2021 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT

2021 DRIVEN TO HEAL

Our Mission

Starr Commonwealth leads with courage to create positive experiences so that all children, families, and communities flourish.

Our Vision

Universal Hope, Boundless Love, and Limitless Success for all children.

Our Theory of Change

When trauma-informed and resilience-focused adults work within trauma-informed and resilience-focused systems, the wellbeing and success of children will increase.

Our Equity Statement

We recognize the past and current struggles of identity groups who have been historically marginalized, impacted by toxic hierarchy, and taken by violence. We believe that equitable environments create opportunities for effective problem solving, sustainable growth, and, in general, a more holistic understanding of the world.

13725 Starr Commonwealth Rd., Albion, MI 49224 800.837.5591 | info@starr.org | www.starr.org

Starr Commonwealth is a nonprofit organization serving children and families regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, or sexuality. Starr Commonwealth is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. Founded in 1913, Starr Commonwealth is licensed by the state of Michigan. Starr Commonwealth’s Albion campus is a Michigan Historic Site. Starr Commonwealth receives funds from social agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals.

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“A Year to Say Yes” Dear friends and supporters, What a difference a year makes. In our 2020 Annual Report, I had the privilege to celebrate Starr Commonwealth’s swift action in the face of a pandemic. The resilience of both our staff and our partners allowed for healing to continue despite the obstacles. What we celebrated then is thanks to our history and preparation. And yet, there was still much unknown and many of the successes simply fulfilled our mission—rather than further it.

Today, I reflect on 2021 as a curious dichotomy that will propel Starr into the future. Despite the continued pain of a pandemic, our insistence on saying “Yes!” thanks to the aforementioned preparedness has allowed Starr as an organization, and as a service provider, to flourish. The result has been inspiring transformation for many of our partners, and newfound hope for many children on our campus. A pandemic that sparked unknown fears has been met with a reenergized Commonwealth, and I am delighted to share our success with you.

In the following pages, you will read about the continued growth of familiar programs and new opportunities for healing.

Throughout is a story of our faith made visible—a mantra that Uncle Floyd instilled upon these grounds, a legacy that our incredible staff has spread throughout the world, and a commitment from our supporters and funders that makes it all possible. In that spirit we must always say “Thank you!” for allowing us to say “Yes!” to children over and over again.

Yours in Healing,

Elizabeth Carey President and CEO

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Behavioral Health 245 Behavioral Health clients 3,898 Behavioral Health sessions 100% Rated quality of services as excellent or good* 97% Rated they generally or definitely received the services they wanted*

Training 15,300 Professionals engaged with Starr’s programming, services, or resources and 14,460 of those received training 98% Participants who rated Starr’s foundational course Children of Trauma & Resilience as beneficial, very beneficial, or extremely beneficial* 415 Conference participants 100% Participants who will attend a future Starr conference*

Gifts and Donors Starr Commonwealth thanks you for generosity and continued support.

1,383 gifts 564 donors $2,308,627.91 raised

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) One of the core values at Starr Commonwealth is the belief in the oneness of humankind, and in 1996 Starr established its Glasswing Program to create a catalyst for conversation around racism and building compassion, honesty, and unity between all people.

Starr’s Glasswing approach is to explore DEI through a trauma-informed, resilience-focused and culturally-responsive lens, recognizing that experiences of racism, toxic hierarchy, and oppression are embodied experiences of individual, collective, and historical/intergenerational trauma.

In 2021, Starr Commonwealth delivered five conference sessions related to DEI work, and held a cultural diversity training in August of 2021 attended by 230 professionals. These efforts were met with overwhelming support.

My thoughts and reactions to this training were...

“This was a great introduction to Equity in Action. Both presenters were lovely in their expressions of truth to power and the constructs that we find ourselves in. Thank you.”

“GREAT insights and resources. Appreciate the real-ness; being comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

The most impactful part of the training was...

“Sitting with my co workers of a variety of teams and experience levels that I don’t usually get to interact with and have a dialogue honestly about our work environment and reflect on our roles and impacts in the system and how to support each other.”

The key concept l learned from this training was...

“Each [person] likely has a different perception of issues.

Individuals often personalize an experience through their personal “filters” such as historical data, life experiences and learned or inherited prejudice.”

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Campus Safe Haven

In response to an urgent request from the U.S. federal government in April of 2021, Starr Commonwealth opened its Albion campus to help alleviate ongoing humanitarian challenges facing our world. Initially, Starr welcomed unaccompanied minors from the United States’ southern border.

Upon reunification and proper placement of this population, Starr then served as home to children from Afghanistan. To implement this program, Starr signed a facilities agreement to allow the Administration for Children and Families to utilize its 350-acre campus as a safe haven.

“For more than a century, our campus has served as a safe haven for children in need,” said Starr President and CEO Elizabeth Carey. “We have again been called to open our hearts and our campus as a refuge – this time to children arriving without parents or guardians from around the world.

“When asked to help, we said yes – immediately and enthusiastically, just as our founder, Floyd Starr, would want us to do. We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the Albion community and beyond, with so many kind and generous organizations and people reaching out with offers of help and messages of encouragement.”

875 youth served 85 organizations and individuals have donated books, clothes, hygiene, toys, and expressive art, and enrichment activities to our cause.

Thank you for your generosity!

Reunifications* - 487 Total discharges* - 584 *As of 8/4/2021

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“My work on Starr’s campus over the years has prepared me for just about anything,” said Starr’s Campus Operations and Program Specialist Katie Carpenter. “And yet when we greeted our first children from this program, what I witnessed was very familiar. These are kids who are scared and alone, who are only hoping to find some love and support. When they found just that on our campus, it filled my heart to see frowns turn to smiles—tears turn to laughter. Hope is universal, and I am so proud of what Starr has made possible for these kids.”

“Our expertise in healing trauma and building resilience can truly benefit the children who have come to our campus,” Carey said. “Many of us have all watched the heartbreaking pictures on the nightly news of children who have been abandoned, far away from home and without their families, and wondered how we can help. Starr has safe beds, secure cottages and a campus of caring people – this is how we can, and must, help.”

Resilient Schools Project Since 2018, these efforts have been amassing data and proof points for the efficacy of the model. Starr now stands in a position to celebrate these projects in the form of a whitepaper, completed in April of 2021. Through Starr’s Resilient Schools Project efforts with partnering schools, the Resilient Schools Project whitepaper documents the many gains that meet the immediate needs of children.

Starr Commonwealth’s flagship Resilient Schools Project is an evidence-informed and comprehensive systems approach to establishing a culture of resilience and trauma-informed practices in K-12 school buildings and districts nationwide. The goal is to equip school professionals with knowledge, training, and support to foster resilience in children. In 2021, Starr served 34 schools throughout 6 different districts at various phases of their Resilient School Projects.

Stacey S. Levin, Ph.D., Gregg Strand, Matt Ray

March 2021

“Starr has always kept a keen eye on data as part of the Resilient Schools Project process,” explains Dr. Stacey Levin, Starr’s theory of change is that when Starr’s Senior Director of Research, trauma-informed and resilience-focused THE RESILIENT SCHOOLS PROJECT: Evaluation, and Innovation. “While this adults work within trauma-informed and A Systems Approach to Building Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Focused Schools data is something we’re sure to capture resilience-focused systems, the wellbeing WHITEPAPER and success of children will increase. for each individual school engaging in This theory is the foundation of the the Resilient Schools Project, we are Resilient Schools Project that includes now able to report on the emerging data trends across various schools. This whitepaper not only training, but also practical tools, coaching, and highlights just that, and we are thrilled to share the evaluation measures to implement and sustain traumapowerful impact participating schools are having on the informed, resilience-focused care in education settings. lives of the students they serve.” www.starr.org

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In a year-to-year comparison of this elementary school, the *number of referrals and suspensions decreased since implementing the Resilient Schools Project.

424 254

181

# of Major Referrals (40% decrease)

# of Minor Referrals (40% decrease)

87%

Since RSP implementation, staff self-efficacy has improved.

93

58%

I feel able to do my best each day to help my students.

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# of Out of School Suspensions (58% decrease)

Since RSP implementation, staff have an increased understanding of how to be trauma responsive.

58%

72%

Focusing on developing healthy, healing relationships is the best approach when working with people with trauma histories.

Prior to Resilient Schools Project *Data provided by School District

Resilient Schools Project in Progress

“Many of the students who are living with trauma have started to become more aware of [their] academic needs and are able to talk when [having] difficulty with their academics.”

“I encourage my students to self-regulate after coregulation. I try to teach them about the brain and different brain-aligned strategies that will help them in their other classes.”

“Students are growing in their resilience academically and have improved in their frustration tolerance in regards to their academics.”

“It doesn’t matter what you teach, it doesn’t matter what students you teach, it doesn’t matter what grade level you teach – everybody can come away…with some strategies that they can use with students that they see every day in their classrooms.”

– Elementary School Staff

– Elementary School Staff

“It brings practical applications of how we can come into the classroom setting and have this curiosity – this focus on relationships [and] help build resiliency while still teaching students our content.”

– Middle School Teacher

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– High School Staff

– School Administrator

“I feel supported and feel empowered to help children and families change for the better.”

– Elementary School Staff

Training & Coaching Swift action in response to the pandemic in 2020 allowed for Starr Commonwealth to not only continue serving schools across the country, but empowered the organization to be more nimble in its delivery than ever in 2021. While virtual trainings and expanded eLearning strategy were implemented to substitute traditional in-person trainings, they are now seen as critical and financially-responsible options for both Starr and our customers. Accordingly, Starr has positioned itself as the model for trauma-informed, resilience-focused professional development.

15,300 professionals engaged with Starr’s programming, services, or resources in FY 20-21 and 14,460 of those professionals received training.

The 2021 conference, featuring 20 dynamic sessions, built on the success of the 2020 conference. Combined, 2020-2021 achieved the greatest two-year attendance mark to date.

There were 415 conference attendees. 94% of the participants that completed a survey indicated that the content of the conference will impact how they work with youth and 100% indicated that they will attend a future Starr virtual conference.

Attendees were able to access the entire conference for one month following the live event, ensuring each was able to enjoy the entire scope of Starr’s offerings.

“This information has made me realize even more that I want to work with kids in order to be a support system. Now going forward, I will have more tools to further do that.”

“The most impactful part of training is that it allows you to think about all the hard parts that might be going on behind doors and understand patience that might need to be implemented when handling situations with children who have undergone tough experiences” “Seeing people and presenters as inspired by trauma-informed care as much as, if not more than, myself. It was inspiring!”

“I was impacted by the presenter’s personal stories from their work with individuals and how to apply the mindsets and methods to work with people.”

Both individual trainings and the conference alike were met with overwhelming appreciation and approval from the professionals who attended.

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Behavioral Health Following a year of uncertainty met with quickthinking and adaptation, Starr Behavioral Health marked 2021 as a banner year for breaking through barriers of toxic stress and trauma in children and families. Telehealth services continued in the face of the pandemic, Starr’s clinicians were able to serve many clients through in-person appointments, and schools identified the dire need for more support as children returned to school. As a result, Starr Behavioral Health achieved positive expansion in both client base and demographics.

In total, Starr Behavioral Health served 245 clients in a range of settings from its clinic in Harper Woods, Michigan, to Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and several school districts throughout the state. Of 62 behavioral health clients that completed surveys, 97% indicated that they received the services they wanted and 100% rated that they were satisfied with the services.

Naveah was referred to Starr Behavioral Health by her doctor at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Her clinician at Starr noticed the need for further support of the family. This resulted in Naveah’s mother receiving therapy at the same time as her.

Both clients have built strong rapports with their clinicians, and the family is working through its complex trauma history that affects their everyday struggles. Mom is working with her clinician to prioritize attainable goals to improve the wellbeing of the family.

Support for Starr Behavioral Health is healing families like Naveah’s across Michigan.

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Traditionally, service in schools has been focused on middle school-aged children. 2021’s expansion meant clinicians began treating many elementary school-aged children as well—a critical shift to provide early intervention in order to interrupt the cycle of trauma and toxic stress.

“A year ago I was confident that Starr Behavioral Health’s new office and approach in the wake of COVID-19 would redefine what our clinicians were capable of,” said Starr’s Director of Behavioral Health Becca Gerlach. “Today, we are seeing the fruits of their hard work as we help a much broader range of children and families than ever.

Serving more schools means more children and families are healing. Their healing heals the community, and that is a vital cornerstone to Starr’s mission. None of that would be possible without the generosity of our supporters, and I am so thankful for their investment in these kids.”

Gladsome Circle driven to heal Gladsome Circle recognizes our friends who fund named endowments, endowed scholarships, charitable gift annuities and charitable trusts. These planned gifts secure the future financial stability of Starr Commonwealth.

Each member of Gladsome Circle can receive a limited edition print of “The Old Barn,” depicting Floyd Starr’s original barn and the story of its significance. Gladsome Circle celebrates the ongoing mission of Starr Commonwealth and our friends who ensure that our services are available to children in need as long as these services are needed.

Named Endowments We are pleased to recognize those who have fully funded named endowments and endowed scholarships for Starr Commonwealth. The income from these gifts is used to provide services and scholarships, while the principal is kept intact.

Charles and Russell Amidon Endowment Fund Norma T. Anderson Endowment Fund John M. Ankrum and Murphy Swindell Endowment Fund Mildred Asselstine Endowment Fund Lee and Merle Baker Endowment Fund Kathleen Barnett Endowment Fund Robert O. and Edna I. Barstow Endowment Fund Lillian H. Beach Endowment Fund Roy W., W. Watula and Ernest C. Beckman Endowment Fund Clair E. and Mary H. Berry Endowment Fund Jim and Wanda Bolton Endowment Fund Irma M. Bradley Memorial Endowment Fund Fred M. and Maude Brakeman and Blanche VanDyke Endowment Fund Brasseur Family Endowment Fund Louise R. Breisch Endowment Fund Ellen and Erwin Breternitz Memorial Endowment Fund Kenneth A. Brower, Sr. Memorial Endowment Fund

Ashel G. and Dorothy J. Bryan Endowment Fund Garth M. Bryan Endowment in Memory of Jesse and Myrtle Bryan Fred C. and Dorothy A. Buhler Endowment Fund Phyllis C. Clark Endowment Fund Edward S. Coe Memorial Endowment Fund David and Edie Cole Endowment Fund Lucille Beebe Coles Endowment Fund Marvin L. and Laverne I. Colness Endowment Fund Grace Oliver Colter Endowment Fund for Oliver Cottage Marjorie S. Cowherd Endowment Fund Bettie and Jim Cox Memorial Endowment Fund Alton D. and Phyllis Crandell Endowment Fund Robert C. and Theresa L. Davis Endowment Fund Jeannette A. Davis Memorial Named Endowment Leland F. and Gertrude A. Deibele Endowment Fund David W. and Amanda B. Deshler Endowment Fund Theodore S. and Adelaide M. Diehm Endowment Fund

Anna and Raymond Dowden Endowment for Fine Arts Hugh C. and Marian W. Downer Endowment Fund William F. and Mary F. Earle Endowment Fund J. Dean Eckersley Endowment Fund Elsie and Carl Eggebrecht Endowment Fund Patricia Ann Ellis Endowment Fund For Tomorrow’s Children Endowment Evelyn M. Fry-English Endowment Fund Gary R. and Betty E. Faircloth Endowment Fund Martinus Faircloth Memorial Endowment Fund Elsie M. Farley Endowment Fund Clarence E. and Harvey D. Fassold Endowment Fund I. Janet Field Endowment Fund Dorothy Jean Fowler and Elizabeth Leone Heaton Endowment Fund J. Deloras (Cashman) Friderichsen Endowment Fund Edna A. Frobenius Memorial Endowment Fund Michael & Jeanne Gable Endowment Fund

Helen M. Gager Endowment Fund Barbara P. Garrett Endowment Robert C. and Dorothy A. Gerholz Endowment Fund Susan and William Gillam Endowment Fund George and Judith Goodman Endowment Fund Evelyn Shores Hall Endowment Fund C. M. Hargraves Family Memorial Endowment Fund Harold and Ruth Hicks, Sr. Endowment Fund Ruth J. Husung R. N. Endowment Fund William Johnston and Ronda Stryker Endowment Fund Helen E. Jones Endowment Fund Robert A. and Anita M. Junker Memorial Endowment Fund Calvin W. and Mary E. Kalte Endowment Fund Howard W. and M. Josephine Kern Endowment Fund Sophie C. Kunz Endowment Fund Andrew and Greta Lamberson Endowment Fund Jerry Neil Lantz Memorial Endowment Fund Gladys and William Larson Endowment for Training

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William C. and Gladys E. Larson Endowment Fund Lauff Family Endowment Fund Donna Lee Lehman Endowment Fund John and Judy Lore Endowment Fund Carl G. and Betty L. Maple Endowment Fund Ruth and Russ Mawby for Continuing Education Named Endowment Ruth and Russ Mawby for t he Fine Arts Named Endowment Edward F. and Sarah McCauley Family Endowment Fund Dr. and Mrs. T. Ellsworth McDowell Endowment Fund Donald J. and Dorothy C. McIntosh Endowment Fund Chandan Mehta Endowment Fund Mary L. Melvin Endowment Fund Peter J. E. Mitchell Endowment Fund Phyllis Mitchell Memorial Endowment Fund Stewart Payne Moffatt Endowment Fund for Payne Family Cottage Francis E. Morse Endowment Fund Sylvia Morse Memorial Endowment Fund Robert & Mary Lu Nepil Endowment Fund Arlin E. and Barbara A. Ness Endowment Fund Keith O. Palmer Endowment Fund Verne and Marlene Plassman Endowment Fund

George and Joan Staudt Pracy Memorial Endowment Fund Glen and Joan Rager Endowment Fund Margaret Ann Riecker Endowment Fund George and Sandy Ropp Endowment Fund Gail M. Seitz Endowment Fund Herbert and Christine Sellers Memorial Endowment Fund Chad M. Shelton Memorial Endowment Fund Charles E. Shontz Endowment Fund Lora M. Sims Endowment Fund Doris E. Slater Endowment Fund Alyce Lorraine Smith Endowment Fund Christopher L. and Cathy L. Smith Endowment Fund M. Gene Smith and Joseph J. Gondol Educational Endowment Fund Jessie L. Soars and Janet Soars Platt Endowment Fund Spade Family Endowment Fund Virginia Z. Spieth Endowment Fund David and Elta Starr Endowment Fund Floyd Starr Endowment For Fine Arts Edward S. and Clara H. Starr Endowment Fund John F. Starr Endowment Fund Paul Stearns Named Endowment Fund William K. Stoffer Endowment Fund

Milton and Ella Stover Endowment Fund Richard W. and Jonsie M. Sturgis Endowment Fund Margaret I. Syring Endowment Fund Vivian B. Tate Endowment Fund Dr. Carl S. and Florence Taylor Endowment Fund Kurt O. Tech II Endowment Fund Wilbert and Mary Thiltgen Endowment Fund Eunice and Roger Thompson Endowment Fund John H. Tucker and Helen I Tucker Memorial Fund Joseph A. and Judith S. Valentine Endowment Fund Warren and Maria Van Wicklin Endowment Fund Alice Heminway Wardwell Endowment Fund Madeline G. and Leonard O. Weidman Endowment Fund Ervin J. and Helen A. Wilee Memorial Endowment Fund Robert Reino Williams Endowment Fund Ralph Lindsay Williamson Memorial Endowment Fund Haslet H. Wilson Endowment Fund for Fine Arts Wayne L. Yanz Endowment Fund John E. and Catherine C. Yarnelle Endowment Fund Harold H. and Geneva B. Youngs Endowment Fund

Scholarship Funds Bassage Memorial Scholarship Fund Christian and Emma L. Breisch Scholarship Collins Carter Scholarship Mildred J. Carter Scholarship John Corsey Memorial Fund Alton D. and Phyllis L. Crandell Scholarship John D. and Ruth Gillman Scholarship Fund Floyd Kent Scholarship Thomas Metz Kent Scholarship Thomas E. and Gayle J. Kolassa Scholarship Fund Clyde and Kathy LeTarte Scholarship Fund Thomas T. Lloyd Scholarship Lou Ann and Russ Mawby Scholarship Fund Timothy A. Ness Memorial Scholarship Richard A. and Clara M. Patterson Scholarship Fund Earl F. and V. Eileen Payne Scholarship Ruth N. and William B. Pierce Scholarship Frederick and Anne Raisch Scholarship Herbert J. and Ruth Ann Richmond Scholarship Floyd Starr Scholarship Starr Commonwealth Scholarship Fund Mary Towler Scholarship Ubuntu Scholarship Fund Wayne L. Yanz Scholarship Fund

Champions for Children The good work of Starr Commonwealth would not be possible without many friends giving at all levels during their lifetime and beyond. Starr Commonwealth’s Champions for Children recognition society was created to recognize this support and celebrate those who help us transform the lives of troubled children and families.

All cost associated with our three stewardship programs are underwritten by special friends who join us in saying, “Thank you for caring!”

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Arlin E. Ness Circle there are no disposable kids

Named after Starr Commonwealth’s President Emeritus, this recognition society remembers our history as a working dairy farm, and symbolizes our work of nurturing children’s bodies, minds, and spirits. Each bottle represents $2,500 of accumulated gifts to Starr Commonwealth. Receiving eight bottles represents total accumulated giving of $20,000 or more.

The following donors reached the next level of accumulated giving and qualify for new milk bottles in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

Milk Bottle 1 - Summary of Gifts $2,500 - $4,999 Individuals: Ms. Annette Andrews and Mr. Doug McKillop The Colton Brezner Endowment Fund Mr. Fred and Mrs. Lisa Damron Mr. and Mrs. Michael Darling Mr. and Mrs. H. Ronald Griffith Ms. Marilyn J. Heiling Ms. Anne Honhart Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hoover Mrs. Ann J. Simpson Organizations: Christ the Redeemer Church Damron Brothers Asphalt Genoa Healthcare

Milk Bottle 2 - Summary of Gifts $5,000 - $7,499 Individuals: Mr. Darrell J. Black The Colton Brezner Endowment Fund

Mrs. Carol Hartman Mrs. Lynn Komasara Mr. and Mrs. Randy R. Neumann Mr. William H. Tousey Mr. Edward A. Zeschin Organizations: Branch County Community Foundation Consumers Energy Foundation Feldpausch Foundation

Milk Bottle 3 - Summary of Gifts $7,500 - $9,999 Individuals: Ms. Martha E. Dobbins and Ms. Shirley Knaack Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Robert & Carla Ness Harker Organizations: Plunkett Cooney

Milk Bottle 4 - Summary of Gifts $10,000 - $12,499 Individuals: Ms. Beverly Braden Dr. and Mrs. James E. Longhurst Mr. John Soma and Dr. Caelan K. Soma Organizations: Bailey Cavalieri LLC Eagle Excavation Inc Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone

Milk Bottle 5 - Summary of Gifts $12,500 - $14,999 Individuals: Mr. Spencer L. Davis

Milk Bottle 6 - Summary of Gifts $15,000 - $17,499 Individuals: Mr. and Mrs. Bob & Amy R. Dunn

Organizations: Tyler-Little Family Foundation

Milk Bottle 7 - Summary of Gifts $17,500 - $19,999 Individuals: Dr. Miriam S. Daly Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Koegel Mr. Michael Krenn and Dr. Huilan Krenn Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Spade Organizations: Keller Partners & Company

Milk Bottle 8 - Summary of Gifts more than $20,000 Individuals: Mr. Michael J. Gable Organizations: Longfellow Investment Management Company Wayne County Non-Profit COVID-19 Relief Grant Program

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Legacies We are grateful to have received gifts from the estates of these loyal friends during the 2020-21 fiscal year.

Fitch H. Beach Charitable Foundation Trust Fred C. Buhler Trust Eugene B. Hamilton Trust Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust Estate of Edgar W. Miller Estate of Beverly Milner Robert Picking CRUT George J. Pohl Trust Zora B. Pohl Trust Carrie M. & Alex A. Reid Charitable Trust Charles W and Genevieve M W. Walton Trust Alma L. Weixelbaum Trust

Will Inclusions We are pleased to recognize our friends who have informed us that they have included Starr Commonwealth in their wills and estate plans.

Floyd Starr Founder’s Circle

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Allen Mrs. Lavonne G. Bauer Mrs. LaVerne I. Colness Mrs. Janet C. Hewett Dr. Thomas F. Higby Mr. Ronald Hooker Mr. and Mrs. Ted F. Johnson Ms. Diana S. Langley Dr. and Mrs. Harry Leibowitz Mrs. Frances M. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Arlin E. Ness Mr. and Mrs. Randy R. Neumann Mr. Andy Nowlin Dr. Richard L. Pinkerton, Ph.D. Mrs. Merry Ann L. Sauls Mrs. Ann J. Simpson Mr. Roger K. Smiley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Smith Mrs. Libby Stearns Mrs. Mary L. Weber

there’s no such thing as a bad child

Floyd Starr Founder’s Circle recognizes friends who give to Starr Commonwealth through their wills or estate plans.

Members receive a beautiful replica of the statue “Floyd Starr with a Boy” that graces the entrance of our Albion campus, as well as other benefits.

Floyd Starr Founder’s Circle celebrates “Uncle” Floyd’s dedication to children, and the dedication of those who continue to support his vision.

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Gifts of $500 or More We appreciate the following individuals, foundations, groups, businesses, and organizations who have made donations of $500 or more to Starr Commonwealth during the 2020-21 fiscal year. Names highlighted in blue indicate legacy gifts.

Individual Donors Mr. Derek Allen Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Allen Ms. Annette Andrews and Mr. Doug McKillop Ms. Judith D. Baum Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bertrand Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bisson Mr. Darrell J. Black Dr. Paul and Betty Blount Ms. Beverly Braden Mr. Fred C. Buhler Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Burkhart Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carey and Mr. Michael Young Mr. Craig Carrel The Colton Brezner Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Randy L. Copas Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cummings Dr. Miriam S. Daly Mr. Fred and Mrs. Lisa Damron Ms. Susan Damron Mr. and Mrs. Michael Darling Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dasse Mr. Spencer L. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Davis Ms. Angela Dawson Ms. Paula C. Dolson and Ms. Gretchen Jakubiak Mr. and Mrs. Bob & Amy R. Dunn Mrs. Anne Willson Dupre Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. Catherine Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Melvin D. Ely Mr. Tom Franke Mr. Michael J. Gable Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gill Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gillam Mr. James R. Greene Mr. and Mrs. H. Ronald Griffith Eugene B. Hamilton Trust Mrs. Carol Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Ron Harvey Ms. Marilyn J. Heiling Ms. Brenda Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jacob Mr. and Mrs. Kent J. Johnson Miss Izabela Kenney

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Koegel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kolassa Mrs. Lynn Komasara Mr. Michael Krenn and Dr. Huilan Krenn Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. LaFleur Dr. Stacey Levin and Mr. Michael Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Maldegen Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Miller Estate of Beverly Milner Estate of Melvin and Kathleen St. John Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Arlin E. Ness Ms. Phyllis Ness Mr. and Mrs. Robert & Carla Ness Harker Mr. and Mrs. Larry M. Oman Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Park Mr. and Mrs. Greig Patton Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Peterson Robert Picking CRUT George J. Pohl Trust Zora B. Pohl Trust Mr. and Mrs. Greg Richey Mr. Terry Roth Ms. Mary Ann Sabo Mr. and Mrs. Dallas E. Seiler Mr. and Mrs. H. Warren Smith Mr. John Soma and Dr. Caelan K. Soma Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Spade Mr. Steven Stankewicz and Ms. Myra Willis Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Erick Stewart Mr. Gregg Strand Mrs. Kathy Stroud Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Tate Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson II Mr. William H. Tousey Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Valentine Dr. Warren Van Wicklin Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Vande Vusse Mr. Robert W. VanSumeren

Mr. Don Vermeulen Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voigt Charles W and Genevieve M W. Walton Trust Alma L. Weixelbaum Trust Mr. and Mrs. Mark Zande Mr. and Mrs. William Zehnder

Foundations, Corporations, Groups & Organizations Albion/Marshall Community Donors Angels, Saints and Stuff Anna Paulina Foundation Bailey Cavalieri LLC Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Battle Creek Community Foundation Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic Co. Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation Blufish Consulting LLC Branch County Community Foundation Brown and Brown of Lehigh Valley Christ the Redeemer Church Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Consumers Energy Foundation Damron Brothers Asphalt Damron Holding LLC Eagle Excavation Inc Edward E. MacCrone Private Foundation O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation Feldpausch Foundation Fitch H. Beach Charitable Foundation Trust Genoa Healthcare Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Google Graphics 3 Inc. Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Halderman Farm Management Service Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust Highland Consulting Associate, Inc. Human Service Solutions, LLC

John D. & Jean E. Dinan Foundation Keller Partners & Company Longfellow Investment Management Company Marshall Community Foundation Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone Montgomery United Methodist Church New Metro Construction, LLC North Congregational Church Oaklawn Hospital Plunkett Cooney Real Estate One - Rosemary Davis Realty ReMax Perrett Associates Santo, Maria, Frank, & John Zanetti Foundation State Farm Insurance - Woods Insurance & Financial Service,INC TCF Bank Team 1 Plastics The Cleveland Foundation Tyler-Little Family Foundation United Methodist Church of Marshall United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region Viceroy Properties, LLC Victory Supply Inc Villa On Verona W. K. Kellogg Foundation Wayne County

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Starr Gazing

Each day, thousands of professionals embody our vision throughout the globe. Their passion, Driven to Heal with Starr Commonwealth, is paramount to building resilience and helping students break through barriers to learning. These are some of their stories.

Higher Education Partnerships

Rachel Hunter

Starr Commonwealth currently partners with two higher education institutions to deliver various levels of credentialing. Through these strategic partnerships, Starr is now able to help prepare young professionals entering their respective fields to understand the effects of toxic stress and trauma on the individuals they will serve. To hear the story of Rachael Hunter, a current student in Spring Arbor University’s M.Ed. in Trauma & Resiliency program visit starr.org/ rachael.

ExcelU

Willie Burton

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Educated Stars of Tomorrow, LLC (ESOT), founded by Willie Burton in 2011, has spent the past ten years developing ExcelU, a schooland community-based curriculum that unifies academic success and health-wellness for students. Using a multifaceted approach, this curriculum engages both students and student-athletes to equip them with the necessary tools to maneuver the complexities of student life leading into adulthood. ESOT has partnered with Starr Commonwealth to help develop ExcelU content and bring products to market. You can learn more about Willie Burton’s life story that brought him to partner with Starr Commonwealth at starr.org/burton.

Resilience Coach in Action

Elijah Armstrong is one of Starr’s Resilience Coaches, currently serving Marshall Public Schools. Resilience Coaches are responsible for coaching and mentoring school staff on trauma-informed, resilience-focused strategies, as well as working with individual students to see their own greatness. Learn more about Elijah’s impact at starr.org/elijah.

Elijah Armstrong

Hope and Resilience at Lincoln Park Schools

Lincoln Park Public Schools in Michigan is one of Starr’s oldest and most successful Resilient Schools Project partners. Their resilience throughout the pandemic has not only allowed for all to flourish regardless of the unknown, but many have realized that these have been their best years yet. Learn more about their success at starr.org/jenny.

Jenny Sloan

Starr’s Impact, in their own Words

2021 greatly expanded Starr’s reach throughout the education landscape. Now, our new friends and partners have begun to celebrate and express their appreciation for Starr’s impact. One region of focus is Stark County in Ohio, where the Starr trauma and resilience training has made a true difference. Hear their story at starr.org/impact.

Stark County teacher

5th Annual Night of Starrs

Elizabeth Carey hosting Night of Starrs

A familiar sense of hope swept through our communities for the 5th Annual Night of Starrs, sponsored by Oaklawn. It had been 895 days since friends and supporters of Starr were able to meet in person to celebrate the resiliency of all children and honor Stand Tall Award honorees. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Starr pivoted to a virtual event in 2020. In September of 2021, we finally were able to be together. While the intimate affair was limited in attendees, it was no less special of a night than those past.

Scores of supporters arrived at the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall to hear the latest updates from Starr Commonwealth, honor Stand Tall Award recipients, and most importantly impact the lives of countless children. In total, Starr Commonwealth raised close to $80,000 that will be directly spent on breaking down barriers to healing in children. To relive this inspirational event, visit starr.org/nos.

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2020-2021 Leadership

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Erick Stewart, Chair

Elizabeth A. Carey

(2009 – 2023) President, Stewart Industries LLC Battle Creek, MI

Craig Carrel

Immediate Past Chair (2008 – 2021) President and Partner, Team 1 Plastics Albion, MI

Stanley Allen, Treasurer (2014 – 2023) Configuration Engineering Wells Fargo & Company DesMoines, IA

Lisa Miller, Vice Chair

(2018 – 2027) President, MMK Consulting Group Coldwater, MI

Milton Barnes

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Caelan Soma Chief Clinical Officer

Paula Dolson

Chief Financial Officer

John M. Thompson II

Chief Advancement Officer

TRUSTEES EMERITUS Michael J. Gable

Human Resources Executive (Retired) Orlans Associates, PC Troy, MI

George D. Goodman

Simon P. Bisson

Honorable Eugene A. Moore

Executive Director (Retired) Michigan Municipal League Ann Arbor, MI

(2018 – 2027) Vice President, Institutional Relations and Development University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH

Chief Probate Judge (Retired) Oakland County Pontiac, MI

Huilan Krenn

Anne Willson Dupré

Sheryl Mitchell

(2019 – 2028) City Administrator City of Lathrup Village, Lathrup Village, MI

Randy Neumann, Secretary (2013 – 2022) Vice President, J.F. Daley, Inc. San Antonio, TX

Sean Silver

(2019 – 2028) Senior Vice President Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Troy, MI

Keena Williams

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Derek S. Allen

(2019 – 2028) Albion College & Play Right Basketball Academy CEO & Founder Albion, MI

(2017 – 2026) Director of Learning & Impact W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI

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President and Chief Executive Officer

(2019 – 2028) Assoc. Dean of Students President’s Special Advosor for Global Diversity Albion College, Albion, MI

HONORARY TRUSTEES Granddaughter of Floyd Starr Toronto, Canada

Diana Starr Langley Montecito, CA

PRESIDENT EMERITUS Martin L. Mitchell President Emeritus Coldwater, MI

Arlin E. Ness

President Emeritus Anthem, AZ

Larry K. Brendtro President Emeritus Lennox, SD

*All Officers and Trustees can be reached at the following address and phone number: Starr Commonwealth, 13725 Starr Commonwealth Road, Albion, MI 49224, (517) 629-5591

Financial Summary Starr Commonwealth Statement of Activities for the year ended September 30, 2021. 000 omitted*.

Revenues

Financial Position

Expenses

50% Emergency Intake Site

7,000

36% Emergency Intake

4,000

Assets

21% Contributions

3,000

27% General Administration

3,000

Liabilities

5,000

14% Agency Fees

2,000

18% Professional Training

2,000

Net Assets

81,000

14% Investment Income Appropriated

2,000

9% Community Based

1,000

9% Fundraising

1,000

Total

14,000

Total

86,000

11,000

*Note: This is an unaudited report of financial operations. A complete audited report, including the opinion of independent certified public accountants is available upon request.

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Since 1913, Starr has relied on donors and other supporters to help us heal trauma and build resilience so that all can flourish.

Whether working with schools, agencies, or public agencies and foundations, Starr’s partners are integral to the expansion of the impact of the Commonwealth.

To become certified through Starr is a commitment to transforming the lens through which you see children and signifies your dedication to healing.

All one needs to do to join the mission is to raise your voice in support of breaking down barriers for children and staying connected with Starr Commonwealth.

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Founded in 1913, Starr is licensed by the State of Michigan.

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