St. Vincent de Paul 2015 Annual Report

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2015 ANNUAL REPORT

DEAR FRIENDS,

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OF EVERY DOLLAR D O N AT E D I N 2 0 1 5 W E N T D I R E C T LY T O S E R V I C E S .

MIKE DUNN

We have both witnessed St. Vincent de Paul volunteers and staff returning from home visits with stories of families that are truly struggling: children sleeping on the floor, senior citizens choosing between their medications or paying their utilities, single mothers without food in the cupboards for their children.

St. Vincent de Paul’s volunteers and staff found these neighbors in their moments of darkness and offered them vouchers for clothing, furniture and food, assistance through our Charitable Pharmacy, and pathways to pull themselves out of their moment of crisis. Through it all, they offered hope.

A woman recently visited our Liz Carter Outreach Center with her two daughters. The three had been living in their car for the past several days, searching for a shelter. While she explained her situation to the staff, her daughters sat down to color. One of our client advocates noticed they were drawing birthday cards and discovered the youngest girl, Jamie, was turning 8 that day.

The advocate had to fight back tears realizing what Jamie was experiencing on her birthday. Thinking quickly, she found cupcakes in the food pantry and a stored away gift from our holiday program. Gathering all the supplies she could put together, she created an impromptu birthday party, presenting Jamie with a karaoke machine.

Jamie loved to sing and even gave our client advocate a personal performance, singing: “Sometimes in our lives we all have pain we all have sorrow but if we are wise we know that there’s always tomorrow. Lean on me, when you’re not strong and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on for it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.”

Little did Jamie know how profound her lyrics were. Thanks to your support, we are able to provide a shoulder for our neighbors to lean on until they can once again stand on their own.

Simply looking at the service numbers, we recognize that in 2015, St. Vincent de Paul provided emergency assistance to thousands of our neighbors in need. But hearing about Jamie on her birthday, we recognize that your generosity provides hope in the darkness, it turns a moment of crisis into a moment DA N L O N G of beauty. For that, we are grateful.

As you read the following facts and figures as well as stories, please keep in mind there are many more stories yet to be told. St. Vincent de Paul has much more to accomplish for our neighbors in need, but there is no partner we would rather accept that challenge with than you. You can an and do make a difference e in the lives of our neighbors … thank you!

Mike Dunn Executive Director

Dan Long Cincinnati District Council President

F U R N I T U R E A S S I S TA N C E Your gift of

$100

provides a mattress, box spring and bed rail set.

Because of you, our volunteers gave over 1,300 bed vouchers to neighbors who would otherwise be sleeping on the floor through the Bob and Sylvia Rahe Mattress Fund. Your

In 2015, St. Vincent de Paul provided more than

1,300 bed vouchers

to local adults and children.

donations to the seven St. Vincent de These items go a long way to help Paul thrift store and donation centers clothe growing children and make provided more than $810,000 in free their homes feel comfortable. clothing, furniture and household items to neighbors in need in 2015.

the little microwave box on the floor,” BREANNA AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS ended up at St. Vincent she said. “God sent everything that I needed at the time that I needed it.” de Paul looking for help after living in Thanks to your generosity, our their car for several days. St. Vincent volunteers gave Breanna clothing and de Paul provided lodging in a hotel for furniture vouchers to make her aparta few nights until space in a shelter ment into a home. Now her two daughopened up. ters have beds from the Bob and Sylvia “That night was my daughter’s birthRahe mattress fund. “I’m talking plush day, so they got her cupcakes and they mattresses,” she laughed. got her a cake and they got her a hotel Thanks to you, they have furniture, room for two nights at the Quality Inn, and they got me in the process of being their refrigerator and cupboards have food, and she’s on the path to recovery. able to get into the shelter I was in.”

The experience gives Breanna hope.

Breanna’s path to St. Vincent de Paul “I was completely in darkness not knowbegan much earlier. ing,” she recalls. “Even though you She was 13 when she got pregnant may feel like it’s the end, it may be two with her first daughter. She was presteps from the beginning of greatness. scribed oxycodone after her C-section So don’t give up because it may be five and quickly realized she couldn’t seconds before your blessings come.” escape the drug. She became one of the some 31 million people addicted to pain killers in the U.S. For years she struggled with her addiction and with herself.

“I’ve sabotaged a lot of good things in my life because I didn’t feel worthy and I didn’t feel of value at the time.”

She joined narcotics anonymous where she learned how to deal with her addiction and how to surround herself with the right people. That meant leaving her abusive boyfriend and making her way to St. Vincent de Paul.

Breanna found an apartment after a short stay in a shelter and reflected that night over her first meal. “We were eating on

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C H A R I TA B L E P H A R M A C Y The St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy is a lifeline for struggling neighbors who cannot afford their prescription medication. Our patients include the uninsured, people with

low income who have Affordable Care Act plans with little to no prescription insurance, aging people who face large gaps in their Medicare coverage, the chronically ill, and

PAULA MARRIED BOB after dating for just three days. Sixteen years later, they’re still happily married. They’re a cheerful couple and have made a nice home with what they have.

“Right now, with us, we’re flat broke for the rest of the month but we have food for the month, we’ve got all our bills paid, a roof over our head, right?

That’s all we need,” Bob said.

Despite working hard for years, as they’ve gotten older, the two have fallen on hard times. They didn’t know how they would afford food or bills, let alone their medication.

“I have diabetes, thyroid problems, breathing problems…” Bob said. He barely has enough gas in his car to get

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the working poor. Thanks to you, the Charitable Pharmacy certified over 1,200 clients and filled more than 39,000 prescriptions valued at nearly $5 million during 2015.

to the store let alone to all the doctors’ appointments. “That’s just the small things,” he said with a smile.

Paula has high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, and congestive heart failure. They’ve relied on social security and disability checks, but when their support was reduced, Bob and Paula found themselves steeped in bills without the ability to pay them.

It was a shock. “$210 in the hole. Boom.

Just like that,” he said.

“We were praying that St. Vincent de Paul would take us back and they did,” he said. “And it’s been a blessing.”

Bob says they receive nearly $1,000 worth of medication for free from the Charitable Pharmacy every month. Without your support, Bob and Paula say their situation would have been dire.

“We’d go without,” Bob said. “I wouldn’t be able to breath.”

“I might not even be here,” Paula said.

Thanks to your continued support, Bob and Paula have one less thing to worry about. “It’s a blessing,” said Bob. “You know, it really helps.”

Thanks to you, the Charitable Pharmacy certified more than

1,000 39,000 $5 million clients and filled more than

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In 2015, you gave joy to

10,000

H O L I D AY P R O G R A M S Holiday programs like AdoptA-Family, Christmas Angel Toy Program, Holiday Hearts, and Shop

with a Bengal do more than provide toys to kids during the Christmas season; these programs provide

hope and help stifle despair. Your generosity brightened the holidays for at least 10,000 families.

FAMILIES during the holiday season

44.3 percent of people in Cincinnati are living in poverty

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“IN THE DARKEST TIMES IN MY LIFE, they have brought sunshine into my world,” Christina said about St. Vincent de Paul.

Christina asked for help from the Christ the King conference for a number of needs. When her refrigerator broke one summer, Vincentians helped her get a new one before her food spoiled.

They helped her oldest son, who has autism, get placed in a small private school where he thrives.

She and her family benefit from the Charitable Pharmacy where her oldest son sometimes gets medicine to treat his Crohn’s disease.

Out of a job, Christina entered a 12-week program that trained her in the IT field, thanks to the help of St. Vincent de Paul volunteers.

After graduation, the Christ the King conference celebrated with her, bringing a cake and balloons and proving, once again, how much they support her.

Christina says the most pivotal assistance she received from St. Vincent de Paul was shortly after the birth of her third child, Jack.

“When Jack was born, I was trying to decide if I was even going to keep him; I couldn’t afford him,” she said.

“They gave me hope that this beautiful boy could still be mine and I could care for him.”

St. Vincent de Paul stepped in. For Christmas, her conference provided clothes, a crib, bottles and, most importantly, hope for Christina who

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now knew she didn’t have to give her son up for adoption.

“They’ve done so much for my family I just can’t say enough. They give so selflessly, it’s unreal.”

Now, as a result of the assistance and encouragement she received from the Vincentians at Christ the King, Christina has a job building circuit boards. The fulltime job provides benefits and enough to eventually support her family. It’s an answered prayer to Christina and to the Vincentians who she says have prayed for her success all along.

“I just want the world to know about St. Vincent de Paul. They’re angels sent from heaven that’s what they are,” she said.

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$2,500 provides a class of five with materials, facilitators, and transportation to and from class.

GETTING TO THE ROOT The Getting Ahead program transforms lives by giving participants the resources and skills they need to rise out of their current situation. It challenges and encourages them to take an active role in creating their own

$35

provides transportation to work for two weeks

path for making a secure, stable life for themselves and their families. Participants examine their own experience of poverty as well as explore issues in the community that impact poverty such as banking, housing, childcare,

GRETA DIDN’T KNOW how to overcome her self-loathing. In fact, she didn’t even know it was a possibility. It was something she had grown used to, she didn’t love herself, and that was life.

That’s when she and four strangers embarked on a journey together that would leave them with a tight knit group of support and give them the tools to change their lives and their community for the better. In late 2015 they met each other for a course called Getting Ahead.

“For the first time in 54 years I was able to look myself in the mirror about a month ago and tell myself that I love

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jobs, and transportation. They take an assessment of their own resources and learn how to build those resources as part of their move toward self-sufficiency.

me,” she said. “It took me a long time to get there and I would have never gotten there if it weren’t for this group.

And now I can sit in my apartment and say this is mine. I paid for this.”

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

During the 16 week class, Greta and the others discussed tough topics surrounding their own financial, emotional, and spiritual struggles, learning meaningful ways to overcome their challenges. Led by staff and volunteers, they learned to make in-depth assessments of themselves and the community at large and learned ways to improve both.

More importantly, they gained a bond with one another and learned to respect themselves on a whole new level.

“Before participating in Getting Ahead, I feel like my life was headed totally the other way. I didn’t know, I was lost,” said Greta. “Everybody here kind of brought me back.”

Greta says before she depended on others, now she is learning to be independent.

Thanks to your support, Greta is learning to stand on her own.

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PROGRAMS AND DRIVES COAT DRI VE Every winter morning, adults and children brace themselves against the cold as they travel to work and school with just a sweatshirt or tattered winter coat for warmth. Because of your generosity, the 5 Cares Coat Drive provided winter coats to thousands who would have otherwise been left in the cold.

Thank you to our partners: WLWT News 5, Gold Star Chili, City Dash, Kemba Credit Union, Lemasters Consulting, Starr Printing, Warm 98 and local participating fire departments.

In 2015,

8,000 coats were collected for struggling neighbors.

BOB AND SYLVIA RAHE MATTRESS FUND Every week our volunteers visit the homes of those in need to find an air mattress, a pile of blankets, or even less being used as a makeshift bed. Your support of the Bob and Sylvia Rahe St. Vincent de Paul Mattress Fund provided more than helps us lift these neighbors off the floor and into a warm bed. bed vouchers to local

FA N A N D A IR CON D IT ION E R D R I V E For the elderly, young, and those with breathing complications like asthma, the summer heat and humidity isn’t just a nuisance it’s a real danger. Your support of the Fan and Air ConNeighbors in need ditioner Drive received over gave hundreds of struggling families relief and safety from the fans and more than summer heat.

adults and children.

A special thank you to our Kids Dream Too! partners: Morris Home Furnishings, Ashley Furniture Homestore, WLWT News 5 and The Cincinnati Enquirer. The Kids Dream Too! program gives beds to local children in need.

Thank you to our partners: WCPO–9 On Your Side, Huntington National Bank, Braun Heating and Air Conditioning, and Tedia Company, Inc.

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VI N CEN TI A N VOLU N TEER S OF CI N CI N N ATI: A YEA R OF SERVI CE FOR A LI FETI ME OF CHA N GE AFTER GRADUATING with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in leadership, Mary struggled with the question: “What next? Grad school? Apply for jobs?”

A friend suggested that she join him in the Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati (VVC) year of service program.

She told him she didn’t think it would be a good fit for her, but she applied nonetheless.

“I loved every bit of the experience,” she said. Mary’s year of service gave her an experience she’ll value for the rest of her life.

“It was a challenging year,” she said. “It was everything I needed to grow and learn more about myself professionally, learn more about where I saw myself in my faith, and to make some really great resolutions. I’m really grateful to VVC for that.”

The Vincentian Volunteers live in community for 11 months in a home in the West End where they make new discoveries about themselves, their faith, and their relationships with others. Embracing this great opportunity to broaden their horizons, Vincentian Volunteers benefit from a mentor and gain valuable professional experience working side by side with St. Vincent de Paul staff.

Mary worked in the Social Services department and had a

direct impact on our neighbors in need, helping them find ways to pay their rent, keep the electric on, and find a bed to sleep on at night.

It was emotionally tolling, Mary struggled with the stories she heard on a daily basis. But it was also incredibly rewarding. “To

St. Vincent de Paul offers young adults an opportunity to explore their faith more fully and engage in service in a deeper way through Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati. Rooted

“It was a challenging year.

It was everything I needed to grow and learn more about myself professionally, learn more about where I saw myself in my faith, and to make some really great resolutions. I’m really grateful to VVC for that.” honor their humanity and just provide some dignity that maybe some of these folks aren’t used to getting on a daily basis because of their situation, that was definitely rewarding.”

Mary’s year of service provided her with the skills necessary to move on to become a youth development coach and a program coordinator at University of Michigan. Mary will now start her graduate studies in higher education with a focus on diversity and social justice. Her experience as a Vincentian Volunteer of Cincinnati has prepared her for a career and life as an advocate for social justice.

in St. Vincent de Paul’s mission and tradition, VVC is a faithbased, year-long, residential service program, providing young professionals in their twenties an opportunity to grow in faith, friendship and service by giving deeply of themselves to their neighbors in need.

To learn more about Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati, visit SVDPcincinnati.org/vvc, call (513) 562-8841 ext. 239 or email vvc@SVDPcincinnati.org.

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PROGRAMS AND DRIVES C E LE BR AT ION OF SE RV IC E 2015 marked our first Celebration of Service, during which we honored Liz Carter for her numerous contributions to our neighbors in need and to the community at large. Over 400 people joined us in honoring her. Thanks to your generosity, over $500,000 was raised for the Liz Carter Homelessness Prevention Fund, which will enhance St. Vincent de Paul’s emergency assistance programs.

In 2015, your support at the golf outing filled

$160,000 worth of prescriptions.

Thank you to our sponsors: Protective Life, Niehaus Financial Services and the Evelo/ Singer/Sullivan Group of Merrill Lynch.

R E TR O F I TTI NGS For over a decade, St. Vincent de Paul has partnered with the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) to inspire the spirit of giving through fashion. RetroFittings continues to grow every year with each new theme toppingthe one before. Dozens of sophomore fashion students design an ensemble using just $15 worth of materials from a St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store and Donation Center. The designs are showcased in a high-energy fashion show event that also includes boutique shopping, live auction, raffle baskets and more.

St. Vincent de Paul held 37 retreats, welcoming more than

350 youth and more than 450 adult retreatants

P R E S CR I P TI O N F O R E F U N CH AR I TAB L E G O L F O U TI NG In 2015, the St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy continued to be a last resort safety net for those who cannot afford their prescription medications due to a lack of insurance coverage or high co-pay costs. The 8th Annual Prescription Fore Fun Charitable Golf Outing allowed us to fill crucial prescription medications for neighbors in need.

who embarked on a service learning journey.

T H E OZ A N A M CENTER F OR SERVI C E LEARNING The Ozanam Center fosters a community of compassion, understanding, and justice through immersion experiences, retreats, trainings and more to raise awareness, encourage mutual respect and promote impactful solutions that bring lasting change to our community.

In 2015, The Ozanam Center for Service Learning hosted retreats for Confirmation students and sponsors exploring childhood poverty in Cincinnati, day-long reflections on the criminal

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justice system designed for adults, and week-long service-immersion retreats for high school and college students.

For more information about The Ozanam Center for Service Learning, visit: SVDPcincinnati.org/ ozanamcenter, call (513) 562-8841 ext. 231, or email ozanam@SVDPcincinnati.org.

R E - E NTRY P R O G R AM In 2014, the St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati was selected to pilot a new five-year collaborative Re-entry Program for citizens returning to the community following incarceration. Together with the Cincinnati Archdiocese and the Amos Project, Dominic Duren, St. Vincent de Paul’s Re-entry Program Coordinator, is helping to educate the community about the barriers returning citizens face in finding employment and successfully rejoining society as a whole. The pro-

The program fosters community collaboration in support of positive change, and recruits and trains community volunteers as mentors. gram fosters community collaboration in support of positive change, and recruits and trains community volunteers as mentors. For more information, email Dominic Duren at dduren@SVDPcincinnati.org or call 513-614-8052.

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PROGRAMS AND DRIVES FOOD FROM THE HEART Throughout every neighborhood of Cincinnati— from Delhi to Anderson Township and Bridgetown to Finneytown—families are struggling In 2015, you gave to put food on the more than table. Every holiday season, Kroger and FOX19 NOW ask the pounds of food.

Cincinnati community to give food from the heart for those struggling families by placing donations in food collection barrels and coin-boxes at local Kroger stores.

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Thank you to our partners: Kroger and FOX19 NOW.

Your generosity brightened the holidays for more than

10,000 local families.

STRIKE OUT HUNGE R FOOD DRIVE During the summer months, many families struggle to feed their children when they no longer receive support from schoolbased meal programs. Your support of the Strike Out Hunger Food Drive In 2015, Reds at the Cincinnati Reds games gave growing fans donated children in Cincinnati the nourishing meals they needed.

15,000 pounds of food.

Thank you to our partners: Cincinnati Reds and WLWT News 5.

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T HA N KSGIV IN G A N D C HR IST M AS PR OGR A M S The holiday season can be overwhelming and isolating for families who are struggling just to keep the heat on. Through a variety of 2015 holiday programs, including Thanksgiving and Christmas food distributions, Adopt-A-Family, Christmas Angels Toy Program, Holiday Hearts and Shop with a Bengal you ensured hope lives on for families facing tough times.

CHA R I TA B LE PHA R MACY: A LI FE-CHA N GI NG GI F T “WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, good things happen whether you intend it or not, the fruits of your labor are always recognized in one way or another,” said Mike Jennings.

Mike didn’t know his years of caring for Ann Buenger as her physician would leave such a lasting impact. It was through those years that he came to know her and she came to know him.

Years later, after both Ann and her husband Clem passed, their support of the community continued. With no children, she and Clem created the Clement and Ann Buenger Foundation, which now supports a number of causes.

One cause the foundation chose to fund was a shock to Mike. “The Buenger Foundation decided to make a large donation, $100,000,

to help open the Western Hills Charitable Pharmacy,” Mike said.

The donation was made in Mike’s honor. As president of the St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy Board, Mike was thrilled by the donation.

“I almost fell out of my chair when I heard that that gift had been made,” he said. “I was very honored and, you know, humbled.”

The foundation’s gift in 2015 and the generous support of others made it possible to begin construction of a second charitable pharmacy. In February, 2016, the second St. Vincent de Paul charitable pharmacy location opened in Western Hills.

Having charitable pharmacy services inside a thrift store will increases access to life-saving medications and serves as a model

The Charitable Pharmacy first opened at the Liz Carter Outreach Center in 2006.

Almost ten years later and thanks to the generosity of many, a second location inside the Western Hills Thrift Store is possible. for future operations in other stores. Hailing from the west side himself, Mike was particularly glad to know the pharmacy would benefit his old neighborhood.

“The need is almost unmeasurable,” Mike said. “The need of the people on the west side of Cincinnati will far outstrip our capabilities but we’ll keep trying as hard as we can and do the best that we can for as many as we can.”

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CONFERENCES St. Vincent de Paul has a network of nearly 900 parish-based conference volunteers who provide person-to-person assistance to struggling families through home visits in more than 70 Cincinnati neighborhoods.

Conferences support their neighbors in need with a wide range of offerings including rent or utility assistance, food, clothing and furniture. But more important than the physical aid given, the conferences provide friendship and spiritual support to the people they help. It is at this grass-roots level that the great majority of Vincentians find themselves engaged in the person-to-person service of those in need.

Additionally, three school-based conferences provide students with an opportunity to help their neighbors through food and clothing drives and other support. In 2015, parish-based conferences helped more than 33,800 people (excluding food services) while engaging in 11,500 visits, nearly 8,000 of which were made to our neighbors’ homes. Parish-based food pantries and conferences provided food for more than 58,000 neighbors. Conferences brought joy to nearly 6,500 families during the holidays.

For more information about conferences, please contact Steve Crowe at (513) 562-8841 x234 or scrowe@svdpcincinnati.org.

St. Vincent de Paul conferences made nearly

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All Saints Annunciation Assumption Bellarmine Chapel, Xavier University Cathedral / St. Xavier Christ the King Church of the Resurrection Good Shepherd Corpus Christi / St. John Neumann Guardian Angels Holy Family Holy Trinity Immaculate Heart of Mary Little Flower Liz Carter Outreach Center Nativity Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of the Rosary / St. Matthias Our Lady of Victory Our Lady of the Visitation Resurrection San Carlos – St. Charles St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Ann St. Antoninus St. Bartholomew St. Bernard, Taylor Creek St. Bernard, Winton Place St. Boniface St. Catharine St. Cecilia

St. Clare St. Dominic St. Gabriel St. Gertrude St. Ignatius St. James of the Valley St. James the Greater St. John the Baptist, Dry Ridge St. John the Baptist, Harrison St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph North Bend St. Joseph West End St. Jude St. Lawrence St. Margaret Mary St. Margaret of Cortona / St. John St. Martin of Tours St. Mary, Aurora St. Mary, Hyde Park St. Michael the Archangel St. Pius Food Pantry St. Saviour St. Teresa of Avila St. Vivian St. William Sts. Peter & Paul Roger Bacon High School Mount Notre Dame High School St. Xavier High School

WHY W E DO I T JIM MCCAFFERTY HAS VOLUNTEERED at St. Vincent de Paul for 18 years. He donates financially and gives his time at his Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference and at the Paul and Edyth and Carl Lindner Choice Food Pantry.

“I think sometimes we get more out of it than we give,” he said. “As a matter of fact, I know we do: being able to see the look on someone’s face when you can temporarily bail them out of a situation … when you see little kids in

a house that they’re about to turn the heat off … it’s very rewarding work. And necessary work.”

Jim says he has met with and offered assistance to people from all walks of life. In Anderson Township, where his conference operates, he says the homes are nice and to all outward appearances, there is very little poverty. “People live two miles from us, three miles from church and they’ve got these horrendous types of problems,” he said. “To do this, it’s a real eye opening humbling experience.”

He’s confident investing his time and money in St. Vincent de Paul because Jim knows

it is spent well. For the second consecutive year, St. Vincent de Paul received a 4 star rating from Charity Navigator in 2015, ranking it in the top 14 percent of all nonprofits in the country.

For Jim, donating to a nonprofit like St. Vincent de Paul makes sense. “I do it because I know that they do good work … I know that if I donate, it’s going to good use. It’s as simple as that.”

Jim also knows that despite the help he’s been a part of over the past 18 years, there is still a great need in Cincinnati. “It’s amazing how many agencies and people there are in the Greater Cincinnati area who are willing to help and who do help. It’s equally amazing how many people need help.”

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HOW TO HELP

G I V E YO UR TI M E You can lift up someone who is struggling by either meeting directly with those in need or working behind the scenes. Whatever your age, interests, or background, there is a place for you at St. Vincent de Paul.

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PA R T I C I PATE IN SERVICE LEARNI N G The Ozanam Center for Service Learning offers immersion experiences for adults and students that connect people from diverse backgrounds, engage participants in poverty and justice issues in Cincinnati, and cultivate a commitment to longterm service and community engagement.

TH R I F T STO R E AND D O NATI O N CENT E R S items they need with the respect they Our thrift stores provide low-cost deserve. In 2015, revenue from our thrift clothing, household items, and furniture. Items sold in the store are donated stores provided 35% of the funds needed to support our programs. by individuals throughout Cincinnati.

In 2015, more than $810,300 worth of clothing, furniture and household items were provided at no cost to neighbors in need through our voucher program.

Vouchers are redeemed at our stores much like a gift card—recipients can select what they want and check out at registers just like any paying customer.

This program gives those in need the

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G I V E F I N A N C IAL SUPPORT You can help a struggling neighbor through a difficult time. Your gift will provide spiritual, emotional and material assistance during a family’s hour of greatest need. St. Vincent de Paul relies almost exclusively on the generosity of private individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations for support. For every dollar that you donate, 93 cents goes directly to services.

WO R T H O F C LOT H I N G , FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS W E R E P R OV I D E D AT N O C O S T T O NEIGHBORS IN NEED THROUGH OUR VO U C H E R P R O G R A M .

and Donation Centers.

MA K E A PL A NNED GIFT You can leave a legacy of hope through tax-favored and financial estate planning.

THRIFT STORE AND DONATION CENTER LOCATIONS

Colerain

8269 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45239...............................(513) 741-1641

Este Superstore

4530 Este Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45232 ........................................... (513) 681-9838

Evendale

9864 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45241 ................................. (513) 563-2949

Mason

1065 Reading Rd., Mason, OH 45040 ...............................................(513) 492-7940

TO DONATE GOODS OR A VEHICLE,

Milford

813 Main St., Milford, OH 45150.................................................................(513) 248-2664

G I V E G O O DS OR A US ED VEHICLE You can donate clothing, furniture, household items and even a vehicle to help neighbors in need. Find a location near you or schedule a pick-up.

TO VOLUNTEER,

CALL (513) 421-CARE (2273).

Mt. Washington 2300 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45230...................(513) 231-1239

HOST A DRIVE Hosting a drive for food, personal care items, clothing, and other basic necessities is a fun, easy way to work with your friends, family, or co-workers to help your neighbors in need.

TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE LEARNING,

Western Hills

CALL (513) 562-8841 x211.

CALL (513) 562-8841 x231.

TO MAKE A FINANCIAL OR PLANNED GIFT, OR TO HOST A DRIVE,

CALL (513) 421-HOPE (4673).

3015 Glenhills Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238 ...........................(513) 347-0342

OUTREACH CENTER LOCATIONS

Liz Carter

1125 Bank St., Cincinnati, OH 45214 ................................................... (513) 562-8841

Winton Hills

4848 Winneste Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45232 ........................(513) 641-0382

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FINANCIALS 2015 STATEMENT OF ACTI VI TI ES

S OU R C E S O F S U PPO R T

R E V E NU E S , G AI NS , AND OTH E R S U P P O R T Contributions & legal bequests ............................ $4,923,430 Donated food & other goods................................... $11,403,597 Stores ................................................................................................................ $9,232,578 Investment gain.................................................................................($166,853) Auto & other ................................................................................................$723,635 Total revenue, gains & other support ................................................................. $26,116,387

Contributions & legal bequests .................. 19% Donated food & other goods ....................... 44%

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS

Stores....................................................................................................35% Investment Gain ..................................................................... -1% Auto & other ................................................................................. 3%

U S ES O F S U PPO R T

E X P E NS E S Program services Assistance to needy...................................................... $4,281,902 Food pantries ...........................................................................$1,950,474 Furniture, clothing, & other goods ..................................................................... $16,469,234

ASS ISTAN C E P R OV I D E D IN 2015, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN Conference members (parish-based volunteers): more than 900 members gave 81,000 hours Store and Donation Centers: over 200 volunteers gave nearly 8,500 hours

115,600 HOURS OF SERVICE

Edyth and Carl Lindner Choice Food Pantry, Charitable Pharmacy, other services: 2,000 volunteers gave 26,000 hours

WHERE WE HELPED Conferences (parish-based volunteer groups) helped nearly 34,000 people & made close to 8,000 home visits

Liz Carter Outreach Center Edyth and Carl Lindner Choice Food Pantry helped people with food close to 35,000 times

Outreach Center Social Services helped more than 33,500 people

The Charitable Pharmacy filled more than 39,000 prescriptions valued at nearly $5 million

Parish-based food pantries provided over 58,000 people with food

Total program services................................. $22,701,610 Car donation program ................................................... $525,968 Supporting services Management & general ................................................... $710,641 Fundraising......................................................................................... $537,914 Total supporting services............................. $1,248,555 Total expenses ...................................................................$24,476,133

Assistance to needy ...................................................... 18% Food pantries ..............................................................................8% Furniture, clothing & other goods.........67% Car donation program .................................................. 2% Management & general ............................................... 3% Fundraising ..................................................................................... 2%

Change in net assets.................................................... $1,640,254 Net assets, beginning of year ........................ $19,168,603 Net assets at end of year ...................................$20,808,857

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DONORS St. Vincent de Paul relies almost exclusively on the generosity of private individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations for support. Our deepest gratitude goes to all our supporters, both those who made gifts to the Cincinnati District Council in 2015, as well as those who donate to the St. Vincent de Paul collection through their parishes. Your gifts helped your neighbors in their time of need.

SOCIETY OF SIMPLICITY Anonymous * Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Becky Catino * Ruth J. and Robert A. Conway Foundation

($100,000 AND UP)

Anonymous The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile. Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation The Clement and Ann Buenger Foundation

Elaine and Henry Fischer The Hamilton County Health and Hospitalization Levy Beverly W. Hersh Needy Benefits Foundation Estate of Martha R. Parker

SOCIETY OF HUMILITY

I N 2 0 1 5 , O U R VO LU N T E E R S CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN

115,600 HOURS OF SERVICE

($50,000–99,999)

Anonymous The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Kroger Company Foundation Mercy Health

Ellen M. Miller Society of St. Vincent de Paul, USA National Council Estate of Virginia Winkle

Niehaus Financial Services, LLC * Omnicare Foundation P&G Fund SC Ministry Foundation

Scripps Howard Foundation St. Rose Church Paula M. Steiner Family Foundation, Inc.

William and Suzanne Joiner * Robert T. Keeler Foundation Peter and Laura Klekamp Knights of St. John International Mr. and Mrs. Bart and Linda Kohler * Richard and Eva Komoroski * Leser Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Kevin and Ann Lynch William and Jenny McCloy *

The Elizabeth G. Odley Trust Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler * Protective Life John and Sherry Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Meg Tarvin * Tedia Company U.S. Bank The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

($25,000–49,999)

Estate of Stephen J. Elsaesser GE Foundation Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc.

SOCIETY OF CHARITY

($10,000–24,999)

Anonymous * Audrey R. Bartel-Krokum Trust Peter and Mary Bauer Sheldon and Norma Braun * Catholics United for the Poor The Christ Hospital Medical Associates Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center City Of Cincinnati Marylyn and Ray Clark

Michael and Sally Connelly * Robert and Jeanne Diesel Foundation Theodore and Mary Lou Elchynski Joseph and Michele Evelo * The Evelo / Singer / Sullivan Group of Merrill Lynch Mrs. Mary Evers Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heidt, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael and Kathleen Jennings *

SOCIETY OF JUSTICE

($5,000–9,999)

Anonymous * Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati Foundation Allen Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Moira Bonn Donna and Gordon Brown Madalene Buelow Prentice and Liz Carter * Mr. and Mrs. Ron and Vicki Christian *

Michael and Nancy Conaton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Liz Curran * Carl and Linda DeBlasio * Erin and Michael DeJesus Duke Energy Foundation James E. Evans Mr. Mike Flaherty Mr. James Gielty * Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Carol Gramann * Mr. Haglage Construction

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SOCIETY OF SERVICE

SOCIETY OF TRUTH

($2,500–4,999)

George Hubert Family, LLC

Reynold Maualuga *

Gregory and Julie Bauke *

Wallace Gilberry

James and Jenny Berg

Give With Liberty

Dr. and Mrs. Paul and Juliann Maurath *

Andrew and Cynthia Berman

Mr. and Mrs. William Groneman

Mary Sue McDuffie Mr. Dale Murray

The Birk Family Foundation

Beverly W. Hersh Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher and Meghan Shimala

Diana Housman *

Dennis Nead *

Scott Bruno and Jan Nickum

Andre Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bult

Immaculate Heart of Mary SVDP Conference

Dr. and Mrs. Amar and Tanu Bhati

Michael and Carolyn Burns * Bob and Sharon Hoverson Eric and Tricia Johnson * The Kroger Company Ms. Jean Lambert * Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Betty Meade Don and Phyllis Neyer * Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Denise Patton * Reusable Package Products Containers Mrs. Dorothy G. Roth

Mr. and Mrs. William and Amy Schult * Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Genny Sedler Michael and Janet Sepela * Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati St. Jude SVDP Conference Kenn and Karen Tompos Jeff and Marilyn Weber Jay and Kathy Wertz Gary and Paula Yerke* Mr. Mark Zlatic

* These donors have financially contributed to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati District Council for five or more consecutive years.

Peter J. and Krista P. Settle Charitable Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Anonymous *

Richard and Catherine Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Castellini Manuel and Cynthia Chavez * James & Eileen Creed

Interim Healthcare Fund of The Columbus Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jason O. Jackman Wijdan Jreisat & Patrick Points

Mr. Brian Murray

Mr. and Mrs. Becky and Aaron Seurkamp

Mr. Urban Neville *

Mary Kotte Smyth *

Ms. Anne Niehaus *

St. Gertrude Conference of SVDP

George and Carol Osterfeld Greg and Angie Otis

Katherine and Tim Stautberg *

Our Lady of Visitation Conference of SVDP

James and Linda Steffen *

Domata U. and Anna M. Peko *

Mr. & Mrs. Mike and MariAnne Storck *

Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Pamela Pratt *

Strategies To End Homelessness

Ken and Barb Rinehart

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister

Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Bre Sambuchino *

Steven and Carolyn Wenstrup *

Matthew and Rachel Curran

Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.

Jim and Elaine Day

Mrs. Dorothy Krumme

Jim and Elizabeth Dodd * The Electrodyne Company, Inc.

The LeBlond Foundation of Makino

Duke Energy

LPK

Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Mary Espel *

Magnified Giving

Mr. Greg Schroeder

Mr. and Mrs. John and Deborah Majoras *

Terry S. Segerberg

Andrew and Melissa Whitworth*

Bruce and Jan Seidel

Williams Family Fund

GBBN Architects

UBS Financial Services Inc.

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DONORS SOCIETY OF SPIRIT AK Steel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tim and Bonnie Albers * Jean Albice All Saints Conference of SVDP American Pharmacists Association Foundation Anonymous * P.J. and Gwen Arling

($1,000–2,499)

Maryann Cleary * Colerain Trailer Center, Inc. Congruity Consulting Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Gina Culbertson * Custom Design Benefits Mrs. Sonia Daoud Lucy Davis Elaine Davis

N E A R LY

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ADDITIONAL DONORS WHOSE GIFTS WERE L E S S T H A N $ 5 0 0 H AV E BEEN CONTRIBUTING F O R AT L E A S T 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. Frank and Fran Armstrong Ms. Carey Armstrong Atkins & Stang, Inc Rev. Thomas R. Axe Drs. Sabino and Augustina Baluyot Bartlett & Co Tom Basti Ms. Judy Bausher * Bob and Barb Becker * Julia Bernzott * Ken and Dawn Bertsche Glenn and Martha Bitzenhofer * Mr. Stanley Boric * Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Joan Brady Sandy and Bruce Brielmaier * Timothy and Catherine Brinkman * The Helen and James G. Broe Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Linda Brown Dr. Dennis and Jennifer Brown * J. Robert and Dianne Brown * Michael and Patricia Brunst Mr. and Mrs. Andy and Lisa Castellini David and Marie Catanzaro * David and Mary Kay Clark Earle Clayton *

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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Melanie DeBrosse Mrs. Nancy DeBrunner * Joan DeChristopher Delta Theta Sigma Chapter Foundation, Inc. Michael Dempsey John J. and Connie Dettmer David and Susan Deye * Carolyn Dick * Michael Disimile DMR/Interactive Mr. Rick Dodd Mary Dome Terry and Joyce Donnellon Robert Donovan Mr. Bryan Dougherty Frank Dowd * Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Carolyn Dowling Mr. Brad Dreier * Robert J. and Nancy Dudero Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Anne Dunn The E.W. Scripps Company Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Claire Edgell * The Irene Elbert Trust Tripp and Margaret Eldredge, III * Mr. and Mrs. David and Mary Ann Ellerbrock * Rev. David J. Endres

Mr. Jay Erdman Mr. and Mrs. William F. Erman * Ernst & Young Mr. Jerome D. Fagel, Jr. * Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fay * Federated Campaign Stewards Melissa and Russ Feldkamp Frank & Susan Fiore First Financial Bank Mr. and Mrs. James and Leslie Fitzgerald Flynn & Company Mark Frey Patricia Friesz Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry G2R2 Foundation Bernard and Suzanne Gawne * Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gerhardt Brian and Anne Marie Gibler * John and Dorothy Gillen Henrietta Goolsby Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Marilyn Gorman * Jim and Kim Gusweiler Mr. and Mrs. Theodore and Mary Haglage * Mr. and Mrs. William and Lana Haller * Edward Hatfield Michael F. and Mary J. Haverkamp * Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. and Linda Hayden * Janet Hickman * H-M Co. Phil and Gloria Hock * Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Kathy Hoeting * Home City Ice Co. Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Jennifer Howe Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Rita Hudepohl * Huntington National Bank Dan & Karen Hurley Jesuit Community at St. Xavier Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. Eloise and Charles Jung Mr. and Mrs. William and Nancy Keating * William and Joan Keating, Jr. * Arleene Keller Steven T. Kenat Mr. and Mrs. John and Catherine Kiley Donald and Kathy King * Mr. and Mrs. Marlene and Urban Kocher Tom and Stacey Koenigsfeld Mr. Steven Kohler

Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. and Joan Kramer * Mr. and Mrs. John and Marguerite Kron Ryu Kurokawa Mr. and Mrs. George and JoAnn Kurz * Mr. and Mrs. John and Susie Lame Ramon and Betty Landenwitch * Lebanon Correctional Institution Emily LeFevre Michael J. and Jane P. Linke Mr. and Mrs. Dave and Judy Lococo * Mr. and Mrs. Dan and Lisa Long * Mr. and Mrs. William Luehrmann * Rose Marie and Dale Luking Macy’s Bloomingdale Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joyce Maly Mike Marek and Elizabeth Weaver Michael and Susan Martin Mason Booster Council Softball Raymond and Madelynn Matlock Mrs. Lori McElroy Brian and Lee McGee Mr. and Mrs. William J. McGowan Albert and Mary McGrover * The Mead Foundation Mr. Thomas G. McKenney * Pat and Kathy Michel * Carolyn and Richard Morin * Ms. Suzanne Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Motl Mueller Roofing Distributors Inc. Neurological Surgery Association Of Cincinnati Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Jane Neyer Christine and Thomas Neyer Barbara Noble Rev. Thomas C. Nolker * Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. and Virginia A. O’Connor Ohio Valley Electrical Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Eileen Overbeck * Mr. and Mrs. Julie and Michael Peters * Richard and Bonnie Peterson * Shary Price

* These donors have financially contributed to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati District Council for five or more consecutive years.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Melissa Puccini * Mr. Mitchell Quint Kenneth and Bernice Reeder * Resident Council of Winton Terrace Rita H. Riddell * Robert J. Kohlhepp Charitable Trust Mike and E. Diane Rohs Bill and Jo Ann Ropp Mr. and Mrs. John and Carole Ruschulte Michael and Christine Ryan * Mr. Bill Schauble Mr. Robert C. and Patricia Schemenauer Mr. David and Cheryl Schildmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Schmitz * Mrs. Elizabeth B. Schulenberg *

SOCIETY OF FAITH

Andrew Schwarzer and Nancy Elder Mr. Harry Schweer * Edward and Mary Jo Seibert Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Shawhan * Tony and Lynda Shipley * William and Jeanne Shoemaker Mr. and Mrs. Ken and Kathy Skau Aaron & Christine Smith Mr. and Mrs. John and Tracy Splain St. Boniface Conference of SVDP St. Ignatius Loyola Conference of SVDP St. James White Oak Conference of SVDP St. Maximilian Kolbe Judith Stalford

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Annie Stark Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Nancy Stautberg * James and Kim Stegeman Kathleen and Michael Stenger * George and Linda Strietmann * Steve and Chris Sullivan * Dr. and Mrs. John and Tamara Sullivan * Swapalease Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Lyn Teepe Dr. and Mrs. John Tew Mrs. Mary Theresa Thiemann * Kurtus & Jennifer Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene and Anna Timperman * Grace Ulm Gerard and Ann Umberg University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Dean’s Office

Robert and Patricia Curran VanStone * Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Marilyn Vogele * Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Kathleen Vonderhaar * Ms. Tracey Wagner * Walmart Kevin and Megan Walsh * Mr. Michael C. Warmbier * Mr. James Wenstrup Mrs. Virginia Wenstrup Western & Southern Financial Group Raymond Westrich Tim Whalen * Ms. Rebecca Williams Michael Willig Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Kathy Wissel* David and Barbara Witte* Mrs. Marilyn Wray* Xavier University

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Amy Guiot * Mr. James B. Hagerty James Hagerty Dan Haglage Jeffrey Haglage David and Cynthia Hammerstrom Ms. Tiffany Hanisch-Bergan Mr. Richard Hansman, Jr. * Mr. Russell Hart Emma Hartkemeier Mr. and Mrs. Jessie and Jason Heikenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Mary Hennessey Susan Henry Jeffrey Herbert * Brian and Allison Herriott Ms. Joan Hilton Mr. Michael Hilvert Jack and Jacqueline Hoeting * Gary Hoffman Ms. Margaret M. Hogan * Gary and Mary Jo Horton * Nicholas and Jennifer Hosmer Ms. Nancy Howe-Seipel Lawrence and Marlene Humbert * Steven and Mary Hunt Janell Incorporated Jim Place Services LLC Dorothy E. Kaiser * Robert Kaiser Mr. Stanley E. Kaleta * Mr. Jerome Charles Kathman *

Ms. Judith Marie Keiber Ms. Ellen A. Kellogg * Mr. and Mrs. David and Jennifer Key KeySource Chris and Pat Kief David A. and Sharon M. Kitzmiller * Timothy Klapper Ed Klene George and Susan Kovach Kraft Foods Dan and Mary Kramer * Mr. and Mrs. James and Laverne Krismer Mr. and Mrs. Patty and Robert Krzys Mr. Lawrence Kyte Kevin J. Lab John and Mary Larson * Jim and Kathleen Laughlin Martin and Helen Lawson * Mr.and Mrs. Paul Lechleiter Mr. and Mrs. William Ledwin Michael Liber Michael and Molly Lippert * John Luna Arthur and Maryann Maines * Ms. Mary Alice Manley Mr. and Mrs. Don and Susan Mashni * Mr. Jim McCafferty Dr.and Mrs. Timothy and Peggy McCarren Richard and Beverly McClure

($500–999)

Ellen Althaus Anonymous * Mr. Mark Amorini Mr. Kevin Aug Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Valerie Badinghaus Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Barden * Richard and Patricia Barron BASF Corporation Lucille Berninger * Bruce and Karen Berno * Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Jeanne Berns Jr. * Karin Bierbrauer Ms. Marisa Bissantz Mary Bittelmeyer Mr. Harry Blaney Ray Brenner Lori Brison Mr. Tom and Mary Brokamp * Anthony Bruegge Gus Camacho Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Beth Canarie John and Beverly Cannon Kathleen M. Carroll CBT Company Steve Chapman Reverend Ronald C. Cooper * John and Virginia Corsini Meghan & Nic Covey Mr. Floyd Crouse * Charles and Kimberly Curran Dan Miller Auctions Betty Dance

Ms. Mary Davis * Ms. Jennifer Day Robert Dodd Richard Donaldson L. Johnson Dorl Rick Driscoll Rod Dunlap Patrick and Mary Fages * Mr. and Mrs. Alan Faulhaber * Judith Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Mary Jo Fellerhoff Melvin Firestone * Matthew and Heidi Flege * Rebecca Flesch Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fogarty * Mr. and Mrs. David and Marie Frazer * Mr. and Mrs. David and Anita Freeman * William and Kathleen Fussinger G.E. Schmidt, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Galla John and Camille Gartner III * Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Cindy Gatermann Mr. Gordon Geraci Agnes Gibson Glenmary Lay Missioners Inc. Yann A Le Gouellec Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP Richard and Rosemary Greiwe Paul and Laura Griffith * Steve and Kathy Groh Mary Dean Grote *

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DONORS

LEGACY SOCI E T Y You can bring hope where there is despair, love where there is loneliness and faith where there is emptiness through a taxfavored estate gift to St. Vincent de Paul– Cincinnati. We promise to carry your legacy of hope to where it will do the most good— as our founder Blessed Frederic Ozanam said, “not in a comfortable meeting room, but rather in the cheerless attic tenement, or in the sick room…the old age home or any place where love is needed.” Please consider joining these generous donors who have included St. Vincent de Paul–Cincinnati in their estate plans.

THE FREDERIC OZANAM LEGACY OF HOPE SOCIETY MEMBERS: Sandy and Bruce Brielmaier Mr. Richard Davis Carl and Linda DeBlasio Jim and Elizabeth Dodd Jerome and Diane Eisele William and Rosemary Erman Tim and Christine Jette C. Bart and Linda Kohler

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Mr. Ralph Luebbe Bob and Liz Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller Ms. Jacqueline C. Neumann John T. and Carole Ruschulte Audrey and Thomas Ruthman Mrs. Mary Theresa Thiemann Mr. Edgar L. Willig

Timothy and Jennifer McConnell * Douglas and Teddie McCray Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Julie McGehee * McLeod Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Michael & Kathy McQueen Virginia and Denny Meador * Karen Meyer Megan Meyer Ms. Carolyn Middleton Ms. Darla Miller Raymond and Ruth Miller Mr. Howard Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Marlene Morris Jeffrey and Peggy Mossbarger * Kenneth and Theresa Mullen * Jeff and Julia Muntel Nativity Conference of SVDP Nehemiah Manufacturing Co. John and Virginia Niehaus Mary Niehaus-Fay Mr. Paul Niklas Christa Nordlund Charles and Sally Nugent * Ms. Mandelyn Oaks Rafaela Olanda Mr. and Mrs. John and Patricia Osborne Peerless Printing Co. Michael Petrucci Dave Phillips * J L Pierce PNC Real Estate Robert and Alison Probst Stephen and Catherine Rabe Mr. and Mrs. Mary and Ranjit Rath John and Karen Reilly Amy and Barry Reynolds The Rinehart Staadeker Sussli Retirement Group Mahlet and Rob Richardson Frederick and Laura Riehle * Rev. David C. Robisch Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Mary Ann Rohling * Raymond Roll * Sacred Heart Church Robert and Tracie Saelinger * Deborah Sander George and Betty Schaefer Tom Schmidt Henry and Marian Schmitt Schoenberger Tile & Marble Inc. James & Margaret Schrimpf Greg and Debbie Schroeck Mr. Jerry O. Schuehler Mr. Harold Schuler *

SPECIAL THANKS Lana and Jason Scott Shaun Sexton Kathleen Shaut * Sheakley HR , LLC Gregory and Margaret Shields * David and Linda Smith * Doug and Shelby Smith Lawrence R. and Joann C. Smith Stephen Smith Gary and Kathleen Sparks St. Bernard-Winton Place Conference of SVDP St. Cecilia Conference of SVDP St. Clare Conference of SVDP St. Maximilian Kolbe Conference of SVDP Tom and Patty Steele The Steve Hunt Family Foundation Rev. Robert Stricker Joe Sunderman Mr. Todd Szewc Ms. Gail J. Taylor * John Telban Charles and Joanne Thiemann Anne Thomas Friends of Three Rivers School Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Barbara Trauth * Robert Trick * Mr. and Mrs. Suzanne and Jason Tucker Twin Towers Retirement Community UBS Employee Giving Program Ms. Susan M. Vergamini * Mrs. Virginia Stix Lurie Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Margo Wachs Richard and Anne Wagner * Ms. Andrea L. Wall * Mr. and Mrs. Jerome and Dianne Wedig * Thomas and Janet Weingartner * Mr. Randall Welch Katherine Welker Sue and Mike West Phyllis Weston Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Diane Williams * Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Donna Wyatt* Darwin and Patricia Yung Brian Zappia* Don and Susan Zaunbrecher John and Peggy Zink Gerald and Dee Zobrist* John and Mary Ann Zorio*

* These donors have financially contributed to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati District Council for five or more consecutive years.

JTM

Prosperity Place Internal Medicine

Kemba Credit Union

Protective Life

Keysource Medical

Dr. Sheikh A. Rahman– Family Medicine

Joseph Berning Printing

Megan Knapke Kroger LaSalle High School

Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker

LPK

Servatti’s

Magnified Giving

St. Bernard, Taylor Creek

Kelsey McCarty

St. Elizabeth–Heart & Vascular

Merck Mercy Health–Dent Crossing Family Medicine Mercy Health– Endo, Cholesterol & Diabetes, Kenwood

St. Xavier High School

Mercy Health– Anderson Primary Care Mercy Health– Deerfield Endocrinology

CPDS Packaging

Americares

Cumulus Media

Mercy Health– Midwest Primary Care

Custom Design Benefits

Mercy Health–Milford

Detour/Forward Foods

Mercy Health Physicians– Blue Ash–Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Mike Berning Jr. Bimbo Bakery Clare Blankemeyer Blue Ash Family Physicians Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati Brownie Troop 45345

Direct Relief International Dispensary of Hope Donna Salyers’ Fabulous Furs Mick Douthat Ashley Duncan Ethicon Sam Farchione

St. James White Oak School Staff

Mercy Health– Anderson Family Medicine

Complete Pharmacy Solutions

Bethesda Family Practice

St. Gertrude

St. Rose Church

Alliance Primary Care Alliance Primary Care, Forest Hills

Astra Zeneca

St. Elizabeth–Ophthalmology

Mercy Health– Westside Internal Medicine

Aldi

Arden Courts of Anderson

St. Elizabeth–Urology

St. Mary–Hyde Park

Collaborative Care Pharmacy

Crossroads

St. Elizabeth–Nephrology

Mercy Health–Monfort Heights Family Medicine

3M

Crane Chem-Pharma

Joe Rigotti

Paul Lemasters

Medpace

We offer our most heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all who partnered with us in 2015, including compassionate businesses, organizations, municipal departments, physicians, physician practices, pharmacies and individuals.

RCF Group

Mercy Health–Harrison Mercy Health–Jewish Hospital Mercy Health– Loveland Primary Care

Mercy Health–Rookwood– Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Mercy Health– Springdale Family Mercy Health–West Chester Family Physicians

St. Peter in Chains Cathedral St. Ursula Academy Starr Printing Stelter and Brinck Tedia The Christ Hospital–Diabetes and Endocrine Center The Christ Hospital– Internal Medicine The Christ Hospital– Internal Medicine The Christ Hospital– Primary Care The Christ Hospital Outpatient Center– Green Township The Christ Hospital Physicians The Christ Hospital– Schroer Family Practice The Christ Hospital– Bridgetown The Cincinnati Reds

Mercy Health–St. Raphael’s

The Joy Foundation

Feed Ohio

Mercy Health– Fairfield–Neurology

Tri-Health–Orthopedic and Spine Institute

Fifth Third Bank

Mercy Health–White Oak

Turpin High School

Charlene Causey

Ann Firestone

Moeller High School

UBS Financial Services

Chris and Diane Williams

Food for All Run

Mt. Notre Dame High School

UC Health Primary Care

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Frisch’s Big Boy Restaurant

Nativity School

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Public Schools

Dr. Rasheed Ghani

Tara Noland

Ursuline Academy

Cincinnati Reds

Nancy Gillespie

V.A. Medical Center

Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center

Gold Star Chili

Our Lady of the Rosary– Carol Hartlaub

Angela Gray-Girton

Paycor

Walnut Hills High School

Cincinnati State

Peerless Printing

Cincy Chic

Group Health Associates–Pharmacy

Petermann Bus

Wellington Orthopedic & Sports Medicine

City Barbeque

Mary Ann Humbert, SC

Pfizer

Western Hills Target

City Dash

Huntington Bank

Primary Health Solutions

Xavier University

Busken Bakery Carpe Diem of Aiken High School

Mike Farrell

Walmart

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2015 BOAR D M E M B E RS ST. VINCENT DE PAUL BOARD OF DIRECTORS – CINCINNATI DISTRICT Dan Long, President

Beverly Davenport

Gary Massa

Brian C. Thomas

Managing Partner, Cincinnati Business Brokers

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Cincinnati

Vice President for University Relations, Xavier University

Attorney, Graydon Head

Partner, 625 Investments

Paul D. Dorger

Mike Pratt Retired, Procter & Gamble

Anne Niehaus, Vice President

Partner, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Principal and Director of Wealth Advisory Services, Johnson Investment Counsel

Becky Catino, Chairperson

Attorney, Niehaus Law Office LLC

Lisa Mather, Treasurer Audit Partner, Cincinnati Office of Ernst & Young

Ron Christian, Secretary Charitable Pharmacy Board Representative Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Don Gloeckler, ex officio Formation Coordinator, Saint Vincent de Paul

James Biro Vice President of Supply Chain, Perfetti Van Melle

Moira Clark Bonn

Rev. David J. Endres, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Church History & Historical Theology, Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary of the West/ Athenaeum of Ohio

Sister Christine Rody

Alison Zlatic

Sisters of Charity

Nativity Vincentian

John Sawyer Senior Vice President and Chief Distribution Officer, Protective Life

Mike Dunn, ex officio Executive Director, Saint Vincent de Paul Cincinnati

Joseph H. Evelo Founder and Chief Investment Strategist of The Evelo/Singer/ Sullivan Group, Merrill Lynch

Cindy Givens Program Manager–Customer Assistance Funds and Community Outreach, Duke Energy

Robert E. Gramann, FAIA Chairman Emeritus, GBBN Architects

Senior Vice President, US Bank

D.J. Hodge

Andrew Curran, Past President

Senior Vice President of Sales, iHeartMedia, Cincinnati

President and Chief Operating Officer, DMR/Interactive

M. Jay Wertz, CFP

I N 2 0 1 5 , O U T R E AC H CENTER SOCIAL SERVICES HELPED MORE THAN

33,500 PEOPLE

Dan Hurley Applied History Associates

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHARITABLE PHARMACY BOARD Kelly J. Downing, President

Pete Brown

Julie McGehee

Andrea Wall, R.Ph.

President and CEO, Investment Advisor, Principal, Bartlett & Co.

AVP of Digital Marketing, Western & Southern Life

Vice President of Compensation and Benefits, The E. W. Scripps Company

David Catanzaro, Pharm.D.

Katie McKinney, Pharm.D. MS, BCPS

Associate Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Cincinnati, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy

Amar Bhati, M.D., Vice President Internist ,Christ Hospital Clinic, Norwood

Brad Schwartz, CPA-Inactive Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, Abco Safety

Mike Puccini, R.Ph., Secretary

Medical Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals

Ron Christian Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Mike Jennings, M.D.

Director, Pharmacy Services, UC Health – University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Mike Dunn, ex officio Executive Director, Saint Vincent de Paul Cincinnati

Donald Nofziger, M.D.

Chief Clinical Officer, Christ Hospital

Pediatrician

Susan Mashni, Pharm.D., BCPS

Bob Saelinger

Pharmacy Business Development Manager, Kroger Company

Chief Pharmacy Officer, Mercy Health

Attorney and Partner, Graydon Head

Marc A. Alexander, M.D.

David Mayhaus, Pharm.D., M.S.

Todd Szewc

Attending Physician, Queen City Physicians Tri-Health

Assistant Vice President, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Chief Executive Officer, KeySource Medical, Inc.

Ron Brown

Steve Culbertson

Bart Kohler, Past Chairman

Chris Shimala

Chief Operating Officer, The Armor Group

Retired, Business Executive

President and COO, Specialty Products Group of Takkt AG/Hubert Company

Senior Vice President, Huntington National Bank

Jim Dodd Retired, Senior Vice President, Fifth Third Bank

John Kron

Bob Stautberg

CEO/Founder, Coppertree, Ltd.

Retired, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Michael Conaton

John Gartner

Dan Meyer

Certified Public Accountant, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co./KPMG

Retired, Vice Chairman, The Midland Company

Brokerage Senior Vice President and Principal, Colliers International

Co-Founder and CEO, Nehemiah Manufacturing Co.

Tamara Sullivan

Michael D. Connelly, MA, J.D., Fache

Tricia Johnson

Neil O’Connor

Chris Williams

Executive Director, Ernst & Young

President and CEO, Mercy Health

Ron Joseph, Jr.

Past Chairman/President, Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.

Director of Consulting, Operational Results, Inc.

Robert Conway Chairman, The Bistro Group

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Director, Joseph Auto Group

LaMonica Sherman, Winton Hills Site Manager

Mike Dunn, Executive Director

Larry Shields, Director of Community Relations

Prentice Carter, Director of Operations

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ADVISORY BOARD

Mark Casella

M ANAG E M E NT TE AM

President, Sullivan Communications, Inc.

Rev. Barry Windholtz Pastor, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral

Holly End, Director of Development

P R O DUC T I O N C R E DI TS

Cindy Hammerstrom, Director of Finance

The 2015 Society of St. Vincent de Paul Annual Report was made possible through the dedication and generosity of the following team members:

Kevin Lab, Director of Social Services

Design & Production: Scott Bruno, b graphic design

Tom Roberts, Director of Member & Program Services

Photography: Merrilee Luke-Ebbeler, Beebo Photography

Mike Espel, Director of Pharmacy

I N 2 0 1 5 YO U R G I F T S P R O V I D E D …

93,000

neighbors in need with food

1,300

bed vouchers for those sleeping on the floor

6,400

families with emergency assistance to stay in their homes

40,000

life-saving prescriptions

COUNTLESS MOMENTS OF JOY and

IMMEASURABLE HOPE to your Neighbors in Need T H A N K YO U .

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