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2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT

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Dear Friends,

We get a little misty-eyed looking back on the 25-year history of the Oak Park Education Foundation. When we think of all the volunteers helping students make meaningful connections between their studies and the real world, all the donors supporting creative learning in public schools, and all the students who are now giving back to their communities in innumerable ways, we can’t help but beam with pride.

We are proud to be able to do so much with so little because of professionals who volunteer their time to share their knowledge and passion for learning with students and teachers. In addition, the volunteers who work behind the scenes to raise funds, take photos, develop new programs and more empower us to inspire a lifelong love of learning in the next generation of citizens.

Thanks to our donors, OPEF’s hands-on programs during the school year are free of charge, reaching every Oak Park public school child during their K-8th grade years. You’ve also enabled us to dramatically increase the number of BASE Camp scholarships we give to Oak Park kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend summer programs.

Please turn the page to reminisce with us about the thousands of amazing young people you’ve helped us inspire over the past 25 years!

providing

INNOVATIVEenrichment

PROGRAMSto district 97 students, and we’ve continued

on that mission through the years, creating

and growing our unique brand of

HANDS-ONprograms, delivered through partnerships

with enthusiastic experts in

SCIENCE, ART, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY.

Deb Abrahamson Molly Galo Executive Director President of the Board

Let the celebration of 25 years of the Oak Park Education Foundation begin!

How did OPEF get started?

ERIC: This foundation was born in crisis [in 1989]. We had just barely survived a real fiscal crisis in the district. We had run the first operating-funds referendum in decades. We went almost immediately into strategic planning and part of that was the need to raise non-tax based resources for the district.

MARTY: [Foundations] raise money and give it away. We, early on, wanted to be involved in programs.

How were some of the Foundation’s programs born?

ERIC: We thought at first that this was just going to be about raising dollars. The Global Village (now called Science Alliance) model taught us that what we had was an opportunity to leverage the volunteer time of all these phenomenal scientists.

MARTY: We thought we’d have a program that would go for a year or two and then we’d move on to something else in case it flopped! Science Alliance is now 23 years old. No one wanted to let it go.

TOM: The community in the classroom idea was the catalyst for developing the second program. We put out a call for ideas to the community. We got about 45 ideas and from that we got Technology in Motion.

MARTY: How do we get it to kids in 10 schools though? We figured let’s not bring the kids to the tech but the tech to the kids. So Tom called up the bus provider for the district and asked if they had an old bus they could give us.

TOM: Tom Kapusta, a volunteer and an architect, went to an RV show to get ideas about how to refurbish the bus. And from 1994 to 2000 we had the ‘Tech Bus.’ We had an editing studio on the bus, and the district didn’t have that kind of capability. But by 2000, not only did the district have it but everyone’s home computer had it too! So it was time to move on. We did another call for ideas. Deb Abrahamson [now OPEF executive director] sent in a plan revolving around art. She joined the committee to develop the program and then headed it up.

DEB: VEX Robotics came in 2004. Mark Pickus, who had run the Tech Bus, came to us and pitched the idea. He acquired equipment, and got teachers and other community volunteers involved.

How did you convince Oak Parkers to contribute charitable dollars for school programming?

TOM: To get this off the ground, the program had to have sizzle. It had to be attractive, and it had to have some depth. One of the kickers was that community members, [Marty] and others, were willing to put up some dollars out front.

MARTY: I got the job of being president of the board and I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. We had to raise funds, we had this commitment, and we had to find programs to be successful. Those first five years were exciting, let me tell ya!

ERIC: We had to make the case to people that these programs would not exist but for the Ed Foundation.

TOM: There were other sources of fundraising too. 3-on-3 basketball tournament ran from 1995 to 2003. We got $25,000 for Technology in Motion and later $20, 500 for Art Start from Ronald McDonald’s Children’s Charities. . . . It was Marty’s idea after Bill Staszak died [former village trustee who supported 1989 school referendum] to hold a dinner in his honor as a fundraiser.

How did you get the enrichment programs into the classrooms?

MARTY: The concern was we’d do all this work and not have the teachers let us into the classrooms, so we ran the risk of some kids in the district getting the enrichment and others not. We couldn’t do that.

TOM: As programs were being created, there were teachers involved, so that there was some ownership. Kathy Botticelli [former Science Alliance program coordinator and D97 teacher] and Jack Fagan [former superintendent] had the foresight to go to those teachers who were science oriented first and sold it to them. Then their buddies wanted in on it too.

ERIC: What was really important is that we had someone who understood what teachers dealt with on a regular basis, what their challenges and needs were. I think the interface was spectacular. What distinguishes Oak Park’s Education Foundation is the way in which the teaching staff was organized and galvanized to continue to generate these really creative processes.

TOM: My time involved with the Ed Foundation was probably as satisfying and rewarding as anything I’ve ever done in terms of being able to develop programs and sit in on that. And to see how we grew over the years. You see where it is now and it’s really something. Feet are on the ground!

Marty Noll, Chairman of the Board of Community Bank of Oak Park & River Forest and first OPEF board president, Eric Gershenson, one of the first

OPEF board members and former D97 board member , Tom O’Loughlin, early OPEF board member and former D97 administrator, and

Deb Abrahamson, current OPEF executive director.

AN IDEAis

BORNWe talked with a few people who were

instrumental in establishing and developing

OPEF into what it is today.

Eric GershensonMarty Noll Tom O’Loughlin Deb Abrahamson

Celebrating 25 Years 54 Oak Park Education Foundation

1989 The Oak Park Education Foundation is launched to bring expertise from the community into the classroom.

1990 OPEF starts its campaign to match $37,000 in challenge grants from six local banks and two anonymous donors.

1991 Global Village begins recruiting local scientists to help students connect science studies to the real world. Today we call it Science Alliance!

1994 OPEF’s converted school bus – known affectionately as the “Tech Bus” – traveled from school to school with digital video editing equipment and a sound studio.

The first William C. Staszak benefit, named for late OPEF board member and beloved Village trustee, raised $6,000.

1995 Schoolyard Hoops: A 3-on-3 basketball fundraising tournament (until 2003).

1998 Art Start partners artists with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders at every elementary school, teaching school subjects through sculpture, dance, painting, music, theater and more.

2004 Froebel Block workshops introduce all 4th graders to Frank Lloyd Wright’s work and place in Oak Park history.

2005 OPEF’s VEX Robotics program builds teams, confidence, leaders, problem-solving skills, discipline, oh yes… and robots!

2006 Architecture Adventure brings the experience, expertise and passion of professional architects, engineers and designers into the classroom.

2008 Geared Up began by teaching simple machines using LEGOs, and has expanded to designing communities, constructing insects and more.

2010 BASE Camp has grown each year to include imaginative, challenging twists on all our programs – from Camp Runway to Build a Bug, LEGO Landmarks to the Mural Project.

2014 Celebrating 25 Years!

LOOKING BACK ON TWENTY FIVE YEARS

William C. Staszak

“Tech Bus” - 1994

Art Start - 1998

Global Village Scientists - 1991


10 Architecture Adventure12 Geared Up14 VEX Robotics

16 BASE Camp18 Art Start20 Science Alliance

GIVINGstudents

VOICES

Spanish Immersion Class

Great example of Oak Park students demonstrating perseverance, showing concern for their peers, and — with

help from an imaginative teacher — applying what they learned to improve the world. We’re so proud of them!

t Lincoln Elementary school, Kathleen Priceman’s fourth grade Spanish Immersion class was scheduled for a field trip to Graue Mill Museum when they learned that the historical site could not accommodate one of their classmates, Alec, in his wheelchair. Upset and motivated into action, the class began by bringing in money from their piggy banks to pay for an elevator. Ms. Priceman told them they needed instead to start with a plan.

The class solicited the help of Mark Klancic, an Oak Park architect they had worked with as third graders in the Oak Park Education Foundation’s Architecture Adventure program. Mr. Klancic and Matt Kuntz, Lincoln’s Gifted, Talented and Differentiation teacher, helped students design options to make the historic building accessible for people with disabilities.

The students also called on their friend Kris Lenzo, whom they had worked with as 1st graders in OPEF’s Art Start program, for help. Mr. Lenzo,

who had taught them dance and also uses a wheelchair, shared stories of his efforts to overcome adversity and how he helped make an Oak Park building wheelchair accessible.

The kids created a blog and a video about their project – along with designs and cost estimates – and contacted the Forest Preserve of DuPage County, which runs the Graue Mill. They were thrilled when the Forest Preserve brought a civil engineer and landscape architect to visit them at Lincoln School and solicited their ideas for another renovation project. Then in May, the students were invited to present their proposal to the Forest Preserve Board. They are hopeful that their ideas will mean that future visitors with disabilities will be able to access this public site.

Ms. Priceman told us, “This shows how powerful the work of the Ed Foundation is. OPEF is part of who my students are and how they think. Giving voice to these students is life changing.”

Using architecture to make the world a better place

Architecture AdventureLincoln Elementary 4th Grade

“ My math students were so excited to use their geometry knowledge in an artistic way.” –2ND GRADE D97 TEAChER

“Students LOVED

having their projects

installed in a public

place!”–D97 TEAChER

Alec

Forest Preserve of DuPage County, civil engineer and landscape architect

Architect: Mark Klancic

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ACTION


Holmes teacher Stella Turi has been integrating the challenges of OPEF’s Geared Up (engineering with LEGOs)

program with her third grade curriculum since the program began six years ago.

Teamwork, planning and problem-solving

“I loved building LEGOs! My favret part was the team work!”–3RD GRADE STUDENT

“OPEF’s Geared Up gets better every year! Thank you for helping

us to combine art, math and fun with our study

of social studies and language arts!”

–MS. LEkEyA ShEARRiLLhoLMES 2ND GRADE TEAchER

“This is our second year of having the privilege to work with Gretchen Junker from The Oak Park Education Foundation’s “Geared Up” program. Together, she and Mr. Kristofer have helped take the construction component of the project beyond what I ever envisioned when I wrote my lesson plan. It gets better every year! Thank you for helping us combine art, math and fun with our study of social studies and language arts! –MS. LEkEyA ShEARRiLL , hoLMES 2ND GRADE TEAchER

“Super Duper Mail Catapult”

“Grabber 3 Omatic”

“The Meat Burner”

GOTTAhave

MACHINES

This year, students were introduced to graphic organizers to help them work in teams to plan their projects, work through problems and make decisions. Students created sketches of compound simple machines that they then constructed together. The third graders then took the post-project writing assignment to a new level of persuasion and created sales pitches that they later turned into video commercials detailing how their simple machines made work easier and why everyone should have one.


Geared UpHolmes Elementary 3rd Grade

“For the past two years, I have been part of the VEX Robotics program. Without a doubt, it has been the best school experience I’ve had at District 97. Working in teams, we combined our different skills of building, programming and driving. From a pile of scrap metal we built an incredible bot that wound up being something bigger and better than what any one of us could do by ourselves. The VEX Robotics experience taught me that we all have something to contribute to the group and when you’re able to work with each other, really great things can happen.

“What I didn’t know before I joined the VEX Robotics program is that I am really good at computer programming. This is something that I hope I can develop into a career and I have the VEX Robotics program to thank. In 2012, three of our teams made it to the VEX Robotics National Championships and this year another group made it to the 2013 World Competition. The program and our skills just keep getting better!”

Written by Mimi Labruyere, OPEF VEX Robotics team graduate and current high school mentor.

“The special moments for me are when the students’ eyes light up with a ‘eureka’ moment as they solve a problem. The trick is to point them in the right direction and help them to arrive at a solution themselves. These experiences are the things that endure in their memory and provide concrete examples that the principles learned in math and science class are more relevant; they are key to success.” –VEX RoBoTicS VoLUNTEER MENToR

“The VEX team has successfully transformed this program from a cool extra-curricular activity into a community-wide phenomenon that has sparked an increased

interest in STEM.”– DR. AL RoBERTS,

oAk PARk ELEMENTARy DiSTRicT 97 SUPERiNTENDENT

Working together – really great things can happen

“ Keep up the great work!! Our son was on the winning Julian team the very first year of D97 VEX Robotics and now he is a junior biomedical engineering student at college in St. Louis. . . Thanks for what you do for our kids!”

–FoRMER VEX RoBoTicS TEAM PARENT

BESTexperience

EVER


Mimi, VEX graduate and mentor

VEX RoboticsBrooks and Julian Middle Schools, 6th-8th

Middle school science teacher Phyllis Frick had a vision: Transform the blank walls of Oak Park’s underpasses with

colorful, exciting murals, where teachers could lead walking field trips to teach science and math concepts.

BASE CampSummer 2011-2013 K-8th

Murals teach science and math to Oak Park pedestrians

“My daughter was thrilled each day to attend this camp. The topics and projects were both exciting and educational. She felt very proud to be a part of this group.” –BASE CAMP PARENT

“My son had a wonderful experience

thanks to the BASE Camp

scholarship. And he’s starting to

understand if he really wants to do something all he

has to do is keep trying.”

–BASE CAMP PARENT

Fibonacci Mural

HeLa Cells and Genetics Mural

Water Works Mural, with Jon Kristofer

Last summer in OPEF’s BASE Camp, a team of 18 middle school students created the third mural in this inspirational series with the theme “Water Works.”

Working out of Oak Park’s Public Works building, campers toured the water station, learned about Oak Park’s water works and water conservation, and shared their knowledge on a long wall under the EL on Lombard Street.

“It’s a daunting task to look at a 130 feet blank wall knowing the mural needs to be completed in 5 days,” said BASE Camp teacher Jon Kristofer, who co-lead the project. But the kids quickly took ownership of the task – learning the material, developing visual concepts in teams, priming, translating from paper sketches to a wall drawing, and then painting, painting, painting! On the final day during a reception for family and friends, it was clear this project-based learning taught them lessons they’ll remember for a lifetime.

The first two murals, one illustrating the Fibonacci sequence and the other about HeLa cells and genetics, can be seen on the Oak Park underpass where Forest meets Home Avenue.

“From the special workshops that you offer, to summer camps, to “Game Day,” OPEF camps have all been so creative, challenging, well-organized, and worth every penny.” –BASE cAMP PARENT

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TALK


Milagros are charms traditionally used for healing purposes in areas of Latin America and the southern United States. An object or symbol is created to bring attention to a specific ailment or need, and to offer protection or good luck. In Spanish, the word ‘milagro’ means miracle.

Mr. Delgado guided students to integrate creative arts with their class-room curriculum, in this case, social studies and Hispanic culture. The students took a field trip to the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and learned how various styles of ‘healing art’ can bring people together.

As they began their artwork, our country learned of the attacks that took place during the Boston Marathon. Students reacted to the violence utilizing the art form they learned through Art Start. They worked together to create artistic representations of running shoes and establish healing connections with all those affected by the tragedy in Boston.

To provide greater exposure to this artistic collaboration, Art Start Program Coordinator Jill Kramer Goldstein reached out to members of the community. Moved by the students’ efforts to create art as a means to establish connections, Tim Eggert, owner of The Competitive Foot, offered space for the project. He displayed the student’s Milagros in his store window, further demonstrating the connections possible when combining art, education and community.

Oak Park-based artist Guillermo Delgado, who has been the Art Start artist partnered with the students of Kerri Druckmiller,

Sondra Nelson and Julie Dunn for more than 10 years, was teaching the concept of Milagros.

Art StartWhittier Elementary 2nd Grade

Creating more than they expected through art

These are learning opportunities that children run home to tell their parents about!”–2ND GRADE D97 TEAChER

“We have a child who has a very hard

time focusing and sitting still. This

captivated him and every class he made

more and more connections. The

hands-on portion was perfect and he so

enjoyed the Frank Lloyd house and Studio he

was ready to move in!–D97 TEAChER

Students reacted to the violence utilizing the art form they learned through Art Start.

CREATINGlittle

MIRACLES


tudents remember the classroom science lessons long after they leave 4th grade - in part because Dr. Stark and Mr. Manus make these science lessons dramatic and fun.

Classroom Experiments

BEN: I make things happen that are real, but they are also amazing to see. My favorite is the can crusher – it’s really exciting. You take an empty pop can with a little water in it, put it on a hot plate and let it boil for about 10 minutes. Then you quickly turn it upside down and clip it over a bowl with a mixture of ice and water at 32 degrees Fahrenheit and after about ½ a second it implodes – BOOM! – and the can crushes. I give them flash but I always explain the principle behind it at the end.

PAUL: He does things that I can’t do in the classroom. I don’t have the scientific knowledge that he adds, and I’m on a more regimented schedule. Plus it works better with an outside expert. He can be more fun and loosey goosey. It’s like I’m the strict dad and he’s the fun grandpa.

We do another dramatic presentation – he’s concocted a potato shooter out of PVC pipe. Ben takes a chunk out of the potato and I stand on a desk and put on my hockey goalie mask. The challenge is for Dr. Stark to hit me in the face.

BEN: I never try to hit him in the face!

PAUL: He shoots 3’ over my head, but it’s fun because they think he’s going to hit me in the face, and who doesn’t want to see their teacher hit with a potato?

BEN: I use it to explain air pressure and how airplanes fly. My job is to figure out a way to explain things to them in a way they can understand. So I do the same thing with 4th graders as grad students, but the language and amount of detail and sophistication of explanations are different.

A Happy Partnership

PAUL: Ben does a great job of teaching kids what scientists really do. He says it’s like being a detective. The kids love his visits. They talk about his experiments throughout the year, and my former students still talk about them!

BEN: Paul is a terrific teacher. The kids love him but they know they have to behave. Fourth graders are great – they’re smart and they’re nice to each other and help each other. I come to Paul’s class and sometimes it’s the best part of my day.

PAUL: Our partnership works because we take the work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves seriously.

IIT Biology Professor Ben Stark and Beye 4th grade Teacher Paul Manus deliver a highly entertaining Science Alliance experience every

year that they’ve developed during their 13 years working together.

Science AllianceBeye Elementary 4th Grade

Teaching kids what scientists really do

“ I had the class do an acid-base titration using phenolphthalein as an endpoint indicator. The look on the students’ faces when their solutions turned pink was wonderful. It was like magic to them. –SCIENCE ALL IANCE SCIENT IST DR. JEREMIAh FAVERO

“There isn’t any other part of our curriculum

that is like this. It gives students a glimpse into

a very specific world of science through a

person who is making a career of it, but it also

carries over into our everyday science units in

school. I appreciate the time the scientists give

this program.”–D97 TEAChER

Beye Elementary 4th grade teacher Paul Manus (left) and Ben Stark, IIT Biology Professor and Science Alliance scientist since the program’s inception (as Global Village) in 1990

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SCIENCE


2012-2013 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30,2013 June 30,2012

REVENUES

Contributions and grants $90,336 $51,111

Special Events $94,432 $83,009

Summer prgram income $101,950 $83,235

In-kind goods and services $155,340 $123,173

Interest Income $259 $556

Miscellaneous income $334

Total Revenues and Support $442,317 $341,418

EXPENSES

Program $343,520 $285,459

Mangement and general $32,301 $30,069

Fundraising $55,667 $50,286

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS

$10,829 $(24,396)

NET ASSETS

Beginning of the year $174,822 $199,218

End of the year $185,651 $174,822DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS

SOURCES OF FUNDINGInvestment/Interest $259

Grants $16,700

Businesses $24,943

Camp fees $101,950

Individuals:

In-Kind $150,403

Donations $148,062

Total $442,317

3,527 ChILDREN SERVED

80% Programs13% Fundraising7% Administration2011-12 78% Programs 14% Fundraising 8% Administration

2011-12 $118,000 2011-12 3,541

2011-12 166 Volunteers Gave 2,590 Hrs

687 ChILDREN SERVED

School Year

223 Volunteers Gave

3,554 hrs

OURVOLUNTEERS

DONATED149,000

WORTh OF TIME

69%INDIVIDUALS

4%GRANTS

4%BUSINESSES

23%CAMPFEES


B•A•S•E Camp

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OURgracious

PARTNERS

PatronsAria Group Architects, Inc.Automated Lifestyles, Inc.Community Bank of Oak Park River ForestCummins, Inc.Dana Nitzoy PhotographyDLA Architects, Ltd.DTKindler PhotographyDressel’s HardwareEileen Molony PhotographyFitness Formula Club of Oak ParkForest Park National Bank & TrustGeppetto’s Toy Box Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & KohnHoy Landscaping It’s A SignJ. C. Licht/Epco Lakeview Bus LinesMarion Street Cheese MarketPaul Goyette PhotographyPMA Financial NetworkPrints on Chocolate Racine Danish Kringle Wednesday Journal

Sponsors

AA Rental CenterCompetitive Foot Frame WarehouseFringe Lake TheatreOak Park Jewelers Oak Park Bath & Kitchen Red Hen Bread Scoville Square William B. Sullivan Real Estate

GrantorsGood Heart Work Smart FoundationThe Greffin Family Charitable Fund Oak Park Area Arts CouncilOak Park River Forest Community FoundationOPRF Community Foundation/Future PhilanthopistsPrince Charitable TrustsTarget

Executive Director Deb Abrahamson

Communications and Development Director Trisha Davies

Assistant to the Executive Director Patti Quilling

Program Coordinators

ARCHITECTURE ADVENTURE

Adrienne McMullen

ART START Jill Kramer Goldstein

GEARED UP Gretchen Junker

SCIENCE ALLIANCE Seth Baker

VEX ROBOTICS Mary Beth Hausken

VEX TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Mark Pickus

VEX HEAD COACHES Tim Walsh Donald Robinson Jessica Moncatch

VEX ASSISTANT COACHES Jason Morrell Erin Howe Brian Shinners Beth Barton

Assistant Coordinators

ARCHITECTURE ADVENTURE

Lisa Sorensen

SCIENCE ALLIANCE

Patti Quilling


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTMolly Galo

PAST PRESIDENTAngie Dodd

VICE PRESIDENTSJeffrey PiperTed Staszak

TREASURERSteve Miller

SECRETARyStephanie Springs

Willoughby AndersonMatt Cote

Karen DailyLinda FrancisLouise Gates

Paul MannDavid Martin

John McCauleyAlbert G. RobertsRoselyn Roberts

Denise SacksLisa SchwartzCindy Traczyk

Carol Young

DONORS OF TIME & SERVICE Jodi AckermanHolle AndersenKaren AndersonDr. Michelle BlumNick BridgeBecky BrofmanVickie CasanovaLaura ConstansJess CornmanAna CottingtonMatt CoutureCyd CurtisGuillermo DelgadoDr. Jeremiah FaveroPatricia FeeleyChris FerrignoFrances FiggSergio FirpoNora FlynnJonathan FranklinDr. Brent FriesenLouise GatesSam GinnDee Goldman

Dr. Barbara GonzalezMaureen GormanPaul GoyetteStephanie GrammensShannon GreveEllyn GulloDr. Helena Palka-HamblinPatrick HamblinJill HarrenElise HauskenMary Beth HauskenJames HaywardJohn HedgemanJohn HenleHaj HerbertMardy HillengasDr. David HinesCynthia HollisBrian JackAtiba JaliDaniel JenksSebastian JohnsonKristin JonesMary Ann JordanKate KaufmanDr. Jim KernsDavid KindlerMark KlancicTroy KochRachel Kolodziej

Rob KowalskiDr. Liz KovacsDr. Todd KuikenDr. David KuppermanPat and Meg LaughranDr. Sally Laurent-MuehleisSimon LeeDr. Ron LuberbechSophia LymanMichele McAndrewsRosanne McGrathGeri and Don McLauchlanMaura McMahon ZellerMary McVayMichael MedfordElliot MertzEthan MertzJohn MilanJoyce MinichDr. M. Kamran MirzaDr. Sara MirzaDr. Brian MitchellMary MitrovichMatt MitrovichEileen MolonyKathy MoriartyMike MurphyLaurie MyersCorey NagelDrew Nelson

Kris NelsonSondra NelsonNevin HedlundTodd NewtonDana NitzoyPatrick O’SheaLibbey PaulDr. Michael PaulChris PayneDr. Oliver PergamsColin PierceDr. Melanie PivarskiEric PodlasekMarcela RafeaVeena RajashekarAndy RigheimerDenis RoartyBarb Rohm RossaSusan RybaLisa SensatDr. Valeriy ShafiroKandy ShpairoInga SimitzWoody SkinkleDr. Ben StarkAlanna SullivanRhona TaylorMatt TestoreKaren TokarzGina Ulrich

Luisa VasquezKim VulinovicChris WebbDr. Chris WeberAlison WelchJohn WielebnickiKim WojackSallie WolfGinger YarrowKris YokooSara YountMilos Zefran

PHOTOGRAPHERSGuillermo DelgadoPaul GoyetteGretchen JunkerDavid KindlerEileen MolonyDana NitzoyPatti Quilling Marcela RafeaMaria SoderbergPeter Wagner

DESIGNHolle Andersenholleinc.com

FRIENDS OF ThE FOUNDATIONDeb & Tom AbrahamsonBess & Candelario CelioMatt & Carrie CotterMatt & Marta CoteBruce & Gloria CoxMark & Dawn DeatonAngie Dodd & Richard MertzCarol & John DudzikJack & Stephanie FlynnMolly & Matt GaloLouise & Jim GatesEric & Angie GershensonJudy & Bill GreffinAlec Harris & Carollina SongPhil & Mary Beth HauskenElizabeth & Andrew HibelElizabeth & Alex Lippitt

Nancy Lynn & Andy TeitelmanPaul & Julie MannJohn & Leslie McCauleyLynn & James J. McClure, Jr.Bart Miller & Margaret JeschkeSarah Staszak Miller & Steve MillerDonna Myers & Aaron LebovitzMartin & Mary Lou NollThomas & Gwen O’LoughlinJane & Hank PearsallJeffrey & Magda PiperBob Spatz & Lisa GinetStephanie Springs & Gary ColePatricia StaszakTed & Jennifer StaszakPeter & Cindy TraczykSally Wallace

Pledged $500 or more per year for three years

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