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I'd like to thank the family Relief Nursery in Cottage
Grove for excellent services. I have been truly relieved by the help
given to my son. He is now 21 months old and has enjoyed the time playing
at the nursery with Cindy, Tanya and Sarah. The day I firs called the
nursery for help I was past the end of my rope and couldn't find sufficient
help to car for my toddler.
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This year, the Family
Relief ursery is the recipient of a grant for more than
$16,000 from the annual Great Rotary Duck Race.
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Family
Relief Nursery
P O Box 1207, 720 North 14th Street Cottage Grove, Oregon
97424
Phone: (541) 942- 4835
Fax: (541) 942 - 7359
Para information en espanol llame al
942 - 4835
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Board of Directors
Ben Dake
First Presbyterian Church
216 South 3rd
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph (wk): (541) 942-4479
Ben Dake is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Cottage
Grove. He is a charter Board member of the Nursery and is currently
the Board President. He has been on many other nonprofit boards in
the community and serves on the Board of Directors for Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon. Ben's expertise lies in many arenas including
site development and construction processes which make him the natural
leader for the Nursery's Phase II Building Project. He also has strong
executive skills and contributes greatly to our Administrative and
Personnel committee. Ben feels that "the greatest gift we can
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Terri Hansen
82735 Sears Road
Creswell, OR 97426
Ph (wk): (541) 463-3308
Terri Hansen was appointed to the board in February 2003. She is employed
by Lane Community College and works at Lane Family Connections, a
resource and referral agency for early childhood providers and parents
looking for care. She was with KinderCare Learning Centers (child
Care center serving children 6 weeks to 12 years with an average student
base of 125 per year) a total of 17 years, as a teacher for four years
and as a manager the last 13 of those years. Focusing on early childhood
education and strengthening the lives of children, Terri earned a
certificate in Early Childhood Education from Lane Community College
and is currently attending school part time to finish her degree in
Human Services. Terri is also on the Emerald Valley Volleyball Board
of Directors and Officiates High School Volleyball. |
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Lindsey Haskell
Cottage Grove Vacuum & Sewing
753 N. River Road
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph: (541) 942-7574
Lindsey Haskell is a past President. He owns Cottage Grove Vacuum
& Sewing, and also serves as a Cottage Grove city council member.
He is a member of the board of the Cottage Grove Community Foundation,
Coast Fork Water Shed Council, D.E.Q. Mercury working group, and serves
in an advisory role with the Army Corps of Engineers concerning water
and recreational issues. Lindsey brings with him important connections
to our city, is lending his expertise to our new construction project,
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Diane Hazen, L.C.S.W.
Sacred Heart Medical Center
Medical Social Work Dept.
1255 Hilyard St.
Eugene, OR 97440
Ph (wk): (541) 686-6905
Diane Hazen is a past-president and our current Vice President. She
is employed as Director of the Medical Social Work Department for
Sacred Heart Medical Center. Her community memberships include serving
on the Latino Medical Access Coalition, Healthy Start Community Advisory
Board, SHMC Child Advocacy Team, Lane County Challenging Patient Committee
and the Lane County Heroin Task Force. The Oregon Society of Social
Work Leaders In Health Care presented the "Oregon Medical Social
Work Administrator of The Year" award to Diane in 1997; she is
also Co-President. Diane has placed a high priority on integrating
our program with other area agencies and is active on most of the
Board's subcommittees. She also lends her critical expertise to Nursery
compliance issues and staff continuing education. |
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Howard Hummel
2273 W. Harrison Avenue
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph: (541) 942-4730
Howard Hummel is a retired high school teacher. He currently works
for the University of Oregon supervising student teachers. He is president
of Stage Directions, a theater touring company, taking a play dealing
with child abuse to Oregon schools. He was president of the South
Lane Education Association, a Cottage Grove Planning Commission member,
and on the Oregon State Board of Education Advisory Board. He also
served on the Board of the Cottage Theatre and Center for Teaching
and Learning in the Oregon Education Association. |
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Joachim Schulz
1511 Bennett Creek Road
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph (wk): (541) 343-2822
Joachim Schulz is one of the founders of the Nursery and has served
as board president in the past. He is also a past president of the
Cottage Grove Rotary Club. He has served as the Executive Director
of the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, and as Director of Development
at Holt International Children's Services. Currently Joachim is employed
by Food for Lane County as Director of Development. Joachim is very
active on our political strategy team. |
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Karen Winters
P.O. Box 389
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph (wk): (541) 942-5833
Karen Winters is a past co-president and our current Treasurer. She
is also an accountant and CEO of the family business, Hoyer Accounting,
which has been located in Cottage Grove since 1944. She is currently
serving her second 3-year term as a Board member of the Oregon State
Board of Tax Service Practitioners. Karen has been an active member
of the CG Rotary Club since 1988 and served as president in 91-92,
currently she is chairing the Polio Eradication Committee. She has
served 4 years as the State President of the Oregon Society of Tax
Consultants, Treasurer of the Cottage Grove Downtown Assoc., currently
serving on the City of Cottage Grove Audit Committee, and is an elected
Board Member of the Cottage Grove Economic and Business District.
Karen and her business are active in
providing donated services to many non-profit organizations such as
Senior Wheels, Drug Action Council, and the local Catholic Church.
Karen is "committed to an abuse free society" and has served
on this Board since 1992. The Nursery relies on Karen's fiscal knowledge
and her ability to garner a great amount of local support. She is
married and has two grown daughters. |
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David Work
79080 N. River Rd.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Ph: (541) 942-1864
One of our newest board members, David graduated in 1971 with a BA
in German Language & Literature from Portland State University.
Later, he attended Portland Community College to pursue computer science
interests, and began a data processing career in 1972. He subsequently
relocated to Eugene and attended the University of Oregon for two
years in a dual Masters Program - Computer Science and Linguistics.
After working for several local companies until 1985, David started
his own consulting business. In 1995, he met and married his wife
Becky, moved to Cottage Grove and started Oregon Internet Properties
(OIP.NET), which is now a major local Internet Real Estate website
and ISP. They have five wonderful children between them.
David joined the Eugene Rotary Club in 1991, and has been active
in community service ever since. He is a Past President of the Cottage
Grove club and a "Paul Harris Fellow". He also served on
the Cottage Grove Planning Commission for three years, and two years
on the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
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