The Whatcom Dream will be hosting its Annual FUN-raiser on March 18, 6 p.m. at Northlake Church in Bellingham. Food, live gospel choir entertainment and a silent auction will take place.
Trudy Shuravloff, Executive Director, is in charge of the event.
“It’s always a lot of fun,” Shuravloff said. “It’s a great way for people to get involved in their community and learn more about The Whatcom Dream.”
The Whatcom Dream is a Christian based non-profit organization that has worked with individuals and families in the Roosevelt, Ferndale, Lynden, North Bellingham and Happy Valley communities since 2000.
According to their mission statement, “The Whatcom Dream is a community-based organization committed to helping people reach their dreams through financial literacy. Our mission is to lower the poverty rate in Whatcom County, Washington.”
Students learn how to manage their finances in a 12-week course, as well as complete a financial goals worksheet, make a true core values model and create a realistic budget.
“We pride ourselves on being a values-based learning course in that we teach our students to create and live by a budget based on their core values,” said Shuravloff.
The Whatcom Dream also provides courses at the Whatcom County Jail where inmates learn from a customized design that helps them successfully venture back into mainstream society upon release.
“We help people discover the principals of budgeting, basic financial management, debt repayment, credit, personal and financial assets, and goal setting,” Shuravloff said. “Our mentors walk alongside our students as they adopt these principles and skills into their own lives.”
Shuravloff graduated from Western Washington University in 2004 and is currently attending Bakke Graduate School in pursuit of a master’s degree in Social and Civic Entrepreneurship.
“I’ve always had a passion for volunteer work and working with non-profits,” she said. “And plus I love Bellingham so wanting to get involved and help just comes naturally for me.”
Shuravloff is also an active member of the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association along with the Roosevelt Community Church.
“Roosevelt neighborhood used to have one of the highest crime rates in Bellingham,” she said. “But this has significantly decreased in the last couple years and lowering neighborhood crime rates is one of our main objectives at The Whatcom Dream.”
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