2014 Annual Report2014 Annual Report

Mark Forker Executive Director

HAL BROCKMANIt’s important that our volunteers have a good experience on the job site, so we’re thankful Hal (below left) has been leading volunteers for eight years. He leads with purpose, skill, gentle guidance, and friendly humor. Without his gift of time, we could not fulfi ll our mission to provide simple, decent homes for our partner families.

In 2013, we purchased 2.3 acres known as Denney Gardens. The site suffered from years of neglect, including a large wetlands bordering Fanno Creek. Happily, Hal’s life before Habitat involved working for the Forestry Dept. Using his expertise, he led efforts to assess the state of the wetland, identify and remove invasive plant species, clean up the area, and plant native vegetation to preserve it for the future. In 2014 alone, Hal donated over 700 hours of his time!

As Hal worked at our Denney Gardens site he established a great rapport with the surrounding neighbors – which will be instrumental as we build 16 new homes on that site in the near future.

DAN FAKODan began volunteering with Willamette West in the 1990’s, bringing along members of St. Andrew Lutheran Church to build alongside him. He involved the church to fundraise and helped build homes.

He served as our liaison to Thrivent Financial for many years and was instrumental in helping us get eight Thrivent Build grants, over a half-million dollars to build homes. He takes a leadership role with Lutheran volunteers, leading the construction tasks during Thrivent Blitz Build weeks.

In addition to being a personal donor, he serves on the Build a Home Frame a Future and Golf Fore Homes committees. He also served on our Board of Directors, eventually serving as President in 2010-11. In 2014, Dan led a project to add a 401k program to staff benefi ts.

In all of his service, Dan is thoughtful, measured, humble, and without fail keeps the focus on the mission of Willamette West Habitat for Humanity.

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2014 Brauner Award Winners

I like working with young people, and not just because they can fi x my computer when it goes on the fritz. Young people drawn to nonprofi ts like Habitat for Humanity have great energy and spirit. They like

coming to work. They view problems creatively, and they want to make a difference in the world by fi nding solutions. Above all, they seem eternally positive despite the challenges.

That resilience is important, maybe even a necessity. Take Erin Maxey, 28. Erin’s our Homeowner Services Manager. Among other tasks, she has the diffi cult job of talking with families that apply to our program, ask for our help, but because of limited resources, are rejected.

It’s a tough job. We were their best hope, yet we turned them away. They’re discouraged, defeated, and they don’t understand why we can’t help them. They call Erin and tell her about their sickly child with mold-induced asthma. She hears about their three kids sharing a bed, the grandparents sleeping on the living room fl oor, and the gang members living next door. Erin listens patiently and expresses genuine empathy. She explains that it was nothing they said or did that led to their disqualifi cation. “Your family is very deserving,” she says. “We just don’t have enough money to accept any more families.”

Honestly, I don’t know how she holds it together during these phone calls.Of course, it would be very easy to simply maintain the status quo by building fi ve, maybe six homes each year. No need to recruit more and more volunteers. No need to fi nd more land or new funding sources. With the land we have now, we could cruise along quite comfortably for the next fi ve years.

But, we’re called to do more – to demonstrate the love and teachings of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to bring communities together around our work. Increasing our home production not only allows us to serve more families, it provides greater opportunities to share our ministry with even more volunteers.

Our vision of 40 homes in 4 years launched last year, and today we have 12 houses under construction in Beaverton. That’s more than at any time during our 25-year history. It’s stressful, scary and exciting all at once! I’m sure we’ll encounter some darkness along the way, but holding still is not an option. Too many families are crying out for help.

In these pages you’ll read about our 2014 accomplishments and performance measures. We are pleased with the results, but we also know we can do better. Thank you for walking beside us.

Energy Efficiency: Wins all around

2014 saw our construction team continue to build on past successes, looking for ways to make our project at Allen Estates even more energy effi cient than past neighborhoods.

Our homes’ low energy scores are a win-win-win for Habitat for Humanity. Win #1: Our families win with lower energy costs: an average annual savings of $662! The homes are also built to be solar-ready for the future. Win #2: Willamette West wins, receiving cash incentives based on the energy-effi cient improvements we build into our homes. At Allen Estates, the cash incentives from every 11 houses will fund the 12th! Win #3: America wins because Allen Estates’ 24 homes will keep 88.8 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air. That’s the equivalent of taking 12 cars off the road each year!

In 2014, Mike Wille and Willamette West Habitat for Humanity for the second time received the Green Home Builder of the Year award, in the Low-Income Builder category.

Members of Thrivent Financial and the Lutheran community come out faithfully year-after-year to sponsor and build Habitat homes.

Partnerships: It’s what we’re all about

Thank you: Allen Estates House

Sponsors

Lee SmithBank of America

Bill, Becky & Patti HunttingMerrill Family Foundation

Th rivent Financial & Lutheran communityLake Grove Presbyterian Church

Sunset Presbyterian ChurchChrist Church Episcopal

Murray Hills Church of ChristSt. Pius X Catholic ChurchSt. Cecilia Catholic Church

Knights of ColumbusTh e Methodist community

Th e United Church of Christ communityTh e Presbyterian community

Th e Jewish communityTh e Baptist community

Insulation under the slab fl ooring of each home (L), donated by Dow, and extra insulation for walls (R) help increase the energy effi ciency of our homes.

Stan Axtman 2014 Board President

2014 Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE

Stan Axtman, President of the BoardIntelAudrey Baker, Vice PresidentAttorneyTom Reese, Past President Pacifi c Continental BankGlen Fahs, SecretaryCascade Employers AssociationDesh Deshpande, TreasurerSlalom ConsultingLeon Taylor, ControllerDethloff & Associates

DIRECTORS

Ed Brauner, Emeritus, retiredJimmy Chan, retiredDan Fako, Th rivent Financial, retiredAnne Geser, Wells FargoGeorge Griffi th, Clear Edge PowerElena Long, Bethesda Lutheran CommunitiesMarc Timm, Umpqua BankRod Wheeland, NACMRobert Wood, Mountainwood Homes

2014 STAFF & ASSOCIATES

Mark Forker, Executive DirectorDanielle Baker, Volunteer Services ManagerCarol Chapman, BookkeeperHope Howard, Direcctor of ResourcesRi-Len Lukens, Construction Site SupervisorErin Maxey, Homeowner Services ManagerElena Uhing, Community Outreach SpecialistMike Wille, Construction ManagerScott Hoke, Construction Site Coordinator, Encore Fellowship Program

AMERICORPS MEMBERS

2013-14: Danielle Baker, Lynda Cotter, Pri Dhar, Jared Dukes, Rilen Lukens.2014-15: David Daly, Scotye Stordock.

40 in 4. I hope that at least most of you have heard that phrase from

Willamette West Habitat for Humanity over the past year. You probably know that this is shorthand for our goal to build 40 homes for new Habitat families over 4 years. You

also probably know that is a big stretch for our affi liate. So, why are we taking on such a big, audacious goal?

I’ve been a board member for over four years. During that time this affi liate has done great work – building homes for new families, expanding our services with repair programs, and raising our profi le in the community to help provide a voice for housing needs. I am very proud to be a part of this effort, along with our great staff, volunteers, donors, supporters, and homeowners.

But, there is another part of this work that I am not so proud of. Each year we have to turn away far too many families who apply for homes.

In 2014, we handed out 329 applications to potential Habitat homeowners, 113 of those were completed and returned to us. Of those applications, 56 families qualifi ed – but we were only able to accept 10 families into our ownership program.

These families are just like those we accept into our program: hard working, deserving, and looking for a way to provide a simple, decent, and stable home for their family.

This is why we have taken on such a big, audacious goal. 40 homes in 4 years. In order to accomplish this we need the support of our staff, volunteers, donors, and the community.

We need to raise more money than we ever have, and expand our building program in order to fi nish all these homes.

We need our incredible staff to grow our capabilities to support all the work that goes into carrying out a program of this size.

We need the board of directors to lead this expansion, and bring in new partners from the community.

But most importantly, we need to take on this big, audacious goal so that we can serve more of the families in our community that need and deserve a simple, decent, and stable home for their family.

I sincerely hope a day comes when the need for programs like ours are no longer needed. But, until that day comes, I am grateful that Willamette West Habitat for Humanity is there, doing as much as possible to make our community better. I am extremely grateful to all of our staff, volunteers, donors, and supporters that make this all possible.

Thank you, Stan Axtman

W hile we love building homes and helping families, sometimes it’s fun to add a little twist to what we do. So, in 2014

we participated in Habitat for Humanity International’s program ‘Home Builders Blitz’, and selected Julie Tolliver (right), a little person in need of a fully accessible home, as our future homeowner.

During the event, the nationwide project seeks to build and renovate nearly 260 homes, thanks to the skilled labor provided by local professional homebuilders and construction fi rms.

We built Julie’s home, from foundation to fi nish, in only seven days! Now Julie has a home to fi t her unique needs, and our vendors and sub-contractors got a chance to do something out-of-the-ordinary by working side-by-side during the week.

The home would not have been built without Robert Wood and his crew from Mountainwood Homes who took on the heavy lifting of the house. We also want to acknowledge and thank the City of Hillsboro and their building inspectors for being available when we needed them as we reached each stage to keep the project moving forward.

Home Builders Blitz: A home in 7 days

Family selection

process changes

with the times

After only one year as Homeowner Services Manager, it became apparent to Erin Maxey that the need

for our program was increasing rapidly. Hundreds of deserving families were applying for our program, a few were selected and the rest had to wait another year, until the next selection round, to try again.

Even worse were those who called the offi ce just after the public meetings had ended, only to be told they had to wait another year before the next meeting would be held.

Since our goal is to increase home building, Erin thought twice-a-year selection would better meet our needs. So, in 2014, we held two rounds of selection and ended up welcoming 10 families into the program.

Homes at Allen Estates vary in size from one to four bedrooms to accomodate a wide range of household sizes, including singles, one-parent households and multi-generational families.

The Abdulkhudir Family

This household of 4 (new baby not pictured) lives in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath basement-level apartment. Due to excessive mold in one bedroom, all four family members share the other.

Their fl oors are spongy due to the regular fl oods that occur after each heavy rain. The carpet, walls and windows are visibly fi lled with black mold, damp to the touch and there is a very strong smell of mold in the apartment. The landlord’s advice: open a window.

When he’s not working as a security guard, or dealing with the bees that call their bathroom wall home, Mr. Abdulkhudir is putting in his sweat equity, looking forward to the day when his wife and daughters can come home to a decent home free of mold.

The Magana Family

Victoria (pictured below) works for a local nonprofi t clinic, and her husband is a local farm worker. They have three children.

They are temporarily staying with other family members in an already over-crowded 2-bedroom apartment. Each household claims a bedroom for their family and one person sleeps on the couch in the livingroom.

Since the landlord doesn’t know the families are living together, both fear they could become homeless at any time.

In addition to the sheer overcrowded situation, the apartment complex itself has a reputation for being dangerous with regular police presence. Drugs are openly consumed and sold and goods are pawned in the parking lot. When Habitat visited the family, volunteers witnessed a drug sale happen just a few parking spots down from them.

It’s no surprise they are excited to be a Habitat partner family and look forward to raising their three children is a safe neighborhood.

The Bavarsad Family

This household of three lives in a 2 bedroom apartment.

They have decided not to utilize their second bedroom because they feel the mold is too bad for anyone to sleep there. Mold is visible around all of the apartment windows and in the bathroom. When you open the upper cabinets in the kitchen the smell of mold is overwhelming.

Both environmental and physical dangers are preventing this family from thriving. Their apartment community is beset by crime. Even their clothes are stolen from the community laundry facility if left unattended. There is constant police activity in the area, and gunshots were heard nearby just two days before Habitat volunteers visited the family.

Families: Meet a few of our newest ones

Top right: Tina and Tony Slyter own Grocery Outlet in King City. Pictured with the Wendafrash family in their new kitchen, Tony & Tina surprise each new Habitat homeowner by fi lling their pantry with $500 worth of Grocery Outlet food and household necessities.

Middle right: the Momand family shows us the keys to their new Habitat home, surrounded by their Grocery Outlet goodies.

Bottom right: The Cotten family is all smiles after buying their house at BraunerBrook.

BraunerBrook: Final homes sold in 2014

complete the neighborhood

At each home dedication, Maureen Orr Eldred (below) presents each Habitat child in the household a hand-made quilt from her group at the Northwest Quilters.

Thanks to our donors, supplies, subcontractors and volunteers, we were able to sell the fi nal four homes at BraunerBrook in 2014.

Economic Impact: BraunerBrook benefi ts Hillsboro and Washington County

new households to Hillsboro and $265,800 in new household income to the local economy.

It created 10.8 new FTE jobs and supports an additional 3.9 FTE jobs annually.

It also generated $514,000 in local income from construction and move-in spending and will support the local government with over $475,000 in taxes and revenue over 10 years.

For every $1 Willamette West spends, we generate an additional $2.91 of local economic activity.

Willamette West Habitat for Humanity is proud to announce that the total economic activity resulting from the neighborhood is estimated at $2.1 million.

Habitat’s history is rich with stories of the transformation and success of individual families. These stories

remain a powerful and useful way of conveying what we do.

In addition to their stories, Habitat families contribute to the broader community in credible, quantifi able ways.

Willamette West partnered with NeighborWorks America to conduct an Economic Impact Study of our BraunerBrook neighborhood in Hillsboro. The study was designed by an economist at the National Association of Home Builders and has been used by other nonprofi ts for a number of years.

The results of the Economic Impact Statement show the building of the Hillsboro neighborhood added eight

“...the total economic activity resulting from the

construction of the BraunerBrook

neighborhood is $2.1 million...”

Aerial views of Allen Estates (above) and Denney Gardens, taken by volunteer Bruce Miller, show the properties at the time of purchase. If nine homes in Hillsboro impact that community by $2.1 million, imagine what these 40 lots will do for Beaverton.

Did you know that Habitat’s Partner Families pay over $166,000 in property taxes to Washington County each year!

Unless you are 18 or older, liability and safety precautions make it diffi cult for youth to be active on a Habitat for Humanity construction site. But there are many other ways young people can help further our mission of providing safe, decent housing to

low-income families. The students to the right are the Pioneer Drive Baptist Church choir from Texas! They were here for a choir tour which also encompassed participating in service projects. Last year we also had students from Concordia University, Linfi eld College, Oregon Islamic Academy and George Fox University, volunteering their time on our construction site.

Kids are natural fundraisers; they love to help others. Many church youth groups collect money in piggy banks; local Girl Scout troops have set aside a portion of their cookie sale money to donate to Habitat;

sometimes kids ask their friends for donations instead of gifts at their birthday party. If they have the opportunity, we invite them out to the construction site (on a non-build day) so they can write messages of support to our future homeowners and their children on the bedroom wall studs. Allison McHugh and Christina Choi, Juniors at Westview High

School, have formed a school-based Habitat Club. They now have 35 members who spend their weekends cleaning up neighborhoods and

planting plants in the Denney Garden wetlands. “We started this club because we volunteered last summer, really enjoyed it, and wanted other people to like it as much as we did. So we decided to make a club out of it, making it accessible to the entire school,” declaired the girls.

Today’s Youth: They are awesome!

Forty in Four:

Beginning with Allen Estates

Last year we launched our 40 in 4 initiative to build 40 homes in four years, effectively doubling our impact in Washington County. The 40 lots we have identifi ed include 24 at Allen Estates, and 16 at Denney Gardens,

both in Beaverton.

It is an ambitious goal that requires about $2.5 million in funding and another $600,000 of in-kind donations from our vendors and suppliers.

In 2014, we started construction on the fi rst nine homes at Allen Estates, completing one before the end of the year. The other eight will be sold in 2015 and another nine will be under construction in 2015. Your generosity in 2014 helped us raised $1 million toward our goal.

Scott Hoke, a recently retired project manager at Intel, spent most of 2014 evaluating Habitat’s construction practices. His goal: help us increase our building capacity by streamlining our construction practices. The goal will continue to stretch us, but there are hundreds of potential partner families in Washington County that cry out for our help each year, a stark reminder that we need to do more.

Top: In January, as the fi rst foundation is poured.Left: In July, preparing to pour the second foundation.

In December, one home fi nished, others getting close

W illamette West’s work expanded in 2014 to meet the needs of people with varying housing challenges in Washington County.

Just as you can’t build a house with only one tool, you can’t eliminate substandard housing with only one approach. Twenty-fi ve years into our mission, our work is adapting to meet the needs of people living in different shelter situations.

Through a much broader, more holistic approach, Habitat is revitalizing affordable housing stock and neighborhoods in Washington County, addressing larger issues such as aging in place, accessibility and weatherization to serve whole communities to improve living conditions for dozens of families.

Our ‘A Brush with Kindness’ program launched in 2014 at our Build a Home Frame a Future event last May, and as luck would have it, someone who needed our help was sitting right in the audience. Not only was her home badly in need of painting, her gutters were falling off, and she had 3 large trees that were threatening to fall over, right onto her home.

Last August, our volunteers spent two weekends painting, hammering and trimming to bring her home back up to par.

In 2015, an interior critical repair program will join A Brush With Kindness, in addition to a ‘Rock the Block’ neighborhood clean-up project.

A Brush with Kindness: Helping neighbors and friends

Look how much fun these ‘A Brush With Kindness volunteers are having...Intel in the top left and The H Group below...what a great feeling of acomplishment at the end of the day.

ReStore grows and

landfi lls shrink

E xcitement and innovation continue to be the buzz words surrounding the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Three stores

in the Portland Metro area (Vancouver, SE Portland, and Beaverton) combine revenue, share expenses, and split the profi t three ways amongst the three local Habitat for Humanity affi liates.

Joe Connell, VP of Retail Sales, told us “The three ReStores have now raised over $3 million for local Habitat affi liates. Recent research has shown that most people hear about our ReStores by word of mouth. Our goal in 2015 is to raise $1 million, so help us make that happen by spreading the word.”

Over 1,680 tons of materials were diverted from the landfi ll last year and instead sold at the Washington County ReStore. New ReStore manager Brieana Weaver said “After fi nishing off a very busy year, our staff and volunteers are busy organizing and rearranging the store to make it a fun and inviting experience for our donors and shoppers.” Keep spreading the word, and keep shopping!!

Recycling: Vehicles or things, both help build houses

Habitat’s Cars for Homes program is a great way to support our mission - and it’s so simple! Last year, the program generated $2.19

million in car donations in the U.S.

Thanks to generous car donors in Washington County, Willamette West has recived over $76,000 in car donations since 2006. Last year we received word that we were ranked 12th nationally amongst large Habitat affi liates, and #1 in Oregon. Thank you!

When you are ready to get rid of a car (truck, boat, rv, motorcycle, plane, anything with wheels – it doesn’t even have to be running!) simply visit our website, fi ll out the form and a tow company comes to get the car. It’s that easy! Habitat for Humanity International sells it, and 80% of the proceeds come right back to us so we can build houses in Washington County.

The Cars for Homes program will take anything with wheels with an engine. How-ever, the wheels do not have to be infl ated and the engine does not have to work!

The Vancouver ReStore moved last summer to a new location (pictured above) and sales skyrocketed.

“Our three ReStores have now raised over $3 million for local Habitat affi liates”

~ Joe ConnellVP of Retail Joe Connell (3rd from right) presents an $81,000 check to Executive Director Mark Forker

Volunteer Greg Kust designed and made 40 lanters from scrap construction

wood to serve as centerpieces at our event

Julie Tolliver tells her story

Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle is a long-time supporter of the work done by

Willamette West Habitat.

L ast year’s fundraiser was the most inspirational ever, thanks to six of our partner families who did something that most people fear more than death: giving a speech in front of a crowded room. Family members Ahmed Jire, Sara Cotton (pictured below), Qayssar Lami, Orbelina Santos del Cid, Sissay Wendafrash,

and Julie Tolliver (bottom right) spoke from the heart, about what brought them to Habitat and how their lives were going to change because of the support of our breakfast and lunch guests.

The Embassy Suites ballrooms were fi lled at both breakfast and lunch with over 600 guests who collectively raised over $197,000.

In 2015 we are excited to bring back Clive Rainey, Habitat’s fi rst volunteer, at our May 8th event. We hope you join us.

Annual Fundraiser: Homeowner stories

inspire us all

Our thanks to those who helped underwrite the cost of this event, so 100% of the funds raised that day could go directly to building homes Bank of the WestBanner BankCFG Wealth Mgmt.Craig Childress, Inc.Duyck MachineFirst Republic BankGiske Concrete

Gramor DevelopmentHarris & BowkerLawyer’s Title of ORMilgard ManufacturingMountainwood HomesNACMPacifi c Continental BankPremier Community Bank

Providence St. Vincent Medical CenterSubCom Excavation and UtilitiesThe H GroupUmpqua BankWells Fargo Bank

T he morning started cloudy as 76 golfers began checking in at The Reserve Vineyards

and Golf Club for our 3rd annual Golf Fore Homes fundraiser. Mother Nature was on our side, however, and held off the rain until the golfers came off the fi eld and dinner began.

The evening continued with the arrival of spouses and friends for the dinner and auction portion of the evening. A variety of items were up for bid, from handmade jewelry to Dewalt tools to a suite at the Moda Center, a condo in Mexico and lots and lots of wine!

In the end $42,000 was raised to help further our mission.

2014 Statistics: 1,636 volunteers, over 26,000 hours = $589,592 in saved labor costs

Thanks to these wonderful organizations who volunteered over 9,500 hours during 2014!

21st Century PropertyAFS-USA Intercultural Programs Columbia Pacifi c TeamAlaska Airlines American InternationalBank of AmericaBethel United Church of ChristBlack & VeatchChrist Church EpiscopalCommunity of ChristChurchConcordia UniversityCongregation Neveh ShalomCraig Childress, Inc.Cross Creek Bible ChurchDethloff CPAsEatonFaith Bible High SchoolFarmers InsuranceFEIFirst Tech Federal Credit UnionForest City Trading GroupGeorge Fox UniversityHampton Affi liatesHillsboro Presbyterian ChurchIntelJE Dunn ConstructionLake Grove Presbyterian ChurchLake Oswego United Methodist ChurchLattice SemiconductorLinfi eld CollegeLionheart Coffee CompanyLiving Savior Lutheran ChurchMan Kind ProjectMaxim Integrated

Mobile Technologies, Inc.NikeNordstromNW Mortgage GroupOak Hills ChurchOregon Episcopal SchoolOregon Islamic AcademyPerkins CoiePioneer Drive Baptist ChurchProgressive InsuranceQ & D ManufacturingRockwell Collins SageSalesforceSimpson HousingSonrise ChurchSt. Andrew Lutheran ChurchSt. Juan Diego Catholic ChurchSt. Mary's AcademySt. Pius X Catholic ChurchSunset Presbyterian ChurchTargetTB Franklin ControlThrivent FinancialTrailMixUnited WayUS BankValley Presbyterian ChurchVernier Software & TechnologyVW CreditWells FargoWest Port ChurchWestview High SchoolWillamette Dental

Marc AltmanLynn AndersonHarry AndertonVern BeesonJerry BooneHal BrockmanRyan CarpenterAlan ChristensenTerry CrawfordLarry EisenbachDoaa ElhagganJohn FiebigerMax GoodCliff HillebrandtBill HunttingMike KondratGreg KustNanette La DuBruce MillerRex MortonDavid MullenSue MuzaPaula OhlandVern SchulteLarry ScottBob StadelTom TurnerErnie VanceDave VanDykeTom WoolcottKathy ZawislakLinda Zuckerman

Many thanks to our ‘Regulars’ who come out and build day after day, month after month, year after year. Together, they volunteered over 12,000 hours in 2014, or the equivalent of 5.75 full time employees, saving us $270,600 in labor costs.

Cliff Hillebrandt is volunteer extraordinaire. He leads our “Away Team” working on projects away from the new

construction site. Over the years, Cliff has worked on every rehab, recycle, repair and Brush with Kindness project we

have undertaken, 18 in all.

There are many ways to volunteer with

Willamette West Habitat for Humanity!

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE• Join the Board of Directors, shown above at their annual strategic

planning session, or the Selection committee, pictured left.• Bring a group to the construction site and build.• Local Knights of Columbus BBQ to raise money.• Volunteering at the golf tournament is fun - even the beauty queens

like to help out.• Foundation pouring day on the construction site is always fun.• Combine groups! pictured top left are members of Congregation

Neveh Shalom and the Bilal Mosque who enjoy volunteering together throughout the year.

For real change to happen, people have to care.

Then they have to act.

Y ou too can make a life-changing gift to Willamette West

Habitat for Humanity by naming us as a benefi ciary in your will or your IRA.

For your will, it’s as simple as writing: “I give, devise and bequeath to Willamette West Habitat for Humanity, Inc., federal tax ID 93-098717-6, [written amount or percentage] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

For your IRA, contact your fi nancial planner or whomever your IRA or 401(k) plan is through and adjust the benefi ciary designation.

Maybe you think you are too young to be thinking about your future, or that your estate is too small to make a diff erence – not true! Take charge and decide how your assets should be distributed. If you don’t, and die without a will, the State will decide who gets what. It might not be what you had in mind.

Have you already named Habitat in your will or estate? Let us know and we’ll make you an offi cial member of the Dream Builders Society!

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SocietySociety

A former Willamette West Habitat homeowner, Javier Spyker, is now an attorney with an interest in helping you. He has off ered to help you write your codicil, at no charge, if you are adding Willamette West to your will.

If you are interested in learning more about Planned Giving and Willamette West Habitat for Humanity, or would like Javier’s help, you may contact our offi ce at 503-844-7606 x 106 or plannedgiving@habitatwest.org.

We are so grateful to the members of our Dream Builders Society who have also remembered Willamette West Habitat as part of their estate:

Stan Axtman Ed & Ellen Brauner Dan & Sharon Fako Mark & Linda Forker Patty Gazeley Roxie Howlett (deceased) Michael & Christine Kondrat Nancy Parr (deceased) Lee Smith Leon Taylor & Janice Boulden

In 2001, Ellen Roxie Howlett joined an ever-growing list of individuals who were making fi rst time gifts to support the mission of Willamette

West Habitat for Humanity. In 2013, Ms. Howlett passed away and kindly remembered us in her will. We don’t know why she began donating to our organization all those years ago, but her donations continued on for several years, including donating her car to us in 2007.

Roxie was born in 1924 in Portland. She graduated from Jefferson High School and attended Oregon State University, earning a BS in Home Economics in June 1945 and eventually an MS at University of California in the 1950s.

Ms. Howlett started her own public relations fi rm, Howlett & Gaines, in San Francisco in 1968, eventually relocating the company to Portland in 1989. A leader in her fi eld, she was the fi rst woman president of the Public Relations Round Table of San Francisco and was one of the fi rst female members of the Commonwealth Club of California.

She received the Public Relations Society

of America (PRSA) Paul M. Lund Public Service Award in 1992. Lund challenged the fi eld of public relations to change the human condition by becoming agents of understanding between institutions and society. Howlett illustrated this ideal through “exemplary dedication to the community of the San Francisco Bay area on a volunteer as well as professional basis”.

She volunteered her services to the American Lung Association, the Oregon Home Economics Association, and Volunteers of America.

Her fi nal gift to us, totaling $220,000, helped us build homes for families in 2014. Roxie hoped to develop a park, named in honor of her Scandinavian heritage but

sadly, the estate Trustee couldn’t fi nd a way to make it happen.

To honor her fi nal wishes, we will be using some of her gift

to purchase playground equipment for the children at Allen Estates and will place a bench, similar to the one pictured below, and plaque honoring Roxie, her late husband John, and her Scandinavian ancestors, in the neighborhood.

We Remember Roxie Howlett

Statement of ActivitiesJuly 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

REVENUEContribution and Grants $1,166,771Mortgage Discount Amoritization $ 229,755Contributed Services & Materials $ 37,763Sales of Houses $ 761,400Special Fundraising Events $ 144,732 Forgiveness of HOME Note Payable $ 483,457ReStore Income $ 196,779Other Income $ 65,391TOTAL REVENUE $3,086,048

EXPENSEProgram Services $1,846,446Management & General $ 158,674Fundraising $ 179,456TOTAL EXPENSE $2,184,576

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 901,472Statement of Financial PositionAs of June 30, 2014

ASSETSCash and cash equivalents $ 434,189Investments $ 93,852Pledges receivable $ 454,768Mortgages receivable - current $ 182,525Mortgages receivable - long-term portion $2,420,449Other receivables $ 10,972Inventories $2,062.484Prepaid expenses and deposits $ 28,274Property and equipment $ 609,671TOTAL ASSETS $6,297,184

LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 65,335Current portion of notes payable $ 230,918Notes payable, net of current portion $1,273,111 TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,569,364

NET ASSETSUnrestricted $4,135,435Temporarily restricted $ 592,385TOTAL NET ASSETS $4,727,820

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $6,297,184

Mission Statement Seeking to put God’s

love into action, Willamette West Habitat

for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Our VisionA world where everyone

has a decent place to live.

Over the last 25 years, you have helped 99 Washington County families, and 156 families overseas, escape their substandard living conditions. Th ank you.

In 2014:14 Habitat houses were under construction.

5 of these homes have been purchased.

9 houses will be sold in 2015.

2 A Brush with Kindness projects.

36 people escaping their past and beginning their future.

20 more families are putting in sweat equity so they, too, can become homeowners.

For Some: The future has arrived

Willamette West Habitat for Humanity’s auditors, Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt, have expressed an unqualifi ed opinion on our June 30, 2014 fi nancial statements. Those fi nancial statements include associated notes that are essential to understnading the information presented here. A full set of statements and notes is available on our website at HabitatWest.org.

Fiscal Year 2014How is your dollar used?

Fundraising8¢

Administration7¢

Programs = 85¢

to build homes in Washington County

BLUE BOLD: Sustaining donors who have been making gifts since 1995.RED BOLD: Carpenter Club monthly donors.GREEN BOLD: Sustaining & Carpenter Club

Thank you to our wonderful donors!

Habitat for Humanity ReStore The Estate of Roxie HowlettChuck & Kay MerrillScott & Twylla SmithThrivent Financial - Thrivent Builds Grant

Bank of America Bank of the West Crandall Group Robert & Barbara CrookeEncore.Org Energy Trust of Oregon Habitat for Humanity International - Capacity Building Grant HH Charitable Annuity Trust Hubert & Ludmila Schlesinger Foundation Bill & Becky HunttingPatti HunttingLAKE GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWells Fargo Foundation

Anonymous Individual Cars for Homes Program Christ Church Episcopal Parish IBM EMPLOYEES Lowe's Lowe's of Hillsboro Brenda MoonSunset Presbyterian Church Umpqua Bank

Acme Construction Supply Jeff AhrendGary & Lisa AlbertANONYMOUS INDIVIDUAL Anonymous IndividualSTAN AXTMANBAKER ROCK Banner Bank Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ LISA BEUTLERBarry CainCALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCedar Hills United Church of ChristRob & Debra ClossVicki Coff eyCollins Foundation Community of ChristChurch Terry & Peggy CrawfordDamerow Ford Margaret DoudESCO Corporation Glen & Lynne FahsDaniel & Sharon FakoFEI Company First Republic Bank Sean & Vicki FitzgeraldBill & Liz FlanneryPatricia Ford WozniakMARK & LINDA FORKERFranklin Control Systems Patty GazeleyGiske Concrete Chris & Kirsten GoetzGramor Development Grocery Outlet Newberg LaVelle HaasCARL & PEGGY HAMMONDFrancis & Anne HanchekSusan HansonHillsboro Presbyterian Church Hitachi High Technologies America

Chris IngramIntel Charitable Match Trust Intel Foundation Michael & Susan KalinaLeonell KingRoy & Glenna KrugerJean LindsayJim & Diane LinkEric & Janet LuttrellJOHN & BECKY McALLISTERGARY & BEV MOHNKERNMountainwood Homes Murray Hills Christian Church Carl & Lisa NelsonNIKE Oltmann Family Charitable FundOregon Charitable Tax Check-Off Marge PapkeParr Lumber Bill & Marsha PikePNW Home Builders South Polygon WLH Premier Property Group BARBARA RAZTom & Charlotte ReeseJackie SandersVern & Marilyn SchulteRichard & Diana ShaveyLee SmithMelanie St. JohnSubcom Excavation & Utilities James Taff LEON TAYLOR & JANICE BOULDENThe Management Trust NW The Standard Thrivent Financial Tom & Priscilla TurnerU.S. Bank Larry & Phyllis VachalVALLEY COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Vernier Software & Technology Voya Financial

VW Credit Washington County Offi ce of Community Development - HOME Grant Washington County Strategic Investment Program - Greg Malinowski Wells Fargo Bank WELLS FARGO BANK EMPLOYEESWestlake ConsultantsWilliam and RaeWaterman Giving FundRichard & Cherry WilliamsDorothy Wilson

Janet AdkinsAnonymous Individual Wayne & Mary BartlandMichael & Michele BiehlerDonald & Patricia BloomsterED & ELLEN BRAUNERJimmy & Regina ChanWalter & Judith CheckCraig ChildressAlan ClampettJohn & Joyce Coff manJohn CourtneyDethloff & Associates JIM & JEAN DOANEDenny & Ann DoyleDuyck Machine Theodore & Ruth Joy FieldbraveFinancial Health Alliance Larry & Frederica FragerEDWIN & LINDA FRANSENGrace GarnettGrocery Outlet of King CityDale HadleyHarris & Bowker LLPAdam & Meridee HartPatricia Heinlein

Emerald $50,000+

Platinum $10,000+

Gold $5,000+

Silver $1,000+

Bronze $500+

Hoff man, Stewart & SchmidtScott HoldenBill & Jeanette HowellSusie HowellBenjamin KaiserKaren Sweeney Financial ConsultantFred & Amy KingMarguerite KlegerStephen & Nancy LangstonLawyers Title of OregonStew LevyLiving Savior Lutheran ChurchLutheran Community FoundationJoe & Wendy MarvinDarlene MaurerScott MaxwellEdward MettilleMilgard ManufacturingChristine MontyJim & Dana MountsJEFF & JENNIFER MURRAY BRIAN NIEPOKYNW Natural GasROGER & DIANA OSBORN Pacifi c Continental BankHelen ParkerDavid & Carol PebworthPeterson FoundationPremier Community BankProvidence St. Vincent Medical CenterDonald & Rosemary PullinCorey & Inna PulverDENNIS & MARY LEE SAULSBURYTHOMAS SAWICKIOrvin & Bernice SeversonGreg & Roxanne SpechtSpecht DevelopmentSTATE OF OREGON EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE FUNDJON & BARBARA STROUDLarry & Pat TaylorThe H GroupStephen & Carole ThomasMARC & NICOLA TIMMDick & Sandra Visse

21st Century Property ManagementAnonymous IndividualAnonymous IndividualAredha AbunawwasHal & Audrey AdrianAdvantis Credit Union Sherri AgeeGertrude AhlbergRichard AkinsAlphagraphicsAllen AmabiscaLINDA ANDERSONLloyd & Pauline AndersonDavid AndertonHarry AndertonJohn AndreaJANIS ANDREWSApe4Apes Charitable FoundationDoreen AppROBERT & WENDY ARCHIBALDGarnet AscherArlene AustinsonBRIDGITTE AVANZATOKathryn BaeNorman BairdAudrey & Eric BakerBank of America Charitable FoundationDick & Deb BarsottiLinda BeauchaineWilliam & Sandi BeaversMELISSA BEDARDFrank & Helen BennettFritz & Kimberley BensonJohn & Patricia BentleyDAVID & PAT BERKELEY

Tony BernalJim & Laurel BlanchardLarry & Bonnie BliesnerGARY & ANNE BLISSDonna BoernerNate BondJerry & June BooneDeborah BoutinenPam BowersoxLARRY & MYRNA BOWMANJeremy BreunigBilly & C. Renee BrewerCrystal BrissonMark & Donna BrockerRobert & Mary BrownRobert & Carol BruceLarry & Debra BuchholzJustin BuellJohn BunyardJill BurnetteRuth Ann ByarsPalmer ByrkitPeggy CarmichaelCarol CarpenterCORIN CARTERLEILA CASSIDYCause + Event PortlandDavid & Lynne ChapmanVictor ClaarGann & Linda ClarksonMike Cluff Michael & Mary ClushawChristian CobbMark CollinsCommercial Quest NWCommonwealth CaresERIC & RUTH COOLEYLen & Jo CooperPhilip CopenhaverRonald & Ruth CordonRichard & Margaret CovertMark & Angela CrandallIan & Arta CrawfordSandy Cundiff John CzisnyBETTINA DAVIS

Jim & Joanne DavisWilliam & Meredith DavisGerald DelaneyNick & Janet DeMorganTerry & Mary DischingerRob & Eileen DrakeMichelle DruceDAVID DUBBERKE Patton & Karylinn EcholsDANIEL EDDYANDREW EGGERTJeanine ElliottLes & Nancy FaheyChuck & Janice FalconerRobert FalconerJOHN & NANCY FALLINScott FarmerGerry FedericoCynthia FeinbergJENNY RAE FERRYDave & Vicki FinkFirst Tech Federal Credit UnionNAYAN FLEENORGEOFFREY & JANIS FOOTEFootwear Engineering & TestingKen & Kathy FordJULIE FORKERHoward FranklinFred Meyer StoresTom FreemanRowland & Karen FrenchLeslie FullerMarianne GallagherNANCY GALLAS Barbara GasuenAnne GeserGibb Construction & RemodelingThomas GilbertsonDon GillespieDave & Liz GillespiePaul & Carlin GramJack Griffi nPAUL & HEALTHER GRIFFOBarbara GriggsJohn & Patricia GruherMarlene Guasco

Wayne & Anne WaldalWashington County Strategic Investment Program - Dick SchoutenRod WheelandPete WilleJOEL & LINDA WILSONJeff rey & Nancy WinstonJim Woodruff

Copper $100+

Scott & Barbara HackeStuart & Kathleen HallJeanette HamiltonBob & Sandra HanksBob HardingDAVID & LYNN HATFIELDJames & Carol HeidenMARILYN HEILINGMichael HenryLee HicksNancy HilbrickJeff & Joanne HilderbrandLois HillCliff & Sandra HillebrandtJames & Patricia HillikerHILLSDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH - UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTKevin Hoff manRobert & Kris HoggardMichael & Deborah HohnScott HolmanWilliam & Maria HoodMandford & Mary HotchkissLoretta HousleyWilliam & Judith HowellLESLYN HOWELLJohn & Joyce HowellAnthony & Ceil IrwinDennis & Judy IsaacsonJackson Benefi t ServicesELIZABETH JACOB Steve & Meg JamesGeorge & Diane JetteDouglas & Kristen JohansonBette JohnsrudStefan JonesDon & Dawn JonesKaiser Foundation Community GivingWALTER & SUE KARSTADSylvia KellerCarl & Karen Anne KempJim & Joelynn KenistonDavid KishGerald & Cathy KisslerKnights of Columbus - St CeceliaKnights of Columbus - St Pius

John & Carol KoenigMichael & Mitzi KondoMichael & Christine KondratStanley & Greta KopecDon & Marilyn KubyNanette La DuEric & Ann LantzKarolyn LawsonRoss & Mary Lou LaybournShelley LaytonMICHAEL & HEATHER LEEBob & Alice LeitnerDavid & Vicky LindbergESTHER LINDBLOOMGary & Virginia LinkCraig & Virginia LlewellynElena LongJames & Janilee LowranceBryce & Sharon LundquistRichard MartinCharles & Deanna MartinsonMalcolm & Linda MathesDean MathewsMonty & Kathryn MaykoMark McCaslinBrad & Sheila McCollumRobert & Barbara McEahernPaul McGinnisKeith & Janis McGrawSean & Sheri McLoughlinAl & Jean McSwainDana MeadowsRon & Carol MeansAMY MESMERDelos MetcalfJohn & Clara MeyerPamela MichaelNick & Natalie MillerMarie MinderhoutVirginia MitchellJames & Sylvia MitchellKen & Pat MontoneGEORGE & KAREN MORRISTERRY & YVONNE MORRISGEORG MUELLERJIM & BARBARA MUNZ

John MurphyDavid & Susan MusgraveDavid & Aviva NashKenneth & Murline NeiszSharon NelsonNetwork for GoodMichael & Kathryn NicholsonRuth NickodemusMarlys NoonanERIC NORRISGriff O'BrienOff The Wall MagneticsPaula OhlandRobin & Kelly OlsonOregonians Credit UnionOR-ID Annual Conference CenterMaureen Orr EldredJim OsborneAnn PaesDavid ParkNancy Parr EstateRALPH & JEANETTE PARSONSRhonda PattenWARREN PATTYNJUDY PEARSONFerne PearsonAlice PearsonJames & Sharon PeredaJennifer PersonJan PetersenPGE - Employee Giving CampaignDorothey PhillipsWendell & Sue PikeSTEVE & JESSICA POEHLERDONALD & JANE POPEFRED & SUSAN POWERSWilliam & Kathryn PrengerEllen ProutyEllen Radcliff eJerry & Carol RameyMichael & Shelly RathBud ReeceJeff & Francine ReingoldMichael ReunertThomas & Amy RheingansDave Riback

Katie RileyThomas & Roberta RinderknechtLes RinkJohn & Byrnace RistowRex RitterNancy RobertsJoseph & Barbara RodriguezMargaret Rodriguez-SpringerRichard & Joan RohrerCHERRI ROSKIEConnie RothJim RothMichael & Roberta RountreeDG & Eileen RueckMarjorie RussellBarbara RussellVICTOR SANCHEZRoger & Patricia SandquistMichael ScarcellaJonathan & Pamela SchlueterCasey SchmidtALICIA SCHUBERTDonald & Marion ScrivensDONALD SEEBACHDean ShadeChristopher ShaverJoe & Joan SheridanRobert & Judie SherkPhillip SimmonsPat & Pekka SinervoStephen SirkinRICK & PAULA SLAVENSJohn & Sara SmithDan & Vic SmithJim & Barbara SnowRichard & Polly SpragueLinda SpringerST ANDREW LUTHERAN CHURCHGary & Lana StachlowskiBob & Cynthia StadelKerry & Cindi StanleyPeter SteinfeldSAMANTHA STELLCHUCK STILSONGary & Nancy StoberJoe Storm

We are pleased to recognize the above cash gifts received between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2014. We make every attempt to insure the accuracy of our reporting and kindly request you notify us of any errors or omissions at 503.844.7606.

John & Rita StotkaEric & Suzanne StreckerSharilynn TaylorTektronix FoundationFRED TERRILLMarilyn ThamertRichard & Diane ThomasRobert & Nanette ThompsonMike TitelbaumChristopher & Danielle Toffl erJames & Linda TracyJANICE TRAWPam TreeceOlga TurnerTimothy & Janet TurnerWarren & Marybeth TylerRICHARD & ELENA UHINGCarol UnitanKevin & Jan UptonCyrus Vafi David & Jan VanDykeDavid & Christine VernierMark & Kathy ViersSue & Lynn VoigtSANJAY & DIPAL VORA

Dan & Joan WahlinNathan WalkerBrandon & Brieana WeaverDan & Karina WehrspannPatrick & Maureen WheelerBJ WilberdingElaine WildermanGwen WildfongMike & Carey WilleChristopher WilleKirk WilleFrank WilleVictor & Linda WinegarAgnes WinstonRonald & Jan WismerGreg WynneLarry & Karen YakymiWILLENE YAURobert & Michelle YoungCarrie YoungMike & Nadine ZimmerlundLinda Zuckerman

Stan Axtman Dave & Vicki Fink

Judy Bogen Warren & Marybeth Tyler

Ed & Ellen Brauner James & Sylvia Mitchell

Bob & Patti Burke Christine Richards

Robert Cash Michael & Susan Kalina

Nancy Cicirello Helen Cicirello

Kasey Closs Rob & Debra Closs

Terry Crawford Ian & Arta Crawford Jennifer Schwartz

The Clients of Dale Hadley Dale Hadley

Joe DeRik Lisa Sanders

Norma Eastham Joann Ekstrand

Col. Bryan Gallagher, USAF Marianne Gallagher

Betty Hanchek Francis & Anne Hanchek

Susan Hanson Michael & Roberta Rountree

John Heff ner Larry & Debra Buchholz

Cliff & Sandy Hillebrandt John & Patricia Gruher

Verne Howell Jennifer Howell Susie Howell

Bill, Becky & Patti Huntting Patton & Karylinn Echols

Richard & Norma Knittle Fred & Susan Powers

Darlene Maurer NW Natural Gas

Jan Murray Joan Murray

Joan Murray Phyllis Lewis Constance Lord

The Scott Neuheardt Family Jan Petersen

Barbara Peck’s 105th birthday Jeff rey & Nancy Winston

Barbara Peck’s Memory Bethel Congregational UCC Robert & Ester McGinnis Carolyn Rundorff Jeff rey & Nancy Winston

Jan Peterson Joan Bridgman Patti Huntting Pat & Pekka Sinervo

Janet Rauls Jim & Jean Doane

Scott, Andrea & Family Reid Keith & Janis McGraw

Harry Russell Marjorie Russell

Arthur Siebert Mike Titelbaum

Ruth Smith John & Margaret Clark Marlene Guasco

Elayne Stephens O'Brien Griff O'Brien

Joanne Taylor Leon Taylor

Al Vance Vivian Vance Linda Zuckerman

David VanDyke Rev Shawn VanDyke

Richard Wozniak Patricia Ford Wozniak

Thomas Wozniak Patricia Ford Wozniak

Paul Yakymi Larry & Karen Yakymi

Donations made In Honor or In Memory of:

Where Does Our Funding Come From?

Churches2%

In-Kind Gifts3% Businesses

8%

Foundations9%

Mortgage Pymts14%

Grants15%

ReStore15%

Individuals34%

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