
pleased to announce the completion of the 2010 Juneau
Community Indicators Report! Tyler Browne, an AmeriCorps volunteer working as the Community Research and
Volunteer Development Coordinator, worked to collect
community data and finish the report. The indicators
provide an accurate and comprehensive perspective on the
state of health, education, and income stability in Juneau,
AK. We can now more accurately and confidently answer
the question, “How is the community of Juneau doing?”
The full report is available on the United Way website
http://www.unitedwayseak.org. Just click on the tab that
says Juneau Indicator Project.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Progress Since the 2005 Compass II Project
Some of the biggest issues from 2005 have been confronted.
• Issue: Affordable Housing
• W
hat’s Happened: UW helped CBJ to develop the
Juneau Affordable Housing Commission and support
the Juneau Homeless Coalition, hosted two affordable
housing summits, attended various conferences and
developed multiple local resources, catalyzed changes
in the city’s land-use plan, and helped to make affordable housing a public debate and a cause for community action
• Issue: Racism
• W
hat’s Happened: United Way hosted three diversity
workshops through a CBJ grant and consequently we
have seen hate crimes diminish. The public’s percep-
tion of racism as a major issue lessened.
• Issue: Volunteerism
• W
hat’s Happened: UW subscribed to Volunteer Solutions, a web-based match program for volunteers seeking specific opportunities
• Issue: Local Leadership
• W
hat’s Happened: UW helped to develop and manage
the Leadership Juneau program, which recently graduated its third class of aspiring leaders
Opportunities for Action from this year’s
Indicators Project
Some of today’s community concerns can be pursued immediately.
• I ssue: P
arents talking with their children on a daily
basis
• W
hat to Do: Parents can make an individual commitment to communicate more often with their children
while UW and other agencies can work to improve
awareness of this issue.
• Issue: Children don’t have adult, non-parent mentors
• W
hat to Do: Adults can make an individual effort to
reach out to local youth--as a coach, tutor, friend, etc-while UW and other agencies can promote opportunities and improve awareness of this issue.
This list is FAR from exhaustive. There are many other
opportunities for individual, group, and community action
that are highlighted by the new report. We encourage you
to view the 2010 Juneau Community Indicators Report and
see for yourself how the community of Juneau is doing and
how you can make a focused, positive impact!
Family Friendly Winners
The Partnerships for Families
and Children, Best Beginnings,
Association for the Education of
Young People (AEYC), United
Way of Southeast Alaska and
the Juneau Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of
the 5th annual Family Friendly
Business Awards.
The award recognizes policies
their employer offers to assist
their employees in maintaining a positive work life balance.
“According to research, top performers rate the balance between
work and family life as second of
sixteen factors in their decision
to stay with or leave a company,”
says Joy Lyon, Executive Director of Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC),
“And when you consider that
68% of Juneau’s young children
are in childcare, that means
there is a significant number of
parents in the workforce looking
for an employer who is family
friendly.”
Three winners were selected
in three categories: Nonprofit
- SEARHC; Small Business
– Southeast Medical Center; and
Large Business – GCI.
Juneau Boys
and Girls Club
Juneau Boys and Girls Club
closed suddenly in October 2009,
leaving several children without
a place to go after school. The
community rallied with funding from a variety of sources, the
Juneau Community Foundation
and the Youth Action Committee raised $30,000 alone. Juneau
Youth Services committed to
keeping it open until all avenues
were exhausted and all children
were placed in other care.
Familywize drug prescription
card gives the user a discount at
major pharmacies. Go to www.
unitedwayseak.org and print it
right from the home page.