Friends Together

“Financecommittee will review form 990 and meet with accountant to review.”

“There were 2 instances during the year. In both cases the conflict was identified at a meeting, and the member(s) refrained from discussion and voting. In both cases, the members were in a position to provide knowledgeable information to the other board members but refrained from direct support or dissent on the matter at hand.”

“Anyone may contract the organization and request a copy of any governing documents including the form 990. Once a request is made, preferrably in writing, the requested documents are copied and made available for pick up at the friends together office. Form 990 is also available electronically by request.”

“Volunteers perform many activities such as assisting with fundraising events, meeting with individuals to help with determining options, driving individuals to cancer treatment appointments and assistance that can be offered by the organization.”

“In person programs were interrupted on multiple occasions throughout the year due to covid-19 concerns. We consistently offered online groups, and gathered people in person as much as possible. - we provided rides to appointments for 333 individuals, travelling over 38,000 miles - we provided 156 lodging nights for individuals travelling outside the community for treatment - we provided 510 individuals with gasoline gift cards to defray costs getting to treatment - we provided approximately 300 group support sessions, some in-person, some online, with restraints due to the pandemic. - we raised funds and successfully completed a renovation of our group meeting room to provide for a safer, more socially distanced environment for our group members. - we reached out via mailings to keep in touch with all of our members in need of support.”

“Supplies 0 0 7,590 zonta fund women's servic 5,308 0 0 newsletter 4,981 0 0 supplies 0 0 4,546 other expenses 0 0 4,218 other client support 4,067 0 0 raffle expenses 0 0 3,912 food expenses 0 0 2,927 support groups 2,465 0 0 food expenses 0 0 2,233 supplies 0 0 1,845 raffle expenses 0 0 1,244 hospitality 1,197 0 0 food expenses 0 0 1,145 other 0 0 960 food expenses 0 0 936 raffle expenses 0 0 683 raffle expenses 0 0 610 supplies 0 0 457 supplies 0 0 384 other expenses 0 0 364 supplies 0 0 300 square fees 0 0 275 food expenses 0 0 239 supplies 0 0 192 other expenses 0 0 159 food expenses 0 0 141 supplies 0 0 85 raffle expenses 0 0 50 supplies 0 0 27 total 18,018 0 35,522”