FOUNDATION
Forest Highlands Foundation
Ethan Braunstein MD, Past Chair, Forest Highlands Foundation Board
We are occasionally asked about direct volunteer opportunities for Forest Highlands members in the local community. There is a list of these on our page on the FHF website. I would particularly like to point out opportunities at Flagstaff Family Food Center (FFFC) and Flagstaff Literacy Center. At the Literacy Center you would participate in teaching English to small groups or one on one to nonnative speakers. There are also drop-in sessions for those with specific problems. We have supported the Literacy Center for many years, and they do much good in getting people integrated into our community. Speaking of the website, our page has a new look, including brief bio sketches of our board members and of course, easy ways to donate to the Foundation. You also can donate to the Foundation without even knowing it. If in packing up for the end of the season you have any books that you would like to discard, please leave them at the FH library on the lower level of the Canyon clubhouse. We’ll take children’s books directly to FFFC for their after-school program and we’ll take the others to Bookman’s for credit slips. We’ll then take the credits to FFFC, and they can be used to purchase more books and supplies for the program. As the Foundation continues to grow, we anticipate some exciting changes to accommodate this growth in the future. We’re also planning a gala 25th anniversary celebration next year, so please be on the lookout. As always, thank you for your continued support as we help to make Forest Highlands and Flagstaff stronger communities.
As the Forest Highlands season winds down, the Foundation remains busy contributing to local human services nonprofits via the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF), recruiting new board members, and making plans for next year. In the recent “horse trading” event organized by the Community Foundation; we contributed $282,000 out of total of $1,359,000 donated by all the foundations involved. As almost always is the case, we were the largest contributor of all the donors.We’ll have a summary of all our contributions and a list of our donors in our annual report. As a rule, only about 60%-70% of our total contributions come through the ACF process, so more grants may be individually funded through the rest of the year. Our thanks to Kathy Haake, our grant committee chair, for helping make this all possible. This month I would again like to feature Flagstaff Shelter Services (FSS). Recently the Foundation contributed $50,000 seed money for FSS to purchase a Motel 6 on the east side and convert it into semi-permanent housing. After we made the contribution, state and federal agencies and other donors provided the rest of the $6,000,000 necessary to restore the property and bring it up to code. When completed by the end of the summer, the individual dwelling spaces will resemble those in other converted properties of FSS (see photo).
Ethan Braunstein, Past Chair, Forest Highlands Foundation
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