Leadership Giving Donors
& Community Volunteers
Debbie Worch
2022 Klamath Country Volunteer of the Year
Debbie Worch was selected the 2022 Klamath Country Volunteer of the Year among 36 nominees. Debbie volunteers for many organizations and specializes in making hundreds of quilts for organizations like the Klamath Falls Gospel Mission, Klamath Behavioral Health, Project Linus and the Barn Quilt project. Deb has served on the board of directors for the Butte Valley Rural Health Clinic for the past 40 years. She served for the past 23 years on the Tulelake Area Service Club (six years as president). She has volunteered for Klamath Hospice, the Merrill Blues Festival and the Potato Festival.
Everyone nominated received an award for their service and a special eight page tabloid honoring all the nominees was published in the Herald and News on April 22nd during national volunteer week. View this special report and learn about their accomplishments on the publication section of this web site.
The finalists for the 2022 Klamath Country Volunteer of the Year included Bell Riley, Alexis McGonigle, Nathan Elwood, Jamie Mangan, Rhonda Nyseth, Lorna Lou Harris. Other finalists included Sky Lakes Medical Center Volunteers, Henley High School Air Force JROTC, and the Bly Community Action Team.
The Klamath Country Volunteer of the Year event is presented each year by the United Way of the Klamath Basin in financial partnership with The KMSB Foundation. Our thanks also to the media judges who read and score all of the nominations each year: Rob Siems, Basin Mediactive; Bob Wynne, Wynne Broadcasting; Joe Hudon, Herald and News; and Nancy Jarvis, KOTI-TV.
To view the 2022 Klamath Country Volunteers of Year Special Report go to publications page or click the following link
The Klamath Country Volunteer of the Year is selected
from the finalists within each of the five divisions.
(Youth, Adults, Seniors, Education and Public Safety/Public Service).
United Way Leadership Giving KEY Club
Mel & Renée Ferguson
2021 Key Club Chairpersons
The KEY Club is designed to recognize the extraordinary contribution by individuals to the United Way Community Campaign. In 2021, 108 members donated a total of $212,400 representing an average gift of $1,968. Sky Lakes Medical Center lead the way with 12 KEY Club donors and Klamath Falls Toyota had nine members. The following is a current roster of our 2021 members. While every gift is important, KEY Club gifts are vital to our overall success. The 2021 Leadership Giving KEY Club chairs were Mel & Renee Ferguson. The 2022 KEY Club volunteer chair persons will be announced this summer.
Bronze KEY
(Gift of $1,000 to $1,499)
| Crystal Agard |
| Cec Amuchastegui |
| Kasie Anderson |
| Chris Armstrong |
| Janice Arnold |
| Tim & Kris Bailey |
| William & Sharon Brandsness |
| Stephanie Brown |
| Jeff Bullock |
| Gene & Sharon Chappell |
| Jessica Chastain |
| David & Beth Drew |
| Alan & Carol Eberlein |
| Anna Felder |
| Mel & Renée Ferguson |
| Erin Foley |
| Daniel & Tara Gailis |
| Michael & Laila Griffith |
| Denise Hard |
| Sheri Hargrave |
| Patricia E. Henderson |
| Molly & Lauren Jespersen |
| Avis & Bruce Kielsmeier |
| Faith Koepke |
| Edward Kotz |
| Tanner Krag |
| Juan Lagunas |
| Loren Lawrie |
| Jennifer Little |
| Carolyn Lotspeich |
| Sarah Malaby |
| Shirley Malaby |
| Danette Mason |
| Rick McGuffey |
| Steve Meng |
| Drs. Nagi & Kasturi Naganathan |
| John & Ann Novak |
| Lenora Reinhard |
| Rob & Jamie Siems |
| Jeffrey & Lindsay Smith |
| Simon Smith |
| Joan Staunton |
| Sid & Tamara Staunton |
| Ron & Sandy Steinbeck |
| Mitch & Tammy Stokes |
| M. Jayne Stuntebeck |
| Greg & Janet Thede |
| Barbara Thom |
| Bud Wakefield |
| Cheryl Westbrook |
| Michael Westbrook |
| Johyn & Donna Wetter |
| Dorothy L. Winters |
| Carolyn Woods |
| Fred & Merlaine Zwartverwer |
| * Two anonymous donors |
Silver Key
(Gift of $1,500 to $1,999)
| Todd & Mindi Andres |
| James Baxter |
| Alan Caldwell |
| Frank Ganong |
| Mike & Laila Griffith |
| Mike & Donna Romtvedt |
| David & Kristin Sayles |
| Brent Thomas |
| *One anonymous donors |
Gold Key
(Gift of $2,000 to $3,499)
| Dr. Beverly Bauman |
| John & Kendall Bell, Marcella Bell |
| Timothy Boozer |
| Andy Brandsness |
| Leroy & Nora Cabral |
| George & Janice Calvert |
| Mike Cheeseman |
| Charles R. Dunbar |
| Nicholas Ealy |
| Daniel Earhart |
| Neal & Susan Eberlein |
| Gerald & Susan Freschi |
| Frank & Renee Hernandez |
| Christopher Hinklin |
| Chris & Susan Kandra |
| Juan Maldonado |
| Don & Kwanda McDonnell |
| Dr. Raul & Karri Mirande |
| Chris & Linda Moudry |
| Stan Neitling |
| Kent & Linda Pederson |
| Tom Powley & Vonnie Powley |
| Erwin Ritter & Family |
| Tom & Sue Schiess |
| Thomas J. & Barbara Shaw |
| Matt Snipes |
| Tim & Gloria Steiner |
| Anne Weaver |
| Nancy J. Wendt |
Platinum KEY
(Gift of $3,500 to $4,999)
| Drew & Betsy Honzel |
| John & Jerri Hyde |
| Rick & Susan Kreizenbeck |
| Dick & Chris Ledgerwood |
Emerald KEY
(Gift of $5,000 to $ 7,499)
| Dan & Ann Cavanaugh |
| Glenn & Ursula Gailis |
| Mike & Nora Hohman |
| Larry & Maureen Jespersen |
| Bill & John Walker |
Diamond KEY
(Gift of $7,500 to $9,999)
| Matthew & Denise Howard |
United Way of America
Alexis de Tocqueville Society
(Gift of $10,000 and above)
| Mike & Bessie Short Trust |
| Bob & Michelle Wynne |