CWEE's Annual
Alumni Awards Luncheon
Investing in Success
Thursday, May 1
11:30 to 1:30 pm
EXDO Event Center
1399 35th Street
(corner of Walnut and 35th) Email Kristin Miner TODAY to reserve your seat kminer@cwee.org
or click on the Donate Now button
to reserve your seat online
(luncheon ticket)
Tickets are $50 each
FREE valet parking will be available
CWEE is greatly saddened to share the news that Laurie Harvey’s husband, Greg Truog, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 2nd at their home in Golden, Colorado. Greg served as Executive Director of Community Shares for 14 years and then served as Director of Community Shares USA. Greg passionately believed in building a movement of nonprofit organizations with a common commitment to social justice.
Commuity Shares is honored to host the Greg Truog Community Fund. Laurie will determine how to use the gifts made in honor of Greg's legacy. Community Shares will contact all who give to the fund to let you know how your financial tribute to Greg is invested in the community.
Click here to donate to the fund
My “I am” collage represents the
past, the present, and the future.
The past is shown by the dead part of the tree, meaning that the past has no life to me anymore.
The present is shown by the new life beginning to bloom on the middle of the tree and by the little tree at the bottom, representing my daughter.
The future is shown as the fruit on the tree, as the “fruit of my labor”.
Check out Songs of CWEE
for more "I Am" collages,
Missions Statements, poems, essays, business writing and artwork by current CWEE participants.
Volume 4 April 2008
Volume 3 January 2008
CWEE is a proud member
of Comminity Shares
Get a 25% Tax Credit for CWEE Donations of $250 or more through Denver Enterprise Zone (DEZ)
For more information please contact
Laura Gabbay
at: 303.892.8444 ext 312
or lgabbay@cwee.org
CWEE is looking for great people to join our team:
Please click on job posting titles below for details.
Case Manager Development Associate
CWEE Board Members
Donald D. MacKenzie, Chair
Robin Snidow, Vice Chair
Linda Niven, Treasurer
DaLinda Grimm, Secretary
Katie Agron
K. Denise Albrecht
Darla Caudle
Denise Denton
Sarah Finley
Kelli Fritts
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER April 2008
In this Issue:
- Letter from Laurie Harvey, Executive Director
- Corporate Profile / Sundyne Corporation
- CWEE Program Profile / Friday Presentations
- CWEE Supporter Profile / Gloria Koshio
- Stock Donations
LETTER FROM LAURIE
It’s hard to believe our annual Investing in Success luncheon event is just around the corner on May 1st. This year we are holding it in a new exciting venue called EXDO Event Center (at 35th and Walnut north of downtown). We chose to hold our annual alumni awards event in a contemporary new setting as yet another way to kick off the next 25 years of our history. As you may know, in 2007 CWEE celebrated 25 years of excellence in assisting low-income single parents to leave poverty by helping them prepare for, find and keep sustainable employment.
I’m very excited about the next 25 years. Yet at the same time, I know the challenge ahead of organizations like CWEE and others is substantial.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the state’s child poverty rate has increased to 15.3%...up from 13.8% in 2005 and 12.2% in 2001. On average, a CWEE participant has three children. We must position ourselves to continue to reach out to these families.
Plus, homelessness among families in Denver remains a concern in our community. According to the 2007 study conducted by the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative, six in 10 homeless persons were part of a family with children. One-third of those counted has been homeless less than a year, the majority of whom were families with children (72.7%). More than one-third of all homeless children and teens are infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
CORPORATE PARTNER PROFILE:
SUNDYNE CORPORATION
Sundyne Corporation designs, manufactures and supports industrial pump and compressor products for the process fluid and gas industries and recently added various electromagnetics to our line. With manufacturing facilities in the United States, England, France, Germany, and a joint venture in Japan, Sundyne is well positioned to solve the challenges facing its global customers. Sundyne’s products serve the worldwide hydrocarbon and chemical processing, pulp and paper, power generation, transportation and the food and beverage markets. Aftermarket services include spare parts, overhaul and repair as well as engineering and technical support. The company’s products include high-speed centrifugal pumps and compressors, sealless pumps, sanitary pumps, electric motors, generators and other process engineered packaging.
Sundyne Corporation is a division of Hamilton Sundstrand, a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) subsidiary, and serves its customers in over 117 countries supported by a vastly experienced network of representatives and distributors—our channel partners. Sundyne has over 800 employees, including approximately 350 outside the United States and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Sundyne has been a proud sponsor and donor to CWEE’s luncheons and last year was honored as Employer of the Year. They continue to support CWEE’s job candidates, placing them in positions where they can excel and utilize their learned skills and abilities. Last year, Sundyne became the largest private sector employer to establish an internship partnership with CWEE.
For more information please visit Sundyne’s web-site at www.sundyne.com
CWEE PROGRAM PROFILE:
FRIDAY PRESENTATIONS
Every Friday at 1:15 pm you will find CWEE’s room 306 filled with participants, instructors, staff, and many times guests of CWEE for Friday Presentations.
During their time at CWEE participants are asked to do 5 separate presentations on topics of their choice:
· Class Presentation - topic of their choice utilizing a visual or audio aid.
· Essay - topic of their choice about their life or an experience.
· Informational Interview - share information learned from an informational interview.
· “I Am” collage - showing the positive aspects of themselves and their future.
· Mission Statement - stating their personal mission, their values, and why they are at CWEE.
Participants receive feedback and answer questions after their presentations. Once finished, awards for personal success and perfect attendance are given by staff to acknowledge successes and progress. Participants can also give each other Star awards. Finally, certificates for completing Basic Skills, Business Writing, Career Exploration, Job Readiness, and computer programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are awarded.
To learn more about or to attend Friday Presentations, please contact
Instructor Supervisor, Mark McCright at mccright@cwee.org
CWEE SUPPORTER PROFILE
GLORIA KOSHIO
I joined the CWEE Board 6 years after CWEE was founded in 1982. I attended my first luncheon in host Coors’ auditorium in Golden. We balanced box lunches on our laps as the program was conducted. The participants told about their past, their experience at CWEE and their plans for the future. I reached for my Kleenex.
During my tenure on the Board we occupied offices on the second floor of the Osage Building. We offered 8-10 week programs for groups of 20 –30 Denver County single mothers, focusing primarily on building self-esteem, work ethic, taking care of family and personal business in preparation for work, and interviewing skills. The instructors recruited participants by posting flyers in low-income housing developments and churches. We even held classes in some of those areas to make it easier for participants to attend.
Our budget was pretty small at the time. Laurie Harvey and the Board struggled month-to-month to make ends meet. There were times we worried about making payroll, but a check would arrive at the last moment to carry us through to the next critical period. We held small, intimate fundraisers throughout the year – in the Osage Building lobby, Cableland, and private homes.
Our graduations were such joyous celebrations that were held on the first floor of the Osage Building, area churches or a recreation center. The graduates stood before their family and friends and spoke about how they came to CWEE and their short- and long-term goals for the future. Some were ready to enter the workforce, and others planned to continue with more training or education through other resources. Many wrote poems about their feelings and CWEE experience. Instructor Sharon Vasquez’s young daughter would sometimes sing a solo of The Greatest Love of All. The transformation from despondent, self-conscious individuals to articulate, self-confident graduates was truly amazing. These were often 2-3 Kleenex events for the audience, but a full box was needed on stage.
Last year’s 25-year anniversary luncheon was so special. It showed how far CWEE has progressed because of the graduates, staff, supporters and continuing efforts of the Board. Today CWEE is more financially sound, serves a broader market base of single parents and families outside the City and County of Denver and maintains its own on-site GED and computer-based training. CWEE is still growing and evolving as times change. However, as we enter the next 25 years, some things never change. On May 1 we celebrate our graduates’ success and look forward to learn of their personal accomplishments. Don’t forget to bring your Kleenex!
STOCK DONATIONS TO CWEE - A WIN-WIN
Donate stock to CWEE that's appreciated in value. This is a win-win move. Donate stock and you won't have to pay capital gains taxes on the profits, and the full value of the stock can be deducted as a charitable donation.
For example, say you own $10,000 worth of stock that you originally bought for $3,000. If you sell it now, you'll pay tax on the $7,000 profit. (If you're in the 28 percent federal tax bracket, and qualify for the 20 percent long-term capital gains rate, you'd pay $1,400 in tax. That reduces the $10,000 to $8,600.) But if you give your $10,000 worth of unsold stocks to a charity like CWEE, the IRS kindly lets you claim a tax deduction for the full $10,000. At the 28% tax bracket that works out to a $2,800 deduction.
It's quick, it's easy, it helps CWEE.
Smart publicly-traded companies and businesses also make philanthropic contributions of stock to CWEE!
Instruct your broker to transfer stock to CWEE through our broker, A.G. Edwards. CWEE is account number 2162-0788 and our financial consultant is Tupper MacDowell at A.G. Edwards, 3200 Cherry Creek Drive, Suite 100, Denver 80209. Mr. MacDowell can be reach at 303.744.2600. If you need additional information please contact Laura Gabbay, CWEE Director of Development, at lgabbay@cwee.org or 303.892.8444 x312. Click here for more information on Tax-Smart Giving.
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