FriendshipSPRING 2016

Count on Us: You’ve Got a Friend Annual Report 2015

Find the latest LBFE news and events on page 24 ANNUAL REPORT 2015

The musical Beautiful has been a Our work is important, day after day. But it seemed popular draw in Chicago to celebrate the even more vital this past year with so much turmoil music of famed singer and songwriter around us. From high crime to crumbling finances, Carole King. our city has been struggling. Our country is in the midst of a contentious presidential campaign, and We all have our favorites from Carole’s many the world is anxious about, well, everything. albums, but there’s one song we think could be the Little Brothers’ anthem: “You’ve Got a Friend.” For elders living on their own, all this surrounds them, along with the more immediate challenges Count on us. “All you have to do is call and I’ll be of aging. Where do they turn for a safe haven? We there. You’ve got a friend.” For every one of our make sure it’s us. When so many nonprofits are 1,178 seniors, Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly struggling, cutting back, and closing, we are proud, can say (if not sing) these words. Even better, we as well as grateful, to be doing our work and making can assure each elder that your friends from LBFE a difference. will call, visit, and care about you, and be with you until the end of your days. Where do elders turn for a safe Year after year, we make and cherish friendships haven? We make sure it’s us. with our elders through personalized attention and a special core of programs and events. With the Making it work. Thanks to the goodwill of everyday help of 1,357 volunteers, a dedicated staff, and Chicagoans who volunteer and support us, we can loyal donors, we fulfill our mission. Count on us keep our promise to be there for every elder we to replace the isolation and loneliness of seniors serve. And because we take our work seriously, we throughout Chicago and in Northwest Indiana with regularly evaluate and assess our programs and our concern, caring, and friendship—along with services to ensure that we are being good stewards outstanding holiday parties, memorable summer of our resources and talents. vacations and outings, and generous gifts and food bags to delight and nourish our old friends. We also depend on, and benefit from, some unique help. On this page, and throughout this issue, we will introduce you to our volunteer Program Life Back Then Assistants. Known as PAs, this year’s 12 PA FriendshipSPRING 2016 volunteers are so important to what we do. They “I work mostly in Bronzeville, and the make a one-year, full-time commitment to LBFE elders who were born there have a strong connection to their neighborhood. I love to serve our elders in friendship and celebration to listen to their stories because it gives of life. The PAs take the elders on outings; they me the chance to imagine what life was visit the homebound. They work closely with Count on Us:Annual You’ve Report 2015Got a Friend like back then.” our staff as they discover the real joys—and Find the latest LBFE news and events on page 24 Tim Moss, challenges—of aging that face older adults. Take a Volunteer Program Assistant Hometown: Munich, Germany moment to read their insights about elder wisdom MA, Cultural Anthropology, LMU Munich and valued friendships.

Friendship is published by Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter, at 312.455.1000. Produced by Mary Nowesnick, MNMarketing Chicago, and Patty O’Friel Design. Jewanna Carter, Writer, Development. Photo credits for this issue include: LBFE staff and volunteers. Spanish version translation donated by volunteer Graciella Napoles. 1 2015 Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Board of Directors

ROBIN TILLOTSON Leadership matters. Across our spectrum of support, we acknowledge Chair of the Board our Board of Directors. Representing various careers, these professionals Regional Director The Department of Family Support share their talents generously to help steer this organization. Mission- Services - Senior Services driven, they put special emphasis this past year on becoming even more Southeast (Atlas) Regional Center aligned with the work of LBFE. PHIL MENZEL During the 2015 Board retreat, each Director was partnered with an elder Vice Chair of the Board for one-on-one visits and other experiences in order to deepen their Vice President, Retail Services understanding of our mission and everyday work. Talent & Human Capital Services Sears Holdings Management Corporation The Board has since continued their hands-on participation, giving us BILL HASSETT leaders who insist on going beyond balance sheets and strategic plans Chair Elect of the Board to honor what is at the heart of what we do. CPA, RSM US LLP We are committed to growing our leadership, and welcome your interest MARILYN HENNESSY in joining the Board or serving on a committee to assist us in ensuring a Treasurer of the Board strong future for LBFE. Retired, President The Retirement Research Foundation In this Annual Report, fiscal year 2015 financials reflect some hard realities with sharp declines in investment returns, bequest income, and MICHAEL MELINGER Secretary of the Board (2016) total revenue. Strengthening our balance sheet is a top priority as we Home Instead Senior Care move ahead. TOM BEHRENS Your continued generosity in support of our elders is deeply appreciated, Retired, Founder and CEO and we are proud to salute our many donors, starting on page 7. Friends, The Night Ministry sings Carole King, will “brighten up even your darkest night.” For every KATHLEEN BOYLAN LBFE elder, know that you do this, and so much more. Senior Vice President, Public Relations Public Communications Inc. SUSAN CIUCCI Financial Consultant PEB Financial Group NICHOLAS DELGADO* Robin Tillotson Simone Mitchell-Peterson Principal, Chief Wealth Officer Chair of the Board Chief Executive Officer Dignitas ROSA PEREZ Human Resource Consultant CAROL WAUGH Secretary of the Board (2015) Retired, Registered Nurse

* FY2015 Board Member

1 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 2 2015 In Review

LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS GIVING The generosity of our OF THE ELDERLY served 1,178 individual, foundation, and Special Attention Chicago elders in FY2015. corporate donors enables us to “LBFE does a continue our mission to bring We are proud to provide quality beautiful job serving friendship to Chicago’s lonely and our elders, but one programming throughout our city, isolated elderly. In FY2015, Little of my favorites is reaching elders in every Chicago Brothers - Friends of the Elderly the special attention neighborhood as well as in received $2,087,813 in monetary we take to ensure our elders aren’t Northwest Indiana. We welcomed and in-kind donations. 143 elders, a testament to the alone on the holidays. The elders also HOLIDAYS Thanksgiving and have shown me that we can develop strength of our referral program and true friendships, despite being from recruitment parties. Christmas celebrations were different generations.” attended by 627 elders while 336 The average age of our elders is elders attended the Fête d’Armand Lauren Barr 82 and 38% rely on a walker or Volunteer Program Assistant Marquiset in April—a record for an Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida wheelchair to get around; 80% LBFE party. Homebound elders also of our elders are women and Biomedical Sciences and Spanish received home-delivered meals and Major, Auburn University 20% are men. visits on Christmas, Thanksgiving, Our elders reflect the ethnic and Easter. The Holiday Gift diversity of Chicago: 45% are Program for our elders was a African American, 34% are success, with 931 elders receiving HOMEBOUND VISITS Elders who Caucasian, 20% identify as wrapped gifts, all contributed by are unable to leave their homes stay Hispanic, and 1% is Asian or generous individual and corporate connected with us through special other races. donors. homebound visits. Our volunteers and staff made226 house calls to VOLUNTEERING This year, our VACATION PROGRAMS Audrey’s alleviate loneliness for elders who dedicated 1,357 volunteers gave House, our vacation home and have major physical or emotional 32,741 hours to serving our elders. program center in Batavia, Illinois, challenges that prevent them from Our bi-monthly orientations were welcomed 139 elders over the leaving their homes. These visits well-attended, allowing us to train summer during 13 four-day vacation also give us a chance to deliver 298 new volunteers. In addition to outings, while an additional 142 special gifts that are helpful to the 201 new volunteers who were elders enjoyed an overnight stay or elders living in isolation. placed, 600 participated as part of spent the day at Audrey’s House. a volunteer group or service activity. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE We want CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE our elders to remain independent Whether new to LBFE or of service Celebrating life and friendship is a for as long as possible. Our to our elders for decades, our year-round activity. We celebrated programs provide important caring and committed volunteers the birthdays of our elders once support, including the delivery of are vital to our ability to make a month, and united elders in monthly food bags, paired with a positive impact on lonely and neighboring communities at themed direct services provided by an on- isolated elders. family reunions. We continued to staff social worker and other staff. help elders boost their computer We delivered 1,057 food bags to VISITING Elders look forward skills three times per week at the to a friendly check-in or phone help nourish elders who also may Lloyd Walding Brain Fitness Center. be facing difficulties due to poor calls from a volunteer. This year, We also hosted elders at weekly volunteers and staff showed they health or limited finances. On coffee clubs, monthly movie 156 occasions, we also made cared through 9,518 phone calls clubs, and monthly sessions of and visits to elders. direct service contacts with an Creative Café. elder in need.

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32,741 hours of service to our elders by 1,357 volunteers.

143 elders joined Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly 9,518 personal visits and calls of reassurance 389 were made to elders elders participated in summer vacation experiences, including 281 elders who enjoyed a vacation week, overnight, or day visit at Audrey’s House 3,16 4 336 instances when elders attended the 1,0 5 7 elders participated in Fête d’Armand Marquiset, Celebrations of Life the highest-ever attendance (includes luncheons, for an LBFE holiday party food bags birthday parties, delivered family reunions, 1,62 6 and outings) holiday experiences for 226 elders at a party or through home-delivered meals and visits special homebound visits with gifts 931 elders received personalized 156 holiday gifts

direct service contacts with elders in need

3 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 4 NORTHWEST INDIANA The In FY2015, Little Brothers reached Necessary for Life expansion of Little Brothers out to 14 schools, made 615 - Friends of the Elderly into student and 188 elder contacts, “From visiting my elders on the Northwest Side, I Merrillville, Indiana, continues to and participated in or hosted see that companionship grow. In FY2015, we recruited 19 intergenerational events. is truly necessary. 15 new volunteers and 24 new ELDERS GIVING BACK The spirit Everyone needs people seniors—more than doubling last of volunteerism is strong among to accompany them year’s participation. Northwest through life, and our our elders and many are eager to Indiana also hosts programs relationships with the elders are part of give back to the community that throughout the year, enabling Little what makes life worth living.” has helped them. In FY2015, Brothers to serve elders in new Liz Engle, 17 LBFE elders served on the communities. Volunteer Program Assistant Civic Engagement Committee to Hometown: Mount Vernon, Ohio INTERGENERATIONAL organize service opportunities such Classics Major, Davidson College PROGRAM Little Brothers brings as hosting a bingo event for elders together elders and young people in a nursing home. to provide opportunities to give LASTING SUPPORT Building back and learn from one another. lifelong friendship with elders is Students gain new perspectives, always our priority. When an elder while elders can share their views passes away, we celebrate their and experiences on a variety of lives and remember them as a topics. For instance, a group of part of our community of friends. eighth graders held a bake sale to This past year, with your help, we raise funds for LBFE. They then accompanied 99 elders to the end attended a coffee club at LBFE, of their lives (see In Memoriam, where they gave gift bags to the page 25). elders and presented their donation for LBFE programs to CEO Simone Mitchell-Peterson.

Elders joined with volunteers and staff to enjoy Christmas 2015 celebrations.

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Revenue 10/01/14 – 09/30/15 Individual Contributions $ 865,495 Planned Gifts 93,707 72% Programs Grants from Corporations & Foundations 256,600

Restricted Grants/Individual Contributions 135,519 12% 16% Management Other Revenue 39,991 & General Donated Goods 84,420 Development & Public Relations Interest & Dividends 407,640 Special Events & Projects 14,430 Net: Investment Gains (Losses) (848,997) Net Operating Revenue $1,048,805 Bequest Income $1,597,651 Total Revenue* $1,646,456

Expenses Visiting the Elderly $1,399,046 Direct Service 329,444 Holiday & Social Activities 758,164 Vacation & Summer Programs 217,864 Total Programs/Activities $2,704,518

Development & Public Relations 618,674 Management & General 437,753 Total Expenses $3,760,945 Net Excess (Deficiency) $(2,114,489)

*Contributed support is $2,087,813 (total revenue less interest and dividends, and investment gains).

5 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 6 OUR DONORS: OUR COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT

This issue of Friendship, which includes our Annual Report, recognizes you and others who so generously supported the work and mission of Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly in the 2015 fiscal year (October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015). Thanks to your generosity, we continue to bring friendship to Chicago elders. Space does not allow us to list the thousands of donors who gave gifts ◊ under $100 or provided needed goods and services, but we offer our sincere gratitude.

The Friendship Circle Sherri Gorski Ms. Corinne M. Lyon Mr. Walter Slack Jr. The Friendship Circle is comprised of Mrs. Diane Guido Mrs. Michelle Manrique- Mrs. Patricia Spencer dedicated friends who have pledged Dan Gurgevich Fleming & Mr. Bradley Mrs. Rosemary D. to contribute on a monthly or quarterly Fleming Mrs. Janette M. Sprague basis so Chicago’s elders can enjoy Mr. Thomas Marr excellent programs, meaningful activities, Gutekunst Ms. Louise Sterett Ms. Mary K. McNally one-on-one personal relationships, and a Mr. Robert Hack Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Ms. Patricia McQuillan Stoelinga better quality of life. Thank you to each Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hammes Mr. Michael Melinger Ms. Cecilia Straney of our members. Mr. Bill Hassett Ms. Marilyn Hennessy Ms. Perriann L. Miller Mr. Raymond J. Strauss Ms. Kathryn A. Higgason Simone Mitchell-Peterson Mary C. Stretch Ms. Dorothy J. Hoffner Ms. Jo Ann Noble Mr. John R. Templeman Ms. Agnes Akuamoah Mr. James A. Cyphers Mr. Kurt R. Holderied Ms. Juanita Norman Mr. David M. Thomas Mrs. Diane M. Albamonte Mr. Thomas Michael Davy Mrs. Kathryn J. Hynds Mr. Michael Nugent Ms. Robin Tillotson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Ms. Joanne H. Deal The Hon. Mel & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ms. Kathryn Toffenetti Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Mary Ann Jiganti O’Toole Ms. Donna Tracy Mr. David Anderson DeSanti Mrs. Carol Johnson Mr. Anthony Owens Ms. Laura M. Traven Ms. Charlene B. Anzalone Mark & Laurel Disney Ms. Roberta G. Jorik Mr. Alfonso E. Padilla Ms. Loesken Van der Poel Ms. Alisa Azpeitia Mrs. Joan A. Doyle Mrs. Bernice Juris Ms. Kathy A. Palmer Mrs. Kathleen H. Vito Mr. & Mrs. Lee Baker Mr. Albert J. Dru Ms. Kathleen M. Ms. Olivia Pamatmat Mr. Terrence Walden Mr. Robert J. Banaszek Kristen Duckmann Kazemek Ms. Linda Panszczyk Mr. John F. H. Walker Ms. Mildred C. Barnes Heather Dudzinski Ms. Janet M. Keippel Ms. Sitha L. Pugh Dr. Anne B. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Mrs. Ruth Enault Mr. James P. Kelly Mr. William J. Rago Ms. Willa P. Warr Behrendt Mr. Joseph R. Ender Mr. David J. Kelly Mrs. Diane Rangl Ms. Sharon Weber Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bianco Mr. & Mrs. Max F. Ms. Jean V. Kennelly Ms. Blanca Reynoso Jesse & Betty Brooks Eysenbach Mr. & Mrs. Stanley R. Ms. Robyn Keyster Ms. Caryl Riley Weinberger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brow Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Ms. Dolores Kilroy Mr. Ryan J. Rockaitis Ms. Clara Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John F. Burns Farrell Mr. Kevin King Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Mr. John M. Wietecha Ms. Veronica Byers Ms. Anna V. Fidanza Ms. Virginia G. Koder Rooney Mrs. Mary Jo Wise Ms. Velara Byers Ms. Gail Filkowski Robert & Mary Ann Mr. Cyril J. Finnegan Ms. Virginia M. Kott Mark & Ann Wohlberg Mr. Emil Celli Savard Ms. Marie H. Franciscus Ms. Jessica P. Kwan Mrs. Shirley Wolfe Mr. Grover Chapman Ms. Mary Kay Siebert Ms. Genevieve G. Ms. Carolyn A. Landwehr Ms. Carol J. Zielski Ms. Mary Ann Cicero Howard & Diane Skoien Franciscus Ms. Angi Lee Zion Healing Temple Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Ms. Eileen Skupien Church Family Cummings Mr. Anthony Gillette Mr. Edwin A. Lohmeier

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$50,000 Carl R. Hendrickson Family Mr. Martin Ceranec Norman & Dolores Kaner Mr. Marty P. Ryan and above Foundation Chicago Spirit Brigade Mr. & Mrs. Archibald Mr. John Sakowski The Lavin Bernick Huber Ms. Marilyn Hennessy Ms. Mary Ann Ciesla King, III Lt. Col. Allan P. Scholl (Ret.) Charitable Fund Russell & Josephine Kott Susan Ciucci Ms. Nancy Kosobud Ms. Susan Schroeder The Retirement Research Memorial Charitable Trust Mrs. Michele Cronin Mr. & Mrs. James Kramer Schwab Charitable Fund Foundation Mrs. Charlotte Lindon Mr. Amory Cummings Henrietta Lange Burk Fund The Schwaben Society $ Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Mrs. Catherine Levy Charity Fund 25,000-49,999 Marwin Mr. Robert Curley Mr. Edwin A. Lohmeier Ms. Patricia L. Shaw Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Michael Melinger/Home Ms. Anne Czachorski Fred J. Brunner Foundation Instead Senior Care Mr. Nicholas Delgado The Philip J. & Carol J. Mr. Ronald Siwek Lyons Foundation Julius N. Frankel Mrs. Minnie L. Miller Dermody Properties Jerry Smith & Dottie Fugiel Ms. Barbara A. Manny Foundation Simone Mitchell-Peterson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Kay & Mary Lou Mazurek Snyder Sharon L. Karsten A. Montgomery Ward Mr. Frank E. Doyle Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Mazurek Ms. Elizabeth L. Snyder $10,000-24,999 Mrs. Joan A. Doyle Franklin F. Offner Mr. Warren Dulski Mr. Robert A. Mecca Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Snyder Anonymous (4) Foundation Mrs. Helen Thom Edwards Mr. Phil K. Menzel & Jim & Naomi Stanhaus Helen Brach Foundation Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Ellen Debus Mrs. Julia M. Stasch Foundation George M. Eisenberg Mr. James A. Evans Foundation Ms. Nell Minow Mr. Michael J. Steck Mr. Edward A. Kazemek Ritzenthaler Family Mr. Harvey Nixon Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Evans Ms. Lisa Stojak Ms. Elizabeth Amy Ms. Kathleen Fahey Paasche Airbrush Ms. Cecilia Straney Liebman The Siragusa Foundation Company Mrs. Patricia A. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. H. Mazza Foundation $ Ms. Erin Palmer 1,000-4,999 Ms. Irene Frye Bruce Stupple Ms. Jo Ann Noble Mr. Stephen Parenti ADE Restaurant Services Mr. Richard E. Gade Sulzer Family Foundation Ms. Patricia G. Pelling Robert & Barbara Mr. Thomas Swigart, Jr. Akzo Nobel, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Perkaus, Jr. Professional Convention Ms. Mamie V. Andry Gallagher Mr. Deane H. Tank Management Association Ms. Kathleen Ponton Mr. Donald C. Gancer Mr. David M. Thomas Anonymous (7) PPM America, Inc. $ Ms. Bonnie Gekler Mr. Dan Tobin 5,000-9,999 Mr. Michael F. Baccash Sridhar Prabhakaran Adreani Foundation Ms. Mary Nicole Gerard Ms. Kathryn Toffenetti Ms. Nora Barnicle Dr. Irwin Press Anonymous (2) Ms. Michelle Gesse Mr. Michael E. Tuffy Robert & Margarita Bartels Mr. William Quinlan Butler Family Foundation Melvin & Mary Gregory Mr. Benedict M. Vruble Mr. & Mrs. William Beam Reichert Foundation Patrick & Anna M. Ms. Georgia A. Grummon Mrs. Susan Waldbuesser Michael & Diane Beemer Ms. Elizabeth Agnes Reid Cudahy Fund Ms. Susan M. Harrigan Mr. Terrence Walden Blue Cross & Blue Shield Renaissance Foundation Ms. Elizabeth B. of Illinois Mr. Bill Hassett John & Peggy Walding Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Ms. Maureen Brennan Mr. Charles E. Hicks Rhoades Ms. Linda S. Watson Max Goldenberg Mrs. Ellen Browne Foundation Holy Name Cathedral The Rhoades Foundation Mrs. Carol Waugh Mr. & Mrs. John F. Burns Mrs. Marguerite D. Hark Mr. Dennis M. Hughes The Grace Roberti Mr. Thomas J. Wedell Cantore Enterprises Mrs. Jane H. Jahn Foundation Mrs. Margaret Weiss & Mr. Central Steel & Wire Mrs. Bernice Juris Ms. Carol E. Rolf David Austen-Smith Company Mr. Karim Kaminski Mr. Ronald Roselli Ms. Lynn Weston-Pontikes

OUR MISSION Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a national network of nonprofit volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of goodwill the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and the celebration of life.

7 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 8 Mr. Richard P. Ewald Ms. Suzanne Knoll Mr. Anthony Owens Building Connections Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Fahey Mr. & Mrs. William F. Kopp P-K Tool & Manufacturing Mrs. Ruhan Figliulo Sari Kovitz Company “I love celebrating life with the Ms. Mary J. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Lacyk Pahlke & Pahlke Insurance elders and learning from their Agency, Inc. wisdom. My elders live on the Paul & Sue Freehling Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ms. Rosa Perez South Side, and it is always a Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Gabel Langhenry, Jr. treat to get them together over Mr. Kyle Peterson Mr. Russell J. Gaines, Jr. Ms. Lois R. Lauber a meal and hear their laughter. Portfolio Solutions Ms. Lois Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Seeing connections being Lawinger Group, LLC built is wonderful.” Ms. Marie J. Galoney Mrs. Winfred M. Leaf Ms. Stacy Powell-Bennett Ms. Ann Gibbons Colin Petramale, Volunteer Program Assistant Mr. Michael Lee Mr. Richard J. Pozdol Mrs. Barbara J. Giebel Hometown: Schenectady, NY Ms. Ruth M. Levine Bob & Mary Ellen Quinn BA, Spanish, SUNY Oswego Ms. Vivian I. Goeb Mr. Julian J. Lewandowski Mr. William J. Rago Mrs. Virginia Golosinec Ms. Cassandra Lowe Robert & Elizabeth Ms. Ruth F. Gonzalez Rattenbury Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Lucas W.W. Grainger, Inc. Mr. Terrence A. Reilly Ms. Katherine Wetoska Ms. Alice C. Brunner Ms. Caroline J. Lyczko Mr. Arthur L. Greenfield Mrs. Dotty Renner-Grodek Rachel B. Williams Ms. Nancy Bubula Mr. William C. Madlener Ms. Mary Grover Mr. & Mrs. Guy H. Revesz Foundation Mr. David Bus Mr. Frank Malone Keith & Mary Pat Guenther Mr. Frank Roberts Ms. Susan Woestman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Mr. Daniel T. Maloney Mrs. Janice N. Hamilton Mrs. Jill Rohde Mark & Ann Wohlberg Buschmann Mr. Charles E. Manix Mr. Robert Hart Mr. Felix C. Rojas, Jr. Mr. Michael Wolz Mr. Leonard V. Canino Ms. Sandra P. Manne Ms. Cynthia Henderson Ms. Linda Rosencranz Dr. Mark Zajackowski The Capitanini Family Mrs. Michelle Manrique- Mr. Jeffrey S. Ross Ms. Carol J. Zielski Mr. Charles P. Carey Ms. Elizabeth Hennessey Fleming & Mr. Bradley Fleming Dan & Bob Ruscitti Ms. Rita A. Zralek Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carlin Henry Crown and Company Ms. Corinne V. Marcello Ms. Theresa Rush Zurich Employee Ms. Mary P. Carr Ms. Barbara L. Hermann Ms. Linda Masilotti William G. & Mary A. Ryan Matching Program Ms. Gerry Cervone Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Mr. David R. May & Lois A. Charitable Foundation $ Ms. Karen A. Chesrown 500-999 Hester Scott Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Ms. Mary Ann Cicero Anonymous Mr. David A. Heywood Mr. Robert N. Mayer Sandford Mr. Joseph F. Cieply William & Lorraine Ray & Barbara Ms. Beatrice J. Mazzone Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Sents Arenberg The Clark-Halladay Hockenbrough Mrs. Edward W. McCaskey Ms. Sheila A. Sepanski Mrs. Sara Avelar Memorial Foundation Douglas & Lola Hotchkis Beth & James McClanahan Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Ms. Catherine Bachand Mrs. Loretta Cleary Mr. & Mrs. S.F. Sheridan Mary McGinn & Bernard The Congregational Church Hutcherson, III Mr. Robert J. Banaszek Shapiro Mr. Richard J. Shinners, Jr. of Park Manor The Irvine Fund Mr. Greg Baron Ms. Patricia McKiernan Ms. Emily Shubeck Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Ms. Marcia M. Jawor Ms. Helen E. Sieben Mr. Peter E. Barrett Connors Mrs. Alexandria Meccia The Hon. Mel & Mrs. Mary Ms. Cathleen Bartone Ms. Joann M. Simpson Ms. Rosemary A. Corrigan Ann Jiganti Donald & Lorena Meier Mr. & Mrs. James R. Bass, Foundation Mr. Thomas Sipp Mr. Brian J. Cunningham Mr. Edward Lee Johler Jr. Dr. Joan M. Meyer Dr. & Mrs. Rodney E. Sippy W.S. Darley & Company Mr. Robert S. Johnson Mr. Marvin P. Bauman Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Meyer Ms. Yvonne M. Sloan Mr. Michael A. Davis Mr. Lawrence L. Johnson Rev. Tom & Siria Behrens Mick-Bert Apartments Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Karen & Thomas Davis Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Jones Mrs. Doris J. Bernert Ms. Jan P. Moore Smoots, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey L. Dennis Ms. Pamela Kane Ms. Karen A. Bielecki Mrs. Susan P. Moran Solution Sales, Inc. Mr. Jerome Dixon Mr. Albert Kanefield Mr. & Mrs. John Bilos Mr. Jerome Mrowca SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Ms. Eileen M. Draper Ms. Kirsten Leigh Keefer Church Mr. & Mrs. Walter Blachut Mr. Terrence Joseph Mullen Tom & Roberta Drewes Mr. Richard M. Keller St. Emily’s Women’s Club Felicia & Robert S. Bloom Mr. Robert E. Nied, Jr. Mr. Kevin J. Dunne Mr. John M. Kennedy St. Giles Catholic Parish Mr. Kenneth G. Bommer Noel C. Nelson & Children Ms. Catherine B. Eardley- Mr. Ronald Klezek Foundation St. Paul’s United Church Mr. John Box Murphy of Christ Dr. Connie M. Knapp Mary Nowesnick Ms. Mary Anne Bratek Le Roy & Marta Evans Mr. Jerry Stadheim

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Ms. Linda Stagemeyer Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Mr. John J. Conlisk Matthew & Amanda Fox William & Helen Herber, Jr. Richard & Katherine Behrendt Mr. Michael F. Conroyd Mr. Lee Francis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hetman Steffen Mr. Theodore J. Berg Ms. Judith A. Coswell Ms. Marie H. Franciscus Marc & Marianne Heyden Mr. Mark D. Steffens Robert & Beverly Berman Mr. & Mrs. William Crane Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Franke Ms. Kathryn A. Higgason Drs. Martin & Melissa Charles & Patricia Bidwill Mr. Wilbur E. Crooks Mr. Richard Fratesi Ms. Dorothy J. Hoffner Stoller Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Dr. David W. Cugell Mrs. Diane J. Froelich Mr. William Hogan Mr. John R. Templeman Bisgeier Mr. John Curin Mr. Bernard G. Gardner Ms. Patricia L. Hollenkamp Ms. Gabrielle Thomas Mr. & Mrs. John T. Bloom Ms. Jane Ann Curto Ms. Laurie Garrett Mrs. Patricia C. Horne Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Mr. Robert Borgstrom Mrs. Mary Daly Ms. Laurel A. Gasser Arthur & Florence Hurter Thulin Mrs. Rita Bourjaily Ms. Suheily Davis Mr. Anthony Gillette Ms. Barbara Huyler Mr. Michael P. Toomin Mr. Jerry Bransfield Mr. Thomas Michael Davy Dr. James A. Glazier Mrs. Kathryn J. Hynds Ms. Donna Tracy Brite-O-Matic USG Foundation, Inc. Manufacturing Company Mr. & Mrs. James Dechene Mr. & Mrs. John Illinois Tool Works Gleason, II Foundation Ms. Kay Ann Van Vreede Mr. & Mrs. Renton K. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Brodie, III DeSanti Dr. & Mrs. Edmund The Independent Order of Ms. Marsha Wagner Goedert Foresters, IL Jesse & Betty Brooks Mrs. Carol W. Devoss Mr. & Mrs. Stanley R. Ms. Ilise Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Jerry J. Jaeger Weinberger Ms. Patricia A. Brow Mr. Louis Dicerbo Ms. Debra Bruner Diedrich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ms. Caroline C. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brow Goldman Jaguszewski Mr. Vincent Dina Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. White Ms. Margaret S. Brown Mr. Stephen T. Gorny Mr. Jay Javors Discover Financial Services Ms. Janice S. Widran Mr. Paul Brunton Sherri Gorski Mrs. Carol Johnson Mark & Laurel Disney Williams Group Ms. Barbara D. Budinger Mr. & Mrs. Greg Grabowski Mrs. Inge K. Johnson Mr. Paul L. Doherty Mr. David W. Withall Ms. Mary Louise Burns Graphic Arts Finishing Ms. Barbara Kahn Mr. George E. Douglas Steven & Elizabeth Young Mr. Kevin W. Busath Company Paul & Lorraine Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Mrs. Joyce M. Greening $ Mr. Stanley Kaminski 250-499 Butler Dowjotas Mr. Vincent A. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kass Ms. Judith A. Adams Ms. Velara Byers Mr. John M. Driscoll Grochocinski Ghaffar & Margaret Kazkaz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Ms. Veronica Byers Mr. Albert J. Dru Mr. Paul M. Guerino Ahern Ms. Mary Keane Gloria J. Callaci & Heather Dudzinski Dan Gurgevich Ms. Agnes Akuamoah Lawrence J. Suffredin Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Egan Thomas J. & Joanne C. Mr. Robert Hack Keating Mrs. Lucille Alagna Mr. Robert F. Callbeck Mr. Thomas D. Egan Ms. Ellen C. Hallissey Ms. Gail Kellberg Elisa Allan Ms. Mary J. Canavan Ms. Laura Eichwedel Mr. Edward C. Mrs. Blanche Kelly Mr. David Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Al Capitanini Mr. Carl P. Eigelsbach Hammerberg Ms. Jean V. Kennelly Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson Mr. Robert F. Carbine Kathleen Elder Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hammes Mr. Leslie J. Kenyon Ms. Helenlu Anderson Raymond J. & Margaret T. Mr. Carter Emerson Mr. William A. Hancox Casey Anonymous (5) Mr. Joseph R. Ender Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Ms. Lorraine K. Fabian Antonio Centella Family Home Health Something Irreplaceable Ms. Mary Lou Antonowicz Center for Arab American Philanthropy Services, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. E.D. Attaya “Providing friendship is truly one Mr. William Cera Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Mrs. Cinda Axley Farrell of the most valuable gifts you can Mrs. Sandra Chaba Mr. Thomas Bakas Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. give, and one that money cannot Mrs. Kathleen K. Chapman buy. If you volunteer with LBFE, Mr. Richard R. Balsamo Figiel Mr. Ralph M. Chor, Jr. Mr. Cyril J. Finnegan you’ll give the elders something Ms. Phyllis Barker irreplaceable. You also might learn Mr. Edmund Choroski Ms. Mildred C. Barnes Mr. John H. Fisher new things about yourself!” Ms. Patricia Choski Mr. Stephen Fister Brian & Cathy Basler Anna Goike, Volunteer Program Assistant Mr. C.J. Christ Mrs. Justine N. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. William W. Hometown: Born in South Korea, raised in CIGNA HealthSpring Baumgardt Mr. & Mrs. John F. Flynn Detroit, Michigan. Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Baxter Mr. Richard Clark Ms. Cynthia Fogg Biological sciences major, University of Notre Dame Mrs. Bernadette Becker Mr. & Mrs. Terry Clark Mr. & Mrs. John M. Foley Mr. Robert W. Collins

9 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 10 Mr. Paul S. Phillips Mr. Raymond J. Strauss $100-249 Overcoming Isolation Ms. Carol R. Plochman Mary C. Stretch & Kateri Ms. Alice Abbs O’Shea Ms. Susan D. Poulos Abelson Taylor “The elders I work with live in a nice Ms. Jennifer Pricco Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. area on the North Side, but it can Subkowsky Ms. Nancy C. Ackerman still be hard. It takes longer to get Mr. Mark K. Proesel Mr. Alan Swanson Ms. Kay Marie Acklin things done as you get older, and Mr. John Przypyszny Ms. Elizabeth M. Adkins living alone can cause feelings Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szura Ms. Sitha L. Pugh of isolation. But LBFE offers Ms. Nina Tai Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Aichele Mr. Paul E. Rafferty friendship and camaraderie.” Mr. Clarence B. Telkes Mr. William Akin Ms. Kathleen M. Randolph Mrs. Diane M. Albamonte Anne King, Volunteer Program Assistant Frank Tenbrink & Jeannine Mrs. Diane Rangl Hometown: Bettendorf, Iowa Cleary Mr. Tyrone E. Albert BS, Nursing, Marquette University Mr. Phillip E. Raskin Ms. Catherine Terry Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Mr. Gregory W. Rataj Ms. Heleen K. Thanas Alexander Ms. Bernadine E. Reckert Ms. Robin Tillotson Ms. Mary K. Alfus Mr. Robert L. Kern Mrs. Barbara Massey Ms. Blanca Reynoso Mr. Ronald E. Tipul Ms. Judith A. Allen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Kertz John & Lillian Mathews Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Mr. Gregory Tomaino Mrs. Laura F. Allen Rooney Ms. Dolores Kilroy Mrs. Kathryn P. Mathews Ms. Laura M. Traven Ms. Roberta L. Allen The Rose Houston Mr. Tedd Mattera Allstate Giving Campaign Mrs. Elaine Knox Charitable Foundation Peter Troost Monument Mrs. Patricia A. Company Ms. Loretta Alois The Koenig Family Robert L. & Katherine McAvinchey Ms. Donna M. Kohler Russo Mr. Werner E. Tyczka Mr. & Mrs. Paul Altman Mr. James McCarthy Mr. Randolph Kohler Steven & Karen Sacharski Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Tymick Mrs. Margaret Ambroz Ms. Margaret M. McCarthy Mr. Robert J. Kopecky Ray Sagan & Sons, Inc. Mr. Raymond W. Ulbrich American International Mark & Anna Marie Group Donald & Mary Koss Ms. Barbara A. Sakely Unlimited Potential, Inc. McCarthy Ameriprise Financial Ms. Virginia M. Kott Mr. Harry E. Saunders, Jr. Ms. Loesken Van der Poel Mrs. Anne Marguerite Employee Giving Mrs. Deborah Vaughan Mrs. Susan Gosch Kuhn McKeon Mr. Frank L. Schneider Mr. Daniel T. Amorella Fred Venrick & Catherine Ms. Nancy A. Kukulka Ms. Perriann L. Miller Ms. Mary T. Schneider O’Connell Ms. Aimee B. Anderson Mrs. Bonnie J. LaBarbera Mrs. Kathleen A. Mills The John & Kathleen Ms. Dawn Andrey Schreiber Foundation Mrs. Kathleen H. Vito Ms. Carolyn A. Landwehr Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miske Ms. Mary M. Angelica Ms. Jodi L. Schubert Mr. Dennis J. Wake Ms. Barbara Lanphier Ms. Barbara Molloy Anonymous (3) Ms. Kathryn Schubert Mrs. Esther Walenga Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Lee Mrs. Rosemarie Murphy Linda Anselmo Mr. Stephen R. Sexton Mrs. Irene Walters Terrance & Linda LeKander Ms. Barbara Murtha Anti-Seize Technology Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Mr. John P. Ward Mr. Thomas Leo Mrs. Vreni Naess Shapiro Ms. Shirley Waterloo Ms. Charlene B. Anzalone Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mrs. Muriel C. Nerad ArcelorMittal Matching Lindquist Ms. Jennifer Ann Shupryt Ms. Sharon Weber Ms. Susan S. Obuchowski Gifts Program Ms. Linda Loving Mr. & Mrs. William Siebel Mr. Samuel Weinstein & Mr. Timothy J. O’Connor Family Mr. Edward Archibald Mr. Richard J. Luby Mrs. Constance Singer Patty O’Friel Ms. Clara Weiss Mr. Hector Arellano Dr. Rosemary Lucas Howard & Diane Skoien Mr. Robert Olejniczak Mr. & Mrs. James West William & Emily Armendariz Ms. Corinne M. Lyon Mr. Walter Slack, Jr. Mrs. Virginia Olsen Ms. Margaret A. White Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mr. Bruce Mack Mr. & Mrs. John Smolenski Armstrong Mrs. Devola R. Olson Mrs. Mary Jo Wise Ms. Madelyn R. MacMahon Ms. Anita Snobel Dr. & Mrs. William J. Arnold Mrs. Dorothy M. Ormond Ms. Janis Wojtowicz Mr. & Mrs. Neil Mahlstedt Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Theodore & Barbara Asner Mr. Alfonso E. Padilla Sokalski Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Mrs. Carole S. Malinski Mr. Ray Asplund Ms. Kathy A. Palmer Mr. Chris J. Sokolowski Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mallon Mrs. Roberta Atlas Ms. Olivia Pamatmat Mr. Robert A. Sperl Ms. Teresa J. Wronski Ms. Victoria L. Mancini Ms. Barbara S. Zechlin Mrs. Judith De Leo Mr. Ronald E. Partington Arthur & Adele Steeves Augustine Ms. Marie Marcenac Ms. Rita L. Zimmermann Mr. Gregory Paskiet Ms. Flora M. Stein Robert & Elizabeth Babich Mr. William J. Markel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mr. Robert Wayne Paulson Mr. Craig D. Stepnicka Ms. Maribeth A. Babler Mr. Thomas Marr Zimmermann Mrs. Marianne F. Perkins Ms. Karen E. Strano Ms. Pamela Babler Ms. Patty Martensen Rita & Arthur J. Zrimsek Mr. Anthony G. Perry Strategic Hotels & Resorts Ms. Mary Lou Backes

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Mr. George Bakalis Mr. Frank A. Blatnick Mrs. Petricia Brush Ms. Donna M. Casey Ms. Anne M. Conrad Mr. Timothy J. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Baker Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Mr. Harold F. Ms. Crystal Cash Mr. Thomas Conrardy Cunningham Terry L. Baker Blessing Bullington Ms. Diane C. Ms. Diane Conrath Mr. John Curran Mr. Jeremiah Ballard Mr. Leroy Blommaert James & Barbara Cashman Ms. Joan D. Conrath Ms. Nancy A. Burke Czarnecki Ms. Sandra Ballard Ms. Carlene M. Mrs. Lorraine Cassi Mr. Jim Constantine Blumenthal Mrs. Mary Ellen Burke Mrs. Emily Czuba Fox Ms. Eileen M. Mr. William Ms. Monica J. Barash BMO Harris Bank Mr. & Mrs. Alan Castrovillari Constantine Mr. Gilbert Daniels Burkhard Dr. & Mrs. E. Bruce Mr. Philip H. Bock Mr. Thomas Catania Ms. Joyce C. Contos Mr. William J. Daniels Ms. Andrea L. Burla Barber Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Mr. Emil Celli Mr. & Mrs. James L. Mr. Robert S. Darling Mr. Emil E. Barci, Jr. Boduch Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ms. Beatrice Cellini Coogan Mr. James M. Burla Mr. Walter M. Barden Ms. Rita M. Bogan Mrs. Margaret Ann Mr. Thomas H. Cook Davenport Ms. Betty Burns Mr. Edward J. Barrett Mr. Edmund Boland Chally Mrs. Julie H. Cooney Ms. Alice M. Davis Mr. Lawrence Mrs. Margaret M. Ms. Muriel Chandler Ms. Shirleymae Davis Ms. Anka K. Barsano Burns Ms. Shannon Cooper Bommer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mr. Thomas K. Mrs. Mary C. Mr. Robert M. Burns Mr. William E. Cormier Bartimoccia Mr. Ronald J. Chaney Dawson Bonaguro Mr. Nicholas C. Ms. Carolyn F. Ms. Sophia Battle Mr. Grover Chapman Cosentino Ms. Joanne H. Deal Bond Corporation Burriesci Mrs. Patricia H. Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Mr. Donald Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ms. Therese C. Chester Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burson Cosgrove Ms. Dorothy Boos Ms. Marlene E. DeGrange Bauer Mrs. Eileen F. Burza Ms. Helen M. Costello Mr. & Mrs. Morton R. Cheval Ms. Patricia A. DeHoff Mr. Edmund O. Borkan Mrs. Irene Bushell Mrs. Marilyn Cotteleer Baumann Mrs. Frances Mr. & Mrs. John A. Mr. Michael S. Bovy Ms. Florence Busta Chiappetti Mr. Gene Cottini Mr. Robert Baumler Dellorto Mr. George J. Bowbin, Mrs. Stephanie Butera Mr. & Mrs. Myron N. Ms. Dolores M. Mrs. Katherine A. Coughlin Mr. Mathias W. Jr. Mr. James Butsch Chishti Delort, Jr. Bausone Ms. Kathryn A. Mr. & Mrs. Roy P. Mrs. Corliss Byrne Mrs. Kathleen M. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Ms. Suzanne D. Bowman Chodelka Courtney Beatty Mr. & Mrs. John A. Demchak Ms. Gail Bowyer Mr. Richard A. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ms. Jane E. Beaty Cabala Coyle Francis & Patricia James & Jean Boylan Ciccarone Demonte Ms. Sara Ann Beazley Mr. Andrew Cacavari Mr. Mike Crawford Ms. Lilla M. Bradley Mr. Joseph R. Cimfe Ms. Sally J. Dempsey Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mrs. Kathleen F. Ms. Karen A. Crotty Ms. Lane Brady Calderone Mr. Robert K Clair William & Alicia Beck Mr. Dan V. Crowe Ms. Reecie S. Brady Mrs. Denise E. Calvert Ms. Diane Clarke Derrah Mr. & Mrs. Jeff P. Mr. Jerry Cucchiaro Beckman Gary & Rebecca Mr. John J. Cameron Mrs. Nancy Clarke Mrs. Marcella K. Mrs. Janet S. Cudahy Derrickson Raymond & Anne Belz Brantz Drs. Daniel & Ms. Marianne Clifford Ms. Cynthia M. Katherine Campbell Mr. & Mrs. William Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Ms. Barbara A. Mrs. Deborah A. Cummings DeSalvo Benard Brashler Ms. Patricia Canedo Patrick Clifford Mr. & Mrs. Donald Mr. Earl D. Brauen & Mr. Theodore Ms. Jean Clough Bergamin Mr. Stephen Brazeal Amberg Mr. Robert Cloutier Mrs. Muriel Bergsma Ms. Cara Brennan Mrs. Mary Anne CNA Insurance Cannon Life’s Blessings Ms. Rebecca Berman Mr. James T. Brick Company Mr. Albert Capizzi Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Ms. Linda K. Brierre “I visit elders in Lakeview Bernd Ms. Jeanne Caplice Ms. Christine and Uptown who have Ms. Carol Brindley Coglianese Ms. Jean Bernstein Konagamitsu Mr. Bob Carr health challenges and Mrs. Carol Carr Mr. Douglas Cole disabilities, yet still manage Mr. Jeff Berta Ms. Eileen M. to see the beauty in Broderick Ms. Susan A. Carr Mrs. Jackie M. Mr. Joseph A. Bettina Coleman every day. Their positive Mrs. Gisela M. Mrs. Lynn Carter Ms. Janet Ms. Ann Collins attitudes help me to be Beyersdorfer Brodin-Brosnan Ms. Ann S. Carton grateful for all the blessings in my life.” Mr. Thomas Brophy Mrs. Dorothy B. Joseph & Mary Ms. Christine Caruso Collins Eryn Gronewoller Billmann Mrs. Jean Brouhard Mr. Mario Caruso, Jr. Mrs. Jane Comiskey Volunteer Program Assistant Mr. Robert A. Bishop Ms. Virginia M. Brown Mrs. Antoneea M. Mr. Dennis M. Hometown: Onaga, Kansas Mr. Donald H. Bittner Ms. Hattie Brumfield Casey Connaughton BA, Psychology, University of Kansas Ms. Mary Blanchard Ms. Sondra Brunke Ms. Jean Connolly

11 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 12 Ms. Virginia C. Evely Mr. Jerome Frankel Mrs. Eileen Golnik A Whole New View Ms. Patricia Exarhos Mrs. Marlene M. Frankel Dr. Daniel J. Gonet Mr. & Mrs. Max F. Fraternal Order of Police Ms. Rita L. Goodin “Spending time with the elders Eysenbach Chicago No. 7 every day shows me the reality Ms. Avalon Gordon EZ Duz It Products, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Franklin K. of aging and takes away my fear Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Gordon Fredriksen of getting old. Putting myself Mrs. Carmen Fair Philip & Jean Gordon in an elder’s shoes helps me Ms. Nancy T. Fanning French Benefit Society of Illinois Mrs. Mary H. Gormley understanding the difficulties Ms. Rosemary G. Farrell- Ms. Sharon Gorscak they face. I’ve gained a whole Casey Ms. Beverly J. Frey new view about the elderly.” Mr. Bob Goste Susan Fauls Mrs. Jacqueline M. Frissell Ms. Mabel R. Grace Ruben Löffler, Volunteer Program Assistant Mrs. Sandra M. Feely Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Fruehe Ms. Judith Graf Hometown: Aue, Germany Leo & Phillis Feldman Media Design, Gutenberg Technical College, John & Karen Fuerst Ms. Angela Graham Mr. Lauren K. Feldt Leipzig, Germany Mr. & Mrs. Edward Furgat Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mr. Norbert A. Fencl Mr. & Mrs. John F. Fyfe Graham Barbara Ferguson Ms. Mary Gabriel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gramza Ms. Lorna Ferguson Ms. Nancy Grayheck Ms. Rosemary A. Greg & Loretta Downes Mrs. Carol Gabrius Mrs. Mary Ann Fertsek Graymills Corporation Devereaux Ms. Jean H. Downey Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Gage Mrs. Ruth Field Mr. Allen J. Green Gertrude DeWaters, Ph.D Ms. Alexis Driscoll Ms. Pamela Gaines Edward & Maria Filippini Ms. Alice Gregory Mr. John M. Diblick Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius B. Ms. Dorothy A. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Finan Ms. Debora Dickinson DuBose Mrs. Barbara Galvin Herbert C. & Felicia B. Mr. Ronald Fine Gresens Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Ms. Helen G. Dudek Ms. Sandra Garber Dr. & Mrs. Sanford I. Finkel, Mr. Warren F. Dieter Suzanne Dudzinski M.D. Ms. Carol Garces Grienenberger Mr. & Mrs. Michael Diggs Jim & Susan Duffy Ms. Mary G. Finn Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey Ms. Amanda Gries DigitasLBi Mr. Robert M. Dugan Ms. Marilyn K. Finnegan Mr. Alex F. Gawron Ms. Eileen H. Griffin Mr. Alan Dikty Mrs. LuAnn L. Dunn Ms. Mary Ann Finnegan Mr. Norman J. Gawron Mr. David N. Grimes Mr. Robert Dirmish Mr. Richard J. Dunne Mrs. Elizabeth M. Finzer Mr. Jack Gedge Ms. Mary Grobarcik Mr. & Mrs. Louis Mr. & Mrs. William R. Ms. Josephine Fioravanti Ms. Lorette L. Geiger Ms. Theresa J. Gross-Diaz Disselhorst Dunne Ms. Lisa First Mr. Thomas J. Gerfin Ms. Ilene K. Grossman Mr. John S. Docimo Ms. Florence Duquesnoy Ms. Joan B. Fiscella Mrs. Vivian Gesse Mr. Charles P. Grotzke Dominic & Dorothy Doherty Ms. Barbara Durand Mr. Robert G. Fisch Mr. Donald C. Giannetti Ms. Wendy J. Gruen Ms. Mary C. Doherty Mr. Thomas Durand Mrs. Patricia A. Fischer Mr. John L. Gianotti Ms. Diane Gruger Ms. Mary L. Dold Ms. Mary Ellen Durkin Robert & Audrey Fischer Curtis & Diana Gibbs Mrs. Joanna Gryn Mrs. Diane Dolesh Mr. Mark Duski Ms. Tessa Fischer Ms. Melissa K. Gill Ms. Jane F. Guagliardo Mr. Leo J. Domzalski Ms. Rosemary C. Duvall Mr. & Mrs. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ms. Josephine Fitzgerald Ms. Ann Guarino Mrs. Joyce E. Dykhuis Gillenwater Donaghy Ms. Bridget M. Flanagan Ms. Charleine R. Gugel Mr. & Mrs. James Dziadosz Herbert & Barbara Ginger Ms. Marlene H. Donnelly Ms. Maureen A. Flanagan Ms. Jill T. Gundy Ms. MariAnne Eberhardt Mr. Kenneth J. Giovannetti Mr. Kevin P. Donovan Mrs. Peggy Fleming Mrs. Janette M. Gutekunst Ms. Edith B. Edington Mr. John M. Girard Mrs. Bernadette Donze Ms. Ann C. Flick Ms. Virginia A. Guzior Charles & Christine Eggert Fran & Steven Glassman Mr. Allen E. Dorsey Ms. Susanne L. Flood Ms. Elena Guzman Mrs. Gertrude Egresits Mrs. Karen A. Glennon Ms. Dolores A. Dory Fred & Sarah Flosi Ms. Diane M. Haake Mr. Sten I. Ekstrom Glenola Club of Loyola Edward F. & Janet E. Ms. Frances M. Flucke Center Mrs. Caryn Habley Dostal Ms. Mary E. Ellingsen Ms. Darlene Forte Ms. Frances Goba Dr. Judith L. Hack Mr. J. Peter Douville & Ms. Mrs. Shirley Elliott Mr. George W. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Denice Korcal Ms. Joyce Emmons Mr. Richard Cartier Godfrey Mr. Edward Fowler Hacker Ms. Marsha J. Dowd Ms. Jill Enari Mrs. Theresa Godowski Ms. Susan Frances Ms. Mary Lou Hakenjos Ms. Alyce M. Dowey Mrs. Ruth Enault Ms. Jeanne Goedert Ms. Kari Francis Mr. Richard Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mrs. Cecelia Goldthwaite Mr. Edward P. Hampel Dowling Entwistle Ms. Genevieve G. Mr. Roger Golec Franciscus Ms. Mary Martha Hancock

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Mr. John M. Jamrozy Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Kelly Ms. Arlene Kotil Mr. Donald P. Larsen Hanlon Mr. Jurate Jancys Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kelly Mr. Paul L. Kott Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Larson Ms. Nora Hansel Mr. Daniel Janich Mrs. Kathleen E. Kendrick Mr. David J. Kovy Ms. Jane S. LaRue Ms. Alexa Harrer Mr. Jeffrey Janson Ms. Elizabeth R. Kennedy Mr. Jerome Kozie Ms. Shirley Lathrop Ms. Alice Harris Ms. Renetta M. Jarka John & Jane Kennedy Ms. Susan M. Kozlowski Mr. & Mrs. James R. Latta Harrison Enterprise, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Jeater Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kras Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mr. William G. Hartman Ms. Mary G. Jegen Dr. Sara Charles Kennedy Ms. Marianne Kratowicz Lawlor, III Ms. Carol Haussermann Ms. Betty Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Terence Mr. Kenneth J. Krauth Ms. Virginia Lawrence Mrs. Alice B. Hayes Bruce & Sandra Johnson Kennedy Mrs. Kathleen Krehbiel Mrs. Cynthia Lawson Mrs. Jeanine Healey Ms. Carol H. Johnson Mr. Matthew Kennelly Ms. Barbara B. Kreml Mr. Michael J. Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Healy Ms. Marilyn Johnson Ms. Catherine Key Ms. Dorothy M. Krol Mr. William E. Leahy Mr. Peter J. Hebein Mr. Mark K. Johnson Ms. Robyn Keyster Ms. Dolores E. Krueger Mr. William S Leahy, Jr. Ms. Betty V. Hedblom Michael & Marion Johnson Ms. Katherine Kierig Mr. Mervin D. Krueger Ms. Angi Lee Mr. Daniel K. Heenan Ms. Amerline C. Jones Mr. Kevin Killion Mr. Robert T. Krueger Mr. & Mrs. James S. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Mrs. Kathleen T. Jordan Ms. Kathleen Kinahan Ms. Mary Jane L. Krutt Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Lee Heidgen Ms. Roberta G. Jorik Mr. Thomas J. King Mrs. Celeste Kucharski Mr. Joseph M. Lekostaj Wayne & Donna Heintz Ms. Kimberly T. Joseph Mr. Martin Kinnavy Ms. Nancy E. Kumskis Dr. Eugene Leman Mrs. Jean Hellman Ryan JPMorgan Chase Mr. John F. Kinney Mr. Aivars Kuplis John & Margaret Lemker Ms. Patricia Hemingway Foundation Ms. Mary Kinney Ms. Patricia Kurauski Fr. Jim Lennon Mr. Fred R. Hermes Ms. Sheila M. Juliano Mr. John J. Kinsella Ms. Mary A. Kurgan Ms. Nancy Leonard Mrs. Mary Ann Hettich Dr. Steven M. Julius Mr. Ronald S. Kirk Mr. James A. Kutza Mrs. Mary Leslie Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hickey Ms. Jeanette Jummati Ms. June A. Kirwan Ms. Aurora Laibly Mr. & Mrs. John G. Levi Mr. Clark E. Hill Mr. Peter Juodikis Mr. Robert Kitchen Mr. Jay A. LaJone Ms. Ann LeWand Mr. Henry L. Hill JustGive Ms. Mary Klemundt Mr. Dave Laketa Russell L. Lewis, Jr. Mr. Kevin Hill Mr. Edward R. Kaczmarek Mrs. Lois Kline Ms. Doriss Lakin Lewis Metals Corporation Mr. Jerome S. Hoess Mr. Michael Kahles, Jr. Ms. Tamara Kling Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Mr. Marc Liebman Mrs. Helen Hogarth- Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kalin Ms. Ruth C. Klose Lamich Mrs. Eleanor Liguori Delmas Ms. Dolores Kallas Harold & Adrienne Klumpp Ms. Katie Lamkin Ms. Wilhelmine Lindblade Mrs. Jeanne M. Hokens Ms. Christine A. Kalowski Ms. Emily M. Klusis Dirk & Mary Landis Ms. Teresa Lindem Ms. Mary A. Holbrock Ms. Catherine A. Kamper Mr. & Mrs. Birgit Kobayashi Mrs. Jill S. Lanigan Ms. Patricia Lindholm Mr. Kurt R. Holderied Mrs. Elaine Kancler Edward & Laverne Kocal Desmond & Jeanne Mr. William Links Mrs. Lynn Hopman Ms. Linda Kaplan Mr. Robert Koch LaPlace Mr. & Mrs. James Litke Ms. Joanna M. Hosteny Mrs. Loretta K. Kaplan Mr. Thomas Kochanski Ms. Eleanor Laraia Mrs. Ann Litza Mrs. Jacqueline Huber Mr. James F. Karczewski Mr. Joe Kocinski Ms. Andrea J. Larsen Mr. John K. Hughes Ms. Kathleen M. Kartheiser Mr. Keith Kohanzo Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Hughes Mr. Brad Kaste Mr. Raymond M. Kohl Dr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Ms. Kathleen M. Kazemek Mr. Richard F. Kohl Being Recognized Humowiecki Mr. Thomas Kean Mr. Harris Kohn “Our elders come from different Ms. Joanne Husarik Mr. John J. Keating Ms. Gera Lind Kolarik backgrounds and different times, Ms. De Verille A. Huston Mr. James J. Keehan Ms. Maria R. Kolb but they want to learn about new Mr. Gerald W. Huston Ms. Janet M. Keippel Mrs. Janet Konkel things in our world. They also want relationships with other Ms. Walburga Hutchins Mr. Richard K. Keller Ms. Noemi Kopp-Tanaka people, and they just want to Mr. Tim Irvine Ms. Mary E. Kelley Ms. Linda Korbel know they are recognized.” Ms. Karen Ivers Ms. Bernadette A. Kelly Ms. Lillian Korous Briana Martinez, Volunteer Program Assistant Ms. Kathryn L. Ivsin Ms. Carol H. Kelly Ms. Susan H. Kosinski Hometown: Berwyn, IL Ms. Elizabeth A. Jachim Ms. Eileen M. Kelly Ms. Patricia Ann Kosmerl Theology Major, Dominican University Ms. Virginia Jakubczak Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Kelly Ms. Barbara A. Kostka

13 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 14 Ms. Janet L. McDermott Mrs. Kathleen Mikrut Ms. Susan Murphy Lifelong Wisdom Mr. Thomas F. McDermott Ms. Evelyn J. Miks Ms. Veronica Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ms. Carol A. Miller Ms. Margaret A. Murray “What I’ve learned about McDonald aging is to always have an attitude Ms. Charlene Miller Mr. Meredith B. Murray Ms. Joan McElhattan of gratitude, always keep in contact Hal & Janice Miller Mrs. Mary M. Myers with your loved ones, and never let Ms. Mary F. McGilvray Mr. Herbert K. Miller Ms. Gladys Nash yourself go. Visiting our elders has John & Marita McGivney Mr. Richard Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Nash given me wisdom I know I’ll keep Ms. Mary Ellen McGoey with me throughout my life.” Ms. Priscilla Mims Ms. Mary M. Naughton Mr. & Mrs. William Ms. Patricia I. Mines Mrs. Diana M. Nawrocki Carlavee Ervas, Volunteer Program Assistant McGovern Ms. Kelly Mini Ms. Opal Marie Nealy Hometown: Elmont, New York Mr. John B. McGowan Mr. Francoise Mishinger Ms. Eileen Nee Music Therapy Major, Molloy College Ms. Mary R. McGreevy Mrs. Constance Moisan Ms. Marilyn M. Neforas Mr. & Mrs. Daniel McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Morton Mollner Ms. Teresa Nega Mr. Richard G. McGuire Ms. Lucille E. Monahan Mr. Richard M. Neis Ms. Christine R. Long Mr. Thomas A. Manley Mrs. Effie P. McHenry Mont Clare Elmwood Park Ms. Barbara L. Nelson Mrs. Margaret Looze Ms. Diana M. Manske Mr. Dan McHugh Lions Club Mr. Earl E. Nelson Dr. Cecilia Lopez Marc Chemical Products, Ms. Therese McInerney Bob & Dori Moody Inc. Mrs. Herman L. Nelson Mr. William C. Lordan Dr. & Mrs. William P. Ms. Cynthia A. Moody Mr. Anthony M. Mareno McKeever Mr. & Mrs. Brett Nemanich Mr. Michael A. Lorenz Mr. William J. Mooney Ms. Alice M. Maresh Ms. Teresa E. McLernon Ms. Virginia Neubauer Richard & Jane Lorenz Ms. Barbara B. Moore Ms. Sonja Marinac Ms. Mary K. McNally Mr. Kenneth T. Nickele Mr. Lynch Love Ms. Catherine M. Moran Ms. Margaret Mark Mrs. Deidre McNamara Ms. Lisa H. Nicola Ms. Ann Marie Lubish Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Morelli Ms. Phyllis Markovitch Ms. Sheila D. McNicholas Mrs. Adelyne Niedbalski Ms. Georgiana Luecker Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Mores Ms. Cynthia D. Marler Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ms. Dorothy Nielsen Mr. Lawrence P. Lundin McPartland Mrs. Anne Morgan Mr. & Mrs. James F. Marran Mr. Donald O. Nissen Mr. & Mrs. John E. Lusak Mr. Dennis J. McQueary Mr. Jack Moriarity Paul & Annette Marsicano Mr. & Mrs. Bill Nolan Mr. Lucian Lutek Ms. Patricia McQuillan Mr. Vincent P. Morreale Mrs. Ann Mason Ms. Loretta F. Nolan Ms. Annie W. Lynch Mr. Harold D. McRae Ms. Mary Cecelia Morris Mr. Andrew M. Masse Mr. & Mrs. John North Francis & Mary Louise Mr. Thomas M. McSheehy Ms. Sandra Morrison Lynn Ms. Teresa Mastin Mr. Michael Nugent Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ms. Myra Nyberg Mary E. Rooney & Jack Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matheu McWeeny Morrissey Macholl Ms. Luanne Nystrom Ms. Barbara J. Matousek Ms. Patricia F. McWhinney Ms. Nancy E. Morrissey Mr. John J. Machota Ms. Christine O’Brien Ms. Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld Ms. Helen A. Mead Ms. Josephine Mosillami Joseph C. & Kathleen C. Ms. Marita J. Maxey Ms. Karen O’Brien Madden Mr. & Mrs. Garrett C. Mrs. Marlene B. Mosser Mr. David V. May Meade Mr. & Mrs. James Ms. Joan Madeja Mr. Edward J. Moszur O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mayes Ms. Kathleen Meagher Mrs. Leona Madsen Mr. John S. Mousser Ms. Mary P. O’Connor Ms. Maria E. Mayol Mr. Joseph N. Meeks Ms. Cindy Madson Mr. Carl A. Mueller Ms. Patricia A. O’Connor Ms. Nancye Ann Mazzone Ms. Marilynn A. Meissner Mr. Peter E. Magine Mr. Patrick Mulcahy Ms. Anita R. O’Conor Mr. Robert W. McArthur Mr. David Melinger Mrs. Mary Ann Magnifico Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Ms. Loretta A. O’Dowd Mr. Jim McCabe Ms. Carol Ann Mester Mullane Ronald & Iris Maiter Ms. Dona M. Offemaria Michael & Elizabeth Ms. Holly Metzger Mullins Food Products Mr. Richard Majko McCann Mr. & Mrs. James J. Ms. Beverly Meyer Mulryan & York, P.C. O’Keefe Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mrs. Grace C. McCauley Malkowski Mr. Carl Meyer Mrs. Terrie Munder Mr. Franklin A. O’Leary Ms. Geraldine McCormick Mr. Terrence Malloy Irene M. Meyer, Ph.D. Ms. Laureen Mungovan Ms. Josephine C. O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Mr. Charles Vincent Mrs. Gertrude Michaels Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ms. Grace M. Oliva McCormick Murdoch Maloney Mr. John H. Michalek Mrs. Joyce Olson Ms. Kathleen McCourt Mr. Patrick T. Murphy Mr. Francis J. Maloney Mr. Ronald Michelotti Mr. Kevin J. O’Malley Ms. Paula J. McCracken Mr. Richard Murphy Ms. Joanne Mankivsky Mr. Thomas W. Mier Ms. Patricia O’Neill Ms. Eileen McDermott Mr. Robert J. Murphy Mr. Michael T. Manley Ms. Mary Mikel

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Mr. & Mrs. William Mr. & Mrs. Richard Persha Mr. & Mrs. James Ratcliffe Mr. Gregory F. Ruegger Mr. & Mrs. Vernon F. O’Rourke Ms. Joy Peters Mr. Rich Rauscher Mrs. Kathleen E. Runstrom Schultz Ms. Maureen Osborne Paul Petkus Mrs. Phyllis Reed Gita & Ramesh Rupani Mrs. Barbara Schulz Ms. Kristi Osga Ms. Theresa A. Pevitts Ms. Virginia R. Reed Mr. Robert Rushkewicz Mr. Robert E. Schuten Mr. John O’Shea Pfizer Foundation Tom & Dede Reedy Mr. Jack A. Ryan Mr. Louis E. Schwartz Mr. Peter A. Osten Ms. Mary Ellen Phelan Ms. Suzanne Regas Mr. John P. Ryan Ms. Mary Ann Schwartz Mrs. Leslie James Mr. Kenneth E. Phillips Ms. Mary Ann Reid Robert & Judith Ryan Mr. Michael N. Schwartz Osterberg Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Nancy Reiffel Ms. Nadine Sahagen Ms. Camellia Scopelite Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Piekarski Ms. Theresa A. Scott O’Sullivan Ms. Grasilda Reinys Saint Bede Abbey and Mr. Robert Pierson Academy Ms. Geraldine Sczygiel Mr. & Mrs. Richard O’Toole Reliable Plating Michael & Christine Corporation Chris Saizan Ms. Joan Segon & Ms. Lori Mr. Edward M. Ouimet Pietrucha Ms. Mary E. Reuland Ms. Susan Sakash Boetto Mr. Gary L. Owens Andrew M. & Rita G. Ms. Janet L. Reuter Edward & Annette Salomon Ms. Mary Beth Seifert Arthur & Ruthanne Ozark- Pinkowski Mrs. Mary R. Seifert Kuss Mr. Peter J. Reyes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sanchez Ms. Katrina Pipasts Mr. Donald Semi Mrs. JoAnn Ozimek Ms. Maureen Reynolds Mr. David Sanders Ms. Elizabeth Pirman Ms. Melissa Sen Ronald & Geraldine Pacer Dr. Helen K. Rhodes Thomas C. & Peggy A. Mr. John Pishko Sasgen Ms. Donna C. Sens Ms. Mary Palanchar Ms. Lillian Ricci Ms. Gretchen Plantz Ms. Mary Beth Sasso Ms. Ann Serafin Ms. Barbara Palumbo Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Ms. Renee A. Pleshar Richard Mr. & Mrs. Leo Satas Ms. Lisa D. Serafin Mr. John Panizzo Mrs. Jacqueline Plichta Mr. & Mrs. David R. Richert Mr. Raymond J. Sauter Shamrock American Club Mr. Peter Pantarotto Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Ms. Shirley A. Ricks Robert & Mary Ann Savard Patrick & Maureen Mrs. Susan B. Panzer Pollock Ms. Thelma Ricks Mr. Vincent P. Schall Shanahan Mr. & Mrs. John Pappano Ms. Carol Polos Ms. Debbie Ridgway Mr. & Mrs. David Louis Ms. Renetta Shapiro & Family Ms. Christine Polzin Mrs. Deborah D. Rigoni Schanding Mrs. Roberta Sharp Ms. Carolyn Noonan Ms. Denise M. Ponzetti Parmer Ms. Betty T. Riley Mr. Mervyn Schell Ms. Kathryn L. Shay Mr. Ronald Pool Ms. Gilda Parrella Mrs. Janet Ripp Mrs. B. Schembari Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Ms. Joann Poplar Shea Mr. Frank Pasquesi Ms. Mary Risley Mr. & Mrs. James J. Mr. John S. Posluszny, Jr. Schlacks Mr. Joseph P. Sheahan Mr. John Pasurka Ms. Bonnie L. Ritter Ms. Elenore M. Poss Mr. Vernon H. Schleyer Mr. Patrick S. Sheerin Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Ms. Marsha Roane Patinkin Ms. Elizabeth M. Postell Mr. Larry J. Schlich Mr. Randy Sheridan Carmen Robes Mrs. Marie Marnan Patton Ms. Rita Powell Mr. David Schlossberg Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shier Mr. Edward J. Robins Thomas & Virginia Paulick Mrs. Joan C. Power Mr. Raymond T. Schlude, Mrs. Claudia Shilakis Tom & Kathy Robinson Jr. Mr. Albert J. Pavlick Ms. Jeanne Prendergast Mrs. Caroline R. Shrader Mr. Robert S. Robson Dr. Kenneth D. Schmidt Dr. & Mrs. Bernard M. Ms. Marjorie H. Pries Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shrader Mrs. Mary Roche Pawlowski Ms. Janice A. Prinz Mr. John J. Schmitz Mr. & Mrs. William Shunas Mr. & Mrs. David Rochester Ms. Jean A. Paychl Mr. Stephen Pronto Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Ms. Helen Shworles Mr. Roland Rock Schneider Ms. Sharon Pekoz The Prudential Foundation Mrs. Catherine Sibley Mr. James Engel Rocks Mr. Mike Schrage Ms. Jeannine M. Pellettiere Ms. Elizabeth K. Prusaitis Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Siebert Ms. Juana Rodriguez Mr. Joseph A. Schrantz Ms. Patricia A. Pembroke Ms. Louise W. Przywara Ms. Mary Kay Siebert Ms. Joan V. Roeder Mr. Charles David Schreck Mrs. Anita Pendergast Mr. Phillip Puzzo Mr. Walter Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rohan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Mr. John Ronald Pentz Mr. Patrick Quigley Schreiber Mr. & Mrs. William W. Dr. & Mrs. Paul Roloff Sievers Peoples Energy Ms. Joan Radak Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Ms. Marguerite Romano Bill & Bobbie Percival Mr. Thomas A. Radcliffe Schroeder Mrs. Sarane C. Siewerth Ms. Kathleen Ann Romberg Mr. & Mrs. John W. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Ms. Merle Joy Schuerman Mr. & Mrs. Albin Sikora Mr. Joseph G. Perrone Radzialowski Mrs. Margaret Ronan Mr. Terence Schuessler Mr. Douglas F. Simmons Ms. Lucretia Perrone Ms. Kathleen Ransford Brady & Pati Roscoe Mr. Robert N. Schuit Ms. Rita Simo Mr. Pasquale Perrone Mr. Richard Rapp Ms. Mary Rosean Gregory & Karen Schuler Mrs. Janet L. Simpson Mr. Walter K. Perschbacher Ms. Frances Rassenfoss Mr. Jeffrey Roth Ms. Eileen M. Schultz Ms. Barbara Singer Mr. Joseph Rotunno

15 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 16 Ms. Dolores Siwinski Ms. Mary Starr Mr. & Mrs. Ray Tatalovich Mr. Richard H. Vlerick Mr. & Mrs. Karl Wirsum Mrs. Sharon Skala Ms. Elaine Starzyk Ms. Jane Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. Vodicka Mr. Albert J. Wirth Ms. Eileen Skupien Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Taussig Phyfe Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Ms. Ann M. Wise Ms. Linda H. Slager Stastny Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Taylor Vonesh Ms. Barbara Witek Mr. Thomas Slonka Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stawicki Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Ms. Joan Wade Mr. Charles D. Wolf Tebbe Dr. Clare Slowik Mr. Mark A. Steege Ms. Virginia Walczak Ms. Elizabeth Wolf Mr. Harold I. Temkin Mr. Michael J. Small Mrs. June M. Steine Mr. John F. H. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Mr. Michael B. Stelnicki Terrace Park Church of Ms. Sharon A. Walker J. Wolfe Ms. Linda M. Smessaert God Robert & Paula Stendel Mr. & Mrs. James Walsh Mrs. Shirley Wolfe Ms. Barbara Ann Smith Thermal Laminating Ms. Glen Sue Smith Mrs. Pamela Stepansky Corporation Ms. Rose C. Walsh Leonard & Helen Wolniak Ms. Jane Marie Smith Mr. Kerry Stevens Mr. John J. Thielmann Ms. Patricia L. Walter Mr. Thomas Wolos Ms. Lakesah Smith Stevens Custom Ms. Mary Thomalla Ms. Mary Warchol Wonderful Giving Interiors, Inc. Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Edward J. Thompson Dr. Anne B. Ward Word of Faith Community Mr. George L. Stewart, Jr. Mr. Robert Kevin Smith & Ms. Lauren Tilot Ms. Sharon Ward Fore Mrs. Colleen Wozniak Mr. Arnold E. Stieber Ms. Petty Bergh Ms. Nancy Timmers Ms. Mary Wasmer Mrs. Judith Wray Ms. Shirley A. Stitt Ms. Louise C. Smoczynski Mr. Lawrence E. Timmins Ms. Julie Waterman Mr. Peter J. Wrenn Ms. Barbara Stock Mr. Anthony Smyth Ms. Cheryl Tindall Ms. Susan Weber Ms. Joanne Yangas Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Snider Mr. John Tobin Dr. & Mrs. James R. Ms. Henrietta Yardley Stoelinga Webster John E. & Margaret D. Mrs. Virginia Tolford Ms. Colleen Yohn Snow Mr. & Mrs. John Stopka Ms. Karen E. Wechsler Mrs. Laverne Toomey Ms. Kathleen C. Yosko Mrs. Marlene Snyder Mark & Cathy Stout Mr. Norbert Wegrzyn Ms. Sharon A. Townley Mr. Alan J. Young Ms. Margaret F. Soffin Ms. Bernadette Straney Ms. Cynthia Woods Mr. & Mrs. Leo T. Trimble Ms. Elizabeth A. Young Ms. Lois R. Solt Ms. Rosemary Straney Weinand Ms. Denise Trinka Ms. Ramona C. Young Mr. Phillip E. Solzan Mr. Dennis Straple Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Mrs. Barbara H. Trippi Weintraub Ms. Susan N. Young Denise & Steve Sonberg Ms. Sheryl Strasser Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Tuerk Ms. Elizabeth Ms. Therese Young Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sook David & Dalene Strieff Ms. Kristina Turk Schmakel Weiss Roberta B. Zabel Ms. Donna Sosin William & Carole Ann Strong Ms. Betty Tydings Ms. Genevieve Weissensel Mr. Donald R. Zaininger Mrs. Mary H. Sotir Ms. Margaret R. Struck Ms. Stephanie L. Uhlarik Mrs. Eleanor Weiss-Zoub Mrs. Roberta J. Zak Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Spale Ms. Patricia Studenroth Ms. Laura Lynn Unger Ms. Jane Wenger Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zbos Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Spanier Mrs. Deborah L. Styka Mr. Rudolph M. Unger Mrs. Caroline Whalen Mr. Cary Zec Mr. Joseph Spellman Mrs. Mary Sullivan Ms. Barbara J. Urban Ms. Ruth M. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mrs. Patricia Spencer Zefron, Jr. Ms. Cindy Surowiak Ms. Leona Urbauer Ms. Barbara Whitney Mrs. Elizabeth Spiering Mr. & Mrs. Chris Zeifert Ms. Janice M. Susek Ms. Catherine Urnezis Ms. Laura Whittington Mr. & Mrs. John Spude Mrs. Marianne Zelewsky Ms. Patricia Sutton Ms. Concetta Vacco Mr. James Wicklund Mrs. Linda Spychala Ms. Anne Zender Mr. Michael Swarzman Mrs. Elsa Vaintzettel Frank & Alice Wiedner St. Mary of the Mrs. Marjorie S. Zhou Ms. Eileen P. Sweeney Ms. Violeta Valadka Ms. Ellen A. Wier Woods Parish Mr. John S. Ziegler Mr. Patrick Sweeney Mr. John F Valentine Mrs. Sharon A. Wild St. Stanislaus Ronald R. Zierer Kostka School Mr. & Mrs. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Valentine Mr. Christopher A. Wilk Swerdlow Ms. Evelyn Wilk Ms. Victoria M. Zimelis, Ms. Nancy Stachnik Mrs. Cheryl Van Arkel CPA Mrs. Antoinette Swiatek Ray & Barbara Willas Mrs. Mary Kay Stack Ms. Yvonne Vanden Mrs. Barbara Zimmer Ms. Jeanne Swiatowiec Avenne Ms. Christina Willette Mr. & Mrs. T. Richard Mr. & Mrs. John J. Stahler Mr. Gerard Swick Mr. Frank P. VanderPloeg Judge James Williams, Zimmermann Ret. Mrs. Joan L. Stalmack Ms. Genevieve A. Ms. Celestine VanDorpe Zion Healing Temple Mr. & Mrs. John D. Szajnecki Ms. Janet M. Vazquez Ms. M. Jean Williams Church Family Stanhaus Mr. Ted Szywala Dr. Juan Vazquez Dr. Elizabeth L. Mr. Ronald F. Zitlow Wimberg, M.D. Ms. Karen Stark Takeda Pharmaceuticals Kenneth & Barbara Vetter Ms. Carol A. Zmuda U.S.A., Inc. Mr. Darrell R. Windle Ms. Shirley Stark Frank & Jean Villari Mr. Eugene M. Zubik Ms. Diane Starr Rev. Joseph Tapella Mr. Carl R. Winger

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We are deeply grateful to all of our donors who Ms. Alice Abbs Ms. Phyllis Barker Ms. Rebecca Bondurant support Audrey’s House and who have helped Tracey Abramowicz Mr. Thomas Barnickel Mrs. Dorothy L. Boquist us raise more than $290,000 in gifts and pledges Ms. Nancy C. Ackerman Ms. Nora Barnicle Mr. Robert Borgstrom through September 30, 2015. We recognize each Mr. Roberto Acosta Donald & Diane C. Bartelt Mr. & Mrs. Roy P. Bowman of them with our sincere thanks. Mrs. Dorothy Adamczyk Mr. Raymond Bartz Ms. Deborah A. Bowman Your generous gifts have enabled us to fully Mr. Karl Alleman Mr. Marvin P. Bauman Ms. Odette Brabec renovate and outfit the interior of Audrey’s House Mrs. Maria E. Alt Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Baxter Ms. Lilla M. Bradley to accommodate elders, whether for a week, a night, or even an afternoon. Audrey’s House Mr. & Mrs. Paul Altman Mr. Steve Baynes Ms. Dorothy Broderick provides memorable experiences for hundreds Mrs. Margaret Ambroz Ms. Sally J. Beake Mrs. Doris Brooks of our elders. Ms. Renee Amos Mr. & Mrs. Miles Mrs. Ellen Browne Beatty, Jr. But, our work isn’t done! We continue to need Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson Ms. Mary Ann Brownfield support for Audrey’s House with the goal of Mr. & Mrs. Armand J. Rev. Tom & Siria Behrens Mr. & Mrs. James Bruni raising an additional $210,000. These funds will Andreoni Mrs. Inez Bell Mrs. Alyce C. Brunke allow us to make the exterior of Audrey’s House Ms. Dawn Andrey Ms. Betty Beller Ms. Sondra Brunke safe, enjoyable, and welcoming for the elders to Anonymous (8) Mrs. Rita B. Benesch Mrs. Kathleen Brussock fully experience the outdoors. Ms. Mary Lou Antonowicz Mrs. Muriel Bergsma Mr. Leo Edward In the next phase of improvements, we’ll create Ms. Joan Armstrong- Ms. Karen A. Bielecki Bryant, Jr. accessible walking paths, add outdoor benches Pennington Mr. & Mrs. John Bilos Ms. Nancy Bubula and seating areas, improve the front and back Mrs. Judith De Leo Ms. Joan T. Blackman Mr. John Buracas porches, and add raised garden beds to remove Augustine Mr. Frank Blake Mrs. Mary Ellen Burke barriers and encourage the elders to explore the Ms. Pamela Babler Ms. Marion J. Blake Mrs. Marirose Burke inside—and outside—of the home. These changes Marvin & Susan Baker Mr. & Mrs. John T. Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Burla will enhance the overall outdoor experience for Terry L. Baker elders throughout the year. Felicia & Robert S. Bloom Mr. David Bus Ms. Sandra Ballard Fox Ms. Helen Bodinet Mrs. Irene Bushell To learn more about the Campaign for Audrey’s Ms. Monica J. Barash House, please contact Cecilia Straney, Mrs. Loretta M. Boehm Ms. Velara Byers Mr. Armando Barcena chief development officer, atcstraney@ Ms. Mary Ann Bollman Ms. Mary Susanne Mr. Thomas G. Barder littlebrotherschicago.org or call 312.604.7232. Cadman

17 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 18 Ms. Dolores M. Danforth East Side Lady Lions Norbert & Antoinette Precious Friendships Mrs. Mary L. Dattis Mr. Thomas D. Egan Gersch Mr. & Mrs. Donald Daum Mrs. Gertrude Egresits Mrs. Vivian Gesse “I work with elders on the Mrs. Ramona Giambalvo North Side who have taught me Mr. Michael A. Davis Mr. Irwin Ehrlich Mr. & Mrs. James L. that friendship is something Ms. Sara Ann Davis Ms. Laura Eichwedel Gilliam really precious. Age is no barrier Ms. Alice M. Davis Ms. Mary E. Ellingsen to making friends, or being a Mr. John M. Girard Alesnior Davis Mr. B. John Elson friend. It doesn’t matter if you Mrs. Karen A. Glennon Mr. Thomas Michael Davy Mrs. Marian F. Eugene are 22 or 80. And don’t forget: Mr. & Mrs. Louis Glunz, III Getting older is hard work.” Ms. Jeanette C. Debicki Mr. Richard P. Ewald Mrs. Dolores Glynn Ms. Marlene DeCapp Mr. Alan Ewing Luisa Drop, Volunteer Program Assistant Mrs. Theresa Godowski Ms. Ruth Deering Ms. Kathleen Fahey Hometown: Beelen, Germany Ms. Vivian I. Goeb BS, Public Health, Bielefeld University Ms. Patricia A. DeHoff Ms. Nancy T. Fanning Mr. Jack Goggin Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Del Mr. Lauren K. Feldt Dr. Daniel J. Gonet Giudice Ms. Lorraine Fencl Ms. Theresa Gorecki Mrs. Annie Delano Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Fink Mrs. Kathleen F. Susan Ciucci Ms. Wanda Gorecki Mr. Nicholas Delgado Lorraine & William Finlon Calderone Ms. Vesta Cole Francis & Patricia Mr. Stephen T. Gorny Gloria J. Callaci & Mr. Cyril J. Finnegan Ms. Lysette Colvin Demonte Sherri Gorski Lawrence J. Suffredin Ms. Marilyn K. Finnegan Dolores & Patrick Conley Mrs. Marcella K. Mrs. Linda Grahovek Mr. Leonard V. Canino Mr. & Mrs. John R. Fischer Ms. Jean Connolly Derrickson Mr. Arthur L. Greenfield The Capitanini Family Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald Ms. Anne M. Conrad Ms. Lucille Desruisseaux Ms. Rosina Grieshaber Ms. Linda Caplow Mrs. Patricia A. Flynn Ms. Cecilia A. Cooper Ms. Andree M. Dewez Ms. Michelle N. Griffin Mr. Robert F. Carbine Ms. Mary J. Flynn Ms. Rosemary A. Corrigan Mr. Vincent Di Fiore Ms. Rita J. Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. David Carlson Ms. Cynthia Fogg Ms. Helen M. Costello Ms. Mary T. Dickman Mr. Lawrence M. Grogan Ms. Mary P. Carr Mr. Edward Fowler Ms. Judith A. Coswell Mr. Paul L. Doherty Mrs. Patricia Grogan Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mr. Steven J. Domzalski Ms. Gloria A. Franchi Carroll Mrs. Marilyn Cotteleer Ms. Georgia A. Grummon Mr. & Mrs. Franklin K. Mrs. Charlotte Coudoux Mr. Tom Francis Donegan Ms. Ana N. Carvalho Fredriksen Mrs. Martha Guerin Ms. Bertha Cousins Ms. Dolores A. Dory Mrs. Lorraine Cassi Ms. Louise Freitag Mrs. Beverly J. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Hammerschmidt Mr. Ron F. Castan Ms. Beverly J. Frey Craven Dowjotas Mr. Edward P. Hampel Ms. Eileen M. Castrovillari Mr. & Mrs. George Frisch Mrs. Marie Cristol Mrs. Joan A. Doyle Ms. Alexa Harrer Mr. Martin Ceranec Mrs. Diane J. Froelich Ms. Pauline Crout Mr. John M. Driscoll Ms. Susan M. Harrigan Ms. Muriel Chandler Ms. Neila Frontier Ms. Ellen Crowe Ms. Nancy M. Droast Ms. Alice Harris Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ms. Martha Droszcz Ms. Irene Frye Chaney Dr. David W. Cugell Mrs. Wayne K. Harty Mr. Albert J. Dru John & Karen Fuerst Mrs. Margaret Chesniak Mr. Amory Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Healy Mr. Martin Duda Ms. Dorothy A. Gallagher The Chicago Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Community Trust Cummings Mrs. LuAnn L. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Gannon Heidgen Mr. & Mrs. Phillip A. Mr. John Curin Mr. Richard J. Dunne Ms. Juanita Garza Ms. Joanne Hejza Chomiak Mrs. Carol Curran Ms. Dolores Dupree Mrs. Eugenia Gatcheff Mrs. Irmgard A. Ms. Frances Chorley Ms. Jane Ann Curto Ms. Rosemary C. Duvall Ms. Margaret Geldigan Henderson Mr. C.J. Christ Ms. Anne Czachorski Mrs. Joyce E. Dykhuis Mrs. Elaine Gentry Ms. Cynthia Henderson Mrs. Lois Ann Cichowski Mrs. Mary Daly Mr. & Mrs. James Ms. Noreen George Ms. Elizabeth Hennessey Mr. Joseph F. Cieply Dziadosz

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Fr. Douglas Hennessy Ms. Delphine A. Johnson Ms. Carol Krawczyk Ms. Constance Ms. Lucille E. Monahan Ms. Marilyn Hennessy Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston Mrs. Kathleen Krehbiel Malinowski Mrs. Jeanette D. Montana Mrs. Dorothy Henry Imoeleanor Jones Mr. John Krillies Mr. Terrence Malloy Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moore Mr. John K. Hickey Mr. Joseph Juchnowski Mrs. Frank V. Krisch Mr. Daniel T. Maloney Ms. Jan P. Moore Mr. Clark E. Hill Ms. Theresa Jurek Ms. Irene Krolis Mr. Charles E. Manix Ms. Joanne Moore-Fafore Ms. Barbara J. Hintz Mrs. Betty Z. Kahnweiler Ms. Dolores E. Krueger Mr. Anthony M. Mareno Ms. Alice Morales Mr. Jerome S. Hoess Terrence & Rose Kainz Ms. Mary Jule Kulka Ms. Alice M. Maresh Mr. John Moran Mr. Harold Hoferle Norman & Dolores Kaner Ms. Patricia Kurauski Ms. Sonja Marinac Ms. Patricia Moran Ms. Dorothy J. Hoffner Mr. James F. Karczewski Ms. Arlene E. Kurzawa Ms. RoseMarie Marsh Mrs. Anne Morgan Mr. William Hogan Sharon L. Karsten Ms. Barbara Kusek Ms. Teresa Mastin Mr. Jack Moriarity Home Instead Senior Ms. Kathleen M. Mrs. Bonnie J. LaBarbera Mrs. Kathryn P. Mathews Mr. Klaus Morisse Care, North Shore Senior Kartheiser Ms. Nellie B. Lacaci Ms. Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld Mr. Vincent P. Morreale Services, Inc. Mr. Edward A. Kazemek Mr. Robert A. Lambert David & Susan Maul Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. Moskop Mrs. Mary Hornung Mr. Leonard Kazmerski Ms. Jeannette Larsonneur Robert N. Mayer Mr. Jerome Mrowca Mr. Frank P. Houlihan Mrs. Blanche Kelly Ms. Lois A. Lawson Ms. Pauline Mayo Dr. & Mrs. William C. Mr. Alfred Howard Ms. Elizabeth R. Kennedy Ms. Angi Lee Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Muellner Ms. Patricia Howard Mazurek Ms. Elizabeth Kerr Mr. Carl Lekan Mr. Tom Mullaney Thomas & Rita Howley Mazza Foundation Ms. Catherine Key Ms. Joyce Leland Mr. Peter C. Murany Mrs. Jacqueline Huber Mr. James McCarthy Ms. Katherine Kierig Mrs. Naomi D. Leppig Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mr. Gerald W. Huston Mrs. Grace C. McCauley Murphy Ms. Maura T. Kiley Mr. Joseph Lesniak Mrs. Kathryn J. Hynds Ms. Kathleen McCourt Ms. Susan Murphy Ms. Kathleen Kinahan Ms. Ann LeWand Mr. Peter Insley Mrs. Mary T. McCullough Mr. Robert Murray Mr. & Mrs. John Kirschner Ms. Carol Lieberman International Exterminator Ms. Harriet McCurley Ms. Margaret A. Murray Mr. James J. Klaiber Ms. Teresa Lindem Co., Inc. Mr. Thomas F. McDermott Ms. Susan Namest Mr. Charles Kliche Mrs. Charlotte Lindon Ms. Elizabeth A. Jachim Ms. Eileen McDermott Mrs. Madeline Nast Mrs. Lois Kline Mr. Joseph T. Liszek Mr. Gregory Jackson Mr. James McGovern Ms. Opal Marie Nealy Ms. Ruth C. Klose Mrs. Margaret Looze Ms. Vanessa Jackson Mr. John B. McGowan Mrs. Herman L. Nelson Harold & Adrienne Klumpp Mr. Lynch Love Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mr. Hamilton J. McMaster Joan C. Nelson Jaguszewski Mrs. Elaine Knox Dr. Rosemary Lucas Ms. Sheila D. McNicholas Mrs. Muriel C. Nerad Ms. Sharonlee Mrs. Dorothy Knuth Ms. Beverly M. Lufrano Jaguszewski Mr. Harold D. McRae Ms. Jane Nevinger Mr. Thomas Kochanski Ms. Caroline J. Lyczko Ms. Virginia Jakubczak Ms. Marilynn A. Meissner Ms. Martha Newkirk Mr. Raymond M. Kohl Kelly & Rosamond Lytle Mr. Richard A. Janusz Mrs. Sara Jane Melford Ms. Lisa H. Nicola Mr. Randolph Kohler Ms. Leona Mabie Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mrs. Gloria Konczal Mr. Michael Melinger Mr. & Mrs. George Jasinski Ray & Barbara Macek Nicoletti Mrs. Janet Konkel Ms. Evangeline Melone Ms. Kathleen A. Jaszka Mary E. Rooney & Jack Mr. Robert E. Nied, Jr. Ms. Nancy Koop Macholl Ms. Sophie Mentzel Ms. Emily L. Jatis Mrs. Adelyne Niedbalski Ms. Noemi Kopp-Tanaka Ms. Madelyn R. Mr. Phil K. Menzel & Ellen Mr. Stanley B. Jazwinski Debus Ms. Jo Ann Noble Ms. Lillian Korous MacMahon Mrs. Kathleen Jochum Ms. Veronica Meyer Mr. Richard Noeller Ms. Nancy Kosobud Ms. Linda M. Madrigali Mr. Robert S. Johnson Mr. Ronald Michelotti Mr. & Mrs. Bill Nolan Ms. Mary L. Kostecki Mr. Peter E. Magine Mr. & Mrs. Fred O. Ms. Josephine Mago Simone Mitchell-Peterson Ms. Judith A. Nolan Johnson Ms. Virginia M. Kott Ms. Cynthia Malek Ms. Antonia Molina Mrs. Marie C. Nosek Mrs. Carol Johnson Mrs. Michaeline Koziol

19 2015 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 20 Ms. Elenore M. Poss Dan & Bob Ruscitti Mr. Walter Siebert My Best Days Ms. Susan D. Poulos Mr. Michael J. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Albin Sikora Mrs. Mary Leah Prazak Mr. Marty P. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert “Every day I get a new piece of Simmons wisdom from my elders. One of Dr. Irwin Press Mr. & Mrs. John Ryan Dr. & Mrs. Rodney E. my favorites is the elder who Mr. Stephen Pronto Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Sippy said: ‘I want to make my old Ms. Patricia A. Pruitt Ryczek days, my best days.’ This really Mr. Daniel Sirridge Ms. Constance Putney Ms. Martha J. Saelens told me how to accept aging Mrs. Sharon Skala Ms. Rita M. Quaid Mr. & Mrs. P. Sanders with grace and happiness.” Mr. Walter Slack, Jr. Mr. John M. Raba Mrs. Fred V. Sansone Molly McCabe, Volunteer Program Assistant Ms. Yvonne M. Sloan Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rabe Ms. Mary Beth Sasso Hometown: Toledo, Ohio Dr. Clare Slowik Diane L. Rack Mr. Vincent P. Schall Chemistry Major, John Carroll University Mr. Edward S. Smith Mr. Michael B. Radcliffe Mr. Mervyn Schell Ms. Pamela Smith Mr. Gregory W. Rataj Rev. John E. Schleiffer Ms. Glen Sue Smith Ms. Bernadine E. Reckert Mr. Larry J. Schlich Teruko Smith Ms. Charlotte L. Novak Ms. Linda Panszczyk Mrs. Phyllis Reed Dr. Kenneth D. Schmidt Jerry Smith & Dottie Fugiel Mary Nowesnick Ms. Dolores J. Parker Ms. Renate Reichs Mr. James W. Schmitt Mr. Frank L. Schneider Mr. Robert Kevin Smith & Ms. Theresa O’Byrne Mrs. Eugina Parsons Ms. Elizabeth Agnes Reid Ms. Petty Bergh Ms. Mary T. Schneider Mrs. Mary E. O’Donnell Mr. Ronald E. Partington Mr. Terrence A. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. John Smolenski Mr. Robert F. Schrader Ms. Mary O’Donnell Mr. Robert Wayne Paulson Mr. Russell Reisenleiter Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Snyder Mr. Joseph A. Schrantz Ms. Loretta A. O’Dowd Ms. Jeannine M. Reliable Plating Mrs. Marlene Snyder Pellettiere Corporation Ms. Susan Schroeder Ms. Bette Oemig Mr. John Soderstrom Mrs. Anita Pendergast Mrs. Dotty Renner-Grodek Ms. Kathryn Schubert Patty O’Friel Mr. Albert W. Sommers Ms. Ruth Penoyer Ms. Cynthia Retel Ms. Mary Schulatz Ms. Marie B. Ogden Ms. Linda Sorensen Ms. Julia M. O’Hern Bill & Bobbie Percival The Retirement Research Mrs. Barbara Schulz Foundation Ms. Mary Ann Sorokie Mr. Robert Olejniczak Ms. Rosa Perez Mrs. Jeanette Schutz Ms. Mary Revak Ms. Jennie Spadafora Ms. Julie Oloroso Ms. Lorraine Perlini Ms. Cecilia Seabrook Ms. Narcisa L. Reyes Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Mrs. Dorothy M. Ormond Mr. Joseph G. Perrone Ms. Lucretia Segreto Spangler Ms. Maureen Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. William Ms. Ida Pezza Ms. Donna C. Sens Mrs. Rosemary D. O’Rourke Mrs. Vivian Pfohl Ms. Elizabeth Rhoades Ms. Sheila A. Sepanski Sprague Ms. Catherine B. Ortmann Mr. Paul S. Phillips Ms. Rose Ann Roback Mr. Victor Seper Mr. Frank Sramek Mr. James P. Ostler Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Piegari Mr. Alfred S. Rodgers Ms. Carole Setlak St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Mr. Gary L. Owens Michael & Christine Ms. Joan V. Roeder Ms. Kay S. Severns Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stanga Arthur & Ruthanne Pietrucha Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rogan Mrs. Bernice L. Sexton Ozark-Kuss Ms. Gretchen Plantz Mr. Felix C. Rojas, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Ms. Patricia L. Shaw Stange Ms. Lorraine Pachankis Ms. Carol R. Plochman Ms. Marguerite Romano Ms. Kathryn L. Shay Jim & Naomi Stanhaus Mr. Bobbie Page Ms. Josephine Podgorniak Ms. Rebecca Rosacker Mrs. Marion Sheehan Ms. Diane Starr Pahlke & Pahlke Insurance Ms. Susan Podgorski Brady & Pati Roscoe Mr. Patrick S. Sheerin Agency, Inc. Mr. Raymond E. Stasiek Ms. Kathleen Ponton Ms. Linda Rosencranz Ms. Mary L. Shelton Ms. Olivia Pamatmat Ms. Florence M. Steels Ms. Joann Poplar Mr. & Mrs. Frank Rotella Mr. Richard J. Shinners, Jr. Mrs. Laura A. Pandolfi Ms. Bernice M. Stefaniak Ms. Mary F. Porsche Ms. Betty Rothfuss Mrs. Agnes G. Shinners

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Planned Gifts Mr. Michael B. Stelnicki Ms. Leona Urbauer Ms. Cynthia A. White We are very grateful to our friends John H. Steury Ms. Sandra Urso Ms. Janice S. Widran who continued their giving to Little Cameron & Ann Stock Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Urycki Ms. Ellen A. Wier Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Ms. Lauretta M. Uscian Mrs. Genevieve through their estate plans. LBFE Stoelinga Ms. Violeta Valadka Wieszczyk elders and volunteers are a diverse Ms. Cecilia Straney Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Mr. & Mrs. Leo Williams Ms. Rosemary Straney Valentine Mrs. Mattie L. Williams group and so, too, are the bequest Mr. Dennis Straple James & Sharon Valentine Mrs. Mary Winberg gifts we receive. Each tells an important Mr. Raymond J. Strauss Ms. Esma Jean Vandiver Ms. Lorraine C. Wink story about the donors—and how much Margarita & John Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Mrs. Sophie M. Winn they cared about Chicago’s elders. Strazisar Vavasis Mr. & Mrs. Karl Wirsum Thanks to their planning and generosity, David & Dalene Strieff Dr. Juan Vazquez Mark & Ann Wohlberg LBFE is able to provide programs and William & Carole Ann Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ms. Mary Anne Woodcock Strong Verhulst services to lonely elders free of Mrs. Colleen Wozniak Mrs. Linda R. Stroz Kenneth & Barbara Vetter charge for years to come. Mr. Michael P. Wrenn Mr. Brendan M. Sullivan Ms. Rita Vick Mr. William Wright Virginia Seng Allen Rose McKane Ms. Virginia Sullivan Ms. Anne C. Vilimek Ms. Debra Wronkowski Helen T. Bates Raymond B. Miller Rev. Daniel Sullivan Ms. Betty Ann Vishny Ms. Teresa J. Wronski Verna E. Erickson Catherine Morrissey- Ms. Janice M. Susek Mr. Robert Vital Weinglass Ms. Joanne Yangas Roberta A. Farrelly Ms. Patricia Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. George A. Fischer Harriett Phillips Vodicka Ms. Henrietta Yardley Mrs. Voula R. Swenson Rosemarie A. Gasero Lenore Rennert Mrs. Charmaine Volatile Ms. Ramona C. Young Rev. Joseph Tapella Daniel J. Gluck Jeanne Rognant Mr. Benedict M. Vruble Ms. Nancy M. Zahn Ms. Cary Lou Tate Marie E. Harvey Michael N. Shallow Mr. Owen F. Wagener Mr. Leo Zak Ms. Mary L. Ternes Rosemary C. Heininger Rosemary Shepherd Mrs. Patricia A. Ms. Virginia Walczak Ruth Stafford Ms. Catherine Terry Zappavigna Theodore P. Kendzior Mr. Terrence Walden Edward & Mary Mrs. Frances H. Thale Ms. Cyrilla F. Zarek George J. Klatt Ms. Susan M. Walden Steinhauser Mr. David M. Thomas Ms. Barbara S. Zechlin Elizabeth J. Knoth Mr. Richard Walinski Mildred B. Szlanga Ms. Robin Tillotson Mr. John S. Ziegler Edwin Lewis Mr. & Mrs. James Walsh A. Norbert Verzosa Mr. Lawrence E. Timmins Ronald R. Zierer Lucia A. Long Ms. Rose C. Walsh Louis C. & Ellen M. Mr. Ronald E. Tipul Mr. Kenneth Zigmond Mary E. Lutz Weber Ms. Patricia L. Walter Ms. Sharon A. Townley Ms. Carol A. Zmuda Joseph P. Lynch Mrs. Doris Walters Mr. Edward Tracy Ms. Barbara Zwijacz Ms. Donna Tracy Ms. Patricia Ward Ms. Marilyn Trant Ms. Sharon Ward Fore Timothy & Patricia Travers Mrs. Carol Waugh Ms. Susan Weber Robert & Betty Traynor Our donors are so Ms. Arlene V. Turek Mr. Samuel Weinstein & important to us, and Family we make every effort Ms. Ruth J. Tuttle Mrs. Eleanor Weiss-Zoub to properly recognize Ms. Nancy Tuzzolino them. Please report Ms. Katherine Wetoska Mr. Werner E. Tyczka any errors or omissions Ms. Caroline C. Wheeler to Sherri Gorski at 312.455.1000 or sgorski@ littlebrotherschicago.org. Thank you for being a friend to our elders!

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Your Planned Giving How Would You Like to Be Remembered?

When Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly begins a friendship with an elder, we make a profound commitment—not for a month or a season, but for a lifetime. Our commitment to each elder involves planning ahead to provide time and resources, and the help and attention of volunteers and staff. Planned giving helps ensure that, well into the future, we will be able to keep our promise of a lifelong friendship to all our seniors. Planned giving means making your commitment to our elders today by arranging your donation to Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly for use in the future. In other words: Plan now, give later. Plan now, give later. You can make your commitment to our elders Anyone can easily leave a planned gift to Little Brothers by arranging your donation to LBFE today for use in the future. - Friends of the Elderly Chicago. It’s as simple as including a few sentences in your will or living trust. If you already have a will, just ask your attorney to insert an work for years to come. Or you might consider naming amendment. This suggested language shows you how Little Brothers as a partial beneficiary for a percentage of straightforward it is: your policy. For example, you could designate 90 percent of the benefit to your family and loved ones, and the “I give to Little Brothers - Friends of the remaining percentage to Little Brothers. Elderly, Chicago Chapter, an Illinois non-profit organization, whose present Another way you can benefit the lonely and often address is 355 N. Ashland Chicago, Illinois, homebound elders we serve, is to create a legacy gift. That just means naming Little Brothers - Friends of the and its successors forever, the sum of $_____ (or a percentage of the estate) (or description Elderly on the beneficiary form of a savings, checking, or of property or stock, etc.) to be used as its pension account. Board of Directors determines.” Giving With a Purpose. No matter what kind of planned Other Kinds of Planned Gifts. You can, of course, gift you make, you will make a difference far into the choose whatever kind of planned gift that fits your future: You can ensure that lonely and isolated elders in individual circumstances and wishes. There are many Chicago can enjoy life to the fullest. You will also leave options—most of which offer you tax advantages. a cherished legacy that will continue to reflect your And all of them help to ensure that we can honor thoughtful generosity and compassion. our commitment to be there for lonely elders far into To talk about making a planned gift, please contact the future. Cecilia Straney, chief development officer, atcstraney@ littlebrotherschicago.org or call 312.604.7232. One possibility is using your life insurance. After you provide fully for your family and loved ones, you can leave part of the remaining policy to help Little Brothers’

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Local, Flexible, Supportive Join Great Neighbors: Be a Community Ambassador

Little Brothers - Friends of the How Does It Work? Elderly Chicago serves nearly 1,200 Great Neighbors relies on elders in the Chicago area. But convenient online scheduling there are so many more older adults to build and sustain friendships throughout Chicagoland who would across all generations in a local welcome your friendship. neighborhood. LBFE Chicago has decades of Through an easy-to-use and secure experience bringing individuals website [www.great-neighbors. together to build and sustain How Can You Get Involved? org], older neighbors, families, and friendships. Now we’re packaging others residents in the community Already, LBFE Chicago is recruiting our expertise with technology to can easily schedule activities and neighbors for pilot programs in give individuals the opportunity experiences with one another, Batavia and Chatham. to build a real-world network of based on their time, abilities, support and friendship for older But we need more help in more and preferences. adults in their neighborhood. neighborhoods throughout Seniors and neighbors can plan Chicago to launch Great Neighbors The Great Neighbors program to go shopping, get together for programs—and make important is designed to be local but is coffee, talk on the phone, take a connections among older adults not limited to Chicago. Great walk, and more. This strong sense and neighbors of all ages within Neighbors is part of an international of community benefits all neighbors, our communities. movement that was launched by but especially seniors. our counterparts in France, les The success of the Great Neighbors petits frères des Pauvres, and is program starts with a Community available for your neighborhood. Ambassador in each neighborhood who: • Values community • Enjoys bringing people together • Has Internet access • Is willing to share a few hours each month to help nurture friendships between older adults in the neighborhood and other caring neighbors of all ages. If you’d like to serve as a Community Ambassador, or learn more about working with LBFE to get a Great Neighbors program started in your neighborhood, please visit www.great-neighbors. Students and elders participated in intergenerational program activities at the Bernard org, or contact Heather at Zell Day School in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. 312.604.7234; email hdudzinski@ littlebrotherschicago.org.

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IN MEMORIAM Remembering our elders who passed away between July 30, 2015 – Jan. 21, 2016

Elena Alonzo Felix Dicosola Marilyn Gregory Major Nixon Larry Andretich Sylvia Ermon Grimmer Grimmer Anna Novak Rosa Arostegui Annie Fernandez Emily Herzog Bessie Osbourne Girthie Lee Scott Lillian Blackburn Florence Forsland Frances Hicks Patricia Otis Daniel Serritella Charles Bruns Leonia Gambles Mary Lou Hurley Olga Ovalle Norma Smith Grace Canfield Mary-Ellen Goetz Grace James Steve Penzes Christine Szwed Rick Chappell Arleaner Golden Margaret Jones Amalia Podkrivacky Lillian Tomasino James Clark Paul Golosinec Mildred E. Jones Helen Przetacznik Ann Turner Betty Cody Sally Gorey Samuel Mathis Luis Alberto Ramirez Nettie Walker Walter Coonan Wynetta Granger Charles Monticello James Robinson Bill White Arvella Cooper Mabel Graves Eleanor Morrison Daniel Frank Schultz Brenda Williams Margaret Craft Rosa Green Katherine Neal Irving Yusim

Mr. James Robinson was one of a kind. He loved Christmas decorations, so it was Christmas all year long in his home. I’ll miss his smile and “ laughter, but I will never forget the good times we shared.” Coffee+ Friendship + Fun Start with a cup of coffee in our comfortable café, meet friends, enjoy conversation, then head to the Brain Fitness Center to sharpen your skills, get computer tips, send emails, read online, and more. Something is always brewing at Little Brothers Coffee Club. Join us! Thursdays The Herrera Family Café 355 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 9 a.m. to 312.455.1000 11 a.m.

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April July September 2 2-4  Birthday Party LBFE 3-5  Closed for LBFE Closed 16 Fête d’Armand Independence Day for Labor Day Marquiset – Friendship 10 in Bloom 9 Birthday Party Birthday Party 12-15 18-27 Food Bag 11-14 Vacation Getaway Vacation Delivery Getaway 15 Movie Club 16 Movie Club 16 Hina’s 17 May Family Reunion Mary’s Family Reunion 7 Birthday Party 16-23 Food Bag Delivery 17-24 Food Bag Delivery 13 Creative Café 18-21 Vacation Getaway 19-22 Vacation Getaway 14 Maria’s 22 Creative Café 23 Creative Café Family Reunion 25-28 Vacation Getaway 24 20 Movie Club Evelyn’s Family Reunion 21-27 Food Bag Delivery August 28-30 LBFE Closed for 1-4 Vacation For more details about events for Memorial Day Getaway elders, call 312.455.1000. 6 Birthday Party June 8-11 Vacation Getaway 4 Birthday Party 12 Creative Café 10 Creative Café 13 Sarah’s Family Reunion 13-16 Vacation Getaway 15-18 Vacation Getaway 17 Movie Club 19 Movie Club 18 Ron’s 20-27 Food Bag Delivery Family Reunion 22-25 Vacation Getaway 18-25 Food Bag Delivery 27 Rosa’s Family Reunion 20-23 Vacation Getaway 29- Vacation Getaway 27-30 Vacation Getaway Sept. 1

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