Hephzibah Children's Association annual report

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2012 - 2013

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Dear Friend of Hephzibah,

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Almost daily during the fiscal year, we heard unsettling reports about violence — in our streets, in our schools and in our homes. While politicians and pundits debated over gun control in the wake of the Colorado and Connecticut shootings, gun and gang violence in Chicago continued unabated, prompting city leaders to convene an emergency summit on urban violence in July 2013.

As I reflected on the violence at our doorstep and across the nation, my thoughts turned to Hephzibah and our efforts to keep young people safe in a dangerous world.

In FY13 — with the help of friends like you who care deeply about the welfare of Illinois children and families — we protected young people in many ways.

We provided a safe haven for 49 neglected and abused children at our internationally recognized Diagnostic Treatment Center and therapeutic Residence.

Because Hephzibah operates one of the only diagnostic centers in the state equipped to rehabilitate severely traumatized children, nearly half of the children we served were admitted directly from pediatric psychiatric hospitals. Almost all were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and other disorders.

As we put the therapeutic supports in place to help these children heal, we surrounded them with love, optimism, laughter, high expectations and abundant opportunities for growth and enrichment — from art, music and pet therapy programs to our Second Annual Healthy Living Program in collaboration with West Suburban Hospital.

Number of community Running a house for 49 active kids takes a lot of and corporate partners that enhanced the lives elbow grease. Thanks to Adidas and Tellabs, Inc. — two of Hephzibah’s children new corporate partners that sent crews of employees with vital support and to help us out with chores big and small — Hephzibah services Home was spic and span throughout the year.

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Another new community partner, the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club, brightened the children’s lives with a major gift of $150,000 and Number of generous donors a host of activities and special events — from who supported our mission a day at the circus to a family-style Thanksgiving with financial and in-kind feast cooked and served at Hephzibah. contributions While we met the children’s day-to-day needs, we were also thinking about their futures.

To address the academic gaps caused by the many disruptions in their lives, we continued our After-School Academy powered by an all-volunteer force of Homework Helpers and partnered with Dominican University for our 14th annual Summer Reading Academy. In early June 2013, we piloted One Book, One Hephzibah — a 12-week summer program designed to take the solitary struggle out of reading and make it fun by engaging the children in group activities and field trips related to each week’s featured book.

We also ushered our young charges into the digital age. When it became evident that the children in our group homes were lagging behind their tech-savvy peers, a group of generous donors and technology professionals stepped forward to create a new Technology Room at Hephzibah — complete with its own server, computers and iPads.

Because keeping children safe also means keeping them off the streets, we offered safe, enriching and affordable after-school day care and a full-day summer camp for the school-age children of working parents in the Oak Park community.

We also partnered with the Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County (CEDA) for the second year to provide Head Start programming, which was offered free of charge to promote the social and cognitive development of preschoolers from low-income families. In FY13, we added an afternoon session to

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the program — and received glowing reviews from CEDA and our Head Start parents.

Behind the scenes, our staff was preparing for a rigorous review by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services. We passed the review with flying colors, earning a commendation from the Council for our innovative programming, our consistently successful outcomes and our knowledgeable staff.

As we helped children thrive and families flourish, our three auxiliary boards continued to raise awareness of our mission while raising more than $330,000 to support our programming through events such as the Oak Park Auxiliary’s 2013 Heart of Gold Gala, the Western Auxiliary’s Hoof it for Hephzibah Memorial Day 2013 5K Fun Run/Walk and the Chicago Auxiliary’s 5th annual Dodgeball Tournament.

As the need for our services continued to grow, Hephzibah grew as well. We created a new marketing and communications position, hired a special events manager and welcomed Shaun Lane to Hephzibah to fill our newly created chief operating officer position. Lane, who most recently served as deputy director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, also teaches graduate courses in social welfare policy and management at the University of Chicago School of Social Services. The creation of this new COO position will enable me to spend more time developing a strategic vision for Hephzibah’s future, cultivating new donors and continuing my work as an Illinois State Child Welfare System consulting expert.

I hope you will take a few moments to browse through the following pages to find out more about the year’s highlights — and the many ways that our benefactors, boards, staff, corporate and community partners and volunteers kept children safe, engaged and enriched throughout the year.

Thank you for your steadfast support!

— T h e o d o r S e u s s G e i s e l , better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss (1904 -1991)

Hephzibah Children’s Association Executive Director Mary Anne Brown with some young friends from Hephzibah’s awardwinning Day Care program. In FY13, Hephzibah’s Head Start program for preschoolers from low-income families and Day Care program for school-age children of all income levels provided safe, enriching and affordable day care for 584 children in the Oak Park community.

Mary Anne Brown, Executive Director

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Bringing Brothers and Sisters Together

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ibling bonds are among life’s most enduring connections — outlasting our relationships with our parents and sometimes even our marriages. Our relationships with our brothers and sisters are inextricably intertwined with our sense of identity and belonging.

Yet 75 percent of all foster children are separated from their siblings because most foster families don’t have the room or the resources to care for sibling groups. It is often the last, and most devastating, loss for children who have already been separated from their parents, their home, their school and their community.

To help mend these broken sibling bonds, Hephzibah founded Camp HepSIBah in 2003. Every summer since then, brothers and sisters living in different Number of foster homes have reunited at this rustic woodland camp in northern Illinois to siblings reunited at create shared childhood memories that will last a lifetime.

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In Summer 2012, 63 campers in 17 sibling groups enjoyed a week of 2012 Sibling Camp camp experiences such as canoeing, archery, rock climbing, gathering around the campfire for songs and s’mores and cookouts manned by corporate volunteers from McDonald’s.

But often it was the unstructured time that had the most meaning. Each day, the children were able to experience shared moments that most siblings take for granted, such as waking up and having breakfast together, sharing their thoughts and feelings while walking in the woods and ending the day with whispered conversations and stifled laughter when the lights went out at bedtime.

We are grateful to the Lerner Family Foundation for making it possible for these separated siblings to reconnect and form deep emotional bonds that will support and sustain them throughout their lives.

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good education is the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life. Yet many children in substitute care lag far behind their peers academically.

By the 10th or 11th grade, the average foster child is reading at a seventh-grade level. Because reading fluency is strongly correlated with scholastic achievement, deficits in this area can seriously compromise a child’s academic performance. Of all of the problems that plague foster children, poor academic performance may have the most crippling effect on their long-term success and well-being.

To help close this achievement gap and foster a love of reading in the children living in our group and foster homes, Hephzibah launched One Book, One Hephzibah at the end of the fiscal year. The summerlong reading program combined weekly book selections with themed weekly activities, recreational outings and special guest presentations.

Even the children in our Day Care program joined in, reading along with the Day Care staff and participating in related activities and field trips.

Week One kicked off on June 3 with the children’s book, B is for Buckaroo: A Cowboy Alphabet, a visit from a real singing cowboy and a field trip to a horse farm. Judging from the enthusiastic participation of the children, reading was no longer a solitary struggle, but a lot of fun!

Making Sure The Kids Are All Right Safe, enriching and affordable Day Care for the children of working parents

I 545 Number of Oak Park children served by Hephzibah’s award-winning Day Care program in FY13

n his cover story for the April 29, 2013, issue of The New Republic, “The Hell of American Day Care,” journalist Jonathan Cohn touches on a topic that haunts many working parents.

“Trusting your child with someone else is one of the hardest things a parent has to do,” he writes, “and in the U.S., it’s harder still, because American day care is a mess.”

Cohn goes on to decry a day care system that is “barely regulated, sometimes unsafe and difficult for many working parents to afford.”

While he reports that there is a small percentage of day care that is “really, really bad, as in actually hazardous to children’s health,” he also acknowledges that there is a “small percentage of day care that is very good.”

These high-quality day care programs can be a real boon for children’s growth and development. Data analyzed by the Children’s Defense Fund shows that school-age children attending quality day care programs “are significantly more likely to succeed in school, have better work habits and relationships with peers and are better adjusted and less antisocial than children who spend their out-of-school hours alone, with their mothers or informally supervised by other adults.”

The Defense Fund’s conclusion that “good school-age care can have a major positive impact on children’s development, safety and school achievement” comes as no surprise to Hephzibah’s Day Care parents, who have experienced the many benefits of our internationally recognized Day Care program firsthand.

In FY13, Hephzibah’s Day Care program provided after-school day care for 545 children at eight Oak Park elementary schools during the academic year and a nine-week day camp during the summer months. Fees for the program were assessed on a sliding scale and offset by financial aid when necessary to ensure that children from

low-income families had the same opportunities for growth and enrichment as their peers.

What made the program truly distinctive, however, was the comprehensive array of wraparound social services offered to Day Care families, from parent education classes and support groups facilitated by a full-time social worker to referrals for assistance with housing, food and clothing to direct assistance with respite services, bus passes, gas money, transportation, grocery store gift certificates, furniture, clothing, sports equipment, school supplies and other family needs.

Given the current day care crisis in America, Hephzibah Day Care parents know they’ve got a good thing going.

“I sent my daughter to Hephzibah Day Care many years ago, when I was a working mom,” says a Hephzibah grandmother, who recently attended a Day Care graduation ceremony for her sixth-grade grandchild. “It was such a nurturing and enriching environment. I never had a moment’s worry about my daughter’s wellbeing.

I felt like I’d transferred her from my womb to Hephzibah’s womb.”

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The Healing Embrace of a Caring Community

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ccording to a report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Foster Care, foster children have a much higher incidence of physical, dental and behavioral health problems than any other group of children. More than 80 percent enter the foster care system with serious, chronic health issues that are often the direct result of past neglect or abuse.

This vulnerable population got an extra dose Percentage of of good medicine in FY13 — children entering the thanks to the dedicated health foster care system care crew manning the Ronald with serious, chronic McDonald Children’s Hospital health issues Loyola University Pediatric Mobile Health Care Unit.

This 40-foot-long, 13-ton children’s clinic on wheels rolled into Oak Park on April 27, 2013, to provide health exams and screenings for the children living in Hephzibah foster homes. The services were provided free of charge for all Hephzibah foster families, thanks to philanthropic support from the Wallace D. Johnson Children’s Care Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House of Chicago and Northwest Indiana and other generous donors.

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ast year, more than 26,000 children were abused or neglected in the State of Illinois. Half of these children were age five or under. Without expert intervention, the physical, psychological and social-emotional damage from this abuse and neglect can last a lifetime.

This is where Hephzibah steps in. Each year, many of the worst cases of child abuse and neglect in the State of Illinois are referred to Hephzibah Children’s Association.

Why Hephzibah? Because our therapeutic programs to rehabilitate severely traumatized children are internationally recognized for their successful outcomes.

But helping these children heal requires a tremendous investment of financial and therapeutic resources. It would not be possible without the involvement of compassionate community partners like the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club.

Every two years, this philanthropic community organization selects a new cause to support through fundraising efforts and hands-on service projects. In Spring 2012, we were notified that this committed group of nearly 200 women had selected Hephzibah as

its next philanthropic beneficiary.

In FY13, the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club enriched the lives of the children in our group homes beyond measure with a major gift of $150,000 to support educational enrichment programs and a wide variety of hands-on service projects, including group outings to Lifetime Fitness and the circus, a back-to-school pizza party, health-related activities, holiday crafts and a build-yourown teddy bear party on Valentine’s Day. They even set up a mock restaurant to give the children an opportunity to practice their “restaurant manners,” cooked and served a Thanksgiving Dinner at Hephzibah Home and organized a festive New Year’s Eve celebration to help the children ring in the new year with laughter and joy.

“The Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club has brightened the lives of our children and given them family life experiences that will follow them everywhere,” reports Executive Director Mary Anne Brown. “We are so grateful for their generous support, their unwavering commitment to our mission and all of their wonderfully organized activities.”

In May 2013, the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club presented $150,000 to Hephzibah Development Director Molly Philosophos (center). Their generous gift, which will be used to support educational enrichment programs, was presented by club members (left to right): Anna Fiascone, President Amity Comiskey, Christine Cuthbert and Ali Rago.

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e live in a wired world. The way we learn, work, create, communicate, shop, socialize and even bank has been transformed by computer technologies.

Yet prior to Summer 2012, the children in Hephzibah’s group homes had limited access to the technological tools of our digital age. Education Coordinator Paula Andries noticed that the children were not developing technological skills at the same rate as their peers. They were showing signs of what social scientists call “digital exclusion,” a term coined to describe populations with limited access to the digital technologies that have become an integral part of 21st century life.

In FY12 and FY13, some generous donors and visionary volunteers stepped forward to change that. The Sweet Water Foundation and the Terri Race Educational Technology Fund provided funding for iPads. Volunteers Brian Druley and Sue Stark formed a Children’s Technology Committee and pooled their IT expertise to convert Hephzibah’s former library into a Technology Room.

Druley, the director of administration and information technology for the Health Service at Northwestern University, coordinated a donation of computers and a server from his own department and Northwestern’s Student Affairs Information Technology department. Stark, an institutional technology coordinator at Robert Morris University, arranged for another donation of computers from her employer.

By June 2013, the technology room was up and running.

Druley and Stark and their growing team of Technology Mentors continue to volunteer every Saturday to teach technology to the kids, whose tech skills have really taken off.

Thanks to these committed benefactors and volunteers, the children at Hephzibah Home are now tech-savvy citizens of the digital age.

nyone who dismisses American teens as hopelessly self-absorbed hasn’t met the Hephzibah Huskies. These altruistic Oak Park River Forest High School students have spent countless hours serving as mentors, role models and friends for the traumatized children living in Hephzibah’s group homes.

The group, which was spearheaded by students Jake Johnson and Luke Trinka in 2010, became an officially sanctioned high school service club in August 2012. Although Jake and Luke have since graduated, Luke’s younger sister, Tess Trinka, is carrying on the cofounders’ mission as club president.

Despite heavy homework loads, college searches and other high school commitments during the 2012-2013 academic year, these big-hearted teens met every other Monday to organize fundraising events and activities for the children.

The Huskies also volunteered at Hephzibah’s group homes and day care sites, took the children to high school events, participated in game and movie nights and held their signature event, the Hephzibah Rodeo. This joyous June celebration, complete with pony rides and a petting zoo, is held annually to reward the children in our group homes

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for completing the school year, despite the tremendous upheavals in their lives.

The teens’ commitment Number of Hephzibah to the children at Hephzibah Huskies serving as mentors, didn’t go unnoticed by the Oak role models and friends for Park River Forest Community the traumatized children Foundation, which selected living in Hephzibah’s group the Hephzibah Huskies as the homes 2012 recipient of the foundation’s Outstanding Youth Group Award for Excellence in Philanthropy. At the Heart of Gold Gala in March, Hephzibah also honored the group with its 2013 Hephzibah Heart of the Home Award, which is presented annually to individuals or groups that have made outstanding contributions in support of Hephzibah’s mission.

“We are tremendously grateful to the Huskies for their commitment and support,” notes Executive Director Mary Anne Brown. “They have brought fresh ideas and energy to our organization — and the children in our group homes just light up with happiness whenever the Huskies are around. I tell everyone that these exceptional young humanitarians are the future of Hephzibah.”

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THANK YOU

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$330,870 Total amount raised by Hephzibah’s Oak Park, Western and Chicago Auxiliary Boards in FY13.

We are deeply grateful for their passionate commitment and support!

for your gifts of help and hope!

Gifts $100,000 and above Anonymous Estate of Mr. Burtram B. Butler Hephzibah Auxiliary Boards Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club

$25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous McDonald’s Corporation NOW Health Group, Inc. The John Buck Company Foundation

$10,000 to $24,999 Paul and Sherry Carbery Cashel Foundation CME Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dahir Economy Shop Mr. Ron Ferrin GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc. Helen Brach Foundation Hephzibah Foundation HSBC – North America Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Latham & Watkins-California Lerner Family Foundation Northern Trust Company Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary Paice Richter Consulting, Inc. Union Pacific Railroad Foundation United Way Metro Chicago US Bank

$5,000 to $9,999 AccuVal Associates Mr. James Allen Alterra Bermuda Limited Anderson, Rasor & Partners, L.L.P. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrews Anonymous Aon Risk Services Central, Inc Aspen Specialty Mr. and Mrs. Max D. Brown Ms. Carol J. Dunning Mr. Jassem el Mahmoud and Ms. Francesca DeBiase First Midwest Bank George M. Eisenberg Foundation for Charities Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Jordahl King & Spalding LLP LJ Foundation Macquarie Securities (USA) Inc. Mary Lou Downs Foundation McCarthy & Trinka, Inc. Million Dollar Round Table Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Rosenwinkel Mr. Joseph C. Scully and Dr. Judith Scully Sector3 Appraisals, Inc. The REAM Foundation Truist Credit UPS Foundation, Inc. Vegetable Juices, Inc. W.R. Berkley Corporation Ward Foundation

$1,000 to $4,999 Alix Partners, LLC Allen N. Schwartz, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Allen Mr. and Mrs. Vincent R. Ambrosino Anna Kushel Marshall Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aque Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Arends Mr. and Mrs. Allen Arnett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Babbo Mr. Jeff Babcock Bank of America Foundation Barker and Castro LLC Ms. Jackie M. Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Nick Beil Berwyn United Lutheran Church Mr. and Mrs. Alec P. Bliss Mr. Robert Bloch and Ms. Barbara Kahn Ms. Diane Bonina Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bonomo Mr. Gene Brandt and Ms. Elizabeth Holland Mr. Brad Browder Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cuyler Brown Mr. and Mrs. Terry P. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Erich E. Brueschke Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Buccheri Mr. and Mrs. Jay Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Caldarone Capital One Leverage Finance Chicago Teacher, Inc. Chicago United, Inc. Dr. Joseph Christian Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleary Mr. William Cleaveland and Ms. Lisa Collings CNA US Specialty Lines Mr. Kevin Colligan and Mrs. Irene Franze Mr. Burt Constable and Ms. Cheryl ter Horst Mr. and Mrs. Michael Deitch Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Diomede Mr. Brian Druley Ms. Dawn Drumm and Ms. Kim Hefner Mr. and Mrs. John Edwardson

Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Ellenbogen Mr. Sumner T. Farren Mr. John C. Filosa and Mrs. Cathaleen Roach Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Fisher Flat Top Grill Forest Park National Bank FTI Consulting Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Gaeddert Dr. Frances Gaik Mr. and Mrs. John Gallo Mr. and Mrs. John Glavin Mr. Morris B. Goldman and Ms. Hilarie Lieb Mr. and Mrs. Paul Guzzetta Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Hadelman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Hager Mr. and Mrs. Miles Harris Harry F. Chaddick & Elaine Chaddick Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Haupers Hilco Appraisal Hogan Marren, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Horwich Mr. and Mrs. T. Kendall Hunt Huntersure LLC Ironshore Insurance Services LLC Iron-Starr Excess Agency, Ltd. James Hardie Building Products, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Jarrett Dr. and Mrs. Donald Jensen Jocarno Fund Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Johnson Ms. Dianne R. Jones * Mr. Thomas Johnson and Ms. Leslie Ann A. Jones Mrs. Mary Ann Karris Mr. Steve Kiger and Ms. Leslie Berns Mr. William Knittle and Ms. Alma Lizcano Knowledge Advisors, Inc. Mr. Peter Kovler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kozak

Mr. and Mrs. John Kulie Mr. and Mrs. James Laurenzo Mr. and Mrs. Vince Laurenzo Mr. Aaron Lebovitz and Ms. Donna Myers Mr. Byron Lee and Ms. Audrey Williams-Lee Prof. Richard Leftwich Dr. David Levy and Dr. Janis Wiener Mr. and Mrs. Brian Loftus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loro McCarthy Tetrault LLP Dr. Gregory J. Macchio and Dr. Rosa M. Navarro Mancini’s Pizza & Pasta Mr. Sheldon Mandell Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Martin Mr. and Mrs. Dan Matas Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Maxson Ms. Deborah McCann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCauley McDermott, Will & Emery Mr. and Mrs. John McIlwain Dr. and Mrs. Lou McKeever Ms. Cary McLean Mesirow Financial Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush LLC Dr. Anthony Millard and Dr. Dietra D. Millard Mr. Jeff Miller and Ms. Lisa Garling Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Mooney Mr. and Mrs. Noel G. Moore Morris-Anderson & Associates, Ltd. Ms. Frances Nauth Mr. and Mrs. Donald X. Nekrosius Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Nesburg Northwestern University Health Service Oak Park & River Forest High School Mr. and Mrs. Dave L. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Chris O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pasternak Mr. and Mrs. Zdenek A. Pecenka

Pepsico Foundation Matching Gift Program Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pero Pilgrim Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pogvara PPM America, Inc. QBE North America Rainold Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Ramquist Jr. RBS Citizen’s Bank River Forest Tennis Club Rotary Club of Oak Park & River Forest Mr. Trevor Roy and Ms. Norma Rosenhain Mr. and Mrs. Robert Salerno Ms. Donata Sapp Scheck Industries Mr. and Mrs. Rick Scheck Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Shiner Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Sidley Austin Foundation Sloan Valve Company Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Smith Mrs. Virginia Sonnenschein Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Sorensen Spot Trading L.L.C. Mr. John Spurgeon and Ms. Martha Williams Mr. and Mrs. Brent Stratton Mr. Michael Stutz and Ms. Kari McGrath Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Taylor Terri Race Educational Technology Fund The Lumpkin Family Foundation The Sweet Water Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tinervia Dr. and Mrs. Pietro Tonino Mr. and Mrs. Lance Tortorici Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Toye

United Way of The National Capital Area United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc. Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Vanguard Health System Mr. and Mrs. Pat Whalen Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP Winston & Strawn LLP Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wojack Mr. Gregory E. Wolski Mr. Thomas Yates and Ms. Diane Ratekin

$500 to $999 Ms. Barb Althaus and Ms. Lynn Morrison Amsted Industries Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Anderson Mr. Don Babwin and Ms. Joan Radovich Mr. Curt Bachman Mr. and Mrs. Dan Baker Mr. Timothy Bannon and Ms. Cecelia Bacom Mr. Brandon Bell and Ms. Elizabeth Stohl Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bianucci Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLC. Mrs. Walter R. Bloch Mr. and Mrs. William Bower Dr. Michael J. Bowker Mr. and Mrs. John Boyaris Mr. and Mrs. William Brown Mr. and Mrs. Justin Bynum Cab’s Wine Bar Bistro Mr. Scott Caudell Ms. Juanita Chaidez Mr. and Mrs. James Christie

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Coffee Community Bank of Oak Park & River Forest Conway MacKenzie, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cox David James Company Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. DelBeccaro Mr. and Mrs. John Dudzik Mr. Sean Dunn and Ms. Eri Okawa Mr. Patrick Dunne and Ms. Jami Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert Euler Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Finley Mr. and Mrs. Jack Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gravely Mr. and Mrs. Don Gunden Mr. and Mrs. Randy Guyer Ms. Brian Hammersley Mr. Richard Harris and Ms. Paula Kovarik Hephzibah Board of Directors Ms. Margaret E. Herman The Herseth Family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. High Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoban Mr. Julius Lloyd Horwich Mr. Richard C. Huettel and Ms. Susan J. Harrold Illinois Action For Children IL Poggiolo Ristorante, Inc. Mr. Clark Joiner and Ms. Tracy Cardin Mr. and Mrs. Ken P. Kansa Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kerr Dr. and Mrs. Jack Kerth Mr. David Kerwin Ms. Michele K. Kitch Mr. Carl Knutson and Ms. Jennifer Couzens Kohl’s Cares for Kids/Community Relations Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kottke Mr. Neal Kottke Ms. Barbara Krause and Family Mr. Peter Labadie and Ms. Suzanne Saxman Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lefko Ms. Anna Lentz Mr. and Mrs. David Linde Mr. and Mrs. Eric London

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Mr. Sam F. Lostroscio Lucy’s Children’s Fund Mr. David Lupo and Ms. Elizabeth A. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mann Mr. Andrew Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Steven Matticks

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Maychruk MB Financial Mr. and Mrs. James P. McNally Mr. and Mrs. Drew Medland Mr. and Mrs. Ted Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Adam Miller Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Miller Mr. Roger J. Modder Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Marty Noll Northern Trust Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Program Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nussbaum Oak Park & River Forest Huskie Booster Club Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Olson Mr. and Mrs. John Ormsby OSI Group, LLC Our Lady of Lebanon Church Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paris Parkview Presbyterian Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Pelzer, D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Petrosino Mr. and Mrs. Pravin Rao Mr. Michael E. Reed and Ms. Camille A. Olson Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Richardson Mr. Michael Salvati and Ms. Charlotte Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Dave Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saporito Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schoon Schulz-Brundage, Inc. Ms. Sandra L. Seegers Mr. Thomas Simmons and Ms. Marketa Lindt

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Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Soffer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Spadoni St. Giles Family Mass Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steadman Mr. and Mrs. Al Stepan Mr. Daniel J. Sturch Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Traczyk

Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Treinkman UBS Matching Gift Program Mrs. Herbert A. Vance Mr. and Mrs. George A. Vuckovic Mr. Steve Wade and Dr. Elaine Lee Wade Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wanless Mr. and Mrs. Michael Weldon-Linne West Suburban Mothers of Multiples Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Wicker Mr. Kenneth Wojciak Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zeller Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Zoberis

$250 to $499 Mr. and Mrs. Suresh T. Advani Mr. Michael Antonietti Mr. and Mrs. Jim Atchison Avis Rent A Car System, LLC Ms. Marilyn J. Ayersman Ms. Patricia Badami Mr. and Mrs. John M. Barkidjija Ms. Danitra Barnett Dr. and Mrs. William H. Barrows Mr. and Mrs. Connie Barsanti Mr. Kenneth K. Bellaire Mr. and Mrs. Michael Benson Mr. and Mrs. H. Bruce Bernstein Ms. Jessica K. Boelter Ms. Sarah R. Borders Mr. John Box and Ms. Carol Zajackowski Ms. Jean Brackett Ms. Elizabeth Britt Mr. Leonard Brown and Ms. Rudi Vanderburg Ms. Denise Broz

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Mr. and Mrs. Ram Burshtine Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carbery Mrs. Rose M. Carroll Chase Community Giving Program Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clark Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Clemente Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Cunningham Mr. Larry G. Dakof and Ms. Irma Aguilar Ms. Rupa Datta-Nemana Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Discover Financial Services You Care, We Share Program Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Douglass Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Downey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dvorsky EMC Insurance Companies Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Fahrney Feinberg Management Ms. Lois M. Flaherty The Fluecke Family Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Erik Frederick Mr. and Mrs. James Froslid Ms. Joy Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Luciano Galavotti Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Galo Ms. Eileen M. Garvey Mr. Martin Giblin Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Gold Mr. and Mrs. Adam Golla Ms. Alyssa Gorski Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gottsman Mr. and Mrs. Mark I. Greenberg Mr. Jerome Griffin and Mrs. V. Alexandra Darrow Mr. Craig Griffith Mr. and Mrs. John Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Bojan Guzina Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Hagle Mr. Alec Harris and Ms. Carollina Song Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hershberger

Mr. Norman M. Hirsh and Ms. Ann C. Courter Mr. Kevin J. Hochberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hopps Mr. and Mrs. Ian Hutchinson Mr. Thomas H. Jacobs JPMorgan Chase Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Kane Mr. and Mrs. Greg Karczewski Kittleman & Associates Mr. John Klaas Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Klepacki Mr. Stephen Kohn Ms. Elizabeth J. Kovacs Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kowalski Mr. David Kroopkin and Ms. Michelle Brode Ms. Jennifer Krysinski Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kuiken Mr. and Mrs. James Lago Mr. and Mrs. Randy Laible Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Landis Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Lane Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Laney Mr. Jerry Leiner and Ms. Rita Richardson Leo Burnett Company Charitable Foundation Ms. Lisa Liegl Ms. Marketa Lindt Mr. and Mrs. George Locasto Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Loughran Mr. and Mrs. John Lubbe Mr. Scott Maesel Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mann Mr. Weston Mariottini Mr. Glenn Mazade Mr. and Mrs. James McCracken Mr. Edward McGillen and Ms. Mary Raleigh Mr. and Mrs. James McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mead Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Merlo Mr. and Mrs. John Messina Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mizgala Monahan Law Group, LLC.

Municipal Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muriello Mr. Thomas Muriello Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nations Mr. John R. Neurauter III Mr. and Mrs. James Nugent Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Nyhan Oak Park Police Department Obsessions Mr. and Mrs. David O’Leary Ms. Kat Olewinski Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pardo, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pellegrini Mr. Mark Pellegrino and Ms. Carrie Dolan Mr. and Mrs. William S. Petty Timothy and Molly Philosophos Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Pisani Mr. and Mrs. Robert Planek Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pontrelli Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powers Ms. Marcia Preston Prudential Foundation Mrs. Edward Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Karuna Rawal Resurrection University College of Nursing Ms. Leslyn G. Rigoni Ms. Joy Ringger Riverside Junior Women’s Charity The Roarty-Swanson Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rohn Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sadow Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Sagal Mr. and Mrs. John T. Schaff Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schoeny Sear’s Pharmacy Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Seltzer Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sichlau Mr. Aaron Smith and Ms. Lisa Rhodes Ms. Melissa Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stamm Stars by Stephanie Mr. G.Ralph Strohl and Ms. Meena C. Rao

Mr. Ari Studnitzer Mr. Danny Sugimoto and Ms. Sondra L. Summers Mr. David Sullivan II Ms. Patricia Svientek Systech Information Services, Inc. Chief Rick Tanksley Mr. Michael Tannen and Ms. Michelle Anderson Ms. Leesa Tinervia Ms. Victoria Tovar Unity In Chicago Mr. Matt Walter West Suburban Medical Center Wheaton Bank & Trust Mr. David H. Wick Ms. Davida E. Williams Ms. Stacey Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson Dr. Wilfried Witthuhn Mr. Gerald T. Woods Mr. and Mrs. James Woywod Mr. and Mrs. David J. Zampa

$100 to $249 ABC Bank Mr. and Mrs. John Adam Mr. Kenneth Agrimonti and Mrs. Andrea Cohen-Agrimonti Alex Cook, Ltd. Ms. Ann Alexander Mr. Michael Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ames Ms. Mary L. Anderson Mr. Brian Andersen Ms. Patricia L. Angell Aqua Jewelry Mr. and Mrs. Chad M. Archer ARES Operations, LLC. Argo Group US Ms. Laura L. Arterburn Azizi Books Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baisley Mr. and Mrs. Jon A. Bakken Mr. John Balanoff Mr. Bango and Ms. Malinski Ms. Emily Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Basile Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Bates II Mr. Brian Bauer and Mrs. Martina Munsters Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Beeman Dr. Diane F. Bejcek Ms. Amy Benson Ms. Denise Berdelle and Family Berwyn-Cicero Emblem Club No.169 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Blair Dr. Jeff Boehm and Mr. Keith Rosenthal Ms. Theresa H. Boland Ms. Simone M. Boutet BP Fabric of America Fund Mr. Wan Brandt Brapples Mr. and Mrs. Max Brigide Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Birmingham Ms. Gina Bruzzichesi Mr. Joseph Bulcheri Mr. Thomas Bullins Mr. Drew Burlak Ms. Sandra Burns

Mr. John M. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Comiskey Mr. and Mrs. Sean Condon Mr. Albert H. Conrad Jr. Mr. Robert Conrardy Mr. and Mrs. John S. Coon IV Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cornman Mr. Andrew Corsini Mr. and Mrs. Louis Corsino Mr. David Cotter Dr. Francine Cournos Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Cultra Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cusimano Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Dable Dancing Lights Rev. and Mrs. Stanley L. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Peter DeGroot Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Demerath Mr. Evan Dennison Ms. Jennifer Dettloff Ms. Mary Pat Devereux Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. DiNapoli Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Divis Ms. Nina Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Butkus Mrs. Delilah Butler Mrs. Roz Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Michael Calabrese Mr. and Mrs. Marty Calkins Mrs. Kathy-Anne Cardinal-Davison Mr. and Mrs. Jay P. Carstenbrock Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casey Mr. and Mrs. John Cavalaris Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Chagnon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Chamberlin Mr. Kevin Charnota Mr. James Chiarelli Mr. and Mrs. John Christiansen Christina Publishing Society Christopher S. McCaffrey-Boss, DDS, PC CLO Marketing, Inc. CNA Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Coaker Mr. Mitchell D. Cohen

Ms. Michele Dodds Mr. and Mrs. Morris Domio Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Donnelly Mr. David Dranoff and Ms. Wendy Epstein Ms. Jane R. Driscoll Dwellings Real Estate, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ebert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edwalds Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Alain Falkenburger Ms. Barbara Fanta Mrs. Julia B. Faust Mr. Paul Feehan Fine Jewelry By Karen Mrs. Mary Anne Fishman Ms. Meagan E. Fitzgerald Mr. John B. Flanigan and Ms. Michele M. Zurakowski Ms. Gale Floyel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Follett Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Foreman Mr. and Mrs. William Fuller

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COMMUNIT y & C o r p o r a t e

Partners

Hephzibah owes a debt of gratitude to the following 29 community and 32 corporate partners for enhancing the lives of children and families in FY13. We appreciate all that you do! adidas Amicus/CME’s Charitable Outreach Aon Risk Services Central, Inc. Avis Budget Group Carleton Hotel Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business DePaul University Steans Center for Service Learning Ebert Photography EMC Insurance Companies Eyrie Restaurant Flat Top Grill GE Commercial Finance Greenline Wheels Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club Junior Achievement Junior League of Chicago Knights of Columbus – Commodore Barry Post #1118 Kohl’s Department Store Loyola University Children’s Hospital Pediatric Mobile Health Unit McDonald’s Corporation Legal Team McScrapper’s Group Working Mothers’ Council Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush LLC Northwestern University Health Service School of Law Oak Park School District #97 Oak Park Women’s Exchange–Project Linus Oak Park Women’s Guild

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Oak Park and River Forest High School – Dance Marathon Committee Hephzibah Huskies Girl’s Soccer Team Tau Gamma Service Club Our Lady of Lebanon Church Pajama Program, Illinois Chapter Paramount Catering Peninsula Chicago Phillips Lighting Systems and Control Project Night Night R.P. Fox and Associates River Forest Tennis Club Robert Morris University – Technology Department Rotary Club of Oak Park and River Forest Rush Oak Park Hospital Scheck Industries Select Specialty Managers, LLC Silent Angels St. Luke Religious Education Office Star Touring and Riding Chicago Chapter 394 Tellabs, Inc. The Allstate Corporation The John Buck Company Foundation The Lake Theatre True Value Hardware United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS Franklin Park Branch UPS Metro Chicago District US Bank Viet Now-Berwyn/Cicero Chapter West Suburban Medical Center Whole Foods Market Women Everywhere Partners in Service Project, Inc.

Hephzibah Children’s Association

Mr. William C. Funke Gabriel John Naturals Mr. and Mrs. George F. Galland Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gancer Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gartland Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gatrell Dr. Stephen R. Gawne GE Foundation GE United Way Campaign Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gebert Mr. Peter J. Genz Ms. Cherise Gerin Mr. Steven Gillman and Ms. Gillian Siegel Glen Ellyn Runners Mr. Richard C. Godfrey Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gold Mr. Eric S. Golinvaux Ms. Evalyn Grant Green Envee Organics Mr. Joseph Greenlee Mr. Daniel N. Greenstone and Ms. Heidi K. Lynch Mr. George Grimes Mr. and Mrs. John Guzman Mr. Kevin Hammett Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hannigan Mr. and Mrs. David Hansberger Ms. Margaret Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hardtke Mr. Brett Haring Mrs. Harriet Hausman Ms. Kathryn Heavey Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hedges Mr. Sam Heigerick Mr. and Mrs. John Henek Mr. Scott Henely Ms. Amy Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hlinka Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. William Holby Ms. Jeanette A. Holland Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holmes Ms. Tiffany Hornbach Ms. Cheri Houha Mr. Clay Howell Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hurley Mr. Robert M. Hyman and Ms. Sara Caswell Mr. Bruce Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Emad N. Isaac Ms. Beth Isaacs Mr. Ferdinand Isserman Mr. Donald Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jackson Mr. Thomas Jackson and Ms. Linda Masilotti Ms. Deb Jamrose Jeannejeanie Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jessopp Jewelsies Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson Ms. Constance Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson Mrs. Ramona Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jordan Dr. Wayne Juhnke and Ms. Alice Ireland Mr. and Mrs. Derek Kamper Mr. Neville Kanga and Ms. Tricia Thomase Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kavalir Ms. Clarmarie Keenan Mr. Kevin Kelly Mrs. Mary Ellen Kelly Kelty Lawn Care LLC Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kelty Mr. G.R. Kearney and Ms. Tara Malone Mr. Robert Ketchum and Ms. Amy Ketchum Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kolke Ms. Lanita Koster Mr. and Mrs. Kristopher Kotte Mr. and Mrs. John Krenzer Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kulick Mr. Matthew Kunkel and Mr. Neal Lenhoff Ms. Joan Labue Dr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. John C. Leavy Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lefley Mr. Glenn Lemmon Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lettenberger Dr. Sybil Licht Ms. Sandra Lindahl Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Lipkin Little Piggies Ms. Susanne Lodgen Mr. and Mrs. Hector E. Lorens Low Voltage Service, Inc. Ms. Karon Ludwig Dr. John R. Lurain and Dr. Nell S. Lurain Ms. Michelle Maddalozzo Ms. Ilyssa Madsen Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Maggio

Mr. Daniel Malagoli Jr. Ms. Patricia A. Malespin Ms. Jacqueline Malone Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Maloney Mr. and Mrs. Chris Marnell Mrs. Antoinette Martin Mr. and Mrs. Javier Martinez Mr. Ben Matherly Ms. Keiko Matthewson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matusiak Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McAlpine Dr. Philip E. McAndrew and Mr. Rex B. Reeve Ms. Noreen McCann Ms. Karen W. McClard Mr. and Mrs. William J. McElroy McGaffer’s Saloon Mr. and Mrs. Terry A. McIlroy Mr. and Mrs. John McNamara Megan Arity Interior Design Mr. and Mrs. John Merker Micor Development Corporation Mr. Michael Mikoola Mr. and Mrs. Duschan W. Milojevic Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Moawad Ms. Kathleen M. Mogy Mr. Tom Mohr and Ms. Rose Marie Reed Mom’s Enterprises Monalisa Boutique Mr. Ernest Moore and Ms. Anita Swapsy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Moran Mr. George Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Murphy Mr. John Neu and Ms. Claire St. Jean Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Newman Nicolette’s Creations Ms. Sarah Niederman Ms. Carla Nitz Mr. Bryan Northup and Mr. Mark Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Ed O’Brien Ms. Anne O’Malley Mr. and Mrs. Adekunle Onayemi

Ms. Esther O’Neal Mr. Timothy P. O’Neill and Ms. Jane Rutherford Optimist Club of Oak Park Ms. Margarita Orozco Pacific Jewel Mr. Donald Pafford Mr. Michael W. Papciak Ms. Amy Paris Park District of Oak Park Ms. Jessica Parks Pashmena’s Travel, LLC Ms. Maryann Patterson Ms. Christine Pequet Mr. and Mrs. David Persino Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Pilditch Polka Dot Stiching Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prendergast Mr. and Mrs. Steve Prus Mr. Steve Puiszis and Ms. Claudia Marciniak Queen of Hearts Studio Mr. Devon Quinn and Ms. Jodi Fyfe Mr. and Mrs. Damon Rafiei Mr. Glen A. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Reed Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Reese Mr. and Mrs. John Reust Mr. Harry M. Richter III Mr. and Mrs. Katie W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Robinson Ms. Carolyn J. Roche Ms. Abigail Rogers Mr. Fred Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Rupe Ms. Barbara Rupp Mr. Micheal Rush Ruthie’s Garden Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ryan Ms. Mary E. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Matt Rypl Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Scheck Ms. Mary T. Schneider Mrs. Liz Schrader Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Schuler Mr. Franklin Schwerin Mr. and Mrs. Sean Seaberg

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Shannon Sharp Advantage Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Shorser Ms. Kelly Shugrue Mr. and Mrs. Athanasios Sinioris Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Sjostrom Mr. Robert Snyder Ms. Charlene A. Soby Mr. and Mrs. John Sokolowski Mr. Donald Southworth and Ms. Marilyn Cantisano Sprovieri’s Custom Counters, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sean St. Clair Ms. Helena Stancikas Star Touring and Riding Chicago Chapter 394 Ms. Holly G. Starck Mr. David Starr Mr. Michael Stein Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Steinberg Dr. Robert I. Steinberg Stelton Motors Mr. and Mrs. Mason W. Stephenson Ms. Donna Stoll Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoll Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stump Ms. Janet A. Sullivan Mr. Ronald J. Suszek Ms. Sara Sutton Mr. and Mrs. William Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Rick Talaske Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Taubman Rev. and Mrs. Alan C. Taylor The Bag Lady The Sunflower Garden Club of Sun City The Wine Family Mr. and Mrs. Randall Thompson Tiburon Homes LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Titus Tivoli Enterprises, Inc. Ms. Kathryn Tortorice Mr. Matthew Trainor Ms. Barbara Trinka Mr. Mark Trinka and Ms. Bernadette Diaz Ms. Ginny Tunnicliff

roots &wings “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give to our children.

One of these is roots — the other, wings.”

TypeCase Marketing Resource U.S. Bancorp Foundation Employee Matching Gift Program U.S. Cellular United Methodist Women United Way of the Columbia- Williamette United Way of Rhode Island Mr. and Mrs. Jim Van Vliet Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Vliet Ms. Elizabeth Vavrek Ms. Patricia S. Wagner Mr. William Wallace Ms. Jeriann Walsh Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh Ms. Lynn Walter Mrs. Debra N. Walters Mr. Mike Warren and Ms. Julie Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Weicher Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Weil Mr. Dustin R. Weinberger and Ms. Erika A. Olson Mr. and Mrs. Eric Weinheimer Mr. and Mrs. Tage Welindt Mr. and Mrs. John Wickes Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson Windy City Carpet Service, Inc. Mr. Scott Wise Ms. Dorothy D. Wood Mr. and Mrs. James Wright Mr. and Mrs. Dean N. Yannias Mr. Jon Yates Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Yoder Ms. Katy Yoder Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Yoder Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Zaniolo Mr. Thomas C. Zimm * deceased

In Memory of Kathy DeLeo Ms. Nadine P. Dillon Ms. Patricia Mota In Memory of Thomas and Robert Erickson Mrs. Robert Erickson Mrs. Charlotte Erickson In Memory of Ryan Farrelly Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muriello In Memory of Matthew Goldbranson Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Goldbranson

In Memory of Jeff Hague Ms. Mary W. Landreth

In Memory of Mr. Pierozio Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoll

In Memory of Richard Hague Mr. Neil Beaufait

In Memory of Dennis Powers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boban Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker Ms. Janice T. Powers

In Memory of Marty Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jordan In Memory of Janet Kavalir Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kavalir

In Memory of Gwendolyn Angell Ms. Patricia L. Angell

In Memory of Jamie Kurucar Ms. Cynthia L. Kurucar Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yehnert

In Memory of Clare DeLage Mr. and Mrs. Martin Horwich

In Memory of Annette Palucci Ms. Giovina Grizzoffi Mr. and Mrs. William R. Richards Ms. Fran Schwichtenberg

In Memory of Rasario Picone, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Picone Sr.

In Memory of Gene Kelly Mrs. Mary Ellen Kelly

In Memory of Marcia Christian Dr. Joseph Christian

In Memory of Muriel Stix Mr. and Mrs. Tage Welindt

In Memory of Kenneth J. Gwozdz Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gwozdz

In Memory of Stephanie Andryc Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Maxson

In Memory of Louise C. Chapleski Ms. Marilyn J. Stummeier

In Memory of Thomas Magnussen Mr. and Mrs. Mike Castillo Mr. Micheal Rush Mr. and Mrs. Sean Seaberg

In Memory of Richard Sullivan as a Tribute to Katherine “Katie” Vogg Ms. Joanne Sullivan In Memory of Kathryn “Katie” Vogg Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Burdett Mr. Jim Mann and Mrs. Katharine Mann Ms. Joanne Sullivan

In Memory of Sheila Yeager Ms. Sandra Lindahl

In Memory of Dianne Jones Ms. Lanita Koster

In Memory of Keith Cady United Methodist Women

Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Henson Ms. Sasha McNeal

In Memory of Rose Virginia Williams to benefit the Rose Virginia Williams Music Enrichment Fund Mr. and Mrs. John R. Blair Ms. Barbara D. Krause and Family Mr. John Spurgeon and Ms. Martha R. Williams Ms. Davida E. Williams

In Memory of Merrill Holden Mr. and Mrs. Tage Welindt

Memorial Gifts

In Memory of Marvin Licht Dr. Sybil Licht

In Memory of Danny Laurenzo to benefit Danny’s Birthday Closet Advanced Search Group David James Company Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hurley Mr. and Mrs. James Laurenzo Mr. and Mrs. Vince Laurenzo Ms. Elizabeth Vavrek

In Memory of Adeline Ramquist Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Anderson Ms. Carol L. Anglet Mr. Leonard Brown and Ms. Rudi Vanderburg Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Chagnon Mr. and Mrs. David Farrow Ms. Ann Gelsomino Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Hajek Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hlinka Ms. Helen Hlinka Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hlinka Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hlinka Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Maxson Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pinnella Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Ramquist Jr. Ms. Georgiana E. Soumar and Ms. Martha Hracek In Memory of Sandy Hook Elementary School Mr. Samar Condon

In-Kind Gifts We are deeply grateful to the individuals, businesses and organizations that provided in-kind gifts during the fiscal year. Your generosity, compassion and commitment played a vital role in helping us fulfill our mission in FY12.

Thank you for your support!

For a full list of FY13 Hephzibah in-kind donors, please view our online annual report at www.hephzibahhome.org.

To err is human, to forgive, divine...

Have we erred? Please contact Barb Krause in the Development Office at 708.649.7160. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions.

Most of the children pictured in this report are friends of Hephzibah or children enrolled in Hephzibah’s Day Care Program. To ensure the safety and protect the privacy of the children living in our group homes and foster homes, we have not featured any photos showing their faces.

H o d d i n g Ca r t e r

Hephzibah Children’s Association thanks the members of our Roots and Wings Society for their generous support.

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Allen Mr. James Allen Mr. and Mrs. Vincent R. Ambrosino Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrews Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aque Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Arends Mr. and Mrs. Allen Arnett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Babbo Mr. Jeff Babcock Mr. and Mrs. Nick Beil Mr. and Mrs. Alec P. Bliss Mr. Robert Bloch and Ms. Barbara Kahn Ms. Diane Bonina Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bonomo Mr. Gene Brandt and Ms. Elizabeth Holland Mr. and Mrs. Max D. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Erich E. Brueschke Mr. and Mrs. Jay Buckley Dr. Joseph Christian Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleary Mr. Kevin Colligan and Mrs. Irene Franze Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dahir Mr. and Mrs. Michael Deitch Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Diomede Mr. Brian Druley Ms. Dawn Drumm and Ms. Kim Hefner Ms. Carol J. Dunning Mr. and Mrs. John Edwardson Mr. Jassem el Mahmoud and Ms. Francesca DeBiase Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Ellenbogen Mr. Sumner T. Farren Mr. Ron Ferrin

Mr. John C. Filosa and Mrs. Cathaleen Roach Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Gaeddert Dr. Frances Gaik Mr. and Mrs. John Gallo Mr. and Mrs. John Glavin Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Hadelman Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Haupers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Horwich Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Jarrett Dr. and Mrs. Donald Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Johnson Mr. Thomas Johnson and Ms. Leslie Ann A. Jones Ms. Dianne R. Jones * Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Jordahl Mrs. Mary Ann Karris Mr. William Knittle and Ms. Alma Lizcano Mr. Peter Kovler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kozak Mr. and Mrs. James Laurenzo Mr. and Mrs. Vince Laurenzo Mr. Aaron Lebovitz and Ms. Donna Myers Mr. Byron Lee and Ms. Audrey Williams-Lee Prof. Richard Leftwich Dr. David Levy and Dr. Janis Wiener Mr. and Mrs. Brian Loftus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loro Dr. Gregory J. Macchio and Dr. Rosa M. Navarro Mr. Sheldon Mandell Mr. and Mrs. Dan Matas Ms. Deborah McCann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCauley Dr. and Mrs. Lou McKeever Ms. Cary McLean

Dr. Anthony Millard and Dr. Dietra D. Millard Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Mooney Ms. Frances Nauth Mr. and Mrs. Donald X. Nekrosius Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Nesburg Mr. and Mrs. Chris O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Gary Paice Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pasternak Mr. and Mrs. Zdenek A. Pecenka Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pero Ms. Laura Petrie and Ms. Shelley Petrie Mr. and Mrs. Steven Poe Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Ramquist Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Rosenwinkel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Salerno Mr. and Mrs. Rick Scheck Mr. Joseph C. Scully and Dr. Judith Scully Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Shiner Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Smith Mrs. Virginia Sonnenschein Mr. John Spurgeon and Ms. Martha Williams Mr. and Mrs. Brent Stratton Mr. Michael Stutz and Ms. Kari McGrath Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tinervia Dr. and Mrs. Pietro Tonino Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Toye Mr. and Mrs. Pat Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wojack Mr. Gregory E. Wolski * deceased

The People Behind Hephzibah Bo a r d of Direc t or s

Oak Par k A ux i li a r y

Mark Trinka Chair and President

Melissa Kowalski President

Maureen Stratton Immediate Past President

Christine Linde * Immediate Past President and Co-Chair

Leslie Ann Jones Vice President Sarah Arnett Treasurer

Elizabeth Seltzer * Immediate Past President and Co-Chair

Terry Brown Secretary

Kathy Hager Vice President

Mary Anne Brown Executive Director Sherry Carbery Joe Dahir Francesca DeBiase Carol Dunning Audrey Williams-Lee Kenna MacKinnon John McIlwain Beth Pecenka Eric Sorensen Byron Taylor Cheryl ter Horst Tom Yates

HEPH ZI BAH Fou nd at ion Maureen Stratton President Nancy Quinn Vice President Gail Hague Secretary Sarah Arnett Treasurer Sue Beeman Margaret Horstman Leslie Ann Jones Nancy McCracken Anneke Taglia Mark Trinka

Katherine Nix Treasurer and Membership Christine Stamm Secretary Greta Landis Board Liaison Sarah Aldrich Natalia Barrera Karin Bianucci Lauren Dain Meredith Davis Pamela Dombrowski Jodi Fyfe Colleen Heath Sarah Joyce * Jayme Landers Sheila London Christa Payton Richard Payton Karuna Rawal Marissa Scott Rachel Telleen Amy Unell Lynn Walter Dave Wick

we st e r n A ux i li a r y Heather Froslid President Cindy Glavin Immediate Past President Jacqueline Merker Vice President Karen Hoban Treasurer Julie Cole Secretary Megan Scheck Membership Co-Chair Tami Wanless Membership Co-Chair

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Hephzibah Children’s Association

Jennifer Bartenhagen* Ashley Beil* Debbie Brambora* Mary Campagna Stephanie Clark Lisa Cleaver* Erinn Dillon* Lisa Diomede Doreen Domask Maha Engesser Megan Feinberg Missy Gettle* Jessica Gottsman* Laney Haake* Sandy Hibbard* Tina Hutchinson Lynn Kaslewicz* Laura King Dottie Lipinski* Kim Lutz* Rebecca Majewski* Jennifer Malec* Kathy Malpede* Sherry Martinez Laura McLaughlin Janelle Metz Suzanne Oliveieri Courtney Osterholm Terri Persino Elise Powell Wendy Reitz Jennifer Schoenherr Kelly Swartz* Annie Todor Stephanie Wilson *

CHICA GO A ux i li a ry Stephen Kohn President Jennifer Dettloff Immediate Past President Jessica Parks Co-Treasurer Sarah Withrow Co-Treasurer Lindsay Merlihan Secretary Liz Schwartz Membership Katie Braun Laura Brinkman Cuyler Brown Shari Christofferson Graham Gibbs Allyssa Gorsky

Melissa Gotstein Michelle Groth Jerry Johnson Lisa Johnson Tony Millard * Sustaining Member

Exec uti ve Leader s hi p Mary Anne Brown Executive Director Shaun Lane Chief Operating Officer Julie Dvorsky Director of Family Based Services Jan Maxson Director of Day Care Services Molly Philosophos Director of Development Mary Tortorici Director of Finance Rudi Vanderburg Director of Operations James Woywod Director of Group Homes

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Consecutive years that Hephzibah has been recognized as one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to work for — a distinction we earned again in FY13 for our best practices in human resource management

Wri ti ng and Photog rap hy :

Susan Reich

Desi g n:

Anne Boyle

Hephzibah helps children thrive and families flourish

Financial Statement For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013

GRANTS AWARDED

Revenues

2012-2013

Individual, Corporate and Foundation Contributions and Grants* Fees and Grants: State Government Agencies Local Government Agencies Other Revenue: Program Service Fees and Grants Investment and Other Income

$ 5,470,092 $ 55,723

TOTAL REVENUES

$

$

1,717,467

$ 1,295,759 $ 121,551 8,660,591

Expenses Programs $ 6,562,948 Administration $ 1,241,757 Fundraising, Development, Volunteers* $ 567,836 TOTAL EXPENSES

$ 8,372,540

Increase in Net Assets Net Assets, End of Year

$ 288,051 $ 4,710,693

Unaudited totals — includes unrealized gain on investments of $65,115

* Line items exclude a $1M estate gift transferred to the Hephzibah Foundation

Cashel Foundation Chase Community Giving Program CME Foundation Community Bank of Oak Park & River Forest First Midwest Bank George M. Eisenberg Foundation for Charities Harry F. Chaddick & Elaine Chaddick Foundation Helen Brach Foundation HSBC – North America Jocarno Fund Lerner Family Foundation Million Dollar Round Table Foundation Northern Trust Company Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation Rotary Club of Oak Park & River Forest Terri Race Educational Technology Fund The John Buck Company Foundation The REAM Foundation The Sweet Water Foundation Union Pacific Railroad Foundation UPS Foundation, Inc. Ward Foundation

sources of funding State Government Agencies 63% Other Government Agencies 1% Program Service Fees 15%

the children living in our Diagnostic Treatment Center and Residence.

j Members of the Hephzibah Children’s Association Board of Directors contributed individual gifts totaling $58,288

to support Hephzibah’s award-winning programming.

j A 25,000 grant from the John Buck Company partially funded a full-time Education Coordinator position.

Contributions and Investment Income 21%

Hephzibah is licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a Child Welfare Agency, Group Home, Child Care Institution and Day Care Center.

Funding

Distribution of revenues Programs 78.39%

Administration 14.83% Fundraising and Development 6.78%

Distribution of revenues a l l o c at e d t o p r o g r a m s Family Based Services (includes Foster Care) 32%

Day Care (includes Head Start) 23%

j Hephzibah Children’s Association employees contributed $8,400 to demonstrate their strong support for Hephzibah’s mission.

j The Peninsula Chicago hotel donated $6,597 to support Hephzibah’s mission. j A new $5,000 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation supported Hephzibah’s Summer 2013 Sibling Camp.

Hephzibah is accredited by the National Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services, Inc. in New York.

Licensing

FY13 Fundraising highlights j A $150,000 grant from the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club supported educational enrichment programming for

through a continuum of internationally recognized programs that include short-term and long-term group homes for neglected and abused children, foster care and adoption services, comprehensive services for children and families in crisis and award-winning day care services on a sliding scale for families of all income levels.

All Other 1%

Group Homes 44%

Hephzibah receives funding from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and Department of Human Services, parent fees from our Day Care program, the Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, the Illinois State Board of Education, Oak Park’s School District 97 and our own fundraising activities.

Hephzibah Helping children thrive and families flourish since 1897 946 North Boulevard Oak Park IL 60301 708.649.7100 Fax 708.649.7102 1144 Lake Street Oak Park IL 60301 708.649.7140 Fax 708.649.7194

www.hephzibahhome.org

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