The Vista School®The Vista FoundationVista Adult Services®
2016-17 Annual Report of Gifts
Anniversary ReportCOMMUNITY COUNTS!
The Vista School/Vista Foundation Board of Directors
David R. Fine, President
Michael J. Murray, M.D., Secretary
Katrina Young, Treasurer
Richard S. Kocher
Thomas W. McCormick
Anthony Worrall
Corporate Officers
Michael G. Jarman, Chief Strategic Officer
and General Counsel
Pamela A. Raffensberger, Chief Financial Officer
Kirsten Yurich, MA, BCBA, LBS, Chief Clinical Officer
Mission
To advance and innovate, to improve lives,
and to inspire hope for individuals with autism
and their families.
Vision
To become obsolete in the lives of those
we serve.
We do Autism Services RIGHT through:
Excellence
Dependability
Consistency
Teamwork
Dignity
Message from the School/Foundation Board PresidentWhen The Vista School first opened its doors in February 2002, we welcomed four students to a small
building in Hershey, Pennsylvania, that could fairly be called modest. From the beginning, the parents and
professionals who started Vista had a strong set of core beliefs: that through teamwork, consistency, and
excellence, we could improve the lives of persons with autism in meaningful ways; that persons with
autism are important, capable, and worthy of respect; and that the families of persons with autism should
be supported.
As you can see from the information in this report, Vista has grown in these first 15 years and now provides
services and supports to hundreds of children and adults through programs offered in a variety of settings
and focused on almost every stage in our participants’ lives. While Vista is far larger and more diverse in
its services than it was in those early days, it holds firm to those same core beliefs – and we’ve seen them
validated time and again in the children, adults, and families we serve.
There’s something else that hasn’t changed. When we started Vista, we saw it as a community project, and
we reached out to people and businesses in Central Pennsylvania and beyond for help. We’ve been thrilled
and humbled by the wonderful ways in which our requests for help have been answered. At the end of this
report, you’ll see a list of many of our financial contributors, and we are as always grateful to them. They fuel
our mission, and their support sends a powerful message that our participants are important and welcome
members of our community.
Thank you for your support of the Vista mission, and we look forward to sharing our future with you.
David R. FinePresident, The Vista School/Vista Foundation Board of Directors
We do Autism Services RIGHT through:
Excellence
Dependability
Consistency
Teamwork
Dignity
V ista’s first Local Education Agency Partnership (LEAP) classroom opened this
past school year at Conewago Elementary School in the Lower Dauphin
School District. Five students are in the LEAP classroom this school year. To
our knowledge, this may be the first intensive, private, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
program in a public school setting. All classroom staff members are trained Vista
employees and follow The Vista School’s learning model.
We believe this embedded approach to the delivery of autism services is the wave of the future!
Vista takes
LEAP into new classroom model
Accelerated Career and Community Experiences (ACCE),
a new Vista School program, kicked off this school year.
Intended as a bridge from school to adult life, ACCE is
housed in a Vista high school classroom equipped with
kitchenette and workspaces to serve as a hub or home base.
Students may begin or end their day in the hub. Otherwise,
they spend the majority of their day in the community
engaged in activities that likely will occupy their adult
time – volunteer work, employment, shopping, dining at
restaurants, and social, recreational, and fitness opportunities.
High school students ‘ACCE’ transition to adulthood
“The community IS the classroom for our students in the ACCE Program.” - Lisa Pellman, transition coordinator
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The Vista School puts students to work Everyone has unique interests, talents, and abilities. From an early age, children with autism at The Vista School learn to
communicate who they are, and Vista’s team of specialists, hand in hand with parents, begin to formulate strategies for how
that individual might someday contribute meaningfully to their communities. By the time Vista School students are in high
school, they’re beginning to work in their first paid positions and gaining valuable life experiences.
• At Good Burrito in Elizabethtown, AK runs through
movie scripts as he vacuums the floor, wipes tables, and
squeegees windows.
• ED, a gregarious young man, whose wide-ranging
interests include storms, ghosts, pirates, fishing, and
hunting, is a valued team member at Myers-Harner
Funeral Home in Camp Hill. He also works two days a
week at the Palmyra Dairy Queen, where he has a natural
affinity with the manager, a trophy fisherman who has a
mounted shark in his office.
• RD works at Fitness4Focus in two locations. He cleans
both the Hershey and Mechanicsburg locations,
including mopping floors, wiping down all gym
equipment, and cleaning windows.
• JS works at Hersheypark in the games department. He
travels around the park and cleans the arcades (mostly
machines) as well as helps to clean other freestanding
games throughout the park.
• MK, an August graduate of The Vista School, works at
Haller Enterprises, where he enters data on trucks sent
out to do repairs. He likes the uniform – steel-toe boots
and a Haller shirt – and his nameplate. A second job,
working seasonally at the Hershey Country Club, fulfills
his desire to drive. He operates the range picker, a golf
cart used to pick up golf balls on the course. Staff put
a speedometer app on his phone, because he was
driving the cart a bit too fast. Got to love the
enthusiasm, though!
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K-12 scholarships provide Outreach servicesVista Outreach Services supports students with autism and
their teachers and other professionals in their home school
districts and other private schools. This past year, Outreach
expanded its services to schools in the Harrisburg Diocese
by providing direct services to students in small groups
or individual sessions. “The work we’re doing in Catholic
schools is improving lives,” said Kendra Peacock, director
of Vista Outreach Services. “The only way we can provide
these services is because of businesses that select us for their
Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) contributions.”
These businesses include Demme Learning, Orrstown Bank,
Phillips Facilities Management Group, Select Specialty Hospital
– Pittsburgh/UPMC, Inc., The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, and
UGI Utilities, Inc.
Pre-K scholarship recipients get boostLooking at their 3-year-old son with autism, BG’s parents see a world of possibility. They see a child who, if given intense
instruction and structure, can be successful and high functioning on the autism spectrum. “He is high spirited, stubborn,
energetic, and curious,” said his mom. “One day, we will call these leadership qualities.” But right now, BG needs the holistic,
intense approach to treatment that he is receiving at The Vista School, thanks to an Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC)
Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship. Businesses supporting the Pre-K program include Ad-Tech CCI, Inc., Capital BlueCross, Oak Tree
Development Group, LLC, Rutter’s, Select Medical, The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, and Troegs.
Vista opens new chapter in history with EI program Extending Vista’s model to the youngest children with autism
has been a long-time strategic goal. This fall, Early Intervention
(EI) became a reality. Seven toddlers and preschoolers are
enrolled in the first EI cohort and attending sessions on Vista’s
Springboard Campus. Plans are underway to expand EI offsite
and to accommodate up to 24 children newly diagnosed
with autism.
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Through a process known as “supported employment,”
Vista’s adult employment team learns as much as possible
about customers while at the same time touring businesses
in search of a good fit. As in all things Vista, teamwork across
organizations is essential to success. Career developers
interview teachers and brainstorm ideas with the individual’s
life skills instructor, behavior consultant, and other
team members.
“Everyone has their own style,” Lindsey Panassow, a VASO
career developer, explains. With contacts and networking,
“things begin to click.” Before long, an ongoing, mutually
beneficial relationship develops.
‘Things begin to click’ in adult employment services
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VASO Board of Directors
Andrew J. Ward, President
Adeolu A. Bakare, Secretary
Michael G. Jarman
Keith Sunderman
Brandon Yorty
Message from the Board PresidentThank you for your generous support of adults with autism during the past
fiscal year. Because of you, the adults we serve are learning skills, working for
competitive wages, and living on their own as much as possible. The future
is bright for them and their families. We truly appreciate your belief in the
potential of adults with autism to contribute meaningfully to our society.
Vista Adult Services Organization (VASO)
Andrew J. WardPresident, Vista Adult Services Organization
PP and CN are former Vista schoolmates who worked
together at Hersheypark this past summer. Both picked up
trash, but each had a customized set of accommodations
to meet his unique needs. PP could not wear his uniform
on the way to work. CN arrived in his work clothes, but he
was wearing the colors, not the actual uniform. For PP,
the nametag was no problem; CN didn’t like it. PP bends
down to pick up trash; CN uses a picker. PP is easygoing
with others; CN prefers to work alone. No matter their
unique requirements, Hersheypark is able to
accommodate them.
“Hersheypark is flexible. If they [adult customers] want to work a longer shift, if they’re motivated, they’re allowed to work as long as they can. They keep trying to help them work to their potential.” - Lindsey Panassow, VASO career developer
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VASO Board of Directors
Andrew J. Ward, President
Adeolu A. Bakare, Secretary
Michael G. Jarman
Keith Sunderman
Brandon Yorty
Visionaries - $50,000 and aboveEdith L. Trees Charitable TrustThe Donald B. & Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation
Stars - $25,000 to $49,999Capital BlueCross
Lawrence L. and Julia Z. Hoverter Charitable
Foundation
Rutter’s
Select Medical
The Anne M. and Phillip H. Glatfelter, III
Family Foundation
Sustainers - $5,000 to $24,999Ad-Tech CCI, Inc.
Friendship Fire Company
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts®
John Crain Kunkel Foundation
Josiah W. & Bessie H. Kline Foundation, Inc.
Oak Tree Development Group, LLC
Orrstown Bank
Rite Aid
The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
The Franklin H. and Ruth L. Wells
Foundation
The Hershey Company
The S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock
Foundation
UGI Utilities, Inc.
William R. & Esther Richmond Foundation
through The PNC Charitable Trust Grant
Review Committee
Achievers - $1,000 to $4,999Bernard Donohue
Enck Family
Beth, David and Kenny Fine
Philip and Sharon Fullerton
The Gherardi and Lamthi Families
Michael and Deirdre Jarman
Michael Kapp
Christine Murray
Shelley Odenthal
G. David Smith
The Suminski Family
Randy and Jennifer Varner
Andrew and Dorothy Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Worrall
AmeriHealth Caritas Services LLC
Armstrong Flooring Foundation
B.R. Kreider & Son Inc.
Dauphin County Community Fund
Demme Learning
Fulton Bank
HB McClure
Highmark Blue Shield
John E. Fullerton, Inc.
McQuaide Blasko Attorneys at Law
Members 1st Federal Credit Union
NRG Controls, Inc.
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center
Phillips Facilities Management Group
Pinnacle Health System
Sheetz
TE Connectivity
The Hall Foundation
The Mechanicsburg Club
The Mill in Hershey
Troegs Brewing Company
Supporters - $1 to $999Dr. Gregory Allen
Julieanne Ametrano
Anonymous (9)
Carl Arnold and Nanci Baker
Adeolu A. Bakare
Walter and Patricia Baker
Magda Baligh
Noel Bartlett
Marie Bartone
Jeffrey van Bastelaar
Vincent and Phyllis Bentz
Greg, Katie, Joshua and Audrey Bernstein
Brian Bohner
Charles Bonanno
Dennis Bonetti
Paul and Lou Ann Boose
Beverly and Joel Boyer
Thomas Brandt
Stephen and Doris Briggs
Edward and Harriette Bright
Theodore L. Brubaker
Joel Campbell
Kristen and J. Duncan Campbell III
Susan and Bill Campbell
Don and Judy Carraghan
Family and friends of Christian Carraghan
Anthony J. Cavanna
Rebecca Chernich
Candis Chubb
Jeremy and Sherry Christian
Donald R. Clouser
Caron Colden
Eldad Coppens
Laura Corkle
Alma Cullen
Emily Curtin
Barbara Darkes & Kathleen Mish
Joseph D’Amico
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Deflitch
Andrea DeVelin
Vivian M. Deluca
Robert Dobies
Walter and Karen Earl
Dr. Richard Edley and Rita Edley
Gail Frankhouser
Robert and Janet Frazier
Margaret Fiellin and Margarita Samalot
Paul and Karen Fine
Erica Fisher
Sandra and Terry Fisher
Tomas Fredlund
Mrs. Kathleen S. Fulton
Joanne Garn
Shaun and Mary Beth Gatchell
Renee Gergic
James and Karen Gingrich
Ruth D. Guenther
Greg and Valerie Gunn
Brian and Joan Hartle
George and Liliya Hartman
Michael and Arlene Hartz
Ben Heckman
Jill Henry
Ryan Hills
Sue and Tim Hipple
Kristopher and Becky Huhn
Naomi and Burk Hulst
Betty Hungerford
Keri Kephart
Mary Kepp
Alexis and David Kern
Marialise and Keith Kerns
Lori and Michael Klein
Richard and Donna Kleinsmith
Arie and Nancy Krayo
Mark and Maria Kresho
Donald Kretzing
Lisa and Robert Kronmuller
Judith P. Kurtz
Allison and Mike Leavitt
Matthew Lebo
The Lekites Family
Patricia and Edward Lentz
Vincent and Cindy Lewis
Margaret Loiacono
Kurt and Rebecca Luckemeyer
Charles Maletestinic
Thomas Manbeck
Andrew and Janice Mansur
Delphine Marquette
Dorothy K. Marquette
Raymond Marshall
John and Jody Mateyak
Abby Mazzoni and family
Thomas and Mary McCormick
Raymond and Sonia McGowan
Patty McGuire
Steven and Maryann Montgomery
Nevin Moore
Donajoy and Benjamin Mosser III
Larry Moyer
Anson Murphy
Dennis and Judith Murray
Dr. Michael J. Murray and Angela Murray
Christopher and Emily Naftzger
Sylvia Newcomer
Joanne E. Nicholson
Michael and Donna O’Keefe
Mrs. Diane O’Rourke and Mr. Brent Bankus
Chris Pappas
Aaron Peiffer Jr.
Josh Percherke
Cody Peters
Donald & Betsy Pierce
Sherrell Pippen
Daniel and Christine Poplaski and family
J. Philip and Carolyn Preston
Robert H. and Linda Preston
Pamela Raffensberger
John and Susan Rawlings
Cristine Reese
Cindy and Bill Reilly
Charles and Lois Reinert
Dawn and George Reinoehl
Lauren Rhodes
Estelle Richman
Christen Rinaldi
Elizabeth B. Rothermel
Violet Rush
Barbara and George Samalot
Jessica Sattazahn
Rebecca and Dennis Schmidt
Teresa Schmittberger
Jennifer Schwartz
Joseph and Mary Alyce Semuta
Wayne and Jackie Shank
Matt Sheaffer
Robert and Jane Shifflet
Leslie and Greg Simendinger
Sam and Deb Smith
William Snyder
Betty M. Spannuth
Jack R. and Beverly Stodghill
Ron and Carol Stoneroad
Barbara and Thomas Sturgis
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On behalf of everyone at Vista, THANK YOU for your support in 2016-17. We appreciate you!
2016-17 Tribute GiftsGifts to Vista can provide an enduring tribute to loved ones and friends. Thank you
to the following donors for their gifts “in honor of” and “in memory of” in the
2016-17 fiscal year:
IN HONOR OF
Dr. Glen S. BartlettNoel S. Bartlett
Donald J. BolgerStephen and Doris Briggs
Robert Dobies
Michael BrandtRenee Gergic
Christian CarraghanFamily and friends of Christian Carraghan
Kenneth FineMrs. Kathleen S. Fulton
Michael G. JarmanEldad Coppens
Richard and Bonnie Stevenson
The Jarman FamilyDr. Gregory Allen
Melrose HouseFamily and friends of Christian Carraghan
Brennan MurrayChristine Murray
John NaftzgerJohn and Susan Rawlings
Cindy RobinsonJack R. and Beverly Stodghill
Linda ScottMr. and Mrs. J. Duncan Campbell III
Kyle SecrestEsther D. Swab
Paul StodghillJack R. and Beverly Stodghill
Sue, Keith, Hayley, and Natalie SundermanPatty McGuire
Traci VanattaLaura Corkle
Lacey and Lucas WorrallBetty Hungerford
IN MEMORY OF
Jeffrey AugustineSusan and Bill Campbell
Donald J. BolgerWalter and Patricia Baker
Anthony J. Cavanna
Raymond and Sonia McGowan
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Phyllis A. CadeMary Kepp
Margaret Loiacono
Sherrell Pippen
Tri-Community Elementary School
Brenda and David Wech
Wilfred H. CoopeyGreg and Valerie Gunn
Patrick DouglassMarie Bartone
Joanne Garn
Benjamin GingrichJulieanne Ametrano
Vincent and Phyllis Bentz
Greg, Katie, Joshua and Audrey Bernstein
Dennis Bonetti
Paul and Lou Ann Boose
Edward and Harriette Bright
Donald R. Clouser
Joseph D’Amico
Walter and Karen Earl
Margaret Fiellin and Margarita Samalot
The Gherardi and Lamthi Families
James and Karen Gingrich
Ruth D. Guenther
Hairacy Etc.
Brian and Joan Hartle
Sue and Tim Hipple
Kristopher and Becky Huhn
INCH Memorials
The Lekites Family
Keri Kephart
Marialise and Keith Kerns
Arie and Nancy Krayo
Mark and Maria Kresho
Judith P. Kurtz
Vincent and Cindy Lewis
Kurt and Rebecca Luckemeyer
Raymond Marshall
Delphine Marquette
Dorothy K. Marquette
Abby Mazzoni and family
Miles Supply, Inc.
Shelley Odenthal
Donajoy and Benjamin Mosser III
Joanne E. Nicholson
Aaron Peiffer Jr.
Pesavento Monuments, Inc.
Donald & Betsy Pierce
Barbara and George Samalot
Rebecca and Dennis Schmidt
Joseph and Mary Alyce Semuta
Wayne and Jackie Shank
Leslie and Greg Simendinger
Sam and Deb Smith
Sharon Suchan
Kerry Sullivan
Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc.
Chloe White and family
Frances Wolfgang and Hilda Hoke
Fred and Mary Wright
Sherwood and Margaret KendallSuzanne Strubhar
Daryl “DJ” KentRon and Carol Stoneroad
Anna KirkDonald & Betsy Pierce
Wayne SchlouchBeverly and Joel Boyer
Erica Fisher
Sandra and Terry Fisher
Michael and Arlene Hartz
Ryan Hills
Richard and Donna Kleinsmith
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Patricia and Edward Lentz
Nevin Moore
J. Philip and Carolyn Preston
Robert and Linda Preston
Reading Box Company
Charles and Lois Reinert
Dawn and George Reinoehl
Elizabeth B. Rothermel
Betty M. Spannuth
Barbara and Thomas Sturgis
Ruth H. Sweitzer and Robert M. Heist
Edward and Linda Zerbe
Sharon Suchan
Jon Sullivan
Kerry Sullivan
Keith and Sue Sunderman
Richard and Bonnie Stevenson
Suzanne Strubhar
Esther D. Swab
Ruth H. Sweitzer and Robert M. Heist
Alissa Totten
Elizabeth A. Tout
Chad Turns
Rosalba Ugliuzza
Patricia Verdon
Chanh Vuong and Jessica Pham
Brenda Waardenburg
Christopher Weary
Brenda and David Wech
Linda and Peter Whipple
Chloe White and family
MaryLou and Cory Winters
Kathleen Witwer
Frances Wolfgang and Hilda Hoke
Fred and Mary Wright
Brandon and Suzy Yorty
Katrina and Michael Young
Kirsten and Steve Yurich
Edward and Linda Zerbe
Thomas and Julie Zinn
Centric Bank
David Miller/Associates Inc.
Drayer Physical Therapy Institute
ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC
Hairacy Etc.
Heck Construction Co. Inc.
INCH Memorials
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Lezzer Lumber
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Miles Supply, Inc.
Network for Good
PerformCare
Pesavento Monuments, Inc.
Reading Box Company
Rettew Associates Inc.
RGS Associates Inc.
Richard F. Mula Architects, LLC
Seneca Foods Foundation
Soccer Shots
State Farm Companies Foundation
Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc.
Treysta Technology Management
Tri-Community Elementary School
Wohlsen Construction
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Vista today: By the numbers
17 students and adults are employed, several with multiple part-time jobs, at more than a dozen companies.
317 Vista employees support children and adults with autism.
98 students attend The Vista School’s Springboard Campus from 34 school districts in 8 counties.
6 students attend a Vista classroom in the Lower Dauphin School District.
7 adults live in 4 licensed group homes. (One additional adult receives support to remain in his family’s home.)
7 children are enrolled in Early Intervention.
8 students in 2 private schools receive outreach services.
30 adults use Vista’s training and employment services. Three school districts (Palmyra, Central Dauphin, and Carlisle) contract for employment services.
130 students in 7 school districts receive outreach services within their home schools.
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2016-17 Budget SummaryIn 2015-16, The Vista Foundation invested almost $1 million to provide housing to the most vulnerable adults with autism
we serve. Thanks in large part to the overwhelming generosity of donors in our community and beyond, we were able to
offset the one-time facility improvement costs we incurred to expand into residential services. While reimbursement from
state and private health insurers covers most direct and nominal indirect costs, we continue to rely on charitable gifts and
grants to fill service gaps, improve facilities, and invest in development of new programs to benefit children and adults
with autism in Central Pennsylvania.
SOURCES OF REVENUE
Classroom behavior support reimbursement:
$6,719,356
Tuition:
$5,551,531
Outreach Services* reimbursement:
$509,029
Vista Adult Services reimbursement:
$4,162,560
Charitable support:
$505,500
Other services:
$221,764
*Outreach Services provide support to students in their home schools.
38%
31%
3%
24%
1%3%
SOURCES OF REVENUE Classroom behavior supportreimbursement: $6,719,356
Tuition: $5,551,531
Outreach Services*reimbursement: $509,029
Vista Adult Servicesreimbursement: $4,162,468
Miscellaneous income:$221,856
Charitable support: $505,500
EXPENSES BY PROGRAM
Classroom behavior support:
$7,630,646
Education:
$5,744,548
Vista Adult Services Organization:
$4,264,546
ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES
Program services:
$12,239,362
Administration:
$1,829,724
Indirect expenses:
$2,758,671
Fundraising:
$121,554
72%
11%
1%
16%
ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES
Program services:$12,239,362
Administration:$1,829,724
Fundraising: $121,554
Indirect expenses:$2,758,671
43%
33%
24%
EXPENSES BY PROGRAM
Classroom behaviorsupport: $7,630,646
Education: $5,744,548
Vista Adult ServicesOrganization: $4,264,546
To invest in Vista and to improve the lives of children, adults, and families living with autism in Central Pennsylvania, please contact:Linda Whipple,Development Director717-583-5102 x2023 or [email protected]
Thank you!
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