CAPITAL CAMPAIGN  - FACILITY EXPANSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Step is currently nearing the end of construction of a two-story, 4,174 square-foot community service facility in rural Port Angeles, Washington.  The agency engaged in a formal strategic planning process and fundraising capability study in 2006 to assess the readiness of the agency to implement the building expansion.  The retirement of a loan on the current facility (325 E 6th St, Port Angeles) and the subsequent purchase of the adjacent lot (323 E 6th St) have presented a tremendous opportunity to expand our capabilities to meet our mission to provide for the healthy development of families and children in the community.  The expansion will feature an infant and toddler childcare/early learning center, parent meeting and training rooms, a family literacy/reading center, a kitchen, and confidential counseling offices.  Such development will increase the number of families that receive First Step services, increase the agency’s capacity to meet the growing needs of today’s rural low-income families, increase access to community resources, and will ultimately provide services that build parent’s and children’s storehouses of tools to build successful lives. 

 

First Step’s building expansion will improve long-term social outcomes of low-income families with small children by providing a safe venue where they can build positive social support systems while gaining needed tools for thoughtful parenting. Long-term health outcomes will be improved by providing an educational setting for parents to learn about substance abuse & recovery, premature labor & birth, childhood injuries, and positive nutritional strategies, to name a few topics.  Long-term economic outcomes include the attainment of employability skills, computer literacy, and financial proficiency. The new childcare center will enrich children’s experiences while providing a safe care setting allowing parents to focus on employment skill-building, job placement, and self-sufficiency. This new facility will help families improve their lives and the lives of their children, which in turn will benefit the entire Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. 

 

First Step Family Support Center

2006-2009 Capital Campaign

Facility Expansion Supporters

LEADERSHIP GIVING

 

          

 

Cornerstone Club: $100,000 and Above

Washington State Department of Commerce (formerly CTED)

First Step Board of Directors

 

Pillars: $50,000-$99,999

Anonymous Donor


Gateway Club: $25,000 to $49,999

The Medina Foundation

The Norcliffe Foundation

D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust

 

Groundbreakers:  $10,000-$24,999

The Seattle Foundation-Benjamin Phillips Memorial Fund

USDA Rural Development Childcare Program

The Whatton Family Foundation in honor of Johnny Whatton

The Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation

Anonymous Foundation

Anonymous Donor

 

Leaders: $5,000-$9,999

Rosemary & Bruce Moorhead

The Albert Haller Foundation

The Crow Foundation

Jim & Joanne Hallett

 

Community Builders: $2,500-$4,999

Orville & Phyllis Campbell

Safeco Insurance

Nippon Paper Industries-USA Co. Ltd.

 

Family: $1,000-$2,499

Barbara Clampett

Sheila & Ed Richter

Drs. Mary & John Wegmann

Marian Birch & Bronson West

Yvonne Deforest

Dorothy Skerbeck

Norma & Eugene Turner

Eldora Pederson

Rose Marie Springer

Grant & Carol Munro

Pam & Paul Cunningham

Mary & Todd Irwin

Susan & Harold Norlund

 

Friends: $500-$999

Nita Lynn

First Federal

Dr. Ed & Phyllis Hopfner

Janet Pearson

Peninsula Children’s Clinic

Leon & Val Reeves

Jody Moss & Gary Kriedberg

Lynn Keenan

Brenda & Cliff Tassie

MarySue French

Steve Zenovik & Nina Pitts

 

Neighbors: $250-499

Paul & Rochelle McHugh

Law Firm of Platt Irwin

North Peninsula Building Association

Paul & Sheri Stutesman

Janet & Dave Proebstel

Amelia Andaleon-Ferre

 

We have been successful in obtaining the funding to begin construction; however

our fundraising efforts for this project are far from over

 

We need your immediate assistance!

 

Only a few Naming Rights opportunities are available.  Call today for more information.

Anonymous donation will also be honored.

 

For more information, or to make a donation to this important project, please contact:

 

Orville Campbell, First Step Board President

Nita Lynn, Executive Director

Cherie Reeves Sperr, Development Manager

First Step Family Support Center

325 E 6th Street

Port Angeles, WA  98362

(360) 457-8355

cherie_fststep@olypen.com

 

 

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Step Family Support Center

 

Contact Us:

 

325 East 6th Street

Port Angeles, WA 98362

 

(360) 457-8355

(360) 457-3820 fax

 

Email:

Cherie_fstep@olypen.com