GCRCF Fall 2011 Community Newsletter

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Families Helping Families:

Building kids’ self-esteem

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board of Directors Nancy Kasparek, Chair Ron Olson, Past Chair Chris DeWolf, Vice Chair/Chair Elect Kay L. Hegarty, Treasurer Dr. Ruth White, Secretary Directors Gary Bartlett John Bickel John Chaimov Loren Coppock Tiffany Ann Earl Sara Fitzgerald Ruth Hairston Elizabeth Hladky Cheryle Mitvalsky

Thomas Moore Katie Oberbroeckling John Osako Carrie PowickiKaufman Chris Skogman Fred Timko Kevin Welu

Chair Emerita Nancy G. McHugh President & CEO Les Garner Jr. Foundation Staff Emmylou Ball, Accountant Wendy Blood, Office Manager Amy Johnson Boyle, Vice President of Resource Development Jean Brenneman, director of Finance Elizabeth Cwik, Program associate Katie Giorgio, marketing assistant, Linn County Nonprofit Resource Center Amber A. Mulnik, director of Communications Rochelle Naylor, Scholarship Coordinator & Program Assistant Deb Orr, Administrative Assistant Karla Twedt-Ball, vice president of Programs Josie Velles, Foundation Services manager Special Programs Staff Kimberly Beals, Engineering Experiences volunteer coordinator Barbara Klawiter, REACT Center administrator Community is published triannually by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please write, call (319.366.2862) fax (319.366.2912), or e-mail info@gcrcf.org.

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Leaving a Legacy Les Garner Jr.

I was reminded this summer that philanthropos, the Greek root of the word philanthropy, means love of humanity.

Philanthropy is a way that individuals give tangible evidence of their commitment to community, and The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is a primary vehicle through which donors demonstrate commitment to the community and to the organizations that do so much to sustain and improve our quality of life.

An endowment gift is a powerful expression of commitment. It is a statement of confidence in the future. An endowed fund provides a perpetual stream of income for an organization. That income enhances the organization’s ability to plan, to respond to unexpected challenges and to seize unanticipated opportunities.

It is often thought that endowment gifts have to be large to make a difference.

That is hardly the case. All gifts, large and small, are invested so that the corpus of the endowment can grow over time, providing increasing benefits to agencies and the community as the endowment grows.

There are over 450 endowed funds at The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. The annual distribution of some of these funds is designated for specific purposes. The donors of some of the funds have the opportunity to make recommendations for the annual distribution. Some of the funds are the endowment funds of agencies, which are managed by the Foundation on behalf of those agencies. Together, these endowments provide support for enhancing the quality of our environment, the vitality of our cultural life and the quality and breadth of the human services we appreciate.

This is a wonderful time to leave a legacy by making an endowment gift. Endowment gifts made through qualified community

foundations (and GCRCF is such a foundation) qualify for Endow Iowa Tax credits. The credits provide a 25% credit against Iowa income taxes for gifts made to endowments that benefit Iowans.

The tax credit is in addition to the federal income tax benefits the donor might receive.

Under new rules recently proposed, the maximum credit for an individual in a given year is $227,000.

Suppose Joe and Jane Donor regularly give $1,000 per year to a favorite Iowa charity and want this level of support to continue in perpetuity. They could make a $20,000 gift to an endowment fund at the Foundation. At the current distribution rate of 5%, that fund would generate $1,000 per year. In making the gift, the Donors would be eligible for an Endow Iowa tax credit of $5,000 and, at a marginal tax rate of 28%, Joe and Jane could receive approximately $5,600 in federal tax benefits. In short, for a net investment of less than $10,000, Joe and Jane would ensure that the charity would receive the $1,000 per year for ever.

We understand that some donors are unable to make a $20,000 donation at one time. Therefore, the Foundation this fall has announced the availability of Prairie Funds, a vehicle through which an individual or a family can begin to build an endowment fund with an initial gift as low as $2,500. The Prairie Fund concept is described on page 7.

Please let us know if a gift to an existing or new endowment fund will help you realize your philanthropic goals – if, through an endowment, you can express tangibly your commitment to community. I am delighted that Amy Johnson Boyle has joined the Foundation as Vice President for Development, and Amy and I are ready to be of assistance to you.

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Families Helping Families: Building kids’ self-esteem

Like a seed that sprouts and thrives, Leanne Loehr’s idea for helping kids build self-esteem has taken hold and grown.

The “Spread Your Wings” program is just one part of Families Helping Families (FHF), a nonprofit volunteer group Loehr started seven years ago to provide outreach to help foster families. “Spread Your Wings” was started in 2010 to help families fund activities for children in foster care, relative placement or suitable other placement. The goal is to boost kids’ selfconfidence by supporting their participation in extra-curricular activities, including tutoring, gymnastics, piano/music lessons, sports, martial arts, dance lessons, art classes and camps.

Last year alone, FHF sponsored 20 kids to “spread their wings” and enjoy new opportunities to reach their full potential.

In 2011 to date, “Spread Your Wings” has helped 26 kids participate in a variety of extra-curricular programs.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) provided $10,000 – a $5,000 grant from its Community Fund and $5,000 from a donor-advised fund – for 2010-2011 to FHF for this program, which is already generating rave reviews from participating foster families. With more confidence, foster children find greater success.

“Children in foster care often are victims of abuse and/or neglect and don’t see the possibilities life has to offer until someone shows them the way,” Loehr notes. “We started ‘Spread Your Wings’ because of the high number of kids graduating from foster care who don’t even have a driver’s license or a high school diploma.”

Finding more ways to help kids blossom is nothing new for Loehr. She and her husband, Ed, have 10 children, seven of whom were once their foster children.

Getting involved in foster care led Loehr to see how much support and love such children need. That need prompted her to gather a group of friends to talk about how to help stabilize and improve the lives of foster kids. ....Continued Page 4

Ed and Leanne Loehr family

“We started ‘Spread Your Wings’ because of the high number of kids graduating from foster care who don’t even have a driver’s license or a high school diploma.”

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Today, FHF is better and stronger than ever, with more than 200 volunteers. It helps coordinate training for foster parents, established a clothing “closet” of donated new and slightly-used children’s clothing and partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Cedar Rapids to offer new shoes to each child in family foster care. The clothing closet served more than 100 kids in the month of August this year alone.

FHF’s Back-To-School Rally and School Supply Closet provides more than 500 backpacks filled with school supplies for children in family foster care. Each year, FHF hosts its Spring Gala, its largest fundraiser of the year that provides most of the funding for FHF programs. The group also provides in-home tutoring for children falling behind in school.

“People think kids in foster care are fine, but that’s not true,” Loehr says. “I call these the ‘forgotten children.’ They can still fall through the cracks. They have no self-confidence and they need a support system. This is our future generation.”

Encouraging kids to try extra-curricular programs also keeps them engaged and busy, “which also keeps them out of trouble,” Loehr adds. “We need programs and facilities that help these kids.”

Children and families served by “Spread Your Wings” tell FHF the program has already made a real difference.

“The ‘thank yous’ we get from these kids just make my heart ache,” Loehr says. “It just gives me goose bumps to think what we have now started from an idea seven years ago. It’s bloomed into something that’s making a difference in kids’ lives.”

Janice Mozingo, who oversees FHF’s “Spread Your Wings” program, says the GCRCF has helped that happen.

“If it wasn’t for grants like this from the Community Foundation,” she says, “we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.”

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Flood 2008 Fund Update

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It’s been three years since the 2008 flood, and the recovery has been long and exhausting.

But the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) created its Flood 2008 Fund – a unique grant-making undertaking – to put to work its leadership in defining and enabling community recovery. The story of how the philanthropy harnessed through this fund worked deserves telling.

This fall, the GCRCF published its Flood 2008 Fund Community Impacandt Report to tell that story, and report to our community what it accomplished.

Immediately after the flood first took hold, GCRCF’s staff explored the best avenues for undertaking extensive recovery, learning from other community foundations’ experience in responding to other regions’ disasters. Nonprofit leaders helped us understand their immediate and, later, their longterm needs. That helped us

realize that we should focus on supporting a prolonged, multiyear recovery.

We built the Flood 2008 Fund to address needs for two years or more after the flood. We provided grants to nonprofits and collaborations to help flood-affected residents and families get back on their feet, largely through stabilizing housing. The Flood 2008 Fund also helped support added services for substance abuse and mental health, as well as a wide range of grassroots volunteer networks helping rebuild neighborhoods and families.

We also sought to strengthen and steady nonprofits that were themselves flood-damaged, especially those vital to ensuring our community’s future stability.

Grants from the Flood 2008 Fund were awarded through a review process handled by a special committee of experienced grant reviewers who met as often as needed for almost three years.

We are pleased to provide this Flood 2008 Fund Community Impact Report to describe our work, illustrate its goals and results and report back to our community that we have grown closer and stronger through this long and difficult recovery.

To read the complete report online, visit www.gcrcf.org. Copies are available at our office at 324 3rd Street SE.

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Endow Iowa: Enabling Philanthropy

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Iowa donors, whether they are individuals, corporations or financial institutions, have a powerful asset in their corner when they choose to be philanthropic: the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program.

Established in 2003 to promote philanthropy, Endow Iowa encourages donors to invest in their community through permanent endowed funds during their lifetime. In exchange, donors can apply (on a first-come, first-saved basis) for a 25% State of Iowa tax credit, in addition to any federal deduction allowed for the charitable gift.

This tax credit is much more beneficial than a tax deduction.

The tax credit comes directly from the donor’s tax liability, thereby directly lowering your tax bill. A deduction comes off a donor’s actual, annual income.

All qualified donors have five years to use their Endow Iowa Tax Credits. If the current available tax credits have been awarded, qualified donors are eligible for the following years’ Endow Iowa Tax Credits.

The 25% tax credits are limited to $100,000 per person or $227,590 per couple if both are Iowa taxpayers.

Qualifying gifts include: ▪ Contributions of any amount to any eligible, permanently-endowed fund at a qualified Iowa community foundation such as the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF).

▪ Gifts for the benefit of an Iowa nonprofit or charitable cause.

▪ New funds established in the donor’s own name. Such funds may be donor-advised, designated for specific organizations or unrestricted. A $2,500 minimum is required to establish a new fund.* Endow Iowa has spurred the development of more than 250 endowed funds at the GCRCF since 2003. In that time, more than $6 million has been given to endowed funds with the GCRCF. For every $1 of tax credit given by the state, community foundations are able to leverage $4 in donations to support efforts to improve our community’s quality of life.

This year, the Iowa Department of Economic Development approved updated rules for the Endow Iowa program to reflect legislation this year that increased the base allocation from $2.7 million to $3.5 million.

For more information on Endow Iowa go to www.iowalifechanging.com/endowiowa or www.gcrcf.org in the Resources for Donors section.

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▪▪ Federal income tax bracket computed at 35% (assuming individual taxpayer utilizes Schedule A – itemized deductions on their federal tax return).

▪▪ Iowa income tax bracket computed at 8%.

▪▪ Grant assumptions are made based on an 8.5% rate of return from GCRCF investment pool and an annual distribution of 5% from the fund.

▪▪ This is for illustration purpose only. Please contact your advisor to determine exact tax benefits.

▪▪ *Using appreciated stock lowers the net cost of your gift even further.

As of Oct. 1, 2011, approximately $2.4 million in credits remain through the Endow Iowa Tax Credit program for this year.

*A $2,500 minimum is needed to establish a Prairie Fund. All other funds may be started with $10,000.

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GCRCF’s Prairie Fund: A New Option for Young, New Donors

The Community Foundation has established a new type of fund for philanthropists to choose in establishing an endowed fund.

The Prairie Fund allows donors the option of setting up endowed funds over time to further donors’ philanthropic goals and respond to community needs.

It allows more people to have a fund and be able to give to the community, especially new or young donors. With an initial donation of $2,500 and regular contributions over time (up to five years), donors can create a Prairie Fund that will generate a spendable amount to be distributed as grants to nonprofits.

“The Prairie Fund provides younger and new donors an opportunity to become philanthropists and to make gradual gifts to start a fund that will have a lasting impact for generations to come,” said Les Gardner, GCRCF’s president and CEO. Once the fund’s total contributions reach $10,000, the fund name becomes a named endowed fund and is no longer designated as a Prairie Fund. As the named Prairie

Fund reaches $10,000, donors can make grants to nonprofits of their own choosing.

After five years, if the Prairie Fund’s assets are less than $10,000, it becomes part of the Unrestricted Fund at the Community Foundation or the donor can negotiate additional time with the Foundation.

Also, because GCRCF’s Prairie Fund is an endowed fund, donors qualify for Endow Iowa Tax Credits for contributions made to the fund over time.

More information is available at www.gcrcf.org in the Resources for Donors section, or to start your Prairie Fund, contact Les Garner at 319.366.2862 or les.garner@gcrcf.org

“The Prairie Fund provides younger and new donors an opportunity to become philanthropists and to make gradual gifts to start a fund that will have a lasting impact for generations to come.”

Les Garner Jr.

Amy Johnson Boyle named GCRCF VP of Development As of October 10, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) welcomed Amy Johnson Boyle as the organization’s Vice President of Development.

In this role, Johnson Boyle will be responsible for leading the nonprofit’s development, planned giving and donor service activities.

“Amy is an excellent addition to our staff,” said Les Garner, president and CEO. “She has a strong background in fund development, nonprofit management and community relations that will serve the foundation, our donors and the community well.”

Most recently, Johnson Boyle has served as Vice President of Major Gifts and Community Relations for the St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation. Before that she directed marketing and communications efforts at the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and Coe College.

Johnson Boyle was a news reporter and anchor at KGAN-TV from 1987 to 2000.

She is an active community volunteer and serves on the boards of the American Cancer Society, Community Health Free Clinic and Horizons. Johnson Boyle was appointed to the Cedar Rapids Ethics Commission last year by Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett.

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Grant Program Updates Coming in 2012

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Also, the planning group recognized that the Foundation creates impact by investing in both organizations and outcomes.

A review of our grant programs shows that: ▪ We fund existing programs that demonstrate significant and long-lasting outcomes.

▪ We fund innovative ideas that offer promising response to changing community circumstances.

▪ We strengthen the capacity of organizations to enrich the quality of their outcomes.

▪ We provide leverage so our resources attract other resources.

The proposed framework builds off our past practices, while working to create a more streamlined and flexible application process for nonprofit organizations and an efficient review process for the Foundation. These efforts will be assisted by the implementation of a new software system in the second quarter of 2012 that will enable online application submission.

As part of implementation, GCRCF staff will incorporate site visits as a routine practice, creating a better understanding of the nonprofits we serve. This information, along with other programmatic changes, will help the Foundation make better grant decisions and better inform our donors.

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In part because of its tremendous growth in unrestricted assets over the last four years (from $10 million in 2007 to $32 million today), the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) has been reviewing its general endowment competitive grant making. Ultimately, we seek to develop a robust framework that will maximize current and future growth of unrestricted resources.

For last year, the Committee on Grant Making and a grants planning task force have analyzed our current grant programs and looked at grant models used by other community foundations. We set goals for the future, including maximizing community impact, building high-performing nonprofits, creating grant programs that are accessible and intuitive to nonprofits and designing a funding model that is efficient and financially feasible.

The planning group articulated that the current approach to the general endowment fund is to issue most grants based on proposals submitted by nonprofit organizations. We believe that the ideas generated in the community make great impact.

We value this approach as fair and democratic, in keeping with the ideals of a community foundation.

Ultimately, we seek to develop a robust framework that will maximize current and future growth of unrestricted resources.

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GCRCF reconfirmed for meeting national standards The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) was recently reconfirmed as having achieved Community Foundation National Standards. The achievement reflects the GCRCF’s commitment to adhering to the nation’s highest philanthropic standards for operational quality, integrity and accountability.

“The process for meeting these national standards is a fairly rigorous exercise in making sure our Community Foundation’s standards and policies conform to best practices nationally,” explained Les Garner, President and CEO of the GCRCF. “It’s a statement to our community that we are operating at a very high level of effectiveness.”

The Council on Foundations issues the designation through its National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations Program.

In order to be confirmed as meeting the standards, community

foundations must document their policies for donor services, investments, grant-making and administration. The GCRCF is one of more than 200 community foundations confirmed in compliance nationally as providing quality assurance to donors and both legal and financial advisors.

“This designation is significant because it assures our donors that we are qualified to accept Endow Iowa Tax Credits,” an important philanthropic tool that enables donors to receive a 25% State of Iowa tax credit, in addition to any federal deduction allowed for their charitable gifts, Garner noted.

The National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations program, established in 2000, is the first of its kind for charitable foundations in the U.S. The GCRCF was first accredited in 2005.

Grant-writing workshops available in January Two workshops are available to grant writers of local nonprofits interested in applying for a grant in 2012 from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. The workshops on January 12 will also offer a brief overview of the new general endowment grant programs in the spring grant cycle and various Competitive Donor-Advised Funds held at the Community Foundation.

January 12, 2012

6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation 324 3rd St. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids Foundation Hall Training

January 13, 2012

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation 324 3rd St. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids Foundation Hall Training

Attendees may bring a brown bag lunch or dinner. Drinks will be provided. Register for the workshop by calling 319-366-2862 or email grants@gcrcf.org.

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Youth POWER: Enabling educational success

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This fall brought together a remarkable group of teens from Linn County high schools motivated to learn and empower other youths interested in making a difference in their community.

The name for this annual gathering says it all: Youth POWER, a program the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) started in 2001 to include teens in shaping a better community. Initial funding to support the program was provided by a donor advisor.

Each April, 10 to 15 youths are chosen for the Youth POWER advisory board for the next school year, funding projects and groups presenting new ways of better addressing community needs. The Youth POWER program helps students learn the basics about philanthropy, nonprofits and how they make strategies and budget. The group works with a total budget of $10,000.

This year’s group met in October to decide their focus and the process they would use to develop their application. Top priority is given to student-led groups for projects in which youths are involved in planning and implementation. Any Linn County 501 (c) 3 is also eligible to apply. The top limit for any grant is $1,500.

The groups may apply for projects that address the same four areas the GCRCF uses to categorize its general endowment grants: Health and Human Services; Education; Arts and Culture; Community Development and the Environment.

This year’s focus will be on projects that affect successful education for kids in grades K-12, explains Elizabeth Cwik,

▪ Expanding special education programs through mainstreaming ▪ Providing the free and reduced-fee lunch program ▪ Arts and music classes ▪ Access to advanced-placement classes ▪ Inclusive student organizations The board will be looking for grant applications from groups providing programs and projects that help students in their educational success.

Meeting monthly, the group reviews applications.

This next round of applications is due by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6. The application will be posted to the GCRCF website.

In its February meeting, the Youth POWER advisory board will review applications; each member will summarize an application they have studied. At the March meetings, Youth POWER hears grant applicants’ presentations, which helps focus decisionmaking. Once the grants are awarded, a new board is chosen to begin the following year’s round of grants.

For more information on Youth POWER, contact Elizabeth Cwik at elizabeth.cwik@gcrcf.org or 319.366.2862 or go online to www.gcrcf.org in the Resources for Students section.

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Program Associate with the GCRCF. The board of 14 students discussed all four areas which projects can address, starting with success and challenges in education they see as students.

They identified several examples of actions or programs that help education succeed, including:

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William Quarton

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Heritage Society

William Quarton Heritage Society as of Oct. 1, 2011

If you have remembered the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) in your estate plans, or if you have established an endowed fund at the Foundation, you are eligible to become a member of the William Quarton Heritage Society. We will not list your name without your permission. Please contact us at 319.366.2862 or info@gcrcf.org for more information.

Anonymous (9) Robert W. and Elizabeth M. Allsop Anna O.* and William G. Anderson Gary L. and Alice Anderson Thomas J. and Sarah E. Anderson Marian J. Arens Carl* and Jacqueline Aschoff Jean H. Ashby* Helen (Skippy) Bell Atherton Daniel R. Baldwin Lorna M. Barnes Bill and Lu Barron Gordon and Jann Baustian Bob V. Bengtson Peter F. Bezanson* Bob and Judy Blommer Barbara Bloomhall and William A. Bloomhall, Sr.* Bill Bloomhall Jan Bloomhall John and Cindy Bloomhall Wilma J. Blosser Katheryn Boatman Scott and Joann Bogguss Barry and Gilda Boyer Jean Brenneman Ruth L. Hastings Brown* David H. and Rose Marie Burke Steven and Joanne Carfrae Richard* and Judith Chandler Ivan and Mary Bess Chester Barbara Christiansen Larry H. Christy Lee and Jay Clancey Brent and Dawn Cobb Patrick and Sandra Cobb Loren L. and Patricia A. Coppock Paul and Sara Corbin John P. Curran Tom and Beth DeBoom Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Dennis Chris and Suzy DeWolf Family Ann Dorr Tiffany A. Earl John R. and Cheryl G. Elliott

John M. Ely, Jr.* and Polly Ely* Norman* and Floy* Erickson John P.* and Jean W. Ferring Robert C. * and Marjorie H. Fletcher Rick and Donna Flynn William B. and Jo Anne F. Galbraith Les and Katrina Garner William and Harriet Gasway David and Susan Gehring Dean and Laura Gesme David and Kathleen Good Rose and LaVern Gordon Gary Grant Joan Greenblatt Lana F. Hake Kathy L. Hall Ortha R.* and Ken* Harstad Mary Lou and Donald Hattery Ted and Tish Healey Kay and John Hegarty Jason and Susan Hellickson Clifford A. Hendricks Kate Hladky Jim and Ann Hoffman Lee R. Horn Barbara J. and Ralph E.* Hughes Sher Jasperse and Daryl Julich David and Mary Johnson G. Richard and Jackie Johnson Kenneth L. and Mildred M.* Johnson Mildred Joslin and Edward Kemp* Mary and David Junge David and Sherri Justice Vyrl* and Martha Justice Joseph M. Kacena* Peggy Fashimpaur Kahr George* and Louise Kalous Suzanne Rosenbaum Katz* Merry and Bob* Kelley Frank and Geri Kintzle Thomas and Clara Kleiman G.T. (Jerry) Knox Peter and Ingrid Kolln David Kubicek

Ted and Margaret Kubicek Mary Ann Kucera Robert and Caroline* Kucharski Lawrence and Kimberly Kudej Sheryl Chehak Lamb* Robert J. and Sue B. Latham Karen Ann Laughlin James* and Susan Lavenz Robert and Carol Lehman Thea and Roger* Leslie Christopher and Jane Lindell Joan Lipsky Norman G.* and Belle M. Lipsky John and Laura Locher David Mahlke George and Janelle McClain Bruce and Judy McGrath Jo* and Larry McGrath David and Ruth McGuire Nancy Green McHugh Frank and Cheryle Mitvalsky Mike and Ann Mohnsen Tara and Bob Moorman Paul and Jennifer Morf Craig and Deborah Mrkvicka Bill and Cathy Munsell Virginia Myers* Kay and Duane Nesetril Greg and Debbie Neumeyer William and Cheryl Nordstrom John and Christine North Ron and Sue Olson Sarah H. Olson and Tyler Olson Dave and Anne Parmley Richard and Marion Patterson Jay and Bonnie* Petersen Ann and David B.* Pickford James A. and Monica M. Piersall Mike Plotz Wendy* and Randy Portz William B. Quarton* and Jean A. Hunnicutt William and Janis Quinby Curt and Sigrid Reynolds Mary E. Rickey Louise G. Roalson

Dr. and Mrs. William John Robb Jack and Jackie* Roland Gary Rozek Judith Whetstine and Bob Rush John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers Shelley Schultz William D. Severa Larry D. and Claire J. Sharp Paul R.* and Rebecca F.* Shawver Laurie and Robert Silber Marilyn and Dayton* Sippy Drew and Jo Ann Skogman Gary and Robin Skogman Kyle and Susan Skogman LaJuana Skogman Duane Smith Dyan and John Smith Ellen Smith Marty and Julianne Smith Al* and Sara Sorensen Sue and Gary Speicher Eleanor Streletzky Robert Synhorst Julie and Byron Tabor Fred and Bev Timko Kathleen Toborg Sara and Dale Todd Terry Trimpe James and Susan Turner Robert Untiedt Michael and Marla Valliere Josie Velles R. Ray* and Barbara Weeks Maxine and Ted* Welch Guy H. Wendler Susanna Wendler William P.* and Gayle* Whipple Dorothy J. White and Robert Dean Metcalf* Peggy Boyle Whitworth Martin and Diane Wiesenfeld Susan Willey Esther and Myron Wilson Larry and Joni Witzel Robert and Charlotte Worley Jason and Leslie Wright Corrine and Robert* Yaw David Zylstra *Deceased

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Holiday re ce ption November 29

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The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) will host its annual Holiday Reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 29, in the GCRCF’s Foundation Hall in the Torch Press building, 324 3rd St. SE. The reception will feature the presentation of this year’s Bridge Builder and Minnie Rubeck awards.

Guests include William Quarton Heritage Society members, donors, agency representatives and current and former Board members.

Please RSVP to the Foundation if you plan to attend by calling 319.366.2862 or email info@gcrcf.org.