Published November 2005

Paying tribute
to nonprofit groups
and their leaders

Thanks to human nature, there is a caring streak in all of us, a sensitivity to other human beings and their plights that inspires us to be donors, supporters and volunteers for a wide variety of charitable agencies.

Without all of that support, life would be more difficult, or even impossible, for millions of people, for lack of food, shelter or advances in medical research.

But that caring streak is much deeper and broader in many people, particularly those who devote their professional lives to founding, managing and growing nonprofit organizations that benefit significant segments of our society.

Among those who come to mind are people like Tom Robinson, president and CEO of Volunteers of America of Western Washington, and Carl Zapora, president and CEO of United Way of Snohomish County, people who have dedicated their lives to helping others.

The way they live out their compassionate roles also is reflected in hundreds of agency employees at all levels, in a multitude of human service agencies in Snohomish County.

It’s to honor nonprofit agencies, their leaders, staffs, donors and supporters that we publish our second issue of Reaching Out as our cover story in this November issue. We hope it will be both a tribute to those who serve in the nonprofit field and an encouragement to others to join them — or at least support them — for all the good that they do for so many of our neighbors in our communities.

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