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2010 ANNUAL REPORT CHAPTER OVERVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS Missio of America Red Cross... 1 Message From Board Chair ad CEO... 2 First a Fire (Schultz Wildfire)... 4 The a Flood (Residet s Story).

..12 America Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter 2010 Aual Report Produced by: Grad Cayo Chapter Commuicatios Departmet Desiged ad Produced by: Michelle Taer ad Mark Weldo Writers: Tracey Kiest ad Mark Weldo

2 2010 ANNUAL REPORT CHAPTER OVERVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS Missio of America Red Cross... 1 Message From Board Chair ad CEO... 2 First a Fire (Schultz Wildfire)... 4 The a Flood (Residet s Story) Chapter Leadership Fiacial Overview... 7 Frieds We ve Lost... 8 Recoectig Families...10 Commuity Impact...12 America Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter 2010 Aual Report Produced by: Grad Cayo Chapter Commuicatios Departmet Desiged ad Produced by: Michelle Taer ad Mark Weldo Writers: Tracey Kiest ad Mark Weldo Photography: Tracey Kiest, Mark Weldo ad Dave Koer Americorp*VISTA members Sam, Ashleigh, Joh ad Michelle educated thousads of Arizoas about preparedess i Red Cross Missio The America Red Cross, a humaitaria orgaizatio led by voluteers ad guided by its Cogressioal Charter ad the Fudametals Priciples of the Iteratioal Red Cross Movemet, will provide relief to victims of disasters ad help people prevet, prepare for ad respod to emergecies. Fudametal Priciples Red Cross Humaity Neutrality Idepedece Impartiality Volutary Service Uity Uiversality About the Grad Cayo Chapter Fouded i 1916 as the Phoeix Chapter of the America Red Cross, by 1917 the chapter boosted over 2,000 voluteers ad was re-amed the Maricopa Couty Chapter. I 1999, the chapter was recharted as the Grad Cayo Chapter. O May 30, 2003, the America Red Cross Natioal Board of Goverors approved the expasio of the chapter s jurisdictio to iclude te of Arizoa s 15 couties: Apache, Cocoio, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pial, Yavapai ad Yuma. By Fiscal year 2008, the Grad Cayo Chapter was raked the fifth largest of the over 680 America Red Cross Chapters. Today, the Grad Cayo Chapter cotiues its 96-year legacy of providig services to those i eed, while furtherig its visio to parter with the people of Arizoa to develop ad foster safer families, eighborhoods ad worksites, ad promote a system of commuity self-sufficiecy ad compassioate respose whe emergecies arise. Aual Report

A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND CEO Dear Frieds, It s bee quite a year!

elemetary schools to uiversities, ad provided iteratioal humaitaria traiig to area childre. As you review our Aual Report, we hope it will covey that your ivestmet i the Red Cross is workig.

3 A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND CEO Dear Frieds, It s bee quite a year! We ve respoded to multiple large scale disasters, expaded our life-savig skills traiig, ehaced our support to the members of the armed services ad their families, supported Red Cross youth clubs from elemetary schools to uiversities, ad provided iteratioal humaitaria traiig to area childre. As you review our Aual Report, we hope it will covey that your ivestmet i the Red Cross is workig. We are prevetig local families from beig homeless as a result of fires ad other disasters, keepig military families coected durig times of emergecy, ad teachig people to be prepared to respod cofidetly i emergecy situatios. Kare Mildehall Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Chair, Board of Directors Bill Epps Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Regioal Chief Executive Officer Durig the past year, our Commitmet to Commuities program has delivered ew parterships to help our customers ad ehaced relatioships with emergecy respose parters, corporatios, ad commuity-based orgaizatios throughout our jurisdictio. Every 16 hours Red Cross voluteers helped a family whose home had bee damaged by fire. Five times a day we delivered a emergecy commuicatio to a member of the armed forces. More tha 300 people received life-savig traiig skills daily. Thak you for your cotiued support of your local Red Cross. I a time whe almost every orgaizatio is reducig service delivery, we are proud to tell you every sigle perso who eeded Red Cross services received help. 2 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Aual Report

Flagstaff residet Paula Off was worshippig with her eighbors at church whe she was otified of the Schultz wildfire i her Flagstaff commuity.

Whe I got home, my daughter, so-i-law ad frieds were already packig my belogigs. Paula Cradell ad her husbad, Ro were celebratig Father s Day with her mother whe they heard the ews.

They were amog the 760 evacuees who registered at the Red Cross shelter set up at Mout Elde Middle School. The evacuees were seekig comfort ad iformatio.

Carolie Bame shared her musical talets with shelter residets o the harp to releave stress while Theresa Williams, a Salvatio Army voluteer, served meals to evacuees.

4 Flagstaff residet Paula Off was worshippig with her eighbors at church whe she was otified of the Schultz wildfire i her Flagstaff commuity. Somebody came i ad said if you live i the Timberlad area, it is beig evacuated due to a wildfire, remembers Off. My heart just sak. Whe I got home, my daughter, so-i-law ad frieds were already packig my belogigs. Paula Cradell ad her husbad, Ro were celebratig Father s Day with her mother whe they heard the ews. I was i a state of shock, said Paula. Whe she retured home to see the heavy plumes of smoke billowig behid her home, she almost paicked as she thought, what do you take? They were amog the 760 evacuees who registered at the Red Cross shelter set up at Mout Elde Middle School. The evacuees were seekig comfort ad iformatio. Commuity members ad voluteers stepped i to help their eighbors i eed. Carolie Bame shared her musical talets with shelter residets o the harp to releave stress while Theresa Williams, a Salvatio Army voluteer, served meals to evacuees. Third geeratio Red Cross voluteer, Michele Maki said that she had see Red Cross voluteers i actio durig may tragedies ad it hits close to her heart. For me, givig back is so importat. You get more tha you give. Sometimes a hug may be all that they eed at the time. 4 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter SCHULTZ WILDFIRE First a Fire Sometimes a hug may be all that they eed at the time. A RESIDENT S STORY The a Flood Livig through oe disaster is more tha most wat to edure i a lifetime. Kelli Waxma has ow survived two disasters...i oe moth. Flash floods pouded Flagstaff eighborhoods that were impacted by the Schultz Fire. Because there was o vegetatio to slow dow the rai, the water became a fierce force. Kelli was drivig back to her home with more sadbags whe she saw her eighbors ruig from their homes. They were screamig, Its comig, It s comig, says Kelli. Withi secods a wall of water roared through her eighborhood. I could t believe my eyes. I sat there as water seeped ito my car, but I was okay. After the water washed through several eighborhoods that ight, Kelli ad may others came to the Red Cross shelter for a meal ad a safe place to sleep. I m so thakful I had somewhere to go, says Kelli. This is the secod time i four weeks Kelli foud herself i a Red Cross shelter. Whe flames from the Schultz fire bured dagerously close to her home, she sought care ad comfort from local Red Cross voluteers. They just kew whe I eeded their help. They would sit dow ad liste ad offer support which meat a lot to me. Whether it is wildfires, floods...or home fires...the Red Cross will be there...to help disaster victims i their time of eed. Aual Report

5 FY 2010 LEADERSHIP FINANCIAL INFORMATION FY 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Erest Caldero Caldero Law Offices Patricia Farmer Commuity Voluteer Will Flower Republic Services, Ic. Jeifer Liewer Arizoa Supreme Court Kare Mildehall AON Risk Services Mike Miller Scottsdale Isurace Co. Stephe Rizley Cox Commuicatios Jae Roig Tri-R Cosultig Group Mark Schiavai Arizoa Public Service 6 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Boie Trowbridge Apollo Group Chris Webster First Natioal Bak of Scottsdale Susa Wehrle Commuity Voluteer Qui Williams Greeburg Traurig Ex-Officio Board Members Kathry Forbes Commuity Voluteer William Hardi Osbor Maledo, P.A. CHAPTER ADMINISTRATION Pat Hoffmaster West Divisio Vice Presidet Bill Epps Regioal Chief Excutive Officer Carla Garcia Executive Assistat Jeff Hale Chief Fiacial Officer Amada Page Director of Health & Safety Mark Weldo Director of Commuicatios Geri Wright Chief Developmet Officer Assets Curret Assets Cash ad Cash Equivalets...964,030 Receivables...1,325,976 Prepaid Expeses...10,239 Ivestmets, Short-term...1,956,424 Total Curret Assets...4,256,669 No Curret Assets...2,524,939 Total Assets...$6,781,608 Liabilities ad Net Assets Curret Liabilities Accouts Payable...124,452 Accrued Expeses...774,811 Total Curret Liabilities...899,263 Net Assets Total Net Assets...5,882,345 Total Liabilities ad Net Assets...$6,781,608 Public Support ad Reveue: Cotributios...2,286,664 Grats...307,759 Doated Services...40,332 Special Evets...143,520 Bequests ad Legacies...1,125,922 Products ad Services...901,406 Iterest ad Divideds...23,922 Cosolidated Federal Campaig...131,668 Total Public Support ad Reveue...$4,961,193 Operatig Reveues & Gais Cotributios 81.3% (icludes corporate, foudatio ad idividual givig Uited Way ad other federal agecies, legacies ad bequests, grats ad i-kid cotributios) Ivestmet Icome & Other.5% Products & Services 18.2% (cost recovery, icludig course fees ad materials) Cotributios Cotributios for Local Disaster Relief, Family Emergecy Services ad Geeral Operatios 74.5% Doated Materials & Services 1.0% Uited Way 24.5% Expeses: Program Services: Disaster Services...1,707,379 Health ad Safety Services...1,706,628 Commuity Services...279,730 Services to Armed Forces...299,240 Services to Chapters...57,697 Total Program Services Expeses...4,050,674 Supportig Services: Membership ad Fud-raisig...576,285 Maagemet ad Geeral...507,822 Total Supportig Services Expeses...1,084,107 Total Expeses...$5,134,781 Urealized Gais...86,019 Chage i Net Assets: Urestricted... (222,033) Temporarily Restricted...134,464 Permaetly Restricted... (0) Total Chage i Net Assets... (87,569) Statemet of Cash Flow: From Operatig Expeses...122,188 From Ivestig Activities... (701,124) Net Decrase i Cash... (578,936) Operatig Expeses Disaster Services 33.3% Membership ad Fud-raisig 11.2% Maagemet ad Geeral 9.9% Services to the Armed Forces 5.8% Services to Chapters 1.1% Commuity Services 5.5% Health ad Safety Services 33.2% 7

FRIENDS WE LOST IN 2010 Dave Blackwood Doald E. Haso, Jr. Red Cross says goodbye to oe of its most beloved ad treasured voluteer, Doald E. Haso. Do has dedicated his life to the humaitaria missio with the Red Cross followig a astoishig career.

Ageles School of Law. Haso the had a geeral practice with a emphasis o civil, busiess ad commercial litigatio ad estate plaig ad served as judge pro tempore i Los Ageles for over 25 years.

Additioally, Do served a itership at Natioal Headquarters supportig Red Cross efforts followig the 9/11 terrorists attacks.

Upo relocatig to Phoeix, Arizoa i 2005, he became chairma of emergecy services at the Grad Cayo Chapter, where he served as a disaster services istructor, chapter duty officer/supervisor, ad chapter

6 FRIENDS WE LOST IN 2010 Dave Blackwood Doald E. Haso, Jr. Red Cross says goodbye to oe of its most beloved ad treasured voluteer, Doald E. Haso. Do has dedicated his life to the humaitaria missio with the Red Cross followig a astoishig career. Bor ad raised i Louisville, Ketucky ad raised i Souther Califoria, Haso received is baccalaureate degree i political sciece from Orego State Uiversity ad Juris Doctor from Loyola Uiversity of Los Ageles School of Law. Haso the had a geeral practice with a emphasis o civil, busiess ad commercial litigatio ad estate plaig ad served as judge pro tempore i Los Ageles for over 25 years. His Red Cross career bega i 1993 as a commuicatios voluteer for disaster relief operatios. Haso also served as chairma of the Red Cross Board of Directors for the Gledale-Creseceta Valley Chapter. Additioally, Do served a itership at Natioal Headquarters supportig Red Cross efforts followig the 9/11 terrorists attacks. He also served o the Aviatio Respose Team i New York after the crash of America Airlies Flight 587. Upo relocatig to Phoeix, Arizoa i 2005, he became chairma of emergecy services at the Grad Cayo Chapter, where he served as a disaster services istructor, chapter duty officer/supervisor, ad chapter respose operatios maager. Mr. Haso retired as a Lieuteat Coloel i the US Army Reserve after a career of over 29 years icludig early three years of active duty. He commaded several uits ad was last assiged as Chief, Itelligece Divisio of the 63rd US Army Reserve Commad i Los Ageles, Califoria. Dave Blackwood bega his Red Cross career sice February 8, 1999 dedicatig 40 hours a week. The Alabama ative first came across the Red Cross while travelig i the Army durig World War II. Blackwood remembered the Red Cross through the years ad wated to pay the orgaizatio back for its kidess. Dave offered to take ay job that eeded to be doe at the chapter sayig, I ll take the toughest job you got! Through the years, Dave diligetly etered tes of thousads of ames ito the Red Cross database. Dave was drive. I like to stay busy ad I really like people. Mildred Rose Bolad As the Grad Cayo Chapter s oldest voluteer, Mildred Bolad left behid a Red Cross ursig legacy with a uwaverig compassio to help others, Mildred created Red Cross care givig courses for wome to help ill family members at home. Her devotio to others was oticed by everyoe she met. Through the years, Mildred received may Red Cross awards to iclude the Clara Barto Award that recogizes outstadig voluteers. For more tha 70 years, Mildred served the Red Cross ad people i her commuity. 8 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Aual Report

FEATURE STORY RECONNECTED R e d C ro s s R e i t ro d u c e s Fa m i l y Fo l l o w i g WW I I Fo rc e d S e p a ratio Red Cross voluteer Doa Wikler (left) reviews tracig documets with Aa Aleksiev My

I grew up i a era whe people had o home coectios because everythig was ripped from uder you. Piece by piece, the Red Cross offered hope to Aa. Aa was bor after World War II.

7 FEATURE STORY RECONNECTED R e d C ro s s R e i t ro d u c e s Fa m i l y Fo l l o w i g WW I I Fo rc e d S e p a ratio Red Cross voluteer Doa Wikler (left) reviews tracig documets with Aa Aleksiev My parets talked very little about their family, says Aa. They ever said a word. All she kew was her two gradfathers were take by the Russias ad the places where they were bor. That s it. I grew up i a era whe people had o home coectios because everythig was ripped from uder you. Piece by piece, the Red Cross offered hope to Aa. Aa was bor after World War II. The horrors ad tragedies brought upo by the Germa Nazis were ever-preset i her life. Her father battled the Germas with the Polish Army later part of the Allies Forces ad her mom was forced from her home i Polad by the Germas ad take to a labor camp. After the war (1945), her parets met i a Displaced Persos Camp i Italy. I 1947, they left Italy ad resettled i Argetia. Talkig about what happeed was taboo. Her parets ever shared iformatio about their families history, homelad, aythig. It was just too difficult. I 1966, the family was grated immigratio rights by the Uited States. Aa, her brother ad mother had their sights set o Chicago where they had frieds. She wet o to college, got married ad moved to Arizoa. It s bee a good life, but there have always bee so may questios about my acestry, says Aa. I felt like there was a big void. After years of woderig, Aa started diggig for aswers to her family puzzle. She first looked for iformatio iside the Polish Military Archives i Eglad. After goig aroud ad aroud, she gaied access to details about her father s military history. With that iformatio, she reached out to the Red Cross i Eglad to see what they could help ucover. They suggested she submit a applicatio to the Holocaust ad War Victims Tracig Ceter through the local Red Cross Chapter i Phoeix. That s whe Aa met Doa Wikler, a passioate caseworker who feels compelled to helpig people fid their acestors. Withi days, the Holocaust ad War Victims Tracig Ceter i Marylad accepted Aa s case. It was ow i the hads of people who have resources ad coectios aroud the globe, all diggig for clues. While Aa waited for word, she became a Red Cross caseworker dedicated to helpig people just like her. She kew all too well the importace of puttig those life puzzle pieces together. O October 13, a message for Aa arrived at the Grad Cayo Chapter. I almost jumped through the roof, remembers Doa. I get very emotioal because I kow the impact a message has o someoe who s bee livig i the dark for so, so log. Doa delivered the message to Aa at her home. It cofirmed her father was a Polish citize, a critical piece for Aa who wats to also become a Polish citize. It gave me a sesatio because oe little part of me is ow i my hads, she said with a smile. A few weeks passed ad aother message arrived for Aa. O a small piece of paper were the ames of her great ucle, ucle, first cousi, aut, two gradmothers ad a gradfather. She leared where some family members died. She also foud out her cousi is alive ad i Polad! With tears fillig her eyes Aa says, This was somethig you wated for so log. The oe day it s here. Now this is aother piece of me! You hope for aother piece ad aother piece to complete the family puzzle. Aa hopes to have the last piece of puzzle whe she travels to Polad ad visits livig family members ad the places where her parets grew up. For more tha two decades, the America Red Cross Holocaust ad War Victims Tracig Ceter has bee workig with survivors ad their families to brig solace, hope, ad, i some cases, reuio after years of heartbreak ad ucertaity. 10 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Aual Report

RED CROSS COMMUNITY IMPACT 2010 Service to Armed Forces Health ad Safety Traiig 4,493 service members ad their families with outreach service to pre-deploymet briefigs 1,794 service members ad their

military retirees with fiacial aid casework maagemet (through a partership with U.S.

educatio ad preparedess 569 ew Red Cross-certified istructors, to fulfill the traiig eeds of the members of our commuities Commuity Based Programs Disaster Services Respoded to 548 local disasters of

8 RED CROSS COMMUNITY IMPACT 2010 Service to Armed Forces Health ad Safety Traiig 4,493 service members ad their families with outreach service to pre-deploymet briefigs 1,794 service members ad their families with emergecy Message relays 46 active military members ad their families with emergecy message relays 46-active duty military members, activated Natioal Guard Reservists, families ad military retirees with fiacial aid casework maagemet (through a partership with U.S. Military Aid Societies) 30,524 idividuals i CPR, first aid, AED ad other life-savig classes 38,807 idividuals i lifeguardig, lear-to-swim ad water safety classes 2,438 people i commuity disaster educatio ad preparedess 569 ew Red Cross-certified istructors, to fulfill the traiig eeds of the members of our commuities Commuity Based Programs Disaster Services Respoded to 548 local disasters of which 94% Ivolved home fires Assisted 768 families, icludig 1,645 adults ad 1,092 childre Provided 2,411 ights of emergecy shelter at hotels, motels ad Red Cross shelters Provided 16,547 meals ad sacks o resposes to large disasters Provided average of early $550 i direct fiacial assistace per family Voluteer Services Doated 128,442 hours of time Valued at $2,678, 016 Assisted 258 cliets with emergecy trasportatio through our domestic violece program i Maricopa Couty Trasported 3,331 cliets through our reserve a ride program for seiors ad disabled people i Yavapai Couty Voluteer support at Luke Air Force Base totalig 11,326 hours cotributed by 80 Red Cross voluteers Provided 1,343 commuity members with Iformatio ad Referrals 12 Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter Aual Report

9 We Ca t Do It Without You We are oly able to reach goals through our parterships with busiesses, schools, govermet agecies, foudatios ad you. Arizoas at every level are improvig their preparedess. Yet there is still much to be doe. We ca t do it without you. We re all parters i this together. Red Cross Grad Cayo Chapter 6135 North Black Cayo Highway Phoeix, Arizoa (602) (800) w w w. a r i z o a r e d c r o s s. o r g

This support whether financial gifts, contributions of time or donations of blood enables the American Red Cross to:

This support whether financial gifts, contributions of time or donations of blood enables the American Red Cross to: Each day, I am ispired by the geerous ad selfless actios of people who give of themselves to help people i eed. Time ad agai, terrible earthquakes, floods, hurricaes, torados ad other disasters i our coutry