September 2013Newsletter

ACTIVE MEMBERSSharon Baldridge Judy Barnett Marian Bernick Marilyn BlakeMelinda Bollinger Marsha Braun Linda Butler

Marge Cooper Debbie CravenCheryl Fernandez Cyndi Framme Paula Gingrich Claudia GrantMuriel Harkins

Patti Hempenius Alethea Justus Bonnie Kennedy Pat Kowal Verniece Lincoln Diane Martinelli Jeanette Meek

Susan Murray Ricki Pace Chris PoeShay Peck* Leslie RodmanLinda Rundstrom*Karna Stitt

Barbara Thor*Paula Tolbert Trudi Travis

HONORARY MEMBER Virginia Yasumoto

*Provisional

Mission Statement

corporation, is established to raise funds for children in need in San Luis Obispo County. The Corporation shall raise funds through a variety of methods, including but not limited to, contributions, and charitable events.

Current News

Soup Supper – September 15, 2013

Our 22nd Annual Soup Supper will be a

Drive-thru. Come to the American Legion

Building (behind the Veteran’s Memorial

Building on Grand Ave.) to get your delicious

meal. This year for the same price as in the

past, $35.00, you will receive four soups, salad

and dressing, San Luis Sourdough bread and

homemade cookies all in a reusable bag. Also

included this year, your ticket will be placed

in the drawing for a wonderful Garden Basket

or Gourmet/Dinner Basket.

Gillian Sinclair*

April 2015 Newsletter

ACTIVE MEMBERSSharon BaldridgeJudy BarnettMarian BernickMarilyn BlakeMarsha BraunKim ContiMarge CooperCheryl FernandezCyndi Framme

Paula GingrichClaudia GrantMuriel HarkinsPatti HempeniusPat HockGay HullBonnie KennedyPat KowalVerniece Lincoln

Diane MartinelliJeanette MeekSusan MurrayRicki PaceShay PeckChris PoeLeslie RodmanJoanne RogoffLinda Rundstrom

Gillian SinclairKarna StittPaula TolbertChris Wheeler

HONORARY MEMBERSVirginia Yasumoto

PROVISIONAL MEMBERSAudrey AlfanoCorrine CilliKristy Wilson

Mission StatementCentral Coast Funds For Children, a nonprofit corporation, is established to raise funds for children in need in San Luis Obispo County. The Corporation shall raise funds through a variety of methods, including but not limited to, contributions and charitable events

Supporter Luncheon

Grant recipient from San Luis Obispo Special Olympics Kristen Arias, 2015 World Games Global Messenger, and her mother Patty Arias.

CCFC Teddy Bear Award

This year our “Teddy Bear Award” for extraordinary service and contribution to CCFC was given to Jim & Ann Whitehead. We were proud to recognize Ann for her support of CCFC as a founding member, past president and active trustee. Jim and Ann have been our Committed supporters for 25 years.

Welcome to 2015. The members of CCFC have set our 2015 calendar of events and the events are sure to be fruitful and fun. We hope you will join us. CCFC will continue to carry on the mission of the wonderful members and trustees who founded this organization over 20 years ago “...to raise funds for children in need in San Luis Obispo County.”

CCFC wants to thank all our supporters for their continuing donations and having the faith that the members of CCFC will work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of children in San Luis Obispo County.

Our first event was the Supporter Luncheon. This year’s luncheon happened on the first day of spring at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. At this event we heard firsthand from the 42 recipients how our grant funds have touched the lives of many children.

Ivan Scheier must have been referring to theladies of CCFC when he stated, “The broadest and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.” It is an honor and privilege to work along side this group of unselfish, caring, and patient group of ladies who work to enrich the lives of many children.

CCFC is excited to welcome three new mem-bers Audrey Alfano, Corrine Cilli and Kristy Wilson. We are thrilled to have them as we begin to tap into their energy. It’s infectious!

We are sad to say farewell to Melinda Bol-linger who has been a member since 2008. Melinda has deep roots in New-port Beach and has decided to move there to be closer to her family and lifelong friends. We will miss her and wish her all the best.

In closing, “Every child is one caring adult away from being a success story”. Josh Shipp

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.” Betty Reese

CCFC is small but we are mighty!

President’s Message – Susan Murray

Vice President’s Message - Claudia Grant

2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORSPRESIDENT Susan Murray VICE-PRESIDENT Claudia Grant RECORDING SECRETARY Chris Wheeler CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Diane Martinelli TREASURER Muriel Harkins FUND RAISING COORDINATOR Paula Tolbert GRANT REVIEW CHAIRMAN Chris Poe PARLIAMENTARIAN Patti Hempenius 2015 GRAND REVIEW BOARD Chris Poe – Chairperson Marian Bernick Marge Cooper Paula Gingrich Cyndi Framme Cheryl Fernandez Susan Murray TRUSTEES Louise Angerer Maxine Baker Trudy Beresky Carol Berry Linda Booker Bonnie Brinton Anne Brown Deronda Burdette Sue Carpine Mary Ciernia Pam Clark Kathy Coull Eleanor Coverdale Lynn Ekegren Betty Flagg Marianne Fonte Dorothy Fryer Vanessa Fujimoto Madi Gates Ann Hansen Dorothy Harden Carol Huff Leila Humphrey Virginia Hysen Francine Johnston Liz Keese Alice-Jo Meinhold Ginny Nicolaides Joanne Seimsen Ann Silva Diana Volny Ann Whitehead

Grant Recipient Spotlight

Central Coast Funds for Children has been a proud supporter of the Assistance League San Luis Obispo County Operation School Bell program for 17 years. Operation School Bell® is the chapter’s primary philanthropic program created to help children in need from Kindergarten through 6th grade, particularly those students whose school attendance, academic performance, and social adjustment may be affected by the lack of suitable school clothing. All shopping is done at a retail store, one in the North County and one in the South County. The children can chose the clothing themselves, getting a proper fit is guaranteed in a store, and the children return to school wearing the same clothes as their peers. This last school year the Assistance League provided over 1,600 children in San Luis Obispo County with school-appropriate wardrobes.

We are proud to announce that Assistance League is opening a Thrift Shop in downtown San Luis Obispo on April 1st. We congratulate them on all their hard work.

Reminder: Grant request guidelines and applications can be found on our website: centralcoastfundsforchildren.org. Deadline for 2015 grant requests is September 30th.

Sunshine SacksOur members continue to meet to create fun-filled sacks for the foster care child as he or she is placed into the system. A group of our members spend several hours once a month sewing decorative bags and stuffing them with a blanket, coloring book, stuffed animal, journal, crayons, pencils, toothbrush and a hair brush. For some of the older children, we add hand lotion,

deodorant, shampoo and hard candy. We distribute these bags to The Family Care Network, Women’s Shelter and The South County Youth Coalition. In 2014, we delivered over 122 sacks.

A big THANK YOU goes to the members of the Kiwanis of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa for their generous donation of $500 to our Sunshine Sacks project. This money is used to buy supplies for our sacks.We are grateful to the Church of the Nazarene on Johnson Avenue for making available a place to meet and make our sacks.Cheryl Fernandez & Sharon Baldridge - Chairs

Assistance League San Luis Obispo County

June 10, 2015September 9, 2015November 18, 2015

Dine in or out - don’t forget your coupon! Gay Hull, Chair at 602-2395.

Upcoming Events/ Calendar

The list below highlights CCFC’s 2015 remaining events. Please mark your calendars and join us for the fun!

* Tickets and more information available from members

APRIL11 Children’s Day in the Mission Plaza – SLO25 Kite Festival in Morro Bay* 27 CCFC Chip-in-fore-Children Golf Tournament – Morro Bay Golf Course

JUNE6 Camp Reach for the Stars / Jack’s Helping Hand10 CCFC Coupon Day – California Pizza Kitchen – SLO

JULY19 SLO Blues Baseball Game

SEPTEMBER9 CCFC Coupon Day – California Pizza Kitchen – SLO* 27 CCFC Garden of Giving Fall Event – Arroyo Grande Victorian Inn

NOVEMBER 18 CCFC Coupon Day – California Pizza Kitchen – SLO

DECEMBER*4 Winter Event – San Luis Obispo Country Club

California Pizza Kitchen

It is spring and that means it is golf tournament time!!

Dust off those golf clubs, polish your golf shoes, and come out to Morro Bay on Monday, April 27, for our Annual “Chip-in-Fore-Children” Golf Tournament. Enjoy 18 picturesque holes at the Morro Bay Golf Course for just $125.00, including a cart, a Miracle Putt and lunch! An extra Miracle Putt will be available for purchase at registration if your putting is a little rusty. Our raffle features 2 wine baskets, a spa basket, a picnic basket, and a surprise basket.

We are excited about this year’s expanded tournament: • 18 holes • Best-ball Twosome • Flighted by: Couples; Men Only; Women Only

Tom Brown, owner of Black Horse Expresso & Bakery, DocuTeam and Brown Shoe Fit Company, is sponsoring our Tee Prizes and Biddle Ranch Winery and Halter Ranch Vineyards graciously donated our golf tournament prizes. Morro Bay Golf Course is excited to have the tournament and is doing everything possible to make this golf tournament the best you have played in in years.

If you have any questions please call; • Leslie Rodman, 543-3615 or e-mail LRodman927@charter.net • Ricki Pace, 481-6316 or e-mail ricki@pacesmail.com • Visit our website at www.centralcoastfundsforchildren.org for entry form application. The field is filling fast.

Ricki Pace & Leslie Rodman - Chairs

CCFC Chip-in-Fore-Children Golf Tournament – Morro Bay

CCFC Garden of Giving Fall Event - Arroyo Grande

Something new and different is cooking for Central Coast Funds for Children this fall. We are excited to announce our new fall event ”Garden of Giving" at the beautiful Victorian Inn in Arroyo Grande. We will have a full barbeque dinner prepared by the Kiwanis de Tolosa of San Luis Obispo. BBQ is accompanied by salad, bread, desserts, wine and beer and punch plus vegetarian items. Plans are in progress for this fundraiser party for CCFC family and friends.

Marilyn Blake & Pat Hock - Chairs

Children’s Day in the Mission Plaza - SLO

Kite Festival in Morro Bay

Please join CCFC on April 11th for this San Luis Obispo tradition that celebrates the magic of youth. Promoting family, creativity, individuality and diversity, Children's Day In The Plaza is appropriately held in April – “The month of the child”.As in years past the CCFC booth will give children of all ages opportunity to make Fruit Loop necklaces that challenge their artistic abilities and satisfy their taste buds. Needless to say, more Fruit Loops are consumed than make their way home as a necklace… Who would have ever guessed? Laughter, smiles and sticky fingers once again prove that being a kid is a wonderful thing.

The Kite Festival in Morro Bay will be held on April 25th. We are excited to participate again this year bringing happiness to many children of all ages as they gleefully decorate their kites. We are not sure who has more fun, the kids or the CCFC members who help. Every year we work together to construct approximately 500 kites for the children. This year we have an unexpected addition in our kite making efforts. CCFC supporter Nancy Brown lovingly assembled 160 kites for this year’s event! Thank you Nancy and to all of our kite makers.

Marge Cooper & Verniece Lincoln - Chairs

Esther FunkeMr & Mrs Don PaceMr & Mrs Jim Whitehead

Sandy HayesMr & Mrs Don Pace

Beth Peterson Mr & Mrs Michael JohnstonLinda BookerMr & Mrs Carl BerryMr & Mrs Jerry HempeniusMr & Mrs Joe BarnettMr & Mrs Don PaceLynn EkegrenMr & Mrs Mac BrintonAnne BrownMr & Mrs Jim Whitehead

Shawn RobertsMr & Mrs Ken Rodman

Darrel WinfieldMr & Mrs Ken Rodman

Beverly WillickMr & Mrs Don PaceMr & Mrs Ben McAdamsNancy Hayward & Marvin DeesMr & Mrs Lee HollisterMr & Mrs Jim Whitehead

Mary Belle RomeroJoann Jennings

IN CELEBRATION

Steve CarrollMr & Mrs Lynn Cooper

In Memoriam & Honor

Would You Like To Help?Did you know CCFC has three ways to remember a friend or loved one and at the same time help children in San Luis Obispo County? CCFC is happy to share a Celebration or to Honor someone you admire or someone who has done something special. Many of our supporters and members have made In Memoriam donations, but we want to remind you that there are two more ways to donate to CCFC. To contribute IN CELEBRATION, IN HONOR, OR IN MEMORIAM, please send your check to CCFC or make a donation on our website at centralcoastfundsforchildren.org. CCFC will acknowledge your donation with a note to your honoree or the family of your in memoriam. Now you know how CCFC can help you “REMEMBER A FRIEND, SOMEONE SPECIAL OR FAMILY MEMBER” when the time arises.

Another opportunity to donate to CCFC is to become an INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS SUPPORTER. You may contribute at your level of choice:

Committed …………………………………………$500.00 and aboveCompassionate……………………………………$300.00 to 499.00Faithful………………………………………………..$100.00 to 299.00Caring………………………………………………….$ 35.00 to $ 99.00

Supporters may attend the Annual Supporter Luncheon in the spring and will receive our newsletter. If you are interested in supporting CCFC in any of the above ways, please indicate your type of donation and make checks payable to CCFC. Thank you for joining our mission to serve children in need in San Luis Obispo County.

CCFCP.O. Box 1046San Luis Obispo, CA 93406centralcoastfundsforchildren.org

IN MEMORIAM IN HONOR

2015 CCFC SUPPORTERS

Commited Bonnie & Mac BrintonAngela BrokawChurch of the NazareneEngle and AssociatesVince & Marianne FonteScenic Coast FoundationThornton Charitable Giving Trust

Compassionate

Dr. Richard & Kate RigginsRickie SpitzerMeridith Takken

Faithful Barbara AttinelloLinda BookerRandall CruikshanksEkegren Family TrustPatty EisterDiane FilipponiCyndi FrammeJoAnn JenningsGerry JohnsonBarbara LoomisMarlene MaddalenaVirginia ParkinsonMarlene PeterYvonne PoulsenMary StorrettaJim & Ann WhiteheadJanis WoolpertDennis & Patricia Zimmerman

Caring

Linda ButlerJan CarselMuriel FeuerNancy HaywardBarbara HeneveldGeraldine HrubyBeverly JamesAlethea JustusDarlene LavalTonny MurrayBob SorensenJanice VerityMarilyn WardenMarie Wolcott