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ver 325 supporters attended The Advocates’ 10th Annual Gala

Event at the Limelight Room. In addition to fabulous and fun silent and live auc-tion offerings, evening highlights included entertainment by the High Street Band and a moving presentation by domestic violence survivor Lara Spencer. Thanks to the generous bidding and donations of many friends of The Advocates, the evening resulted in proceeds in excess of $200,000. These funds provide important support for shelter services and programs.

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The Advocates for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault

The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault • Post Office Box 3216, Hailey, Idaho 83333 • 208.788.4191

Thank you to our Event Sponsors: D. L. Evans Bank • Abramson Pendergast & Co. • Atkinsons’ Market • Bank of the West • Countrywide Home Loans • Carol Dorazio & Bob Korb • Mari & Dave Clack • Chilali Lodge • First American TitleFirst Bank of Idaho • Mountain West Bank • Joanne Wetherell, REMAX of Sun Valley Sawtooth Board of Realtors • Bev McClean & Kimberly Sesnon, Sotheby’s International Realty • Sun Valley Dental Group • Sun Valley Title • Wells Fargo Bank • Wood River Insurance

(Right) The Advocates founders—Eve Heart, Char Roth, Julie Caldwell, and Cally Huttar—were honored at the Gala Event.

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AnnuAl rePOrT 2007

he Advocates’ own Community Education Coordinator, Candice Newmyer, developed the above Men Against Violence campaign for

October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Like the campaign it was modeled after in New Mexico, she contacted local men to participate, and the results were extremely positive. In fact, the campaign received so much attention that The Advocates received many calls from other area men willing to volunteer their time for future campaigns. A special thanks to photographer Brooke Bonner and graphic artist Robin Leahy for their pro bono work on this campaign.

Services WeProvide to the Community:• 24 Hour Crisis/Support Line

• Safe Transitional Shelter

• Case Management

• Women’s Support Groups

• Individual Counseling

• Court Advocacy

• Legal Referral and Assistance

• Emergency Financial Assistance

• Transportation Assistance

• Food, Clothing, Household

Supplies & Furniture Assistance

• Sexual Assault Services

• Rural Outreach

• Life Skills Training

• Translation Services

• Mentoring for At Risk Children

• Peer Mentoring

• Resource Library, Information

and referral

• Affordable Housing Referral

• Training and Community

education

• Prevention Programs

• Volunteer Program

• Child Care Center

MENTOR PROGRAM“Bob is a good friend. He comes to my hockey games. We go to dinner and a movie,

and he taught me how to flyfish. We have a lot of fun together.”

— Wyatt Parish

s I review the last year, I am again reminded of your generosity. As one of the frontline social service providers in our community, The

Advocates thanks you for helping us assist over 500 women and children build violence free lives in 2007. Your contributions also supported our efforts to prevent violence region-wide through education provided to over 5,000 students and other individuals in the community.

I want to share comments from a woman who stayed in the shelter. “Thank you so much for taking me on and helping me through this time and get-ting back on my feet and finding myself. You guys are very appreciated. And when I get healed, someday I would like to give back what you have selflessly given me. Thank you for everything you do!”

No one should experience the pain of abuse. All of us should speak out against violence. Thank you for participating in The Advocates’ ongoing work to create a healthy community!

To A Peaceful and Joyous Holiday Season for Everyone!

— Executive Director, Tricia Swartling

LETTER FRoM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECToR Who We Are:SHELTER STAFFTeri Beck, House Manager

Jane Blair, Bookkeeper

Heather Colvin, Administrative Assistant

Elaina Donohoe, Legal Victim Advocate

Raquel Galvin, Lead Bilingual Advocate

Darrel Harris, Children’s Program Coordinator

Jennie Leon, Bilingual Advocate

Candice Newmyer, Community

Education Coordinator

Tami Olson, Resource Development Coordinator

Carol Pintler, Client Services Coordinator

Kim Rogers, Weekend Manager

Tricia Swartling, Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORSMari Clack

Linda Edwards, Secretary

Steve England

Walt Femling

Margery Friedlander

Bryan Furlong, Treasurer

Reuben Perin, President

erica Petersen

erin Pfaeffle

Sherry Propst, Vice President

Lara Spencer

Charlotte Unger

Joanne Wetherell

ATTIC STAFFSusan Fiero, Store Assistant

lorraine Heh, Store Assistant

Nancie Krankkala, Store Manager

Rosa Martinez, Store Assistant

Olivia Ruiz, Store Assistant

A PLACE FOR KIDS STAFFCassie Boyer, Child Care Provider

Jessica Dardenne, Child Care Provider

Sky Loos, Center Director

Stephanie Spann, Child Care Provider

Amber Strunk, Preschool Teacher

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April 12, 20082nd Annual Fashion Show, Ketchum

May 19, 20082nd Annual “Chip-in for The Advocates” Golf Tournament at Blue Lakes Country Club

June 27, 200811th Annual Gala Event at The Limelight Room featuring the High Street Band

Save the Date

MEET oUR NEWEST BoARD MEMBERS

our community minded individuals joined The Advocates’ Board of Directors during

the last year. Steve England, a Lieutenant with the Hailey Police Department, is a very enthu-siastic and active board member. Steve worked as a School Resource Office for two years and is an active volunteer with Camp Rainbow Gold. Lara Spencer brings her marketing experience with the Seattle Mariners to The Advocates. In addition, she contributes her support as a local small business owner and insights as a survivor of domestic violence. Margery Friedlander is a retired psychiatric social worker. She brings her past professional, board and community volunteer experience to the organization. Erica Petersen works in the special education program at Wood River Middle School. Since Erica was born and raised in the Wood River Valley she provides the board with many local connections.

A PLACE FoR KIDShe Advocates’ child care center, A Place for Kids, provides care for an average of 35 children. The center was started in 2003 to pro-

vide sliding scale care for clients in need of subsidized child care and more licensed child care in general for the community. Staff members provide care for children ages 0- 5 and after school kindergarten care. Since the center opened, over $135,000 in child care scholarships have been of-fered. Scholarships are supported by sales at The Advocates’ Attic, private foundation grants and fundraising. For more information about A Place for Kids or volunteer opportunities at the center, call Sky Loos at 578-0390.

THE ADVoCATES’ ATTIChe Advocates opened the Attic in 2003 in conjunction with the opening of A Place for Kids. Sales at the Attic support The Advo-

cate’s services. The Attic accepts donations from the community for resale in the store. Staff are available to pick up furniture and other sizeable donations in good condition. People in need of clothing or other household necessities are provided with vouchers to the Attic through The Advocates and St. Lukes’ Center for Community Health. The Attic recently under-went a facelift and received new paint, new clothing and display racks and an operational update. Stop by and check out the new look! Volunteers are always needed. Call Tami at the shelter if you are interested in helping out at the Attic. For donation pick-ups call Nancie at 578-0340.

oTHER WAyS To HELPYour next party at home or at work can benefit The Advocates…

Shop, Shop, Shop…Target Stores will donate to A Place For Kids

each time you use a target VISA – ID #124398, and www.shopforcharityday.com has over 1,000 stores that will give us a portion of your purchase – from 1% to 20% if you use The Advocates ID#146220. Look for Land’s End, Eddie Bauer, Sierra Trading Post, Spiegel…and many more.

Donate skills and services… design materials, organize files, help with a

mailing, give haircuts to clients.

Share information… we have many different kinds of information to

share with the public. Invite us to speak at your church, school or professional event.

Donate. The Advocates needs you! Whether it’s a little or a lot, all at

once or several times a year, through the mail or on our website, The Advocates uses donations efficiently and effectively to make a difference in the lives of women and children in our community.

Intere s ted in vo lunteer ing?Ca l l Tami at 208.788.4191

SPEAKING oUTomestic violence survivor Lara Spencer says, “It takes

guts and education” to change from domestic violence victim to successful woman. Lara is a positive role model for women working to escape an abusive relationship. In 1998, Lara, due to trusting her instincts, narrowly escaped being killed by her abuser two days after he was released from prison. She contributes her survival and transformation to a persistent King County prosecu-tor who cared, and the help of a domestic violence program.

Today, thankful for the help and support she received, Lara gives back by participating on The Advocates’ Board of Directors. Lara helps with fundraising efforts and encourages customers at her consignment clothing store, The Dollhouse, to donate unsold clothing to The Advocates’ Attic and other nonprofit stores in the Valley. Every day Lara thanks the “Earth Angels” that sup-ported her escape and transformation from victim to empowered woman.

THREE CHEERS FoR oUR VoLUNTEERS!ver twenty-five volunteers attended The Advocates’ Volunteer Ap-preciation Luncheon held at the end of September. Scott and Anne

Mason generously hosted the luncheon at their restaurant, the Ketchum Grill. The Rev. John Moreland, Community Spiritual Leader for Light on the Mountains was the featured inspirational speaker. John highlighted the value of volunteer time and thanked our volunteers for their contributions to The Advocates’ work to end violence in our community. Volunteers who attended enjoyed the delicious lasagna and the gifts donated by The Advocates’ Attic.

In 2007, 125 volunteers contributed over 14,000 hours to The Advocates,

which is equal to $300,000 in donated time.

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Volunteers are crucial to our success, and we can always use help:

Help at the child care center: reading, gardening or just playing;

Organize, sort and display goods at the thrift store;

Provide much needed office support;

Sit on a fundraising committee,

Serve as a Mentor for children and women;

Receive extensive training to work directly with clients by answering crisis

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Fiscal 2006-2007 Revenue

Fundraising21%

ProgramRevenue

18%

Governmental Support 10%

Contributions37%

Interest4%

Client Services54%

Fundraising12%

Program Expenses34%

2007 REVENUE

Fundraising $288,160

Program Income* $249,285

Government Contracts $124,937

Contributions $387,461

Interest $65,000

Private Foundation Grants $127,237

$1,242,260

2007 EXPENSES

Program Expenses $312,868

Client Services $482,785

Fundraising $114,598

$1,010,251

Financial Summary

A.C. Houston Lumber Co.

Abramson, Pendergast & Co.

Atkinsons’ Market

Bank of the West

Richard Barker

Don & Jan Bauermeister

Margaret & Chris Block

Chas & Torene Bonner

Rufus & Liz Brown

Beau & Megan Burks

Burns Family Foundation

Sallie Castle

Scott & Nicole Castle

Chilali Lodge

Mari & Dave Clack

Countrywide Home Loans

Bank of the West

D. L. Evans Bank

David May II - Dee May

Charitable Trust

Carey & John Dondero

Carol Dorazio & Bob Korb

Ann Down

Draper Family Foundation

Carol & Ed Dumke

Linda & Bob Edwards

Steve & Emily Farber

First American Title

First Bank of Idaho

FHC Foundation

Bryan & Hilary Furlong

Maria & Clark Gerhardt

Deana & Morley Golden

Joyce Gordon & Eric Remais

Lowie Graves

Peter & Betty Gray

Harry & Shirley Hagey

Jane & Paul Hansen

Dick Hare

lisa Holley

Fred Johnson

Peter Kremer - Kremer

Foundation

Jack & Marie Kueneman

Fiscal 2006-2007 Expenses

THE GRoWTH CIRCLEThe Growth Circle is made up of donors who have contributed $1000 or more to The Advocates. We thank them for their generosity. For a complete list of donors, please visit our website at www.theadvocates-aplacetogo.org.

SHELTER EXPANDED IN 2007ue to the incredible generosity of the Bob & Catherine Beyer Family, The Advocates added a 1,200 square foot annex build-

ing to shelter property for half the cost of new construction. The Beyers donated a house and guest house to The Advocates

in October 2006. The Advocates sold the main house to Scott and Nicole Castle who moved it to Carey. Over the next 12 months, with the generous help of many contributors from the building industry, The Advocates moved, installed and opened the annex addition. The Shelter Annex Addition Project was in part supported by a grant from the Kemmerer Foundation and the JELD-WEN Foundation via AmeriTitle. The Annex will provide safer and improved shelter space for women with pets and/or male children over 12 years of age.

Annex Project Contributors:

Bob & Catherine Beyer FamilyGary Storey, Storey ConstructionMichael Doty Associates ArchitectsEngelmann, Inc.S. Erwin ExcavationBenchmark AssociatesAssociated Pacific MoversJoe’s Backhoe ServiceRobert’s ElectricEvan’s PlumbingEngineering Structural SolutionsEggers AssociatesThe Wirth CompanyMerrick ConstructionSfingi GroupJ. E. Sweek Paint Contracting, Inc.Sawtooth Wood ProductsMcBride EnterprisesCity of HaileyRene Rodriguez, Blaine County Sheriff’s DepartmentArbor Care Resources, Inc.Webb LandscapingBruce Tidwell, Building Materials Thrift StoreSawtooth Wood ProductsJoe Yelda, Rocky Mountain ApplianceCity of HaileyKemmerer FoundationJohn Seiller, AttorneyJELD-WEN Foundation

Carole Lewis

Don & Marcia Liebich

Dave Lipman & Teresa Beahan

Barbara & Thomas

Mannschreck

Sandy & Jack McCullough

Charles & Charline McNamee

Michael & Esther Ochsman

Mountain West Bank

Mark & Phyllis Odell

Alex & Sue Orb

PECO Foundation - Peter

& Bonni Curran

Reuben & Susan Perin

Alan & Wendy Pesky

Scott Porter

Rainbow Sandal, Inc.

lois rosen

REMAX of Sun Valley

Jean & Steve Roth

Sawtooth Board of Realtors

Sturtevants Mountain Outfitters

Betts Simon

Bev McLean & Kimberly Sesnon

- Sotheby’s International Realty

Chris & Caroline Spain

Barry & Linda Staum

Jean Swartling

Sun Valley Dental Group

Sun Valley Title

Sandor & Teri Szombathy

Carol Thielen

Tom May - David

May II Foundation

Charlotte & Tom Unger

Val A. Browning Foundation -

Carol Dumke

Dick & Joanne Wetherell

Wells Fargo Bank

Lynn Whittelsey

Ward & Priscilla Woods

Wood River Insurance

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Grants10%

* Program Income and Expenses are for The Advocates Attic and A Place for Kids

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Blaine County

Capital Group Companies

Charitable Foundation

City of Ketchum

Costco of Twin Falls

Deer Creek Fund

Great Day Foundation

Howard Family Foundation

Idaho Community Foundation

Idaho Council on Domestic

Violence and Victim Assistance

Idaho Housing and Finance

Assoc. – Emergency Shelter Grant

Idaho State Police – STOP Violence

Against Women Act Grant

JELD-WEN Foundation

Joan Leidy Foundation

Kemmerer Family Foundation

Papoose Club

Rotary Duck Race

Roy A. Hunt Foundation

United Way of South Central Idaho

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Why You Should Help:1: Rank of domestic violence among causes of homelessness in women and children

500: Number of women and children who seek assistance from The Advocates annually

1,200: Number of women killed by domestic partners each year

3,500: Shelter nights provided by The Advocates in 2006 - 2007

6,000: Calls to The Advocates each year

200,000: Number of calls to the national Domestic Violence Hotline this year

5,300,000: Number of women who are victims of physical assault each year

The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic ViolencePost Office Box 3216Hailey, Idaho 83333

MISSION is to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in our communities through education, shelter, and supportive services.

VISIOn We envision a diverse and healthy society free from domestic and sexual violence. As a vital nonprofit organiza-tion, we provide dynamic and comprehensive services to help people build safe lives.

VAlueS In the service of building a healthy community,• We value the development and support of our team of qualified staff and volunteers.

• We value the provision of compassionate, confidential, and non-judgmental services.

• We value the empowerment of our clients through education, access to resources and accountability.

• We value community collaboration to promote a violence-free society.

• We value the possibility of social and individual change.

If you or someone you know needs help, call The Advocates 24 hour Hotline: 208.788.6070

or toll free 888.676.0066.

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