THE POSTAL HISTORY FOUNDATIONTHE POSTAL HISTORY FOUNDATIONTUCSON, ARIZONATUCSON, ARIZONA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008FOR THE S.C.C. PRESIDENT

PHF Main Building, 920 N. First Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719

Late 19th Century Post Office Front

Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library

Slusser Library Reading Room

MISSION• Promote an appreciation of stamp

collecting and postal history through the preservation of philatelic collections, literature and documents, and the enhancement of youth education using stamps as teaching tools.

HISTORY• CREATED - WESTERN POSTAL

HISTORY MUSEUM - 1960• RELOCATED – 1978• RENAMED – POSTAL HISTORY

FOUNDATION – 1990• DEDICATED - THE PEGGY J.

SLUSSER MEMORIAL LIBRARY - 1996

BUDGET 2007• EDUCATION - 29,309• DEVELOPMENT- 25,824• ADMINISTRATIVE - 28,507• BUILDING/FEES - 26,933• OPERATIONS - 16,964• RANGERS - 6,571• LIBRARY - 38,431• TOTAL 155,575

SOURCES OF INCOME• DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS OF CASH

AND MATERIAL FROM PUBLIC• ENDOWMENT EARNINGS (TO YOUTH

ENDOWMENT FUND OR GENERAL FUND, PRINCIPAL RESTRICTED)

• INCOME FROM FEDERATED INVESTORS MUTUAL FUNDs, (GENERAL FUND)

• INCOME FROM MORGAN STANLEY (LIBRARY FUND, USE RESTRICTED)

• SALES OF DONATED MATERIAL (TO GENERAL FUND UNLESS EARMARKED)

• MEMBERSHIP DUES (PHF FUND)• CONTRACT POST OFFICE (PHF FUND)• RANGERS (PHF UNLESS EARMARKED)

AS OF JULY 2008– PHF YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND

• CDs AT WASHINGTON FEDERAL• PRINCIPAL RESTRICTED. $131,448

– PHF GENERAL OPERATING FUND• MUTUAL FUNDS AT FEDERATED INVESTORS• $157,571

– SLUSSER MEMORIAL LIBRARY• MORGAN STANLEY 50-50 GROWTH AND INCOME. USE

RESTRICTED TO LIBRARY• $723,038

PHF BOARD MEMBERS• BOB BECHTEL – CHAIRPERSON. PROFESSOR OF

PSYCHOLOGY, SPECIALIST IN ARIZONA POSTAL HISTORY

• BARRETT BEHNKE – RETIRED, US ARMY, COLLECTS SELECTED COUNTRIES, PART TIME EBAY DEALER, DOCENT.

• DAVID BERNHEIM – SECRETARY. LAW ENFORCEMENT• MICHAEL CUSANOVICH – REGENTS PROFESSOR OF

BIOCHEMISTRY, SPECIALIST IN 1874-1883 MEXICO AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

• BOB DAVIS – RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT, SPECIALIST IN NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND AND OTHER, DOCENT.

PHF BOARD MEMBERS, CON’T

• B. J. JOHNSON – OWNER BJ STAMPS, GLENDALE, ARIZONA

• HAROLD KOHL – TREASURER. RETIRED PHYSICIAN, COLLECTS US MINT PLATE BLOCKS AND SHEETS

• PAUL NELSON – VICE CHAIRPERSON. RETIRED ENGINEER, SCANDINAVIAN SPECIALIST, PAST PRESIDENT OF SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTORS CLUB

• SUSAN SISSON – EDUCATOR, MUSEUM DIRECTOR SHOW LOW, ARIZONA, FORMER PHF EDUCATION DIRECTOR

• STEVE STATON –WEBMASTER. SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR, RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS. SERGEANT MAJOR, U.S. ARMY RESERVES. DIRECTOR OF ARIPEX, PRESIDENT, ARIZONA FEDERATION OF STAMP CLUBS.

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

• ALVARO ALVAREZ (PHOENIX POSTMASTER)• BETTY BERNHEIM, Sierra Vista, AZ• JIM BOWMAN, Simi Valley, CA• LOUISE CHRISTIAN, Fullerton, CA• CARL LEMAR JOHN, Tucson, AZ

EX-OFFICIOJOHN BIRKINBINE, Tucson, AZ

Who we are working for!

WORKSHEETS

IMPACT 2007 – 2008SCHOOL YEAR

• Locally: At community special events, libraries, scouts, retirement programs, disabled groups, stamp shows, stamp clubs, parks, museums, PHF visitors - 2,400+ people

• In the classroom – 4,500+ people• Total persons: 6,900+• 89% are students.

STAMPS TO THE WORLD – 2007 – 2008PROVIDED >308,000 STAMPS, 75% FOR OUTSIDE REQUESTS; 25% CLASSROOM

• SCHOOLS, CLUBS, SCOUTS, OTHERS – – USA: AZ, CA, CT, FL, MN, NY, PA, VA– WORLD: SRI LANKA, INDIA, PHILIPPINES,

EUROPE

• SMITHSONIAN • APS STAMP SHOWS: EUPEX, SESCAL,

CHICAGOPEX, ARIPEX

DOCENTS• ~ 50 INDIVIDUALS• > 12,000 HOURS ANNUALLY• SALES, SORTING, EXHIBIT PREP,

WORKSHEETS AND LESSON PLANS, SPECIAL EVENTS, TOURS, LIBRARY, ETC.

• STAMP GAMES USED AT POST OFFICE EXHIBITS

STAFF• LENA ROGERS – ADMINISTRATIVE

ASSISTANT, MANAGES FACILITY, RECEIPTS FOR DONATIONS, AND RUNS CONTRACT POST OFFICE

• LISA DEMBOWSKI – EDUCATION DIRECTOR, EX-TEACHER, DEGREE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES. PHILATELIST

• KELLY McLEAR, PUBLICITY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, FUND RAISING. EDUCATOR

GOALS• Increase youth endowment

principal $1,000,000.• Enhance impact nationally (lesson

plans, strategies) • Fully implement the State game CD

nationwide