The talk of the town

2014 Annual Report

“My kids would have gone hungry, if it hadn’t been for Dorcas...” —G.F., Cary

“Thank you so much for helping me go back to school...” —LJ., Cary

“Dorcas saved my life!” —P.J., Morrisville

“Thanks to all your help, I now have a job!” —J.D., Cary

“The best thrift shop in the triangle!” —R.M., Cary

Dorcas Ministries in a 501(c)3 corporation

“Volunteering is spiritually rewarding.” —S.B., Cary

HOWARD MANNINGExecutive Director

HOWARD MANNING Executive Director

Last year in our annual report we shared the progress we were making toward realizing our vision of becoming the “Charity of Choice” for Western Wake County.

To quote the writers and editors of The Cary Magazine in their January 2015 issue. “Dorcas Ministries made the leap to top vote-getter as Best Charity, following honorable mention nods in the past two Maggy contests.”This was made possible by the contributions of an army of volunteers, the guidance of an engaged Board of Directors, the commitment of a staff with the attitude that all things are possible, and most importantly, the community support of and belief in the mission and core values of Dorcas Ministries.

Whatever role you played in being a part of the Dorcas needle and thread in 2014 was crucial in helping us bind together the resources and needs our community for the betterment of all. A few milestones from 2014:

• Record revenue generation from Dorcas Thrift Shop sales reached $1,200,000.

• Record distribution of $412,000 was provided to support our Outreach Programs.

• From August-December 2014, our team of 375 volunteers logged 19,400+ hours.

• The Bill Bennington award from the BCBS Foundation for work in board development.

• Received the Maggy Award for Best Charity, and recognition from other area nonprofits as a leader in Best Nonprofit Practices in our area.

• 2014 Cary Living Award for the Best Place to Donate Time.

• The evolution from just a giving organization to a giving and hand-up organization, providing in-house and community network support to move clients to self-sufficiency.”

While we are thrilled to have reached our goal of becoming the Charity of Choice for 2014, we realize that our work is not completed. We say Thank You and ask for your continued support on the journey.

THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF THE THREAD

www.dorcas-cary.org 187 High House Road, Cary, NC 27511 • (919) 469.1351

PROVIDING HELP WHEN NEEDED

able to seek retraining thanks to education scholarships. “I am truly blessed,” writes one young woman who we helped with transportation costs to help her commute to NC State University. When she graduates, she’ll be ready for a career that will bring a living wage to support her family.

CHILDCARE SCHOLARSHIPS Dorcas Ministries provided nearly $38,000 in preschool and early childhood education scholarships.

DORCAS HOPE Through a partnership with the Center for Hope and Healing, we were able to help twenty clients with mental health counseling. They worked through issues such as depression, grief, divorce and anxiety that were holding them back from enjoying a full life.

FOOD PANTRY Over 1,400 families received food assistance from the Dorcas Food Pantry. Through generous donations from Scouts, churches, youth groups, schools, grocery stores, community gardens and area restaurants, we were able to provide a good variety of healthy and yummy food for those struggling in our community.

TRAINING Our training center was a hub of activity in 2014 with classes in job training, computer skills development, financial literacy, and mentoring to over 700 area residents. We heard great success stories from our clients. One grateful woman shared that “thanks to all the help I received in the training center… I now have three job offers!”

JOBS FOR LIFE Seventeen students successfully completed Jobs for Life. They prepared professional resumes, fine-tuned their interview skills, explored career paths and created a road map to chart their vocational plans. Most of all they were filled with encouragement and the assurance of God’s love.

CRISIS MINISTRIES “Thank you Dorcas for helping me stay in my home. Without your help, my family would have been out on the street,” wrote one of the 495 families that the Crisis Ministry assisted with rent in 2014. We also helped with electricity, water, medical, and other necessary bills—with financial assistance of over $280,000.

EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS Twenty adults were

Patrick Jane’s Pizza making a donation to the Food Pantry

Faith and Finace class held at Dorcas Ministries

Girls Scouts volunteering for their Silver Award

FUNDING SOURCESEXPENDITURESMarketing$11,105.571%

Development$73,489.194%

Shop Operations$764,311.3448%

Client Services$412,805.9926%

Debt Payments$343,975.0121%

Dorcas Shop Revenue$1,283,667.5774%

Other$1,769.060%

Donation and Grants$461,184.7926%

THANK YOU TOOUR 2014 DONORS

Platinum: $50,000 and overHolder, Greg

Gold: $25,000 - $49,999Cary Oil Foundation

Silver: $24,999 - $10,000Blue Cross Blue ShieldFirst United Methodist ChurchTown of Cary

Bronze: $5,000 - $9,999Mewborn, AngelaPNC Financial Services GroupWake County New Vehicle Dealers Assoc.Wells Fargo Foundation

Dorcas Benefactors: $4,999 - $2,500BB&TCary Presbyterian ChurchChurch World Service, Inc.Earley, KathyFaber, Alger and MarilynFirst Baptist Church Genesis United Methodist Church Greenwood Forest Baptist ChurchHope Community ChurchKirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church

Humanitarians: $2,499 - $1,000Anthony, Mike and VirginiaAshworth, Ralph and DaphneBynum, StephanieCary First Christian ChurchCary Woman’s ClubCate Associates, Inc. Charters, David and CynthiaChrist the King Lutheran ChurchCyrus, StephanieEaster, William and MaryElliott, JessicaEphesus Baptist ChurchFolger, Cleve and LindaFox, David and Elizabeth Had, Dennis and DonnaIBM EmployeeJames, Edward and LisaJordan, GeorgeKing, JoelLadd Alexander Properites LLCLadd, Dick and JeanLadd, G.Mazza, Ralph and KateMcKinney, GaryMcNitt, Glenn and NancyMeeting Details, LLCPerry, MartinPleasant Grove ChurchPriester, RobRaab, Michael and LindaRyan, NancySettle, BarbaraSt. Michael the Archangel Catholic ChurchStapleton, BobTrisure CoporationTurnbull, DanielWakefield Nelson and LindaWeiner, OrisWhite Plains United Methodist ChurchWinters, MichaelWoodard, Ron

Supporters: $999 - $500America’s CharitiesAtkinson, Mark and HelenBlackley, KarlBuning, David and SueCampbell Road NurseryCovenant Christian Church Davis, LisaFirst Reformed Church of CaryFrazier, Carl and Mary EllenGawf, EdGoodall, Clark and KatherineHeart of Cary AssociationJeffries, JeffreyKattman, Robert and KarenKimley-Horn FoundationKulkarni, Shrikant and JoyceLear, Roger and AnnMiller, KarenMoore, Ed and MaeMorrisville Community FundNorth Carolina Community FoundationPiedmont Services CorporationRange, AmandaResurrection Lutheran ChurchRichmond, DougSchmelzies, Joseph and DorothyScott, Everett and ShelbySnipes, Frank and SandraSpeight, JimSummitt Evangelical Covenant ChurchThorne, TerryTolman, PaulVan Scoyoc, PeggyWebster, Michael and KimWells, AnnetteWerghis, SantoshWithers, TonyYes! Solar SolutionsZaytoun, Steve

Friends: $499 - $250Anderson, MaryAnonymousAshworth, Gary and CarolAvett, NancyBanks, LisaBlackley, Glenn and Susan Boyer, Allen and KathrynBoyle, Wortham and Karen Bragg, Sean and AshleyBurns and Byron CPABurns, KathyCary Garden ClubCerretti, Fred and SandyChester, LindseyCunningham, BethDarnell, Henry and CarolynFuccella, Daniel and JeanGood Shepherd United Church of ChristGreen, ShirleyHill, Charles and HildaHolcombe, JackieHollis, JonHudson, PatHudson, Scott and ChristieJohnson, Howard and PatsyLeake, Sanford and SandraMcLamb, DouglasMiles-Allen, JenniferMonsees, BettyMoore, David and SusanMoss, MindyNeuhauser, John and KatherineOlderman, JeanneOvercash, Kevin, Palmer, DavidPegram, WendyPratt, Dan and Dawn

Ripberger, Carl and MaryShea, EileenShivar, BenSmoak, SaundraSt. Paul’s Episcopal ChurchSturdivant, JoeSully, SandyThomason, MarshallValaer, CharlotteVan Wormer, Robert and AshleyWeinbrecht, HaroldWelker, Joseph and SharonWestwood Baptist Church

Partners: $249 or lessAbbas, Leon and SallieAdcock, GaleAdington, DavidAggerup, EttyeAkerly, CaroleAlbert, DonaldAlexander, DanielAlexander, KarenAmersbach, GabrieleArao, LindaAraromi, BarbaraArnold, MaudeArtis, DevonAsayama, VictoriaAshworth, ChrisAshworth, PaulAshworth, ScottAt Large GraphicsAtkinson, JackquelinBajwa, SinderpalBall, Daniel and JuliannaBanks, BonnyBarba, SilviaBaskerville, ShirleneBates, Marshall and MarilynBauer, JanetBauer, JoyceBazemore, PatriciaBC and Rosemary PeacockBeam, D.L. and Linda G.Bell, JulieBelluz, Paul and JeanBelote, CarolBennette, DeniseBierlein, RobynBingham, MarciaBlack, ChesterBlazer, SherrillBooth, Charles and LindsayBooth, DavidBowen, SophieBoyd, ElizabethBoyd, Ted and JulieBracace, LondyBrantley, GailBrennan, EdwardBrewer, BonnieBrisbin, RobertBroeils, JohnBroome, ElizabethBrown, KristanBryan, ElizabethBryda, DebraBuitrago, DaisyBuitrago, GraceBurton, CarolBustrack, JamesButler, BarbaraByerley, BethCaggia, Vincent and NancyCalloway, IllanaCamp, Ray and CarolynCampbell, Donald and Dee

Cao, VictoriaCary Frist Christian ChurchCawley, TJCharters, PamelaChatham Hill Winery, Inc. Chequer, Frank and PatriciaChilders, Joseph and FayeChilds, Norman and VirginiaChilds, Seward and PaulaChorba, KathyCity BarbecueClayton, EdColopy, TravisConnolly, Thomas and MarionConstance, HaydenContract Carpet OutletCornelious, RoseCornerstone Presbyterian ChurchCoulter, DavidCowper, GailCox, LindaCrocker, DanCub Scout Pack 232Daly Seven HotelsDandro, Mary LeeDavies, NancyDavis, David and NancyDavis, JeffDeHaven, Kenneth and MindyDeleo, William and KelleyD’Entremont, d.Derrenbacher, ChrisDeth, ConnieDetwiler, SiviDeWitt, JaneDisano, Keith and MaryDixon, Brad and NancyDixon, LindaDonnelly, BrianDorrel, MarlaDougherty, JustinDowns, MurrayDuke, David and PaulaDukes, PatriciaDuncan, HillmanEberhart, LisaElmore, ThomasEnnis, Ella GrayEsther Circle at Christ the King Lutheran ChurchFarris, Ken and NancyFinch, DavidFindlay, William and SharonFinkbeiner, Don and JuneFlur, Barry and RobertaForte, ChrisFourie, JudyFrick, PeggyFrusciante, AngelaFulton, SterlingFUMC Cary Wesleyan CircleFurno, Joseph and BeckyGail, MarciaGanwal, MadhuGardener, David and HelenGarlock, DeoGaylord, DanielGeiger, PatriciaGeringer, KarenGhartey, Damil and YvonneGibson, BettyGibson, GloriaGiggles DaycareGiles, PamelaGoins, JosephGolbek, AmandaGowdy, PatrickGraham, Leeann

Gray, Haley Gray, L.Gregg, CarlaGribble, JohnGroom, ReneeGrotstein, RobertaGussenhouen, JordanHabitat for HumanityHam, CraigHamilton, DonHampton, LaGeneHann, ElizabethHardee, MarthaHatfield, Galen and Victoria Haynie, Fred and JeanHeath, ElizabethHenry, JulieHerndon, KathleenHill Burton and Mari-JoHill, VirginiaHiller, ConstanceHix, DuaneHoadley, Denny and BettyHollinshead, RoseHollis, BettyHollowell, Alfred and DeshaHoover, DorothyHorton, ClementineHorvatt, AnnetteHousego, Albert and JeanHu, WilmaHummer, Doug and DebbieHunter, KathleenHurst Jr., Faye and JulianIBM CorporationIBM Retiree Charitable CampaignIrwin, Peter and Cheryl Jackson, RyanJames, SarahJean, GregoryJenkins, PollyJohn Abram Insurance AgencyJohnson, CarmenJohnson, ElizabethJohnson, JamesJohnson, RobertJones, SterlingJones, Victor and MaryettaJones, Virgil and GailJones, VirginiaKays, Robert and NormaKeitz, AnnKeyser, James and EleanorKing, Henry and MargaretKleine, HermanKline, MikkiKnittel, MarilynKochanski, Emily Kolathur, SriniKuhn, ArlineKumpel, JudithLandmark Free Will Baptist ChruchLane, BetsyLane, Mary SueLanehart, LilyLangley and CompanyLasher, Robert and JillLeake, SherineLensch, ErikLesley, JuanitaLewis, Ronald and DeborahLilley, David and PaulineLombardo, MaryLove, Richard and LynetteLowe, LindaLucas, PatriciaLumpkin, EmilyMace, Andrea

Magee, WyonaMalonson, Ken and NancyManderson, Samuel and JeanManning, HowardManning-Commedo, MahettaMarcus-Taylor, OpheliaMassey, Jerry and NormaMathis, PatriciaMazan, LeeMcDonnell, Michael and NancyMcFadden, SandraMcGaughey, TerriMcGaw, KathrynMcGee, DavidMcKinney, AgnesMcKinney, JoshuaMcKnight, LivinaMeadows, OliviaMeans, PamelaMerck, RobynMilks, Emily Miller, JoanMiller, LacyMilvae, Scott and Jane CoxMinuteman Chapter, Buick Club of AmericaMize, CorneliaMoehring, Richard and Carol AnneMoore, MaryMoore, Ted and KarenMoore, VaunMullin, AnnMurray, Tim and GinaNagy, Douglas and JudithNance, PlacediaNational Door CorporationNeely, ElizabethNenichka, John and HelenNichols, BlancheNicklis, MicheleNoble, PhyllisNoell, FayNoonan, DeniseNowakowski, AliceNygard, Craig and SylviaOgle, JohnOgle, SheilaOldford, DebraOliver, RonaldOliver, SusieOlsen, Kevin and MaryanneOlson, Ernest and AnnOnce in A Blue Moon BakeryO’Neal, Mike and KarenOvens, Donald and PhyllisOwen, John and RuthP.E.O. SisterhoodPalmer, KarenPardue, JoyceParker, George and BobbiePartin, DorisPaskoff, GeorgettaPeak City Exchange of ApexPeterson, John and LauraPhillips FoundationPierce, JennaPike, JoyPinckney, JamesPippin, Fred and MaryPless, LrettaPort, Al and GretaPortanova, NicholasPreston, ClassaralPullen, JanetRailton, ElizabethRainey, Charles and DorothyRay, Eugene and FrancesRay, KennethReid, Brian

Reimlinger, EstherRhoades, Ben and BarbaraRhodes, CaroleRich, PamelaRichards, EvelynRitter, GeraldineRose, KimRose, Norm and VirginiaRosenthal, JaneRose-Sausman, AudreyRothrock, AnneRoyal Coachman Ltd. Rupp, BettyRusso, JosephRyan, SheilaSabornie, SarahSajda, CarlaSargent, LaurieSAS CorporationSatsangi, RajSauls, RebeccaSavage, RaymondSchadle, Larry and KittySchappell, RonSchneider, DebraSchroeder, Boyd and MarciaSchwartz, EdwardScoggins, SherrySegreti, Anthony and WendySemke, Leon and LoisSenecal, MyrnaShabo, JulietSharma, MadhuSharpe, SaraShell, Franklin and TerriShepard, BarbaraShepherd, Alan and BarbaraShiffert, Jonathon and HallieSmith, LillianSmith, PamelaSmith, SudieSmith, TerriSource Media FoundationSpell, ReneeSpeltz, CharlotteSproat, James and LindaStadtlander, ClaudiaStalker, Thomas and HeleneStander, Leo and LindaStanton, DianneStanton, RodneyStenbuck, Peter and GlendaStockstill, ElizabethStokes, Lisa Stone, AllynnaStraight, Robert and JillStrickland, SamuelStyslinger, LynnSwanson, Lee and RebeccaSwanstorm, AlTally, DeniseThames, RitaThomas, Milton and DorothyThompson, KerryThompson, RenataThornton, LynneToth, ElizabethTrickel, Robert and JacquelineTruistTurner, BarbaraUngaro, CharlottaUnited Way of the Greater TriangleVaccarella, AgnesVan Peenen, VirginiaVelez, SandraVentimiglia, FrancesVeterans of Foreign WarsWalker, Stephen and Donna

Waller, MickeyWalters, NickWard, LindaWarner, StaceyWatson, JennyWatson, MWWeidle, ElizabethWelles, GordonWhite, JanetWilding, EloiseWillard, Richard and LauraWilliams, Fred and NancyWilson, KayWilt, TwilaWindley, MikeWinters, Jacob and MaryWithers, AndrewWootton, Mack and LindaXYZ Club of CaryYarborough, Frank and JanYerba, EdYongue, PauletteZiegele, LindaZingraff, Lauren

In-Kind Gifts: Boy Scout Troop 208Boy Scout Troop 31Carolina Office XChangeCary Presbyterian ChurchChrist Family ChurchChrist the King Lutheran ChurchCub Scout Pack 232Dayspring Home EducatorsEight is Not Enough Sunday School ClassFirst United Methodist ChurchGarden Supply CompanyGiggles DaycareGirl Scout Junior Troop 3122Glenaire Retirement CommunityHunt, ElizabethKirk of Kildaire Ladies GroupMarbles Kids MuseumMillbrook United Methodist ChurchMonkey Joe’s Morrisville Rotary ClubPanther Creek Key ClubPeace Presbyterian ChurchPrestonwood Ladies Book ClubScottish Hills NeighborhoodSternquist, Eric and RobertTood Sininski and Matthew Schmitt, DDSTri Force Jump RopeUpper Deck PubVan Scoyoc, Peggy

www.dorcas-cary.org 187 High House Road, Cary, NC 27511 • (919) 469.1351

2014/15 BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident: Gary McKinneyVice President: Bob StapletonSecretary: Jackie HolcombeTreasurer: Sue BuningMinisterial Rep: Classy PrestonMark AtkinsonJim DavisDamil GharteyBrandy RandallBarbara Settle Jim SpeightHelene StalkerDoc Thorne

STAFF: Executive Director: Howard ManningOutreach Director: Jill StraightOutreach Case Manager: Katie BraamVolunteer Administrator: Ellen FrazierOperations Manager: Al KrukDevelopment Director: Rose CorneliousFinance Manager: Alger FaberDorcas Shop Manager: Michael BrownFinance Assistant: Donna Pierce-Had Drop Off Attendant: Jeff Bridges

Dorcas Ministries Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast Fundraiser brought in $140,000 in November, 2014.

“I would encourage anyone to visit Dorcas Ministries to learn what we are all about. We have many volunteer opportunities and our outreach programs are developed to provide help to our

local neighbors. My time with Dorcas has proven to be a life changing experience, with rewards that are immeasurable.” - Gary McKinney, Board President