10-13-14
Golden Valley Human Services Fund (GVHSF) Meeting
Minutes
October 13, 2014
Present: Hilmer Erickson, Kathryn Frommer, Alan Ingber, Craig McDaniels, Jennifer Rudolph, Toots Vodovoz, Peggy
Watkins and Andrew Wold. Also present: Vicky Kendell, Covenant Village and Jeanne Fackler, Staff Liaison
Not Attending: Elissa Heilicher, Michael Herring, Carolyn Kaehr, and Connie Sandler.
Call to Order: Wold called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
Agenda Changes or Additions: Agency presentation times were changed to:
6:25 p.m. Canvas Health
6:45 p.m. Second Harvest
7:05 p.m. YMCA-New Hope
September 8 minutes: Erickson moved and Vodovoz seconded the motion to approve the minutes from September 8.
The motion passed unanimously.
Applications for Funding Agency presentations: Three agencies gave a short presentation at the October 13 meeting:
Canvas Health/Crisis Connection: Laura Weber, Crisis Connection Manager, gave members an overview of their agency.
Crisis Connection is a non-profit mental health counseling agency providing telephone counseling services, specializing in
crisis counseling, intervention and referral through volunteer and paid staff. Programs include: The Crisis Hot Line, The
Men's Line, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Community Education Program, Teen Education Program, Telephone
Counseling. The agency received 900 calls from Golden Valley residents since January 2014. Funding would be used
towards training volunteer counselors.
Second Harvest: Hannah Baxter and Carla Johnson gave members an overview of their agency. Second Harvest
Heartland is a member of Feeding America, a national network of more than 200 food banks. Membership means access
to millions of pounds of surplus food and grocery donations from manufacturers and producers throughout the country.
The fleet of trucks travels nearly half a million miles a year, picking up food donations and delivering them to local food
shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior community centers and children's after school programs. They are the
warehouse to the food shelves supplying PRISM with 326,055 pounds of food with a shared maintenance cost of
$72,452 of which PRISM was assessed $7, 200. Funding would go towards the shared maintenance cost for PRISM.
YMCA-New Hope: Devin Hanson and Stephanie Shadick gave members an overview of their agency. The YMCA’s mission
is to make an impact in the lives of kids and families in your community through your donation. Program components
include: Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. In total, $40,230 in scholarships were given to
Golden Valley residents. 555 Golden Valley residents received scholarships for membership averaging $50/month per
family for a total of $27,750. 208 residents received scholarships for programs averaging $60 per family per program for
a total of $12, 480 in aid received. Funding would go towards scholarships to Golden Valley residents.
Funding requests were received from the following agencies:
Agency Request Previous grant/year
Crisis Nursery $5,000 $3,000/2014
Dinner At Your Door $8,000 $7,500/2014
Canvas Health/Crisis Connection $2,200 $2,000/2014
PRISM $10,000 $10,000/2014
Second Harvest Heartland $3,000 NEW
Senior Services HOME $5,000 $5,000/2014
Senior Services Outreach $3,500 $3,500/2014
Sojourner Project $5,000 NEW
The Bridge for Youth $4,000 $3,500/2014
TreeHouse $5,000 $3,500/2014
YMCA – New Hope $7,000 $5,000/2013
TOTAL $57,700 $43,000
Members decided to table the requests for funding until the November 10 meeting.
Other Business:
Golf Classic Review: Fackler reported that the net amount should be known by the November meeting. Brookview
charged only for the amount of golfers on the course. Thanks to the Commission members for collecting door prizes and
for volunteering at the event.
Solicitation Letter: Fackler met with Cheryl Weiler to work on the letter. The goal is to have the letter ready for mailing
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by November 15.
Adjournment: Rudolph moved to adjourn the meeting, Erickson seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at
8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Wold, GVHSF Chair Jeanne Fackler, Staff Liaison