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SINCE 2001
Reena’s Outreach,
Report to DonorsYear Ending March 31st, 2010
Respite and EnrichmentPrograms
PROUDLY FUNDING
Dear Supporters:
I am pleased to provide you with this brief report on Reena’s Outreach, Respite & Enrichment Programs. Reena Foundation is proud to have funded these programs for the past 9 years. We do it because we continually hear from families how important these programs are to Reena’s clients and their families. These programs receive no government funding, so our ability to fund these programs is purely the result of the generosity of donors like you.
This past year was a particularly difficult year for our O, R&E department. Some tough decisions had to be made. Reena charges families using the O, R&E programs a participation fee which partially offsets the costs of the programs. The deficit that is run is then funded by the Foundation via our donors. As the needs of participants have become more and more complex, the cost of providing appropriate professional supervision in these programs has increased. This past year, in order to continue to offer our community families the quality programming their child needs, Reena increased fees even while funding from the Foundation increased.
As the profile of our attendees has become more complex, the average client to supervisor ratio has increased. While our minimum client to supervisor ratio is 1:3, if clients have more complex needs this ratio increases to 1:2 and in some cases 1:1. The popularity of our younger children’s programs and our “Break” programs, each of which requires a higher client to supervisor ratio, also adds to the average cost of providing these programs. We are proud that Reena establishes these standards of care and will not vary from them.
Of course, with increased needs of our clients, Reena expects more and more from its professionals, so the annual cost of training our supervisors continues to increase. We know this too is something that our families have come to expect from Reena.
Last year we reported that Reena ran two pilot programs – the CIT/Work program for teens, and the Tots Summer Camp Program. These pilots were very successful and the need for the programs definitely exists. However, in remaining fiscally responsible, Reena has shelved a potential roll-out of these two programs until a solution is found to make them affordable.
We are proud of the fact that even while other agencies are cancelling their respite programs, Reena has refused to let our families down. None of this development work or this support for almost 700 individuals could have taken place without you, our donor. We hope you will continue to support these programs via your donations – you are creating life-lines.
To read more about the programs specifically, please visit our website at www.reenafoundation.org and visit our Respite Campaign pages.
Thank you for caring.
Yours truly
Gary Sim, PresidentReena Foundation
SINCE 2001
Reena’s Outreach,Respite and EnrichmentPrograms
PROUDLY FUNDING
In 2001, Reena’s Outreach, Respite and Enrichment Programs served 200 families. In 2010, we can proudly say Reena serves almost 700 families completely because of donations. Today, children from 7 years of age and up participate in one of 16 programs offered. Priority is given to families supporting a child at home to ensure they get a break from caring for a child with a developmental disability and that their special needs child receives the life skills and development opportunities they need.
Through these programs, clients have developed life and social skills that allow them to participate in activities and interact with people in a rewarding and enriching way. They have achieved greater independence and have been able to reach their full potential, while becoming active and welcomed members of the community.
Since 2001 Reena Foundation has been committed to fully funding the deficit of O, R&E Programs annually. The deficit after participation fees last year was $540,955. We raise these funds through our Annual Fundraising Campaign, direct mail, special events, general donations, and through grants from family endowment funds.
But raising these funds annually is not enough. As needs and costs rise, we must secure the future of these programs by establishing enough endowment funds to generate the annual cost of operating these programs. Reena Foundation is proud to report that there are 75 Endowment Funds in support of O, R&E Programs. This is a start to securing the financial future of Reena’s O, R&E Programs. Last year, just over $60,000 was granted from endowment funds.
Program/Year 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Cost 2009/10
After School Cool/Youth Club 59 67 83 70 69 69 $70,565
Social Skills Autism Club 44 48 48 40 15 15 $2,973
Café Lundi 42 51 57 58 58 32 $5,047
Camp Northland N/A N/A 17 20 13 18 $54,370
Lets Get Fit (NEW!) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 $0
Creative Arts 38 40 40 36 25 10 $700
March Break 41 53 60 65 44 28 $13,035
Mod Squad 27 33 41 41 21 20 $7,551
Reel Fun N/A N/A N/A 12 N/A discont’d N/A
Rhythm Rockers N/A N/A 23 24 24 19 $0
Special Olympics 65 70 74 75 89 97 $36,349
Summer Recreation North and South 50 72 92 98 101 104 $251,964
Sunday Friends North & South 157 165 172 175 217 198 $90,453
Sunday In The Sun N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 11 $3,067
Winter Retreat 47 55 46 46 49 41 $4,881
Totals 570 654 753 760 740 678 $540,955
REENA’S OUTREACH, RESPITE AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS REPORT 2009-2010
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER PROGRAM ANNUAL DEFICIT
We gratefully acknowledge those individuals and organizations whose generous support has allowed us to maintain and
improve Reena’s Outreach, Respite and Enrichment Programs.
PATRON - $10,000 + Dasd Contracting Inc. Harry E. Foster Charitable Foundation
LEADER - $5,000 + Apotex Inc. Azrieli Foundation Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc. Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation Sav-On Drug Mart Philip Smith Foundation
BENEFACTOR - $1,000 + The Benjamin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Abe A. Blankenstein Mr. Don Bockner Elite Roofing and Contractors Limited Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Emerson Fluxgold Izsak Jaeger LLP Rosalie & Marshall Gottlieb and Family
BENEFACTOR - $1,000 + (Cont...) Senator and Mrs. Jerry Grafstein Daphne Wagner, David, Lita & Mikey Green HealthSource Plus The Ben & Hilda Katz Foundation of Montreal Dr. and Mrs. Martin Kushner Lagover Mutual Benefit Society Mr. George Leon Mrs. Bernice Levinson Mr. Richard Lewin and Dr. Myra Sourkes Anthony Lisanti Mrs. Frances J. Mandell-Arad Faye Minuk North American Produce Buyers Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pearlman Dr. and Mrs. Saul Quint Roni Excavating Limited Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Sax Robert & Mona Sherkin Mr. Al Silver
BENEFACTOR - $1,000 + (Cont...) Mr. and Mrs. Paul Slavens The Sam Sorbara Charitable Foundation Mr. Benn Spiegel SSQ Financial Group Steele Valley Developments Ltd. Mr. Mark Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Jay Swartz The Frances Tanenbaum Charitable Foundation Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Family Charitable Foundation Dr. Russell Tanzer Total Credit Recovery Ltd. Truster Zweig LLP Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Weiss Westmall Investments Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Yermus
CHAMPION - $100,000 + Morris & Beverly Baker Foundation Fund New Leadership Fund Peake Family Fund Reena General Fund
PARTNER - $50,000 + Stevie Gottlieb Fund Bernice Guziker Fund Jon Sherkin Fund Irving and Sylvia Ungerman Fund
BUILDER - $25,000 + Catalano Family Fund E.B. Esplin Fund Rebecca Farb Fund Rienne Fleischmann Fund Susan Harris & David Kassie Fund Kieselstein Family Fund Helen Levin Fund Rose & Manny Lipman Fund Liss Family Fund Morrison Family Fund Fred Samuels Fund Jordan & Sandy Soll & Family Fund
PATRON - $10,000 + Bacal Family Fund Norman & Fay Bacher Fund Michael & Tillie Blidner Fund Paul Cantlie Fund Roslyn & Norman Climans Fund Laura Cohen Fund Ethel & Hirsch Erdle Fund Phyllis & Irving Feldman Family Fund Sybil Goldberg Fund Hanigsberg/Sossin Fund Diane Harris Fund Leslie Hartman Fund Michaels Family Fund Morris Henechowicz Fund Angela Iannuzziello Fund Al & Sheila Libfeld Fund Donald Lipman Fund Jack & Pearl Mandel Fund Mayers Family Fund David J. Nizic Fund Rayman Family Fund Ed Richmond Fund Ross Family Fund Schwartz Family Fund Helen Unger Fund Morris & Faye Vanek Fund Whyne/Karp Family Fund Wilson Family Fund Frank & Judy Wilson Fund Morris & Mary Yuchtman Family Fund
LEADER - $5,000 + Abramowitz Family Fund Les Agasee Fund Barrington Family Fund Leanne Begley Fund Robert Berdugo Fund Allen & Judy Berg Fund David & Deborah Breslove Fund Sandy & Jerry Brooks Les & Gertie Bulkin Fund Ted B. Chester Family Fund Eiley Family Fund Alex, Olga & Marvin Eisen Fund Epelbaum Family Fund Alex Flomen Memorial Fund Goose Family Fund Justein Family Fund Joshua, Zachary & Catherine Machado Fund Irving & Anita Marcus Fund Frances O’Leary Family Fund Stu & Fay Rotman Fund Frank & Elaine Simkevitz Family Fund Teper Family Fund Wachsberg Family Fund Ernie Weiss Fund Weizenberg Family Fund
Ken Bodenstein Allan & Lisa Brown Ganz Family Foundation Harry & Sarah Gorman
Marshall and Rosalie GottliebJack & Agi MandelIsrael MidaRalph Soberano
Barry & Paula SonshineShelley & Jerry Werger
LIST OF DONORS TO THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
OUTREACH, RESPITE AND ENRICHMENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS
ALEx EIsEN sUsTAININg FUND MEMBERs (those who have made a 5-year commitment to Outreach, Respite and Enrichment)