2010-2011Family & Children's Agency Annual Report by Janina Castiglia

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Connections & Partnerships Creating Positive Change

Connections & Partnerships Family & Children’s Agency is a leading nonprofit,

B oa r d o f D i r e c tors

Advisory Board

501(c)(3) human service organization that is

William O. Murphy Chairman

Sharon Sullivan, Chair Andy Alcosser Susan McCarthy Bates Anne Cary Anne Cooling Ginger Craft Senator Bob Duff Kristine Granetz Matthew Greene Margaret Harrington Sheldon Hearst Deputy Police Chief Thomas E. Kulhawik Curtis O. Law David Levinson Denis McCarthy Mary Peniston Representative Chris Perone James Randel Mary Roman Pamela Stark-Guyer William O. Webster

committed to increasing the social and emotional well-being of our clients. We provide strengthbased, solution focused services that respond to the individual needs of children & families, youth, adults, and seniors. We have over 60 years of experience and expertise in the field of human services. This acquired skill has enabled us to respond to the changing circumstances and needs of our communities and the society at large.

Charles Pieterse Vice Chair Sheryl Williams Vice Chair Julene Greenshields Secretary Donna Walker Treasurer Wenton Camporin Assistant Treasurer Mark Lux At Large Stephen Beck Todd Bickmeyer Mark Brown

Mary-Pat Cottrell Susan Cugliari Deborah Davenport Jill Dimitrief Ana Goizueta Dianne Green Stacy Holmén Rachel Lieberman Rita Marber Virginia Martin Lisa Moseley Kathleen P. Murphy Dana Nickel Daniel O’Connor Karen Scappaticci Sharon Sullivan Denise Walsh Patricia Weber Maria Wilcox Joseph Zakowski Richard Zaremski Robert F. Cashel, LCSW President & CEO

dear friendS, Our Annual Report theme, Connections & Partnerships: Creating Positive Change, is particularly appropriate to describe this past year. We have made important changes internally to create increased efficiencies and build a greater sense of connection among programs and staff. We have also developed strategic partnerships to better position Family & Children’s Agency for the period ahead. Here are some brief descriptions of these partnerships: We established a new partnership with VRI, Inc. for our personal response service. Now, seniors can not only access an emergency response service, but also receive reassurance calls through VRI’s Care Center. VRI is also assisting us as we promote our own brand—personal alert. We established a partnership with Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center and the Norwalk Community Health Center to provide early intervention services for children under age five who are at risk for significant behavioral health issues. Called child first, this innovative service delivery model receives core funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We established an information technology (IT) collaborative with Family Centers and FSW to prepare our agencies for the requirements of health care reform. This innovative partnership, which received partial funding from the State of Connecticut, will eventually lead to an integrated IT system and a common structure that will provide for the IT needs of each agency.

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We enhanced and expanded our relationship and partnership with Norwalk Community College (NCC). NCC is providing additional classroom space at the college that has enabled our After School Program to expand by 30% this year, while also providing office space for our After School staff. NCC is also, for the first time, offering on-site social work services for its students, provided by a Family & Children’s Agency social worker. Our relationship with the Norwalk Housing Authority (NHA) is also expanding as a result of a choice neighborhoods planning grant secured by NHA with input from us. Professionals from Family & Children’s Agency are conducting comprehensive assessments of the human service needs of each resident of Washington Village as part of this major neighborhood revitalization plan. Over the course of this past year we have engaged all the various stakeholders of Family & Children’s Agency in the process of establishing our Strategic Plan for the next three years. Meetings and focus groups have been held with Board Members, all levels of staff, community providers, funders, and clients. The result of this inclusive approach is that all participants have a stake in the plan moving forward. Through the process, priorities have been revised to more accurately reﬂect our future emphasis. For example, increased visibility will continue as a priority area, but will now also include increased engagement at both the Board and community level. staﬀ development will now be viewed as the development of Human capital through enhanced supervision and clearly defined training plans. We will also continue to deliver the highest level of outcome driven services while maintaining our strong emphasis on integration and collaboration.

Left to right, William Murphy and Robert Cashel.

As the Agency continues to navigate during these turbulent times, it is important that we continue to seek partnerships that increase our effectiveness while we continue to identify opportunities to further integrate and connect our programs and staff. You, our volunteers and donors, provide the critical support and connections we need as we look to create positive change for the more than 10,000 clients we serve. As always, we thank you for your contributions and for your partnership with us in this vitally important work. Sincerely,

William O. Murphy Chairman, Board of Directors

Robert F. Cashel, LCSW President & CEO

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children & families Working with children and their families has been at the heart of Family & Children’s Agency since our inception in 1942. Our goal is to help children thrive in safe, nurturing, and strong families. Whatever its composition, the family remains a source of strength, growth, respite, and trust for most people. We help build families through our Adoption and Specialized Foster Care programs. We help strengthen family relationships through our Counseling, Family Support, and Parent Education programs.

Services for Children & Families • Adoption

• Family Support

• Specialized Foster Care

• Parent Education

• Counseling

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Reuniting a Family The first time Wilbur, who is now 10, went into Foster Care, he was three years old. He remembers how happy he was to be reunited with his mom two and a half years later. “I was really, really happy. I was so happy. I was back with my mom,” said Wilbur. Almost two years later, Wilbur was once again in Foster Care as a result of his mother’s drug addiction. “It was worse for me the second time,” said Wilbur. “I saw what happened. I couldn’t get that image out of me.” Over the next year and a half, Wilbur and his two brothers and sister were in and out of four foster homes. Their mom, Delia, age 31, was born and raised in Guatemala. Her childhood was one of abandonment and abuse. At the age of four, her mother moved to the United States and left her to be raised by relatives. She remembers living with her father, who was abusive, and then living off and on with other relatives. “My life was so crazy when I was little,” she said. “There was no stability. I didn’t stay with one family.” At 19, Delia was introduced to cocaine by her former boyfriend and started using it regularly. Two years later, she moved to the United States, hoping to reconnect with her mother who was living in New York. “I just wanted to see her; I used to miss her a lot when I was little,” she said. Although she found her mother, there was little connection between them. Delia continued living with her boyfriend, using drugs, and moving from one part of the country to the next. As the years passed, she and her boyfriend started having children, but also continued using cocaine. After a neighbor reported her case, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removed her children for the first time, and Delia started down the path to recovery. She recalls how she felt the first time her children were removed, “I felt terrible. I wanted

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For more than twenty years, The Community Fund of Darien has partnered with Family & Children’s Agency to help people of all ages through such services as a Drop-In Center for the homeless, out-of-school programming for Norwalk youth, support for seniors, mental health counseling, and more. We are grateful that Family & Children’s Agency uses our grants effectively to improve thousands of lives in our community.” KIKI KARPEN, EXECuTIVE DIRECTOR The Community Fund of Darien

to kill myself. But then I thought, ‘they were alive and I needed to work really hard to get them back.’ ” Unfortunately, soon after they returned, she relapsed. “Their dad brought drugs back into the home and I relapsed,” she said. During her second rehabilitation program she made an important realization. “The best thing I could do, is not come back to be with their dad,” said Delia. “It was my best decision. Everything changed as a result of that decision.” After completing her rehabilitation program, Delia was referred by DCF to the Family Support & Intervention Services at Family & Children’s Agency. “I was struck by her strong will and motivation to once again become a parent to her children,” said Monica D’Auria, a reunification therapist in the program. “She was able to maintain her sobriety and provide for her children’s needs, thus ultimately being reunified with her children.” As a condition of the reunification, DCF required that Delia secure an apartment. “I worked so hard to get that first apartment,” she said, as she remembered working late nights cleaning an office building. “The reason for my life is to have my kids with me,” said Delia. “It’s the reason why I breathe, why I stay off drugs.”

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Unfortunately, the apartment turned out to be infested with vermin. Due to her inadequate housing, and faced with the possibility of having her children removed a third time, DCF again referred Delia to Family & Children’s Agency. In October 2009, Truly Rafalko, a caseworker for Family & Children’s Supportive Housing for Families program in Bridgeport, started working with Delia. “Through a partnership with The Connection,® Inc., we are providing her with a housing subsidy until she receives her Section 8 voucher,” said Truly. As part of the program, Truly makes weekly visits to Delia’s home and works with her to make sure her bills are paid and the house is clean and in good condition. “She does what she needs to be doing,” stated Truly. Delia has since entered a new relationship and gotten married. “He’s the best guy. My kids love him so much.” Wilbur is quick to talk about the changes in his life: how he has a dad that takes him fishing, how his grades have improved, and about one of his favorite family activities. “I love when we are all in the living room and watching America’s Funniest Videos,” said Wilbur. “I feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be.”

Youth At Family & Children’s Agency, our youth programs operate under the philosophy that all young people have strengths that need to be built upon. We believe that our investment of time, energy, and resources into the positive development of young people will have enormous benefits for them now and in the future, as well as for the communities they call home. Through our After School, Mentoring, and Counseling programs, youth are given opportunities to better understand and explore their strengths.

Services for Youth • After School • Mentoring • Counseling

uncovering eXiSting StrengthS “I first met Daje when she was young, about seven or eight years old,” remembers Dhani Spinola, Coordinator of the After School Program at Family & Children’s Agency. “I was working at another agency at the time and helped arrange sibling visits between Daje and her brother.” Little did Dhani or Daje know how their lives would become intertwined over the next four years. The next time they met, Dhani had just begun working as a mental health counselor in the Intensive In-home Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Services (IICAPS) program at Family & Children’s Agency. “Daje, who was either nine or 10, was one of my first clients in the IICAPS program,” explained Dhani. Daje’s life at that time was in turmoil. Over the course of her young life, she had several out of home placements and was struggling with an extreme fear of abandonment. As a result, she would frequently break down and sob uncontrollably or throw tantrums.

“I couldn’t calm her down,” said her mother, Chennel. “I didn’t know how to comfort her.” The situation became so severe that on a couple of occasions, Chennel called 911 for help. Daje would then enter local mental health facilities where she would spend a couple of weeks before returning home. “Her situation at the time was one of crisis,” recalls Dhani. Night after night, Dhani and Stephanie, the other IICAPS clinician assigned to work with Daje, would be paged for help. “We found that we couldn’t help the family build the skills they needed because we were too busy dealing with crisis situations,” said Dhani. After one particularly intense crisis, Dhani and Stephanie helped to facilitate long-term hospitalization for Daje at the Boys & Girls Village. “It is really hard to put your child into a hospital,” said Chennel. “But I didn’t understand the problem or how to fix it.” With Daje at the Boys & Girls Village, both she and her mother started learning the skills they needed in

Partnering with Family & Children’s Agency to help refine and improve outcomes of their successful After School Program provided our pro bono consulting team an opportunity to participate in important efforts to scale up the positive impact on the lives of many high-risk Norwalk youth.” GAuTAM RAMCHANDANI, CO-FOuNDER Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut Community Partners

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order to communicate and to help each other. Dhani recalls, “When we learned that Daje was going to be discharged from Boys & Girls Village, we started working with both Daje and Chennel individually. Our job was to help them translate the skills they learned at the Village into real life; and to learn how to communicate more effectively with each other.” Over the next year, as Dhani and Stephanie worked with Daje and Chennel, they started to see positive changes. A major breakthrough came when their conversations changed from “if we are going to make it” to “how we are going to make it.” “We knew something had changed in them,” said Dhani. It was at this point that she knew the family was going to stay together. As the family began to stabilize, and Daje’s risk of being hospitalized again decreased, their case with IICAPS was closed. In anticipation of this transition, IICAPS referred Daje to the After School Program. Daje also started working with a counselor in the Agency’s Behavioral Health program and participating in its Jr. Project Friendship mentoring program. Chennel began attending the Agency's Project REWARD program, an addiction recovery program for women.

As fate would have it, Dhani would yet again have the opportunity to work with Daje. In January 2010, Dhani left IICAPS to become Coordinator of the After School Program. Over the next year and a half, Dhani once again became a source of support and a role model for Daje. In June, Daje graduated from the After School Program, and she is currently attending Brien McMahon High School. “I can speak about my feelings now,” said Daje, who will turn 14 in November. “I can take a joke easier, and I can take being told ‘no.’ I also have some major life skills. If Dhani and Stephanie didn’t come into the picture, I wouldn’t be where I am now. I’d still be in and out of hospitals. I have a better relationship with my mom. I was attached to her, but I couldn’t talk to her. I am now able to tell her everything.” Looking back Dhani said, “I’m touched by the way they opened themselves up to us for treatment. Their willingness to do the work speaks to their survival spirit. If either of them had given up at any step of the way, they wouldn’t be living with each other now. They overcame every obstacle they could face in this life. There is something deep inside of them that said ‘we’ve got to keep trying.’ ”

NCC greatly values Family & Children’s Agency as a premier partner in our quest to serve the community. Besides running/ administering a vibrant after-school program for middle school students at the College, Family & Children’s Agency is providing a part-time social worker for NCC this year.” DAVID L. LEVINSON, PH.D., PRESIDENT Norwalk Community College

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Adults Family & Children’s Agency believes that no matter where they are in the life cycle, all adults have the ability to reach their fullest potential and to realize life’s possibilities. For many of our adult clients, this means dealing with complicated issues, such as addiction, mental illness, family dysfunction, and homelessness. To meet their specific needs, we offer an addiction recovery program for women, mental health counseling, and a continuum of services for homeless and formerly homeless adults.

Services for Adults • Addiction Recovery • Counseling • Homeless Services

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Building a New Life “My moods just change like the weather,” said Deborah, who has struggled with mental illness for most of her life. She describes her adolescent years as difficult ones spent in and out of mental health hospitals. “I was really messed up in my head,” she recalls. “I just snapped. I didn’t know what caused it.” She remembers attending West Rocks Middle School in Norwalk and then spending time on and off at Fairfield Hills State Hospital in Newtown. For the past 11 years, Deborah, who is now 44, has been homeless. At times she has lived on the streets, at times, in a shelter; she describes this as living “here and there.” Last January, after working with a Family & Children’s Agency Community Connections Drop-In Center caseworker, Deborah was able to move into a supportive housing unit in Norwalk, where the Agency provides resident support services. “Look at my place, it’s a beautiful place. I’m happy here,” said Deborah. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had my own place; I’ve slept in shelters and on the streets for over 11 years.” With her housing situation stabilized, Deborah is now starting to build a foundation for her new life. “Deborah is learning how to re-enter the community,” said Jennifer Moriarty, Manager of the Agency’s Supportive Housing Program. “For people who have been homeless for so long, it’s about helping them reconnect to other people and the community, and to start trusting themselves and others again.” Jennifer explained that, when working with formerly homeless persons, the first step is to help them make connections. “We start by helping people make small connections. Then, we help them make bigger ones, and hopefully they will start making more and more connections on their own. Eventually, they will have built so many of their own connections that they no longer need our services and will be able to live independent lives in the community.”

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We partner with Family & Children’s Agency to help low-income families create possibilities for success in their lives.” CuRTIS O. LAW, EXECuTIVE DIRECTOR Norwalk Housing Authority

Since moving into her own unit, one of Deborah’s most significant reconnections has been with her mother and sister. “My mom wants to come and have a cup of coffee with me,” Deborah told Jennifer a few months ago. “When Deborah’s mother and sister came, they thought her apartment was beautiful,” said Jennifer. “She really needed her family to see her this way. She was so proud of herself.” Deborah is also slowly becoming a member of the community again. She is starting to attend tenant meetings and barbeques in her apartment building. “These are important steps for her,” said Jennifer. “She contributes at tenant meetings and is learning how certain behaviors have an impact on the community. It’s all things you forget when you’re living on the streets. Additionally, she is starting to explore employment options.” As a result of these connections, Deborah’s selfconfidence and trust are starting to grow. “Deborah has come so far, but it takes time,” said Jennifer. “People had given up on Deborah, society had given up on Deborah. So when people see where she is now, they are truly impressed.” Lisa Roberts, a Senior Residential Case Manger at the Agency, has also seen a change in Deborah since she moved in. “I’ve seen an improvement in her self-worth. She is now putting forward an effort and believes there is

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a chance that she can live a life like anyone else,” said Lisa. “She doesn’t give up as easily now. She has faith and trust that the system can work for her.” Recently, when Lisa asked Deborah, “How can I help you,” Deborah’s reply was simply, “Don’t give up on me.” Lisa quickly reassured her that she “would never give up on her.” Lisa has also seen a difference in the way Deborah presents herself. “Deborah’s perception of how she presents herself has become more important to her,” said Lisa. “She now takes pride in herself, in her appearance, and how she maintains her apartment.” Jennifer explained that while Deborah was homeless, she became well known to local police and emergency service workers. “Now when they see her, they tell her how well she is looking. When she hears this, her face lights up and she has greater self-confidence,” said Jennifer. As another measure of her growth, Deborah is starting to think about dreams that have been on hold for 11 years. “I’d like to go bowling, out to dinner or maybe to a movie one day,” she said. “It’s not too easy; society scares me a lot. But I can’t give up, I’ve worked hard to get here,” said Deborah. “I just need to keep positive.”

SENIORS Through our Home Care Services, Family & Children’s Agency offers seniors the ability to remain safe and independent in their homes. Both the physical limitations of aging and the increasing impact of medical conditions play a decisive role in whether a senior can age successfully at home. Our services, which range from having the security of a Personal Alert button to having a full-time, live-in home health aide, allow seniors to retain their safety and independence throughout the aging process.

Services for Seniors • Personal Alert

• Assisted Transportation

• Live-In Services

• Home Modification

• Homemakers

Through innovative program design and dedicated focus on their mission, we count on Family & Children’s Agency to support older adults, family caregivers, and the aging network. The Southwestern CT Agency on Aging (SWCAA) has high regard for Family & Children’s Agency because the needs of the client are apparent in every aspect of service delivery.” MARIE L. ALLEN, EXECuTIVE DIRECTOR Southwestern CT Agency on Aging

increaSing Safety and indePendence For John, like many seniors who live alone, there will come a time when a decision has to be made about whether it’s safe to remain in their own home amidst ever changing health conditions. Today, for many seniors, the conversation is moving away from whether to age in one’s own home to what resources will it take. After being discharged from the Westport Health Center for Rehabilitation, John’s physical condition mandated that he either bring in outside help, which would allow him to stay at home, or find another housing alternative—such as living with a relative or moving into assisted living. John chose to remain at home. “Currently, there are several options available to people who want to age successfully in their own homes,” said Randi Ederle, Nurse Supervisor, Home Care Services. “The options range from having a homemaker on a regular basis to having a full-time, live-in home health aide. It all depends on each senior’s environment as well as their medical needs,

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and the risks that accompany each of these areas.” Randi explained that one of the risks, and maybe the most common one facing adults aged 65 and older, is the risk of falling and the secondary issues that can occur if the person isn’t helped immediately. In fact, research shows that more than one-third of adults aged 65 and older fall each year, and 50% of those who fall require assistance from someone else. A year ago, after having his legs amputated as a result of heart and kidney problems, John knew he needed extra assistance around the house, but he didn’t want to completely give up his independence. With the help of home health aides that came during the day, and regular visits from a visiting nurse, he was able to remain semi-independent in his own home. However, not long after returning home, John started having trouble at night. “Most of the time, I’d get stuck between my bed and my chair,” said John. He still remembers the feeling of panic and helplessness when it first happened. “I’d have to scream for help until someone would

hear me,” he said. Because John lives alone in his apartment, that usually meant yelling loudly and long enough for a neighbor or someone who was passing by to hear him. “While we can’t prevent people from falling,” said Randi, “there is an effective solution for quickly getting help to those who do fall. With our Personal Alert service, seniors are able to push a button that establishes two-way voice communication with our Care Center. The Care Center then contacts a loved one or emergency services depending on the situation.” Basically, she said, “if seniors can get help within the first hour after a fall, they are less likely to be hospitalized and more likely to remain in their own homes.” It wasn’t long after his first fall that John’s visiting nurse recommended that he try Family & Children’s Personal Alert button. “If I didn’t have Personal Alert, I’d have to have someone with me 24/7,” stated John. “John was one of my first clients,” remembers Shari Troost, a Case Manager for Family & Children’s Agency. “I went into his home about a year ago and we talked

about his needs. I showed him how the service works, and we did a trial call. I also did a fall safety assessment that was later reviewed by our Nurse Supervisor.” As part of the fall assessment, Shari conducted a walkthrough of John’s apartment. “We looked to see if his doorways are wide enough for his wheelchair, whether he has properly installed grab bars, as well as a whole list of other things that may cause John problems,” said Shari. Since John received his Personal Alert button, it has become a valuable tool for him. “I think it’s a fantastic thing,” said John. “I’d feel kind of lost without it.” His visiting nurse said, “If anybody has benefited from these services, it’s John.” With the extra security and support of his button, John is now able to rest easier at night knowing that help is just a “push of a button” away. “I’m very comfortable with this service, it’s invaluable,” he said. He is also able to go outside and visit with his neighbors once again. “I can pretty much go anywhere I want in the (apartment) complex,” said John. “I have the security of the system.”

New Canaan Community Foundation partners with the best non-profit organizations in our area. We are pleased to make this philanthropic investment in Family & Children’s Agency as we strive to meet the needs of our community.” CYNTHIA GOREY, EXECuTIVE DIRECTOR New Canaan Community Foundation

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founder’S circle Donors of $25,000 & above

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Brown Mrs. Anne Cary The Chilton Foundation The Community Fund of Darien Fairfield County Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Tropin Simon & Julene Greenshields JetBlue Airways Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. Mr. James J. Mecca & Ms. Vae L. Champagne Minks to Sinks Edward S. Moore Family Foundation, Inc. The Serenbetz Family Foundation, Inc. Shumway Capital Foundation Tudor Foundation, Inc.

Benefactor’S circle Donors of $10,000 - $24,999

Bank of America Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David C. Basile Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chapey Children’s Aid, Inc. of Darien City of Norwalk, Community Block Grant CT Council of Family Service Agencies

The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation, Inc. DIRECTV, Inc. First County Bank Foundation, Inc. GE Capital Jane Gade Halliwell Fund Jane Hope Hastings Philanthropic Trust The Per & Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation Heidmar Inc. Jarden Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Lux Media Storm Morgan Stanley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William O. Murphy New Canaan Community Foundation People’s United Bank The Perrin Family Foundation Adolph & Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Seldin Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sherk Ms. Sharon Sullivan & Mr. Jeffrey B. Kindler Thomson Reuters United Church of Rowayton Rev. & Mrs. Robert Walker Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wilcox The Windmill Foundation, Inc. Wise Street Trust

chairman’S circle Donors of $5,000 - $9,999

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Adams Rogger & Isabelle Alvarado Mr. Brian Baxendale Ann & Jonathan Bell John & Kathleen Blackman Mary Pat & Robert Brody Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Buthorn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Carroll, III Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Coe Allie & Gary Cott *** Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Dimitrief General Re Corporation Goldman Sachs HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mr. Levon Kazarian & Ms. Maya Belubekian Mr. & Mrs. William Krivoshik **** Ms. Marta Jo Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. James Lillie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lyons Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul McErlain Kathleen & Peter Murphy Near & Far Aid Association, Inc. Newman’s Own Foundation Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

The TJX Foundation, Inc. Louise Blackman Tollefson Family Foundation The Wiggins Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tim A. Williams Wilton Re Services, Inc.

PreSident’S circle Donors of $2,500 - $4,999

Allianz of America, Inc. ANN INC. Bank of America Steve & Michelle Beck Mr. & Mrs. Todd Bickmeyer The Bishop’s Fund for Children Bloomberg Tradebook Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Bradshaw-Mack Rob & Meg Campbell *** Mr. & Mrs. Wenton Camporin Ms. Anne C. Cooling Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Cusano Diageo North America DLB Capital FactSet Research Systems Inc. Glen Gate Company Dr. & Mrs. William L. Green Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jachino Ms. Heather James Mr. & Mrs. Eric P. Johnson ***

Johnston Asset Management Corporation Mrs. Ann Mandel McMahon Ford of Norwalk Morgan Stanley Mr. & Mrs. Denis J. Nayden NewAlliance Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Al Nickel Saraswati’s Yoga Joint Ms. Karen Scappaticci & Dr. Howard Steinberg Mr. & Mrs. Jordy Scott Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Shannon UBS Investment Bank Mr. & Mrs. Fabrizio Zichichi

Steward’S circle Donors of $1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous Adina for Life, Inc. Baywater Management, LLC Ed & Lisa Benison **** Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Bergin Mr. & Mrs. David Bigelow BlumShapiro Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Boese Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Brown Mr. & Mrs. John Callaghan Mr. Jim Cardello

Mr. & Mrs. Rob Cashel **** Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Castano Mr. & Mrs. Dave Cole Mr. & Mrs. Paul Colonna Courtney & Chris Combe The County Assemblies Ms. Irene Cronkright Mrs. Susan Bartush Cugliari Georgia & George Davala Mr. Matthew L. DeGarmo Mr. David Downie & Ms. Laura Whitman Mardi & David Durkin Ms. Stephanie Ercegovic & Mr. Brian Foster Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Ferguson *** First County Bank First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan Pauline E. Fitzpatrick Trust Mr. & Mrs. Marc Fontaine Ms. Margaret Fritz GE Capital Aviation Services GE Foundation Mr. David Geronemus & Ms. Mitzi Lyman Ms. Ana Goizueta & Mr. Peter Clark Mr. & Mrs. Marc Granetz Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Hackett Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hass **** Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Herlyn Mr. & Mrs. Mike Hess

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Knights of Columbus, St. Matthew Council 14360 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lavoie Julie & Paul Leff Mr. & Mrs. Zorba Lieberman M.P. Agency/Total Management Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Markowski Ginny & Bob Martin Ms. Julia Kremer Massengill Mr. & Mrs. Vincent K. McMahon Earl & Iris Mix Town of New Canaan Ms. Catherine Orme Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Oztemel Lorraine & Ken Palumbo Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Prudential Bache Securities Jessica Rascionato Laura & Bill Reighley Sharon & Ron Restivo Mr. & Mrs. Chad Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Robertson, II Ms. Maureen Rog Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Rossetti, III Dorothy & Frank L. Savage Family Fund Peter Schorr & Cathy Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Leif Setter Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Thors UBS Mr. Ralph Walker & Ms. Jamie E. Hewitt Mr. & Mrs. William O. Webster, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Weinberg Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Welling The Wellspring Trust, Inc. Westport Woman’s Club Westport Young Woman’s League Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC The Whitman Family Foundation Xerox Corporation Mr. Richard Zaremski

family circle Donors of $500 - $999

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Gaston Acosta-Rua Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Barnes Dr. Cynthia A. Bartolone & Mr. John Convertito Mr. & Mrs. William Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Peter Brooke Peggy & John Burgess Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Burke Mr. & Mrs. Christopher F. Buse Mr. & Mrs. Chris Calabrese Mr. Jeffrey Chasnow & Ms. Mary Beth Neraas Ms. Stephanie Christie & Mr. Robert Jones Mr. & Mrs. Steven Chrust **** Mr. Joe Cizynski &

Ms. Elizabeth Quigley-Cizynski Denise & Terry Cooney Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Costa Robert & Margaret Daly Mr. & Mrs. Don Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Dennis D. Delaney Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dillehay Mr. & Mrs. John Doggett **** The Harry Donenfeld Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Ellenthal Ms. Lois Fahey Ms. Kathleen Fanning & Mr. Robert Tomasetti Mr. & Mrs. Simon Fenner Robin & John Fields Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Fink *** Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Gambee Ward & Carol Glassmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Carl Goodnow Mr. & Mrs. Dan Hage Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Harned Mr. & Mrs. Sloan Harris Harrison & Star, LLC. **** Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Heckel Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin W. Heineman Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Hinkley Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Hoben Philip & Martha Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Holmén Hynes, Himmelreich,

Glennon & Co. LLC **** Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Jones Ms. Iris Kishimoto Jean & Mitch Lampert Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Lyon Ms. Rita Marber Ms. Colleen Maruster Mavis Tire Supply Corp. Mr. & Mrs. David G. McCollum John & Diane McDermott Mrs. Nicole Meek * Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Mercado Mr. & Mrs. Paul Merolla Mary Lou Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Milani Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Morello Elisabeth Morten Mr. & Mrs. Jason Mozingo Mr. & Mrs. David S. Musen Mr. & Mrs. William Nareski Mr. & Mrs. G. Peter O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Randy O’Connor The Perakis Family Andrew & Zelie Pforzheimer Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pieterse Mr. & Mrs. David Quigley Romeo Reyes & Jane Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Romer Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Rondepierre Mr. & Mrs. David Rothstein Dr. Greg Sanford

Mr. & Mrs. Warren Serenbetz Mr. & Mrs. Keith Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Boris Shrayer Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Smith Mr. Robert Spangler & Ms. Joanne Powell Mr. & Mrs. Marty St. George Mr. & Mrs. Jay Sung Mr. & Mrs. John T. Taverna Ginny & Roger Valkenburgh Mr. & Mrs. Scott Weber Mr. & Mrs. Robert Winsor Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zakowski

friend’S circle Donors of $100 - $499

Anonymous Frank & Charlotte Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. David J. Antezzo Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Bain, Jr. Ms. Angela Barile David & Betsy Bell Mr. & Mrs. Kent Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Anand Bhatia Ms. Dawn C. Bolling Mr. & Mrs. David L. Boudreau Mrs. Ann Bowling Mr. & Mrs. James Boyce Marcella Branca & Andrea Valerio Kathleen & Bill Brennan ****

Tim & Connie Brown Mr. Edward Browne *** Sharon Callahan **** Mr. & Mrs. David Canary The Canine Companies Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Steve Carlson The Carroll Family Ms. Sally Carta The Cathcart Family Ms. JuJu Chang & Mr. Neil Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Chizinski *** Mr. & Mrs. John Chrabolowski Mr. & Mrs. John M. Christian **** Mr. Rodrigo Cid & Ms. Florence Levitt **** Mr. & Mrs. Jim Clamage Mr. & Mrs. Brian Colburn Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Collins Martha Cook Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Cooney Mr. & Mrs. Doug Corper Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Corrigan Mr. Scott Cotherman **** Ms. Mary-Pat Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Craig Mark & Stacy Crameri Joan & Donald Cullman Mr. & Mrs. Christopher H. Cumming *** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Curtin Hank & Jane Cuthbertson Christine D’Alessandro

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Penny & Eric Dalrymple Col. & Mrs. Jack E. Daniels Mr. Anthony Day *** Mr. & Mrs. William J. Del Vecchio Sue & Jan Dorenbosch Jim & Millie Downs Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Draper, Jr. Senator & Mrs. Robert B. Duff Matt & Mary-Jo Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Dunn Ms. Mary Jane Dunn Mr. & Mrs. John Dunsmore Mr. & Mrs. Grosvenor Ely Mr. & Mrs. Sean E. Epps Mr. & Mrs. James M. Feigenbaum Kevin & Debra Fennessey Ms. Maureen Ferguson *** Mr. Joseph Ferraro & Dr. Jennifer Henkind Mr. & Mrs. John C. Fisher Ms. Linda Fiske *** Mr. John Flaherty, Esq. & Ms. Colleen Burke Thomas A. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Steve Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Mark Florian Ms. Nanette C. Franco Chris & Vicki Frankenhoff **** Mr. & Mrs. Michael Friedman **** Mr. Newton Friese ****

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Mr. & Mrs. James C. Furnivall Mr. & Mrs. Russell A. Gaines John & Kathy Woeber Gardner General Atlantic Service Company, LLC Ms. Margaret Genovese *** Mr. & Mrs. Jack Gentile **** Janet & Ebby Gerry Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Giannos Judy & Bob Gibbons Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Glassmeyer Global Impact Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program (CF) Ms. Dorothy Grajales Mr. & Mrs. Peter Grambs Cathy & Larry Gramling Mr. & Mrs. Michael Grant Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Green, Sr. Michael & Stefanie Grise Buck & Lila Griswold Mr. & Mrs. Louis Guzzetti Martin & Anne Hamar Mr. & Mrs. David Harkness Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hartigan The Haupt Family Mr. Sheldon Hearst & Dr. Erika Steffen Mr. Joseph G. Henn & Ms. Marie Gallagher Henn Ms. Evelyn S. Henry Sandra & John Heyd Mr. & Mrs. James Hicks *

Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Hoag Mr. & Mrs. William Hollingsworth *** Jody Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Hooper, Jr. Ms. Kimberly Horner Mr. & Mrs. Bill Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Glen Houck Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Houk Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Iannuzzi Mr. Craig E. Johnson & Ms. Kimberly E. Young Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Jones Lisa & Tom Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kamins Chris & Pamela Kelley *** Mr. & Mrs. John Kelly Philip & Marilyn Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kindler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Klaffky Mr. Richard Kochanski & Ms. Barbara Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Koe Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kolier Mr. & Mrs. James M. Kostell Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Kostohryz Mr. & Mrs. John D. Krueger Mr. Richard Lacomis, Sr. Fran & Wendy LaMantia Mr. & Mrs. J. Theodore Larson **** Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lash Terry & Leslie Laughren

Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Leasure Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas F. Lee Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lewis Michael & Michele Litt Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lloyd-Thomas Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Ms. Amy S. Lynch *** David & Rosemary Mace Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mack Ms. Heather L. Mackenzie Jack & Doris Makesky Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Malcarney Mr. & Mrs. James Manley Ms. Vanessa Mariani **** Ms. Lynne Marino Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Marsden-Kish Ms. Katherine A. Maxwell Ms. Cheryl Mayer Dr. & Mrs. Stuart W. McCalley Mr. & Mrs. David McCarthy Mr. Jim McGimsey Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Meany Mr. & Mrs. William Meehan *** Mr. & Mrs. John Megrue Genia & Jim Meinhold Ms. Jill Mikes Ms. Amy Miller & Mr. Michael Diamond Joseph & Kathy Miranda Mizuho USA Foundation, Inc. Gary & Stephanie Moore Mr. & Mrs. Scott D. Moore

Dr. & Mrs. Ernest D. Moritz Karen & Roland Morris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth F. Mountcastle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Francis X. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Jack Neafsey Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Nelson Mr. Richard Newman & Ms. Amy Pollack Mr. Wayne O. Nichols Ms. Julie Niggebrugge Eliot Noyes Foundation Mrs. Barbara Oakford Mr. & Mrs. Scott Oakford Mr. Daniel F. O’Connor Mr. Kyle Odin Mr. & Mrs. William Oppenheim Mr. Philip Oppenheimer Mr. Randel Orzano & Ms. Gretchen Hachmeister Mr. & Mrs. James R. Overby Mr. & Mrs. Morgan L. Pape Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Paradis Kim Pendergast & Joseph Lazaroff Mr. & Mrs. Matt Pendo Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Brian Peoples PepsiCo Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Ms. Vidi Piersall Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Pohle

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1 Family & Children’s Agency IMAGINE 2011 Benefit Co-Chairs, from left, Julene Greenshields, Charlotte Taverna, Mary Pat Brody, and Michele Barnes at the Greenshields’ home. 2 Mark and Jay Lux at the IMAGINE 2011 Benefit. pictured — pages 17 & 18

3 Todd and Kristin McClutchy, along with Tim and Sheryl Williams, at the IMAGINE 2011 Benefit. 4 President & CEO, Rob Cashel, with 2011 Tennis Classic Co-Chairs, Margret Greene, left, and Kim Burke. 5 Left to right, dressed in disco dynamite, Carlos and Stephanie Mercado, along with Nalini and Dan Hage, enjoyed the Saturday Night Fever theme of the IMAGINE 2011 Benefit. 6 Center, President & CEO, Rob Cashel, with 2011 Golf Classic Co-Chairs Paul McErlain, left, and Mark Brown. Not pictured Co-Chair, Mark Lux. 7 Barbara and Bill Murphy, Chairman of the Board, along with Sheila and Rob Cashel, President & CEO.

DONORS Nina Pomeroy Photography LLC John & Brenda Prichard **** Mr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Prospect The Prudential Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gautam Ramchandani Mr. & Mrs. Greig Rance Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rankin Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ray Ms. Susan Renda *** Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Rice **** Mr. & Mrs. Paul Richardson Mr. & Mrs. James Riley Ginny & Joe Ripp Mr. & Mrs. J. Brooks Ritchey, Jr. Rosemary & Rob Roberto Jeanne & Mike Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Root Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Rossi Dr. & Mrs. David Roth Mr. & Mrs. John Samuelson Ms. Janet L. Scavilla Mr. Albert H. Schilling Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schwartzman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schwarzman Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sciarretta **** Mr. & Mrs. Barry S. Seeman Mr. & Mrs. James Segelstein Mr. Michael G. Serrao Mr. & Mrs. Ervin R. Shames Mr. & Mrs. David B. Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sherman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Skiba *** Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan C. Skipper Drs. Peter & Martha Small Ms. Roberta Smith Mr. Rodger Smith Tad & Eileen Smith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Smith ***, **** Mr. Thomas N. Sofyanos & Ms. Margun Tepstad St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Steglitz Mr. & Mrs. David A. Steinberg **** Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Stern 19

Melinda & Tarun Stewart Mr. Donald Strait & Ms. Deborah Fins The Suitor Family Jayne & Tom Sullivan Mrs. Karen Tell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Telzer Michelle & David Titlebaum Mr. Norman Trepner & Ms. Susan Thomsen Ms. Maureen Trivers United Methodist Church of Darien Ms. Nydia F. Vazquez Nancy & Peter von Euler Mr. & Mrs. George C. Voss Mr. & Mrs. William W. Walbert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wallstrom Julie & Roger Wanamaker Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wedemeyer Ms. Mary Wegner *** Drs. Norman & Susan Weinberger Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Williams Ms. Stacey Williams Doug & Elizabeth Wilson Wilton Lacrosse Association **** Wilton Presbyterian Church Mr. & Mrs. Rodger D. Woodworth Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Woolard Jean, Richard, & William Wyland XL Global Services Inc.

Associate’s Circle Donors of $99 & below

Anonymous Harriet & Ed Abel Ms. Idania Abreu-Velazquez Ms. Carven Albanese Ms. Jiomarys Alers Ms. Katy Alicata Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Andrade Mr. & Mrs. Bob Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Arsenault

Gary & Monica Aurora Mrs. Jennifer Barahona Mr. Fred M. Barr Ms. Cindy Bartlett Mr. Karl Basone Ms. Anne-Sophie Beaurpere **** Mrs. Donna K. Below Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bendheim Harry Berkowitz Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Bessette *** Ms. Alex Besson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bingaman Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blake Mr. & Mrs. Roger C. Boardman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Borden Adrian & Pauline Brody Mrs. Angela Brooks Jan & Matthew Bryant Mr. & Mrs. William Budd Honorable & Mrs. Robert J. Callahan Mr. Hugh J. Cavanaugh Ms. Darlene Cirilli Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Clachko Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Clarke Ms. Helen Collins Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Connell Mrs. Brenda L. Cooper Ms. Jeannette Cotter Ms. Carol Crikelair Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Crimmins Mr. Keith R. Cudworth & Ms. Jane V. Coughlin James & Stephanie Cullinane Mr. & Mrs. R. Evans Curtice Bisamark Dadzie Don & Marilyn Davis Ms. Marleine De Bellis Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Dedrick Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Denious Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Diloreto Ms. Filomena M. Diurno Ms. Adell Donaghue & Ms. Jane Rothschild Ms. Debra Dorin Mr. & Mrs. William E. Dowden, III ****

Mrs. Wilbur Duncan Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dzurilla Randi Ederle Karen & Brad Elders Mr. & Mrs. Frank Z. Elmasry Mr. & Mrs. Michael Elmasry Mr. & Mrs. Derek Ettie Ms. Wendy Fellows Valerie Fischel Ms. Nancy Flaherty Joanne Foodim & Robert Forbes Mr. & Mrs. David T. Foster Sarah French & Jim Fitzpatrick Ms. Sandy Fritzer **** Mr. & Mrs. Larry Gates ** Mr. & Mrs. J. George **** Mr. & Mrs. Roger Gilbert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Gladstein Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Grant Mr. & Mrs. Jack Gredinger Mrs. Margaret P. Gregory Ms. Dina Gumis Mr. & Mrs. Chris Habasinski Ms. Melissa Hain Mr. & Mrs. William G. Haljun Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Hall Ms. Linda Hall Mr. Justin Hall-Tipping & Ms. Patricia Morgan Mrs. Megan Haque Ms. Simone Hardison Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Hautman Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hendee Ms. Catherine M. Henry Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hollister Ms. Kathy Hume Ms. Judith G. Hyers Mr. & Mrs. John W. Imhoff, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jachino Ms. Cherie Jacobs Ms. Joan Kanlian Mr. & Mrs. Terrence W. Keegan Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Kennedy Ms. Leah Kenney ***

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Kieffer Don & Julianne Kleber Mr. & Mrs. Julian G. Ku Mr. Robert L. Kugel Deputy Chief Thomas E. Kulhawik Mr. & Mrs. Frederic D. Lamb **** Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Lauthain Mr. & Mrs. Peter Levin Mrs. & Mrs. George Livingstone Ms. Ann S. Lloyd Ms. Mary Kate Locke Mrs. & Mr. Karen Lourd Anne & Dave Lowrie Stephen & Judith Lucas Dr. & Mrs. Thomas MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Kristopher D. Masilamani Mr. & Mrs. Louis P. Mazzarese Mr. John P. McCally & Ms. Cheryl Carlesimo Mr. & Mrs. John F. McCarthy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John H. McClutchy, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William W. McCutchen, Jr. Ms. Mariann McFarland **** Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. McGroarty Ms. Keenan McMahon Mr. Thomas J. McManus **** Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McNeela Ms. Marissa McPherson Mrs. Ginny Miller Kevin & Sheila Molloy Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Morledge Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Murdoch Ms. Diana Nieves Ms. Carolynn J. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. D.M. Owen Mr. Joseph Pajor Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Paterniti Ms. Diana Paturzo Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Peacock Mrs. Ann C. Penrose Mr. & Mrs. Rob Pik Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pinkham Mr. Larry Piselli Ms. Michelle P. Poris & Mr. David L. Bowbeer

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Potter, Jr. Anne & Jim Pugliese Mr. & Mrs. Greg Puhy Mr. & Mrs. George Ravich *** Ms. Doris M. Rell Ms. Bonnie R. Rettew **** Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rich Mr. William Ronk Ms. Susan Rosco Mrs. Celie Rosenau Ms. Stefanie Schimenti Ms. Suzanne R. Schintzius *** Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schlenk Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schuler Ms. Barbra Scott Rita & Richard Seclow Sue Sherwood Mr. & Mrs. T. David Short Ms. Laura Sinkewicz Mr. Holt Smith & Ms. Donna J. Christensen Ms. Greta E. Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Craig Somerby Mrs. Dhani Spinola Mr. & Mrs. James Stangeland Mrs. Kathy Steglitz Ms. Marci Sternheim Fay Stevenson-Smith, MD Ms. Christie Stone Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sudano Ms. Cathy Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. John S. Swartley Ms. Ann T. Sweeney Ms. Deborah Tadduni Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Tapella Mr. & Mrs. John F. Theall **** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Thresher *** Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Tisdall Ms. Johanna Tomlinson *** Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Tomlinson *** Mr. & Mrs. John Troost Ms. Kathleen Usherwood Ms. Stephanie Van Hatten Ms. Maria Vocke Ms. Maren Walsh 2010–2011 Annual Report

Mr. & Mrs. Asher Wein Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Wilbur Ms. Diane Wilson Ms. Susan Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Wise Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wood Ms. Kathy Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Yoder Dr. Daniella Zlatarev Gifts In-Kind

Anonymous A&S Fine Foods A. Flood of Paper Abis Acoustic Wilton Adaptive Marketing, LLC Albe Furs Salon All The King’s Horses ANN INC. Antonio Prieto Salon Artist’s Market Attitude Dance & Activewear Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Bakken Mrs. Jennifer Barahona Barcelona Restaurant & Wine Bar Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Dave Barrett Beiersdorf, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Belkin Bennett Lane Winery Mr. & Mrs. Todd Bickmeyer Big Apple Circus Blackbird Yoga Ms. Catherine Bonnette Ms. Nancy-Jean Bono Breakthrough Options for Families, Inc. Breitling USA, Inc. Brendan’s 101 Mary Pat & Robert Brody Tim & Connie Brown Cafe Manolo Mr. & Mrs. Chris Calabrese www.FamilyandChildrensAgency.org

Camp Echo Lake Mr. & Mrs. Wenton Camporin Ms. Anna Carlucci Mr. Stewart Casper & Ms. Victoria De Toledo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chapey Children’s Aid, Inc. of Darien Chou Chou, LLC Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New Canaan Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stamford 1st Ward Mrs. Alex Cirasuolo Claire James Design Coldwell Banker The Coleman Company, Inc. Coleytown Elementary School Columbus Magnet School Connecticut Dermatology Group Coromandel Allie & Gary Cott Cub Scout Pack 95 Mr. John Deacy & Ms. Jennifer Gormley Dr. Phillip J. DeJesus & Associates, LLC Deloitte LLP Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. DeMarco Mr. & Mrs. Robert Depelteau Destinaire, LLC Diageo North America Mrs. Carol Donegan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doris Mr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Dunn Dynamic Fitness LLC Embassy Row Mr. & Mrs. Don Ercole Etoile Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Derek Ettie Events Party & Tent Rentals Excel Limousine Service Inc. FactSet Research Systems Inc. Family & Children’s Agency, Family Support & Intervention Services Dr. Salvatore Farrugio Faye Kim Designs Mr. & Mrs. Mike Fine

Mr. & Mrs. David Finkel Mr. Bob Fischer Four Seasons Racquet Club, LLC Peter Friedman Photographer Peggy Garbus Photography Gartner Group Inc. Ms. Jenny Gaylord GE Capital General Re Corporation Ms. Ana Goizueta & Mr. Peter Clark Good Goods Grace Episcopal Church Grand Slam Tennis Club Graze Great Cakes Dr. & Mrs. William L. Green Simon & Julene Greenshields Hands on Pottery Mr. & Mrs. Sloan Harris Mr. & Mrs. Brian Heffernan Heidmar Inc. Dr. Jennifer Henkind Mr. Joseph G. Henn & Ms. Marie Gallagher Henn Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Herlyn Ms. Jean Hill Congressman Jim Himes Mr. & Mrs. Christian Holdt Hotel Xalteva Howard Greene & Associates Jarden Corporation JetBlue Airways k. madison Shawn Kahal Photography Don & Julianne Kleber Mrs. Courntey Kleeman Mr. & Mrs. William Krivoshik Mr. Kim Lagana & Ms. Donna Nixon Mr. & Mrs. James Long Love Club Make a Difference Day, Westport Manfredi Jewels Ltd. Mr. & Ms. Michael Marcante Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Marley’s

Ginny & Bob Martin Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Mattison Dr. Robert Mazal Ms. Melanie McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Meany Media Storm Mrs. Morgan Mermagen Mrs. Lea Mintz Mitchell’s Earl & Iris Mix The Morello Family Joe Namath Football Camp NBC New Canaan Community YMCA New Canaan Dance Academy Mr. & Mrs. Doug Newton Norwalk Fire Department Norwalk Hospital, Department of Nursing Education Norwalk Housing Authority Norwalk Police Department Nutmeg Quilters Guild, Inc The Outback, New Canaan Teen Center, Inc. Ms. Daisy Pavon Pear Tree Point School Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Pearl, Jr. Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Ms. Mary Pino Pivot Ministries Ms. Chari Polley Nina Pomeroy Photography LLC Pure Fishing Mrs. Jennifer Reese Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Retreat at Split Rock Ms. Putsie Ritchey River Road Gallery Rizzutos Wood Fired Kitchen Rockwell Art & Framing Rolling Hills Country Club Ronald A. Westerhuis USA, LLC Dr. Rick Rosen

Rowayton Elementary School, Kids Care Rowayton Wine Shop Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Saldutti Saraswati’s Yoga Joint Mrs. Pat Scanlon Peter Schorr & Cathy Anderson Scoops Service League of Boys (SLOBs), New Canaan Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sherk Signature Style Simply Delicious Catering LLC Mr. Scott Slobin Mrs. Nell B. Smith Speedy Donuts Ms. Karen Stein Stepping Stones Museum for Children Stepping Stones Preschool Stew Leonard’s Studio 44 Dance & Fitness Ms. Sharon Sullivan & Mr. Jeffrey B. Kindler Sun Spa & Nails Mr. & Mrs. Jay Sung Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Tapella Tastefully Yours Catering Teddy’s Transportation System, Inc. Ted’s Driving Service Temple Israel Ten Twenty Post Oyster Bar-Bistro

Thali Regional Cuisine of India Tools for School Travel Sommelier John Travolta Fan Club The University Companies U.S. Town Car, Inc. Ms. Amy Van Arsdale The Village Market Vista Wine & Spirits Rev. & Mrs. Robert Walker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wallstrom Ward Pilates Ms. Michelle Wenis Weston Women’s League Westport P.A.L. Rink at Longshore Westport Weston Family YMCA White Moth Jewelry Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wilcox Mr. Randy Wilcsek Ms. Lynette Wilson Wilton Family YMCA Wilton Jewelers Wilton Riding Club Mr. & Mrs. Steve Winsch Witchy Poo The Worth Collection, Stacy Holmén YMCA of Norwalk Ms. Merrill Zaft Mr. & Mrs. Fabrizio Zichichi

Thank You for Your Support Individuals’ names reflect cumulative cash contributions and in-kind gifts between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. We apologize if your name has been inadvertently omitted or misspelled in this report. Please contact the Development Office to make any corrections. * Contributor to the Robert M. Meek Memorial Fund ** Contributor to the Andrew C. Steglitz Memorial Fund for HomeCare Plus *** Contributor to the Andrew and Timothy Carey Memorial Fund **** Contributor to the Mark B. Nickel Memorial Fund

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2011 volunteer Awards anne c. cary volunteerism award Family & Children’s Agency awarded Board Member, Mark Brown, with the 2011 Anne C. Cary Volunteerism Award at its Annual Meeting on October 24 for his steadfast commitment to Family & Children’s Agency. This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated the highest level of dedication on behalf of Family & Children’s Agency. The award is named in honor of Anne C. Cary, who has been involved in every aspect of volunteerism at the Agency for over 21 years.

The following list includes individuals, groups, and corporate volunteers who worked directly with clients from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, as well as Board Members, Advisory Board Members, committee members, and Family & Children’s Agency auxiliary members.

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Children’s Aid, Inc. of Darien Minks to Sinks, Wilton

family strengthening award Children’s Aid, Inc. of Darien was honored as the 2011 Family Strengthening Award recipient. Children’s Aid has supported Family & Children’s Agency for generations and currently has over 100 members who volunteer their time and services to support the many programs at Family & Children’s Agency. The Family Strengthening Award recognizes and celebrates individuals or organizations in the community whose outstanding contributions have dramatically impacted the Agency’s ability to strengthen and stabilize families.

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Charlotte C. Ackerman Lianne Acosta-Rua Georgia Adams Adaptive Marketing, LLC Antiss Agnew Thomas Agosto Andy Alcosser Maria Alegria Janine Alianiello

Karina Amaya Cathy Anderson Elana Anderson Kathryn M. Anderson Barrett Andrews Carol Andrews Leili Andrews Charlotte Armstrong Assumption Church, Westport Anne Atkins Alexandra Atkinson Toby Baker Emily Baldwin Gale Baldwin Carol Ball Martha Banks Sally Banks Gina Barber Olivia Barbieri Angela Barile Katie Baritz Joan Barksdale Keeron Barnes Michele & Edward Barnes Molly Barr Ann Barton Trisha Barton

Susan McCarthy Bates Pamela Bayly Lindy Beardsley Stephen Beck Donna K. Below Maya Belubekian Katharine Benenson Joan Bergen Elina Berglund Pasqualina Berkowitz Jana Bertkau Todd & Laura Bickmeyer Emily Bicks Olivia Bicks Patricia Bilotto Lee Bishop Charlotte Black Kathy Blackman Maureen Bloom Carol Boehly Manon Bone Catherine Bonnette Yolanda Bonomo Marsha Borden Maya Boreen Cindy Bornhuetter Carolyn Bosies

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Susan Bottini Maria Bouvier Barbara Boyd Joann Brant Tina Brault Julie Breene John Brett Mary Pat & Robert Brody Connie Brown Jean Brown Mark & Tammy Brown Pam Brown Taylor Brown Lois Bruce Janet Bucciero Nancy Budd JoAnn Bullinger Marty Burford Amy Burke Kimberly Burke Beth Burns Tina Butler Joyce Cain Cara Calabrese Michelle Callaghan Sharon Callahan Monica Caminiti

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Meg Campbell Wenton Camporin Michele Caporizzo Diana Carlson Debbie Carnes Gail Caruso Anne Cary Janel Cassara Claire Champon Jordan Chan Maura & Michael Chapey Lorena Chavez Winifred Chesley Children’s Aid, Inc. of Darien The Chilton Family Susan Chow Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New Canaan Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stamford 1st Ward Barbara Clancy Marilu Cleary Connie Cobb Lauren Cody Stasha Cohen Coleytown Elementary School Maura M. Collins

Beth A. Colonna Deborah Connelly Maura Connolly Kathleen Connor Barbara Conrad Eileen Conte Anne Cooling Denise Cooney Nancy Coppotelli Catherine Cornick Wendy Corper Jim Corridon Allie Cott Mary-Pat Cottrell Ginger Craft Carol Crikelair Laurie Crimmins Joyce Critelli Celestine Cronin Cub Scout Pack 95, New Canaan Cynthia Cuellar Susan Bartush Cugliari Megan Cullinane Patricia Daigle Lillian Damast Georgia Davala Jennifer Davatzes

Deborah Davenport Susan Davidson Nicola Davies Louise Delaney Deloitte LLP Anni L. DeMarco Katie E. Denious Esther & Bob Depelteau Jayne Desloge Victoria De Toledo & Stewart Casper Clare Detrick-Yee Betty Anne Dever Kathryn DeVoll Jill C. Dimitrief Michelle L. Doggett Carol Donegan Samantha Dorfman & Jim Mize Suzanne Dorfman Sandy Drimal Vigee Droesch Kristin Duff Senator Robert B. Duff Marilyn Dugan Claire Dwyre Genevieve P. Eason Sarah Edelstein Melissa Elmasry

Pam Ely Katherine Emerson Martha Ercole Holger Ericsson Veronica R. Estony Suzie Ettie Babs Eustance FactSet Research Systems Inc. Pam Fadner Family & Children’s Agency, Family Support & Intervention Services Roni Feinstein Paula Ferguson Carey Field Deanna Fine Leigh Finley Matthew Fischer Zach Fischer Bebe Fisher Jacquie Fitzgerald Brittany Flittner Robert Florian Susan Florido Leigh Ann Floyd Denise Fogarty Danielle Fontaine Roseanne Forslund

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1 “Big Friends” and “Little Friends” from the Project Friendship and Jr. Project Friendship mentoring programs join in the fun with a water balloon toss at the annual summer event sponsored by General Re Corporation. 2 Patty Tomasetti, a Minks to Sinks volunteer, checks out one of the more exciting donations at the biannual tag sale. 3 Cub Scout Pack 95 from New Canaan, created “Meals to Go” for Supportive Housing clients for the holidays. Each bag also contained a special card and craft created by the scouts. 4 Rob Cashel, President & CEO, with volunteers from Thomson Reuters at the annual summer picnic for clients in Family Support Services. This event was generously sponsored by Thomson Reuters. 5 “Big Friend” volunteer, Taylor Runco, shares a picture perfect moment with her “Little Friend,” Allie, as they make sand art together.

volunteers Katy Foster Deborah S. Fuller Berett Garbus Haley Garbus Peggy Garbus Dorothy Gardiner Susan Gardner GE Commercial Finance Anne Geissinger General Re Corporation Irene Gentile Marilyn Giannos Joan Gildea Maxence Gilles Diane Gilliam Ann Gilmartin Girl Scout Troop 50310, Wilton Jennifer Gish Eric Glass Ana Goizueta Jennifer Goldwag Elizabeth Goodwin Grace Episcopal Church, Norwalk Kris Granetz Dianne & Will Green Brenda Greene Cherie Greene Matthew & Margret Greene Julene & Simon Greenshields Claire Greenspon Rita Gresl Lee Gulbin Sarah Guth Joan L. Guzzetti Margaret Haase Claudia Halsey Anne Hamar Denise Hamson

Jane Handler Forrest Hanson Paula P. Hanson Catherine Harding Diane Harley Margaret Harrington Cole Harris Jennifer Harris Nancy Harris Sandy Hart Elizabeth H. Haskell Elinor Hauff Nancy Hayes Kim Healy Sheldon Hearst Thomas Heckel Heidmar Inc. Dr. Jennifer Henkind Marie Gallagher Henn Kristine R. Herlyn Jean Heuer Noni Higgins Jean Hill Frances Hills Niall Hines Lisa Hipwell Judy Hitter Pat Hoeg Anne D. Hoelzl Rose Ann Hoffman Lynn Holdt Pat Holland Stacy HolmĂŠn Danielle Holmes Jody Holmes Nancy Hooper Kimberly Horner Barbara Hough

Robin House Lori Hubbard Henry Huidekoper Betsy Hulsey Darren Humphreys Patty Hutchinson Susan R. Igoe Ina E. Driscoll School Dorothy B. Ingersoll Helen Jaeger Tunisia John Kimberly R. Johnson Margaret Johnston Ellen Judelson Shawn Kahal Allie Kaliff Jane Kandiew Jake Kane Theo Kelly Luisa Kelso Aubrey Kenefick Elisa Keogh Gretchen Kilmarten Dee King Pam Kivi Courtney Kleeman Anne Klotz Susan Knapp Knights of Columbus, St. Matthew Council 14360, Norwalk Linda Koch Nancy Kohman Ulla Kremer Bill & Rose Krivoshik Michael Krupnik Deputy Chief Thomas E. Kulhawik Debra Kunces Kiki Kydes

Melissa Kyle Tal Laifer Judith Lambertson Jean Lampert Blair Lang Ronda Lanzi Karolina Laredo Susan M. Larsen Katherine B. Larson Molly Larson Katya Lebrija Sarah Leffel Gino Legaz Alexa Levine Jenna Levine Dr. David Levinson Carolynn Lewis Kristi Lieberman Rachel Lieberman Lisa Lillie Colin Lillis Daniel Lillis Gail Lilly Traci Lilly Sandi Lincoln Phyllis Lindland Joan Lister Anne Livingstone Mary Lou Logan Susan Long Angel Lopez Alex Lord Amanda Lord Jordan Lord Karen Lourd Anna Maria Lowman Mark D. Lux Janice Lynch

Mary Lyons Cecilia Q. Maher Mary Beth Mahon Make A Difference Day, Westport Nick Maki Rosemarie Malcarney Wardy Mannix Leti Manuel Rita M. Marber Nicole Marcante Christopher Marino Nancy Marino Bonnie Markowski Cora Martin Ginny Martin Nea Martin Colleen Maruster David Masilamani Kassandra Masilamani Gail Mathews Susan Mathews Sue Mattison Karen Mauer Lauren Mazzoli Marianne McCarthy Judi McCarty Janet D. McClutchy Aiden McConnell Diane McDermott Paul McErlain Larry McGonigle Melanie McGuire Pat McLean Sue McLean Chris McMahon Victoria Meany James Mecca & Vae L. Champagne Media Storm

Nicole Meek Dylan Meissner Margaret Meno Michelle Messina Mary Lou Meyer Jill Mikes Elinor B. Miller Karen Miller Michelle Miller Iris B. Mix Lois B. Moore Mary Moore Stephanie H. Moore Charlotte Morello Morgan Stanley Ann Morris Lisa Moseley Molly Moseley Sandy Mumbach Kathleen & Peter Murphy William O. Murphy Carolynn Murtha Wendy Nadel Patricia Nave Lisa Neuscheler New Canaan Country School New Canaan YMCA Indian Guides and Indian Princesses Ann Newton Nancy Newton Dana Nickel Gail Nielsen Becky Norman Norwalk Hospital Department of Nursing Education Mirna Noujaim Katie Nugent Cynthia Oakford

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Charles Pieterse Matthew Pik Sarah M. Pinkham Carol Pinto Emily Platt Joyce Ploder Claudia Pomponi Nancy Pool Nancy W. Powell Mary Pratt Brenda R. Prichard Elizabeth Principe Elizabeth Purvis Kelly Quinn Rosemary E. Quinn Kathryn Quirk Terry Ragazzini Lisa Raggio Gail Rand James A. Randel Brandon Ray Allegra Raynor Mary Anne Reed Marianne Reifenheiser Laurie O. Reighley Elizabeth Reiss Jane Renaud Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Norwalk Sheri Richards Sigrid Richards Judy Rin Putsie Ritchey Sarah Ritchey Nigell Rivera Judy Robinson Sharon Rodda Mirna Rodriguez

Donna Rohs Mary B. Roman Anne Rondepierre Georgie Rooney Judith Ross Peggy Roth Rowayton Elementary School, Kids Care Angela Rowley Rebecca Ruff Robin Ruffio Taylor Runco Ellie Runge Diane Ryan Sacred Heart University, Women’s Lacrosse Team Lyn Sainz Petra Saldutti Mary Sankey Joan Satterley Saugatuck Elementary School JoAnn Savoia Karen Scappaticci Hillary Schmidt Lynn Schneider Parker Schram Cara Schulte Allison Sciarretta Andrew Sciarretta Annette Sciarretta Suzanne Sclafani Dori Seamans Maurice K. Segall Jack Segelstein Katherine Segelstein Marcia Segelstein Jennifer Selensky

Service League of Boys (SLOBs), New Canaan Janine Sevigny Parini Shah Catherine Shannon Susan Shannon Rebecca Sheinman Priscilla Shepherd Paula Sherk Reissa Shield Karen Siegel Carole A. Sindel Nikita Singh Helen D. Skipper Amy Smith Barbara R. Smith Hester Smith Holt Smith Joanne Smith Karen Smith Shayla Smith Tania Smith Joan Sorgi Barbara Spadone Dorothy Sparling Jessica Spung St. Luke’s School, New Canaan Sandra Stanfield Pamela Stark-Guyer Mary Anne Stelben Stepping Stones Preschool, Westport Judy Stevenson Wanda Stockfisch Christie Stone Ben Stryker Birgit Stueber Victoria R. Sudano Katie Sullivan

Peg Sullivan Sharon Sullivan Sarah Sung Linda Swayze Karen Tapella Charlotte & John Taverna Temple Israel, Westport Linda Terhune Betsy Thomas Joanne Thomas Thomson Reuters Toni Tiller Erica Titlebaum Patty Tomasetti Tools for School Nancy Toothaker Trinity Church, Greenwich Mary Tucciarone Arlene E. Tulacro United Methodist Church of Darien Jonie Vail Lorraine Valandra Leslie Van de Velde Martha van Nierop Kathi van Voorhees Katrina Vanderlip de Carbonnel Medina Vasily Jessel Vitonera Mary C. Voss Mary Wagner Donna Walker The Wallstrom Family Denise C. Walsh Beverly Ward Sandy Ward Estelle Watson Trish Weber William O. Webster

Nancy Weiner Kelly Weldon Michelle Wenis Patricia A. Wernig Julie A. West Daryl Westbrook Sarah Westerberg Weston Women’s League Patrick Whalen Ann Marie Wheeler Gail Whiteside Maria Wilcox Ann Williams Kara P. Williams Katy Williams Rachel Williams Sheryl & Tim Williams Gwenna Williamson Ann Marie Winsch Carolyn Wissinger Sara Lou Wolter Angela Wood Chrissy Wood Jane Wood Robin Wood William & Betsy Wrenn Cecile Wyka Xerox Corporation Joseph & Elizabeth Yllanes Elfriede Yoder Allie Young Joseph Zakowski Richard Zaremski Barbara Zichichi Mary J. Zieman

2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 1 O p e r at i n g

EXPENSES

FINANCIAL REPORT

Management and General

36%

Development and Fundraising 25%

Behavioral Health (Counseling) Home Care Services Personal Alert

Did You Know?

Adoption

89 cents of every dollar donated to Family & Children’s Agency goes directly to its programs.

Child Welfare (Foster Care, Family Support)

O p e r at i n g R e v e n u e s *

2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 1 O p e r at i n g

Program Services Government Grants

$3,821,955 $4,925,307

9% 5%

Revenues 7%

Private Grants

$745,703

Government Grants

Contributions

$631,635

Private Grants

Special Events

$502,043

Contributions

Other Income, including United Way

$409,054

Special Events

Total

$11,035,697

Program Services

Other Income, including United Way

14%

35%

45%

*Results are unaudited as of publication date. Complete financial statements audited by BlumShapiro & Company, P.C. are available upon request.

2010–2011 Annual Report

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