Vancouver, WA – Friends of the Carpenter (FOC) will host their annual meeting on Mon. Feb. 24, 7:00 p.m. at the Friendship Center, 1600 W 20th Street. Following the meeting, board and staff will celebrate Tom Iberle’s 10 years of ministry at the Friendship Center and welcome new executive director, Art Edgerly.
“The Board and I are pleased that Friends of the Carpenter continues the organization’s legacy of providing safety, structure and a sense of purpose to members of our community. Our annual meeting is a time to reflect on our successes while renewing our commitment to meeting the ever-expanding needs of the homeless, people with special needs, community service workers and those living in poverty in our community,” said Tom Iberle, executive director.
The annual meeting will include a presentation of the 2019 Annual Report. A question and answer period will be provided, in addition to tours of the Friendship Center as well as light refreshments.
Iberle, who served as executive director of Friends of the Carpenter (FOC) for the past six years, will be succeeded by Art Edgerly. Prior to being named executive director, Iberle served for over three years as the Volunteer Manager at Friends of the Carpenter, and for the past 25 years has worked in Social Ministry as a volunteer with the Society of St. Vincent dePaul, Share, Catholic Community Services and other community organizations.
About Friends of the Carpenter
Friends of the Carpenter was incorporated in Vancouver, WA in Oct. 1998 and began as a vision of a practical outreach of simple welcome and personal interaction between volunteers from the church and people living in poverty. Since the beginning, regular contact has been made with vulnerable members of our community through woodworking events scheduled around the area and which, today, are mostly held at FOC’s Friendship Center. Our mission: Friends of the Carpenter is a non-profit, faith-based day facility that provides safety, structure and purpose for vulnerable members of our community. Learn more at friendsofthecarpenter.org.
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