{"id":18,"date":"2012-03-12T11:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T18:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecbiz119.inmotionhosting.com\/~clarkc10\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:24:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/about","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section preset--module--divi-section--3fb8b6db-908a-44cf-a960-926ac5181e62\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><em><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>The mission of Clark County Newcomers Club is to provide a network for fostering friendships in an atmosphere of mutual respect, and to support local charities and service endeavors.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Clark County Newcomers Club was founded in 1954 in Vancouver, Washington, USA.<br \/>Members enjoy getting together for activities, and also enjoy working to raise money to benefit a charity selected by the board every year.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The monthly coffee is our general membership meeting.<\/strong> Our coffees are informal gatherings that give you the opportunity to learn more about the club while meeting and socializing with current members. We would be delighted if you would be able to attend a coffee in the near future. Find more information about the monthly coffee<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/events\/coffees\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>As a member, we hope you will take time to volunteer for and participate on a committee.\u00a0 It's one way you can have a richer experience as a member of CCNC. We've listed the elected officers below and\u00a0 the current board committees. Officers are elected and committees formed at our annual May board meeting for the membership year, June to July.<\/h3>\n<h3>CCNC is a not-for-profit organization, and is not connected with any county agency or department, or any for-profit business.<strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><strong>Officers<br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>President<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Vice President<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Secretar<\/strong>y<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Treasurer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><strong>Standing Committees on the Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Charity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Coffees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Cultural<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Fundraising<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Historian<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Hospitality<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>In-Club Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Luncheons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Mailings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Membership\/Handbook<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>New Member Gathering<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Newsletter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Publicity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Social<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Sunshine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Tours<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Website Director<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6980,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/6980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcountynewcomers.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}