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2015ANNUAL REPORTBridge Disability Ministries
Bridge DisabilityMinistries honorsthe God-givendignity andgiftedness ofpeople withdisabilities;therefore we buildrelationships toalleviate isolationand enrich ourchurches andcommunities.2015 was a year ofspectacular growth inall our ministries.We continue to buildupon the foundationand hard work of thosewho came and servedbefore us, reaching outand helping our friendsliving with physical anddevelopmentaldisabilities lead more“connected” lives.Our ministries areabout building bridges.First, we are a bridgeto physical access tothe world. Our MeyerMedical EquipmentCenter distributedmore than 3.1Min durable medicalequipment such aswheelchairs, walkers,and more to those inneed. Second, we area bridge to security formore than 50 adults byacting as legalguardian and advocatefor their financial,health care, and shelterneeds. And last, butmost definitely not theleast, we are a bridgeto inclusion andbelonging in areachurches and faithcommunities. Ourpartner churchescelebrate our friendswith disabilities everymonth with an openinvitation for fellowshipand worship.Every one of ourfriends is part of God’sglory and is worthy ofactive participation inthe life of ourcommunity. And weappreciate you inpartnering with us tohelp make thispossible.We are grateful for you.We are grateful for theopportunity toparticipate in God'swork.Blessings,Brenne Schario
Lives3000 touched 2452 people served byour Medical Equipmentministry 831 people touched byour SpiritualConnections ministry 51 adults served by ourGuardianshipministry; 37 servedthrough initialguardianshipconsultations
erhtgaserdntnfrie ur parrOu e of oryneovendataseodchorfurchfohtnip.mohsowllefOur Spiritual Connections ministrycoordinated 11 Sunday Evening Celebrations (SEC). Theseworship and fellowship events, hosted in partnership with area churches,celebrated and touched 773 people. Our bible study small group, called Roots ’n Wings, had 10sessions and gathered 58 participants and volunteers.More importantly, we took the first steps this year toward collaborating with churches to makesure our friends become a vibrant and valued participant in a faith community: we finished theawareness and assessment tool for distribution and input from faith communities. We know anaccessible heart is a community that sees first a member of the Body of Christ and then anindividual with a disability.Spiritual Connections: a bridge to inclusionand belonging in faith communities
GuardianshipAgency:a bridge tosecurity andprotectionBridge’s guardianship agencyprovides guardianship and casemanagement services for 51 adultswith developmental, and oftencomplex, disabilities. Our courtappointed certified professionalguardians are committed to overseeand advocate for our clients onfinancial matters, housing, legalissues, activities of daily living , andhealth/medical care. We ensure theadults in our care have multipleopportunities to be included in socialactivities and are able to formrelationships and contribute to thelife of their communities.Our guardianship agency wasfounded as a result of a visit to aninstitution housing people withdevelopmental disabilities more than20 years ago. We are grateful for thelong history of collaboration withother organizations, individuals,families, over 50 churches,foundations and 600 volunteers.Most importantly, we are gratefulthat we are a God-centeredorganization. How else can ourguardians be the best advocate forour folks without Him as partner?
MeyerMedicalEquipmentCenter:a bridge tophysicalaccess to theworldBridge’s Meyer Medical EquipmentCenter had a record year. Thecenter distributed durable medicalequipment worth 3,106,097, a66% increase from our 2014distribution. Our medical equipmentministry is only as good as thedonations of used, sometimes new,durable medical equipment that weget from individuals and businessesalike. Our volunteers clean and, ifnecessary, repair the equipment,install new batteries in the electricalequipment, and provide them topeople regardless of their ability topay. Items distributed range frompower wheelchairs to walkers,Hoyer lifts, toilet seats, transferbenches, hospital beds and more.When a person’s mobility iscompromised, the absence of awheelchair or scooter is so muchmore than just an inconvenience. Aperson with physical disabilitycannot easily enter into the life oftheir community, and as a result,their access to healthcare, socialservices, employment, educationalopportunities, cultural events, andbasic human contact are all madedifficult, if not impossible.In 2015, we forged partnerships andcollaborated with 3 area hospitalsand agencies. The SnoqualmieValley Hospital, Valley MedicalHospital and Mount Si Senior Centerwill be additional medical equipmentdistribution centers for Bridge tobenefit low-income patients whocannot afford needed equipmentotherwise.We served 2,452 people in 2015.People who receive donated equipment often “re-donate “ the equipment whenno longer needed, ensuring that others will benefit from its use as well.
623 volunteers gave anestimated 6989 hours ofservice to Bridge. All thosehours are equivalent to 161,236 in contributions.“Volunteersare love inmotion”THANKYOU!
2015 Financial SummaryIncomeIndividual DonationsChurchesGrantsBusiness ContributionsGuardianship FeesFundraising Revenue 228,74834,801106,85814,234117,544174,246TOTAL CASHCONTRIBUTIONS andOther Income 684,314OTHER INCOME:Durable Medical Equipment 3,159,135TOTAL CASH & DME 3,843,449TOTAL CASH ram ExpensesMedical Equipment*GuardianshipSpiritual ConnectionsTotal Program ExpensesTOTAL EXPENSES 126,46352,0773,296,188197,94765,5783,559,713 3,738,253*includes 3,106,097 totalvalue in durablemedical equipmentProgram Expenses Detail
From all of us here at Bridge, our thanks to YOU, our very generous donors andvolunteers. Together we will help our friends with disabilities have meaningful lives.ChurchesArchdiocese of SeattleBellevue Christian ChurchBellevue Presbyterian ChurchCalvin Presbyterian ChurchCenter for Spiritual LivingEmmanuel Episcopal ChurchInglewood Presbyterian ChurchJohn Knox Presbyterian ChurchMary Queen of Peace ChurchNewport Covenant ChurchNewport Presbyterian ChurchNorthlake Lutheran ChurchRose Hill Presbyterian ChurchSammamish Hills Lutheran ChurchSt Andrew Presbyterian ChurchUniversity Presbyterian ChurchBusinessesAll Care Adult HomeAmazonSmileAngels Care Adult Family HomeAnn's LakeridgeAnn's Skyway Meadows Family HomeAsset Management StrategiesBECU MatchingBoeing Company MatchingCambia Health MatchingColby Shouman IncCommunity LivingDowntown Emergency Service CenterELT, Inc.Evergreen Home LoansGartner Matching GiftsGE MatchingGentiva Health ServicesGreen NW LLCHolland America Line MatchingHome Health SolutionsJan Zager LawLeisure Senior Care CenterLogo GardenMarianas AFHMicrosoft MatchingNordstrom MatchingNW Senior LivingOdyssey Enterprises MatchingPacific Medical StaffingRenton Highlands Caring Adult FamilyHomeRobinswood FinancialSerenity Heights AFHSignature Home Health CareSophie's PlaceSunset VillaSymetra MatchingThrivent FinancialVio's Evergreen Elderly CareWashington Center For PainManagementFoundationsBellevue Presbyterian LegacyFoundationBiella FoundationChristopher and Dana ReeveFoundationEastside Community Aid Thrift ShopLockwood FoundationNorman Archibald CharitableFoundationR. B. and Ruth H. Dunn CharitableFoundationSeattle FoundationWashington Women's FoundationWilkins Charitable FoundationGovernment AgenciesCity of IssaquahCity of KirklandCity of RentonCity of SammamishWashington Assistive Technology Act ProgramOrganizationsCharity PartnersDowntown Emergency Service CenterJewish Family ServiceKing County Bar AssociationKnights Of ColumbusLutheran Community ServicesNorthwest Guardianship ServicesValley Medical CenterWashington Access FundWorld ReliefIndividualsDave and Sheryl AakerDenise AanensonZerabruk AbrehaAimee AlexanderMariana and Ilie AntonescuChristine and Roger ArmstrongBrian and Tiffany AskeHanily AtteberyWarren and Dorothy AvensonDoug BaerShannon and Kirk BaileyDebora BalangueChris and Desirae BallardVernon and Margaret Davadene BarkerBrent and Marcia BarkerJune BarkerGerry and Pamela BarneyTamara BarocioRichard BaxterElizabeth BeaneJ.A. and C.T BeardRich and Leslie BegertSean BendicksonLenard and Joy BensonReed Bettinger and Laurel RichLorraine BeverlyLinda BillinghamRon and Linda BirumRebecca and Paige BisbeeWilly BlancoMichael BolenbaughKathleen BolinJustin and Leni BolsterAlberta, Clarence and Steven BornMark BorundaCraig and Marta BrandMarvin and Mary BraunsteinEric and Karen BrechnerMark and Linda BresslerAdam BresslerRobert and Claire BrineVerla BrittDarryl BryanStephen BulkleySteve and Noah BundyNannette BurenKathryn BurkeMary Alyce BurleighJames and Patricia BurnsDoris BurrellJoanne BurwellLee CalderaPete and Mariann CaputoLaura and Eric CarlsonPat and Edie CarrollRonald and Merrie CarsonShelly and Paul CasaleAllan and Tet CastroSharon ChabalOda Egeland and Mark ChambersChristy ChapmanPauline Chardoul-SutterDonald and Sandra ChaseRonni ChurchillPeter ClarkeJohn and Karen ClausLee and June ClemonsLaura May and Martin ClevelandDr. Samuel CohenKathy ColasurdoLarry and Sandra ColemanJames and Diane ColquhounDan and Sunny CoppinBlaine and Susan CoppinJesse CortezCesilee CoulsonDavid and Nancy CourtneyRandy and Julie CowanLarry Crews and Jill ConnerPatty CroteauJohn CurryGreg DalrympleFatou DarboeRobert and Kathie DavisRonald & Sharon DavisLenny & Marie DayberryGreg De YoungMark and Kaylee DeeganSonia Del Toro and Luis MartinezMargaret DelabarreDottie DelaneyJudith DeLong-RittmanJenneth DenoLoralee DeshazorPatricia DierdorffJohn and Barbara DigelEric and Cynthia DixonKim-Thuy Doan and Craig KnausLeo and Judith DobnerLeah DoctorelloEdward and Celia DrabbJim DrakeMary Lou DreherKeith and Donna DunbarAnne DwireKimberly DwyerCurt DyckmanMatthew EarnestDan and Kaye EddsKarla EdwardsLouise EineiglDave Cutler and Laila EliasGordon and Kristin Ellison-OslinE. P. and N. R. EnghChristina EricksenJanell EricksonCarl and Bonnieclare ErlingJean EvansGeorgeann EversMichelle EwertNgozika EzeFrances FarrellCraig and Mary FiessVirginia FiessLeo and Rose FinneganDiana Lynn FletcherMary Florence
Genaro FriasHerbert and Ivi GabalesJames GardinerJim and Ingrid GarhartMartha GarmanianMichael GarnerWilliam and Marla GarrityDenise and Phillip GentryGeorge GeorgiadisNancy GerberBrenda GesellMiriam GesellAdrian GherleStefano GianelliCharles and Joyce GibbonsHelene GilroyGreg and Pamela GoffRachel GooneratheDavid and Inta GotelliSusan and Kerry GrantJohn GreenCarrie and Jason GroseRandolph GroveDavid and Loraine GroverBeth GuadagnoliBob and Susan GuildAlicia HalbertMichael and Ginny HallElling and Barbara HalvorsonEdward HamesJean HansenConrad and Barbie HansonTeresa Hardin-ClewisJohn and Marilyn HartjeSharlene HaugeTom and Kerry HendricksonRandi Teigland HendrixJames and Stephanie HerkelrathPatrick and Carina HicksNobuya and Natalie HigashiyamaEmily HitchensDarrell HobsonJoan HoelscherDr. Howard Clark HoffmanLinda HolbrookTim HolmesMike HostermanCatherine Houck-ClementeMarlene Taylor HoutchensGolda HowardHsin HsuKaitlin HudsonBrandon and Alisa HushClaudine and Terry HyppaCarolyn IblingsYun Sil ImRay IngleDiane JacobsenPaul and Sarah JeganathanGeraldine JohnsMelanie JohnsonEdward and Lavern JohnsonFrank JohnsonHelen Joy JohnsonJames JohnstonRalph and Carolee JonesMichael and Gretchen JonesDouglas JonesMichael JordanArlyn JordanRobert KaercherKyle and Michelle KappenGalina KargopoltsevaJohn and Cathy KaschkoDonald and Cassidy KaufmanAnne KeithKarleen KennedyBernice KentEfrena and Ram KesavDavid and Dorothy KiehleJenny and Daniel KimBradley KingKristin KinnamonJune KlesathAndrew KloessMalcolm and Rev. Mary KlugTimothy KnappBruce KnofelMary KnudtsenBill and Pam KroneRev. Ingolf and Rosemary KronstadAmelia KwokKyle C. Bursett Special Needs TrustSigrid LaegreidSam and Lori LakeEvelyn LambertRichard LandenMary LandmanWill and Pat LandonJohn and Sara LanePaul and Christine LaPonteArdis Marie LawrenceEric and Nancy LeadbetterDick and Diane LeeErrol and Nancy LeeBarbara LeenAnita LeichtyRoss and Kelly LemireTerry and Joyce LengfelderAlexander LeongPete Levinthal and Shana KellyBoris LevshteynSylvia LidellBob and Shirley LindbergHarold and Luanne LippstreuCheryl LockardAmber Emslie LongMichelle LostonRichard and Sara LoudonJessica LucasMichael LuckevichFrederick and Sandra MabbottSally MackeyWayne and Debbie MacomberFraternidad MagnussonJohn MaloneyMargaret MalschCheryl ManaoPeter Margitan and Carol ZwiebelShirley MarshallJoelyn MartinHelga MaxwellLaura MayRick McArdelLa Verna McCleanMike and Anne McClureCarolyn McCoolJames McCreadyMichael McDonaldGeorge and Janice McDonaldDavid McDowellRobert and Betty McFaddinJacqueline McGillAlana McNiel-KilleenCheryl and Michael MetcalfJere and April MeyerJudy MeyerErik Meyer and Anousinh SiharathGernot and Mary MierbethKevin Miller and Jody HarrisRoger and Carolyn MillerMildred and Daniel MillerBruce MillerDavid MillerDon MillerAnne MillsChristi MiretPatricia MitchellBarbara and Howard MoneymakerEvelyn MonroeNancy MontoyaGary and Char MonuszkoJohn MooreErica Cohen MooreRonald MorganMason and Shari MorissetRoscoe and Martha MorrisDonna MorrisDelta MoshiriNicole MuellerLeonard Muigua and Wangui MungaiJean MyrePhillip MysakSharyn Nagasawa and Doug PortelanceBeverly Nelsen and Elsie LymanNewton and Lillian NelsonSusan and Stephen NelsonDon and Alma NewsomeHeather NewtonThomas Nguyen and Mai-Lan TranPat and Sue NoonCarol NortonOswald and Rayma NortonMeliton NovillaZebiba NurRupa ObulreddigariSally O'ConnorElaine OlafssonMike and Gina OldhamBeverley and Richard OlsonBetty Jean O'Neal and Dorothy RoosHarold and Mariann OstbyeMichael and Kathryn OswaldSally OttenKathryn PaauwErnie PaduaJames PalmquistJohn PattersonJudith PaulSally and William PaytonGail PeckJimmy PhillipsNina PlatterRobert PlucinskyDarlene PollardJohn PollardNorman and Carol PondCosmin PopaJames PorterIda PowellMalcolm and Eunice PowellMark and Delores PowellTracey PraytherDon and Geri PriorViorika PrisakGary and Karen PurbaughJoyce PuzzoMike and Tronda QuinValiantsina and Iosif RadchankaLita RandallDave and Liz RandlesGordon and Theresa ReeceEricka ReginoJacki and Eric ReichanadterDr. David ReigelLan and Laura RemmeBonny RhodenL. J. RichardsWalter and Joan RisslerAnthony and Riana RocheW. and T. RoderickJeannene Rodruck and Billie KingRobert and Jane RoeVincent RomanoJack and Sharon RoosStephen and Hazel RoosSharon RoseCynthia RoseBrian and Janene RoudebushEllen Rugg
Alin RujoniSaan and Stacie SaeteurnHalinah SalaynangFloyd R Sawyer Jr.Fred and Henriet SchapelhoumanJeff and Brenne ScharioJake ScharioKathleen Scharr and Barbara MillerJames and Rachel SchoeldTodd and Nita SchilperoortDebbie SchultzJack and Donna SchwartzHolly SchwarzJohn Scott and Lynn TrewinGary and Barbara ScottRoberta SchultzNoreen ShaeferCora ShanDiane SheffreyRobert and Carolyn SheltsBrad Sheneman and Sally ButlerKathleen SherryJames SherwinDavid and Linda ShipwayRolan and Lynn ShomberKent ShoopIrene SimmonsLinda SlatesGary Louis SmithJessica SmithIvan SmithJean and William SparksJoanne SpeightSusan SpurgeonJon StackJoseph and Elizabeth StacyWilliam and Kathy StahlBob and Gretta SteedMark and Mirka SteeleSharlene SteeleKaren SteffenJulie StenersonCameron and Katie StewartBarbara and Chadwick StoddardBeatrice StranakAmy and David StrombergDan and Penni SturgillCarolyn SummersettFlorice SwansonBeverly SweetHarrison and James Tallman and BettyRustLinda TeagueBarbara TepperMatt and Heather ThibeauNoel and Alice ThivyanathanHarvey and Zoe ThompsonVirgil TollifsonAnn TriftsJulie TrottEric and Julie TrottJohn TurnbullRobert and Mary TyersRandi ValdokMona ValdokCarolyn and Eric VanJeffrey and Lisa Vander LindenDerek VanderschroeffWarren and Martha VangenderenJim VaughnJill and Donovan VelezCristi VilesGary VincentDouglas VincentMolly VinsonSara WagnerKathleen WainwrightLynne WalkerFrank and June WallaceHenk and Rosa Lee WapstraRosemary WarrenFatima WatanabePercy WatkinsMiriam WatsonKeane Watterson and Tanya TrejoPat and Grace WeesitMark and Connie WeisethGary WellsKathryn WelshCheryl WenRosemarie WerrbachBecky and Greg WestermanNathan and April WetmoreMel and Karen White TrustJune and Lawrence WhitworthPhilip WilliamsJudy and Raymond WilliamsRobert and Patricia WilshusenJanet WixomRick WolfstoneRandy and Penny ZenorEnrique and Charlyne ZepedaJanet ZewdeJie ZhangMeet our little trooper, Jackson, whose family came to Bridgeby way of Seattle Children’s Hospital. He needed a gaittrainer to complete his recovery from brain surgery.Unfortunately, as happens too often, the family’s insurancerefused to pay for appropriate rehab equipment. Happily,Bridge had a brand new gait trainer worth well over 2000 still in its box, through the generosity of OlympicPharmacy. It was perfect for Jackson’s needs. AndBridge was able to provide it to Jackson’s family at nocharge!Update: Just 6 months later, Jackson is now able towalk without the aid of a gait trainer. Early this year,he donated the equipment back to Bridge soother kids can use it too!Be our partner in helping families like Jackson'swww.bridgemin.org/get-involved/donate/
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Bridge Disability Ministries honors the God-given dignity and giftedness of people with disabilities; health care, and shelter therefore we build relationships to alleviate isolation and enrich our churches and communities. 2015 was a year of spectacular growth in all our ministries. We continue to build upon the foundation and hard work of those
