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Charities and Foundations
Giving back to the communities we share with our clients has been a core value of our company since day one. Early on, we recognized that a strong community makes for a strong business environment. But more importantly, being a good neighbor is just the right thing to do. As an added bonus, it feels good to participate and helps bring colleagues together for a common cause.
The Windermere Foundation is a nonprofit organization which was created to help homeless families, and those at risk of homelessness because of extreme poverty. For every transaction in which you participate, a donation is made to the Foundation. Each of those small contributions adds up to a big difference in the lives of homeless and low-income families. One big benefit is that the bulk of the monies raised by each office comes back to that office to distribute in the community they serve.
Excerpt from article Written by: Lynn Pedersen, Vice President,
Community Relations—Windermere Services
Organizations the Mehalic-Halle team is pleased to support.
Windermere Foundation
Helping Homeless and Low-income Families
Every transaction makes a difference
Windermere's commitment to serving our communities goes beyond providing our buyers and sellers the best in real estate services. Every time a Windermere sales associate sells a home, a portion of the commission goes to the Windermere Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1989. Contributions from Windermere agents combined with contributions from Windermere employees and the public have allowed the Windermere Foundation to distribute in excess of a million dollars annually in recent years to non-profit agencies dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families.
Housing is our business
Helping homeless and low-income families is a natural extension of our business. Non-profit agencies receiving Windermere Foundation dollars have furnished emergency and transitional housing, have subsidized costs for services such as health care, employment counseling, placement and training, day care, scholarships and much more.
Building a future for homeless and low-income children
A significant portion of Windermere Foundation dollars go toward programs that help children. Establishing and funding literacy programs, underwriting the costs of summer camp, and providing basic necessities such as new school shoes, socks, and underwear are among the many projects that the Windermere Foundation supports. We believe that building a child's self-esteem is an investment in our future.
(Taken from Windermere.com Site)
TucsonChildren’s Museum Background and Mission
The Tucson Children’s Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization providing hands-on learning experiences for children. Organized in 1986 by community volunteers, the Museum will celebrate its 20 th anniversary in 2006. Since 1991, the Museum has been located in the City’s old Carnegie Library in downtown Tucson. More than 69,000 children and adults visited the Tucson Children’s Museum in Fiscal Year 2004-2005, a twenty percent increase over the previous year. Our geographic focus is Southern Arizona, primarily Pima County.
The mission of the Tucson Children’s Museum is to excite children about learning, inspire them to set goals important to their future, and challenge them to reach their full potential through experiences in the arts, sciences, and humanities.
The Museum includes twelve permanent exhibit areas in over 11,000 square feet. Exhibits are interactive, allowing children to “learn by doing.” A comprehensive effort began in 2004 to repair and upgrade existing exhibits and to create new exhibits. Five major new exhibits – the “Bakery and Farmer’s Market,” the “ZOOMzone™,” the Tucson Electric Power “Electri-City,” “The Music Studio” and “The Art Studio” – have been completed. Major repairs have improved the Dinosaur Canyon exhibit, “Wee World,” and the Safety Vehicles exhibit. The Museum also hosts traveling exhibits.
The Museum’s fall/winter multicultural program series includes: the Children’s Social Powwow, the Día de los Muertos exhibit, and the Festivals of Light, celebrating the holiday traditions of diverse cultures. The multicultural program series was recently awarded a federal grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Throughout the year, the Museum presents many programs and activities, including daily hands-on activities, TARGET Tykes Time programs for preschoolers, and special weekend and holiday programs ranging from puppet shows to our annual Physics Phun Day.
The Museum’s youth volunteer program involves young people aged 13 and up. The program has an average of 25 to 50 participants at a time from high schools throughout Pima County. We also have many adults who volunteer their time at the Museum.
http://www.tucsonchildrensmuseum.org/
El Rio Coummunity Health Center
El Rio Community Health Center Fact Sheet (rev. 03/2/05)
El Rio Community Health Center was founded 35 years ago to serve the underserved and uninsured in Tucson. By receiving federal grants and private philanthropic support through the El Rio Foundation, the center has been able to care for increasing numbers of people at multiple sites. Today we are a leader in community health and are known nationally for our successes and innovative approaches. A few facts about El Rio:
• The 14th largest community health center in the United States.
• Effectively managed, remaining financially secure and solvent, while giving $11 million in charity care and discounted services in 2004.
• Provides 250,990 annual patient visits to 67,354 active patients of whom 43% are children
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1,672 babies are delivered each year by our Midwifery/OB/GYN groups
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We are a primary care provider of choice to 72% of our patients, who are insured by government or private plans
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Same Day Clinic Appointments available 8AM-8PM Monday to Friday and 8AM-12:30PM on Saturday at main clinic. There were 31,205 same day patient visits in 2004.
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Recipient of $983,492/year in free pharmaceuticals from Pfizer’s “Share the Care” program.
• Eleven service sites, including:
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Three computerized and full-service pharmacies offering sliding fees or free pharmaceuticals, handling 281,426 prescriptions a year
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Three dental clinics providing 34,120 comprehensive treatment visits a year - (our main clinic, which houses the largest non-profit dental clinic in the state (16 chairs); a smaller clinic located in the northwest, plus a state-of-the-art clinic, including electronic dental records, which opened its doors in July of 2004 adjacent to our Southwest Medical Clinic)
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NEW! Northwest Medical Clinic – offers adult and pediatric care as well as obstetrics and gynecology services. Pharmaceuticals and basic lab testing are also available.
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HIV/AIDS clinic that serves the majority of HIV/AIDS patients in Southern Arizona, a total of 1,234 patients, many of whom are women
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Laboratory and Radiology units on site providing 25,466 radiology tests and 525,253 laboratory diagnostic tests a year (96% performed in-house)
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Mammography screening services
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Behavioral Health Medical integration with behavioral health specialists provided through COPE/El Rio collaboration (6,017 visits)
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Residency programs that include four U of A pharmacy residents and four Lutheran Medical Center of NYC Dental residents; four U of A Internal Medicine Residents.
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Rotation site for U of A and Midwestern University College of Pharmacies
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Comprehensive Internal, Family, OB/GYN, Midwifery, Children’s services and programs
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Three School-Based Clinics (Sunnyside Unified School District)
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We have developed excellence in clinical strategies including:
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Diabetes management with clinical pharmacist support
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Care of asthma, particularly in pediatric patients
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Management of HIV/AIDS
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Identification and management of mild depression
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Identification and management of Hepatitis C
• Implemented Health-e-AZ, the 1st web-based universal eligibility screening program and electronic public insurance application submission in the state
• Transportation for patients is provided by our four vans
• 60 doctors and dentists on staff, graduates from top schools, more than 500 employees
New Beginnings for Women & Children
Since 1987, New Beginnings for Women & Children, formally known as the Shalom House has been helping homeless women with children to become economically self sufficient and able to sustain their families in stable housing. Serving families in the Greater Tucson area. Clients are often fleeing domestic violence or have been victims in the past. We provide emergency shelter (including food, clothing, personal care and transportation needs) and intensive counseling and support services. They are helped to find jobs or obtain training needed to get work and create a plan for obtaining stable housing. 90% of Shelter clients reach their goals. We also offer transitional housing for up to two years combined with case management and other supports. Aftercare programs are available to clients leaving the Shelter and Apartments, helping them stay on the hard road to independence. One of the most unique features of our services is the Children’s Program, which addresses the special developmental, social and academic needs of children who have lived the trauma of homelessness. In the past year we provided services to over 1,400 women and children.
Please check out our website for more information at www.nbwctucson.org |
