Edmonds Senior Center

“The executive committee of the board consists of the elected officers and immediate past president. The executive committee is empowered to conduct any and all board-authorized business between regular meetings of the board.”

“Edsc asks individuals to be members; the membership fee is $25/year”

“The members elect the board of directors.”

“Amendments to the by-laws and articles both require the approval of members.”

“Form 990 was reviewed by edsc's finance committee and the executive director prior to signature and filing.”

“The board annually reminds the executive director of his responsibility to disclose conflicts in fact or appearance and inquires if there has been any change in status.”

“The board sets compensation for the executive director and other key employees based on salary surveys of comparable positions in the metropolitan area.”

“Edsc makes its 990, governing documents and conflict of interest policy available on request during normal business hours.”

“Social and recreation at the edmonds waterfront center, we create opportunities for members and visitors to gather learn and celebrate. During the peak of covid we shifted to online classes, averaging more than 500 participants a day. In 2022 we transitioned our classes back to in-person. Staying healthy means keeping both your mind and your body active. The edmonds waterfront center has a variety of programs and fun activities to help participants stay active mentally and socially. Trips - our trips include educational tours, museums, plays and musicals, sporting events, symphony, local festivals or just plain fun explorations. Some examples include: casino trips, science, art, theater, holiday sight seeing, hiking and nature. Entertainment - our members enjoy a wide range of activities and fun filled hours, some examples of activities include: dance, music, art and theater in person events - this includes dinners with live entertainment. Our annual luau event had 200 attendees. The holiday bazaar event features more than 40 crafter tables. Oktoberfest features sing along and communal dining. People of all ages are welcomed and attend our events. Music & dance - music and dance activities are plentiful. New members are more than welcome to join. Our groups include: the sound singers choir, senior swingers orchestra, ukulele, friday dance and line dancing. Fun & games - there's always something fun happening at the senior center. Bingo, bridge, cribbage, pinochle, pool tables and ping pong. We also offer intergenerational events where students and seniors come together for a fun night of trivia or book discussions. Arts, language and history watercolor, drawing, writer's group, modern world history, spanish, german and woodcarving.”

“Health and wellness our health and wellness program encourages people to be proactive regarding their personal health by offering exercise classes, access to clinicians, workshops, and nutritional classes as well as a unique congregate meal program through our community caf. Our goal is to partner with other organizations to break down barriers of access for those to improve their health. Through our collaboration with fred hutch cancer center we offer mammogram services 6 times a year. We also partnered with seattle visiting nurses association to offer 4 covid-19 and flu vaccine and booster clinics. As a host site for bloodwork's nw they were able to collect over 600 units of blood. We partnered with the edmonds lions club to provide free vision and hearing screening which resulted in over 20 low-income individuals getting access to hearing aid and glasses. Through partnerships with washington state university and the edmonds food bank we offer cooking classes showcasing food from the edmonds food bank. Through the use of our teaching kitchen and verdant health commission we identified 25 low-income seniors to offer nutritional educations and handed out over $600 worth of coupons for purchase of fruit and vegetables. Through collaboration with our food service partner, we served over 10,000 lunches to lower income seniors. We were also able to expand our exercise programs by offering mindfulness, prenatal and gentle yoga classes.”

“Thrift store one could easily argue the primary purposes of our thrift store is the encouragement of connections between our volunteers with each other and with the public. The thrift store operates six days a week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. There are twelve three and one half-hour shifts covered by more than 90 volunteers. There is great kinship among the volunteers that work on a given shift and they often support one another both in and outside of the store's normal hours of operations. Given isolation and the loss of social connections is one of the most debilitating aspects of aging the thrift store success with volunteers and in a number of cases our repeat customers who form strong bonds with the volunteers who serve them our success in this area has encouraged us to expand our volunteer efforts in the rest of our organization. The strength of our volunteer group is also reflected in the numbers. Over an extended period of time our thrift store sales fell within a very narrow dollar range centered around $150,000 a year. Over the past three years our volunteer workforce has tripled in size and they have been encouraged to bring ideas to our attention that will improve store operations. As a result, last year's sales reached an all-time high of $634,056. The thrift store also collects donations from the community and passes them along to other nonprofit groups. This includes clothes for kids, the edmonds foodbank, the snohomish county hygiene center working with the homeless, soloman, an independent operator, collecting items for schools and hospitals in africa and veteran services of edmonds. Over four-thousand bags of donated materials were passed on to these groups with an estimated value of $10 per bag.”

“Prior period adjustments there are two prior period adjustments to our 2021 990 totaling $56,220. 1. The center applied for a property tax exemption. In 2023 we received a ruling from the state of washington for a partial exemption which unfortunately did not apply to 2021. The 2021 property tax billing was $31,302. 2. It was also brought to our attention in 2023 that we were not recognizing building rentals in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. On the 2021 990 tax return we overstated our revenues by $24,918. These two adjustments total $56,220.”