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whole. The proposals related to the mortgage refinance

were quite similar. A determining factor in favor of Moun-

tain Pacific Bank’s proposal was the offer to provide free

currier service representing an annual savings to the

organization of approximately $6,600. The anticipated

savings in interest in the first year will be approximately

$8,550. The existing mortgage would mature December

20, 2020 with a balloon payment of $257,288.32. The

current interest rate is 5.9%. The proposed refinancing

through Mountain Pacific Banks is a fully amortized ten

year loan at 3.95 - 4%.

On receiving approval by the Board and the membership

at the May 6, 2015 meeting, the process of finalizing the

refinancing project has begun with an appraisal of the

building.

Budget During the months of February through April,

the Finance Committee has been working on developing

the budget for the fiscal year 2015-16. Members of the

committee discussed their needs with committee chair-

men. Chairmen were encouraged to dream big. This pro-

cess resulted in an excess of expenditures over revenues

of approximately $80,000. Using the results from the

February evaluation meetings, the committee brought the

amount of expenditures over revenue to just $3,319.00.

The committee was working with the fact that only one

major fund raising event will be held in the coming year

and this is a new configuration of the “Cook’s Tour”. The

Thrift Shop revenue is budgeted for a 10% increase over

the prior year’s budget. Estate sales revenue was budg-

eted for a 60% increase over the prior year’s budget.

The committee has budgeted for an overall 12% increase

in revenue for the coming year.

Operation School Bell is budgeted for a 25% increase to

reflect the cost of clothing so many more students than in

past years. Teen Retail was increased by 11% to cover

an increase in the number of students served. ECC

Scholarships were increased by 25% in recognition of the

raising costs of tuitions and fees. Total Allocable Expens-

es were reduced by almost 1%; this includes a 50% in-

crease in the Repairs and Maintenance Budget to cover

the painting of the interior of the building. The committee

included a 45% decrease in interest expense in anticipa-

tion of the refinancing of the mortgage. Total expenses

are budgeted to be 12.6% greater than the prior year’s

budget.

The Finance Committee tracks actual revenues and ex-

penditures in comparison to the budgeted figures on a

monthly basis to insure that the organization operates on

a sound financial basis.

Mortgage Refinance In January, the Finance

Committee began an investigation of the possibility of

refinancing the current mortgage on the building, recog-

nizing the current low interest environment and anticipat-

ing an increase in interest rates by the end of the year.

Representatives of four banks: American West Bank,

Coastal Community Bank, Key Bank and Mountain Pacif-

ic Bank were invited to give oral presentations to a sub-

committee of the Finance Committee regarding the refi-

nancing of the mortgage and our total banking needs.

The oral presentations were followed with written pro-

posals which were reviewed by the committee as a

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Property Report – Sally Joy

The Property Committee has been very busy keeping our

beautiful building looking great. I want to thank the out-

standing committee members: Cliff Benson, Judy Ben-

son, Roberta Swanson, Gordon Swanson, Vicki Revord,

Conni Curtis, Chis Alford, Margaret Bright, Robin Diede

and Donna Day. This team is awesome and I could not

have completed the year without their help.

All contracts are current, windows are clean, the

backroom is cleaned regularly by the janitor, 2 new phone

lines have been installed, all lights are replaced regularly

and any other items that pop into people’s heads, we try to

fix.

The Property Committee will be painting the inside of our

building between June 1 and September 1, 2015. It has

been 11 years since we moved in and the building needs

some extra attention. Each department will be asked to

help with the preparation and putting things back as the

painting is completed. This is a major job and if you are

available we need you.

Celebrating 50 Years

of Community Services

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Save the Date, October 1, 2015, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Celebrate our Anniversary with a Community Open House

Invitations to our volunteers, supporters, donors and friends

An opportunity to honor and thank our supporters

Tours, refreshments and brief program

Our 50th Anniversary Celebration continues

with more reflections of our past

At the May Regular Monthly Meeting, five of the chap-ter’s “sages” shared the history of how we were forced from our previous building, moved to temporary service facilities, purchased the land, constructed a new build-ing and arrived at our current chapter house. From left: Margaret Lund, Joanne Gunderson, Joanne Peterson, Jean Messner and Charlotte Romo.

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Fabulous 50’s Fundraiser……. Fabulous 50’s Fundraiser…….

…..fun, fantasy and frolics. …..fun, fantasy and frolics.

Even Elvis came to the party.Even Elvis came to the party.

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Congratulations to Fred Meyer,

recipient of the National Operation School Bell

® Award

Since February 16, 2006 Fred Meyer has been a staunch sup-porter of the Opera-tion School Bell Teen Retail Program. Rec-ognizing high school students were under served, we turned to Fred Meyer Stores to set up evening shop-ping events for in need teens. The first year the Marysville Fred Meyer store hosted the event, it was a new experi-ence for all involved; not only the volun-teers from Assistance League, but the staff at Fred Meyer as well.

Year after year during those four weeks in the fall, the staff from the Fred Meyer stores work diligently with our volunteers to give each student the best prospect of finding the right school clothing for the best prices. The staff has been most cooperative, caring and accommodating. Each store site makes sure there are special sales in effect. A discount is given to Assistance League for the bulk gift card pur-chase which is used at the local stores to pay for student’s clothing. Plus, Fred Meyer provides an additional 5% donation from their Community Rela-tions department which amounts to $10,000 worth of additional gift cards. In addition, each store site provides a 10% discount at the register on the nights of the events. Over the past nine years these dis-counts and grants have amounted to thousands of dollars making it possible to help many more in need students.

Assistance League of Everett is honored to present Fred Meyer the National Operation School Bell Award for the generous support they have delivered to the Teen Retail program since 2006. Without this assistance, literally thousands of deserving students

Donna Day receives grant

check from Rene Porubek,

representing Windermere

South.

2014 -2015 Year-end Grant Report

Margaret Lund

Thank you to the following corporations, foundations and

service organizations for their generous support.

Lee Howard, Manager Fred

Meyer, Everett receives the

National Operation School

Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation ……………………………… $ 2,500

BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)……………………………... 3,000

Cascade Coffee Giving Fund *……………………………………… 1,000

Charis Fund ………………………………………………………….. 3,000

City of Everett CDBG ……………………………………………….. 12,929

Coastal Community Bank Employees Giving Fund * ……………. 1,000

Elizabeth Foundation ………………………………………………... 6,000

Everett Clinic Foundation …………………………………………… 5,000

Everett Rotary Club ………………………………………………….. 1,000

EverTrust Foundation ………………………………………………. 20,000

EverTrust Foundation (Shoe Vouchers) ………………………….. 10,000

Fred & Gretel Biel Charitable Trust ………………………………... 2,500

Horizon Foundation (Assault Survivor Kits®) ……………………… 5,000

Howarth Trust Fund …………………………………………………. 5,000

Human Services Endowment Fund * ……………………………… 2,500

Marysville Rotary ……………………………………………………. 3,000

Mountain Pacific Bank Employees & Directors Giving Fund * ….. 1,500

Nysether Family Foundation

The Mark & Vickie Fund (memorials)…………………………. 3,500

Norcliffe Foundation ………………………………………………….10,000

Providence General Children’s Association (Hygiene Kits) …….. 1,000

QBE ……………………………………………………………………10,000

Rotary Club of Everett-Port Gardner ………………………………. 1,200

Snohomish County Dental Foundation

(Hygiene Kit Dental Supplies) ………………………………... 2,700

South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Foundation ………………………. 1,000

Stanwood-Camano Rotary …………………………………………. 500

Stilliguamish Tribe of Indians ………………………………………. 2,000

The Rotary Club of Marysville Sunrise ……………………………. 500

Wells Fargo Foundation …………………………………………….. 2,000

Windermere South …………………………………………………... 3,000

TOTAL ………………………………………… $122,329

*Administered through the Greater Everett Community Foundation

The back door in the sorting room is the most important door at Assistance League. With-out the donation door, there would be no items for the customers to purchase in the thrift shop. Without the thrift shop funds, there would be no philanthropic programs.

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Kitty Young Auxiliary Jeryl Torick

Annual Report It’s amazing to think that our service year

of June 2014 – May 2015 has already come to an end.

Working with the 45 dedicated volunteers who make up our

Auxiliary, as well as joining in on the fun with our main chap-

ter, has made our time together, fly by.

Our Board, consisted of: Mary Chappron, Assistant Treasur-

er; Mary Lund, Membership Chair; Judy Tskoukalas, Secre-

tary; Shirley Olsen, Fundraising Chair; Barb Triboulet, Phil-

anthropic Chair, Mary Larson, Public Relations; Diane Locke

and Diane Nielson; Hospitality, M.A. Kendall, Chapter Liai-

son; Sarah France, Parliamentarian; with Jan Cullor serving

as our Thrift Shop scheduler. I offer a great round of thanks

to each of them for their dedication and friendship. Each

have been a complete joy to work with!!

Many of our ladies dedicated countless hours to working in

School Bell, Teen Retail, Estate Sales, our Adopt A School

programs, our fundraisers and the Thrift Shop. As a matter of

fact, we ended our service year with 6,317 volunteer hours.

Jan Cullor created an impressive Power Point presentation,

highlighting the volunteer hours the knitters have invested in

our School Bell provisions. Thank you, knitters!!

Our fundraising programs this year consisted of our Holiday

Bazaar, held in November at Evergreen School in Everett,

where 55 vendors raised $1,789.66. The Cook’s Home Tour

was held in September and raised $27,789. In March, we

partnered with our main chapter on the Fabulous 50’s Event

and raised another $2,319. Our Spring Picnic Tea, held in

April, raised $4,096 with 137 guests in attendance. All of

these fun, entertaining and successful fundraising events

were the result of great coordination on the part of our com-

mittee chairs and the dedicated volunteers who had fun

working together. A really big “Thank You” goes out to all our

members who volunteered their time and talents to create

successful outcomes.

Back in October, we partnered with the Main Chapter to

collect over 600 books for Make a Difference Day, which

were donated to the Skykomish K-12 school. In the fall, we

visited Index and Crossroads Schools, as well as Northwest

Regional Learning Center. We successfully provided swim-

ming lessons and transportation to the Snohomish Aquatic

Center for all 40 students in the Index school district. All

three schools received hats, socks, blankets and coats for

their students. We purchased 912 specialty books and 169

pairs of underwear for Dawson Place, along with 100 hy-

giene kits and 223 Assault Survivor Kits. Gayle Ossenkop,

Manager of the Intervention Center at Dawson Place, was

our featured guest at our Spring Tea. She thanked KYA for

the incredibly significant donations that greatly impact the

success of their rehabilitative services. A graduation recep-

tion was held in the DeLap room on May 29th to celebrate

the accomplishments of five NWRLC students. A big

“Thank You”, to Diane Nielson for her tireless dedication

toward the recognition and celebration of these students.

We are enjoying periodic presentations of our 50 year histo-

ry through veteran chapter members who are recounting

wonderful stories of the early years, at our Regular Monthly

Membership Meetings. It’s wonderful to hear where we’ve

been, and how incredible the journey has been. Here’s to

another 50 years!!

Our new Board for 2015-2016 service year, is as follows:

Chairman - Jeryl Torick, Vice Chairman/Membership - Jan

Cullor, Secretary – Judy Tsoukalas, Asst. Treasurer – Sally

Joy, Hospitality – Nancy Rosser/ Diane Locke, Philanthropic

– Barb Triboulet/ Mary Larson, Fundraising – Shirley Olsen,

Public Relations – Linda Farrington, Chapter Liaison – M.A.

Kendall. Parliamentarian – TBA.

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Assisteens® Auxiliary Mariah Miller

Assisteens have donated over 792 hours this year. They purchased T-shirts

for our Tees for Teens program, which generated shirts for Operation

School Bell. Assisteens created approximately 3,643 grooming kits this

year. Several Assisteens helped at the Fabulous 50’s event and we all had

a fun time. We also set-up a tea table for the Kitty Young Tea as well as

helped to serve.

Fundraising activities this year included monthly raffle baskets at the chapter

meetings, selling decorated holiday and sports themed LED battery operated

candles, as well as a lemon hand and body scrub to the Chapter and Kitty

Young members at their meetings. Assisteens participated in the annual Holiday

Bazaar held at Evergreen Middle school in Everett. We also had a very success-

ful bake sale at the Chapter and Kitty Young April meetings. Assisteens held a

“Western Round-up Spaghetti Feed” that was a great success. We donated

one large movie basket to auction off at the Fabulous 50’s Event as well as a

chauffeured bus trip for 8 people. The Assisteens worked shifts in the Thrift

Shop which generates funds for our philanthropic projects.

Assisteens also wrote letters for the organization - A Million Thanks. These let-

ters were sent to soldiers stationed overseas and to wounded warriors to thank

them for their service At our annual Assisteens Recognition Event held on May

3rd, we recognized our current officers for a job well done for the year and recog-

nized our incoming officers as well as our graduating seniors. Assisteens of the

Year award went to Tessa Cobb for her outstanding dedication and commitment

to the Assisteens.

Graduating seniors:

Jessica Miller

Tessa Cobb

Feven Debela

Logan Wahl

Mirka Mandich

2015-2016 Officers

Public Relations: Millie Dofelmier

Thrift Shop Scheduler: Montana Miller

Fundraising:

Sophia Maggio

Philanthropic Chairman: France O’Meara

Finance:

Samantha Coughlan

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Assistance League® of Everett

5107 Evergreen Way

Everett, WA 98203

Mission Statement

Assistance League of Everett is a

nonprofit, all-volunteer organization

whose philanthropic programs

promote the wellbeing and self-

esteem of cildren, teens and adults

in Snohomish County.

A chapter of National Assistance League®

Calendar of Events

6/24 All day Board Training

6/30 9:30 am Committee Training

July 2015

7/29 10:00 am Board Meeting

August 2015

8/26 10:00 am Board Meeting

October 1, 2015

50th Anniversary Open House

June 2015

6/3 10:00 am Regular Meeting ~ 9:30 Social

6/7 2:00 pm Assisteens

6/8 5:30 pm Kitty Young Meeting

6/9 2:00 pm Thrift Shop Meeting

6/18 10:00 am Philanthropic Programs

6/18 1:00 pm Marketing/Communications

6/22 1:00 pm Finance