2009 Annual Report

Every year federal employees in Oregon and SW Washington give back to the community through the CFC...This has been a challenging year for everyone, but the need in the community has also been the greatest.  Your contribution to the community shows that even when times are tough, people are willing to extend a helping hand to help those less fortunate.  

Congratulations on a successful campaign and thank you for all that you do.  

Your Choice to Give has Made a Difference!

The annual report covers:

1. Campaign Results
2. Changes coming in 2010
3. Campaign Celebrations & Award Recipients
4. Leadership & Specialist Teams

Campaign Results

• Over 5,700 federal employees from nearly 360 government offices in Oregon and Southwest Washington participated in this year’s Pacific Northwest CFC.
• The total raised was: $1,691,755
  

Changes coming in 2010

Change is ever present in your Pacific Northwest CFC.  Please let us know if you have any questions about how these changes impact your organization.

1. Approved Mergers - OPM CFC Operations approved two mergers this past Winter that grew our Pacific NW CFC by four counties.  

• Jackson and Josephine counties in Southern Oregon (formerly Rogue Valley CFC)
• Grays Harbor and Pacific counties in SW Washington (formerly Greater Olympic Peninsula CFC)

2. Payout Process - starting with the 2009 campaign payouts, charities will receive payments in one of two ways:

• One time payout - if your charity receives less than a certain $ value, you will receive a one-time payout.  The one-time payout threshold is evaluated every year, but the last two years it has been around $2,500 (subject to LFCC approval).
• Quarterly payout - if your charity received more than the one-time payout threshold, then you will receive quarterly payments. 

• 2009 Campaign Payout Schedule: March 2010 , July2010, October 2010 and February/March 2011

Campaign Celebrations & Award Recipients

Federal employees who are CFC volunteers put in countless hours of time and effort running fundraising campaigns...this effort does not go unnoticed.  Every year we honor their leadership and dedication by holding CFC Awards Celebrations.  This year we held three celebrations in the following cities:

• Portland, Oregon - January 21, 2010
• Bend, Oregon - January 27, 2010
• Eugene, Oregon - January 29, 2010

Prior to the celebrations, Federal Agencies were nominated for CFC awards and nominations were vetted by the CFC Leadership Team in one of two categories:

• Chair Award - Winning a Chair’s Award is not just about dollars and cents.  It’s about running a fun campaign that involves team members, has leadership support and other attributes like 100% ask.  It shows that the Coordinator and their team ran a best practice campaign.
• Innovation Award - Winning an Innovation Award illustrates that the campaign used a unique and/or creative campaign strategy.
  

And, the winners are...

Chair & Innovation Awards
         Customs and Border Protection, Portland
         U.S. Pretrial Services, Portland

Chair’s Award
         Bureau of Land Management, Burns/Hines
         Bureau of Land Management, Eugene
         Federal Aviation Administration, ATCT/SSC, Eugene
         Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands, Vancouver
         Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis
         Indian Health Service, Portland
         Internal Revenue Service, Portland, Salem, Vancouver
         Social Security Administration, Eugene
         Social Security Administration/ODAR, Eugene
         United States Army, Umatilla Chemical Depot
         U.S. Attorney’s Office, Portland

Innovation Award
         U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, McNary Dam, Umatilla
         Internal Revenue Service, Bend
         Forest Service, Sweet Home Ranger District 
       Transportation Security Administration, Portland

Leadership & Specialist Teams

Your CFC Leadership & Specialist teams are composed primarily of federal employees who volunteer their time to ensure the Pacific NW CFC is a success.  From meetings, conference calls and pledge pickups - their leadership, time and energy are vitally important to running our CFC and with their help we are able to serve a large geographic covering Oregon and SW Washington.

Leadership Team
       Carol Maartense, Campaign Chair, Social Security Administration, Eugene
       Ron Johnson, Local Federal Coordinating Committee, Portland
       Jeff Sargent Oregon Federal Executive Board, Portland
       Bill McNamee, Citizenship & Immigration Services, Retired, Portland
       Crissy Gartska, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Portland
       Anthony Ho, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, San Francisco
       Shelley Brown, U.S. Postal Service, Eugene
       Karen Angus, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Sheridan
       Rven Garcia, United States Coast Guard, Portland
       Connee Pearson, Internal Revenue Service, Portland
       Gail Dreckman, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland

Specialists
       Cheryl Larson, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland
       Ruthann Couch, Federal Aviation Administration, Retired, Eugene
       Betty Lou Harris, Social Security Administration, Eugene
       Jennifer Luvai, Internal Revenue Service, Portland
       Julie McLean, Social Security Administration, Vancouver
       Kathy O’Boyle, Social Security Administration, Retired, Eugene
       Steve Papp, Principal Combined Fund Organization, Portland