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Meet Our Volunteers
Velle Wright is putting together a
fantastic video presentation about the
Haas Foundation that will be used
in marketing and fundraising efforts.
Velle interviewed Frank Hanawalt
and Emory Bundy for the video, and
will be gathering more material in
upcoming board member interviews.
Velle is also doing some grant writing
for the Foundation.
Clary Goedert-Gasper was a
tremendous help with the Give
Secondary Students a Chance!
campaign this winter, faithfully
recording donor data every week.
She is teaching at the Bellevue
Montessori School, working toward
her Montessori Elementary Teaching
Certificate. Clary loves to read, garden
and take photos of plants, do arts
& crafts projects, and play strategy
games.
This winter Geoff Yamasaki
volunteered as a grant writer,
helped us on our campaign, and
helped with our big office move.
Geoff leaves Seattle on May 7 for
a 27-month commitment in the
Peace Corps. He’ll be working in a
community development program in
Cochabamba, Bolivia, focusing on
water and basic sanitation.
Outstanding Results
It is my pleasure to announce this
year’s “Give Secondary Students a
Chance!” campaign a success.
Both of our fundraising campaign goals
were surpassed. One goal was to raise
awareness of the Foundation’s work
by contacting 400 people about our
mission - and we actually contacted
510. The second goal was to raise
$55,000 to be able to increase giving
to schools. As of this date, we have
raised over $61,000.
You might ask how this will impact
you at the schools level. The Haas
Foundation board is considering the
following recommendation from our
program committee:
1. Before the end of June, 98
schools who are currently funded
under $200 will receive supplemental
funds, to bring them up to the new
proposed minimum level of funding of
$200.
2. Our Haas Educator Ambassador
Program (HEAP) members will identify
schools statewide to become newly
funded schools. Staff and board
members will also be able to refer new
schools for grants.
3. $30,000 dollars is now available
for matching money! Please don’t
forget to submit your request for
matching funds.
4. As many of you know, we have
had a wait list of schools since 2001.
Each of the schools on that list is now
being funded, or will be funded for
the 2006-2007 school year. Welcome
aboard!
We want to thank the HEAP members
for their generosity and support with
this year’s campaign. Four members
of this group volunteered to be
fundraising campaigners to tell the
Haas Foundation story and increase
awareness of the good work that we
do together.
There are many things I am proud of
with the Foundation, but at the top
of my list is the support we receive
from HEAP and the school fund
coordinators. I am told over 25 schools
sent in artwork for our donor plaques.
On behalf of the Saul and Dayee G.
Haas Foundation, please celebrate
with us by helping spread the word
about the success of this year’s
campaign.
Roger Percy
Board President
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| Haas Educator Ambassador Program |
We’re proud to introduce you to eighteen educators who are passionate about the impact
of the Haas Foundation in their schools, and are serving as Haas Educator Ambassadors.
These volunteers are advising and guiding the direction of the Haas School Fund, and
assisting the Haas Foundation in three other areas:
1) Increasing the visibility of the Haas Foundation throughout the state;
2) Identifying potential board members and donors; and
3) Planning a statewide fundraiser on behalf of the Saul and Dayee G. Haas Foundation
within the next two years.
Our current valued HEAP members are:
Gene Nelson, ESD 101, Spokane
Shawn John, Steve Stein and Wendy Ross – ESD 105, Yakima
Richard Jones, ESD 112, Vancouver
Kate Cook and Tracy Cusack, ESD 113, Olympia
Kim Lubin and John Welsh, ESD 114, Bremerton
Toni Hinkle and Maureen Wineland, ESD 121, Renton
Mark Muxen and Debbie Williams, ESD 123, Pasco
Dorothy Ferguson, Greg Loomis and Rod Luce, ESD 171, Wenatchee
Sharon McConnel and Heath Tayon, ESD 189, Anacortes
| Coordinator orientation session |
Attendance at a New Coordinator Orientation Session is mandatory for new coordinators
and fulfills one of the requirements of the year-end reporting process. If attendance is just
not feasible, please contact Sue Russell, School Fund manager, for permission to meet
this requirement by reviewing the Haas Foundation PowerPoint tutorial online.
The last session scheduled for this school year is going to be held on May 18, 2006 3:00
– 4:30 pm at the Foundation’s new office, at 1818 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle.
iSOLDit is in the news. Find out what’s being said about them at http://www.fundraisers.com/ideas/isoldit.html
GoodSearch.com
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“Search the Internet…Make a Difference!”
After personally speaking to the co-founder
of this fund-raising site, Executive Director
Bonnie Hilory urges you to use them for
your Internet searches.
How many times each day do you search
for something on the Internet? How about
all the faculty and families associated with
your school? This search website pays one
cent for every search done through them
to a non-profit organization of your choice.
They give 50% of their revenue (not their
profit) to non-profit organizations.
We have registered the Saul and Dayee
G. Haas Foundation with them, and will be
listing GoodSearch.com as a sponsor on
our website for one year to test how this
works. You can click on the link below, or
on their logo on the Haas front page to find
out more.
GoodSearch has a toolbar you can download
from the homepage, so that you can search
right from the top of your browser. It’s fun to
keep track of estimated earnings by clicking
on “amount raised” once you designate
your organization of choice.
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Here’s how it works:
1. Go to www.goodsearch.com
2. Type (your organization) into the “I
support” box and click on “verify”
3. Since GoodSearch shares its advertising
revenue with charities and schools, every
time you search the web at GoodSearch,
you’ll be earning money for a good cause.
Of course, we are hoping you list Saul
and Dayee G. Haas Foundation as your
receiving organization. However, we
recognize many of you may utilize this for
your school’s matching grants as well. We
hope you will try this out - and pass the
information along to your friends and school
community. The more people who use the
site and designate us as their receiving
organization, the more money we’ll earn for
students in our community!
Open House
Bonnie with guests at our April 26
Open House.
Visit us at our next Open House,
Thursday, May 18, 2006, from 3:30pm
to 6pm. Tour our office and join us for
some wine and cheese.
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Year-end reports due by Friday, June 30, 2006!
Mark this deadline in red on your calendar. If you fail to file your report on time,
you will not receive a grant next year. A late report will still have to be filed for
this school year, however.
Year-end reports due by Friday, June 30, 2006!
Mark this deadline in red on your calendar. If you fail to file your report on time,
you will not receive a grant next year. A late report will still have to be filed for
this school year, however.
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Equitable Distribution of Grant Funds with New Scorecard System
A new scorecard system is in place, which will allow us to distribute next year’s
funds – in an objective manner – resulting in a level playing field for all grant
schools. Your school’s score will determine the level of funds received next year.
This has been developed based on a set of criteria that, if fully completed and
submitted on time, could allow you to receive a larger grant next year. The criteria
is based on the goals of reducing our administration time, receiving accurate
and complete information for our audit, rewarding schools for doing the banking
research and submitting stories (which are invaluable for our grant writing
efforts).
The scorecard is based on a ten point system as follows
| Criteria Value | # of possible points |
| Year-end report | Complete and on time | 0 to 5 |
| Short story | Submit 1 per year | 0 to 1 |
| Banking information | Do once and update only when changes occur. | 0 to 1 |
| Student ethnicity | Macro view | 0 to 1 |
| Attendance @ info mtg. or tutorial | Each coordinator needs to do one option. | 0 to 1 |
Funds from Haas used We encourage you to allocate the 0 to 1
within school year funds to students. The match you raise may be
used for carryover funding.
Individual schools’ scores will result in the following action for next year:
9-10 points – fund your school at a higher level than previous year (if funds are
available)
6-8 points – keep the grant at the previous funding level
3-5 points – reduce the grant that your school receives
1-2 points (probably indicates a school which didn’t complete a year-end report)
– we will make a phone call to you to understand what’s happening.
0 points (indicates an inactive school) – send a compliance letter to the principal,
with a copy to the superintendent (when the Principal is new) inviting them to
attend a meeting at the Foundation office to meet us and learn how to become
active and get funding for next year.
Many of you will be curious about the exact amount of next year’s grant once
you’ve learned your score. This information will be available once all scores have
been calculated, and will reflect our new fundraising efforts this year, and feedback
from Haas Education Ambassador Program (HEAP) members. We anticipate that
the increase or decrease will be a % of our overall allocation and not a flat dollar
amount.
At the end of May, a notice will be posted on the website Bulletin Board, and an
e-mail will be send to all schools that the information is available. At that time, you
will be able to view your school’s scorecard from the secure area of our website.
Mount Rainier High School
The opportunities the Saul Haas funds
allow our students are incredible. Our
students are able to participate in school
sports, buy equipment, and be apart of
our Associated Student Body. Without
these funds, our students would miss
out on many opportunities. Our staff is
grateful for the chance to make every
student equal.
Hunt Middle School
We have a student who lives with a
disabled father (he is in a wheelchair).
Their family is on a limited income.
Through the Haas fund, we were able
to provide the student with shoes and a
uniform for P.E.
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Sammamish High School
Our school offers a nursing training
program. Each year, the students
take a skills test through a national
organization. Each test costs $98. One
young woman was able to raise part of
the cost of the test, but needed help with
the rest. The Haas fund made it possible
for her to take the test. She, and our
entire school, are very appreciative of
the assistance our students receive.
River Ridge High School
One of our students was able to get her
graduation cap and gown, so she could
graduate with the rest of her class,
thanks to the Saul Haas Foundation.
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