2017 Annual Report

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• THE PROMISE • THE OFFER • OUR PLEDGE

We will provide you with an education filled with experiences to last a lifetime. On field trips and through environmental education you will see, smell, and taste things that you never dreamed existed. You will learn skills that will land you jobs and some that will become hobbies. You will play sports, dance, sing and laugh. You will be safe in our home, because it was built to be your home, too. You will learn about other cultures and about your own rich culture, knowledge you can pass on to your children one day when you are grown up and ready to have them. You will attend a private school where you will stay until you are eighteen years old. We will provide tutors and academic assistance along the way. If you are committed to going to college we will help you to get there. You will learn languages to enable you to communicate with people from around the world. You will serve your community and communities with people you do not know. You will march for peace, for change, and for justice for all. You will be a leader who commands respect. We understand that if your teeth ache or your mother is ill or your siblings are hungry you may not be present, and you need to be present, both physically and mentally. Therefore we will make sure you receive health care and learn to advocate for your health and wellness. If your family needs assistance, financial or emotional, we promise we will look for resources to help them, so that they will also remain determined to help you break the cycle of poverty by receiving a quality education that was not offered to them. We recognize that you cannot do it alone, none of us ever have. Our wings are fashioned by many hands.

• THE KNOW

• THE ASK

You began your life many miles behind the starting line, and that was not fair. But this has given you a better understanding of how to be compassionate and patient and we trust you will use this compassion and patience to help others who may stumble or need the wisdom of someone who has had to overcome so many obstacles. You will remain committed and will not give up. You may get used to hearing no, but you will never accept it when it is about your well-being or your own dreams or the wellbeing and dreams of your community, since we don’t belong to ourselves alone.

To achieve these goals, you must show up. You must contribute your time and devotion. Dream big, work hard. You must never forget your cradle, where you came from and that you will share your knowledge and love with all that you come into contact with. You will care for your mother earth and for your mother who birthed you as well as the many mothers and fathers who helped raise you. You will be proud and remain a reader, a problem solver, and a good communicator. You will never stop trying. You will not condone violence or discrimination in any form or intentionally hurt others. You will not judge others as we did not raise you to be judges but to be peacemakers. You will teach others to love the earth and the sea and the air. You are a Mariposa. Your wings were fashioned by many hands. Use them to soar.


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TABLE OF

our MISSION

CONTENTS

EDUCATE AND EMPOWER GIRLS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

our VISION CREATE THE MODEL THAT CAN BE ADAPTED AROUND THE WORLD FOR A HOLISTIC GIRLS’ EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

CONTACT US US Address: DR Address: Phone:

421 N. Aurora St. Ithaca, NY 14850 Calle Principal Cabarete, Dominican Republic (809) 571 0610

E-mail: Website:

info@mariposadrfoundation.org www.mariposadrfoundation.org @Mariposa DR Foundation


06 Team

08 Academic Enrichment

14 International Awareness

18 Community Engagement

24 Environmental Education

28 Health & Wellness

30 Summer Program

40 Financial Overview

42 Donors


TEAM Patricia Thorndike Suriel Executive Director and Founder

Roberto Gomez Groundskeeper

Jessica Lawson Co-Founder and Consultant

Yajaira López Office Manager

Jeisi Acevedo Maintenance

Jessica Mace Deputy Director

Yany Almonte Kitchen Helper

Alexandra Milián Psychologist

Sarah Andersen Volunteer Coordinator & Service Trip Leader

Alyssa Ramos Reynoso Associate Director

Amanda Bucci Program Coordinator & Director of Art & Culture Pamela Cuadros Graphic Designer & Surfing Instructor Aislinn Doyle Development & Volunteer Relations Specialist Beti Eugene Housekeeper Sarah Fisher Administrative Director Fernanda García Program Assistant Mary Jane García Literacy Teacher

Luis Sosa General Services Freddy Suriel Food Prep & Logistics

CABARETE COFFEE COMPANY

Fatima Alvarez Barista Tony García Barista

Orianna García Server Karina Mendez Manager Yamalí Pascual Server

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Fermín Vargas Server

MARIPOSA UPCYCLED SAILS

María Alexandra Rivas Upcycled Sails Operations & Production Supervisor Belkys Ynoa Upcycled Sails Seamstress

INTERNS Ana Iris Araujo Rose Lourdes Macce Yanaira Rodriguez

PHOTOGRAPHERS Amy Martin Mark Tuschman


EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LETTER FROM OUTGOING PRESIDENT

Julia Alvarez Honorary Chairwoman Aislinn Doyle Outgoing President Tesha McCord Poe Incoming President Jessica Mitchell Treasurer Raymond Jay Dunn Rosy Gonzalez Stacey Kertsman Bessie Speers Patricia Thorndike Suriel

ADVISORY BOARD Radmilla Cody Bill Eichner Emmanuel Franjul Holly Gordon Renee Grant-Mitchell Judy Greenberg Richard Hansen Deborah Harmon Bouknight Sara Lulo Nell Newman Caitlin O’Shea Yaneris M. Rosa Elizabeth Thorndike James C. White Michelle Wucker Joelle Wyser-Pratte

DOMINICAN BOARD Milagros de la Cruz Laurel Eastman María Elena Grateraux Claudia Schwarz Yajaira López Francia Soranyi Lugo Patricia Thorndike Suriel

2011 - 2017

The first time I met Tricia, I was standing on the sidewalk of Calle Principal in Cabarete, trying to help the cobrador heft my giant duffle bag off the guagua roof. I was tired and feeling a little overwhelmed from my 10 hour day of travel. Tricia walked up to me with her big, welcoming smile and said, “Nice to meet you. We got lots to do, so let’s get you settled so we can get started.” Her enthusiasm melted away my exhaustion and we got to work. That was June of 2008. Little did I know that when Tricia wants to get started, the work doesn’t end, and I would be a part of Mariposa for the next ten years. I feel privileged to have had so many different roles: volunteer, President of the Board, staff, donor, friend. Once you enter the Mariposa community, it draws you in and you never want to leave. I feel lucky to have had the honor to see how the Mariposa DR Foundation has developed through the years. Watching Mariposa grow from an organization that was meeting wherever space or shade could be found, to the incredible transformation of a dilapidated property into a gorgeous, vibrant Mariposa Center for Girls. I have been a witness to the day to day progress of growing, learning, creating community, transforming lives, and breaking generational poverty. And of all the years I have witnessed, 2017 was an incredible one: three Mariposas were selected to go to United World College, we added Cabarete Coffee to our social enterprises, and our surfing, swimming, and biking programs grew exponentially. What started as a ripple, has grown into a huge swell. Personally, the year 2017 will always be a special one for me because it is the year I became a mom. I had a sense even before my son was born that the responsibilities and realities of parenthood would completely alter my life, which they did. But one thing I did not anticipate was that the work Mariposa does would become even more meaningful to me. Seeing the hopes, frustrations, desires, struggles, achievements, and joy of the Mariposas through the lens of motherhood gave me a shifted perspective, and I feel even more responsibility than ever before to bear witness and help where I can. I hope you will join me in that responsibility, sharing the Mariposa DR Foundation story and celebrating all that has been achieved over the past year. Sincerely,

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ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT

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IS A GLOBAL EDUCATION MOVEMENT THAT MAKES EDUCATION A FORCE TO UNITE PEOPLE, NATIONS AND CULTURES FOR PEACE AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. United World College (UWC) is an educational organization that has affiliations in 155 countries around the world. With a focus on the 16-19 year old age group, UWC selects its students domestically through a national committee system. Last year, Mariposa had the privilege of sending two of our graduates to UWC Costa Rica, and one graduate to the UWC Atlantic College in Wales. Thanks to UWC and generous donors, these young women have been given the chance of a lifetime to further their studies abroad. UWC is a perfect fit for our Mariposas Volando. Their objective is to “help students discover the possibility of change. They learn that they can help to change the world through their courageous action, personal example and selfless leadership. We support young people to reach their intellectual, moral, aesthetic, emotional, social, spiritual and physical potential.”

Jafreisy has always brought an incredible amount of energy and enthusiasm. She shone in the singing, circus, and surfing programs. She graduated high school in 2017 and studies at UWC Costa Rica.

Yaritza was one of the original Mariposa girls, and joined the organization in 2009. We have been honored to watch her grow into an amazing young woman and voracious reader. She is studying at UWC Costa Rica.

Romely joined Mariposa in 2012 and is known for being exceptionally kind, patient and mature. She especially enjoyed sewing and artistic projects. After graduating from high school in 2017, she made the big move across the ocean to study at UWC Atlantic College in Wales.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA & VANESSA NADAL FOR SUPPORTING MARIPOSA’S UWC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM!

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THE CLASS OF 2017 WAS THE BIGGEST CLASS OF MARIPOSA GRADUATES YET!

SUCCESS

Graduating from high school and Mariposa programs is a huge accomplishment in a community where many girls become teen mothers and don’t finish primary school. We are so proud of what these girls have overcome, and who they have become after many years of growth. We would like to share some of their success stories with you here:

Nicole was in Mariposa for four years and especially enjoys English, sports, and participating in the music program. Nicole is very caring and very much a dreamer, always talking about love! She hopes to go on to study early child education and become a teacher.

Yuri participated in Mariposa programs for 4 years, despite her family moving to the next town over. She gets picked up the earliest and gets home the latest but hardly ever misses programs. Her mother stopped school in 5th grade, but has been inspired by the success of her daughter to return to school taking nightclasses. Yuri enjoys singing in the Mariposa musical program and is an avid reader who is inspired to study psychology.

Melissa was one of the original Mariposa girls. Her mother married at age 15 and had Melissa at age 16, dropping out of school in the 7th grade. Mariposa built Melissa’s family a home, as theirs was in very bad condition. Melissa says that after being a Mariposa for so long, she can’t imagine what her childhood would look like without it. She has already surpassed the education level of her parents and is on her way to do great things!

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STORIES Victoria is a bright young woman and is in an advanced grade for her age, a point of pride for her mother who left school after finishing 8th grade. She is always laughing and enjoys life to the fullest. After high school, Victoria would like study business administration.

Criseld sticks out as one of Mariposa’s greatest actresses. She speaks excellent English and uses her skills at her job as a server, where she earns money to save for college. Her mother married at 17 years old and stopped school in 7th grade, so Criseld is well on her way in taking a different path. Criseld is known for her passion for theater and her kindness towards others. She is very eager to pursue the arts or continue on to higher education!

Radivel has a special gift for creative writing and likes all kinds of art. Radivel is very studious and always does her homework, and she especially loves math. She enjoys participating in our musical group as a percussionist and is a surfer. We can’t to see where Radivel’s gift for the arts takes her!

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Education and opportunity are becoming dependent on technology in today’s day and age. For girls living in poverty, this is another area where they are at a disadvantage. At the Mariposa Center for Girls, we supply iPads for girls to learn online research skills and get their homework done. They receive training on how to use the internet safely, and type.

TECH ED

Access to technology would be impossible for the Mariposas without the generosity of our donors, including the Castilleja School, who donated dozens of iPads to our Center.

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READING PARTNERSHIP Giving back to the community is important to our girls, and we love collaborating with local organizations. This year we started a reading mentorship with our 5th and 6th grade students and our neighbors at 3 Mariposas Montessori. Each week several of our mentors visit 3 Mariposas and read books in Spanish to the young students. This not only helps instill a love a reading in the listeners, but also helps the mentors strengthen their reading skills and gain confidence in their own abilities.

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INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS

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In 2017 we had the honor of welcoming Colleen Cooley of the DinĂŠ (Navajo) Nation to the Mariposa Center for Girls. During her weeklong visit she gave presentations on environmental activism and the importance of taking care of Mother Earth. It is always a privilege to be able to learn from indigenous voices!

In 2012, the United Nations formalized our vision to hone in on the value of raising girls to change the world, declaring October 11th the International Day of the Girl. This year, our more experienced Mariposas ran the show, planning and facilitating activities, including creating plays and a viewing of the film Girl Rising, followed by discussion groups about issues girls face worldwide. It was reassuring to watch the empowered Mariposas take on this leadership role. 16 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


BORDER OF LIGHTS

Border of Lights is an annual event at the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti to commemorate the 1937 massacre and promote peace between the two countries after historical conflicts. In 2017, The Mariposa DR Foundation participated for the fifth year in a row to celebrate diversity on the island of Hispaniola. The Mariposa girls emphasized their role as agents of change to help end discrimination against Haitians in their own community.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

An important part of our curriculum is instilling the value of giving back through community service. We have endless potential for helping our community with our very willing and capable Mariposa girls, staff, visiting student groups and volunteers.

PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY ARE OFTEN THE MOST VULNERABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS.

Towards the end of 2016, Cabarete was hit with torrential rains that led to severe flooding. Many Mariposa families were affected, but one family was hit particularly hard. Luz Divina, a young Mariposa girl, lived with her mother and two sisters in a small home her mother bought with all of her savings. When the floods hit, their house was filled with over three feet of water and the family lost everything. As they fled, Luz Divina chose to save her Mariposa t-shirts as her only possession.

With the help of generous donations, several volunteer groups, and local construction experts Mariposa was able to build the family a new home where the three girls can grow up safe and healthy! 18 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


COMMUNITY SERVICE

Our Mariposas repainted a wall at a local public school.

At the Mariposa Center for Girls we provide Dominican and Haitian girls from the Cabarete community with opportunities many of their peers do not have. An important part of our curriculum is instilling the value of giving back to the community, especially through community service. Our oldest Mariposa girls dedicated their Saturday mornings to doing just that!

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“IT TAKES A VILLAGE” MURAL PROJECT Early in September of 2017, twenty Mariposa DR Foundation girls sat around a table together and made a list of things that they felt captured the heart and soul of their community here in Cabarete. From the colorful flurry of kites out on the ocean, to the simple joy of buying a perfect banana from a colmado, to exploring the caves on the hill in their own backyard—their list sparked the beginning of the “My Community” mural project.

For the next four months, these Mariposa girls, with the support of the US Embassy – Santo Domingo, became the force behind the completion of this project. Using their initial inspirations and ruminations, artists Xaivier Ringer and Annemarie Zwack took up residence in town and collaborated to create a design that captured the community in all its vibrance and vivacity. Over five hundred hands lent their labor to the creation of this mural. Mariposa girls, staff and visiting artists worked with every student of the main public school—Kindergarten through 8th grade—to give them a chance to be a part of its creation. 20 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


ARTISTS From the very beginning, the Mariposa girls wanted a mural that was a celebration of women’s empowerment, a commemoration of the pride they have to be from Cabarete, and above all, one that touted the urgently essential theme of anti-violence.

Annemarie Zwack

Here we have Cabarete captured as it should be—with the girls and boys of this community equally free to play, explore and learn, free of fear, full of hope, in this beautiful town.

Xaivier Ringer

Amy S. Martin

Sponsored by.

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With this change, 100% of proceeds from the business now go to support Mariposa’s education and empowerment programs. This consistent revenue stream from a well-established local business will provide additional sustainability to the organization. This particular business is a perfect fit, as the Cabarete Coffee Company strives to provide coffee and food that is good to taste, good for the earth and good for the people who grow it. The café works with local suppliers to provide healthy, organic food options and provides all-natural to-go products to reduce waste and environmental impact. These efforts to be environmentally friendly and provide income for the local community align with Mariposa’s environmental education and poverty reduction efforts. In 2017 the Mariposa DR Foundation took its innovative job-training program to the next level through the acquisition of the Cabarete Coffee Company. This fully functional café just down the road from the Mariposa Center for Girls serves as a real world experiential learning classroom where the oldest Mariposa girls can practice essential job skills such as customer service, food preparation, and business management. 22 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT

As Cabarete Coffee Company draws a significant amount of tourist clientele, Mariposa’s ownership of the café also provides an unprecedented opportunity to raise awareness of our work to educate and empower girls. Visitors who come for an organic cup of coffee end up learning about the world’s most powerful force for change through posters and educational materials in the shop, such as this annual report. Café staff are also


well-versed on our work, so that they can enlist customers in supporting Mariposa’s mission. Tourists, expatriates, locals, and others frequent the coffee shop to meet their neighbors, welcome visitors, learn about the environmental impact of their food choices, and most importantly see the role they could play in educating and empowering girls. The coffee shop builds community and gives people the space they need to get together. It provides a satellite workspace for Mariposa staff, and incidentally enough it was in Cabarete Coffee Company where the Mariposa DR Foundation was born and grew its wings.

Mariposa has assumed ownership and will continue to serve delicious food and organic coffee, but also provide a real business where girls can develop valuable skills and be empowered to provide a service and environment that brings people from all walks of life together in their community. Mariposa girls have been going through trainings to run all aspects of the business and it will provide a sustainable revenue stream that will feed back into the organization and support educational programs. When customers come into Cabarete Coffee Company they have the unique experience to do something good for their body, their environment, and the world!

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

PRESERVING OUR WATERWAYS In 2016 we began an experiential learning course called “Preserving Our Waterways” where Mariposas learned about aquatic ecosystems and went on educational field trips to different waterways in their community. That course has evolved into our “River keepers” program, where Mariposas have taken ownership of their local river through cleanups and community education, becoming environmental activists. This past spring began classes about saltwater ecosystems and the importance of the ocean to the community and the world. We partnered with the organization Plastic Tides, which combines adventure and science to address plastic pollution via Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) expeditions, education, and outreach.

THE GIRLS ENGAGED WITH THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SNORKELING, SURFING, SUP & BEACH CLEAN-UPS. 24 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


Photo by Jianca Lazarus

The Mariposa girls have taken everything they have learned in this course and used this knowledge to educate people in their community through presentations at the Mariposa Center for Girls and local public schools.

As part of this program, the Mariposa girls have collected over 8,000 plastic bottles & 6,500 plastic bags to prevent them from entering waterways!

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SAILING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

2017 WAS A YEAR OF IMPORTANT GROWTH FOR THE MARIPOSA UPCYCLED SAILS PROGRAM. We introduced our We’ve Got Her Back backpack, with the goal of providing school backpacks, along with pencil cases, to all of the Mariposa girls. The project team, including a Mariposa mother as the main seamstress, finalized the design for an upcycled sail backpack so that we can provide all of the Mariposa girls with a backpack for school. We also opened an Etsy shop, taking the Mariposa Upcycled Sails sales international!

Thanks to our partnerships in the Mariposa Upcycled Sails, the Mariposa girls got to learn about life on an ocean research vessel through a live video chat through the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Ship to Shore program. They were inspired to learn that their environmental activism and love of the ocean could lead to an exciting career working in ocean preservation!

THROUGH THE MARIPOSA UPCYCLED SAILS AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION IS SAILING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE! 26 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


VISIT MARIPOSA’S UPCYCLED SAILS ONLINE SHOP 6 Rachael Miller of The Rozalia Project & Cora Ball.

11TH HOUR RACING CONNECT 2017 Our Executive Director got to show off the Mariposa Upcycled Sails products at 11th Hour Racing Connect 2017 in San Francisco with the Schmidt Family Foundation, which generously funds our Mariposa Upcycled Sails program. It was also a great opportunity for The Mariposa DR Foundation to connect with other grantees that are committed to saving the ocean.

www.etsy.com/shop/mariposadrfoundation

TO PURCHASE A UNIQUE BAG & SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT THE MARIPOSA CENTER FOR GIRLS!

EARTH DAY At the Mariposa Center for Girls, Earth Day is an important annual celebration. This year the Mariposa girls presented strategies to preserve the waterways of Cabarete, gave lessons in our brand new compost school, and performed original songs about environmental activism. We also unveiled our ocean-themed mosaic and hosted traditional Carnival performers! MARIPOSADRFOUNDATION.ORG | 27


HEALTH & WELLNESS

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A Healthy Girl is a powerful Girl

Being healthy, or not, has an enormous impact on a girl’s education, development, and self-esteem. That’s why our education and empowerment programs include an emphasis on health and wellness. We facilitated dental evaluations and dental treatment again this year and are happy to report that our oral hygiene and tooth brushing programs are working, as fewer girls than ever needed treatment.

Our health programs aren’t just about medical attention; they are based on a comprehensive approach to wellness that includes physical education, nutrition, mindfulness, sexual education, and more!

Thank you to Monkey Jungle and the Dental Aid Project for your support!

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SUMMER PROGRAM

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THE MARIPOSA SUMMER CAMP MAY BE THE MOST FUN TIME OF YEAR, BUT IT IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL PROGRAM FOR ENSURING THAT THE MARIPOSA GIRLS MAINTAIN THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER BREAK. THIS YEAR THE MARIPOSA GIRLS: •

participated in swim lessons

worked on their reading skills

went biking

played math games

went surfing and cleaned up the beach

learned to sew

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This year we had our 4th Annual Mariposa Surf Contest and and the top four contenders won surfboards, donated by local supporters Pauhana Surf School, Chino Surf School and Alex Milz. We also added to our quiver (surfboard collection) a donation of five boards by the Frohn family, so even more girls can participate next year. Thank you to our generous donors!

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OUR SUMMER SURFING PROGRAM MAY BE OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAM, AS THE GIRLS LOVE TO CATCH WAVES!

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MARIPOSA CENTER

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GIRLS

READING PAVILION In 2017 the Minerva Mirabal Reading Pavilion got a beautiful facelift, thanks to mosaic artist Jenna Raskin, Joan Raskin, Lisa Kerley, Tammy Frazier, Colleen Katz, and all of the volunteers who contributed to preparing the tiles to decorate the columns! This outdoor learning space has been sponsored by the Minerva Educational Foundation, Inc. and the Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., who have sent representatives every year for the past five years to visit the Mariposa Center for Girls.

WE LOVE THAT ALL OF THESE WOMEN HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING A BEAUTIFUL SPACE FOR THE MARIPOSA GIRLS! 34 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT


HUNGRY CATERPILLAR READING GARDEN The Hungry Caterpillar Walk was a collaborative effort of more than 300 international volunteers throughout June and July. Inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, we transformed the side of our building into a beautiful educational space made to inspire the Mariposa girls that learning can be found everywhere.

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PROFILES IN GENEROSITY KAREN SILVERMAN Since The Mariposa DR Foundation began Karen Silverman has made sure to be involved. Over the past five years she has contributed over $10,000 to sponsor our permaculture garden. She is one of the first to rally support for our annual crowdfunding challenges and knows how important it is to keep supporting our work. She makes a point to visit every year to say hello and check-in on how the garden is growing. We look forward to Karen’s support over the next decade and love that she is helping to nurture our garden and our girls.

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BRUINS FAMILY Supporting the world’s most powerful force for change is a family affair for the Bruins! The mother, Sara Bruins, first came to the Mariposa Center for Girls in 2015 with her sister, daughter, and niece to learn about our work. Then she brought a group of 25 young women for a service-learning trip. In 2016, she led another group of girls and their mothers to work with Mariposa. She and her two daughters stayed after the trip to volunteer at the Mariposa summer camp, and her husband also joined them to pitch in! In 2017 Sara brought another group of volunteers and her oldest daughter Maddie became a longterm volunteer, dedicating her gap year to working with the Mariposa girls. They plan to bring two more groups next year, one of girls and one of boys, to continue to spread the word that educating an empowering girls is the best way to end poverty. We are so thankful for their continued support!

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LIFELONG PARTNERSHIPS...

...LAST A LIFETIME. We host meaningful trips, fully immersing students, teachers, and other volunteers in the rich culture of this small island nation. Whether volunteers stay a few days or a year, we hope that learning firsthand about our work will turn them into lifelong champions of the world’s most powerful force for change: girls! We feel fortunate to have ongoing relationships with so many volunteer groups. As volunteers work side by side with Dominican and Haitian Mariposa girls on projects at the Mariposa Center for Girls and in the Cabarete community, they gain a greater understanding of impoverished girls’ power to change the world and the Mariposa girls learn about the various cultures and countries that volunteers come from. 38 | 2017 MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT

TOTAL # OF VOLUNTEERS: 560


OUR 2017 VOLUNTEERS

SHORT TERM SUMMER

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Kate Barriles Briana Brandy Shawn Caetta Gyugene Chung Colleen Cooley Kathleen Coughran Julia Crosthwaite Jenna Dailey Todd Dailey Peter Ertl Poe Family Williams Family Susan Fessenmeir Lisa Flekenstein Stefanie Flekenstein Jillian Gallegos Milly Held Raiza Hernandez Marie Jaccard Jann Julius Judy Koo Betsy O’Leary Becca Rae Rose Isabella Reis-Newsom Anne Rodgers Arisela Santana Christian Shaw Megan Xu

Lauri Alvarez

Ava Bruins

Tirres Family

Myia Miller

Sarah Nagan

Laura Peña

Lucy Poole

Chris Perry

LONG TERM •

Maddie Bruins

Keara Cormier-Hill

Carly Dennis

Abby Melick

Luisa Nilan

Emma Shoaf

Vanessa Smith

Emma Wingreen

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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW IN 2017 WE RAISED OVER

$1,418,420

FUNDS RAISED IN THE D.R.

$100,000

IN-KIND

$160,000

FUNDS RAISED IN THE US

$838,420

PRO-BONO

$320,000

PROGRAMS

USE OF FUNDS

88%

ADMINISTRATIVE

8%

FUNDRAISING

5% 0

20

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60

80

100


IN-KIND PRO-BONO An extra special thanks to the visiting groups who brought thousands of pounds worth of supplies in their luggage and spent thousands of hours volunteering with us.

• BUFFALO STATE

• PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER

• CASTILLEJA SCHOOL

• SIMPSON COLLEGE

• CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

• UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

• DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

• VANDERBILT PROJECT PYRAMID

• EDUCATING BEYOND

• WHITBY SCHOOL

• EDUCATION FIRST

• YOUNG SCHOLARS

• LAKE FOREST ACADEMY • LAWRENCE ACADEMY • NEW HAMPTON • NOBIS PROJECT

COMMUNITY PARTNERS A very special thanks to the Cabarete community and individual volunteers for all of their supply donations and hours of volunteer work over the past year. Your generosity means so much to us.

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Diane Brows/Brows Family Fund

CANTO

Debbie Dailey

Gina Dyer

Teri Epting

High School of Art & Design

• Dunn Family Charitable Foundation • Global Fund for Children • Schmidt Family Foundation

Frank Honore

Don Husby

Robert Lewandowski

$25,000 – $49,999

Chris Liverett

• • •

Vicki Gallegos/Kenny’s Kids Lin-Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nadal US Embassy DR

Karen Silverman

Elizabeth and Edward Thorndike

Mark Underberg and Diane Englander

$10,000 – $24,999

Verizon Foundation

WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING DONORS SINCE JANUARY 2017.

DONORS

$50,000 +

Bouknight Family Charitable Gift Fund

Shirley and Richard Viscarello

Newman’s Own – Nell Newman

Robert and Jean Wahl

Your Cause

$5,000 - $9,999

• •

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Girl Scout Troop 2325

$100 - $499 •

Candace Alexander

Linda Axenroth

Chris Bartlow

Benevity Fund

Tina Bjornson Gastineau

Lisa Breitmayer

Brock Callen

Leigh Clancy

Charles Cycon

Tara Dailey

Tim Dailey

Todd Dailey

Lewis and Virginia Dennis

Sam Dennis

Christine Doyle

Katie Doyle

Lisa Durant

Cecile Evans

$500 - $999

Neil Foto

Mary Berens

Rolando Franco

Susan Blank

Susan Fraser

$1,000 - $4,999

Edward and Janet Ahlstrand Family

Julia Alvarez and William Eichner

Julia Coronado - Fidelity Charitable Fund

Trent Dailey

Krysten Ericson and Even Berntsen

Charles Forsythe

Deirdre M. Giblin and David B. DuBard Charitable Foundation

Kelli Rose Gifford - Fleetwing Charitable Foundation Trust

Sherry Herdman

Ithaca High School Student Activities

Pablo and Adelfi Molina

Jack Oh

Lauren Oh

Matthew Patton

Tesha Poe

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Roshuan Freeman

Sofia Wagner

Genevieve Corrin

Poldi Gerard

Timothy Webb

Kathleen Coughran

Martha Grasberger

Melanie Webb Perhacs

Joanne Court

CJ Grimes

Janet Welz-Kavanagh

Jessica Cruz

Davis Handler

Rebecca Williams

Megan Curtis

Kirsten Handler

John Cycon

Whitney Haseman

$1 - $99

Kathy Czadzeck

Bill Adams

Julie Dailey

Marc Holderead

Stephen Hord

Femi Ajisafe

Suzie Dajani

Andrew Hunt

Morgan Alexis

Ryan Darmody

IBM Employee Services

Sheelagh Allston

Amanda Davis

Patrick Kavanagh

Lauri Alvarez

Ella Debruin

Patrick Kiley

Amazon Smile

Emily Dehm

Susan and Scott Lacy – for Ed and Liz Thorndike

Kirsten Anderson

Melissa DeVaughn Hall

S Ledlie Loring

Stefanie Ann

Eduardo Diaz

Amy Lousararian

Quinn Bailey

Margaret Diaz

Pat Luzim

Nanda Baker-Hook

Aislinn Doyle

Ashley Manseau

Joann Barnhill

Dragon School of Social

Kristen Marcuccilli

Cassie Becking

Edward McReynolds

Chris Bedowitz

Delaney Dyer

Randy Melick

Chuck Blickle

Jennifer Enright

Britta Mielke

Brenda Boon

Naomi Eskenazi

Joshua Mitchell

Zhanina Boyadzhieva

Jacqueline Farkas

Robert Murray

Ashley Braun

Lilliana Ferraro

Asha Nookala

Virginia Brightman

Fidelity Charitable Fund

Krysta Paquette

Georgia Brown

Ellen Fish

Plymouth Whitemarsh High School

Leo Brown

Melina Formisano Dunn

Tanya Rigney

Sarah Buerger

Ashley Gaddis

Lauren Rosner

Kathy Calwell

Ken Gall

Sue Sanborn

Anny Candelario

Carrie Garber

Seavis Tours

Craig Carlson

Dylan Garber

Andy Shen

Dennis Case

Bill Gately

Elizabeth Shen

Denise Castro

Allison Gedeon

Tiffany Smith

Grace Catherine

Kellie Gehring

Taren Taylor

Insung Choe

Nina Geilinger

Bill Towner

Celia Clement

Teri Glazer

Kelly Tropin

Anne Coffey

Lisa Glickstein

United Way of the Columbus-Willamette

Becky Colley

Cole Godshall

Carlos Vicente

Keara Cormier-Hill

David Goldstein

Work – MN U

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Berit Gordon

Elizabeth Lynn

Nicola Shen

Drew Granucci

Bob Marin

Tina Shen

Santiago Grullon

Linda Marr

Brian Sheridan

Kath Hack

Kerry McAvoy

Clare and Larry Shilling

Eliza Hamburger

Aislinn Micheala

Kate Harkin

Hilary Miller

Emma Shoaf

Caitlin Herta

Michelle Miller

Courtnay Shohfi

Diane Hirschhorn

Jessica Mitchell

Kathy Shohfi

Kristy Hong

Traci Monroe

Charles Simmons

Lily Hungarland

Sharmaine Moody

Rachelle Simon

Julie Hunter

Emily Mueller

Mariah Smith

Doug Huston

Martha Mundt

Nicole Smith

Hannah Huston

Michaela Murase

Chelsea Soby

Keith Jacoby

Victoria Neal

Barb Stanley

Alison Jameson

Jessica Neupane

LeAnne Stine

Karen Jezierny

Huong Nguyen

Connor Stonesifer

Victoria Jones

Margarita Nilan-Bernal

Matt Taylor

Christina Kardon

Alice Nykaza

CJ Thomas

Anna-Lotta Karlsson

Titilola Ogunsola

Laurie Tibbitts

Olivia Katherine

Ike Okonkwo

Shay Tranchant

Colleen Kavanagh

Christina Parisi

Elyse Transon

Kyle Kavanagh

Amy Paysnick

Blake Turner

Shane Kavanagh

Carolyn Pitman

Susyn Van Shura

Bill Kelly

Lucy Poole

Lisa Vandervalk

Beth Kershner

Mari-Lynn Poskin

Joy Victoria

Grace Killian

Jessica Rae

AC Wade

Hans Kriefall

Molly Reilly

Kelly Washburn

Marian Krogh

Joe Renken

Karen Welz

Cynthia Kurahara

Becca Rose

Alex Wheatley

Ryan Lagan

Mayra and Dennis Sacco

Madison Whitesell

Denise Lawson

Kevin Sani

Donna Whitley

Sydney Lawson

Jeff Saunsen

Nina Wilkens

Jay Levesque

Kimberly Schaming

Elizabeth Wolfson

Pat Levesque

Eric Schilling

Jen Wood

Wenli Li

Jette Schuh

Merrick Wright

John Lloyd

Lena Schulhofer

Robert Yanuck and Robin

Alyssa Logan

Vanessa Shah

Tracey Loh – for Ben Nagin

Jodi Shaulsky

Carol Luckenbach

Fern Shen and Gregory Krauss

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for Carly Dennis

for Harold Young

Kosstrin •

Christopher Zachary


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$1,000 + • • • • •

Adelfi Molina Claudia Troncoso Daniel Nagin Staci Darmody Suneer and Priya Aurora Foundation

$500 – $999 • • • • • • •

Alejandro Garcia Alison Kearney Todd Dailey Peter Saravis Stacey Kertsman Tamara Frazier Vera McLafferty

$100 – $499

Crowdfunding is an important part of our fundraising strategy in the social media age. We are proud to be recognized as a Superstar, Top-Ranked, and Vetted organization working with Global Giving. Thank you to all of you who made online contributions big and small!

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Abbe Herzig Alison Anderson Alison Lockwood Amanda Nichols Amy Lou France Analisa Allen Andrew Strauss Anna Cait Wade Anne Lagan Avani Nanavati Barbara Coble Beverly Harper Brenda Boon Brian Latta Brigid Heydt Brock Callen Brogiin Keeton Candace Alexander Carol Ann Morris Caroline Taylor Webb Cheryl Direnno Christopher Perry Christopher Tirres Chuck Knight Cindy Ridgway Clairan Ferrono Constantine Sapuntzakis Crystal Brown


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Daniel Endy Deval Patrick Diemut Nadal Donald Remy Eleanor Maguire Elizabeth Barker Elizabeth Thorndike Elsa Quiles Elyse Transon Erica Brown Evelyne Nicolaou Gale Ketcham Gardi Hauck GE Foundation Gisela Ferrer Grace Suriel Harry Andersen Harry Richardson Helen James Janet Ross Janice Jorgensen Jerry Greiner Joan Arches Johanna Oliva Ramirez John Barth John Leddy Jordonna & Mike Dores Julia Kielanowska Julian Cortella Karen Rosario Katherine Herold Kendra Rickerby Kim Hasenauer Kimberly Garlock Kimberly Perez Hults Krista Rider Kristy Allen Laura Diehl Laura Gaglio Lee Ebs Leo Egan Leonard Lawson Lewis Gray Linda Brazda Lindsay Bjork

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Lisa Gosselin Lisa Hamburg Lisa Kerley Lisa Maree Luz Deras Margarita Prieto Marie-Eve Ouellet Mark Dickinson Mark Richardson MaryAnn Hoadley Michelle McGruder Mona Kelly Nelly Trejo Nikos Michail Norbert Halter Pablo Molina Pankaj Uppal Patricia Fobare Erickson Patrick Williams Peter Cross Peter Eimer Robin Becker Robin Rose Santiago Grullon Sasha Infante-Potter Sheldon Corchado Spanky Gerald Schubert Stephanie Lachenauer Steve McLaughlin Tehka Bowen Thomas Lalonde Tim Meyer Timothy Edwin Tina Gastineau Tucker Craig Zachary Nagin

$10 – $99 • • • • • • •

A Claessens Aarnes Camilla Blom Aimee Norberg Aislinn Doyle Albert Yu Alex Diehl Alexis Mahon

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Allison Kolstad Alvaro Jimenez Alyson Tom Alyssa Ramos-Reynoso Amanda Bucci Amanda Davis & Quin Lucie, Maya & Aleeyah Amanda Weis Amber Lee Forrester Amy Boynton Amy Feldmann Hauser Amy Fuhr Amy Martin Andrea Sanders Angela Turner Angie Wolff Anna-Lotta Karlsson Anne Covert Arthur LeBlanc Arthur Truesdell Ashley Dos Santos Atica Fernandez Aurore Citerici Barbara O’Berry Becky Mendoza Beth Kaleta Brian Doyle Briana Brandy Britt Spackman Burtin Elodie Caitlin O’Shea Cameron Johnson Cameron Shoaf Candace Panchyshyn Candace Shadley Candy Nash Carlos Jambrina Carmen Vanessa Del Orbe Cassidy Gallegos Cassie Shaw Catherine Bertone Catherine Bradley Cecilia Healy Cecilia Chadwell Cen Liu

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Chanlee Luu Chaoping Wu Charles Congdon Charlotte Friedman Chaumtoli Huq Cheryl Rectanus Chris Ducommun Christal Brown Christian Shaw Christie Wong Christine Beaulieu Christine Doyle Christopher Speers Christy Dimos Jones Cindy Merrill Colleen Cooley Colleen Kavanagh Claribel Vasconez Craig Carlson Craig Root Cynthia Carrion Dai Song Danielle Appignani Danielle Ashmun Darien Brown David Poskin David Smith Deanna Arthurs Deborah Bouknight Deborah Sarandrea Debra Hardne Hussey Delbert Zeiger Delia Vazquez Denise Woods Deqiang Tang Doug Karr Douglas Gambel Edward Thordike Eleanore Grochowska Elena Forchielli Elihu Baver Elizabeth Kutcher Elizabeth Schnautz Elizabeth Smotherman Ellen Fish

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Emily Entress Emma Sheiman Emma Shoaf Emma Thompson Erika Goodman Erika Jones Massie Erin Kelly Erin Shea Ethelene Good Eva Knof Eva Miller Evan Kelly Feng Gao Frank Shoaf Frank Xu Freddy Mendez Suriel Gabriella Bello Gabriella Moses Gabrielle McColgan Gail Rosselot Genevieve Corrin Gina Dyer Ginetta Candelario Grace Killian Grace Mazzucco Greg Scott Gwendolyn Deitrick H Hope Dormire Hannah Mezzacappa Heather Audel-Neal Heather Pang Heejung Chung Hien Dao Hillary Campbell Holly Thompson Hyba Activewear Ian Shen Ijeoma Eboh Ivy Mitchell Jack Templeton Jacob Fisher Jacquelin Kenny Jake Furigay James Jones James Purtell

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James White Jamie Haines Jamie Sullivan Jane Pesznecker Janet Shoaf Jann Julius Jay Berendes Jay Fisher Jaymie Bowles Jeff Dupont Jenne Nurse Jennifer Dines Jennifer Furigay Jennifer Janes Jennifer Wilbanks Jens Knof Jessica Graves Jessica Lawson Jessica Mace Jessica Mitchell Jessica Paulino Jessica Neupane Jian Zhao Jill Lee Jill Wheeler Jodi Rochester Joel Massie John Breitmayer John Joseph Fitzgerald John Kemenosh John Ungar John Vandenberg John Wade Jonathan Rockman Joseph Danker Josephine Jolie Brown Joy Taylor-Rodgerson Joy Victoria Juan Du Juan Perdomo Judy Jones Judy Kramer Judy Leipnitz Julia Reichheld Julia Sergison

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Julia Swijters Julianna Mason Julie Coronado Julie Hughes Justine Rellosa Karen Cegelski Karen Ritter Karen Silverman Karin Kiel Lackey Karina Cândido Karly Gade Kassia Balus Katherine Hackett Katherine Silvernale Katherine Zimmerman Kathleen Coughran Kathleen Smith Kathleen Toffey Kathy Burch Kayla Urena Kendall Barber Kennon Hanna Kerwyn Huang Kevin Driscoll Kim Owczarzak Kimberly Wade Krista Acosta Kristen Tsapis Kristin Noel Lacey Schroeder Laura Alvarez Laura Damato Contreras Laura Pena Laura Rogerson Moore Laurel Eastman Lauren Johanson Lauren Schryver Leanne Terry Leonor Gutiérrez Linda Axenroth Linda Foster Linda Schmidt Linda Tran Lisa Breitmayer Lisa Vandervalk

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Lori Healy Louise Scanes Luke Gabriel Lynn Chasson Mackenzie Driscoll Madison Taylor Gilinsky Marc Czadzeck Margrit Schlatter Maria Roumimper Marilyn Chase Marissa Leah Marlo Marrero Fernandez Marte Hanse Martha Carrasquillo Martha Rzadkowolsky Maria Blon Maria Infante Maria Soledad Sumar Mari-Lynn Poskin Mary Hyland-Smith Mary Schindler Matthew Morris Maura Heffernan Maureen Wunderlich Max Sheiman Maxwell Furigay Megan Sacco Megan Sandberg-Zakian Megan Xu Michael Scates Michelle Smoler Miriam Pena Myia Miller Nancy Evans Nancy Fabi Nara Succhiarelli Neil Schneider Ngozi Nwaogu Nick Furigay Olive Thompson Pamela Saldana Paola Protti Núñez Pat Erickson Patricia Suriel Paul Furigay


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Payal Panchal Peter Marchese Peter Xu Petra Schroers Qiana Martin Rachel Kelly Ramon Abud Collado Ran Hu Raul Ramos Cotto Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Magner Rebecca Sherouse Rebekah Hardeson Renana Fox Richard Chiburis Richard Hansen Rigile Ortega Robert Robert Jones III Robert Prato Robert Reece Ronda Janicki Rosalina Hong Rosanna Hilario S Reed Sam Axenroth Samuel McDuffie Sandra Castor Sara Bruins Sarah Andersen Sarah Fisher Sarah Hill Sarah Naas Sidney Ellis Silke Sadeghi Sophia Furigay Sophie Axenroth Sophie Fisher Steve A. Steve Fisher Steve Spittler Steven Bowcutt Suhai Liu Susan Green Susan Jarnryd

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Susan Lacy Susan Rohrback Susannah Bard Suzette Richards Sybil Newman Sydney Lawson Synne Sorenes Tammy Frazier Tatianna Suriel Tee-Ahna Gilmore Tehka Bowen Teri Raffel Terrance Carroll Terry Greiner Thomas Reyer Timothy Foster Tish Mokrzycki Try Valerie Templeton Vanessa Harrison Vicki Weeks Victoria Cross Virginia Contento Vittoria Dunn Vivian Rodes Wendy McLeish Wendy Spain William Adams William McElroy William Salzmann Winslow Brokaw Winta Haile Xaivier Ringer Xi Sanderson Xiaoting Tang Yan Wang Yi Shen

In 2017 we raised over

$38,349

through more than

400 donors on Global Giving!

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