2. MENTOR.
EMPOWER.
PROTECT.
OUR MISSION
OUR STORY
OUR PEOPLE
• A NOTE FROM LAURA & LOIS
• STAFF, FELLOWS & INTERNS
• BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR WORK
• CHEJ IN 2015
• COMMUNITY STORIES
• COMMUNITIES ASSISTED
OUR FINANCES
• DONORS
• WAYS TO GIVE
• BY THE NUMBERS
OUR INFORMATION
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O U R M I S S I O N
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) acts to build healthy communities nationwide, with
social justice, economic well-being and democratic governance. We provide essential resources, strategic
partnerships and training to local leaders to achieve this mission.
CHEJ mentors a movement, empowering people to prevent harm to human health caused by exposure
to environmental threats. Through training, coalition building and one-on-one technical and organizing
assistance, CHEJ works to level the playing field so that people can have a say in the environmental policies
and decisions that affect their health and well-being. By organizing one school, one neighborhood, one
community at a time, CHEJ is making the world cleaner and healthier for all of us.
Calls pour into our office every day from local leaders who need CHEJ’s advice and expertise which we
have gathered over our 35 years of operation. CHEJ responds by sitting down with local leaders, either in
their communities or over the phone, and helping them to identify the problems they are facing - problems
like leaking landfills, polluted drinking water, incinerators and hazardous waste sites - and helping them find
the paths toward change. We help community groups research the extent of a problem, break it down into
manageable “action steps,” and then develop the leadership skills and knowledge needed to be able to
carry out those steps, one by one. To date we have assisted over 15,000 groups across the country.
At the same time, we are uniting community voices and facilitating collective action by building nationwide
collaborative initiatives focused around specific environmental health issues. Our current campaigns focus
on environmental health threats to children and building public support for preventive action to protect
public health, the environment and our economy. These efforts focus tools, resources and media attention
on local grassroots struggles and support organizing around state and local policy initiatives. By building
political pressure from the bottom up, we are working toward systemic change at the national level.
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OUR STORY
In 1978 near Niagara Falls, New York, Lois Gibbs was struggling to raise a
family that included two children suffering from a variety of rare illnesses.
As Lois soon realized, they weren’t the only ones. Nearly every family in
the now-infamous Love Canal neighborhood was facing its own medical
nightmare. Something was very wrong.
Lois soon discovered that her home and those of her neighbors sat beside
20,000 tons of toxic chemicals. This shocking find spurred Lois to lead her
neighbors in a struggle to protect their families from the hazardous waste in
their own backyards. Through this experience, Lois realized that no local,
state, or national organization existed to provide communities with the
strategic advice, guidance, and technical assistance necessary to win such a battle.
Lois Gibbs first learned her child was sick in 1978 and began researching the
source of the illness. She learned that the source was toxic waste that was buried
underneath their house and soon began organizing the Love Canal community to
have the waste cleaned up and all families relocated.
6. Lois and her neighbors developed strategies to educate and organize their community, assess the impact of the
toxic waste on their health, and challenge corporate and government disposal policies. After a three-year fight Lois’
leadership led to the relocation of 833 Love Canal households.
Toensurethatnoothercommunitywouldhavetofaceatoxichealththreatalone,LoisfoundedtheCenterforHealth,
Environment & Justice in 1981 (then called the Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste). The core of CHEJ’s
missionhasalwaysbeentopreventharmtohumanhealthbyprovidingtechnicalandorganizingsupporttoindividuals
and communities facing a toxic hazard. People who discover environmental contamination in their neighborhoods
are often given a mere month or two in which to articulate their concerns and organize their communities. In a
shorttime,theymustrespond
to experts who have prepared
intricate technical plans for
well-financed government
agencies and corporations.
CHEJ’s Science and Technical
Assistance Program breaks
down the scienctific aspects
of chemical exposure and
translates the issue into easily
understandable language which
a community can use to fight
back.
After months of research, Lois Gibbs
rallied the Love Canal residents to
begin the movement to make big
corporations clean up their sites and
be responsible for their actions.
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These same contaminated communities must
alsocreate,oftenoutofnothing,awell-organized
volunteer group to take on the polluter.
CHEJ’s Organizing and Information Services
Program helps communities identify volunteer
leaders, form organizations and networks,
developbasicskills,andexpandtheircommunity
base. Guidance with this step-by-step process
can be remarkably empowering in the fight for
community safety.
Today, CHEJ continues to harness the power
of grassroots organizing to help communities
protect their health from toxic hazards. On
average, CHEJ receives about 1,500 requests for
assistance each year. Over the past 35 years,
CHEJ’sworkhastouchedover15,000individuals
and groups.
On a national and international level, CHEJ’s campaign work on preventing harm, promoting children’s
health, and protecting consumers from hazardous products has only strengthened the impact of these local victories.
Moms and dads, farmers and inner city residents, professionals and blue collar workers alike have all been
faced with an environmental health threat at one time—and all are welcome to call our offices. At CHEJ, we believe
that everyone has the right to a clean and healthy environment. Together, we can create one powerful voice in favor
of protecting our health and the environment and promoting economic justice.
Years after she first began organizing in Love Canal, Lois Gibbs stood beside President
Jimmy Carter as he signed the Superfund Act of 1980 into law.
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OUR PEOPLE
What a year CHEJ has been through! We had a leadership change: Lois Gibbs is now our Leadership
Academy Director, and I started as the new Executive Director in August. We got a bill introduced
in Congress: Just Moms STL convinced their entire congressional delegation to fight to move West
Lake Landfill from EPA supervision to the more experienced and technically proficient Army Corps
of Engineers. And we got six Ohio counties to pass anti-injection well waste ordinances as part of a
coordinated campaign to stop fracking harms.
So many other communities are working extremely hard; I could have pointed to a dozen victories. I
hope you will read our whole report and see how many folks have won against incredible odds.
But perhaps the most important thing about CHEJ is more intangible - it’s about how we make people
feel connected to a larger, more generous vision of America. An America where each neighborhood
is clean and healthy. Where renewable energy, not fossil fuels, powers homes. Where fracking does
not pollute our neighborhoods, water sources or wild spaces. Where sustainable neighborhoods are
connected to green spaces and green jobs for all who need them. This America comes about only when
we not only fight for ourselves - but when we fight for each other, against all odds.
Here’s how Melissa Mays, a mom from Flint, MI put it: “I can only imagine the fear and anger that the
Bridgeton families feel, because we feel it for you. We are right here with you and we are going through
the same thing. To this day, no one is helping us.” Melissa went on to thank CHEJ - she said we were
there for her, and she thanked both our Science Department and Lois. She then pledged to build a par-
ents movement that will take on the EPA “for all the moms who are not being heard.”
Melissa, we are right here with you - and we will be by your side as you take your community back, and we will help you, Just Moms STL, the Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League, and so many more, to build a strong national movement that will protect our kids from poison.
a note from our director....
Laura Barrett
CHEJ Executive Director
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OUR PEOPLE
...a note from our founder
As I stepped down as Executive Director this past year and began to lead the
CHEJ Leadership Training Academy, it gave me pause.
I thought back to 35 years ago when I left Love Canal as a single mother of two
children with big ambitions to create policies and protections that defend their
communities. I set out to stop the disposal of hazardous waste and to clean up
existing sites. As I drove away, my mother stood at the end of the driveway and
begged me to come back. She said, “you’ll never succeed, you’re just a housewife.”
I assured her that if I failed I would be back as there was nowhere else for me and
the children to go.
Now 35 years later, it’s clear that I made the right decision. In fact, communities
across the country did stop the commercial disposal of hazardous wastes, and
Superfund was created to clean up existing sites. Moreover, through the work of
CHEJ, we’ve built a strong grassroots movement where communities are con-
nected and united in creating change.
Everyday people, just like me, have taken on some of the largest corporations,
and at times the White House, to create policies, protections and to defend their
communities as well as sister sites.
I have been blessed with the opportunity to help change the world. We still have
a long way to go and I’m not leaving yet, so stay connected and help make a
difference in people’s lives.
Lois Gibbs
CHEJ Founder
10. OUR PEOPLE
staff, fellows & interns...
STAFF
LAURA BARRETT
LOIS GIBBS
STEPHEN LESTER
SHARON FRANKLIN
TERESA MILLS
HAE-YOUNG KANG
MARIA LEYVA
LESSIE HENDERSON
GREGORY KOLEN II
FELLOWS & INTERNS
ANAM AGHA
JOSE AGUAYO
NEGGIIN ASSADI
MICHELLE ATKINS
KALEY BEINS
VESTA DAVIS
SHARON HARTZELL
DYLAN LENZEN
AMELIA MEYER
KATIE O’BRIEN
BEENA PATEL
ERIN THAMES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF
LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACADEMY
SCIENCE DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE &
PERSONNEL
OHIO COORDINATOR
BOOKEEPING & ACCOUNTANT
GRANT MANAGER
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER &
WEB COORDINATOR
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PETER B. SESSA, CHAIR
Northeastern University
ALONZO SPENCER, CHAIR EMERITUS
Save Our County
DAVE BECKWITH
Great Lakes Institue
SUZIE CANALES
Citizens for Environmental Justice
KENNETH GROSSINGER
CrossCurrents Foundation
ERIN HEANEY
Showing Up For Racial Justice
LUELLA KENNY
Love Canal Homeowners Association
JANET MARSH
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
CARA MCCAFFREY
Activist & Organizer
MARIA PELLERANO
Environmental Research Foundation
TERRI SHUCK
National Public Education Support Fund
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COMMUNITIES
ASSISTED
WORLDWIDE
MINI
GRANTS
PROVIDED
YEARS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZING WORK
NATIONAL
TRAINING
CALLS
TRAINING CALL
PARTICIPANTS
2015 MINI GRANT RECIPIENTS
FrackFree Mahoning
Youngstown OH
Concerned Citizens Richmond County
Hamlet NC
PEE DEE WALL
Ansonville NC
People for Safe Water
Urbana OH
Shawnee Forest Sentinals
Anna IL
San Jacinto River Coalition
Houston TX
Preserve Roanoke
Roanoke VA
Framingham Action Coalition
Framingham MA
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14. OUR WORK IN 2015 NATIONAL SUPERFUND ACTION
The Superfund Law was established 35 years ago after CHEJ’s Lois Gibbs organized the Love Canal community.
The law was enacted by Congress for the purpose of cleaning up emergency hazardous waste sites, and it is
administered by the EPA. Since its enactment there have been over 1,700 declared Superfund sites. However, only
391 of these have been cleaned up.
By not being cleaned up, these Superfund sites cause horrible health risks, particularly for children. These
health issues include asthma, diabetes, birth defects, multiple kinds of cancer, and significantly shorter lifespans.
The children in North Birmingham, Alabama aren’t allowed to play outside because their soil is so heavily
contaminated with toxic chemicals—arsenic in particular. What is the EPA’s response? Telling parents to make
their children remove their clothes before
entering their homes.
In response to the EPA’s lack of initiative
with Superfund, CHEJ organized a national
action. Twenty-eight environmental
groups and communities across the country
stormed local offices to show legislators,
senators, representatives, and the EPA that
Superfund sites are hurting people and that
they have the responsibility to do somthing
about it.
SUPERFUND GRAPHIC: GREG KOLEN
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OUR WORK IN 2015 NATIONAL SUPERFUND ACTION PARTICIPANTS
GASP
Birmingham, AL
Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network
Marina, CA
Pollution Extermination Groups
Naugatuck, CT
Citizens Against Toxic Exposure (CATE)
Pensacola, FL
Glynn Environmental Coalition
Brunswick, GA
Silver Valley Community Resource Center
Kellogg, ID
Neodesha Environmental Awareness Team
Neodesha, Kansas
Louisville Riverside Restoration Coalition
Louisville, KY
Gordon Plaza Community
New Orleans, LA
Hands Across the River Coalition, Inc.
New Bedford, MA
Housatonic River Initiative
Pittsfield, MA
Lone Tree Council
Bay City, MI
Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force
St. Louis, MI
Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency
Ottawa County, OK
Just Moms STL
St. Louis, MO
Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee
Milltown, MT
Edison Wetlands Association
South Plainfield, NJ
United Neighbors Concerned About GE Dewey Loeffel Landfill
(UNCAGED)
Nassau, NY
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
New York City, NY
Clean Water for North Carolina
Asheville, NC
People for Safe Water
German Township, OH
Alliance for a Clean Environment
Lower Pottsgrove Township, PA
Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group
Lower Willamette River, Portland, Oregon
Vidas Viequenses Valen (English: Vieques Lives Matter)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Friends United for a Safe Environment (FUSE)
Texarkana, TX
Jesus People Against Pollution
Columbia, MS
San Jacinto River Coalition
Channelview, Texas
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
Duwamish River in Seattle, WA
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Residents of a North Birmingham neighborhood next to a coke manufacturing plant have suffered for years from air emissions and
other concerns related to the plant. The residents organized People Against Neighborhood Industrial Contamination and raised
enough pressure to get the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to do a health consultation report that
found serious public health risks in the neighborhood due to high levels of arsenic, lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
in surface soil. Despite these findings, ATSDR’s recommendations primarily targeted steps that local residents could take to reduce
their personal exposures to these toxic chemicals. CHEJ submitted technical comments on the report and continues to work
with the local residents.
DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
For 30 years the towns of Dunmore and
Throop have been home to the Keystone
Sanitary Landfill, one of the largest landfills in
Pennsylvania. Friends of Lackawanna
(FOL) formed to address the issues related to
the landfill, which included a plan to expand the
landfill to make it one of the largest landfills
in the country. The proposal would expand the
operation for another 50 years, adding over 100
million tons of trash and creating a mountain of
garbage twice its current height. Local residents
feel that an expanded landfill does not belong
in the midst of their communities. “Enough is
Enough!” has become their battle cry.
OUR WORK COMMUNITY STORIES
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FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Residents in Ft. Collins formed Citizens Against Asphalt Toxins to fight an asphalt plant operated by Martin Marietta that was
built in the midst of their neighborhood. Residents have lots of complaints about bad odors, noise, and truck traffic. They often
find themselves prisoners in their homes, having to close windows and stay inside until the air clears. Children at the school just
a half mile away from the plant are regularly victims of the emissions from the plant. The group has been working with county
commissioners to address these problems, but the county purchases all its asphalt from the plant, so they’re not very responsive.
CHEJ has been providing organizing assistance and help with strategies as the group continues to fight back.
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
More than 10,000 workers at the Pease International Tradeport
Business and Industrial Center in Portsmouth, NH were shocked to
learn that their water was contaminated by two unusual chemicals
- perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA). Two daycare centers at the business park were also affected.
The workers quickly formed Testing for Pease to demand more
testing, and soon the state came in and tested the blood of the children
and many adults. The results showed higher levels than expected, but
no clear answers. The group is now working with ATSDR to consider
what studies, if any, can address their questions. CHEJ prepared fact
sheets on the toxicity of these chemicals and on the blood testing and
has been helping the group with organizing strategies.
OUR WORK COMMUNITY STORIES
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18. PORTLAND, OREGON
Clean Air Portland formed to address air pollution problems
in the greater Portland area and started a project called
Hillsboro Air & Water, which focuses on the pollution issues
in the Hillsboro neighborhood surrounding the Intel Corp’s
semi-conductor plant. Intel wants to renew its permit to
include a major increase in air emissions, but the neighboring
residents are concerned about the impact of these emissions
on their health. The group turned out in force at the permit
hearing and sent the message to Intel: “NO More Pollution!”
CHEJ has been helping the group get its Hillsboro Air &
Water project off the ground.
DENTON, TEXAS
CHEJ did a lot of work in Texas this past year. Denton Texas,
the home of fracking, passed a local law that prohibited local
bans on industry. This created panic at the state house with
the governor receiving and passing a bill that overrode the
local decision not only in Denton but every local decision in
the state of Texas. CHEJ worked with Downwinders and
others to find a way to raise voices across the state and change
the state law that prohibited local bans on industries.
OUR WORK COMMUNITY STORIES
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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Just Moms STL from Bridgeton, MO and CHEJ have had a busy, successful 2015. The site that they have been working on,
a working-class suburb across the highway from Ferguson. There, a landfill with an underground fire has been releasing toxic
gases and creating an unbearable stench for years. The state has fined the polluter, Republic Services, every month because they
can’t meet their permit allowable limits. Moreover, the fire is burning and moving
to the other side of the site which contains tons of radioactive nuclear waste from
the Manhattan Project. State study results show that radiological waste and toxic
compounds have poisoned the groundwater, the air, and trees in the community.
It is impossible to know how far outside the landfill borders these poisons have
spread. More frightening were last fall’s warnings of a “Chernobyl-like event”
if the garbage side of the landfill fire reaches the radioactive Manhattan Project
material. CHEJ has provided this group extensive mentoring and organizing
assistance.
FLINT, MICHIGAN
Flint, Michigan residents called CHEJ in February of 2015. They had test results
from water taken from their taps and wanted to know if the water was safe. The
results were frightening. CHEJ’s Science Director told leaders: “Do not drink that
water and alert others in the community of the threat.” Yet it was months later
that the state and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took action and told
residents to stop drinking the water. It was too late for young children who were
poisoned by the lead in the water as a result of the city moving from one water
system in Detroit to the Flint River.
OUR WORK COMMUNITY STORIES
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ARIZONA
Chino Valley
Phoenix
Tucson
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Mobile
CALIFORNIA
Capistrano Beach
Desert Center
Elk Grove
Goleta
Granada Hills
Imperial Beach
Irvine
Lake Tahoe
Los Angeles
Marin
Oakland
Oxnard
Palo Alto
Redlands
San Diego
San Francisco
San Louis Obispo
Sebastopol
Studio City
Tiburon
COLORADO
Arvada
Colorado Springs
Denver
Evergreen
Fort Collins
Johnstown
CONNECTICUT
Fairfield
Harford
Naugatuck
Wallingford
Willimantic
DELAWARE
Camden
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
Washington
FLORIDA
Clearwater
Dover
Gainesville
High Springs
Lake Worth
Palm Beach Gar-
dens
Plantation
Terra Ceia
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Decatur
Valdosta
Waycross
HAWAII
Honolulu
IDAHO
Kellogg
ILLINOIS
Moro
INDIANA
Anderson
Bloomington
IOWA
Sioux City
Kansas
Kansas City
KENTUCKY
Ashland
Calvert City
Louisville
Maceo
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Kenner
Minden
Monroe
Sulfur
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Bethesda
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Glenwood
Lusby
Montgomery County
Oxon Hill
Rockville
Silver Spring
St. Mary’s City
Takoma Park
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Brimfield
Framingham
Lowell
Medford
New Bedford
Springfield
Stoneham
Worcester
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Flint
Mancelona
Petoskey
St. Louis
Summerville
MINNISOTA
Bemidji
Minneapolis
MISSISSIPPI
Oxford, Mississippi
MISSOURI
Bridgeton
Joplin
St. Louis
MONTANA
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Missoula
NEVADA
Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kingston
Portsmouth
NEW JERSEY
Edison
Morristown
OUR WORK COMMUNITIES ASSISTED
22. INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITIES ASSISTED
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Amman, Jordan
Bangalore, India
Barre, Ontario, Canada
Berlin, Germany
British Columbia, Canada
The Bahamas
Carlo, New Brunswick, Canada
Denmark
Guilford, New Brunswick, Canada
Hvalso, Denmark
Korea
LowerCloverdale,NewBrunswick,Canada
New Brunswick, Canada
Niddrie, Victoria, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Virgin Islands
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Paulsboro
Pompton Lakes
Sparta
NEW YORK
Albany
Albertson
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Castleton
Cortland
East Aurora
Endicott
Forestville
Grand Island
Ithaca
Jamestown
Lackawanna
Middleport
New Paltz
New York
Niagara Falls
Pendleton
Rochester
Tonawanda
Wheatfield
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
Charlotte
Concord
Durham
Glendale Springs
Greensboro
Hamlet
Harrisburg
Raleigh
Robeson County
Sanford
Triangle Park
Wadesboro
Winston-Salem
OHIO
Athens
Barnesville
Beverly
Caledonia
Cambridge
Carollton
Cincinnati
Columbus
Conneaut
Delaware
East Liverpool
Kirtland
Lebanon
Marietta
Meigs County
New Philidelphia
Portage County
Rutland
Stockport
Torch
Trumbull County
Urbana
Wadsworth
Windsor Township
Youngstown
OKLAHOMA
Broken Arrow
OREGON
Bend Beaverton
Eugene
Forest Glen
Portland
PENNSYLVANIA
Butler
Bethlehem
Brockway
Dunmore
Erie
Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Redding
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charlestown
Pinewood
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Johnson City
TEXAS
Arlington
Austin
Baytown
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Houston
Rosenberg
San Antonio
UTAH
Orem
Vermont
Goshen
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Arlington
Bent Mountain
Falls Church
Floyd
Franklin
Giles
Hampton Roads
Herndon
Martinsville
PG County
Montgomery County
Pittsylvania
Roanoke
Virginia Beach
Yogaville
WASHINGTON
Olympia
Seattle
Willapa Bay
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington
WISCONSIN
Badger
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Madison
Sardine
Trevor
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OUR FINANCES MEMBERS & DONORS OF 2015
Allergy & Asthma Treatment Center
Alvarez and Associates Inc.
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Center for Community Change
Cleveland Hill Union Free School District
Coalition for the Environment
Concerned Citizens Ohio
Concerned Citizens for Safe MSAD51
Concerned Citizens of Union County
Community Bill of Rights
CrossCurrents Foundation
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
EarthShare
Ecological Solutions
Environmental Defense Fund
Gail Van Haren
Heimbinder Family Foundation
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Naturepedic Mattresses for Babies and Children
Neighbors for Clean Air
Network For Good
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
People for Clean Air & Water
Public Citizen
Rachel Buzzards Bay Coalition
RSF Social Finance
Save Our County, Inc.
Schwab Charitable Fund
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood
Survivors of Industrial Chemicals
Tabard Corporation
Tierra Vista Tours & Consulting
United Way of Greater Philadelphia
University of Arizona
Water, Singing-On-The-Rocks
Williams College Library
Winky Foundation
Working Group NoJHL at PWV
26. OUR FINANCES INDIVIDUAL DONORS OF 2015
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Sam Kittner
Judith A. Mannix &
Mr. John T. Koot
Douglass W. &
Kathleen Kopp
Marvin Kraus
Sandra Kurtz
Richard LaMonica
Thomas & Linda Lebach
Yin-M Lee
Aaron Lercher
Gerson & Debbie Lesser
Murray Levine
Dave Levy
Frank Lewin
Linda Lewison
Maria Leyva
Sharon Livesey
Patricia Lloyd
Kat Logan Smith
Mary Lomont Till
Ellen Luhman
William C. & Agnes Martin
John & Barbara May
Carol Ann Mayka
Carol Mayka
Terrence &
Elizabeth McCloskey
Pete & Eileen McGovern
Patricia McHugh
Susan G. McIlwain
Barbara McKasson
Barbara Meyer
David Milliken
Laura Miner
Richard Mitchell
Maryll Moon
Charles Morgan
Sarah Mosko
Philip Moss
Kenneth F. &
Katharine Mountcastle
Claire Nader
Stacy Nagelberg
Ricky Schlesinger &
Ms. Judy Nakatomi
Heather Navarro
Dennis Nelson
Eric Alan & Kathryn Nelson
Lara Norkus-crampton
Sally Oesterling
Diana & Jim Oleskevich
Monique Ouimette
Owen Owens
Charles Palmer
Robert Paolino
Louise Pape
Michael Parnell
Gary Pearson
Maria Pellerano
Sharon Peralta
Marilyn Perona
Ruth Perry
Kathy Peterson
Crista Peterson
Laurence Phelps
Jeffrey Phillips
Amelia Pickering
Nancy Pierce
Lawrence A. Krantz &
Ms. Diane Pittman
Phyllis Pivo
John Pollack
Carolyn Prinster
Mercedes Quesada-Embid
Marilyn Reed
Ellen Relkin
Paul Rocheleau
Richard Roderick
Beth Rosenberg
Jerry S. & Faye Rosenthal
Alexa Ross
Ron Saff
Nancy Sampson
Lee Harper & William Sanjour
Keith Saylor
Arnold Schecter
James Schermbeck
Erich Schimps
David Schlissel
Joni Seager
Tanya Sekanic
Linda Sekura
Philip & Alice Shabecoff
John Shaw
Henry & Mary Shoiket
Terri Shuck
Jodie Siegel
Steve Siegel
Thomas von Geldern &
Cynthia Skrukrud
M. Smith
Steven Hecht & Dori Smith
Joyce Solochek
Eric Sorensen
Gina Fried & Toba Spitzer
Ted Steegmann
Paul Stern
Svea Strong
Lucy Stroock
John Sullivan
Sarah Swenson
Ellen Taylor
Gomer Thomas
Denise Trease
Ronald and Mary Trimmer
Deborah Trupin
Daniel French & Ms.
Rosann Tung
Joseph S. & Charlotte Uris
Alis Valencia
Jack M. & Uta Valpey
John Valvano
Kathy Van Dame
Gail Van Haren
Richard Vanden Heuvel
Ivan & Susan Varlamoff
Gail Veiby
Gwendolyn Verhoff
Martha Vinick
Theodore J. &
Swanhild B. Voneida
Joseph Wasserman
Diana Weatherby
Tom Webster
Joel Weisberg
Richard & Nancy Weiss
Margaret Weitzmann
Elaine Wellin
Jessica Wernls
Doris White
Carolyn Whiting
James Wichmann
Lisa Williams
Alicia Wittink
Wrona
J. Wunderlich
George Yocher
Richard Yurman
James J. & M. Zaffiro
Sarah Zaslaw
Arlene Zaucha
Louis A. & Janet Zeller
Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman
Michael Zuckerman
Gail Zwiebel
27. OUR FINANCES WAYS TO GIVE
MEMBERSHIP & INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Visit our website to make a donation to CHEJ, to become a member of CHEJ, or to become a sustaining member!
WORKPLACE GIVING
If your employer participates in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), you can make a donation to CHEJ through
the workplace campaign. Make a one-time donation, or sign up to provide ongoing support through payroll deduction
by designating CFC #10633 as your beneficiary organization.
PLANNED GIVING
As you plan for the future of your family, please consider providing for the future of CHEJ’s work as well. By including
CHEJ in your estate planning, you ensure that CHEJ will be there to mentor communities faced with environmental
health threats.
You can designate a gift of cash, securities or other assets in your will or codicil. Simply include the following
language: “I hereby give and bequeath ________ [a set dollar amount or a percentage of your estate] to the Center for
Health, Environment and Justice, a not-for-profit organization incorporated by the laws of the District of Columbia
having its principal offices in Falls Church, Virginia, for the Center’s general purposes. Tax ID number 52-1219489.”
For more information, call 703-237-2249 ext. 14.
OTHER WAYS TO GIVE
Please visit our website to learn about the many ways you can help CHEJ and make a difference in the world!
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OUR INFORMATION
CHEJ encourages people who need community assistance or have questions for CHEJ staff to
call or email us. Our office hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
LOCATION
105 Rowell Court
Floor 1
Falls Church, VA
22046
CONTACT
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6806
Falls Church, VA
22040-6806
Phone: (703) 942-8432
ONLINE
Email: chej@chej.org
Website: www.chej.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CHEJfans
Twitter: @chej
REPORT LAYOUT/DESIGN: VESTA DAVIS
