2009-2010 Annual Report Table of Contents
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
2009-2010 Annual Report Table of Contents Mission and Vision.......................................................2 Letter from the Board Chair ..........................................3 Partners in Caring ....................................................4-11 Preparing Young Children for Success ....................5-6 Promoting Financial Stability .................................7-8 Providing Basic Needs .........................................9-10 Volunteerism ........................................................11 United Way Committees ..........................................12-13 Leadership Recognition ..........................................14-16 Alexis de Tocqueville Society .................................14 Leadership Circle ...................................................15 500 Club ...............................................................16 Campaign Volunteers ..................................................17 Donor Recognition .................................................18-30 Corporate Partner Recognition ...............................31-32 Financial Information ..................................................33 Board of Governors .....................................................34 Sponsors ....................................................................35 1 LIVE UNITED® Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people. Connected, interdependent, united. And when we reach out a hand to one we infl uence the condition of all. That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED. Mission Your United Way of Dutchess County builds a stronger, healthier community by raising resources and developing partnerships that make a measurable difference in people’s lives. Vision Your United Way of Dutchess County is one of the area’s premier community-impact organizations, serving as a resource and convenor to help increase community capacity to meet community needs. As a leader in advancing community dialogue and a vital force to increase philanthropy, United Way of Dutchess County makes a measurable difference. photography by Michael Gold, The Corporate Image 2 A letter from the and other information right at your fi ngertips. Whether you are interested to know the high school graduation rate in Board Chair Dutchess County or to compare rates of voter registration in Dutchess and Ulster, this website can help you. Visit As the needs in Dutchess County have www.mhvcommunityprofi les.org. changed, we have adapted to meet them. United Way of Dutchess County In keeping with the spirit of collaboration, we opened up has become more than a fundraiser, a dialogue with Orange County United Way to look at this we help bring our neighbors together. question: Would combining resources allow us to better Back in 2009, we began teaming with help the community at large? We began to explore the great board leaders of various community possibilities such a partnership would make available. organizations to break down barriers and to learn from one another. These We all share a common mission – to build a stronger, gatherings became our board “Chair to healthier community. We are indeed our brothers’ keepers. Chair” meetings. Our Board Liaison And as such, we must work together. And none of it would initiative was born from the growing be possible without you, our generous donors. And through needs in our community, and the this collaboration, we can transform our community! diffi culty of individual organizations to meet those needs. By joining forces, we are able to work more effi ciently to fi nd the answers. Daniel Z. Aronzon, M.D. In an effort to learn where the greatest Vassar Brothers Medical Center needs are, we invited local case managers to meet with us. We listened to their experiences and insights, and formed an alliance which will help meet their clients’ needs. In 2009, Hands On! The Hudson Valley joined our team, providing dedicated volunteers to help bring about positive change. Always open to new and better ways to serve our neighbors, in 2009 we began holding Community Roundtables. Out of these discussions came the exploration and adoption of our Strategic Plan. Its key pillars will guide us as we move forward with you to strengthen our society. To help you keep abreast of statistics in this tri-county area, we have teamed with Dyson Foundation and Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley to develop a website. This will keep local health, education, housing, 3 Community Impact Grants 2010 Community Impact Committee 2.5% Charles R. Daniels, III 39.8% 51.6% Committee Chair, Rose & Kiernan, Inc. Sheila U. Appel 5.9 % IBM Corporation Christopher Capone Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Steven L. Effron Basic Needs ($604,187) EFCO Products, Inc. Financial Stability ($69,200) Betty Harrell Community Leader Young Children ($465,751) Betsy Kopstein Volunteerism ($30,125) Community Leader James McGuirk, Ph.D. Total of $1,169,263 Astor Services for Children and Families Andrea Reynolds Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley What is Community Impact? Barry Rothfeld Community Impact means changing the lives of people in our community today, The Poughkeepsie Journal tomorrow and into the future... Helping them meet day-to-day challenges they confront while supporting Janice Weinstein, MD, MS Community Leader themselves and their families. Changing the trajectory of their lives by building a foundation for success, helping Jamie VanDodick them gain the skills and experiences that will enable them to thrive as members of IBM Corporation our community. Creating fundamental and lasting change by fostering collaborations that transform Dave Weaving the systems we rely on for a successful community. Community Leader It means changing our community for the better through the generosity of our donors. Your gifts made an impact on the lives of over 50,000 Dutchess County residents. 4 JUNEPIERSON Giving to United Way pays my rent for my time here I have donated to United Way for 48 years because I believe in collective, collaborative community efforts to address social problems. The impetus to ask that my donations be used to support early childhood development programs came from my education. When I studied Child Development and learned about the signifi cance of experiences in the early years of life, the gap between what we know and what we do became increasingly evident. I continued my studies in Psychology and Sociology, and became increasingly aware of families whose children are at great risk in every aspect of their present and future lives. It is clear to me “The impetus to ask that my donations be that the societal costs of neglecting these children and families, in both used to support early childhood development human and monetary terms, are simply too serious to ignore. programs came from my education.” To me, it is a matter of values. If I value something, then I believe I am obliged to do what I can to support those values. I also believe that we all need to pay rent for our time here, to the extent that we are able to do so. Giving to the United Way is one way I pay my rent. If every one of us would give as much as we can, what a difference we could make! MY NAME IS JUNE PIERSON AND I LIVE UNITED. 5 An average of 400 Preparing Young Children children in every school district suffer from an for Success undiagnosed behavioral or developmental disorder. Child Development Youth Security Your United Way knows that children Born Learning Dutchess County Dept. of Social Services are born learning. Our Development Parents & caregivers learn about The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Check Up program prepares young developmental milestones and ways to River Haven children for success by helping parents help their child grow from birth. For at-risk youth who have certain risk and caregivers build their child’s Institute for Family Health factors, placement in the foster care or skills and recognize concerns or the criminal justice system looms large. developmental delays right from birth. (Healthy Famlies) Pregnant women and their new born children from Wappingers These programs step in and assist youth United Way of Dutchess County focuses in defi ning problems, identifying solutions on the youngest children, particularly Falls are offered home visits, screenings for health challenges, enrollment in and putting their lives back on track before those most at risk for developmental problems become crises. They teach coping delays. government programs and general parenting support. Research shows this strategies and offer mediation to help youth program increases employability and reunite with schools, family, and other positive role models before crime steps in. Measurable Impact reduces child neglect and abuse. • Over 300 children, ages 4 months to 5 years old, have participated in a Development Check Up Partnership for Children & Youth Development Check Up. Astor Services for Children and Famlies Abilities First • 28% of the children screened went Beacon Library Cornell Cooperative Extension on for further treatment for serious Beekman Libray Martin Luther King Cultural Center development, behavioral or health Children’s Medical Group Mill Street Loft issues. Church Street Community North East Community Center • More than 50% of our screenings Nursery School Dekinder School are done on children under the Our youth need support to become Dr. Ennabi’s Offi ce age of three because we know the productive members of our working society; East Fishkill Library savings to parents