Building a Vision: The Share Campaign
One Brick at a Time. Give a meaningful gift to last a lifetime! Purchase a brick paver at the new Share Fromhold Service Center – bricks start at just $200 and will be personalized with your name(s). Proceeds from brick sales will help Share reach our capital campaign goal. To view brick pavers, click the link below. (Note: the following brick numbers have already been purchased: #11c, 16c, 32d, 28d and 36d.) To purchase a brick paver, contact Erin Bricker at (360) 695-7658 ext. 3301 or adminassistant@sharevancouver.org.
Brick Paver Entrance at Share Fromhold Service Center
Share is $202,000 closer to completing its capital campaign, thanks to a $100,000 challenge gift by Steve and JoMarie Hansen at Share’s Nov. 16 open house.
Steve Hansen announced the challenge to the crowd of 75+ and the funds were quickly matched with $102,000 in pledges made by individuals and local business owners. The pledges included a $50,000 special announcement gift by Marc Grignon on behalf of The Firstenburg Foundation, as well as $25,000 pledged by Terry Murphy and Ron Frederiksen. $1,000,000 remains to be raised, which will complete the renovation of the service center, which is named in honor of the late Bill Fromhold.
“At the event, Marcia Fromhold shared that ‘a community is measured by how it treats the neediest among them,’ “said Diane McWithey, Executive Director of Share. “And the Vancouver community has shown, once again, that they value every man, woman and child, no matter their life’s circumstance. Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far to our campaign and to m) aking the Share Fromhold Service Center a reality for our clients.”
The open house marked Phase Two of the capital campaign process, with a portion of the Share Fromhold Service Center’s renovations completed, including the Northwest Natural Products/Gummy Vites Backpack Building Area. The event also kicked-off Share’s third and final phase of the capital campaign to complete the building’s remodel, with $4.4 million raised toward a goal of $5.4 million. The final step will allow Share to:
(1) Combine operations under one roof to: reduce overhead; house, feed and assist more people; provide critical space for education to help end the cycle of homelessness; and deliver better efficiency and effectiveness with a larger community impact; and
(2) Move offices from their current location at Share House to free up critical shelter space downtown where it is urgently needed, while moving operations to central
Vancouver, where they are visible and accessible.
Learn more about the campaign below:
• Groundbreaking Ceremony on Aug. 3, 2011
• Share Fromhold Service Center: Honoring Bill Fromhold
• Building a Vision: The Share Campaign
Community Donors & Supporters ‘Take a Swing Against Homelessness
On Aug. 3, Share, along with dozens of local business leaders and community supporters, officially broke ground on the remodel of the future Share Fromhold Service Center. Attendees literally took ‘a swing against homelessness’ with a golden sledgehammer.
The groundbreaking celebrated the $1,000,000 donated to Share providing the necessary funds to begin renovations. Local philanthropists included JoMarie and Steve Hansen, Marty Rifkin and Kate Jones, Ed Lynch, Sandee and Al Kirkwood, Joe Pauletto, Dr. and Mrs. Carter as well as an anonymous donor. Also making the renovations possible is Meyer Memorial Trust and the State of Washington through the Building Community Funds.
Capital Campaign Pledges, Donations & Naming Opportunities:
If you would like to have a naming opportunity in the new facility, please call Sue Warren, Development Director, (360) 750-4436 ext. 304.
To donate to Share’s Capital Campaign, please call Diane McWithey at (360) 695-7658 ext. 3311.
Share Fromhold Service Center: Honoring Bill Fromhold
The Share Fromhold Service Center honors former State Rep. Bill Fromhold, who passed away in Sept. 2011. Bill and his wife, Marcia, were long-time supporters of Share. As chair of the House Capital Budget Committee, Bill was instrumental in encouraging committee members to support inclusion of Share and similar organizations, such as food banks, shelters, etc., in the statewide capital budget proposal. This resulted in a $1.4 million allocation to Share, which was used in the purchase of the Timber Lanes building.
Building a Vision: The Share Campaign
Food and shelter. When you think of it, our core needs cannot be more basic. Yet, most of us take these necessities for granted. The recent downturn in the economy has turned these necessities into luxuries than many can no longer afford.
Imagine for a moment, if you were one of them.
The fact is that more people are homeless and hungry in our community than at any time in our modern society, forced into a hand-to-mouth survival existence for which they were and are unprepared. They join a growing segment of our society that has led to the expansion of Share over 30 years, from an annual budget of $36,000 to its current $3.8 million; from serving 28 people a day to 10,000 people a year. The growth has been measured and in response to community need. The need has never been greater and continues to grow.
Action is required.
In Oct. 2008, Share took the first step in it’s capital campaign with the purchase of the former Timber Lanes bowling alley for $2.09 million. Today, Share is 3/4 of the way towards its campaign goal, with $4.4 million raised from public and private sources. A new program facility will allow us:
• to reduce overhead by combining services under one roof for better efficiency and effectiveness
• deliver more services and programs, specifically, added shelter space downtown where it is needed
• shelter, feed and assist more people
• move operations to the heart of Vancouver, where they are accessible and visible
It is all part of a vision for the future: a future where people are both protected from and assisted through homelessness.
Community support of this campaign will make a lasting impact for decades to come —an investment in an organization that has operated effectively and efficiently for 30 years to address the issues of hunger and homelessness.
These neighbors of ours don’t need a hand out, they need a hand up. With your help we can offer that hand up. On behalf of the thousands who will benefit, including the generations to come, Share thanks you.
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