Cecilia Bryan, Volunteer and Events Coordinator

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Cecilia is joining our team as our volunteer and event coordinator. She comes with extensive experience in the event and hospitality fields and has loved partnering with many volunteers over the years. She is passionate about bringing joy and smiles to children and families in need of some.

When Cecelia isn’t working, she spends her time volunteering at her kids’ schools, baking cookies or fostering dogs.

Random Fact: Cecilia has lived in Mexico, Canada and now the U.S.
Camp name: TBD (hoping for a funny moment at retreat to lead to a nickname…)
Email: cbryan@reachministries.org

Sydney Winetrout, Administrative Coordinator

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Sydney, a former REACH Camp volunteer, is joining our team as Administrative Coordinator! Sydney cares for others by providing acceptance and love, as well as being a reliable, trustworthy person.

Sydney is a junior at Arizona State University, pursuing a BA in Sustainability with ASU’s fantastic online program. In her free time, Sydney enjoys spending time with loved ones, especially if it involves movies or card games!

  • Random Fact: Sydney is from the original birthplace of Mardi Gras. (The common misconception is New Orleans, but in fact Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, AL!)
  • Camp Name: Sweet Tea
  • Email: administrator@reachministries.org

Pam Wenz, Director of Family Services

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Pam has been with REACH since the beginning (she knows all the secrets). At the very first camp in 1997 she fell in love with the REACH families and joined REACH as a staff member soon after. Her role included coordinating REACH Camp for many years and launching the REACH Mentoring Program in 2001. In her current role she delights in making sure REACH families and individuals, new and old, feel connected and supported.

Outside of her work hours, you might find Pam watching her three teenage sons play sports, teaching children at her church, or trying to keep her house stocked with groceries.

  • Random Fact: Her first choice of candy bar would be a Big Hunk. (Yes, the candy bar you can’t believe is still being sold.) She finds it delicious.
  • Camp Name: Dusty (inspired by Dusty Bottoms – from “The Three Amigos.”)
  • Email: pwenz@reachministries.org

Dan Stoehr, Executive Director

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Dan joined REACH in 2013, following careers as an Air Force pilot and Lutheran church worker. He is passionate about sharing God’s hope with those who are held back from being all they were created to be, because of circumstances beyond their control.

Outside of REACH, he is active with his church in the Tacoma Hilltop. Fun for him includes hiking, long road trips, and traveling just about anywhere. Through all of his travels worldwide, he has discovered that “people are people are people,” and regardless of culture, religion, nationality or anything else that separates us, all people respond positively to kindness, smiles, human touch, and music.

  • Random Fact: His first, middle, and last names all have six letters, and so do his wife’s Dianne’s. They also have the same monogram – DJS – so it was truly a match made in heaven.
  • Camp Name: Krispy (his wife Dianne is Kreme)
  • Email: dstoehr@reachministries.org