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It’s About Life

2018-2019Community Impact Report

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In 2018, LifeAct launched the GeneratioNEXT initiative, an Endowment Fund that will provide a continuous source of financial support, serving generations to come. By pledging a gift, donors will have the lifesaving opportunity to help secure LifeAct’s future, allowing us to continue to educate teens well into the next generation.“Our organization is self-funded – school systems are not required to compensate us for our services, but they certainly relate to this important need and welcome our intervention,” states Bill Wortzman, Chairman of the LifeAct Endowment Committee.If you would like more information about the many ways you can support LifeAct, please contact Jack Binder by email at ExecDir@lifeact.org or by calling 216-464-3471.

$10,000 and UPAnne and John BeringerKristen and Joe BrownJennifer and Timothy Burke Kristi and Ken HornerKatherine and Steven HughesEdda and Terry Owen Kristin and Robert Tull

$5,000 - $9,999Mary Kay and Jack BinderJessica and Matt DolanJohn C. MorleyJill and William OateyJane and Biagio RussoMichelle and Hank Spain

$2,500 - $4,999Mary and Dan BerickAnn and Matt BradyJudith and William CasterThomas CirincioneMarilena DiSilvioPaulette and Frank FantozziSandhya GuptaJayne and Bill HaslerMargaret and James HopkinsPamela and Stephen KeefeJudith and James KewleyStephanie and Stuart MabeeMaureen and Steven MacIntyreCharlie RobinsonLori and John WheelerDeborah and Colin WilkinsonWilliam A. Wortzman

$1,000 - $2,499Cindy AndersonFran and Jules BelkinDenise and Edward BellKatie and Michael Bunker and FamilyMonica and Dan CasteleTom Castele and John WasiniakRuth and George ClemensSondra and Thomas CristalS. Stuart EilersJoseph FarkasAllison and Jon HansonJudith and Stephen KovachChar and Ray KuchtaMaggie LaymanJessica and Joe LeonardWendy and David LingafelterBethany and James LundquistDiane and Jack MalarikNick Nemeth Memorial FundJohn P. O’Brien, Sr.Susan and Michael O’ConnorRobin and Jon Outcalt, Jr.Jane and Richard Owens

Patty and Edward PentecostKristin and Bob PerkinsChristine RennerElaine and Peter RothKevin RuddockMargo and James WalkerPatricia WattLynda and Marlin Younker

$500 - $999Scot AdkinsTodd AmsdellAnnette and Thomas BaderLu and Doug BannermanGary D. BighamBob BrandonBarbie and Jim BreitenbachRoy BussWilliam ChampJoan ConradE.M. de Windt, Jr.John DyerBethany FriedlanderChelsie and Nick Froning Kathryn and Michael GarveyDulcey Barr and Brian GingerichDoris and Matt GobecFrances GoodmanMichelle and Paul HarrisThomas HeinenDeborah and Robert HermannJulie and John HertzerDana and David HollisterAnne and William HydeMichael KeresmanKathryn KippNorma and Harvey KotlerAaron KowaleskiHaydee LalliDavid LazorMrs. Kenneth E. Lowe, Sr.Joyce MacDowellSeth B. MarksNicole Visconsi MawbySusan and William McGrathKathleen and Timothy McNeillyLinda MellenChristina M. MoranMary Jo MorseMike MorseRobert MurchJoshua NathansonKaren and Matthew O’Hearn IIIRichard PogueBrian QuinnChristopher RodenoLisa and Al RomaniniDenise RondiniMichael H. RoseMary Jane SchirosGretchen Schuler

Holly TomaschJoseph WaltonDavid WildermuthAmy and Clark WulfDiane Zavell

GeneratioNEXT Endowment SupportersMary Kay and Jack BinderJudith and William CasterMargaret and James HopkinsKristi and Ken HornerMusca Family Charitable FundEdda and Terry OwenElaine and Peter RothThe Treadway Family Memorial Fund for LifeKristin and Robert TullDeborah and Colin WilkinsonWilliam Wortzman

BUSINESSESAbeona Therapeutics, Inc.AncoraAon Risk Services Northeast, Inc.Babcox Media IncBaker Hostetler, LLPBoyd & SonCarnegie Investment CounselCharles W. Flagg and Co., Inc.Cleveland Steel ToolCompass Advisory, LLCComplete Appliance Service, Inc.Concord Benefits Planning Agency, IncConrad’s Tire Express & Total Car CareCPI-HRDefensive Solutions CorpElk and ElkEnprotech Steel Services, LLCEnterprise HoldingsFairport Asset ManagementFederal Process CorporationFuzion SportsGIE MediaGlobal Atlantic Financial GroupGreat Lakes CheeseGreenleaf InvestmentsHartzell Propeller, Inc.Highland Consulting Associates, Inc.Highland Springs, LLCHuntington Private Financial GroupImpullitti LandscapingInfinity Construction Co.K & D Management, LLCKehoe & Associates, LLCKnuth Shoes, Inc.Lowe Chemical CompanyMacy Family Dentistry

MAI Capital Management, LLCMeister Media WorldwideNetwork For GoodNgageContentNicola Gudbranson & Cooper, LLCNovak InsuranceParker Hannifin CorporationPearne & Gordon, LLPPLIDCO Pipeline Development CompanyPRADCOPSIRNF ManagementRSM US, LLPSmythe Property Advisors, LLCSwiger Coil Systems, Inc.Syncshow InteractiveTap Packaging SolutionsTarolli Sundheim Covell & Tummino, LLPThe Cleveland Indians Baseball CompanyThe Davis Frayman Financial Group of Raymond JamesThe Thomas Brick CompanyTodd Associates, Inc.Top Gun SupplyTucker Ellis, LLPTungsten Capital Partners - Skidmore/WilhelmUBS Financial Services, Inc.United Healthcare Services, Inc.Van Cleef Asset ManagementWalmartWeinberg Capital GroupWestwinds Building CompanyWillo Wash

FOUNDATIONS100+ Women Who Care: Western ReserveAbington FoundationADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga CountyAnderson Family FoundationBanks Baldwin FoundationBerea Kiwanis ClubCastele Family FoundationCavaliers Youth FoundationChagrin Falls Eagle’s Auxiliary #2436Cleveland Clinic Lutheran HospitalCommunity West FoundationDJ FoundationEddie Miller Memorial FoundationEdward A. and Catherine L. Lozick FoundationElisabeth Severance Prentiss FoundationEva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation

Fedeli Family Charitable FoundationFred A. Lennon Charitable TrustGarson Family FoundationGeorge M. and Pamela S. Humphrey FundGlenbeighHarry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationHelen and Louis Stolier Family FoundationHigley FundHuron FoundationJohn and Sally Morley Charitable Fund/Cleveland FoundationKeybank FoundationLouise H. & David S. Ingalls FoundationMather Fund, Elizabeth Ring and William GwinnMatthews Children’s FoundationMcMaster Carr Supply CompanyMedina City School DistrictMilton and Tamar Maltz Family FoundationMusca Family Charitable FundNathanson Family Charitable FundNordson Corporation FoundationNorthrup II Fund TrustO’Neill Brothers FoundationReinberger FoundationRichard & Erica Hartman Horvitz FoundationRidgecliff FoundationS. K. Wellman FoundationSherwin Williams FoundationSisters Of Charity Health SystemSkulina Family FoundationSullivan Family FundTalty Charitable TrustThe Children’s GuildThe Lincoln Electric FoundationThe Treu-Mart FundThomas H. White FoundationUnited Way Of Greater ClevelandUnited Way Services of Geauge County Youth FundUnited Way of Greater Lorain CountyUnited Way of Summit CountyUniversity Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’sWells Fargo FoundationWill To Live Foundation, Inc.William E. & Juliana P. O’Neill Family FoundationWoodruff FoundationWuliger Family Philanthropic FundYoung Family Charitable Fund

FINANCIAL PROFILE 2018-2019

LifeAct Expenditures LifeAct Income

210 BELL STREET | CHAGRIN FALLS, OH 44022-2980 | (216) 464-3471 | WWW.LIFEACT.ORG 41741.

Pockets of Excellence

Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success

2018-2019 Lifesaving Society

Program Delivery 67%

Fund Development 21%

Administration 12%

Grant Income 62%

Annual Fund 37%

Public Funding 1%

GENERATIOYour Legacy • Our Mission • Their Future

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Commited to education and

change!LifeAct instructor Elaine Myers has spent a large part of her life in classrooms, including the 35 years she taught for the Berea City Schools. During this time, Elaine’s adult son tragically lost his battle

with depression. In the wake of this loss, Elaine enrolled in a course to better understand depression and suicide. “I heard that with an open mind and heart you often can find a gift in a tragedy. LifeAct has been my gift,” she remarks.

The summer after Elaine retired from teaching, she was invited to help organize LifeAct’s first Into the Light Walk. In the following years she became a co-chair for the event and still volunteers her time for the walk each year. During Elaine’s time on the walk committee, she was asked to temporarily fill in for one of LifeAct’s instructors who was out on maternity leave. Now, 15 years later, she is still one of LifeAct’s most dedicated instructors.

Currently, Elaine works with both middle and high school students throughout Northeast Ohio presenting LifeAct’s programs. The LifeAct curriculum allows instructors to provide resources and empower young people to get the help they may need for themselves or others who are struggling with mental health issues. “Each school, each classroom, each student takes what they need from the presentations. The data clearly shows that we are making a difference; students are getting help,” says Elaine.

There are also stories that don’t show up in the numbers. One took place a few years ago, Elaine recalls: “After class a group of students hung around. I spoke with them one by one. The last was a young lady who appeared quite shy. She timidly thanked me for coming to her school and stated that she never

knew her father had a brain illness.”

The student went on to explain to Elaine that her father had died by suicide when she was only four years old. “With a stray tear slowly slipping down her cheek, she explained that she thought he had been afraid that when she started school she would embarrass him. That she had let him down by not being as smart or pretty as the other kindergarteners. She was blaming herself for his death.

This young lady had carried those horrible thoughts in her heart for 12 years!” Elaine walked the young woman down to the guidance office, helping her to finally get the assistance she needed. Elaine returned to the school the next semester and checked in to see how the girl was doing: “The guidance counselor couldn’t say enough about what a difference LifeAct had made in this girl’s life!”, she says.

It’s because of dedicated, caring instructors like Elaine Myers that LifeAct’s programs are so impactful in students’ lives. Although Elaine and her family have been touched by suicide, she has chosen to dedicate her time to helping others struggling with these issues. “I’m very thankful to be part of the healing process.”

I heard that with an open mind and heart you often can find a gift in a tragedy. LifeAct has been my gift.

194SCHOOLS

1,270CLASSES

28,523STUDENTS

2,884STUDENTS ASKED FOR HELP

LifeAct’s Impact (2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR)

LifeAct Board of Directors

LifeAct’s Care Partners

Daniel G. Berick, Esq.Jennifer Treadway Burke, JD, MSWSandhya Gupta, Esq.Jim HopkinsPamela B. KeefeHarvey Kotler, CLUJudith KovachJessica Leonard, CPAJames LundquistSteven J. MacIntyreDiane O. Malarik, CPAChristina M. Moran, Ph.D.

Richard W. OwensPeter D. Roth, JDJohn D. Wheeler, Esq.Colin Wilkinson

FounderLyman H. (Tim) Treadway,of blessed memory

CEOJack Binder

Frank Fantozzi, CPA, PFS, ChairmanJohn L. Hertzer, MD, President

Marilena DiSilvio, Esq., Vice ChairLoree Vick, Vice Chair

William A. Wortzman, CPA, Esq., Vice ChairW. Robert Perkins IV, Treasurer

Thomas Cirincione, CFA, Assistant TreasurerJudith Caster, LISW-S, Secretary

Make a DifferenceLifeAct OFFERS its programs without charge to maximize its reach throughout Northeast Ohio and receives minimal government funding. Annual support from individuals, corporations, foundations and special events is critical to ensure that students receive LifeAct’s lifesaving programs.

Save the date for LifeAct’s events:

INTO THE LIGHT WALKApril 26, 2020Cleveland Metroparks Zoowww.lifeact.org/walk

LINKS FOR LIFEGOLF TOURNAMENTJune 22, 2020Kirtland Country Clubwww.lifeact.org/golf

LifeAct Spotlight

How did you become involved with LifeAct? Suicide has been a part of my life from a very young age. Suicide first touched my life in sixth grade when my classmate died by suicide. It shook

our entire school and small community, leaving a mark that has stayed with me over the years. Then, in 2012, my uncle also died by suicide. His death brought back many of the feelings and thoughts I had as a young child about depression, mental illness, and suicide, and I felt a strong desire to turn those feelings into action. So, the following year, through the Business Volunteers Unlimited Board Placement Program, my interest in aligning myself with this cause brought me to LifeAct.

What does LifeAct and its mission mean to you? For me, LifeAct is about HOPE. By addressing the challenges of depression and mental illness openly and proactively, we can, as a community of friends, teachers, classmates, and family members, provide hope to individuals who are suffering and their families and friends who love them. We can not only save young people from suicide, but also improve their quality of life through referrals for appropriate treatment of depression and mental illness. I truly believe that LifeAct’s program could have been life-saving for my childhood classmate. I also believe that if my uncle’s depression had been addressed earlier in life through a program like LifeAct’s, he may also still be with us today. That gives me hope that our action can save people, one life at a time.

LifeAct’s Mission is to prevent teen suicide by educating youth to recognize depression and the warning signs of suicide and access help for themselves and/or their peers.

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24th Annual Links for Life Golf Tournament

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15th Annual Into the Light WalkTeam “Choose Life” at the 15th Annual Into the Light Walk