Innovative Services NW
"A Future for All" Capital Campaign

Innovative Services NW Completes $7.3 Million Capital Campaign

February, 2009 - Innovative Services NW announces the completion of their 5 year, $7.3 Million, “A Future for All” capital campaign. The campaign supported the creation of the 36,000 square foot Mary Firstenburg Family Center, adjacent to the Westfield Vancouver Mall, which now houses all sixteen programs of Innovative Services NW. The groundbreaking for the project took place in June 2007 with a construction completion date of May 27, 2008.

The “A Future for All” capital campaign cabinet was co-chaired by Steve and Jean Hix and included Rick Bowler and Marilee Thompson, Ron Frederiksen and Terry Murphy, Jason Green, Dick James, Monte Silliman, Kevin Myles and Ronda Peterson.

This project was made possible through generous grants including, but not limited to, $1.9 Million from the Taxpayers of the State of Washington, $1 Million from Ed and Mary Firstenburg, $300,000 respectively from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Meyer Memorial Trust, $250,000 from the Hallador Legacy Fund and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust and $200,000 from the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington with their first ever impact grant.

The Mary Firstenburg Family Center, constructed by RSV Construction Services, has won 3 major design awards including the Building Industry Association 2008 Building Excellence Award, a Community Pride Design Award 2008 and a Vancouver Business Journal Top Projects 2008 award.

Innovative Services NW
9414 NE Fourth Plain Road
Vancouver, Washington 98662
(in the Mary Firstenburg Family Center)
Phone: (360) 892-5142
Fax: (360) 892-2157