2016 ANNUAL REPORT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION 2016 ANNUAL REPORT The Golden West College Foundation . 4 Message from Steve Olmsted, Foundation Chair . 5 Message from Wes Bryan, GWC President . 6 Golden West College Golden Anniversary . 7 GWC Foundation Board of Directors . 8 Financial Statements . 10 Annual GWC Gala . 12 Opportunity Drawing winner . 13 The Wish List . .. 13 Non-cash Donations . 13 Foundation Auxiliaries . 14 Golden West College Patrons . 14 Chefs for Scholarships . 14 STAR Book Program . 15 Hens and Chickens Quilt Auxiliary. 15 Foundation in the Community . .16 Measure M Update . .. 16 Courtyard of Honor . 18 Pillars of Support . 19 Alumni Pillars of Achievement . 20 Donor Honor Wall . 21 Scholarships and Awards . .. 31 Ways to Support GWC . 34 Foundation staff (L-R) Ryan Chung, John Wordes, Sheila Cox, and Bruce Berman. The Foundation Office is located in the Administration Building on the east side of the President’s Courtyard. The Golden West College Foundation The Golden West College Foundation was organized in 1986 to solicit and manage gifts to benefit the college and its students. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting the College’s mission of providing comprehensive academic opportunities to the community for lifelong learning. A board of directors, which provides the leadership and direction for the organization’s operation, manages the Foundation. The Foundation has grown steadily since 1986 with assets over $8,800,000. This has been accomplished through donations of cash, bequests and grants from individuals and businesses. The Foundation has provided over $8,400,000 in scholarships to Golden West College students and over $8,400,000 in program support. In addition to cash assets, the Foundation annually receives donated equipment and supplies that represent thousands of dollars in non-monetary gifts. The primary focus of the Foundation Board of Directors is to work towards building support for college-wide needs. To nurture groups who have special interests in supporting Golden West College, the Foundation provides staff support and direction to two auxiliaries. Each auxiliary, managed by its own board and officers, requires membership dues to cover operational expenses. GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT The Golden West College Foundation’s mission is to provide resources to support the College for advancing educational opportunities and life-long learning for students. 4 2016 GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT Report from the Foundation Chair, Steve Olmsted I am proud to acknowledge and report the efforts of the Foundation Board of Directors and its supporters this past year. The Foundation helped fund over $503,000 in scholarships, the campus Wish List program, an increase in our participation in the STAR Book Reserve Program, and new memberships on the Foundation Board and its auxiliaries – the Patrons, the Hens & Chickens Quilt Fellowship and increased Community Relations. In April, 2016, the Foundation held its 19th annual Golden West College Gala. The proceeds will benefit Golden West College students and the campus Wish List. Special thank you to our generous Sponsors: Union Bank of California, Elmore Toyota, Edison International, Toyota Motor Sales, Huntington Beach Hospital, AES Huntington Beach, tBP Architecture, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, P2S Engineering and Olmsted & Associates, as well as all of the underwriters who gave so generously to this event. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Gala Committee and the community at large for continuing to support this very important event. Our 26th annual Courtyard of Honor Ceremony was celebrated on October 20th, 2016. Two Golden West College Alumni were honored as “Alumni Pillar of Achievement” recipients, Chief Rod Cox and John Furbish. Since the inception of this awards program in 1991, 105 alumni have been recognized. We truly appreciate the generosity and gratitude of the donors who were honored for their various levels of support: the Assistance League of Huntington Beach, the Waltmar Foundation and the Woman’s Club of Huntington Beach, Premier Pillars ($100,000+); Jaima & John Bennett, Costa Mesa Women’s Club, Fountain Valley Woman’s Club, Kay Nguyen, Ann Owens, Kathlyn Strople and Sergio and Kathy Suarez Golden Society Honorees ($1000 - $24,999). In closing, I would like to personally thank Golden West College President, Wes Bryan, Foundation Director Bruce Berman, the Board of Directors and those who have provided advice, counsel, professional guidance, financial support and personal time to the Board during this past year. I also extend my sincere appreciation to our community, which continues to support the Foundation and the college with its generosity. Without this dedication, our work would not be possible. The Golden West College Foundation Board and I remain committed to providing the necessary tools and resources, so more students can succeed. The Foundation’s objectives for 2017 include increasing the Board’s role in fostering student success, expanding Board membership, and continuing a high level of participation from our members. For more information on the Foundation, please visit our website, www.gwchbfoundation.com, which now allows online donations and Foundation event registrations. The Foundation Board appreciates your support of Golden West College, and we look forward to what the future holds for 2017 as we focus on our goal of enhancing student success. Steve Olmsted, Chair Golden West College Foundation 2016 GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 5 Message from Golden West College President, Wes Bryan It should be no secret that Golden West College is celebrating 50 years of service to students of our community. We have served more than one million people through our programs. Kids have learned to swim in our pools, and gone on to compete on some of the best college teams in the nation. Children have taken “college for kids” and graduated with honors at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities. Students have come here knowing very little English and graduated with honors. Others have come here with stellar high school GPA’s, fully eligible to attend a university of their choice, but understood that our two-year pathway prepares them quite well for transfer while sparing them from incurring sizable student debts. All of these examples underscore our moniker, “Oceans of Opportunity.” 50 years of “Opportunity” helped make those opportunities possible! I am certain that many students would not have walked across our graduation stage, obtained a job in the career of their choosing, learned English, improved their math skills, learned to program a computer, or encountered a particular faculty member who changed their life for the better, without the support you have helped to provide. Sometimes it is hard to describe the significant difference a donor makes. Big universities with big donors have no problem naming buildings, endowing chairs, building monuments, and having posh media events to thank their donors and the big corporations for their generosity. That is not a bad thing. However, it can make smaller donors in a smaller arena think of their gifts as insignificant, when they are not! Quite often your donation is the difference between success and defeat for the student who became your beneficiary. Each spring we witness magic moments at our Scholarships and Awards Ceremony, with parents cheering, students who came with so little hope walk across a stage with a lump in their throat to shake their donor’s hand. When a donor gets to do that, they know what I know: they made a difference in someone’s life for the better. Some day that student may save a life as a nurse or police officer, help a child, fix someone’s car or computer before it crashed, help coach a team of underprivileged kids, work on a set, start a new business, get an award for graphic design or digital media, run for public office, or become a donor themselves. We all got to where we are because of those who went before us. Someone somewhere made our future better, big or small, and now we get to do the same. And they will too, for 50 more years. Education is a gift that creates hope for a better future. It is a gift with a face on it. Community colleges are America’s greatest higher education innovation. Community college’s like Golden West College open the door for millions of students who would have been denied an opportunity of pursuing higher education. An AA degree may be the fastest way to successfully graduate from a university with less student debt. On behalf of the students you will help, the programs you support, and the staff you help us provide, thanks for all you have done to help us serve students well. And if you want a quick look at what’s happening, check us out at www.goldenwestcollege.edu/50th. Wes Bryan President, Golden West College 6 2016 GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT EST Golden West College W CO EN L D L Golden Anniversary L E G O September 12, 1966, was Golden West College’s opening day. On Monday, September E G 12, 2016 Golden West College hosted our Golden Anniversary celebration featuring students and employees from every decade of the college’s existence. The event F EST. I Y F featured a special presentation by the masons of the Huntington Beach Masonic T T 1966 I Lodge, who led a traditional ceremony in conjunction with the opening of the two Y N Y U E T GWC time capsules. The 50-year time capsule was opened by the masons who A R RS O installed it in 1966. Former GWC President Judith Valles was on hand to open the OF OPP 25-year capsule, which was dedicated to her upon her retirement. Items in these historic monuments included, photographs, college catalog, newspaper and magazine articles, architectural drawings, college documents – including a copy of the deed to the property, and various GWC memorabilia.