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Board of Directors Jarrod Hammes Executive Chair David Kuhlman
Vice Chair Roberta Raasveld Treasurer Alan Willardson Secretary
Melissah Walker Director Kim McNealy Director
Lisa Larson Director
From the CEO Corporate Central Valley Southern California VCS
Wellness Policy of the Month
November 2020
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Message from the CEO By Wendy Forkas
Did you know you can support Community Catalysts of California
while
you shop online? It’s as simple as starting your Amazon search
on
www.smile.amazon.com and choosing CCC as your charitable
organization of choice!
For every eligible purchase, AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of the
purchase price.
Did you know that you know that you can support CCC while you
shop online? It’s as simple as staring your
Amazon search on: WWW.SMILE.AMAZON.COM and choosing CCC as your
charitable organization of choice!
http://www.smile.amazon.com/
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Corporate San D iego
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November 2020
Employee Anniversaries 26 Years
Teri Geston | San Marcos 19 Years
Pebbles DumonCorporate 12 Years
Alice OlsenSan Marcos 10 Years
Margarita AlvarezImperial Valley 8 Years
Lorena CabreraStockton
7 Years
Kimonesha McFarland Stockton
Annie Saechao Stockton
6 Years
Karen Curiel | Visalia Mayra SilvaVisalia
4 Years
May Espejo | VCS
Delia Garcia | Visalia
Artwork by Amic Mansano
Artwork by James Logsdon
Artwork by James Logsdon
Artwork by Jeaniffer Flores
Artwork by Marta Cota
Artwork by Maureen McKenzie
Artwork by Melissa Blenis
Artwork by Ruby Montejano
Digital Artwork by Sergio Corrales
Artwork by Tanya Choate
Artwork by Cory Banca
Winter Holiday Art Contest, And the Winner is…
There were so many great submissions for CCC’s First Winter
Holiday Art Contest! THANK YOU to all the participants who created
awesome artwork! It was not easy for our judges. The winner was
Shawna Frisby, from Visalia! A Special Mention goes to Cory Banca
also from Visalia, and James Logsdon from Stockton! Check out all
the amazing submissions we received.
Artwork by Shawna Frisby, contest winner!
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Corporate (cont . ) San D iego
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November 2020
Employee Anniversaries continued ….
3 Years
Destiny Rose Canchola |
Visalia
Linda Gonzalez | Visalia
Wendy Montenegro |
VCS
2 Years
Priscilla Rodriguez | Fresno
Durry Tahmas | San
Marcos
1 Year
Adriana Alcaraz | VCS
David Barboza | Fresno
Adrienne Gallegos | Santa
Clara
Christina Gutierrez |
Fresno
Olga Huizar | Merced
Sabrina Kelley | Fresno
Joanna J. Reed | Fresno
Markeisha Clayton |
Fresno
The Butterfly Club 14th Annual Opportunity Drawing was a success
thank to everyone that participated! Together we raised over:
$3,700! BIG Winners were:
1. Apple Watch + $50 gift cards – Michael P. 2. Google Home:
Esther Boring 3. Jessiel Manuel won $250 in gift cards! 4. Alice
Olsen from San Marcos also won big! Taking home several gift
cards!
The Top Fundraiser was Wanda Brownell from the Stockton office
at $540!
Our CEO, Wendy Forkas, volunteered at Porchlight Community
Services over a weekend. Porchlight Community Services provides
food assistance in the area of our Corporate Office and she follows
them on social media. Wendy responded to a social media posting
asking for volunteers to come help organize their pantry and
work
off what they ate over Thanksgiving. 😊 She arrived at the
location the next morning and worked with a few more people
throughout the shift clearing out the containers of food by sorting
and stacking the food on the shelves. By the time they finished,
all the shelves in the back were full and organized, and ready for
food pick-up the next day as seen on their social media! Porchlight
Community Services is a wonderful food assistance organization that
is fully volunteer run and funded by donations. Two of their
programs are the Emergency Food Basket and FoodSHARE. There are
many ways to get involved by giving of your time, energy, and
talents. Picking up food donations, restocking, office help, and
coordinating events all help them “grow the program to meet the
needs of our community.” -Porchlightcommunity.org
Wendy in front of the stocked pantry!
ONE FLUTTER so far this year, 16 volunteer hours have been
served & $100 has been donated through CCC’s ONE FLUTTER
program! Thanks to CCC employees for supporting such great causes
through: Porchlight Community Services, Labrador Retriever Rescue
of Fresno, the Humane Society, and the Foundation Developmental
Disabilities, just to name a few!
Celina Lee has volunteered on weekends to deliver food to people
who are sick with COVID-19! Way to go!
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Client Anniversaries
19 Years
Jesus Y. | Merced
9 Years
Arthur O. | Salinas
3 Years
Anthony L. | Stockton
2 Years
Wendel A. | Stockton
Marlin B. | Stockton
Ronald G. | Stockton
Kelly M. | Stockton
1 Year
Edith R. | Stockton
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Central Valley Fresno B y I s k r a D e l i c
Fresno would like to congratulate our October Employee of the
Month, Brianna Walker! Thank you for all your hard work and
dedication to CCC! You are #catalyststrong!
Rick and Norma in 1995.
Rick and Norma in 2020!
Fresno would also like to congratulate Rick and our client Norma
on their 25th anniversary! “An anniversary is a day to celebrate
the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of
tomorrow.” We wish Rick and Norma many more happy years
together!
Fresno wishes all CCC clients, staff, and families a safe and
happy holiday season!
November 2020
Visa l ia By Gladys Monje
Visalia Office held a drive by thanksgiving meal for our
consumers. We had lots of staff donate food and money to help us
make our thanksgiving possible! It was so helpful to have so many
helping hands and it was Such a fun experience. We made sure all
consumers who wanted a meal received one. If they were not able to
attend our food drive then, we arranged to have their food
delivered! We all had an amazing Thanksgiving experience and hope
our consumers did as well.
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Central Valley (cont . ) Visa l ia ( cont . ) By Gladys
Monje
Southern California Imper ia l Va l ley By Ana Norris
November was a very special month; we had many activities:
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November 2020
First, we would also like to recognize our staff on their
Anniversaries: Celina Lee, Ivan Arias, Gloria Arce, & Sara
Cervantes.
Alejandra Velez training new hire, Alanis Avila for the Day
Program
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Southern California (cont . ) Imper ia l Va l ley (con t . ) By
Ana Norris
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Christopher V. has been working hard to get donations for
Albertsons “Turkey Bucks Program” to help needy families during the
Thanksgiving Holiday. Chris has just celebrated his 14th year
working at Albertsons as a courtesy clerk. He has maintained an
upbeat and friendly attitude, and is a very hard worker. His
Management team says they could not be happier with having Chris on
the team! Keep up the great work!
November 2020
Marcell Buffington and his lovey wife helped along with his
church Pastor, Avery D. Dees and his wife Angela Dees from
Truelight Missionary Baptist Church in El Cento, in delivering
donated Thanksgiving meals to some of our clients. We are grateful
for the generous donation. A “Thank you” also goes to Lydia &
Eloy for distributing the meals! Your dedication to our clients is
well noted and appreciated.
Clients in photos: Sherry D., Arturo & Yvonne G., Angel L.,
Sally P. and Miguel S.
San Marcos Independent Living Program/ Supported Employment
Program/ Tailor Day Program By Jeannie Leauma
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Southern California Visa l ia By Ana Norris
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Veterans Community Services B y A n g i e S t r i e p l i n g
& A l e x R o c k a b r a n d
LeeAnne and newly housed Veteran
Mawuena and newly housed Veteran
Alicia representing VCS at Stand Down 2020
November 2020
November was also time for a big event we partake in called
Stand Down. Our San Diego Stand Down is typically a three-day event
where supplies and services such as food, shelter, clothing, health
screenings, support groups, and VA Social Security benefits
counseling, and loads of other cool and necessary services are
provided to homeless Veterans. While Stand Down looked VERY
different this year than in years past, we showed up and were able
to safely connect with many Veterans who were in need of services
and referrals. A special thanks to VCS staff Alicia and Wendy M.,
who attended this year representing VCS!
We would like to take the time highlight Case Coordinator Maria
Meyer, as her clients like to think she deserves it! When one
client was asked how their quality of life improved, they said, “I
live on my own, I have a pet, and we love life!” How awesome is
that?! And when another Veteran was asked for comments on their
experience with VCS on their satisfaction survey, they said she
was, “Great- Maria has been absolutely wonderful & such a
pleasure to deal with. She has turned my situation into a bright
& positive experience.” Keep it up Maria and thank you for all
you do to make the lives of our Veterans more positive!
Hello Catalysts! #TeamVCS worked hard this November to get as
many Veterans in housing for Thanksgiving as we could! Working with
405 active Veteran households at this very moment, you know we are
VERY busy. So far this month we enrolled 16 additional Veteran
households and successfully moved 16 more into PERMANENT housing!
To aid in this effort, we also currently have 106 veterans
temporarily housed in local motels, while we work hard to find them
permanent housing, support them in increasing their income, and
make referrals for other necessary resources to help them attain,
maintain and sustain permanent housing!
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Veterans Community Services (cont . ) B y A n g i e S t r i e p
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November 2020
Last but not least, we welcomed on Briana Holzbauer in a
brand-new role for VCS, Health Care Coordinator. Briana is a Master
level Social Worker with a background in behavioral health, and
experience working with our homeless neighbors. We are so excited
to have Briana in this very new role, developed to support our
program and Veterans who have complex mental/physical health needs
and require assistance with identifying healthcare needs, accessing
care, resolving barriers to healthcare needs, and adhering to
health care plans. Briana is definitely up for the challenge and
already jumped in feet first to collaborate with her team. Fun
fact: she hiked Half Dome three times! Yes, three! Ask her about
the last time and why it will stay her last – YIKES! WELCOME,
Briana!
Thanksgiving Recipes For the month of November, we had a bonus
challenge to submit your favorite sugar-free / reduced dessert
recipe! Below are just some of the tasty options staff submitted to
earn their bonus Wellness Points and who knows, maybe
you might want to recreate these as well
Wellness By Jose Gutierrez
Amanda, Case Manager from our Fresno Office
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Wellness (cont.) By Jose Gutierrez
November results are in! Congratulations Alice Olsen from our
San Marcos Office for being the raffle prize winner for November!
You won an electric toothbrush! Find your individual Wellness
Points here. If you find any discrepancies, please email -
[email protected] Don't forget that the
individual with the highest # of Wellness Points will win a grand
prize at the end of the year. ALSO, the office with the highest %
of participation all year will win a grand prize as well. Grand
Prize winners will be announced Jan 13, 2020 via email and Paycom.
2020 was a year that no one could have ever predicted. I just
wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who participated in a
challenge, showed up to my “Wellness Lunches” during the summer, or
the “Know Your Benefit” info sessions in July. I can’t thank you
enough and want to make sure you know I would love to collaborate
on challenges so please feel free to reach out if you have ideas.
We have some awesome changes in the works for our Wellness Program
in 2021! Take care & stay safe
November 2020
The Ultimate Healthy Sweet Potato Pie Recipe can be found HERE
Submitted by Samantha, Onboarding & Recruiting Specialist,
Corporate Office
Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe can be found HERE Submitted by Wendy,
CEO, Corporate Office
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CCC’s Code of Ethics is the basis for the Compliance
Program.
▪ Adopt as their highest priority the delivery of quality
programming and services to
our clients.
▪ Maintain a climate of trust, loyalty, and mutual respect for
all CCC stakeholders:
clients, volunteers, families, funders, employees, and members
of the
communities we serve.
▪ Present to the community-at-large, a truthful, professional
demeanor intended to
reflect positively on CCC as an organization worthy of public
trust and support.
▪ Be effective stewards of the agency's resources, both human
and financial; and,
use those resources to further the organization’s Purpose,
Mission, and Vision
▪ Uphold all applicable laws, regulations, and organizational
policies.
▪ Refrain from taking any actions that would cause, or appear to
cause, a conflict of
interest.
▪ Protect CCC’s confidential information and adhere to
procedures.
Any employee or stakeholder who knows or suspects a violation of
the Corporate
Compliance Program, federal, state or local law, MUST report
their concerns to
either their supervisor, CCC’s Compliance Officer, the Chief of
Operations, the CEO,
or the Board Chair. All reports should be presented to CEO.
CCC’s Corporate Compliance Office is Claudia Hutchinson.
The Compliance Officer (CO) may be reached in person or by phone
at 858-292-
Take Any Bomb Threat Seriously • Report any bomb threat
immediately to the police and then your supervisor
• Written bomb threats should be handled as minimal as possible
and placed in an
envelope to preserve possible fingerprints
• If you receive a telephone threat, gather as much information
as possible: bomb
detonation time/location/characteristics
• If possible, signal another person to help you.
November 2020
Safety Topic of the Month: Bomb Threat
Policy of the Month: Corporate Compliance
