Brighton Center's 2012 Annual Report

The World is Their Playground Made Possible by You!

Brighton Center Supporting Children with Delays or Disabilities

2012 Annual Report

A playful laugh, a game of toss, a request to go “higher” and smiles.

The sights and the sounds of the playground at Brighton Center can change your outlook in a second. It’s hard not to smile when you hear kids giggling as they play a game of tag or when you see two friends hugging with joy. It’s an innocence and joy of life on that playground that we try to capture at Brighton, because ultimately isn’t the whole world really our playground? Ask any school-aged child what their favorite part of the day is and I guarantee that they will shout a resounding, “recess”. Have you ever stopped to wonder why? There is a sense of freedom on a playground where kids are allowed to enjoy life in a unique and playful way. That’s exactly what we do at Brighton, allow kids to be who they are and share their gifts with us each and every day!

We got dizzy spinning on the merry go round of the last legislative session and took at $1M hit to our early childhood intervention program, but we found a way to regain our balance and actually make up that cut with new program income. This allowed us to make sure we can still give kids with disabilities a big push to swing into a brighter future. We were also able to keep our wheels turning through our special events and raised more than $500,000 thanks to the support of our community. Although our climb may be tough at times in today’s economy it’s the spirit of playfulness and the joy of the children that we work with that gets us to the top of that slide. The playground here at Brighton represents more than just a physical space, its a spirit that lives in the hearts of our staff, families, and donors.

www.brightonsa.org They say, “Money makes the world go round” and that’s certainly true, but at Brighton we think it’s that sense of playground that keeps us going. What happens here can’t be measured in dollars. You can’t put a price on seeing a child take their first uncertain steps when no one thought they could. You can’t put a price on hearing a small, little voice utter that first word, or see the relief in a parent’s eyes when they realize it’s going to be okay. At Brighton, the sights and sounds of joy and happiness fill the air and we have the opportunity to be a part of those special moments and successes of the children with disabilities we serve. There is no greater privilege than to share in those moments with them and their families and see the pride on their faces when they realize that no matter what anyone says, they CAN! We couldn’t witness those moments without you and your support, and so from the bottom of our hearts we thank you for helping kids with disabilities do things that others said they couldn’t. Because of you, all kids can go out into their playground of life and show the world the joy and the gifts they have to share!

Kim Jefferies, Executive Director

Board of Directors Eric Adams, Chair Pediatric Therapy Specialists Sean Kiehne, Past Chair LYND Gerry Soto, Chair-Elect NuStar Energy Corporation Toni Sanchez, Secretary Valero Energy Corporation Rebecca Mortis Capital Group Companies Olga Vasquez-Silva One for Autism Scott Bankler Elder Bray & Bankler PC Sarah Dorgan LYND Travis Dickson CRT Flooring Concepts Stacy Frame LYND Brian Lancaster, Treasurer SC Johnson Blake Stribling Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP Blake Yeager HP

Special Thanks Jeffrey Dauphin Graphic Design

Putting her First Foot Forward All thanks to you!

Pitter patter, pitter patter. These are common sounds that can be heard from almost every child care center throughout San Antonio. No one would think twice about it. No one would pay it any special attention. No one would really care. Unless these sounds come from a child with a disability. Unless this child was significantly delayed in their motor skills. Unless you are at the Brighton Center. After only 6 weeks of being enrolled at Bright Beginnings Child Care Center and surrounded by other children her age with and without disabilities, then 2 ½ year old Brooklyn, ditched her walker and began taking steps on her own. Your support of Brighton made sure Brooklyn was included in a setting where she gained mobility, a sense of independence, and most importantly, a place that encourages her to reach her potential.

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Raising the bar

With a boost from you!

Uncertainty. Hopelessness. Confusion. All feelings you helped ELIMINATE from the lives of children and families. From parenting sessions to early education to life-changing therapy, your gifts have made an extraordinary impact in helping children with disabilities and delays and their families reach new aspirations. Here’s a snapshot of the heights you have helped us reach this year.

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2012 Service Statistics Direct therapy and developmental service hours: 24,024 hours Meals and snacks provided: 40,117 Parenting sessions held for parents of children with disabilities or parents of at risk children: 3,894 Families and Children Served: 2,713

2012 Operational Statistics Early Childhood Intervention: 1,619 served % of children making progress in development: Early Childhood Education: 113 served % of children making progress in development:

99% 96%

Parent & Young Adult Training: 981 served % of parents who improved their parenting skills after training:

97%

2012 Organizational Awards: Best Places to Work – SA Express News Best Places to Work – SABJ Best NonProfits to Work for, #2 Nationwide – Non-Profit Times Best Fiesta Event – A Taste of the Northside – NEWS4 WOAI

High Flying Kicks All thanks to you!

Born with severe internal complications and a right leg that had no functionality, Izzy’s parents were told from day one that his quality of life would be low and that the odds were infinitely stacked against him.

As first time parents with no idea what to do or where to turn, they fell into a world of complete despair.

Enter Brighton Center’s Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program where a team including an intervention specialist, physical therapist and a speech therapist became part of Izzy’s family. After 2 years of services and one amputation later, Izzy talks, runs and plays just like any other toddler. Your support of Brighton not only provided much needed therapy to Izzy but gave him the skills to beat the odds; proving there are no limits to what he can do.

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A Numbers Game

That we won because of you!

www.brightonsa.org In a year filled with budget cuts and economic challenges, supporters like you stepped up to the plate Revenue and joined our team. With you by Individuals, Corporations, Foundations our side, we surpassed all budget State & Federal Grants expectations and served more Program Income children with disabilities or delays Events than ever before. Your support Total allowed us to worry less about the numbers so we could focus on doing more for children, a winning outcome by any standards.

Expenses

2012 Financials*

$618,751

9.8%

$2,225,336

35.2%

$2,928,892

46.2%

$552,965

8.8%

$6,325,945

Programs

$4,675,221

77.2%

General & Admin

$ 1,146,305

18.9%

Fundraising

$ 237,073

3.9%

Total

$6,058,599 *Unaudited

Dynamic Duo

Brought together by you!

Picture John. His wife is awaiting criminal trial while his newborn daughter is on life support in ICU. A situation no one ever expects to encounter, but after his wife suffered from post-partum depression and acted out aggressively towards their baby girl, it was a situation he couldn’t escape. John found himself drowning with the reality that if his daughter pulled through, she would suffer numerous mental and physical disabilities.

Enter Brighton Center’s Precious Minds, New Connections Parenting Program. Your support of Brighton allowed us to offer free parent training classes to John and give him the knowledge, skills and resources he would need for this unforeseen chapter in his life. John now has the tools needed to emerge from the depths of the unknown and into a future where hope can now reside.

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Super Hero Moments

From the power of you!

While you may not have x-ray vision or the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, what you and your contributions have done for Brighton Center is in the league of super heroes. Thank you for using your power, whether it be through financial giving, volunteering or advocacy, to help propel Brighton Center further along its path to achieving the ultimate goal of helping kids with disabilities succeed!

ACS PARTNERS, LLC Eric & Ranita Adams AETNA JOHN & WENDY AGEE JULIE AKERS COURTNEY ALEXANDER, DDS, PA AMERIGROUP TEXAS, INC ANDREA ANDERSON Carrie Andrews APPLE INC. AT&T UNITED WAY Rick AGOSTO AVNET PABLO V BACA Bacon Lee & Associates SCOTT & JENNIFER BANKLER Baptist Health Foundation Mrs. Victoria Barnes DIANA BARRIOS-TREVINO RENEE & MARIO BASS ELIZA BATTLES BRADLY & Jenine BECKEL Jerry & MARY JO BECKEL Shannon & Craig Beckel BEXAR TOWING BLAKE KYMBERLY & GEORGE RAPIER Foundation CYNTHIA BLANCO BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS GERALD & Marilyn E. BOURQUE JON & LAURA BREEDEN SHANNON C. BRIGHT BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK

Cash Contributions of $100+ given from September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012 ERIN BUSBEE IRMA & Joe BUSTOS LISA BYINGTON Brian & Katrina Campbell MELINDA & DANIEL CANALES Capital Group Companies, Inc, home of American Funds Scott & Nicole Caroselli OSCAR CARRERA Sherry Carrero CB PLUMBERS, LLC CENPATICO CHESTER’S HAMBURGER CO., LTD. Dustin Christensen CHRISTINA WELCH COMMUNICATIONS CIGNA CITIBANK CITIGROUP CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CK CREATIONS LP JEFFREY & LYRICA CLARK COMMUNITY FIRST HEALTH PLANS CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS. CO JOHN J. CORTISSOZ COWDEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (FAYE L. AND WILLIAM L.) COX SMITH MATTHEWS FOUNDATION CURNEY, GARCIA, FARMER, PICKERING & HOUSE, P.C. CVS CAREMARK Foundation Jeffrey Dauphin

James Davis DELL Travis & Sarah Dickson DIXIE STARNES WENGER FOUNDATION Ms. Jennifer Domel SARAH & TODD DORGAN DAVID DRAEGER JASON Duelm DULCE VIDA SPRITS, INC DIRK & ANNIE ELMENDORF EPIPHANIE LLC ESSENTIAL STAFFCARE JOHNATHAN & REBECCA EVANS Eric Farmer Ray Farmer NEILL B. FAUCETT LAUREN FIRESTONE FITNESS IN MOTION OF SOUTH TEXAS STACY FRAME FROST NATIONAL BANK FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. EDNA FUSTER CELINA GARCIA Humberto Garcia PAUL GARRO GEOFILL CONSTRUCTION SUNNY DAY GIARRITTA Shawn Gilliam DIVYA & ANTONY GINO GLAZER’S WHOLESALE DRUG CO, INC GOETTING MARK & SAYUKI GOLDMAN GOLF SAN ANTONIO JORGE & Debbie GONZALEZ

GOODSEARCH GORDON HARTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION GREEHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION Holly & Ryan Grogan Ramon Gutierrez HEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CHARITABLE TRUST ERIC HELTON DENNIS M HENDRIX HKS, INC. Charley Hollimon THOMAS & ROBIN HOOKS MARY FRANCES HURON INSCO DISTRIBUTING IRC VACATIONS MARK & JULIE ISAEFF Dean & Amy JACKSON JOE & CASEY JACKSON TRACY JASO Cory & Kimberly Jefferies Gracie Jennings CLYDE J.B. JOHNSON JOE E. & CATHERINE JOHNSTON JP MORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION Junior League of San Antonio Foresters Samuel Kasparek Susan & Michael Kehoe BRETT KERR KEYBANK SEAN AND ELIZABETH KIEHNE BRIGID KLEBER KNIGHT OFFICE SOLUTIONS LAURA KOHLLEPPEL

KOHL’S AMY J KOSBY KRONKOSKY FOUNDATION Judy Krueger DAVIDA LAHOOD BRIAN LANCASTER Steve & Jay Lauver LEONARD M. KLEHR LIFETOUCH NATIONAL SCHOOL STUDIOS LOPEZ Plastic Surgery KIMBERLEY LOVELL MICHAEL & CHRISTINE LYND LYND M & M PAINTING SOLUTIONS Cindi Malone MARIETTA K. RANDALL FOUNDATION Marietta McCain MCCOMBS FOUNDATION, INC. MCKENNA LEGACY FOUNDATION MARCUS MELNAR Jason Merck METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES MGR PERSONNELL, LLC MIDAS AUTO SERVICE EXPERTS Shelly Miles AMITABH MISRA TIFFANY & JOHN MOAKE LEENN E MODGLING JOHN C. MOORE Rebecca Mortis Allen & Tina Murray MYRA STAFFORD PRYOR CHARITABLE TRUST

RAJEEV & NANCY NARAYAN NEWS4 WOAI NORTH PARK LINCOLNMERCURY NSIDE SA MAGAZINE NUSTAR FOUNDATION ROY OROZCO ED OSUNA OUTSIDE THE BOX EVENT PRODUCTIONS, LLC Amy & Mitchell Patterson Rosie Pena Phil & Diane Pfeiffer PHILLIP & NATALIE PFEIFFER PHYLLIS BROWNING COMPANY Heidi Pinkerton JAMES & Amanda PIPES PLAINS CAPITAL BANK ASHLEY & TYSON PLUMMER EDWIN R. PONMONI CHARLES POWELL PRESIDIO TITLE COMPANY Lee and Melanie Price PRIDEFEST SAN ANTONIO PRIME LENDING WILLIAM R. PROMECENE PROTOCOL SCHOOL MINDY RAMIREZ Luisa Ramirez-Johnson RANDOLPH BROOKS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Becky & Eddie Rathburn Catherine Rea JORGE & MARIA RESENDIZ BRET P. RICHARDS

www.brightonsa.org THOMAS & NICOLE RIDOLFO Monica Rios Mary Ann Rybacki JOHN SACCHETTI & ANN M. WHITE-SACCHETTI ED SACHANOWICZ Kim Salazar SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION Jim & Toni Sanchez Isai Sapien SECURITY SERVICE Federal Credit Union BROOKE SHEEDY KRISTA L. SHEPARD SHIELD-AYRES FOUNDATION Bill Shorty CRIS & Michele SIERRA Mike & OLGA Silva SILVER EAGLE DISTRIBUTORS DAVID & LUCINDA SLOTNICK Rick Smith GUILLERMO & CELLINA SORIA Gerardo & Dalia Soto ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN HEALTH MINISTRIES STAPLES JONATHAN & MICHELLE STEHLING STEWART NATIONAL TITLE SERVICES ASHLEY STONE MATT STUCKEY Stumberg (H.E.), Sr. Trust

SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN, INC. JEFFREY E. SWOBODA T.R. INSCORE, LLC EDWARD & ROSWITHA TAYLOR CYNTHIA TELLO TESORO COMPANIES, INC. TEXAS CAPITAL BANK Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services TEXAS TACO CABANA L. P. THE ALFRED S. GAGE FOUNDATION THE BANK OF SAN ANTONIO THE BAUPOST GROUP, LLC THE HARVEY E. NAJIM FAMILY FOUNDATION THE LAW OFFICE OF PHIL STAUFFER, P.C. JUSTIN THOMPSON Amy and Jeff Trench UNION PACIFIC United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County Valero Energy Foundation RAYMOND VENEZIE JENNIFER WAGNER WALKER & DUNLOP LLC EDWARD & KIMBERLY WARREN DENNET WENSKE Carolyn Whithers FREDERIC D. WILE, MD CECILIA YOUNG WILLARD LETTICA YBARRA BLAKE M. YEAGER, JR.

A Hopeful Future Made possible by you!

Caught off guard by an emergency c-section, and a new born baby girl with a diagnosis of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Jacqueline and her husband were met with an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. What now? How would they adjust to this new world they had been thrust into? How could they make sure their new baby Vivian had all of her current and future needs met? As Jacqueline met Brighton Center’s ECI staff at her front door she began to cry as the cloud of doubt, uncertainty and lonesomeness started to lift. Hope began to emerge. “Vivi’s Team” (an affectionate term Jacqueline used to describe Brighton staff), not only provided therapy services directly to Vivian but also taught her family how to continue these therapies in between visits. Soon Vivian was eating solid foods, holding her bottle, playing hide & seek and even waving, all milestones that would have been impossible without intense and consistent therapy. By being a Brighton supporter you helped Vivian and her family receive the services they needed to lay a foundation for a healthy and hope-filled future.

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Full Swing Ahead As we launch into another year, Brighton has big goals. Whether it is achieving accreditation through the National Association of Young Children, opening a second child care center, or working to reach more children with disabilities and their families, swings in our services require a big push from you.

Brighton Center is counting on you to give us the momentum we need to fly higher into our community by supporting our various initiatives and special events.

Queen Brighton Center

of the Vine T H E O F F I C I A L R O YA LT Y O F TA S T E O F T H E N O RT H S I D E

Queen of the Vine Support our Queen of the Vine campaign by donating online or purchasing tickets to our upcoming Queen’s Ball happening on Friday, February 15th. For more information visit www.queenofthevine.org!

Taste of the Northside Be sure to join the Brighton Center and LYND at the 14th annual A Taste of the Northside happening on Wednesday, April 24th at the Club at Sonterra. Voted the best Fiesta event in 2011 & 2012 this is one event you won’t want to miss. Visit www.brightonsa.org for more information.

Brighton Backer Become a Brighton Backer and be a part of growing our organization, our programs and our mission. Find out more by visiting www.brightonsa.org.

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PALS / PMNC ECI

Bright Beginnings #1 TONS Taste of the Northside

Brighton Center

Coming Soon Bright Beginnings #2

14207 Higgins Rd. San Antonio, TX 78217 Phone: (210) 826-4492 www.BrightonSA.org

Thank YOU for supporting Brighton!

San Antonio

We look forward to seeing you in the community in 2013 PALS: Parent Alliance for Learning & Support PMNC: Precious Minds, New Connections ECI: Early Childhood Intervention