P O Box 384  Paradise, CA 95967
vada@harvestams.com  -  www.harvestams.com
Tel/Fax: 530.872.9177
 
TESTIMONIALS

"Vada Bouffard has assisted Shasta Women's Refuge on numerous occasions over the past years. During a personnel change, Vada stepped in to help on a contract, short-term basis with grant administration and billing, budget development and reconciliation, production of monthly financial reports for the Board of Directors and assisted with the annual audit to name a few. Ms. Bouffard hit the deck running.

She quickly identified system weak spots and put procedures in place to ensure accuracy and efficiency. Her work was always timely and accurate, and she assisted in the recruitment and hiring of our Staff Controller. She is a self starter and extremely knowledgeable. She works well with a variety of personalities. Her assistance was invaluable to us."

Maggie John, Executive Director
Shasta Women's Refuge
Redding, CA

"Since Vada began working for the Northern California Regional Land Trust (NCRLT) we’ve grown from one part-time staff to three full-time staff. During this period of growth, Vada has been instrumental in helping us develop and implement the accounting and financial systems necessary to keep up. She has made our accounting processes in QuickBooks more orderly, understandable, accurate and streamlined. She always manages to get us back on track whenever necessary and offers constructive input when improvement is necessary.

Vada is also a very gifted teacher and has assisted our board in understanding their fiduciary responsibilities and staff in setting up and managing grants, state and federal tax reports, monthly financial reports and overall assistance with general accounting operations. She is always willing to help on short notice, has a wonderful attitude and sharp wit, and works well with everyone she has come in contact with at NCRLT.  We consider Vada a vital member of the team and would recommend her services without hesitation."

Jamison Watts, Executive Director
Northern California Regional Land Trust
Chico, CA


"Contracted by the Jesus Center, Vada Bouffard revamped our accounting system, made astute recommendations, pointed out missing legal requirements, simplified our chart of accounts in QuickBooks, and gave me the big picture on financial analysis. What was especially helpful was advice on budget preparation and analysis and how to align personnel requirements with overall strategic planning. Vada's personal warmth and zest for her work made the learning experience for me very enjoyable."

Bill Such, Executive Director
The Jesus Center

Chico, CA

"As a new local non-profit it was clear to us that if we were going to correctly manage organizational growth, we first needed to create a sound internal financial infrastructure.  Recommended to us from our local partner, Sierra Health Foundation, Vada used her expertise, guidance and patience to help us completely reorganize and reconstruct our financial systems. With her help I am positive that we have the tools in place to manage our fiscal responsibilities correctly and efficiently now and into the foreseeable future. Thanks Vada!"  

Shawn Harrison, Executive Director
Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project
Sacramento, CA


"Vada incorporated all our information, figured out what exactly we would need as far as what the program could provide and incorporated the program into two computers – the Treasurer’s and the Membership volunteer’s computer. Amazingly everything went smoothly. I have worked in companies where switching over to new software takes months to get the kinks out but there were no kinks here. It was a wonderful surprise.

In the following year or two whenever there are updates to the software and a glitch occurs on one of the two computers, Vada is always just an email or call away for help. She is always willing to help us out in a jam and does it with professionalism and a real willingness to see us through the next phase of updates."

Karelene Stoker
Shasta Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, Inc.
Anderson, CA



"Vada has proven to be of invaluable assistance in taking my team and me to the next level in our real estate business. Her guidance in navigating QuickBooks and actually using and understanding the information provided therein has helped us to gain a clearer picture of our financial status at any given time and -- more importantly -- budget for the future. I highly recommend the services of HarvestAMS."

Laura Burghardt, CRS, GRI
W. M. Campbell Real Estate
Chico, CA