The PF Board had the privilege of meeting with the new Vancouver Foundation President and CEO, Faye Wightman, on August 3, 2006. Grand Forks was one of her many stops as she toured the Province of British Columbia visiting Community Foundations in rural and urban areas. She is proud of the fact that the Vancouver Foundation serves the entire province of British Columbia. Locally, the Phoenix Foundation has enjoyed and benefited from a special relationship with the Vancouver Foundation.

Faye Wightman was raised in Creston, BC. She learned the importance of community at an early age as volunteering was considered the norm in her family.

She maintains that she gained a strong sense that this is what people do to ensure a healthy community. Today, Faye Wightman is considered one of BC’s most accomplished and respected fundraising professionals. A recipient of Vancouver’s 2004 Influential Women in Business award, Wightman enjoyed outstanding success during her 14 years as President of BC’s Children’s Hospital Foundation and was most recently Vice President of External Relations at the University of Victoria.

The Phoenix Foundation and the Boundary have benefited from a variety of LEAD programs with the Vancouver Foundation and we look forward to maintaining this partnership far into the future.

Did you know ... if you made a $10,000 donation to the Phoenix Foundation, depending on your personal tax bracket, you could receive up to $4,000 in tax credits?

We would like to thank the following retiring board members for their contributions to the Boundary Communities: Mr. Lewis Zwick & Mr. Ernie Hennig. In addition, two of the founding members of the Phoenix Foundation have stepped down from the board. The board of the Phoenix Foundation would like to express heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Art Stavenjord of Grand Forks and Mr. William Uphill of Midway

for their dedication and guidance in the establishment of the Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities. Their vision and commitment have left a lasting legacy for the Boundary Communities. At the September 13, 2006 Annual General Meeting, Mr. Stavenjord and Mr. Uphill were appointed Honorary Lifetime Board Members of the Phoenix Foundation.