14 Annual Report

THE CABIN MISSION STATEMENT

The Cabin’s mission is to inspire a love of reading, writing and discourse. Thanks to individual support and grants from dozens of public and private foundations, our organization has been enriching the literary lives of Idahoans since 1995. The Cabin offers award-winning programs year-round, including youth and adult education, a Readings & Conversations series that brings the world to Boise one acclaimed author at a time, and publication opportunities for all ages.

801 S. Capitol Boulevard Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 331-8000 thecabinidaho.org

2014 ANNUAL REPORT

This fiscal year marked The Cabin’s 19th year of serving a vibrant community of readers and writers. In 2014, more than 13,000 community members partipated in Cabin programs. We continued evaluating and improving the outcomes of our core programs—placing professional writers in schools, offering a diverse selection of workshops for kids and adults, and presenting readings and literary events.

This year we took existing programs and grew them in ways that reached new and diverse audiences. Cheryl Strayed spoke honestly and movingly with our WITS students in the Ada Country Juvenile Detention Center as well as to a group of Wild Women.

Campers learned to be journalists. Audience members heard from new and challenging lecturers. Adult writers explored blogging.

Storyfort, a four day celebration of stories, presented as a part of Treefort Music Festival, was born. As we look forward to our 20th birthday we know we have a strong foundation upon which to build our new chapter.

This year also brought new opportunities for Cabin staff members Jan English, Julie Strand and Larry Tierney. All of them have done much to build The Cabin and enrich our literary community. We offer them our gratitude. The Cabin enters into 2015 with an extraordinarily talented team of staff, board, and teaching artists. Thank you for supporting The Cabin’s mission and for building our success stories.

With gratitude,

Britt Udesen

Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014 Karen Baerlocher, President Bruce Ballenger Kacy Berliner Alex Davis Marshall Garrett Dana Kehr Stacy Pearson Susan Rowe Sterling Russell Jem Wierenga

Karla Bodnar Mark Geston Stacie Rice Diane Schwarz

THE CABIN’S LIFETIME MEMBERS Karen & Cary Baerlocher George & Karen Baker Bruce Ballenger & Karen Kelley Kacy & Eric Berliner Bill & Karla Bodnar Fred & Phoebe Boelter Nancy Budge & Gay Whitesides Laurie & Tom Corrick James John Cruzen Alex & Gary Davis Thomas & Linda Dixon Anthony & Shauna Doerr Harold & Jacque Eastman Bill & Jan English Dana Kehr Clark & Sydney Fidler Pat & Suzanne Knibbe Mark & Marijke Geston Bob & Kathy Kustra Scott & Nora Gill Martha Lane & Douglas Peterson Brad & Kris Granger Carol Lynn MacGregor, PhD George & Bev Harad Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Philippe Masser & Kate Sutherland Molly Mettler & Don Kemper Karyl Hayden Alan & Royanne Minskoff David E Johnson Patricia & Wilhelm Northrop Jill Johnson Doug Oppenheimer Skip & Esther Oppenheimer Stacy & Mark Pearson Dr. Peter & Marge Reedy Sue & Henry Reents Sterling Russell Jonathan & Diane Schwarz Carol F. & Tom Smith Dorothy Snowball Myrna A.I. & Robert Stahman Dick & Judith Steele Jan Tennant & Richard Cooper Peter & Debbie Wachtell

RUTH REICHL Oct. 16, 2013

Ruth Reichl is a writer and editor who was the Editorin-Chief of Gourmet Magazine for ten years until its closing in 2009. Before that she was the restaurant critic of The New York Times, and both the restaurant critic and food editor of the Los Angeles Times.

JUNOT DÍAZ Nov. 5, 2013

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist.

SUSAN ORLEAN March 11, 2014

As one of the most creative literary journalists of today, Susan Orlean is the author of the bestselling book, The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Oscarwinning movie, Adaptation. Orlean became a staff writer for The New Yorker in 1992.

CHERYL STRAYED April 22, 2014

Cheryl Strayed is the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild, the New York Times bestseller Tiny Beautiful Things, and the novel Torch. She has written the popular “Dear Sugar” column for The Rumpus since 2010.

READINGS & CONVERSATIONS The Cabin’s annual series presenting internationally acclaimed literary figures sharing their work and perspectives on the important issues of our time. The program offers a view of the world through writers’ eyes, shaped by their imaginations, fired by their passions and illuminated by questions from our audience.

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS WITS supports creative writing enrichment in 3rd-12th

grade classrooms throughout the Treasure Valley. During the school year, The Cabin employs professional local writers— poets, novelists, playwrights, and journalists—to teach semester or school-year-long writing residencies in schools, juvenile detention centers, and community learning centers.

Through active, imaginative writing experiences under the mentorship of The Cabin’s teaching-writers, WITS engages students and classroom teachers in the pleasure and power of reading and writing.

In 2014, WITS served over 1,000 students at Ada County Juvenile Detention Center, the Boys and Girls Club in Garden City, Frank Church High School, Fresco Arts Academy, Liberty Elementary, Marian Pritchett High School, Roosevelt Elementary, Rose Hill Montessori, Seven Oaks Elementary, Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center, Trail Wind Elementary, Victory Academy, West Canyon Elementary, and White Pine Elementary.

WRITING CAMPS CABIN WRITING CAMPS are week-long workshops

for Idaho kids in grades 3-12. Each camp is led by a professional teaching-writer who designs challenging creative writing enrichment in their genre of expertise: poetry, fiction, memoir, journalism, and plays. Through hands-on exploration, camp students practice the tools they need in order to write well. Students encounter challenging prompts and write lots of new work, before receiving in-depth critique toward revision. At the culmination of writing camp, students share their writing at a public reading and publish a revised piece in The Cabin’s end-of-summer print anthology, Camp Fire. Writing camp helps ignite a lifelong love of reading and writing, and gives students practical tools to apply their passion for writing to their practice on the page.

In the summer of 2014, The Cabin served over 350 camp students in Boise, Garden City, and Hailey. We awarded $2,700 in scholarships for camp based on student financial need. An additional 100 students were served at free writing camp outreach programs at the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock reservation and in Garden City at the Boys & Girls Club.

workshops, readings, book clubs, WORD WORKSHOPS support the Treasure Valley’s vibrant community of writers through challenging small-group classes led by published authors. In 2014, The Cabin presented workshops by memoirist and humorist AK Turner, poet Danny Stewart, poet and memoirist Nicole LeFavour, and fiction writer Valerie Kiesig.

WORD READINGS help Treasure Valley readers discover new work by local writers through free showcases at The Cabin. In 2014, The Cabin presented free readings by fiction writer Claire Vaye Watkins, poet Kerri Webster, fiction writer Malia Collins, and journalist Nathaniel Hoffman.

DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by local published authors who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

WRITERS IN THE ATTIC is an annual writing contest and publication opportunity for local authors.

It is designed as a stepping stone for new writers providing guidance on how to submit work for publication, and a venue that showcases their talent in our community. All Idaho writers aged 18 and older are invited to submit work on a theme. The contest is blind judged and the winning work is published in

events, publishing

an anthology. Nineteen Idaho authors were chosen to be part of the 2014 Writers in the Attic anthology book, Nerve.

The first annual STORYFORT took place during Treefort Music Fest, March 20-23rd, 2014. Readings and performances featured authors from Boise, Northwest, and beyond, that were free and open to the public. Storyfort was presented by The Cabin in collaboration with other story and poem focused organizations.

$1,001-$5,000

THANK YOU TO OUR 2014 CONTRIBUTORS ABOVE $20,000 John F. Nagel Foundation, Inc. $10,001 - $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts

$5,000-$10,000 Idaho Community Foundation: John William Jackson Philanthropic Gift Fund Frank & Dorothy Peavey Memorial F.M., Anne G. and Beverly B Bistline Foundation Idaho Community Foundation in support of general operations The Morrison Center Endowment Foundation

Elaine Ambrose Arnold Silva & Denise Mills Idaho Commission on the Arts Suzanne Allen Gregory & Julie Hahn Sterling Russell Idaho Power Laurie & Tom Corrick James John Cruzen Brad & Kris Granger Pat & Suzanne Knibbe Stacy & Mark Pearson Martha Lane & Douglas Peterson Dr. Peter & Marge Reedy Dorothy Snowball David E Johnson Dick & Judith Steele Harold & Jacque Eastman Bob & Kathy Kustra Patricia & Wilhelm Northrop Fred & Phoebe Boelter Seagraves Family Foundation, Inc. Whittenberger Foundation Jonathan & Diane Schwarz Find Your Light Fund Agri Beef Management/Snake River Farms KeyBank Foundation

$501-$1,000 Boise Weekly TitleOne Corporation Karen & Cary Baerlocher Sharon Hanson Scott & Nora Gill Molly Mannschreck & Matthew Schwarz Joel & Marianne Hickman Jill Johnson Bill & Karla Bodnar

Annette Schultz Peter & Debbie Wachtell Idaho Preferred Tony & Shauna Doerr Marshall & Leslie Garrett Dodds Hayden

$201-$500 George & Karen Baker Mark & Marijke Geston Chuck Guilford Dianne Hunt Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Devin Koski Paige Cline Elsa Lee and Kurt Nilsson Alan & Royanne Minskoff Scott & Christine Smith Jim & Stephanie White Michelle Brack Becky Grover Janie Modie & Tony Martin Jess Flynn & Kevin Cairy Edwina & John Allen Brook & Caroline Blakeslee Marsha Smith & Ron Edler Brian & Victoria Goltry Linda & Steve Kahn Dave Krick & Jamie Adams Nan Rick Dr. Todd Rustad & Amy Rustad Glenda Viste Ed Cryer & Sandy Harthorn Rebecca Vestal Steve Burgos & Camille LaCroix Vicki Gowler Darryl & Lauren McLean Gwen Ohlson Robert T. & Victoria Richens Jr. Stacie & Joe Rice Stephen & Rachel Wile

John & Laura Gibson Connie Weaver Tim & Susan Rowe Rita & Joe Rodriguez Molly Ellis Lana Hollingshead Kacy & Eric Berliner Susan Reuling Furness & Tim Furness Christine & Bill Avey Stephanie Miller Alex & Gary Davis Carolyn Eiriksson Nancy Budge & Gay Whitesides Susan Deseelhorst

$101-$200 Elizabeth Congdon James & Dianne Bevis Lisa Fernandez Anne Crump Gordon Holly Paquette Maria & Don Essig Susan & Stanley Gibson Art Latterell Jan Alden Anna Bailey Melanie Everett Ruth Gilmore Joanna Madden Julie & Tom Manning Ilana Rubel Carrie Simplot Jean Bonney Smith Joan Henderson & Fred Mondin Brenda Ballantyne Elizabeth Clark Malia & Josh Collins Amy & Fred Costello Elizabeth Dudley Jennifer Dyer

Michael & Diana Ellis Hollis Brookover & Milt Gillespie Gretchen Hawes Heather Jauregui Vivian Klein Robert McAndrew & Gwynne McElhinney Sue & Knox McMillan Uma Mulnick Steve & Ruth Schneider Pat Simmermacher Kelly & Murray Lodge Jem Wierenga Terri Dillion Phyllis Edmundson & David Yearsley Robert Engle & Sarah Minnis Mary Hindson Michele Koehl Betsy Montgomery Brian & Christine Nicholas Kira Pfisterer Paul & Andrea Remeis Roberta Saccoman Jennifer & John Stevens

$76-$100 Hyunjung Lee Nicole & Raphael Streiff Julie Gramer Mary & Joseph Henscheid Yvonne McCoy Candace Miller Dean & Sarah Park Joann Swanson Gayle Moore Bizminders Carol Lynn MacGregor, PhD Kay Alspaugh Sandra Beebe Hallie Davidson

Caroline DeFrang William Dentzer Kirsten Deutsch Ward & Marion Dickey Jeffrey Dippold Clark & Sydney Fidler Gabrielle Gardner Cindy Haroian Kelly Harwood Patricia Young Kelly & Jim Jones Mary & Thomas Kruzich Jackie Lane Angela Layne Roseana McCauley JoAnne Minnick Dave & Diane Myklegard Cay Nielsen Phillip Obenchain Sandy & Jay Parks Susan & Joel Price Bruce Reichert Sheila Robertson Amy Roe Lonnie Shumsky & Kevin Shea Carole & Richard Skinner Denise Smith Wally & Mary Clagett Smith Marilyn Spragg Isaac & Laura Squyres Larry & Mary Alyce Tierney Jane Williamson Virginia Wooley

$36-$75 Betsy Hill and J.I. Baldwin Ginny Gobel Susan & Michael Philley Catherine Shalz Anne Toothaker Carol Ash

Becky Gibson Christopher Green Paula Green Bobby Hinson Christine Holzl Georgia Marshall Ann Nielsen Megan Rodgers Mark & Jeannine Smith Pamela Strohfus Candace Urness Nadine York Dene Breakfield David & Norma Bush Pug Ostling & Carolyn Cannon Michael Daniels Andrew & Shannon Erstad Alan Gummersall Richard & Sondra Hackborn Mark & Lynn Hofflund Thomas & Deborah Jans Patrick Orr & Niki Forbing-Orr Wendy & Darren Sand Susan Stacy Brad & Vicki Stalling Jan Tennant & Richard Cooper Chris & Kim Tower Shelley Axtell Sandra Hendrickson Bonnie Shuster Memory Blodgett Elizabeth Clovis Philip & Helga Fast Kristin Gnojewski John & Deb Holleran Pamela Holton & Doug Thomas Sue Norton Ann Roseman Charlotte & Darwin Roy Ruth A. Smith Sydney & Mary Tate

Gabrielle Renwick Bruce & Sandra Andersen Matt Anderson Shaun & Shauna Anderson Cheryle & Larry Andrews Michael & Sharon Bixby Sally & Manley Briggs Ingrid Brudenell Michael Spink & JoAnn Butler Brian & Jamie Champion David Chehey Amy Baruch Dale Bowden & Martha Cline Carolyn & Chuck Coiner Betsy Dunklin & Chip Cole Steven & Sydney Cole Michelle Coleman & John Hess Jill Costello Paul & Heidi Cunningham James Hutton & Jessica Daskal Lisa Derig Ben & Diana Dicus Keely Duke & Anne Moe Ken & Jane Dunbar Donna Ehrenreich & Pam Bernard Bill & Deborah Eisinger Heidi & Eric Elliot Kathryn Elzinga Barry & Maria Eschen Dan & Theresa Fox Lindy Freeman Charles & Elaine Gill Vicky Godfrey Kate Harding-Swartley Jack & Maureen Harty Sarah Hedrick Tom & Alice Hennessey Ann & Eric Heringer Kara Cadwallader Brent Kidder & Robina Holmes Ellie Rodgers and Kurt Holzer

Kim Hoppie Rebecca Hupp Gerald Husch & Susan Grey Ann James Ellen Jones Dr. John & Lois Kloss John Kriz & Carol Cronin Kriz Jan Larson S. Mark LaSalle Janelle Lauzon Marci Lingo Brent & Carol Lloyd Bill & Jane Lloyd Bob & Tena Lokken John & Patti Diener Lough James & Marcia Lyons Marti Martino Susan May & Andrew Owczarek Robert Sand & Barbara McCaslinSand Stephanie & Dave McCurdy Ed & Ariel McLuskie Mary & Ernie Monroe Sarah Negrete Jenna Ness Harriet Netson Rory & Sisti O’Connor Sean & Scout O’Gara Carmen and Perry Oldenburg Amy Phillips Nicola Piroth Ron Graves & Diane Plastino Graves Kelly Miller-Pluckebaum Erika Putnam Steve Randolph Jill & Michael Reardon Cheryl Richardson Janet Roscoe Sue Schiele Bonnie & Ed Sharp

Marilyn Shuler Mark Smith Russell Stoddard Kevin & Pam Storms Nancy Suiter Jonathan & Victoria Swerdloff Richard & Lisa Uhlmann Tammy Van De Graaff Chuck & Margot Walter Jim Werntz Pamela Williams Shelly Williams Jerry & Judy Witt James Wolf & Dinu Mistry Barbara Wood Henry Woodley Gary Wyke Gregory Zanot

Up to $35 Mary Bohlscheid Eric & Lacey Cline Katie Copeland Dr. Faith Galliano Desai Deborah & Kyle Eidson Sarah Green Eric & Vanessa Holstine Stephanie Johnson Vicky Osborn & Erik Kingston Camille Oldenburg Michelle Waddell Sarah & John Waddell Dee Gore Jennifer Pinkerton Velma Vance Katy Richey Heidi Bangerter Heidi Naylor Marti Agler Cynthia Alleman Carol Allen

Patricia Alpine Kelly Amos Stefanie Anders Phedra Andreas Christine Antoniuk James Armstrong Rebecca B. Gail Baccheschi Judy Bacon Marcia & Bob Beckwith Jean Bender Diana Benedick Mary Benton Mary Boone Patty Boydstun Colleen Brennan Ashley Brogdon Dianna Brunzell Theresa Burkes Tara Burt Stan & Debbi Burton Stephen Bushi & Deborah Smith Bob Bushnell Ann Carlson Kathy Carney Denise Caruzzi Sandra Cashen Carol Casler Soeurette Chambreau Tom & Eve Chandler Bruce Robbins & Margaret Chase Darla Christiansen Judy & William Collins Deanna Combs Kerry Cooke Susan Cornett Pamela Cort Kevin Coryell Heather Crocker Jennifer Crow Arlene Davidson

Angela Davis & Jeremy Piger Bill & Kay Dougall Cathy Downs Dena Duke Ann Young Cheryl Edson Craig Eldredge Amanda Everitt Bob & Wanda Firman Kathleen Fitzgerald Sylissa Franklin Kevin & Laurel Fritz Margaret Fuller Judith Gaarder Kathe Gallagher & Greg Mondin Bonnie Gallant KayT Garrett Marilou Gibson Deborah Glaser Steve & Meg Glasgow Roger & Susan Glave Sharon Gooding Debbie Greenberg Mara Hargroder Patricia Hazard Sue Hebert Merna Hecht Margaret Henbest Linda & Bob Hendricks Cheryl Hindrichs Jennifer Holley Lesley Hollister Jennifer Hooft Carmen Hormaechea Debbie Howard Patricia Howard Jyl Hoyt Karen Hudelson Kristin Barstad & Adam Husney Gail Jacobs Michelle Jensen

Amy Jones Elizabeth Jones Peggy Jordan Mary & Craig Jussel Carolyn Keeler Joe & Carrol Keller Jana Kemp Marilyn Kennings Nancy Kilfoyle Lori Kirk Amy Knight Robert W Knight Ingrid Koch-Adler Jill & Andy Koenig Marcie Kowalczyk Jay Krajic Vicki Kreimeyer Michael & Lana Kroth Alexandria Larson Marguerite Lawrence Ann Lewis Michal Lloyd Liza Long Floyd Loomis Lynn Lubamersky Aletha Lundblad Carolyn Lunstrum Zuqun Luo Kristi & David MacDonald Louise Maley Kim & Kevin Maloney Merilee Marsh Kim Martz Sam Mattise Linda & Bart Kline LouAnn McCune Janet Meeks & Chuck Knox Margret Meide Lori Graber Palmer Morrow Hugh & Barb Mossman

Kelly Stinson Mullens Eileen Mundorff Christine Munson Lori Murphy Rebecca Musser Pat Myers Pam Nagel Marianne Nelson Terri Nicholson Christine Nienstedt Marcus Nilson Leonard Nolt Aimee Noonan Vera Noyce Jean Nutile John O’Hagan Susan Olszewski Nancy Oppenheimer Arlene Oyer Jeanne Pagoaga Linda Paul Marty Payne Lynelle Perry-Kolsky Kelli Pfleger Cris Polk Wallace & Barbara Pond Lydia Powers Laurel Profit Bhavana Ramakrishnan Diane Raptosh Lisa Reed Jesse Reeder Mary Reiman Roberta Rene Margie Ridgeway Ellen Roberts Kaycie Roberts Mavis Roberts Scott Roberts Steve & Leslie Robertson Julia Robinson

Julie Robinson Cathy Rogers Jeanne Rogers Liisa Rogers Jean Rogosch Kathe Alters Marlys Saltzer Kathleen & Jeremy Schabot Janet Schlicht Ann Selander Trena Semanske Margarita Shore Carroll Sims Ruth Ann Smith Marc & Pam Snow Stacey St. Amand Bennae Stanfield Marjorie Stolley Diane Stuebner Kiran Surthi Alicia Suski

Joyce Taylor Judy & Ed Torgerson Anne-Marie & Michael Trebbi Amanda & Michael Turner Jean Udesen Devon Van Essen Rena Vandewater Jena Vasconcellos Mary Vinson Molly Walker Eric Wallace Amy War Suzanne Ward Sandra Wargo Kathy Weinert Marisa Weppner Katherine White Cheryl Whiteside Linda Whittig Jacquelyn & Richard Wilson Carolyn Wolfe Elaine Wolfe Noreen Womack Suzanne Woodcock

Thank you to the CITY OF BOISE for providing us with our beautiful home. Administrative offices, programs, workshops and meetings are all housed within this historic log cabin, carefully restored and maintained by THE CABIN.

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Agri Beef Management Edible Idaho The Florist at Edwards Hayden Beverage Idaho Preferred The Idaho Statesman Idaho Wine Commission Treasure Valley Litho Flying M Beside Bardenay Landmark Promotion White-Leasure Development Company

REVENUE, $398,065 - Fiscal Year 2014 Oct. 1, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2014 Grants, sponsorships, in-kind contributions $118,691, 30% Admission and tuition from program participants $171,920, 43%

Memberships, donations and fundraising events $107,454, 27%

WHERE YOUR DOLLAR WENT - Fiscal Year 2014 Oct. 1, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2014 Administrative and Operations, 18¢ Writers in the Schools, 14¢ Fundraising, 12¢

Adult Education, 8¢

Readings & Conversations, 24¢ Idaho Writing Camps, 24¢