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2012 - 2013ANNUAL REPORT


Letter from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear friends,Around here, we define success in terms of our students’ successes. We cheer when Steven gets his driver’s license, celebrate when Kadahra becomes a citizen, and jump for joy when Devan earns his high school diploma. We know the incredible impact these achievements have on the lives of the students and their families. A driver’s license translates to reliable transportation, a better job, and a better life for the whole family. A refugee becomes a citizen, and a new life begins. A high school diploma leads to community college, and a career once dreamed, but until then, out of reach.

We’re delighted when our students are will-ing to share their successes publically. This year, Julio’s story of being promoted at work, becoming a citizen, and realizing a whole new level of confidence became a video clip. That clip was shared with thousands on the web; and, at our annual Gala, to a room full of supporters, realizing, perhaps for the first time, the life-changing impact of their gifts. Elsie made the cover of the Hartford Founda-tion for Public Giving’s Annual Report, the story of her journey to earn a high school diploma featured inside. She also made an appearance on FoxCT Morning News, inspir-ing others with her perseverance and faith. With hard work and support from the right people, she told the audience, you can make the impossible possible.

We’re thrilled to play a role in each of our student’s growth and achievements, but we’re also invested in the cumulative effect, that incremental, positive shift that each of these successes triggers for our whole community. Our mission is to teach Greater Hartford adults the literacy skills they need to improve their lives. But our vision is to build a stronger, more resilient Greater Hartford by creating a community of fully literate adults.

We’re working to create a community of Julios and Elsies and Kadahras and Devans, a community of adults who can provide a skilled workforce for our region’s employers, informed voters and engaged citizens partici-pating in the political process, self-sustaining leaders who can contribute as volunteers and activists in their neighborhoods, parents who can teach their children, and children who are prepared for their own success.

This past year we taught a record number of students – 852 – and expect to hit the 1,000 mark in the coming year. Eight hundred and fifty-two lives changed this year, 744 last year, and 650 the year before. This is not just us, not just our students, but our whole community, growing more literate, getting stronger and more independent, building a healthier, more vital home for all of us.

From Julio and Elsie, Kadahra and Devan, from all of the neighborhoods we serve across the Capitol region, from all of the students we’ve ever served or will serve, from all of us who care about literacy and this community in which we live, thank you for helping us make the impossible possible.

Carol “CJ” HaussExecutive Director

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FY 2012 - 2013 Income Sources (unaudited)

Private Grants $ 224,250

Government Grants $ 157,470

Fundraising Activities $ 128,871

United Way $ 53,186

Miscellaneous $ 13,084

WHAT’S COMING IN 2013 - 2014?

852 Total # of

students in 2012-13

40,468Total learn-ing hours (in classroom or computer lab)completed by

students

Preparing Students for the FutureLVGH has hosted a computer lab staffed with dedicated volunteers for years now, but this year we’re adding more structure to our computer education programming. 2013-2014 will be the year of tech training, for our students as well as our volunteers. Staff, lab volunteers, tutors and community partners will be working together throughout the next year to ensure that all of our tutors feel comfortable using technology in their classrooms, and that students are learning the computer skills they need to succeed in a high-tech world. Thanks to a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, all three of our literacy centers are now wireless. We’ve developed metrics to guide and evaluate tech learning, and to help us plan for more structured computer classes. We’ve also partnered with Comcast, who have generously donated netbooks to enable our tutors to more easily bring technology into their classrooms.

Continued GrowthWith a record enrollment of 842 students in 2012-2013, and a pro-jected enrollment of 1,000 students in 2014, we need more space! If you visit the Hartford Literacy Center, you may notice that we’ve moved a few things around in order to squeeze more out of every nook and corner. However, we still need to raise additional funding to make full-scale renovations a reality.

Annual Fundraising GalaSave the date for our 5th annual Eat. Drink. Dance. Read. Learn. Grow. fundraising Gala, set for April 5, 2014 at The Farmington Club. Last year, this event raised over $50,000 for our adult education programs, and we need your help to make it an even greater success this year. Watch for the invitation coming this winter!


2012 - 2013 VOLUNTEERS

Sofiat AbdulrazaaqElizabeth AikenDebbie AlbertSherise AllenRichard AllevaBethany AlvordMarvis Anthony-MarquisMaxim ArefyevKim BarberiMarie BastaracheJoan BatemanPaul BattersonDouglas BeebeDiana BelbrunoMarie BernatchezMarjorie BerryAlex BlanchetteEdlyn BlitzerAriel BrandJune BrayRosalie BreidingMiranda BriggsChet BrodnickiMaureen BrousseauNoah BrownKay BurnsGinny ByrneCourtney CampbellJosset Campos PinaresIris CapellanDeborah CarsonDavid Carter

Anne CassarinoTim ChambersJared ChaseDiane ChristensenAlex CieloArleen CipolliniLinda CohanJoyce CohenLinda CohnJeremy CollingsCynthia Colton-ReichlerLindsey CornelioShirley CoscinaSusan CosmaCathy CoyleMike CoylePhilip CummingsAva CunninghamLeslie DalentaRuslana DanyliukKaronica DavidsonLois Davis JamesSue DeJuanReese DenuJanet DesmaraisAsmaou DialloCathy DonahueJean DonahueSheila DormanMeg DuffyLinda DuncanFrancis Dunn

Suzanne DutillyLauren DwyerJulie EasonBruce EbbetsBen EngelThomas EysmansEmmy FastJoan FineDaniel FineJoseph FlynnNanci FoxErika FrankLindsey FyfeMarlis GageMargaret GagneMary-Jane GatelyLynn GelinasThomas GiesenFelix GonzalezCordell GoulbourneElizabeth GranatoRita HallDean HamptonPaul HartungJohn HebertJanis HechtMark HennessyLisa HerreraCalvin Hood-HughesRose HowardMarisa HowardDianne Howe


“Imagine students who are upset

when their spell-ing words for the

week are too easy. Imagine students

who aren’t just invested in their

own learning but also in the learn-ing of other stu-

dents in the class. Tutoring adults is a partnership where you get back what you

put in tenfold.”

Erika Frank Basic Literacy tutor

and Annual Gala keynote speaker

Noreen HuthGeraldine HyjekMary Ellen JacobsNancy JacobsNicole JamesKathleen JensenChristopher JohnsonCarol JozusJeffrey KaimowitzCory KernLea Kessler ShawDonna KidwellPaul KnierimCarla KushinKrystal LaporteKen LareauStephanie LeaphartClair LeightonCarol LoomisMartha LottCarolyn LubyJerrod LumpkinBarbara MaidelisVirginia MajorCynthia MalmJoan McCarthyGinger McCurdyLynn MetzHeidi MichaudBeatrice MitlakElsa MonteiroClifford Moore

Angelina MooreMargaret MooreLance NaredPeg NewtonViet NguyenYuletzi NiedbalaGail ObedzinskiHeather O’ConnorMaxine O’ConnorYalimar PaganSulin ParkDarryl ParsleyVictor PerezDaniel PianoWendy PosnerShirley QuinteroKellie RandallBrendan RocheEileen RocheJulia RosaNancy RosenbaumJanet RosenblattCrystal RossJane RothFarhad SadighiJane SchneiderCynthia SchulzPatricia ShanahanAndrea SheldonTalisha ShelleyBarbara SichermanLisa Siembab

Ian SilversPamela SimonLisa SiragChristine SkellySandra Smith-ResonyGary SpiekerPam SpinazolaAshley StewartRoberta SwaffordKathleen SweeneyKathy SzpekmanLaura ThompsonAgraja ThuseDennis TottenMary-Jane TraskaEdna TravisJocelyn TurnerRachel WaitzmanMark WallerStephanie WardRobyne WatkinMichelle WeathersBrook WebbJohn WeingartnerJudy WhitcombBrooke WhittemoreFrank WildtNancy WildtBarbara WilliamsGrant WinkleblackDennis WinkleblackHila Yanai


2012 - 2013 INDIVIDUAL DONORS

182 volunteer

tutors provided

over 10,000 hours of

classroom instruction

33 students

who came to LVGH unem-ployed now have jobs

Pulitzer Society (Gifts of $5000 and over) Robert J. and Michele FiondellaChristopher and Gail JohnsonMowell Family Fund Publishers Society(Gifts of $1500-$4999) Sybille Brewer, MDSteve and Emmy FastThe Helen Fine TrustBetty L. Guiney (bequest)Neale and Carol HaussGiuliana Musilli and Scott SchooleySteve and Penny SigalSorenson-Pearson Family Foundation Editors League (Gifts of $1000 - $1499) Mary H. CraryPeter and Gene EvansRichard and Joan GentileThe Common Sense FundDouglas RussellSybil Gillett Smith

Authors League (Gifts of $500 - $999) Elizabeth AikenJim and Joan BettsJared ChaseJean DonahueMary Jean KilfoilH. Craig Leroy and Bethany AlvordJames and Carol LoomisJoseph MarfuggiBarri MarksPeg NewtonDarryl ParsleyBrian and Andrea SheldonRon and Ruth Van Winkle Writers Circle (Gifts of $250 - $499) Bernard Adams and Edna TravisPaul and Vivian BattersonArnold and Sandy ChaseThe Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family FoundationMichael and Jane GriffingerJeffrey and Llyn KaimowitzSarah Ann E. LeakeThomas and Saraellen Sargent Charitable FundKeith and Catherine StevensonJohn and Marcia WilkinsonPeter M. and Ellen Zeman


Friends Circle (Gifts of up to $99) Robert and Judith AndersonLorraine M. AronsonSandra BaileyCecile BakerDoug BeebeMarie T. BernatchezStephen and Christina BreenChet and Glenna BrodnickiAlastair and Dorothy ClarkHenry and Linda CohnShirley E. CoscinaRaul and Emilie de BrigardMary C. DoughertySuzanne DutillyWoody ExleyRobert FitzgeraldDaniel and Bonnie GauthierKate GervaisPaula GilbertoPaul HartungShirley JuranMichael and Esther KahnRevs. Robert C. and Fidelia LaneSusan L. Levine and Stanley GoldbergWilliam and Joanne MarriottMargaret MooreJennifer MullendoreSenthil and Hema NathanJanice NiehausRoy and Nancy NormenSalvatore and Kathleen PalaiaJudy ReedHelen RothMichael and Kathleen SanteseJohn and Judy SchaeferTony and Alison SchererEarl and Cynthia SchulzLynne ShapiroDaniel and Lynn SharpMeg SheehanEdward and Marilyn StocktonPhil TalbotJahala Ann TomaselliMartin and Dorine ToyenMary-Jane TraskaAndy and Rosemary TyskiewiczDennis and Jeanne WinkleblackSonia Witter-AngusJohn and Judy Zinn

52% of students

were employed

57 students entered a

high school completion

program

Readers Circle (Gifts of $100 - $249) Joan BatemanDiana R. BelbrunoCaris CarrJeffrey and Kristin CianfloneArleen CipolliniAndree CorrEvan Cowles and Brie QuinbyDenise deFiebreMark Deming and Linda SchofieldCathy DonahueIra and Sheila DormanThomas Eysmans and Sheila DenionDaniel and Joan FineRichard and Mary Louise FitzgeraldMichael FlanaganMatt and Irene O’Connor FleuryMichael and Patricia FreedmanDonald GalbraithJoan GalliherSteven and Blanche GoldenbergJanice Couture Greenberg FoundationKenneth and Gail HamblettSteve and Rebecca HeckerJohn W. HincksJames and Mary Ellen JacobsNancy JacobsJohn and Donna KidwellDanielle LaddThomas and Hollace LorchGeorge and Mary MalesJay and Geri MandellHarry and Mary MeyerIrvin and Joyce MigliettaJohn and Sara O’ConnellEmily W. RankinGary and Diane RansomBrenda and Bob RoggeveenPeter and Betsy RussellJoseph and Mary SargentRob and Stephanie SchenkelPaul and Beth SciarraPatricia A. ScullySteven and Janet SeldenRobert M. ShettleEliot and Carrie StreimDennis TottenMariana WagonerTish WeisserFrank and Nancy WildtJeffrey and Mary Zeman


2012 - 2013MEMORIAL GIFTSIn memory of Albert DakersSandra and Arnold Chase

In memory of John DonahueBarbara Donahue

In memory of Bill GerberSusan J. Roman

In memory of Bev HeckelBarbara BaumgartnerThe Bailey, Brennan, Smithson, and Wolfe cousinsJane DiSiaccaCaryn FerrisColette GardnerAlice GargerThe Lewis Heckel FamilyLinda O’BrienE.E. and R.E. PhillipsRockledge Women’s Golf Group

In memory of Lawrence JohnsonSusan J. Roman

In memory of Francis J. KiernanRichard and Sandra AveryBerlin Polish Political ClubDonald and Carol S. CohenJohn and Carol DonaghueMichael E. DuffyDebra S. and Mark R. GuimondJoyce M. HawrylikDavid and Ann JohnsonWendy KnickerbockerManchester Country Club Swingers Golf LeagueGeorge and Suzanne PandelidisJohn and Susan Pandelidis & FamilyNanci PelatiNoel and Janet PrestonIda L. Spooner and Kimberly GuySheila M. TobinAlma J. WaiteBrett and Alison WeisbergJoan White and Bob GrayJanice Williams

In memory of Matthew R. KilgariffElizabeth K. Russell

In memory of Norma LogsdonEdward and Martha Rosenthal

In memory of Stuart LottMartha Lott

In memory of Floyd L. ParsleyRobie R. Parsley

In memory of William ProftRichard and Ann Cohen

In memory of Mary K. RyterAstro-Med Sunshine ClubDana and Cathy BarlowLoretta Berry and Bill PeaseJudith ChacePhilip and Nancy CocchiolaRobert Farr and Diana MacPhersonDino and Charlotte GengaPatricia O’ConnellJohn and Roseanne PurtillThomas and Janet ThayerPaul and Susan TraceyPeter and Karen VergoniWilliam and Linda Wainright

In memory of Martha Smith FazzanoCatherine C. Meyer and Steven SeligmanHon. Nicola Rubinow

In memory of Richard SmithEdgar and Barbara Prasse

In memory of Richard Smith and Martha Smith FazzanoJohn and Mary GavinEmily HughesMary LoweRuth K. O’NeilIris SalvinCharles and Julianne Steffens

In memory of William F. SullivanBrian Cunningham

In memory of Shirley VadjaLynne Shapiro

In memory of Duane E. WattsRichard and Mary Louise Fitzgerald

2012 - 2013HONORARY GIFTSIn honor of Noah DionJohn Corbett

In honor of Gene EvansKara Hughs

In honor of Joan FineBrandeis University National Commit-tee - Greater Hartford Chapter

In honor of Carol Hauss Peggy Lorence

In honor of Adlyn Loewenthal Norman and Sonna Loewenthal

In honor of George and Lynn Newman Andrew and Suzanne Pinkes

In honor of Penny Sigal Zachary Sigal

In honor of Martha LottDeborah and Julian Ferholt

Daniel and Joan Fine

Laurel and Roger Kirschen

Sharon and Leroy Lawson

Patricia and Dave O’Connell

Carolyn and Monte Redman


2012 - 2013CORPORATE & COMMUNITY DONORS

Corporate & Foundation Support

Aaron Hollander FundAetna FoundationAldo DeDominicis Foundation, Inc.Amica Companies FoundationBeatrice Fox Auerbach FoundationBell-Carman Family FoundationBJ’s Charitable FoundationCharles Nelson Robinson FoundationCIGNACohnReznick, LLPDavid and Helen B. Kaplan FundEnsworth Charitable FoundationFarmington BankFisher FoundationGeorge and Grace Long FoundationGraingerHartford Foundation for Public GivingING FoundationJoseph S. Stackpole Charitable TrustLincoln Financial Foundation, Inc.Michael Norman Cohen & Associates

Milliman ActuaryNew Alliance Foundation, Inc.Owenoke FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopersRBC FoundationSimon Hollander FundTravelersUIL Holdings CorporationUnitedHealth GroupUnited Technologies

Public and Community SupportSt. Timothy Roman Catholic ChurchCity of HartfordState of Connecticut Department of EducationUnited Way of Central & Northeastern ConnecticutUnited Way of Pioneer ValleyUnited Way of Coastal Fairfield CountyUnited Way of Greater Waterbury

In-Kind SupportComcast CableGeeks for GoodMatthew Lin, New Vibe Studios

120 120 students

reported increased in-volvement in their child’s education

9 students

earned their high school diplomas

“When I first came to LVGH,

I was scared that people would

find out I couldn’t read or write.

Then I found that people in my

classroom were just like me.”

Anna Basic Literacy

student


40th ANNIVERSARY GALAThe Farmington Club, April 5, 2013

2013 Gala Task ForceRobert J. Fiondella, ChairGene EvansGiuliana MusilliLaura ThompsonLindsey FyfeYuletzi NiedbalaRachel WaitzmanShannon HoustonPenny Sigal

EVENT SPONSORSGold SponsorScott Schooley and Giuliana Musilli

Silver SponsorsAetna, Inc.Lincoln Financial GroupTravelersWealth Preservation Partners

Emerald SponsorComcast

Sapphire SponsorsAnonymousFradette Carlson AgencyNeale and Carol HaussPeople’s United Community FoundationReid & Riege, P.C.

PATRONSElizabeth AikenDebbie and Mike AlbertSteve AllaireWilliam and Martha AmanTheresa and Ricardo AnzalduaPaul and Jan AtkinsDirk and Bonnie AubePaul and Vivian BattersonDoug BeebeStuart and Bran BerniEdlyn BlitzerShirley BoronJohn and Kim BowenMark BriggsSusan BrilhartWendy and Dave BudaAlan and Cassandra ButlerJoseph and Lisa Calafiore

Courtney CampbellJane CapaldiPremier Accounting Group, LLCCaris CarrVito and Anne CatilloBrian and Denise ConnollyH2Z Design, LLCMelanie and Rich DinoBarbara DonahueCalvin and Roy Ann James EllerbeePeter and Gene EvansDavid FarrarSteve and Emmy FastDaniel and Joan FineRobert J. and Michele FiondellaErika FrankAnita FulcoLindsey FyfeMary-Jane GatelyDaniel and Bonnie GauthierRichard and Joan GentileJulio GonzalesPhil and Stephanie GrowickPaul and Victoria GuertinKeith HallalJonathan and Dorothy HatchJessica and Rob HealyDavid HendricksLisa HerreraJohn and Trish HessleinShannon Houston and James WenkertMarlene and Jim IbsenRosemary JacobJames and Mary Ellen JacobsNancy JacobsTina JeterChristopher and Gail JohnsonYalimar Pagan and Josh CamilloJeffrey and Llyn KaimowitzDavid Kline


Elizabeth LeeteJames and Carol LoomisPeggy LorenceMartha LottHelen McCarthyAmy McClutchyWilliam and Vicki MegofnaRob and Lynn MetzMaria MojicaLawrence and Carle MowellPeg NewtonYuletzi and Daniel NiedbalaSharon O’MearaMark and Dianne OrensteinGwendolyn PaigeDarryl ParsleyKathy Binkowski-Murray and Pat MurrayJanna PedersenChristopher RixonNed and Norma RoginJulia RosaDavid and Linda RothElizabeth K. RussellMark and Bethany RyanJen and Mike Sage-RobisonSarah Dudzic and Kinsley SandersScott Schooley and Giuliana MusilliPatricia A. ScullySean RourkeCengiz and Jennifer SearfossErol SearfossMichael and Charmaine SeavyLisa and Scott SegalBrian and Andrea SheldonPaula and Jonathan ShieldsBarbara Sicherman FundSteve and Penny SigalRobert and Sharon SmithSharon and Donald SteinleFern Barrasso and Steve JonesRoberta Swafford

Matthew TeterRebecca and Adam TonkinsonMartin and Dorine ToyenRon and Ruth Van WinkleDavid and Marcia WaitzmanFrank and Nancy WildtJohn and Christine WilliamsStephanie Woodlock

SILENT AUCTION DONORSElizabeth AikenA Little Something BakeryAmerican Gourmet GroupArthur Murray Dance Studio of GlastonburyAvery’s BeveragesAvon Old Farms HotelBarcelona Restaurant & Wine BarBob’s Discount FurnitureThe BushnellCabela’sCarbone’s KitchenChamard VineyardsChampagne & Strawberry Time, LLCCity Steam Brewery CafeConnecticut Science CenterContours Spa and WellnessThe Creative Source, LLCD & D MarketDiFiore PastaPeter and Gene EvansRobert J. and Michele FiondellaNanci FoxLindsey FyfeHall’s MarketThe HartfordHartford Denim Co.Hartford StageHartford Symphony OrchestraNeale and Carol HaussHeartMind Hypnosis

Gerry HyjekJapanaliaChristopher and Gail JohnsonSteve KemperLarge and Page CommunicationsMax Restaurant GroupThe Meat HouseMetacomet CrossFit and YogaEd Johnetta MillerNew Britain Museum of American ArtPeg NewtonOmar CoffeePepperidge FarmThe Perfect PromotionPilgrim Furniture CityPlayhouse on ParkSacred Rivers YogaSeasons RestaurantScott Schooley and Giuliana MusilliLisa SiembabSimsbury Therapeutic Massage & WellnessRoberta SwaffordTheaterWorksThomas Hooker Brewing CompanyLinda and Michael TomassoMary-Jane TraskaVictoria’s Beauty CenterWadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtWe Care Computers, LLCRaimie H. WeberJames WenkertWhole Foods Market of West HartfordWine Cellars 4

Event Photography Donated By:Matthew Lin, New Vibe Studios

This Annual Report documents donations, volunteers, and activities between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Please notify us of any accidental errors or omissions.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2012 - 2013 LVGH STAFFCarol “CJ” DeVido Hauss, Executive DirectorShannon Houston, Assistant DirectorMark Briggs, Program Development DirectorPaula Beninato, ESOL Program ManagerRose Howard, Basic Literacy Program ManagerMiriam Lopez, Administrative AssistantPenny Sigal, Community Engagement Specialist

Margie Arroyo, Program AssistantJared Chase, Program AssistantBeverne Cordner, Program AssistantKaronica Davidson, Program AssistantLinda Fellows, Program AssistantKathy Hoogewerff, Program AssistantNicole Jenkins, Program AssistantSara LeMaster, Program AssistantRebecca Murray, Program AssistantLaura Thompson, Program AssistantRachel Waitzman, Program AssistantD’Andra Whyte, Program Assistant

Asmaou Diallo, Student InternDiondra Clements, Student InternJosset Campos, CREC InternViet Nguyen, CREC InternSulin Park, Student Intern

Hartford Literacy Center30 Arbor StreetHartford, CT 06106Phone: (860) 233-3853Fax: (860) 236-1640

Wickham Literacy Center656 Burnside AvenueEast Hartford, CT 06108

Wintonbury Literacy Center1015 Blue Hills AvenueBloomfield, CT 06002

www.lvgh.org

Gene Evans Chair

Robert J. Fiondella Vice Chair

Christopher JohnsonTreasurer

Joan McCarthy GentileSecretary

Elizabeth Aiken

Giuliana Musilli

Peg Newton

Cengiz Searfoss

Andea Sheldon

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