Organizations Filed Purposes:
To speak for those affected by problem gambling: Advocate, educate, promote recovery. To improve the health of Oregonians by educating others about gambling and problem gambling, promoting recovery, advocating to state and local government on behalf of problem gamblers and their families, and increasing community awareness of problem gambling.
Provide Problem Gambling Recovery Mentor Services: Performed outreach to Multnomah County Mental Health Providers and Community to promote Problem Gambling Recovery Mentor Services. Contracted with three Problem Gambling Peer Mentors to provide services to Problem Gamblers seeking recovery. Provided Supervision, Training and Administrative support to the contracted Peer Mentors. Provided a Peer Mentor Certification Course to promote persons in long term recovery to become Peer Mentors.
Build community and promote recovery of individuals. Hosted bi-monthly meetings, Community Forums, and a board retreat. Thirty-two persons attended VPGR meetings during 2019. VPGR members, as persons in long-term recovery, served as recovery models for the general public and in doing so promoted the recovery of individuals.
VPGR Speakers Bureau: Maintains and supports a Speakers Bureau of persons in recovery from gambling related problems. VPGR speakers participated in 105 events reaching over 1,000 people. VPGR provided speakers training for VPGR members and those interested in joining the Speakers Bureau. And, VPGR produced a Podcast releasing the first episode in December of 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Wes Wood | Executive Dir. | 30 | $39,765 |
| Christine Martz | Treasurer | 35 | $34,893 |
| Howard Marlow | Board Member | 12 | $19,693 |
| Gail Calcagno | Operations Dir. | 12 | $18,255 |
| Sharon Williams | Vice President | 5 | $3,877 |
| Brian Ward | Board Member | 3 | $1,238 |
| Trish Sickendick | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| David Elsbernd | President | 5 | $0 |
| Rose Kuhnau | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Rita Bohn | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Nate Peterson | Board member | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Riskedahl | Board member | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202031699349301958_public.xml