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Annual Report 2013 ontents essage from the President & Chairman C M Dear Friends, generosity. This would not be possible without each one of you sharing your Letter from The President and Chairman...... 3 It’s hard to believe that we are looking back on another completed time, talent and treasure with us. Statements of Activities...... 4 year at Blind & Vision Rehabilitation The kindness of our donors allowed Services and Statistics...... 5 Services of Pittsburgh. Where does the us to redesign our fitness room to a state-of-the-art fitness center for the Beyond the Numbers...... 6-9 time go? Although the year seems to have passed in the blink of an eye, we community; have a beautiful sensory A Look at the Year...... 10-11 have accomplished so much. garden for our clients to enjoy; provide activities for our teens in the summer Societies...... 12 As we reflect on the past year, we program, just to name a few. Contributors...... 13-19 are very proud of the achievements of our clients and staff. Each year, This was a special year for our they find new and creative ways to agency: St. Lucy’s Auxiliary for the support our organization as well as Blind donated $200,000 and surpassed others. Our clients hosted art shows, the $3 million mark for its 49 years Changing the lives of persons with vision loss baked delicious goods, collected of support. These woman, their food donations and so much more. daughters and granddaughters work and other disabilities by fostering Our staff also reached out to New tirelessly to support the mission of our independence and individual choice. View Oklahoma, an organization agency. Thank you. similar to Blind & Vision Rehab, and As we end this letter to you, our donated more than $2,000 to support loyal friends, we would like to share its reconstruction efforts after a a favorite quote from Helen Keller: devastating tornado. It is rewarding to “Alone we can do so little. Together, work where giving back is part of our we can do so much.” This statement is Board of Directors daily culture. a true reflection of who we are as an OFFICERS Mary Anne Duranti Dick Roberts We are delighted to report that agency. Thank you for your continued generosity. Dennis Farkos, Chairman Denise S. Gallagher, M.D. Michael A. Romano we ended our third consecutive year Louis A. Lobes, Jr., M.D., Mary Lee Gannon Cynthia Troup without a deficit because of your Best Regards, Vice Chairman Rep. Marc J. Gergely Mike Wagner John A. Lemmex, Treasurer Joe Gordon EMERITUS MEMBERS Mrs. Stephen Snavely, Secretary Bert Maier Erika Arbogast, President David J. McAllister Chuck Noll, Chairman Emeritus Stephanae McCoy Douglas D. Danforth BOARD OF DIRECTORS Erin J. McLaughlin, Esq. Mrs. Frederick N. Egler Cheryl Akers-Stanton Rev. Thomas R. Miller James C. Roddey Brian Albert Charles F. Mullen, O.D. Amanda Cavill Patricia Orringer Lora E. Dikun Laura A. Pallan, M.D.

Director of Development and Public Relations: Leslie Montgomery-Reidenbaugh Erika Arbogast Dennis Farkos 2 Editor: Debra S. Meyer President Chairman 3 tatements of Activities S BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES

YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 AND 2012

2013 2012 Unrestricted Net Assets: Support and revenues: Service income $ 1,925,449 $ 2,170,297 Sales 2,368,793 2,001,912 Donations and grants 1,393,820 1,384,118 Individuals Served in 2013 Investment income 526,930 460,438 Realized/unrealized gains (losses) 518,124 85,494 Other revenues 133,617 139,804 Net assets released from restrictions 142,568 65,293 Rehabilitation Programs Vocational Services Community Services Total support and revenues 7,009,301 6,307,356 Personal Adjustment to Community Transition 20 Vision Screening:

Expenses: Blindness Training 19 Senior Transition 8 Children 11,665 Program services: Low Vision 459 Employment Transition 34 Adults 93 Industries 2,057,859 1,825,523 Rehabilitation 1,293,487 1,252,849 Access Technology 84 Employment Support 292 Transportation 116 Vocational services 1,019,379 1,095,815 Career and Information/Referral 552 Community and support 261,740 258,763 Community Adjustment 15 Public Education 5,085 PBA Products and Services 295,877 313,940 Community Based Training 55 Total program services 4,928,342 4,746,890 Management and general 984,160 959,961

Development 475,427 393,638

Total expenses 6,387,929 6,100,489 Change in Unrestricted Net Assets 621,372 206,867 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets: Donations and grants 57,336 157,506 Net assets released from restriction (142,568) (65,293) Change in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets (85,232) 92,213 Permanently Restricted Net Assets: Realized/unrealized gains (losses) 274,974 27,658 Change in Net Assets 811,114 326,738 Net Assets: Beginning of year 16,217,816 15,891,078 End of year $ 17,028,930 $ 16,217,816 4 5 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

4 Children’s Vision Screening is Did You Know... our foremost contribution to the prevention of blindness. We provide free vision screen- ... about our Manufacturing Division? ings to nearly 12,000 children Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh has maintained a manufac- each year. turing facility since its inception. Our predecessor organization, Pittsburgh Blind Association, was founded in 1910 primarily to provide employment opportunities for persons who were blind or visually impaired recognizing that those individu- als could be productive if trained as skilled workers. As Blind & Vision Rehab ex- panded into social and rehabilitation services as well as blindness prevention, our PBA Industries, named for Pittsburgh Blind Association, retained this facility. And employees continue to benefit not only from the financial stability a job provides, but the independence and dignity that come with rewarding employment. The PBA Industries division has grown and prospered due to the workmanship of our employees, 96 percent of whom are blind or visually impaired. Craftspeo-

ple at our North Side facility create a variety of goods for both public and private sectors such as construction safety products, portable highway signs, signage, textiles and silk-screened items. Additional employees work for Each summer youth ages 16 to 21 who our PBA Products and Services are blind or vision impaired come and division, which offers cleaning stay with us for five weeks as they learn and other contract services for to transition from high school to adult businesses. life in college or the workforce. The teens also participate in leisure activi- PBA Industries received the ties in the evenings and on weekends. 2012 Employment Growth Award from National Industries for the

eyond the Numbers Blind. Despite sequestration and

B recent economic constraints, our Industries program increased its labor hours by 5,000 and added four full-time positions and one part-time position, all of which were filled by individuals who are legally blind. This increase in la- We are one of only a few U.S. bor hours is 38 percent higher than in 2011. residential adjustment to blind- ness training models that teach In addition, our Industries program not only creates jobs for individuals who individuals how to live indepen- are blind or vision impaired but also helps provide financial support to the agen- dently in their homes and com- cy. Industries contributed $142,000 to the agency’s bottom line at the end of last munities. Our students come to fiscal year. This is an increase of 44 percent over the prior fiscal year. As costs in- us from all across the U.S. and around the world. crease for our rehabilitation programs and payments remain steady or decrease, we rely on our Industries program to help fund these deficits in our programs, 6 which are core to our mission. 7 Blind & Vision Rehab Provides More Than Training for This Accounting Professional So, how do you tell your boss that you’re losing “Coming here (to Blind & Vision Rehab) really helped me,” Sarah says. “It’s been such your eyesight? And you’re the assistant controller? a blessing. Tracey, Spero and Art do all that they do because they love doing it. They are And you’ve enlarged the font on your computer just super.” Tracey Morsek, Spero Pipakis and Art Rizzino make up the Access Technology screen as much as possible? Center staff. Fortunately, when Sarah Lucas felt it was time More than the techniques and technology, Sarah’s time at Blind & Vision Rehab has led to tell her employer that she had serious vision to new friendships. She and others who were part of the Highmark job readiness program problems, there was no problem. As a matter of have banded together as a computer users group – EyesFree Pittsburgh – meeting twice a fact, the heavy duty trucking company in Kentucky month at Blind & Vision Rehab’s Access Technology Center. offered fantastic incentives to keep Sarah as its assistant controller even when her husband’s “We’re all from different backgrounds, and I just love meeting with all of them. This company transferred him to Pittsburgh in 2010. experience has helped my quality of life,” Sarah says. She could have a full week off each month to And, it likely will continue to help her when she returns to the workforce. Sarah’s eyes travel to be with him; she could work from home. are sensitive to light and she has difficulty being in front of a computer screen for more ® Sarah loved her family, her friends, her church, and her job, where she had been than 30 minutes. During users group gatherings, she noticed others using JAWS , a screen employed for 13 years. She did not move to Pittsburgh at first. They wanted to make sure reader developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen her husband liked his new job and the new city. He did. So, Sarah tested the job market content. JAWS reads aloud what’s on the PC screen, so once Sarah learns how to use it in Pittsburgh via a temp job but encountered unwillingness to accommodate her need for she will not need to turn on the computer screen. accessible computer technology. The 37-year-old professional woman with an impressive “I went from large font to CCTV to ZoomText, and now I’m transitioning to JAWS. I love resume — multiple college degrees including a bachelor’s in accounting and associate’s in accounting and I love working in the corporate world,” Sarah says. “I won’t let it stop me applied science and management and information systems — was given menial tasks. just because I can’t “I always had confidence in myself and I’ve always had a good job. I wasn’t used to this see normally.” She transition,” Sarah says of her first months of working in Pittsburgh. So she went back to laughs at her own Kentucky and the trucking company that was willing to make more than just technological passion. “I’m like accommodations. But she missed her husband. this because of my faith.” Sarah and her husband have since sold their home in Kentucky and Sarah She adds, “I made a permanent relocation this year. “Tracey, Spero and Art don’t want to be During her transition, she was referred do all that they do average in my to Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services job. I want to be of Pittsburgh through the state Bureau because they love doing it. extraordinary at of Blindness and Visual Services and They are just super.” my job. By the time initially received training through the I was 29, I was Access Technology Center on ZoomText, assistant controller computer magnification and screen reading software for individuals who are visually for a big company. impaired. She then participated in a job readiness program funded by Highmark Blue Cross I don’t think your Blue Shield, which she credits as helping to regain her confidence in the employment arena circumstances and teaching her to be assertive in explaining her eye disease. define your success.” Sarah has Stargardt’s disease, a progressive reduction of central vision. Up until the year 2000 when she was diagnosed, Sarah had near perfect vision. There is no cure. Not at all. Especially for 8 Sarah Lucas. 9 »The agency’s newsletter was christened “The Spectacle.” We’re not quite sure of the last time the newsletter had an official name, but thought it was time. All Blind & Vision Rehab staff were invited to submit suggestions. We had 47 nominations for “Name That Newsletter” »Our Community Transition Program artists from 21 employees and the judging was intense, went wild with pink in honor of October Breast even with whimsical entries like “Busy BVRS” and Cancer Awareness Month and sold their art “Hocus Focus”! “The Spectacle” is courtesy of Kim- projects including vases, candle sets and key berly Hunter, Employment Transition Services em- chains. Their efforts raised $276 for the Susan ployment specialist. B. Komen Foundation.

»Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh’s manufacturing division, PBA Indus- »On White Cane safety Day, Oct. 15, BVRS staff and volunteers from The tries, was honored by National Industries for the Blind (NIB) for its efforts to increase employ- Auxiliary, BVRS, distributed information on white cane safety at various sites during ment retention, growth and upward mobility for people who are blind. The 2012 Employment the morning rush and afternoon lunch hours in Downtown Pittsburgh. Growth Award recognized our success and commitment to increasing economic indepen- dence for people who are blind, along with our efforts to increase upward mobility in the A workplace and job placements. Look at the Year »St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind, a volunteer organization founded in 1957 to en- courage volunteer service in young women, gave us a $200,000 gift — proceeds from the annual Medallion Ball recognizing young women for their volunteer efforts. Since »Our fitness center was redesigned and named in 1959, St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind has given Blind & Vision Rehab $3,155,366. honor of Michael A. Romano, Blind & Vision Rehabili- tation Services of Pittsburgh former board chairperson and retired senior vice president of risk and adminis- trative services for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. »The grounds at Blind & Vision Rehab The fitness center occupies a larger space with new have been adorned with a sensory garden exercise equipment thanks to funding from Highmark designed and created by Matthew Scotti, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Robert and Mary Weis- an Eagle Scout candidate and volunteer brod Foundation and the William B. McLaughlin Chari- for our summer program for teens. This table Trust. garden is specifically created to be accessible and enjoyable to persons with a disability and provides individual and combined sensory opportunities that Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh Presi- » they may not normally experience. dent Erika Arbogast was named a 2013 Diamond Award winner by the Pittsburgh Business Times. Diamond Awards honor the region’s top presidents, CEOs and executive directors. Erika is among the four nonprofit leaders named and among the 16 »Blind & Vision Rehab honored Art Rooney II, presi- leaders in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. dent and co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, as its 2013 Person of Vision. The event raised more than $135,000.

BNY Mellon awarded the agency a $70,000 grant — $20,00 » Our new Young Professionals Group kicked off its for Preschool Vision Screening and $50,000 for Youth Work- » agency affiliation with a successful evening of sushi roll- force Development. Altogether, 2,000 children and teenagers ing taught by Penn Avenue Fish Co. experts at the Toon- benefited from this funding. 10 Seum in Downtown Pittsburgh. 11 Societies Contributors THE CHUCK NOLL ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE SOCIETY Businesses Giant Eagle Rachel’s Cure by Design The Chuck Noll Road to Independence Society was established to pay tribute to Mr. 84 Lumber Gordon Terminal Service Reed Smith, LLP Noll. When he retired from the Steelers, Mr. Noll joined the Board of Directors of The A. C. Dellovade, Inc. Greer Industries, Inc. Rivers Casino Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind, noting the similarity between his approach to suc- A. Martini & Co. Grossman Yanak & Ford, LLP RTI International Grow Pittsburgh Ruthrauff/Sauer, LLC cess in football and the agency’s success in rehabilitation. When the Guild consolidated Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh Allstate Employee Giving Campaign Guardian Construction Management Sheetz, Inc. with Pittsburgh Blind Association, Chuck Noll became the first Chairman of the Board of the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Services, Inc. Sisterson & Co., LLP new agency, now called Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh. Ameritas Group Henderson Brothers, Inc. Smail Automotive Group Members of the prestigious Chuck Noll Road to Independence Society pledge unre- Aramark Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Small Arms Manufacturing Company stricted gifts of at least $1,000 per year for five years. Arizona Carolina Football Club Hinkel-Hofmann Snyder Associated Companies, Inc. Avalotis Corporation Hoffman Electric, Inc. Specified Solutions Brian & Donna Albert Mrs. Olive Gilliand+ Harold Reidenbaugh & Bayer MaterialScience Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Stantec Richard P. & Bonnie B. Anton Robert A. Gordon Leslie Montgomery-Reidenbaugh Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. IBM Employee Charitable Target Office Products Jeffrey & Erika Arbogast Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Riley BNY Mellon Contribution Campaign Teris Parking, Inc. Mr. Stephen Barrett+ Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Gordon, Jr. Michael A. Romano Bognar and Company, Inc. IKM Incorporated The Buncher Company Mr. & Mrs. James Baumgartner Dick & Lynn Hoak Arthur J. Rooney, II Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C. IKON Office Solutions The Elmhurst Group George Bedo & Connie Schwartz Roy Johnson Kay & Art Rooney, Jr. Burchick Construction Company Indianapolis Colts, Inc. The Hillman Company C. James Bond & Dr. & Mrs. Louis A. Lobes, Jr. Leo P. Russell+ Calgon Carbon Corporation Industrial Rubber Products Co. Tucker Arensberg Deborah L. Kutzavitch David Lovejoy, Esq. & Faye Sampson Centria Integrated Environmental Systems, Inc. UPMC Health Plan Stacy A. Brovitz Sandra Demas Eleanor J. Schulz Chima, Inc. ISS Facility Services Vista Metals, Inc. James & Phyllis Brubaker John & Christine Lubimir Mark & Marcia Sherwin Chloe’s Adornments Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Denis McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Snavely Chubb & Son, Inc. Program Community Groups Ray & Kathy Buehler Stephanae McCoy Sandy & Edgar Snyder Clarion Ford Mercury Landau Building Company Bethel Park Lioness Club Bethel Park Lions Club Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Castelucci Ms. Rita M. McGinley+ Andrew Uram Clark Hill Thorp Reed, LLP Landmark Event Staffing Services Lennon Smith Souleret Engineering Center Presbyterian Church Amanda Cavill Paul & Penny McKenna in memory of Juliana J. Uram Conrad Hotel & Lounge, Inc. Mascaro Construction Company, LP Clairton Lions Club Lisa M. Cibik, M.D., FACS Edgar Michaels+ Tom & Sandy Usher Cost Company Creative Minds Learning Center, llc Matcon Diamond, Inc. Consumer Provider Council of the Blind Bob & Cathy Cornell Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mockenhaupt Mr. & Mrs. Malachy Whalen dck worldwide, LLC Maxim Crane Works Delta Gamma Alumni Ed & Lora Dikun James P. Mondzelewski, M.D. Dr. Mark & Roseanne Wholey Deckman Company MBM Contracting, Inc. South Hills Chapter Ruth D. Egler Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. (Chuck) Noll Lawrence & Kathy Wilhelm Dell Fastener Corporation Miami Dolphins Foundation Duquesne University Gus & Annie Hanna Engel Dr. Karl Olsen & Ann P. Winkelstein Desmone & Associates Architects Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC Elfinwild Lions Club Dennis & Connie Farkos Martha Hildebrandt Lois Zahorchak Detroit Switch, Inc. Mobili Office, LLC Ewing Hills Preschool, Inc. Debra Fox & Dr. Jules Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Pagliari Michael & Judy Zaken Dollar Bank Mosites Construction Company Forest Hills Lions Club Rick & Jessica Galardini Mrs. Pert Pivirotto & +deceased Ductmate Industries, Inc. New York Football Giants, Inc. Hamilton Presbyterian Church USA Mr. Thomas Merriman Eat’n Park NFL Foundation Hillcrest Preschool Elizabeth Carbide Die Co., Inc. Orafol Americas, Inc. Homestead Lions Club LEGACY SOCIETY Elizabeth United Methodist Oxford Development Company Independent Order of Odd Fellows Early Learning Center P.J. Dick Contracting Grand Lodge of PA The Society was established to honor the volunteer work of individuals committed to the Emerson Process Management Palmetto Partners, Ltd. McKeesport Lions Club mission of Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh. Power & Water Solutions Paper Products Company, Inc. Monaca Center Lions Club Enterprise Rent-A-Car PenTrust Mt. Lebanon Lions Club Michele Antonelli Lin M. Getz Elizabeth McCarthy FFC Capital Corporation Peoples Natural Gas New Alexandria Lions Club Diana Kay Bills Julia Sheridan Gleason Penny McKenna F.N.B. Corporation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Oakmont Lions Club Regina M. Callahan Terri A. Hastings Mary Ann McKnight Fox Learning Systems, Inc. Program Pitcairn Lions Club Helen Hanna Casey Terry Jancisin E. Patricia Constantin Orringer Frank B. Fuhrer Holdings, Inc. Pitt Ohio Express, Inc. Pittsburgh Lions Club Annie Hanna Engel Mary Ellen Maher Roseanne Wholey Franklin Interiors Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council GAI Consultants, Inc. PNC Bank Pleasant Hills Lions Club Donations were made during fiscal year 2013. While every donation is appreciated, only donations of $50 or more are Gateway Engineers, Inc. Professional Graphic Communications Praise Christian Day Care 12 listed due to printing costs. Thank you for your understanding. 13 St. Lucy’s Auxiliary Norman C. Ray Trust Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Glen Mr. Jarrod Duffy Mr. Jeremy C. Clark Ms. Mary Frances Dean Johnson St. Peter’s U.C.C. Sunday School Passavant Hospital Foundation Mrs. Marlene Gromis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Eberhardt Mr. & Mrs. James J. Clark & Mr. Daniel P. Johnson South Park Lions Club PNC Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hillman Mrs. Beverly Engle Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. K. Cohen Mr. William J. Keenist, Sr. Tarentum Lions Club Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation Mr. Merril Hoge Ms. Lauri Fink & Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Coleman Mr. Christopher S. Keller The Auxiliary, BVRS Rose Y. & J. Samuel Cox Fund Dr. & Mrs. Francis G. Hurite Mr. Kevin D. Barletta Mr. Nicholas Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kenny The Ciloets Rossin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Jancisin Ms. Elizabeth M. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Francis E. Corbett Miss Marissa Kielar Tiny Tykes Academy, LLC Russell Charitable Foundation Mr. Cameron Jones Mr. & Mrs. Paul Giba Mr. Charles Corry Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Klein Tuscarora Intermediate Unit No. 11 Salvitti Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Knepper Mr. & Mrs. John P. Gribble Mrs. Therese H. Courtney Mr. Joel Kreider Upper St. Clair Lions Club The Buhl Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Roger Kurtz Dr. Erica Hacker Miss Ann J. Crilley Mr. Robert Kreisel Wallace Memorial Presbyterian The Fine Foundation Dr. Karen & Harrison Lauer Mr. Elwood T. Hughes, Jr. Ms. Julie M. Dacko Mr. & Mrs. Karl Krobot Church, USA The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. Patrick Logan Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Kenny Ms. Evelyn W. Daley Ms. Heidi Kuehn West Mifflin Lions Club Thomas J. & Sandra L. Usher Dr. & Mrs. John C. Maher Mr. & Mrs. Tom Koenig Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Darby, Sr. Mr. James R. Kukurin Wexford Community Presbyterian Charitable Foundation Mr. David J. McAllister Ms. Sharon Landau Ms. Joan Clark Davis Mrs. Rose M. Kutsenkow Church Tippins Foundation Mr. Samuel A. McClung, III Mr. Lawrence W. Lennon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dan Delaney Ms. Racheallee Lacek Whitehall Community Lions Club W.I. Patterson Charitable Fund Mr. Randall G. McCombs Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Marlowe Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Delie Ms. Mary Ellen Lancaster Wilmerding Lions Club William & Francis Aloe Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. McNally Mr. & Mrs. Mark McKenna Mr. Daniel W. Demoise, Jr. Mrs. Susan Oberg Lane William B. McLaughlin Mr. Eric Merrill Mr. & Mrs. William J. McKinley Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Di Antonio Mrs. Elizabeth Lange Estates Charitable Trust Ms. Kathy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. David J. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. Coleman L. Leppold Estate of Aurelie Benedetti Dr. & Mrs. Charles Mullen Dr. Harry M. Null Mr. Carl A. Dozzi Mr. & Mrs. Howard Lessman Estate of Peter Burnett The Pittsburgh Foundation Funds Mrs. Anita Nischal Mr. Robert Ondovik Ms. Catharine R. Drago Mrs. Laura Liggett Estate of Bernice Kennedy Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Ms. Nadia Pastor Mrs. Inza Liggett Duchi Mr. Justin Lokay Estate of Joseph Knoerdel Charles Polonsky Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Orringer Dr. & Mrs. Allan Press Mr. & Mrs. David P. Duessel Mr. & Mrs. Hayden P. Lutz Estate of Alice B. Lytle George & Ada Davidson Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. William F. Oxenreiter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Price Ms. Kristin M. Duff Mr. George Lyness Estate of Betty L. McCurdy Francis & Madeline Shane Fund Dr. Laura Pallan & Mrs. Edyce Rizzi Mr. George D. Ehringer, Sr. Mr. Robert P. Maines Interboro College Fund Mr. John H. Tippins Mr. Dan A. Rossi Mr. Ed Elinski Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Malakoff Foundations Jacob A. & Frieda M. Hunkele Ms. Barbara Peterson Mr. Andy Russell Mr. Phillip W. Engel, Jr. Mr. Ken Malli Alexander C. & Tillie S. Speyer Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pfeiffer Ms. Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Mrs. Judith L. Englert Ms. Ramona Manning Foundation John R. & Margaret S. McCartan Ms. Leela Raju Mrs. Cynthia Smith Mr. & Mrs. John M. Fischetti Dr. Stanley M. Marks BNY Mellon Foundation of SW PA Charitable Fund Mr. Tim Regan Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Tommarello Mr. Edward Flanagan Mrs. Rebecca Jo Mastarone Bank of America Charitable Foundation Joseph T. Bowser Fund Mr. William Roach, Jr. Mr. Charles W. Wolfertz, III Mr. Lou Flores Ms. Lorraine Matisko Citizens Charitable Foundation Rita E. Kim Fund Mr. Forest Royse & Mr. & Mrs. Jim Funderburgh Mr. Brad Mayer Constellation Energy Group Snavely Family Fund Dr. Denise Gallagher $100-$249 Dr. & Mrs. Gerry D. Getman Mr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Mazerov Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Nancy Schepis Mr. & Mrs. William Alberts Mr. & Mrs. James Giardina Ms. Nancy McGough Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation Endowment Funds of the Mr. Peter T. Schepis & Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aquilina, Jr. Mr. Andy Gildersleeve Ms. Marian Michaels Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust United Jewish Federation Ms. Karen Rathburn Ms. Sandra Arch-Evans Mr. John W. Giltinan, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Mele Milosovich Elder Foundation Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Neil Stanton Drs. Michael & Carol Azar Ms. Kathryn K. Gleason Mr. & Mrs. John H. Montgomery Elsie H. Hillman Foundation Rhoda & Seymour Sikov Mr. & Mrs. John T. Steimer Mr. Jeffrey R. Babcock Ms. Roberta M. Hages Ms. Judith Montibeller Federated Investors Foundation, Inc. Philanthropic Fund Mr. Mike R. Wagner Ms. Judith A. Baranowski Mr. William Hallett Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Morgan Fred J. & Shirley H. Jordan Rogalsky-Ringold Family Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Witouski Mr. Christopher Bartels Mrs. Colleen Hanes Ms. Elizabeth Mucha Foundation Endowment Fund Mr. James A. Beck Rev. & Mrs. William Hauser Mr. Andy Null H.J. Heinz Company Foundation $250-$499 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Becker Ms. Denise He Mr. Desmond O’Connor Industrial Scientific Foundation Individuals $500+ Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Antonelli Mrs. Nancy Bedell Ms. Sarah Heineman Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. O’Donnell Jack Buncher Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Ayres, III Mr. & Mrs. George L. Balker Mr. & Mrs. Michael Behe Mr. Nathanael Heins Mrs. Eleanor M. Olsen Joseph Elias Charitable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Bargiband Mrs. Betty M. Berner Dr. Peter Berkowitz Miss Diane Heins Ms. Helen Orringer Joseph & Violet Soffer Foundation Mrs. Nadine Bognar Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bildstein Ms. Joan Kovalic Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. John Oyler Liberty Mutual Foundation Match Mr. & Mrs. Mark Brilmyer Mr. Craig Bingham Mrs. Helen Birkel Mr. Gary Hill & Mr. Anthony Parisi Massey Charitable Trust Mr. Tim Chappell Mr. & Mrs. Alan Boarts Ms. Beverly Blackburn Mrs. Peg Fitchwell-Hill Ms. Nicole J. Patterson Milton G. Hulme Charitable Mrs. Jamini Davies Mr. Mark Booth Mrs. Modesta R. Booth Dr. Dean Hu Ms. Eileen Paul Foundation Mr. William Regis Drane Ms. Carol Ann Bowman Mr. John P Boyle Dr. Kenneth C. Huber Mr. Bill Paul Mutual of America Foundation Mr. Grant Duffield Ms. Joan Brownstein Casey Brennan Mr. Dennis Huber Mr. George Perles Myles D. & J. Faye Sampson Mrs. Barbara Eichenlaub Mr. Timothy J. Cowan Mr. & Mrs. John William Butler Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hughes Mr. Tom Prickett Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Norman Elias Mr. Andrew Diana Dr. Frances J. Caplan Ms. Stephanie C. Incorvati Ms. Kathy M. Quigley Mr. Richard Fish Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Divito, Jr. Mr. Sheldon Catz Mr. & Mrs. Salvino Recrosio 14 15 Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Reisacher Ms. Judith E. Berg Ms. Mary Groth Mr. William S. O’Neil Dr. Richard Welsh & Mary Marks Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rich Mr. Joseph S. Beri Mrs. Lynn Hagan Ms. Anne Pascasio Mrs. Mary Nelle McLennan Dr. Stanley M. Marks Mr. & Mrs. P. Jerome Richey Ms. Amy Berresford Mr. Dennis R. Halaszynski, Sr. Mr. Thomas P. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Irving Wender John H. Montgomery Mr. John M. Rieck Mr. Joseph Beyer Mr. Chad Hall Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Potter, Jr. Mr. Donald Whitcomb Mrs. Janet Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. James Roddey Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Bezila Ms. Jayne C. Hamilton Drs. Anil & Nalina Prabhu Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Willoe Ms. Diann Roffe Dr. & Mrs. Albert Borelli Mr. William F. Hanselman Mr. Lester O. Prince Ms. Nancy K. Wojtaszek Margaret Oberleitner Mrs. Anthony D. Rondinelli Dr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Bowers Mr. Franco Dok Harris Mr. & Mrs. John Repcheck Mr. & Mrs. Norman Wood Mrs. Valerie A. Brandy Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rothermel Mrs. Valerie A. Brandy Mr. & Mrs. H. Scott Hart Mrs. Mariam Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Wright Patty Orringer Mr. & Mrs. James Rushworth Ms. Karen Brownstein Ms. Lynn Hartenstein Miss Frances I. Riley Mr. Alfred G. Yates, Jr. Esq. PC United Bronze of Pittsburgh, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Roy T. Ruzika Mr. & Mrs. George Burditt Mrs. Jane Haskell Ms. Deborah Rosen Mrs. Ashley Yohe Our Military Mrs. Kathleen P. Sadler Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Capanna Mr. & Mrs. Gunther Heilbrunn Mr. Justin Rosenkaimer Ms. Sherry Zelno Mrs. Arlene Deep Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Scharf Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Captor, Sr. Ms. Sandra R. Heinz Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ryan Mrs. Tara Zimmerman Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Schiff Ms. Denise C. Capurso Mr. & Mrs. Darrell J. Hess Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sadowski Mr. Thomas Zoglmann Dr. Allan Press Mr. James N. Schmitt, Jr. Mr. Edward J. Caputo, II Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Hollis, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mish Samraney Mr. Richard C. Zoller Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. K. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schneider Miss Julie Carris Mrs. Lisa Honkala Mr. Ronald C. Savickas Dr. Roth Ms. Olga Schuster Mr. Lonnie Carter Mr. & Mrs. Harry B. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. August Savio Donations In Honor Of Dr. Karl R. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schweiger Mr. Ross Cianflone Mr. Mickey Hutchko Mrs. JoAnn R. Scanga Bobby Akers Sadie Truth Jones Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sclabassi Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Cignetti Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Illson Mr. & Mrs. Dean H. Scholl Mrs. Cheryl Stanton Mr. Elliott Tanack Ms. Joan Martin Siebart Ms. Connie A. Cottrill Ms. Donna Isaac Mr. & Mrs. F. George Scott Ms. Polly O. Wright Mr. Matt Smith Ms. Marlene Curley Mr. & Mrs. Walter Jacob Mr. Donald Sedlacko Malachi Urbini Mr. Charles H. Seybold, III Mr. Russ Spicuzza Ms. Jann W. Curti Mrs. Roberta Jones Mrs. Helen Sereno Sally Alexander Mr. & Mrs. James P. Stafford Mr. & Mrs. Roger Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Jones Mr. Charles H. Seybold, III Mr. & Mrs. Lester Berkowitz Susan Wiegand Ms. Sara M. Strome Mr. Corey Deasy Mr. Alex Kardos Mr. Gary Shannon Mrs. Barbara Ann Campbell Ms. Sandra M. Drabicki-Bell Ms. Janice Talerico Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Delie Mrs. Eleanor A. Kissinger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sharp Erika Arbogast Dr. Yalamachi Dr. Joseph A. Terravecchia Mr. & Mrs. Peter Demas Mr. & Mrs. Alan M. Klaich Mr. Grant Shevchik Mrs. Constance Schwartz-Bedo Dr. Karl R. 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