News from Deschutes Children's Foundation

Every Kid Fund Scholarships Awarded

January 19, 2011 - The Every Kid Fund is distributing $7,906.00 in scholarship money for the 2012 winter distribution cycle to 6 local non-profit organizations. The Every Kid Fund is a unique program that provides scholarships for positive after-school activities for kids who otherwise would be unable to afford to participate. The local non-profits receiving scholarships in this distribution cycle are Healing Reins, Family Access Network (FAN), Sisters Park and Recreation, Youth Choir of Central Oregon, Girl Scouts, and Campfire USA.

Deschutes Children’s Foundation manages this fund through the Oregon Community Foundation’s Endowed Partners Program, distributing earned income to eligible organizations through a request for proposal process and works with a committee of community leaders who make the funding decisions. Since 2000, the Every Kid Fund has provided over 2,400 in scholarships totaling over $212,000.

Deschutes Children's Foundation is now accepting applications for the Every Kid Fund

December 21, 2011 - Nonprofits are invited to submit applications to Deschutes Children's Foundation for funding from the Every Kid Fund. The Every Kid Fund provides grants to fund after school programs. The funding is targeted to nonprofits who will engage children who would be unable to afford after school activities. Applications and information can be found by visiting the Every Kid Fund page.

Deschutes Children's Foundation Featured in October RuralLite

November 30, 2011 - Deschutes Children's Foundation Executive Director, Kim McNamer, was interviewed for the October issue of the RuralLite, Central Oregon Electric's publication for its La Pine customers. Click here to read the full article.

Boots and Bubbly to Benefit Deschutes Children's Foundation

Acadia Footwear in the Old Mill will host its annual Boots and Bubbly Benefit on Saturday, December 3 with proceeds to benefit Deschutes Children's Foundation. Visit Acadia Footwear located at 330 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 110, from noon to 5 PM, and enjoy a glass of Champagne while shopping for a pair of warm winter boots. Click here to view a copy of the flyer.

Deschutes Children's Foundation Executive Director, Kim McNamer to Make Radio Broadcast

November 3, 2011 - You can hear Deschutes Children's Foundation Executive Director, Kim McNamer on several of Horizon Broadcasting Group's radio stations on Sunday, November 6, 2011. She will be talking about Deschutes Children's Foudation, the Art & Wine Auction, and the upcoming Fall Fundraising Drive. 

The radio spot will air on the program Inside Central Oregon at 7:30 AM on PEAK 104.1, KQAK 105.7 and LITE 95.1. The spot will air again on KBNW AM 1340 and 96.5 at 9:05 AM Sunday.

Horizon Broadcasting Group has been a long-time supporter of Deschutes Children's Foundation, and President and CEO, Keith Shipman is the Chair of the Deschutes Children's Foundation Board of Directors.

BendBroadband to Donate Holiday Giving Match Fund to Deschutes Children's Foundation

November 2, 2011 - BendBroadband has selected Deschutes Children’s Foundation to be the sole recipient of the BendBroadband Holiday Giving Match Fund. BendBroadband will provide a percentage match on all donations made to Deschutes Children’s Foundation before December 19, 2011.

This is the first year BendBroadband has selected only one nonprofit as the sole recipient for the entire fund. BendBroadband distributed the fund between four nonprofits in 2010.

“Deschutes Children’s Foundation indirectly supports many of the nonprofit agencies that we already support financially,” said Sonja Donohue, Community Relations Manager at BendBroadband. “As a company, we see a donation to Deschutes Children’s Foundation as a way to also support a large piece of the nonprofit community.”

As part of its mission, Deschutes Children’s Foundation manages four nonprofit centers in Bend, Redmond and La Pine, and donates the use of the office and classroom space to nonprofit and government agencies that directly serve children and families.

“BendBroadband’s support could not have come at a better time,” said Deschutes Children’s Foundation Executive Director, Kim McNamer. “We see the negative impact the economy is having on the community, and BendBroadband’s donation will ensure we can continue providing rent-free office space to 26 amazing nonprofit and government agencies serving so many children and families in our community.”

Deschutes Children’s Foundation practices a model of co-location that puts like-minded nonprofit and government agencies together in a shared facility to promote collaboration and efficient services. “The end result is nonprofits share resources to serve more children and families,” said McNamer.

“The synergy between the nonprofits that work out of Deschutes Children’s Foundation’s community campuses is a model of efficiency that will only provide children and families with increased access to life-changing services,” said Donohue.

About BendBroadband

BendBroadband is a family-owned, local company serving Central Oregon since 1955. A leader in the cable and broadband sectors, the company offers an extensive range of broadband, cable and telephone services for commercial and residential customers. Central Oregon facilities include more than a thousand miles of fiber and coax infrastructure along with metropolitan optical Ethernet, T-1/PRI and hosted PBX services serving the business community. BendBroadband offers multiple phone and high- speed Internet options with speeds up to 60 Mbps. BendBroadband operates one of the fastest wireless broadband networks in the nation, which covers an expanded Central Oregon footprint along with outdoor Wi-Fi. The company was among the first to be 100% digital and offers Video on Demand, digital video recorders, HDTV (with more than 100 HD channels) and a choice of interactive program guides. BendBroadband focuses its corporate contributions and sponsorship efforts on youth, and by supporting an array of arts and entertainment in Central Oregon.  In the community, BendBroadband provides extensive local sports, civic programming and local features created and produced by COTV, channel 11. For more info, visit www.bendbroadband.com.  The company recently opened the BendBroadband Vault, Tier III, LEED Gold-certified green colocation data center providing hosted storage for primary site and disaster recovery needs, equipment colocation and managed services.    For more info about the Vault, please visit www.bendbroadbandvault.com.



Deschutes Children's Foundation is hiring!

October 7, 2011 - Deschutes Children's Foundation is pleased to announce that we are hiring for a part-time Receptionist/Facility Manager at our Rosie Bareis Campus. This position is relied upon to provide administrative support to main office, as well as welcome all clients, direct them accordingly and keep the facility operating well.

We are seeking a professional, customer-service oriented person with the ability to multi-task.  You can see the full job description here.

**UPDATE** November 2, 2011 - The application process has closed and we are calling candidates to schedule interviews.

Outpouring of Support

August 26, 2011 - The tech community's response to the DCF server issues was amazing! Individuals and business representatives called and emailed to offer support, advice and resources to help get DCF's server up and running again. One community member donated a used server, and the Bank of the Cascades IT department has been working with BITS, Inc. to find the necessary components to find a long-term solution. DCF staff is grateful for this outpouring of support from the community!

Technology Woes

August 25, 2011 - Until further notice, please call the Rosie Bareis Community Campus at 541-388-3101 if you need to get in touch with DCF staff. The Deschutes Children's Foundation server is out of commission indefinitely. DCF email communication runs through the server so DCF staff cannot be reached through email until the server is up and running again.  

BITS, Inc. is currently diagnosing the server issues, but the outlook is bleak. The current server lost its main hard drive, and the motherboard - which allows for communication between the main and secondary hard drives - has failed.

DCF staff is looking into ways of fixing this situation. There are three options available right now: buying a used server, buying a new, warrantied server, or going into "the cloud" and eliminating the need for a physical server. If you have any experience with any of these options please call 541-388-3101.

Regardless, this replacement is an unforeseen expense. If you are able to help DCF either through a donation of a server or through a cash donation for the purchase of a new server and the labor to configure the new server, you can call 541-388-3101 or make a donation through paypal.

2011 Every Kid Fund Recipients Announced

August 12, 2011 - Over $13,000 have been donated to Deschutes County nonprofit programs who have designed meaningful after school programs for at-risk youth. The recipients for the summer 2011 award cycle are:Camp Fire USA

The Every Kid Fund disburses funds twice a year in January and July. Since 2000, the Every Kid Fund has provided over 2,300 scholarships for after school programs totaling over $200,000. For more information about the Every Kid Fund, please click here or call 541.388.3101.


“A picture is worth at thousand words.”

July 15, 2011 - And now your family photo can be worth even more – by helping Deschutes Children's Foundation.  Local family photo studio, whippersnappers studio, is offering a gift certificate to match your donation. We know you are always looking for new ways to support Deschutes Children's Foundation, and this way, we both benefit.  It’s simple – make a donation and whippersnappers studio will send you an e-mail with a gift certificate up to $50 to match your donation. So, smile and get a great summer photo of the family, the kids, you, and the dog – and we will be smiling too!  Visit

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