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1 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 We all want to live in a healthy, caring, inclusive community. Every day our donors bring us closer to this vision. Thanks to you, this year vulnerable kids got a better start in life, struggling families received vital supports, and at-risk seniors found their spark again. Where would our community and neighbours be today without you? Thankfully we’ll never know, because you said yes to building better tomorrows. Thank you.

MISSION Together, we inspire to make a difference to the social well-being of our communities.

VISION Healthy, thriving communities, where people help each other to live full lives. MESSAGE FROM BOARD CHAIR This means that our two long-standing long-standing two our that means This lives change helping for you Thank Thank you for your continued trust as as trust continued your for you Thank called be Way will United combined The Your dollars will continue to be to be continue will Your dollars Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Agassiz, Agassiz, Chilliwack, Mission, Abbotsford, and the Fraser Valley including Valley including Fraser the and Mainland, Lower the serving ateam as ahead. Together, we will be able Together, able be will ahead. we astrong to have continue will and of Directors of United Way Fraser Way Fraser United of Directors of community for all. None of the work work the of None all. for community Lower Way the of United of office head The Abbotsford. of out operate Sea to Sky corridor, Sunshine Coast Coast Sunshine corridor, to Sky Sea On a personal note, it’s been a been it’s note, apersonal On Valley and United Way of the Lower Lower Way the of United Valley and United Ways will now operate together together operate now will Ways United United Way Fraser Valley Way Fraser United Valley. Way Fraser United Mainland Lower Way the of United We are entering a new chapter chapter anew We entering are We’re excited about the possibilities possibilities the We’re about excited Harrison, Hope and Boston Bar. Boston and Hope Harrison, Board Chair Robin Marshall to continue will Valley office Fraser for the better in the Fraser Valley. Fraser the in better the for this year. This spring, the Boards Boards the year.spring, this This to combine our strengths and local local and strengths our to combine Mainland voted to combine forces. forces. to combine voted Mainland Mainland is located in Burnaby. Burnaby. in located is Mainland invested in the Fraser Valley. Fraser the in invested pleasure to serve as Board Chair, Board as to serve pleasure Valley. The Fraser the in presence knowledge to better serve our region, region, our serve to better knowledge we do would be possible without you. without possible be would do we astronger to build together work we building a stronger future for all. all. for future astronger building

2 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 OUR VOLUNTEERS

With support from these volunteers, United Way keeps costs down while increasing our impact in the community. Our Board of Directors, Impact Committee and Campaign Cabinet are stewards of your gifts, ensuring they go to work where help is needed most. Each volunteer listed has given their time and passion in the past year, helping to create positive and lasting change in the Fraser Valley. Thank you!

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Community Living Community Wiebe Group Wiebe Lara Holtby, Holtby, Lara Library Valley Regional Fraser Gill, Singh Balbir 1698 &CUPE Library Valley Regional Fraser Dyck, Laurie Mission Association forMission Association Dawn Hein, Hein, Dawn DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR

TD Bank Group Group Bank TD CAMPAIGN 2016/17 CABINET 2016 2016 2016 Steve Carlton Sunny Chahal Sunny Community Leader Community Leader Community Community Leader Community University of the the of University RCMP RCMP Services Financial BMO Hannah Boakes Babineau Lindsay Heather Johnson Fraser Fraser Leslie Courchesne Deanne Burleigh CAMPAIGN 2017/18 CABINET 2017 2017 2017 Shawn Good Shawn Steve Carlton Community Leader Community Wiebe Group Wiebe Prospera RCMP BMO Financial Services Hannah Boakes Holtby Lara Deanne Burleigh VICE-CHAIR CHAIR VICE-CHAIR CHAIR Valley

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Carol Paetkau Community Leader Community Gena Teesdale Abbotsford of City University of the the of University Wiebe Group Wiebe Fraser Valley Brain Injury ValleyFraser Injury Brain Fraser Health Authority Holtby Lara Fraser TD Bank Group Bank TD Michael Marchbank Michael Dow Martha Jake Rudolph Association

Chris Sirovyak Chris Abbotsford of City Carol Paetkau Fraser Valley Brain Injury Injury Valley Brain Fraser Fraser Health Authority Michael Marchbank Michael Valley

4 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 YOUR IMPACT

We turn your gifts into positive, long-term social change to make our community better. As the backbone of an area-wide network of community agencies, we use strategic thinking, ground-breaking research, and powerful partnerships to improve people’s lives. None of this would be possible without you.

HELPING KIDS BE ALL THEY CAN BE Your gifts help the United Way by making sure kids are ready to succeed by the time they start school.

THE GOAL To put kids on the path to success by investing in their development and providing opportunities they need to thrive.

THE STRATEGY Your investments improve access to services so that infants, children and youth can get a healthy start in life. We also tackle underlying barriers to the education and engagement of children.

WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? • Success by 6 initiatives.

• Supporting individuals to be strong parents.

• Offering early childhood learning programs.

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6 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 TRACKING YOUR GIFTS IN OUR COMMUNITY

Your donation is the food program for the hungry, the accessible activity that keeps seniors lively, and the safe space for the vulnerable. You help connect those in need with supportive social services.

people supported through our +75,000 community partners

+$730,000 dollars raised

28 community partners supported

12 $169,000 priority projects funded in 2017 Moving people Building strong from poverty communities to Helping kids be allthey & healthy possibility can be to help our neighbours connect with local services. local with connect neighbours our to help 1700+ CALLS homes. own their in safely to stay able 3600+ SENIORS 2600+ HANDYDART TICKETS Mission. and Abbotsford in to individuals provided 31,000+ TICKETS TRANSIT to possibility. poverty from moved 1700+ ADULTS &320 TEENS to succeed in school. 2200+ KIDS HELPED classrooms. and to kids given BOOKS 23,000+ 2017: BC211

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8 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 HEALTHY, HAPPY, THRIVING FAMILIES

Dana* lives full-time with her grandmother. This investment in her early years is critical Every Wednesday her parents pick her to her success, as this bond influences up and together they take part in Mother her brain development, learning, Bear, a United Way-funded program behaviour, and future health outcomes. in Mission that supports preschool- Dana is one of the 6,625 children who age children and their parents. were supported by United Way Fraser Your support ensures Dana is able to Valley donors last year. With your help, bond with her mother and father in a safe, United Way is also increasing Aboriginal culturally sensitive environment as she representation in local early childhood learns through the power of rhyme, story, development initiatives to build capacity, and song. Your support also provides her increase cultural awareness, and empower mother and father with the knowledge, tools families throughout our community. and resources they need to take on their Thank you for building a strong most important role—as Dana’s parents. foundation for Dana and her family.

CHANGING LIVES

Because of you, our friends, families and neighbours are safe and secure. You’ve made amazing things possible this year and we can’t thank you enough! Through programs funded by you, he receives receives he you, by funded programs Through Way-funded United the of help the Through didn’t children Darcy’s* when atime was There Ann Davis Transitional Society Davis Ann ALL OF THE SUPPORT YOU NEED LIFE-CHANGING HELP LIFE-CHANGING and supervised visits with his family. He He family. his with visits supervised and abuse and adultery of history Along again. of her children are thriving young adults. young thriving are children her of education, and advice parental counselling, She later discovered that these organizations organizations these that discovered later She Her son was born premature with a critical acritical with premature born was son Her instant. an in changed everything Kim, For Kim was supported every step of the way way the of step every supported was Kim through her times of crisis and today, both today, both and crisis of times her through faced. family her needs of multitude the never atone for the mistakes he had made. had he mistakes the for atone never she turned to local organizations to support to support organizations to local turned she Darcy is working diligently to make amends. amends. to make diligently working is Darcy heart defect. Her father died. Her older child child older Her died. father Her defect. heart could he believed He home. his and job, his him mother, lost their with relationship his him cost family, their with bond his broken had was diagnosed with autism. Overwhelmed, Overwhelmed, autism. with diagnosed was were United Way partnered. Because of you, you, of Because Way partnered. United were believe they would ever speak to their father father to their speak ever would they believe in Chilliwack, Chilliwack, in To help other individuals like Kim, United Way United Kim, like individuals To other help Thank you for ensuring Darcy reconnects reconnects Darcy ensuring for you Thank Thank you for ensuring ease of access to a access of ease ensuring for you Thank alone, you helped 1,521 people in the Fraser Fraser the in 1,521 people helped you alone, crucial to establishing the confidence of his his of confidence the to establishing crucial organizations that helped Kim. This year year This Kim. helped that organizations Valley access local life-changing services services life-changing local Valley access Last year, your support helped 2,539 people people 2,539 helped year, support your Last him helping also is Society the with work His family, and confidence in himself. in confidence and family, mistakes, move forward and change his life. life. his change and forward move mistakes, and wife his with trust rebuilding slowly is instantly connects people with the same same the with people connects instantly struggling with addiction, homelessness and and homelessness addiction, with struggling secure employment and housing, elements two service funded by donors like you. bc211 you. like donors by funded service with his family and gets back on his feet. his on back gets and family his with network of vital services for people like Kim. like people for services vital of network poverty. Darcy knows that without this help, help, this without that knows Darcy poverty. he would not have the skills to make up for his his for up to make skills the have not would he children. his with relationship his healing launched when they dialled 2-1-1 dialled they bc211.ca.when visited or bc211 —a free, confidential, 24/7 24/7 confidential, free, —a * name has been changed changed been has * name

10 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

United Way Fraser Valley has 28 community partners that provide a vast array of services in every community from Aldergrove to Boston Bar.

+75,000 OF OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS NETWORK

Abbotsford Community Services Encompass Support Services Society

Abbotsford Hospice Society Fraser Valley Child Development Centre

Abbotsford Peer Support of Seniors Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association

Agassiz-Harrison Community Services Hope & Area Transition Society

Ann Davis Transition Society John Howard Society

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Fraser Valley M2/W2 Association

Boston Bar North Bend Enhancement Society Mission Association for Community Living

Chilliwack Community Policing Society Mission Community Services Society

Chilliwack and District Seniors’ Resources Society Mission Hospice Society

Chilliwack Hospice Society Mission Literacy in Motion

Chilliwack Resource Centre MSA Society for Community Living

Chilliwack Restorative Justice and SARA for Women Youth Advocacy Association Sardis Doorway for Mothers and Children Society Creative Centre Society for Mental Wellness Upper Fraser Valley Developmental Preschool Society Cyrus Centre Ministries YOUR AT DOLLARS WORK To see the 2017 audited financial report, for the Fraser Valley, visit Fraser the for report, To 2017 the financial see audited Thank you for fostering change in the Fraser Valley! You raised over $730,000 for your your for $730,000 over Valley! You Fraser raised the in change fostering for you Thank Women for SARA Women for SARA Society Raven’s Moon Society Resource Raven’s Moon Motion in Literacy Mission Services Mission Community Committee Centre Mennonite Ishtar Transition Housing Society (Chilliwack) Centre Cyrus (Abbotsford) Centre Cyrus Society Transition Davis Ann Services Community Abbotsford THE 2017 UNITED WAY PROGRAMS GRANT PRIORITY community. This investment helps us to build a strong social support network which in in which network support social astrong build to us helps investment This community. turn strengthens the entire Fraser Valley and changes people’s lives for the better. the for lives people’s changes Valley and Fraser entire the strengthens turn

Pregnancy Outreach Program Program Counselling Worker ToHome Outreach Stay House Harwood Aboriginal Mother Bear Program Mission Food Hub Security Project Assistance Rent Valley Fraser Program Building Supports Program Worker Youth &Family 2Home: Streets Program Skills 4Youth: Life Roofs Parenting Time Autumn House

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12 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 WORKPLACES AND UNIONS These workplaces see immense value in supporting the communities where they live and do business. Thank you to the following organizations for your generous gifts to help those in need in the Fraser Valley

$30,000 – $39,999 $5000 – $9999 $1000 – $2400 Costco Wholesale CIBC Bank Concorde Distributing

Coast Capital Savings HSBC Bank Canada $20,000 – $29,999 Sun Life Financial Services Inc. Prospera Credit Union $2500 – $4999 TD Bank Group $10,000 – $19,999 Aldergrove Credit Union RBC Financial Group BCAA CUPE Local 774 (City Golden Valley Foods of Abbbotsford Lowe’s Abbotsford Fraser Valley Labour Council University of the Fraser Valley BC Hydro Faculty & Staff Association BMO Financial Group Baker Newby LLP

TOP LEADERSHIP WORKPLACES These organizations encouraged Leadership-level giving from their employees. Thank you to the following workplaces that saw remarkable results in promoting employee gifts of $1,200 or more.

15 DONORS 8 DONORS Correctional Services of Canada BMO Financial Group

11 DONORS 7 DONORS RBC Financial Group KPMG

University of the Fraser Valley 6 DONORS

9 DONORS TD Bank Group MNP LLP – Abbotsford

Costco Wholesale Your gifts come to life through United United through to life come Your gifts OUR OUR PARTNERS PHILANTHROPIC additional resources from across multiple multiple across from resources additional community leaders to tackle social issues, issues, social to tackle leaders community Way’s uniquely collaborative approach. We approach. collaborative Way’s uniquely making our collective impact even greater. even impact collective our making service agencies, unions, universities, and and universities, unions, agencies, service social donors, with We collaborate sectors. harness leading-edge local research and and research local leading-edge harness Photography by Davina by Photography

14 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATE SPONSORS The following organizations and unions generously sponsored outstanding indivdiuals to support campaigns.

Prospera Credit Union

Fraser Valley Labour Council

IBEW Local 258

SPIRIT AWARDS SPONSORS SPONSORS The following organizations kindly sponsored a Spirit Award. Baker Newby LLP

This incredible group of organizations has TD Bank Group sponsored United Way throughout the year, University of the Fraser Valley helping to offset costs while highlighting Wiebe Group their commitment to the community. EVENT SPONSORS The following organizations and unions supported Kick Off Breakfasts in Chilliwack & Abbotsford.

Abbotsford & Lori’s Catering Clearbrook Kiwanis Nestle Waters Canada Aldergrove Credit Union Prime Signs City of Abbotsford Prospera Credit Union Clik Coffee Bistro Purdy’s Chocolatiers Costco Sardis Kiwanis Dana Hospitality LP Star Rentals Hub International, University of the Fraser Valley Barton Insurance

SPECIAL THANKS

TECH SUPPORT Paul Jesse, Prospera Credit Union

PHOTOGRAPHY Davina Graham, Photography by Davina

GRAPHIC DESIGN Shannon Singh, Summer Student LEADERSHIP DONORS In 2016, leadership donors (annual gifts of $1,200+) helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and built a stronger community for children, families and seniors. Thank you for making incredible things happen.

GOLD Ms. Laurie Dyck Ms. Kathy Parrish ($5000 – $9999) Mr. Trevin Rogers Jim Reith Ted De Jager Kevin Mickelby Tracy Yolland Brenton Willis Jeffrey Hunt Eva Sehra Mrs. Susan Shaw Ray Mohan Mr. Hugh Ellis Swarnjit Malhi Dr. Roberta Ongley Jake Rudolph SILVER Ms. Jill Hunter Mr. Jason VanGarderen ($2500 – $4999) Jean McAllister Jennifer Thiessen David Wallace Nicole Driesen Duthie Pat Baker Jonathan Jones Ms. Heidi Enns Sharon Eistetter Mrs. Kara Wieler Morgan Andreassen D. Harder Sandra Levers Ms. Phyllis Janzen Robert Richards Ms. Heather Johnson Chris Marsh H Krause George Aung Thin Andrew Libbiter Mr. Steven Araki Mr. Todd Kesslar Jodi O’Hara Mr. Sean Reid Joyce Slett Shakira Miracle Gordon Gallagher Shawn Good Corey Sjoden-Ingle Michael Ellenwood Nick Moreau Doug Turner Mrs. Joanne Richardson Nikolas Venema Scott Wyper Ms. Leslie McConnell Photography by Davina BRONZE ($1200–$2499) Don Matthew Mr. Cary Eden Mrs. Susan McKenzie Rajinder Dhaliwal Mr. Lee Bass Mark Evered Jason Warner Ms. Tanya Georget Andy Kainth Kathy Purcha Chris Tilbury Michael Marchbank Ronnie Gill Mr. Keith Britz James Hart Miss Jayne Taylor Rick Hansum Mr. Len Peters Allan Andrews Jackie Hogan Anna Clarke Peter Toth Ms. Gayle Ramsden Daniel Fournel Ronda Calder Dr. Sylvie Murray Diane Murphy Shelley Perkins Mr. Ian McAskill Hannah Boakes Rob Cummings Dr. Maple Melder-Crozier Alana Classen Jason Epp Leslie Courchesne Mr. Rick Gendemann Lowen Trang Michelle Vandepol Ms. Denise Thandi Stephanos Tsangaris Mrs. Lara Holtby Anthony Gendreau CELEBRATING WORKPLACES AT SPIRIT AWARDS When people care our community becomes stronger. The United Way Fraser Valley Community Spirit Awards honours organizations and individuals dedicated to making a difference.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD: (EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN CHAIR): presented by TD Bank Group DAN B., CHERI C. AND SARAH S., COSTCO WHOLESALE HUNTINGTON CROSSING, Celebrates a workplace with high participation with CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY overall employees and Leadership Donors and has Recognizes a volunteer who has organized an shown an increase in campaign. engaging campaign that exceeded campaign goals at a branch of a larger organization. Nominees: BMO Financial Group; Concorde Nominees: Distributing; Manning Elliott Chartered BCAA Abbotsford, Brittany W., Corrections Accountants; and MNP LLP - Abbotsford Canada, Mission Minimum – Lene S., and Fraser Health Authority: Fraser Canyon Hospital – BRANCH OF THE YEAR AWARD: Debbie P. and MNP Abbotsford – Tanya G EAGLE LANDING, BMO FINANCIAL GROUP Recognizes a single location of a larger VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD organization that achieved significant results. (REGIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIR): SELENE M., Nominees: CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY London Drugs, Mission; Prospera Credit Union, Recognizes a volunteer who organized an Clearbook; RBC Financial Group, Mission; engaging campaign, in multiple locations and TD Bank Group, Gladwin/Abbotsford that exceeded campaign goals. TEAMWORK AWARD: Nominees: presented by Wiebe Group Aldergrove Credit Union, Amber M.; KPMG, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CANADA Shirley F and TD Bank Group, Heather L. Recognizes campaign with the most diverse fundraising team.

Nominees: Canada Food & Inspection Agency; CBSA – Aldergrove and MNP Chilliwack

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18 Your Community Impact | 2016–2017 Improving lives in the Fraser Valley