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A Message from the President

The 2010 Campaign year was a genuine success. Community Health Charities of Wisconsin received pledges and employee gifts in excess of $2.7 million from all of our campaign activities. This revenue reflects an all time record year for our affiliate. This total mirrors the partnerships we have established with our charities and the workplace giving campaigns across the state of Wisconsin. The glow of this successful year fades quickly, however, and we find ourselves hard at work to make the current 2011 campaign year even better.

Community Health Charities of Wisconsin continues to provide our members with unrestricted revenue they use to support local programming and services for their clients and supporters. These dollars are contributed directly to the charities by individuals from public and municipal entities and private industry organizations across our entire state. The annual employee giving campaigns that drive these contributions are still an important and vibrant facet of the incredible culture of philanthropy that is a distinguishing attribute of the citizenry of Wisconsin. By efficiently representing our members as a portfolio of individual philanthropic choices, CHCWI truly connects the philanthropic passions of employees to our members.

Community Health Charities of Wisconsin takes pride in the quality of its member charities. CHCWI continues to grow its membership portfolio through a careful and strategically driven process. Potential members must meet or exceed rigorous membership and accountability standards in the areas of finance, governance and licensing/regulation. Members and applicants must also have missions and services that are consistent with the health care focus of CHCWI. The annual renewal for continuing members, and the approval of new applicant charities, is a dynamic process that involves both our administrative staff and our Board of Directors. Once completed, CHCWI can assure campaign participants that our portfolio has been vetted against a set of consistent standards through a thorough and extensive process. This annual undertaking is done to ensure that your contributions are utilized by the members to best serve their clients while also maintaining the high standards expected of our portfolio.

Grace Soma, Katie Kohl and Jackie Ruggles continue to provide outstanding service to our members, each leveraging their ten plus years of experience to the benefit of CHCWI and its constituencies. Our staff wants to extend a genuine and heartfelt thank you to all who participate with us each year.

We welcome you all to become part of this amazing and unique organization. CHCWI has the wonderful task of supporting over 60 health charities in our State. We will continue to fervently pursue our mission for all involved…