We LOVE Our Riverside Family & Community
ANNUAL REPORT
2018 Executive Staff Dear Friends, Deborah Rogers It is my pleasure to present to you the 2018 Riverside Executive Director Foundation Annual Report. This year we are focusing on our Janis Carrier Riverside Family which is crucial to our success in providing Director of Quality Assurance quality programs and support to over 500 people since 1976. Darlene George-Craig Our Riverside Family consists of everyone that makes this RWA Program Director vibrant special needs community work. This includes our Brenda Miller residents, our work and activity center clients, their family Director of Development members and our staff. Our Board of Directors, Women’s Pete Mulé Board, volunteers and our generous donors also join with us Executive Advisor to support our mission to empower the individuals we serve. Nick Nikitow This past year we have been able to make significant improvements to our campus in Maintenance Director Lincolnshire. A substantial donation allowed us to improve the safety of the parking lot and Susan Schmidt complete needed roof repairs. Other donations enabled us to purchase new dining room Manager of Financial Operations armchairs which increased the stability, comfort and dining pleasure for our residents. With Gloria Van Hof additional funding, we have hired a full time Rehabilitation Aide to assist with our clients’ Human Resources Director mobility and to improve/maintain their ability to walk, transfer and move independently. Joan Kehoe Wencel Food Service Director The obstacles Riverside and similar agencies throughout the state have faced in the past few years continue with more intensity. Severely inadequate state reimbursement, difficulty Betty White–Zappa Director of Nursing in hiring dedicated staff and keeping up with onerous state and federal regulations makes our mission extremely difficult as we look to the future. Plus, we continue to look to the Jennifer Willer Training Director State of Illinois to provide additional reimbursement and support to help agencies like Riverside develop and open additional small group homes because all people deserve to Paula Wiznerowicz be part of a community. Resident Services Director As a member of our family, you are an integral part of the success and future of Riverside Foundation. We sincerely thank you for your past support and look forward to your future involvement.
Sincerely,
Deborah Rogers Board of Directors Executive Director 2017-2018 PRESIDENT Peter Baker VICE PRESIDENT Who We Are Riverside Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) not-for- Prudence R. Hallarman profit community based organization with its TREASURER administrative offices and main residential Patricia Julius campus located in a tree filled setting next to the SECRETARY Des Plaines River in Lincolnshire, IL. Riverside Bettye D. Traylor* provides a loving home, high-quality residential care, individualized programs, social services and MEMBERS Board of Directors at Hearts of Gold Gala developmental training to adults with intellectual Stuart Boldry Osman Keskin, Peggy Gaier, Stuart Boldry, and developmental disabilities through our Charles R. Domanico Prudence R. Hallarman, Charles Domanico, residential facility in Lincolnshire, three small Peggy Gaier Bettye D. Traylor, John W. Watson & Peter Baker (L to R) group homes located in surrounding communities Osman Keskin and the Riverside Work and Activity Center in Vernon Hills. Since being founded in 1976, Chris Kiah Riverside has provided service and support for more than 500 adults. Michael Poulos Jim Schneiter
John W. Watson FRONT COVER PHOTOS: Top Left: John Watson; Top Right: Chuck & Wendy Domanico; Top Middle 3 Photos: Riverside’s Party on the Patio; Middle Left: Rindy Hallarman, Rande McMillan & Jill Raizin; Middle Right: Sandy Saltiel; *Honorary Board Member Bottom Left: Alan Schackney, Nancy Watson & Brian Austin; Bottom Right: Robin Ekenberg & Michelle Macier We LOVE Our Riverside Family & Community
Peggy Gaier: Board of Directors – Member, Chris Kiah: Board of Directors – President* Women’s Board – President *Current Board President I have been a member of the Riverside Foundation Prior to joining the Board, I had heard about Riverside Women’s Board for 18 years and have so many through friends of mine in Lincolnshire. Attending the memories it’s hard to pick a favorite! Early on I annual Hearts of Gold Gala one year, I was further helped organize the dances for Riverside residents inspired by Riverside’s purpose and mission of providing at Stevenson High School when my daughters were part of Stevenson’s a safe and healthy home for adults with developmental disabilities. In Spirit Revolution. Those were fun nights for everyone involved, the joining the Board, I now see myself as part of an organization that cares residents, the SHS students and those of us who volunteered! deeply about its residents through a wonderful experienced staff who I’d have to say I originally joined the Riverside Women’s Board because dedicate their lives to helping and serving others. My time on the board of the wonderful, caring women in our community that I knew who has been rewarding, allowing me to share in Riverside’s successes and were already members of this board. They were an inspiration to me challenges, and helping to position it for the future. and I felt honored to join them in their goal of attaining a better quality of life for the special people who call Riverside home. Through the Nancy and Raymond Klemmer: years, I have become closer and more passionate to Riverside and Family/Guardian the residents we serve. The staff and residents make Riverside the place I also love the camaraderie the Riverside Women’s Board feels as we that it is; a friendly, know your name kind of place. volunteer together on our annual Gala, or Holiday Housewalk, etc. Everyone is happy and caring, always watching out It’s a wonderful feeling to know you are helping those who cannot for one another. They make you feel right at home help themselves and that together we are making a difference in the and like part of their family. lives of the Riverside residents. Bettye Traylor: Board of Directors – Rindy Hallarman: Board of Directors – Secretary*, Women’s Board – Lifetime Partner, Vice President, Women’s Board – Member, Distinguished Service Award Recipient – 2006 Distinguished Service Award Honoree – 2019 *Honorary Board Member By serving Riverside, I get back more than I give. After so many years of being part of the Riverside The residents are so open, loving, and appreciative. Family, it is hard to pick just one memory. One that I can be having a routine day, but after I spend a is special is the annual 4th of July celebration with the residents – few minutes with clients, I find myself smiling and feeling uplifted for parade watching, sloppy joes for lunch with ice cream. One year we the rest of the day. forgot the ice cream and did we hear about it from the residents! To see how happy and excited they are certainly puts a smile on my face. The residents are amazing, each with their unique gifts. I remember The wonderful care all receive makes Riverside a very special place. that when I met one man 25 years ago, he asked me my birthday and told me (correctly) that I was born on a Tuesday. 20 years later, without On a personal level receiving the first Distinguished Service Award is any interim discussion, over lunch he suddenly announced when my a memory I shall treasure forever. birthday fell. I knew then, that in his own way, that information was a way of acknowledging that I was important to him. John Watson: Board of Directors – Member, Distinguished Service Award Honoree – 2019 Riverside is more than a place to me. It is a part of my community. As a member of the Women’s Board and the Board of Directors, Over the past couple of years, I have had the I have the opportunity to advocate for individuals who can not do opportunity to spend more time with the men from so for themselves. Through fundraising efforts, I can have an impact Riverside’s Kenwood CILA home. Through regular on improving their quality of life. And through Riverside, I have had lunches and outings, I have seen these men embrace the opportunity to make lifelong friends. Many of my closest friends their new found independence and joyfully and enthusiastically are involved with Riverside, and this is not a assume the responsibilities of managing their home and actively coincidence. They are caring people who engaging in their neighborhood. What has humbled and inspired also enjoy the deep satisfaction that me most, though, has been the way in which these men have grown comes with being connected to the to care for and encourage each other as family, all the while being Riverside family. supported and loved by the larger Riverside staff and community. Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. 2018 – Michael J. Fox Annual Report Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness. – John C. Maxwell
It’s Not Just a Residence. It’s Home. Riverside Foundation, a not for profit tax-exempt social service museums, the Chicago Botanic organization, is a vibrant special needs community for individuals Gardens and Lake Geneva. The with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Riverside provides residents also enjoy team outings, professional intake assessment, individualized habilitation plans, programs at the library, outings structured activities designed to increase functional independence, to fitness programs at LifeSport 24 hour-a-day nursing support and programming to increase daily Athletic Club, movies, restaurants, living community skills & social skills. Our program integrates social coffee shops and shopping trips. services, recreation, specialized therapies and medical services Riverside Foundation offers the to meet our residents’ physical, psychological and emotional ability to build the residents’ challenges. Since 1976, Riverside has served and supported community while enhancing the over 500 clients at our residential facility and campus located in development and independence Tracy Daubs, Holly Kuperman, Connie Vogt, Greg Spears, Bert Alston Lincolnshire, Illinois. of each individual. & Lauren Smith (L to R)
At the residential facility, we focus on individual autonomy within an environment of professional care. Social interaction is offered through an assortment of activities and experiences. Some of our popular in house programs include pet therapy offered by Lincolnshire Animal Hospital, computer time, holiday dances, parties on the patio, arts and crafts, movie night, activity sessions with one of our volunteers and yoga classes. Residents have the opportunity to participate in community activities and enjoy trips to sporting events, summer camp, local parks, Stevenson High School dances, Bonny Hendrickson, Ron Blank, Ed Grossman, Christine Palumbo, Ron Blank & Boy Scout programs, Riverside’s Annual Garden Walk, Chicago Ron Estrada & David Ferguson (L to R) Michelle Macier (L to R)
TOP PHOTOS: Top to Bottom Right – Ken Marohn & Ruthann Simpson (L to R), Garden Club Planters, Kathy Sterett dancing at the Party On The Patio event Riverside’s Expanding Residential Choices The Kenwood House Community Integrated Living Arrangements
Riverside Foundation has eagerly expanded its residential It is a opportunities with the development of three Community Integrated pleasure The Harvey House Living Arrangements (CILAs). The CILA is a family-like arrangement to see the joy and the pride that provides a supervised and supportive living environment and on the residents’ faces as addresses individual preferences, they speak of their home The Greentree House abilities and needs. Each resident and accomplishments. They has their own bedroom, plans enthusiastically accept the responsibilities of daily and prepares their meals and living. Several of the residents work at Riverside’s Work and Activity participates in neighborhood living. Center and several of the residents have transitioned to working in The group home setting allows the community. Three of the men went through a Goodwill training independent living with assistance program and work in the kitchen at Great Lakes Naval Base in Ken Marohn, Brian Austin & from staff in a safe environment. North Chicago. They are pleased with Rick Lange (L to R) the opportunity. Riverside currently has 12 residents living in CILAs. The Kenwood House, which opened in 2015, and Greentree House, which In the future and with financial support, opened in 2017, are each home to four gentlemen. The Harvey Riverside hopes to continue to expand House, which opened in 2016, is home to four women. by opening other group homes.
Katie Ciura & Valerie Pennoyer (L to R) Do not let what you cannot Riverside Foundation do interfere with what you can do. Work and Activity Center – John Riverside Foundation’s Work and Activity Center (RWA) has been Wooden an important part of Riverside since 1986. It enriches the lives of our residents as well as adults with developmental disabilities who reside in other settings. Our clients work according to their personal abilities and participate in meaningful activities and programs. RWA offers the opportunity to develop skills in an environment that emphasizes individual goals, good work habits and specific job skills.
RWA partners with local businesses, municipalities and Eugene Kuranda & organizations to help participants acquire skills, while providing Bill Mahrenholz (L to R) an able work force. KSM, ITW, Total Promotions, Purdy Projects Sasha Pais and CPA Chicago are some of RWA’s customers. The services Riverside provides are bagging, collating, labeling, light assembly and disassembly, packaging and sorting. Riverside Work and Activity center offers an environment that fosters a sense of autonomy and self-worth through accomplishment and is a critical factor in pursuing happy, fulfilling lives.
2018 Annual Report Kathy Sterett Matthew Scholl Women’s Board Riverside Foundation’s Women’s Board 2017-2018 Since 1987, Riverside Foundation’s Women’s Board has supported PRESIDENT: Peggy Gaier Riverside and enriched our BOARD MEMBERS: residents’ lives. The organization of Maureen Bauwens Rande McMillan compassionate women volunteers Pam Brown Jan Moore organizes fundraising events and Eliisa Capstick Leslie Munger social activities for the residents. Leslie Cornell Christine Murray They plan and support Riverside Betsy Cucci Germaine Foundation’s Annual Hearts of Gold Gala and the Holiday Housewalk. The residents Janette Damian Rosenkranz always enjoy spending time with the Women’s Board members and look forward to the Jan Feder Sandy Saltiel many social activities that are held during the year. They are particularly fond of the Beth Ann Fell Courtney Schuld Fourth of July picnic and pumpkin decorating party. To join the Women’s Board and share Peggy Gaier Ana Soonthornsima Rindy Hallarman Marrieann Tegeler your time and talents contact Riverside Foundation. Rana Hashemi Marcia Vecchione PHOTO: Women’s Board at 2018 Hearts of Gold Gala (L to R) Rindy Hallarman, Bettye Traylor, Meg Zimmermann, Rande Barbara LaPiana Meg Zimmermann McMillan, Maureen Bauwens, Sandy Saltiel, Ana Soonthornsima, Rana Hashemi, Janette Damian, Peggy Gaier, Robin Ekenberg, Marcia Vecchione, Leslie Cornell, Betsy Cucci, Pam Brown, Marrieann Tegeler, Eliisa Capstick, Jan Moore & Courtney Schuld Barbara Mastandrea SUSTAINING BOARD MEMBERS: Nancy Briggs Katy Pohlmann Riverside’s Robin Ekenberg Bev Pyster Nancy Feddermann Jill Raizin Highlighted Events Jenny Goldstein Karen Reilly Vicki Heinze Marcia Resnick & Activities Jane Joos Suzie Ritter SAVE THE DATES Stancia Kalmus Linda Uteg Pam Loewenstein Karen VanderBeke Annual Hearts of Gold Gala - April 6, 2019 Elli Manolas Nancy Watson Riverside’s Gala, held at the Lincolnshire Jo Moser Marriott Resort, is a dazzling evening of dinner, dancing, music and live & silent auctions. LIFETIME PARTNERS: PARTNERS: Nancy Baker Annual Garden Walk - July 12 & 13, 2019 Molly Browe Lynne Cohen The garden walk showcases exceptional and Karen Bruns Bev Seiffert delightful gardens full of beautiful plantings Mary Connelly Mary Sherman and is being hosted by experienced and expert Robin Coseo gardener, Penny Fulkerson. Cece Currie Laura Geras Annual Golf Outing - September 23, 2019 Kasbeer Plan a day of great golf, lunch and dinner at Linda O’Brien Royal Melbourne Country Club. Carol Piccolo Merle Rosskam Annual Holiday Housewalk - Date TBD Bettye Traylor Tour beautifully decorated homes festively Tammy Werner decorated for the holiday season.
PHOTOS: (L to R) 11th Annual Garden Walk, Women’s Board Pumpkin Decorating Party – Michelle Macier & Eliisa Capstick, Golf Outing, Hearts of Gold Gala Table Settings Hearts of Gold Gala 2018 Distinguished Service Award Honorees Patrick & Linda O’Brien Ensuring Our Future Circle Riverside Foundation’s Planned Giving Program When the world is so Making a charitable gift to Riverside is a way to leave a lasting legacy and will impact Riverside by helping to ensure that the vital and complicated, the simple compassionate services Riverside Foundation provides will continue gift of friendship is for many years to come. Please join our Ensuring Our Future Circle and remember Riverside Foundation in your estate planning. For more within all of our hands. information visit our website www.riversidefoundation.net or contact – Maria Shriver Deborah Rogers, Riverside’s Executive Director, at 847-634-3973. FAIRGROUND FUN PARTY ON THE PATIO
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FALL HOLIDAY HAPPINESS FESTIVITIES Connections Annual Donors with a July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 Riverside Foundation wishes to express deep gratitude to the many individuals, corporations and Community charitable foundations who generously donated to Riverside during the past fiscal year. that Cares $100,000 + Lou and Jill Raizin Kathleen Knezevic Riverside Foundation receives Dan and Mary Schneider Knights Of Columbus, Divine Mercy Patrick and Linda O’Brien continuous support from Dr. Dmitry and Vicky Sokol Council #11112 The McKee Family Charitable Fund Knights Of Columbus, Queen Of community organizations that John and Nancy Watson Peace Council #3954 provide our residents with the $25,000 - $99,999 Matt and Meg Zimmermann Knights Of Columbus, St. Anthony opportunity to participate in Tom and Susan Maas De Padua Council No. 1949 Linda Kovak activities and connect with $250 - $999 Jong and Nan Kwon the community. $10,000 - $24,999 Aaron and Sharon Adilman Alan Leahigh Dr. Antonio A. Chua Lee Adlai E Stevenson High School Allstate Giving Campaign We send a heartfelt thank you Dan and Pam Loewenstein Allstate Insurance Company Kristen Amato William and Laura Mahrenholz to the following groups and Baxter Credit Union Baker & McKenzie, LLP Ann Maine & Gordon Wood organizations that improve and Harry and Jo Moser Don and Nancy Baraglia Roger and Rita Manka Riverside Foundation Women’s Board Barclay Products enrich our residents’ lives. We are Artur and Gerda Marohn The Grainger Foundation Tim and Maureen Bauwens fortunate to have their support. Barbara Mastandrea Bettye Traylor Dale C. Baxter Bob and Judy McKay • Adlai E. Stevenson Robert and Helen Berland Karen Borgerding Ed and Marilyn Melia High School $5,000 - $9,999 Michael and Jenn Bott Ron and Patti Mestan Jeff and Pam Brown MJG Construction Services, LLC Dr. Richard and Ofra Bernstein • Boy Scouts – Northeast Gene and Blanca Bugler Jerry and Allison Moe Toby and Susan Lees Illinois Council Mark and Julie Buranosky Jim and Amy Morrissey Robert and Isabel Olsen Catherine Burke Pete and Joyce Mulé Deborah Rogers • Center for Enriched Floyd and Sharon Butler Dan and Mary Mulligan Steve and Merle Rosskam Living (CEL) Patricia Byrne Thomas Neenan RumChata Foundation, Inc. Michael and Eliisa Capstick Ashok and Meena Pais Stephen and Cindy Scholl • JCYS Camp Red Leaf CDW Corporation Employee Giving Buck and Katy Pohlmann The Coleman Foundation, Inc. Gary and Lynne Cohen Mitchell and Jennifer Prosk The Dolan Family Foundation • Lincolnshire Animal Tyson and Leslie Cornell Harry and Beverly Pyster Town Of Vernon Hospital Janette Damian John and Anne Rainis DeKind Computer Consultants, Inc. Michael and Elaine Raisanen • Lincolnshire Garden Club $2,500 - $4,999 James and Lisa Dempsey Sharon Rogers-Werneke Helen Diemer Mary Ann Rouse • Special Recreation Peter and Nancy Baker Marla DiPietro David and Sandy Saltiel Association of Central Charles and Wendy Domanico Discover Financial Services Elena Savoy Jim Schneiter Lake County (SRACLC) Peter and Prudence Hallarman Rocco Domanico Kim and Maureen Klatt David and Rana Doney Vincent and Courtney Schuld John and Shelly Schwalbach Riverside is fortunate to have Raymond and Nancy Klemmer Dwight and Robin Ekenberg Eugene and Marrieann Tegeler Senior Eye Associates, P.C. dedicated volunteers who serve Matt and Ginger Engel David and Jan Feder Jeffrey and Mary Sherman on Riverside Foundation’s Lee and Beth Fell Glenn and Linda Spungen Human Rights Committee $1,000 - $2,499 Robert and Diane Ferguson St. Nicolai United Church Of Christ Michael and Laurie Sweeney “The Spa Girls” Sandra Francke and Resident Council. We are The Backyard Barbeque Store, Inc. (Friends Of Trudy Calef) Carl and Penny Fulkerson grateful for their time, efforts The Horton Group Abbott Laboratories Employee Mark and Peggy Gaier David and Lucia Thoensen and the positive impact they Giving Campaign Christine Gorecki Keith and Kay Thorp Ted and Elizabeth Brandt Brian and Anne Hardner make on our residents’ lives. Jim and Joy Utts Catholic Kolping Society Of Chicago David Harper Mike and Marcia Vecchione Jim and Mary Connelly Scott and Kate Harper Jim and Jill Walsh Sharon Doney Rana Hashemi-Haeri Pete and Stacy Walsh Tom and Patricia Julius Kenneth and Ruth Hedberg Donald Wells William Knapp Jim and Cyndi Heinz Bruce and Tammy Werner Knights Of Columbus, St Peters Of Vicki Heinze Robert and Cheryl Whitton Spring Grove, Council #12302 Patrick Hurto Marilyn Zalud Eugene and Pam Kuc JF Industries Zebra Technologies Corporation Cary and Rande McMillan Alan and Madeline Kaplan Fred and Kathryn Zimmermann Edward and Jean Melia Ron and Carol Kaplan Paul and Cindy Miller David and Kristin Keevins John and Leslie Munger Chris and Debra Kiah Lance and Carol Piccolo Michael and Gail Kiss Bob Jenkins & Brian Austin (L to R) Circle Photo: While we try our best to provide accurate and Valerie Pennoyer complete contributor information, some inadvertent 2018 at Camp Red Leaf omissions or misspellings may have occurred. Annual Report $249 OR UNDER Melissa Ernst Adam and Emily Kramer Kathy Reibel European Wax Center Marianne Kretekos Steve Reilly Christina Acampora Sheronda Farrow Wendy Kromash Monika Rejowski Leonard Achtenberg Charles and Nancy Feddermann Linda Kuntner, PsyD Elizabeth Remandaban Michelle Alcantar George and Ruth Fiedler Paul and Elizabeth Labant Joel and Marcia Resnick Kevin and Jayne Amhaus Lisa Fiore Jim Lagattuta Scott Resnick Jean Anderson Ken Fishbain Gisbert and Dorothe Ledvon Tim and Kate Reuland Peter and Pat Andjelkovich Donna Richter Fishman Steven and Roberta Lee Rivkin & Rivkin, LLC John and Jane Andrich Jacqueline Francesconi Sherwin Lesk and Donna Wolin-Lesk Melinda Robeson Angela M. Rinaldi Trust Elaine Francke Jeffrey and Alison LeSueur Donald Roth Angelo and Robin Babbo Linda Franke Jill Levin Renee Rowen Suzanne Baker Ann Freund Michael and Cara Levinson Thomas and Judith Rudolph Bank Of America Charitable Friends Of Karen Feldman Alan and Carrie Levitz John Ruschli Foundation Friends Of Rande McMillan Daniel and Ashley Libit Joseph and Gail Saliba Shirley Barker Melissa Gaier Jim and Doris Litwin Elba Salinas Deborah Barthel John and Julie Galassini Litz Eric Blair Samuel Lorene George Baskin Shari Gamer Sandra Loren Sheri Sandrof Marc and Sheri Bassewitz Jennifer Gartenberg Rebecca Lotsoff Marilyn Sawicki Gerry and Mary Batsford John George Matthew and Anping Lovejoy Christopher and Mary Schaik John Bausch Darlene George-Craig Bruce Mahrenholz Dr. Edwin Schlesinger Steven and Vicky Bekeleski Daniel and Elaine Gilman Scott and Vicki Malina Henry and Susan Schmidt Mary Elizabeth Belcastro Ronald and Cynthia Glaser Veronica Mallillan Rebecca Schmidt Rick and Maria Beltrame Mark and Diane Gluskin Marcum, LLP Abby Schochet Dr. Bruce and Eileen Bennin Robert and Carol Goldberg Thomas W.Marmitt Joyce Scholl Rachel Bercovitz Susan Goldby Paul Marnell Robert and Karen Schroeder Michael T. Berger Asha Goldstein Rodney and Georgine Marquardt Patricia Seymour Mary Ellen Berndt Tom and Jennifer Goldstein Janet Marshall Mike and Molly Shapiro Jonathan Biggert Tod Gordon Art and Teresa Marti Orly Shoffet Billie Bitz Clifford and Betty Grammich Sean Martin Christopher and Susan Skidmore Nels and Cheryl Bitz Greater Horizons Walter and Shirley Massey Edwin and Carol Specht Alex Bixby Jeffrey and Laurian Greenbury Adrianne Mazura John Staub Steve and Carol Block Craig and Nicole Grimes Michael and Sandra McArthy Ellen Steele Samuel and Karen Bloodgood Michael Grossman Donagh and Mary McCarthy Debbie Stein Dave and Kelly Blum Grosz Sandor Kevn and Susan McDonnell Vivian Stern Laura Bobe Mark and Kristin Hahn Charleen McFarlin Brian and Kalle Stevens Lester and Rebecca Bohnert Steven and Amy Handmaker Rich McGhee Ronald and Dorothy Stocks Stuart and Jennifer Boldry Harbor Athletic Club, Inc. Michael and Ellen McGrath Marc and Mary Sussman Boss Electric, Inc. Helen Hargrove Michael and Sara Meline James and Mary Swanson Linda Boyd Laura Harman Madelyn Mensing Ruthanne Swiatkowski William and Therese Breen John and Laila Harmann Michael Mestan Dale and Kimberly Sylvan Jennifer Brown Kathleen Healan Elizabeth Michaels The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Michael and Elizabeth Bryant Dave and Alicia Heffernon Greg and Brenda Miller The Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation Vince and Cheri Bueti Marty and Paula Heller Jo Miller The Hilborne Family Karen Burton Mickey and Wendy Herst Dennis and Jan Moore Steve and Sally Tomkins Thomas and Molly Byrne Alyssa Hitpas Keith and Jaime Moran Douglas and Pamela Troy Joe Carandang Eleanor Horn Klaren Mueller Larry and Karen VanderBeke Robert and Sandra Chapman Doris Horvitz Danielle Mulligan Richard Verback Anita Cohen Richard Horvitz Network For Good Vidal & Associates, Ltd. Lois Cohen Mary Huebner Danilyn Nguyen Frank Voltarel Steve and Katherine Colbourn Vera Hultgren Rosalind Nonneman Thomas and Susan Voss Leo and Bonnie Collins Scott Hurwitz Rich and Amy Noren Bob and Sue Voyles Jeanne Comerford Alois and Carol Ideler Kimberly Novak Nicole Hallarman Wais John and Kathryn McNamara Corley Gregory and Susanne Immell Ob and Ana Soonthornsima Daryn and Kim Waite Nancy Cozza Egon and Magdalena Jaeggin Mark Obeler Liz Walker John and Eileen Crimmins Kate Jolley Larry O’Brien Amy Walsh Michael and Deborah Crook Thomas and Sharon Jones Cindy Olvera Pamela Weiland Anthony Daddono K & C Design Corrie Opolka Joan Kehoe Wencel John and Linda Dahl Cathy Kabins Cherise Pais Richard and Margaret Wermich Terry Darrah Elizabeth Kahl Bharat and Sweta Pandya Myrna Wernick Kathy Davidson Robert and Stancia Kalmus Marcia Parker Steve and Barbara Whipple Inez Davis Garrin and Julie Kapecki Suwannee Parnitudom Libby White Steve and Sheri Davis Laura Kaplan Roberta Parry William Wigton Ellen Defend Susan Carol Kaplan Ryan Parry Mark and Jennifer Willer Mary Ann DeFend Deanna Kelly Meredith Patrash Anna Williams Frank Del Barto Osman and Derya Keskin Rebecca Pellegrino David and Susan Wilson George and Charlotte Demos Christopher and Sandra Knight Jeffrey Pennoyer Nicole Wilson Designer’s Plumbing & Hardware Knights Of Columbus, Council #4338 Cheryl Persha Timothy Witherington Annelise Docel Knights Of Columbus, Mt Prospect Magdalena Piatkowska Paula Wiznerowicz George and Mary Dorner Council #6481 James and Gloria Pollard Katie Wright Timothy Driver Scott and Laura Knudsen Bonney Pope Geraldine Wruk Michael and Patricia Dunaj Norberto and Loryn Kogan Dennis and Kerry Prado Jenny Zambrano Robert and Suzanne Ellis Maria and Melinda Konkarni Presence Saints Mary & Elizabeth Cindy Zimmerman John and Cyndi Emme Kelly Koske Medical Center Pharmacy Karen Zimmerman Employees Charity Organization Kenneth and Caroline Kosky Heinrich and Angela Prommer Pam Zohn (ECHO) Of Northrop Grumman Elaine Krallitsch Michael and Jennifer Qualley Steven Zwiebel Riverside Foundation Honorariums July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018
In Honor of #GivingTuesday In Honor of David Ferguson In Honor of Kelly Sweeney In Honor Of Rana Hashemi Bruce Mahrenholz Robert and Diane Ferguson Michael and Laurie Sweeney Donna Richter Fishman Susan Carol Kaplan In Honor of Amy Tambourine In Honor of Debbie Rogers In Honor of Lois Melia Vera Hultgren Christopher Knight Edward and Jean Melia In Honor Of Rana Hashemi Nancy Cozza Sharon Rogers-Werneke Doney’s Birthday In Honor of Marcia & Joel Resnick Sharon Doney In Honor of Bill Mahrenholz’s In Honor of Dennis Normoyle Elizabeth Remandaban Birthday Mary Elizabeth Belcastro In Honor of Riverside Foundation In Honor of Marcia Resnick’s William and Laura Mahrenholz Rebecca Schmidt In Honor of Dennis Normoyle’s 79th Birthday Rachel Schwartz In Honor of Brenda Miller Birthday Scott Resnick Sandra Loren Margaret Wermich Katie Wright In Honor of Robin Ekenberg Michael and Jennifer Qualley In Honor of Cary McMillan’s In Honor of Erin Bitz In Honor of Margie Prorok 60th Birthday Nels and Cheryl Bitz Marcia Parker In Honor of Sandy Marmitt Robert and Helen Berland Steve Parker Patrick Hurto In Honor of Father Curtis Lambert Michael and Eliisa Capstick William and Laura Mahrenholz In Honor of Marjorie Prorok and In Honor of Sara George and Annelise Docel Patti & Ron Mesta Darlene Craig Dr. Michael Siegel, DDS Ltd. In Honor of Frances Galluzzo Michael Mestan John George Dwight and Robin Ekenberg Eleanor Horn In Honor of Mary Swiatkowski In Honor of Sasha Pais Robert and Suzanne Ellis In Honor of Giving Tuesday & Friends of Mary Swiatkowski Cherise Pais John and Julie Galassini Holiday Housewalk Elaine Krallitsch Meena Pais Ronald and Cynthia Glaser Steve and Merle Rosskam Ruthanne Swiatkowski Tom and Jennifer Goldstein In Honor of Susie Lees In Honor of Gregory Spears Greater Horizons In Honor of Michelle Macier Jeffrey and Alison LeSueur Floyd and Sharon Butler Jeffrey and Laurian Greenbury Cheryl Whitton In Honor of the Riverside Craig and Nicole Grimes In Honor of Jane Ruschli In Honor of Pam Weiland and Foundation Staff Mickey and Wendy Herst John Ruschli Scott Hurwitz Richard Wolin Rocco Domanico Gregory and Susanne Immell In Honor of Janice Francke Rachel Bercovitz Sharon Rogers-Werneke Cheryl Persha Kimberly Novak Thomas and Sharon Jones In Honor of Pat & Linda O’Brien Garrin and Julie Kapecki In Honor of Jill Epsteen William Knapp In Honor of William James Watson Walter and Shirley Massey Angela M Rinaldi Trust Jim Schneiter In Honor of Paula Wiznerowicz Kevn and Susan McDonnell Rick and Maria Beltrame Joel and Marcia Resnick In Honor of Your Service to the John and Leslie Munger Vince and Cheri Bueti Community Dennis and Kerry Prado Anthony Daddono In Honor of Prudence Hallarman Bharat Pandya Steve and Karen Reilly John and Cyndi Emme Michael and Cara Levinson Joseph and Gail Saliba Asha Goldstein David and Sandy Saltiel Helen Hargrove David and Lucia Thoensen K & C Design Steve and Sally Tomkins Laura Kaplan Douglas and Pamela Troy Marianne Kretekos William Blair & Co. Charitable Paul Marnell Matching Gift Fund Rosalind Nonneman When we In Honor of Cathy Wruk Christopher and Susan Skidmore Geraldine Wruk Marilyn Zalud give cheerfully In Honor of Darlene George-Craig In Honor of John Roth and accept gratefully, Lorene George Baskin Donald Roth everyone is blessed. Please visit our website at www.riversidefoundation.net for the agency’s – Maya Financial Statements, Supplementary Information and Auditor’s Reports. Angelou Special Acknowledgements Volunteer & Joshua Community Support – Riverside Foundation has benefited from the Swanson (L to R) support we have received from our generous Riverside family and community. We appreciate the hours of volunteer services and goods that have supported Riverside and its mission. Hours of Volunteer Service: • Grayslake Rotary Club • Human Rights Committee • Lincolnshire Animal Hospital Pet Therapy Program • Lincolnshire Garden Club • Lincolnshire Village Club • Riverside Foundation Women’s Board Rana Hashemi & Dorothy Brindisi (L to R) • Zebra Technologies Corporation Circle Photo: Lincolnshire Village Club Holiday Visit Riverside Foundation Memorials July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018
In Memory of Ann Crossman Designer’s Plumbing & Hardware In Memory of Steven Cohen Magdalena Piatkowska Michael and Ellen McGrath Helen Diemer Shari Gamer Presence Saints Mary & Elizabeth Timothy Driver Jean Anderson Medical Center Pharmacy In Memory of Anne Sittig Susan Goldby Judy Anderson Michael and Elaine Raisanen Norberto and Loryn Kogan Mark and Kristin Hahn Mary Ellen Berndt Melinda Robeson Bruce and Carol Barnett Tim and Kate Reuland Jonathan Biggert Renee Rowen Joe Carandang Marc and Mary Sussman Alex Bixby David and Sandy Saltiel Lois Cohen Richard Verback Lester and Rebecca Bohnert Blair Samuel Leo and Bonnie Collins Anna Williams Karen Burton Sheri Sandrof Jeanne Comerford Timothy Witherington Terry Darrah Marilyn Sawicki Clifford and Betty Grammich Jenny Zambrano Kathy Davidson Abby Schochet Alois and Carol Ideler Steve and Sheri Davis Orly Shoffet Elizabeth Kahl In Memory of Joseph DiPietro DeKind Computer Consultants, Inc. Sisters of Kappa Epsilon at St Louis Rodney and Georgine Marquardt Deanna Kelly European Wax Center College of Pharmacy Heinrich and Angela Prommer Boss Electric, Inc. Ken Fishbain Vivian Stern Patricia Byrne In Memory of Bill DeVivo Jennifer Gartenberg The Backyard Barbeque Store, Inc. Ellen Defend Robert and Sandra Chapman Mark and Diane Gluskin The Hilborne Family Mary Ann DeFend Robert and Carol Goldberg Vidal & Associates, Ltd. In Memory of Charles Freund Lisa Fiore Christine Gorecki Thomas and Susan Voss Ms. Ann Freund Daniel and Elaine Gilman Sandor Grosz Liz Walker Susan Goldby In Memory of Chris A. Spears Steven and Amy Handmaker Libby White Paul and Elizabeth Labant Floyd and Sharon Butler Marty and Paula Heller Pam Zohn Jim Lagattuta Alyssa Hitpas Steven Zwiebel In Memory of Don & Verna Macier Dominic and Rosemarie Longo Doris Horvitz Cheryl Whitton Mr. and Mrs. Patterson In Memory of Susan Farber Moses Richard Horvitz Rebecca Pellegrino Friends of Rande McMillan In Memory of Doris Hedberg Kate Jolley Prescient Solutions Kenneth and Ruth Hedberg Cathy Kabins In Memory of Susan McShane Thomas and Judith Rudolph Kelly Koske John Ruschli In Memory of George Savoy Frank Voltarel Adam and Emily Kramer Elena Savoy Amy Walsh In Memory of Ted & Lorraine Miller Wendy Kromash In Memory of Harold Simmonds David and Susan Wilson Greg Miller Jill Levin Marla DiPietro In Memory of Laura Murdock Daniel and Ashley Libit In Memory of Thomas Mastandrea Arlyne Simmonds Jo Miller Jim and Doris Litwin David and Sandy Saltiel In Memory of Harry Spears Michael and Patricia Dunaj Eric Litz Chuck and Nancy Feddermann Donagh and Mary McCarthy Floyd and Sharon Butler In Memory of Marguerite Spears Rebecca Lotsoff Scott and Vicki Malina In Memory of Jason Sylvan Floyd and Sharon Butler In Memory of Trudy Calef Michael and Sandra McArthy Sharon Hawkins - “The Spa Girls” Dale and Kimberly Sylvan In Memory of our Parents Michael and Sara Meline Sandi Huckman - “The Spa Girls” Elena Savoy In Memory of John Domanico Madelyn Mensing Diane McKee - “The Spa Girls” Charles Domanico In Memory of Sandra (Spears) Rich and Amy Noren Jill Miller - “The Spa Girls” In Memory of Jorge Enrique Vasco Hrasky Mark Obeler Buck and Katy Pohlmann Cindy Olvera Barclay Products Floyd and Sharon Butler Katy Pohlmann - “The Spa Girls” Corrie Opolka Michael T. Berger Bettye Traylor - “The Spa Girls” In Memory of Stan & Jo Prorok Roberta Parry Linda Boyd Karen VanderBeke - “The Spa Girls” Ron and Patti Mestan Ryan Parry Patricia Byrne Marcia Parker Meredith Patrash In Memory of William C. Wright Thomas and Molly Byrne Keith and Kay Thorp 2018 Annual Report
Rick Lange, Ken Marohn & Laura Berg & Chris Kolb Sara George-Noe (L to R) For all of you (L to R) who have generously impacted and affected our residents’ lives, Thank you for your
Volunteers from Zebra Technologies Corporation support! Our Mission Riverside Foundation will provide quality services and supports to adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, ensuring opportunities for individual choice and with commitment to providing these supports in a positive and caring environment.
Our Values To seek out and advocate for meaningful educational and work opportunities which promote self-sufficiency and community
To work in partnership with families, volunteers and the community
To ensure that individuals have access to choices that promote their health, happiness, and independence
Ruthann Simpson To treat individuals and their families with dignity, respect and understanding To support our employees, recognize their contributions, and provide a professional work environment
To provide quality educational, developmental and leisure activities for all individuals
To strengthen families by facilitating peace of mind that special loved ones are healthy and happy
Our Community Riverside belongs to the Chamber of Commerce organizations in the following communities: Antioch, Bannockburn, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Grayslake, Green Oaks, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Mundelein, Riverwoods and Vernon Hills. Riverside Foundation’s programs and services are funded by the State of Illinois, federal Medicaid programs and through donations from individuals, businesses and community organizations.
When providing its programs and services, Riverside Foundation does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, national origin, gender or sexual orientation. It is licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and is certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an Intermediate Care Facility for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The CILAs are certified by the Illinois Department of Human Services. Riverside Foundation’s Work and Activity Center is licensed by the State and U.S. Departments of Labor as a Work Activity Center, and is certified by the Illinois Department of Human Services as a Development Training Program.
14588 W. Highway 22, Lincolnshire, IL 60069 • (847) 634-3973 | Fax: (847) 634-0227 www.riversidefoundation.net