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The Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) Annual Report for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 celebrates not only good works — LSSI’s services for people in need — but that good works. Good Works is also about recognizing those who partner with LSSI in our mission —“Responding to the Gospel, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois brings healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities.” LSSI helps people — of all ages, races, incomes and religions — address important needs and make essential changes in their lives. At its foundation, our endeavor as a faith-based human services provider is about good works. But how do we know that our agency is effective? This report helps answer that question in a very real way by showcasing highlights from LSSI’s service outcomes. This report is about LSSI’s focus on addressing the needs of people with compassion and professionalism, while objectively measuring the impact of our work.

Letter from the President ...... 1 The People We Serve ...... 2 Where, Why and How We Serve ...... 5 Behavioral Health Services ...... 6 Children’s Community Services ...... 10 Affordable Housing...... 14 Nursing and Rehabilitation ...... 16 Senior Community Services...... 18 Prisoner and Family Ministry ...... 20 Leadership ...... 22 Services ...... 24 Donor Listings ...... 25 Amicus Certus ...... 28 Ministry of Hope ...... 31 Financial Summary ...... 36 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. —HEBREWS 10:24

Dear Friends:

This Annual Report is about naming and claiming the good that Lutheran Our agency must also demonstrate to government funding sources and Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) does in serving people in our state — by various regulatory agencies the effectiveness of our programs and services. providing tangible evidence of that good. And while it is important to do Likewise, we need to demonstrate to our donors that LSSI’s work is needed charitable works that attend to our neighbors in need, it is also critical that and worth supporting. the works we engage in are effective. We must not only help people in need We are always challenging ourselves to do better. Over the course of time, — we must do it well. our outcomes enable us to methodically strive to take our work to a higher And as you will see from the descriptions of our programs’ achievements level, as well as to plan where we want our work to go. Measuring the results that follow, we do. of our work enables us to identify when programs need more resources — There are many good reasons for LSSI to measure the effectiveness of our such as additional training or staff — to improve. work as an agency. One of the most significant is that measuring outcomes Yet with all of this focus on quantifying the results of our labors, some of provides us with information to educate our stakeholders, both internal and the progress in our clients’ lives is immeasurable, yet still palpable. Like the external. person who’s been an alcoholic for all of his or her adult life who feels like One of LSSI’s most important stakeholder groups is our staff. The primary trying again. How do you measure a person’s sense of hope as it slowly reason that our agency achieves such excellent outcomes in serving is because emerges after being buried for years? of our staff’s commitment, skill and compassion. Their dedication to our It is our calling as people of faith to do good works. And as a social service clients is extraordinary — they consistently go above and beyond. For them, agency of the three Illinois synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in serving their clients is not a job, it is a passion. And for many of them, their America, LSSI seeks to carry out Christ’s command that we love one another personal vocational mission and our agency’s are one and the same: “… and so fulfill the gospel. bringing healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities.” So, whether you are a donor, staff member or volunteer, look through these Tracking their clients’ outcomes validates staff’s efforts, whether it’s when pages and recognize and celebrate your contributions to these good works. a foster child successfully reunites with his family, or when a senior is able to maintain an independent life by using our home care services. It’s easy to believe in what you do when you can see that it’s working. And by and large, our staff is effective in helping our clients achieve a fullness of life, whatever Frederick Aigner, Pastor their situations or needs. President

GOOD WORKS 1 the people we serve Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) serves people of all ages, genders, races, ethnic backgrounds, economic circumstances and religious affiliations. Children, teens, adults, seniors and families were among LSSI’s clients in Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07): 23,172 primary clients* 5,813 collateral clients** 27,967 brief encounter clients*** 56,952 people served *Primary clients are individuals **Collateral clients are the ***Brief encounter services who are formally enrolled in an family members and other are provided to people who LSSI program, with specific loved ones of primary clients, occasionally participate in one admission and discharge dates. who begin participating in of LSSI’s services, usually in a Some examples of LSSI service with a primary client, group setting. Prisoner and programs where primary clients or begin receiving some type Family Ministry uses brief are served include substance of support service during the encounter services as its abuse treatment, foster care, fiscal year. primary method of serving its nursing care and developmental target populations, except for disabilities programs. Connections, where primary clients are served.

Some facts about the primary clients served by Lutheran Social Services of Illinois: • 54% are women and 46% are men. • 96% of LSSI clients speak English, and 3% speak Spanish. The remaining 1% speaks another language, such as Polish or Chinese. • 80% of LSSI’s primary clients report annual household incomes of less than $15,000, and many of these households include young children. 49% earn less than $5,000, and only 5% earn more than $35,000. • LSSI serves people of many different faiths, as well as those without any religious affiliation. 2 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT THE PEOPLE SERVED BY LSSI 5% 4% $35,000+ $25,000 – $34,999 11% $15,000 – $24,999

49% 14% <$5,000 $10,000 – $14,999

17% $5,000 – $9,999

THE TOP CHART SHOWS THE ANNUAL 30% 32% HOUSEHOLD 19 OR 55 OR INCOMES OF THOSE YOUNGER OLDER WE SERVE,WHILE THE BOTTOM CHART INDICATES THE AGE RANGE OF PEOPLE IN 38% LSSI PROGRAMS. AGED 20 TO 54

GOOD WORKS 3 4 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT where we serve why we serve From the crowded streets of Chicago to the fertile cornfields of northern Responding to the Gospel, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois’ mission is to Illinois to the rolling hills of southern Illinois, Lutheran Social Services of bring healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities. To serve the Illinois (LSSI) touches the lives of thousands of people annually through a people of Illinois, LSSI partners with government agencies, as well as variety of programs throughout the state. As a social service agency of the churches, providing services that state and local governments will not and/or three Illinois synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), cannot provide. LSSI provides a variety of services in each of these synods. Through its programs and services, LSSI helps people of all ages, genders, In FY07, LSSI served 21,230 (37%) clients in the Northern Illinois Synod, races, economic situations and religious affiliations make important changes 21,042 (37%) in the Metro Chicago Synod and 14,680 (26%) in the in their lives. By providing effective, high quality services, LSSI works to help Central/Southern Illinois Synod (including primary clients, collateral clients clients help themselves in three life-changing ways: and clients served through brief encounter services). • by improving their functioning • by strengthening their connections with families and communities • by fostering their self-sufficiency how we serve Lutheran Social Services of Illinois has five major service networks, each with a variety of programs: Behavioral Health Services, Children’s Community Services, Nursing Care and Senior Community Services, Affordable Housing, and Prisoner and Family Ministry. LSSI strives to meet and exceed governmental benchmarks and requirements in serving its clients. What follows are highlights of LSSI’s service outcomes for Fiscal Year 2007 in each of these networks.

GOOD WORKS 5 WE HELP PEOPLE GET AND STAY SOBER L “The people [here] are down to earth, God’s people,” says Edward, 49. “They target you to retain dignity and self-respect. … they really want to help people get better. And Detox is great preparation for treatment. It’s hard to keep a bad mood here because of how [well we are] treated.” For people fighting alcoholism or drug addiction, LSSI provides a progressive set of services geared to helping them become — and stay — sober. LSSI’s substance abuse treatment programs in Chicago and northern Illinois served 5,191 primary clients in FY07. Of those, 1,349 were served by the Detox program, which is the first step toward recovery and is available at its Kenmore Center in Chicago, a residential facility. Seventy-seven percent of clients who completed LSSI’s Detox program were successfully enrolled in “step-down” substance abuse treatment BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (BHS) programs, which is a positive short-term predictor of long-term recovery PROVIDES COUNSELING, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, from addiction. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.THE MAJORITY OF BHS CLIENTS (88%) ARE SERVED IN METRO CHICAGO. WE HELP PEOPLE RECOVER BALANCE L “The hospital saved my life after a suicide attempt, but LSSI counseling helped me [to] heal,” says a client. “I can’t believe how much I have changed and how much better I handle my life since I have been coming to LSSI. I don’t know what I’d do without regular visits to my therapist. The caring support I receive keeps me going and gives me courage and the tools to make so many positive changes.” Community-based counseling programs provide supportive services for people dealing with a variety of problems, including marital and parenting issues, anxiety, depression, stress and abuse. LSSI served 838 children, adolescents and adult clients in its counseling programs in FY07. Approximately 81% of those served improved their level of functioning in daily life.

6 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT 60 58% 54% 50 52%

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0 Detox Residential Residential Outpatient Rehabiliation Extended Aftercare RATE OF COMPLETION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

THIS CHART INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF CLIENTS WHO COMPLETED EACH OF THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE LEVELS OF CARE. FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF CLIENTS IN LSSI’S DETOXIFICATION PROGRAM COMPLETED TREATMENT; 54% SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM; AND 28% COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL AFTERCARE (OR HALFWAY HOUSE) TREATMENT.ANOTHER 52% OF LSSI’S OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE CLIENTS COMPLETED THEIR TREATMENT.

A NUMBER OF FACTORS AFFECT THE TREATMENT COMPLETION FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN RESIDENTIAL AFTERCARE, PARTICULARLY THE ABILITY OF CLIENTS TO FIND A JOB SO THEY CAN PAY THE COST OF ROOM AND BOARD AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE. WOMEN RESIDENTS ALSO MAY BE UNDER PRESSURE TO RETURN HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.

GOOD WORKS 7 WE MAXIMIZE ABILITIES L “After everything we’ve been through while attempting to help our child with PWS [Prader-Willi syndrome], Lutheran Social Services’ compassion has been overwhelming…,” says Victoria Protsman, mother of Sarah, 27, who has lived at LSSI’s Washington Place since June 2005. “Our daughter has a chance [for] happiness, a healthful life, and to live up to her potential once again.” LSSI offers group homes, Intermittent CILA (Community Integrated Living Arrangement) and respite care services to adults with many types of developmental disabilities. The majority of LSSI’s clients with developmental disabilities (84%) maintained their level of functioning as measured by the ICAP (Inventory for Client and Agency Planning), while 14% improved it. LSSI’s Developmental Disabilities Services include two intermediate care facilities (Shady Oaks East and West in Homer Glen) that serve adults with mental and physical disabilities who need medical stabilization services, and respite services for caregivers of children or adults with developmental disabilities. Three of LSSI’s group homes focus on clients who have Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder that prevents individuals with the condition from feeling full after eating, resulting in life-threatening obesity. These group homes, located in Aurora, Beardstown and Dixon, provide residents with structure and supervision 24 hours a day. During FY07, clients in these programs lost a total of 423 pounds.

8 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT WE HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRISIS L “Project Impact is the most comprehensive emergency room-based mental <1% health screening program in Illinois,” says Dan Wasmer, director for Region 1 2% North of the Illinois Department of Mental Health. “Its efforts help thousands of people each year find their way out of a crisis by providing [them with] and 2% 11% linking them to important mental health services. Project Impact is a wonderful feature of the public mental health system on the north side of Chicago.” 3% The first program of its kind in Chicago, Project Impact (Immediate Multidisciplinary Pre-Screening Assessment Crisis Team) enables people — 5% 39% whatever their mental health crisis is — to obtain the appropriate level of care by providing on-site assessment services at Swedish Covenant Hospital. The 7% program serves approximately 250 people a month, or 2,592 people in FY07, directing clients to resources consistent with their needs. Of those 11% people screened through this program, only 11% required hospitalization at state psychiatric facilities. Another 20% 39% were approved for admission to privately operated inpatient facilities. About half of the individuals screened were helped through referrals to appropriate mental health and community services, inpatient and outpatient State Psychiatric Facilites Refused All Services care, shelters and detox centers. Project Impact also helps reduce overcrowding Other Inpatient Facilities Other Social Services and re-hospitalizations at Chicago Read Mental Health Center. Outpatient Mental Health No Service Needs Substance Abuse Services Domestic Violence Services Shelter (Housing/Food) Respite Services

GOOD WORKS 9 WE KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER, SAFELY L “[The program] really helps families identify their problems, and it prevents those children from entering the [foster care] system,” says Linda Reiss, who oversees Intact Family Services in southern Illinois. “Most parents really love and want their children, but they don’t always know [how to best parent their children].” Intact Family Services works with families with serious problems, such as child neglect and domestic violence, that are referred by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The goal of the program, which is offered in many locations throughout the state, is to keep families together, rather than placing children in foster homes. Intact Family Services works with families within their homes to develop solutions to their problems, which can include financial or job-related difficulties, substance abuse, anger CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY SERVICES management or other parenting issues. PROVIDES ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE, PREGNANCY COUNSELING, The intensive family preservation program typically lasts 12 months, with HEAD START, CHILD CARE, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES frequent visits to support the families. Of the 265 cases closed in FY07, 67% FOR YOUTH, FAMILY-CENTERED SERVICES AND SINGLE PARENT of the cases closed successfully with families PROGRAMS. MOST SERVICES ARE OFFERED STATEWIDE. intact. In the Intact Family program, success means that a participating family achieves its service plan goals and that the risk of harm to children is sufficiently reduced. In 9% of closed cases, children were placed in foster care to protect their safety and well-being. In 14% of the closed cases, families were intact but considered unsuccessful by LSSI’s internal standards because they refused services or withdrew from service without achieving their service goals. The balance of the closed cases were either transferred to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), or the children were placed in private guardianship with extended family members. Through the efforts of LSSI’s dedicated workers, children are able to remain with their parents and avoid the traumatic experience of separation and loss.

10 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT GOOD WORKS 11 2% WE ACHIEVE SAFETY,PERMANENCY AND WELL-BEING FOR FOSTER CHILDREN L “The basic goals of child welfare are permanency, safety and well- being,” says Marcia Weflen, senior associate executive director of LSSI’s 13% Children’s Community Services. “They’re all interrelated and very essential.” Enabling children in the foster care system to find permanent homes — or, as it is known in the field, “achieving permanency” — is at the heart of child welfare practice. Theory, research and field work show that moving children from foster home to foster home significantly affects their development and 45% their lives, not only as children, but also as adults. Much of LSSI’s service delivery is focused on the achievement of permanency for foster children in 40% three types of care — traditional, home of relative and specialized foster care (for children with complex medical, emotional and behavioral problems). In FY07, LSSI served 3,119 clients in its foster care programs, enabling 525 children and adolescents to achieve permanency through reunification with their families, adoption, subsidized guardianship and independence. Simply put, achieving permanency means that children have a secure, stable family where they can develop, thrive and have a sense FINDING PERMANENT HOMES FOR of belonging. And when children have that permanency, their chances for a FOSTER CHILDREN positive future are much greater. The ultimate goal of the foster care system is to return children to their THE GOAL OF LSSI’S FOSTER CARE PROGRAM IS TO FIND PERMANENT HOMES — OR ACHIEVE PERMANENCY — FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE birth families. When that isn’t possible, LSSI works to provide permanency for PROGRAM. IN FY07: children through adoption. In FY07, 45% of permanencies • 45% OF CHILDREN WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS. were children reunited with their birth parents, while 40% achieved permanency through adoption. • 40% WERE ADOPTED EITHER BY FOSTER PARENTS OR OTHER Subsidized guardianship accounted for another 13% of the program’s ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. permanencies. • 13% OF THE CHILDREN GAINED HOMES THROUGH SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP.

• 2% OF CHILDREN ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE THROUGH SUCH AVENUES AS EMANCIPATION AND TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS.

12 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT WE BRING STABILITY TO FOSTER CHILDREN WE HELP CHILDREN PREPARE FOR STRONG, IN CRISIS HOPEFUL FUTURES L L “If we can reduce the subsequent trauma [of multiple placements], we Teresa Hanif’s daughter Sameera attends the half-day Head Start gain a greater likelihood of successful, stable placement of children in foster morning session of LSSI’s Rogers Park Children’s Center. She says that Sameera care,” says Bill Franklin, associate executive director of Children’s Community was having problems recognizing her ABCs. She didn’t know what the letters Services in north central Illinois. “The worst thing in foster care is to have were. “Now she knows her numbers and letters,” says Teresa, adding, “I wish the kids moved from one home to another. Ideally, we want the children to she could stay but she’s five [years old and will graduate]. I wish she could stay with one foster family until they can be returned home to their birth stay forever. [It’s a] really good [program].” parents or be adopted by the foster [or another] family.” LSSI operates Head Start programs in five distinct Chicago neighborhoods The System of Care (SOC) program works to stabilize foster children in their and has been involved with providing Head Start since 1967. Head Start foster homes and provide supportive services to keep them there. The children promotes school readiness for at-risk children from families at the poverty served by SOC have experienced significant neglect or abuse, and the trauma level by providing education, health, nutrition, social and other services for of the neglect and/or abuse impacts children’s ability to function and relate the enrolled children and their families. Children served in LSSI’s Head Start with others. programs demonstrated significant gains in critical skills that prepare them The SOC staff provide a mix of services — counseling, education, for kindergarten, including comprehension of spoken directions, vocabulary, interventions in crisis situations, referrals to specialized programs and general letter recognition and early math skills. These children exceeded the Head support — to ensure the child and the foster family get the help needed to Start National Average scores following their first and second years in Head maintain the child at home. The staff engages the whole family — working Start, with average scores typically ranging 5-10 with both the foster parents and child to understand the child’s behavior and percentage points above the national average. foster his or her healthy development — as well as learning new ways to deal with the trauma. In SOC in FY07, LSSI provided services for 74 foster children who were in danger of losing their foster homes because of severe emotional and behavioral issues. During FY07, 71% of the discharged clients were stabilized in their placements. The remaining 29% of children needed a higher level of care, such as a residential facility, specialized foster care placement or an inpatient substance abuse treatment program.

GOOD WORKS 13 WE CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP L “I have a nice apartment, and the rent is good for my income,” says Shirley Fritzenmeier, 80, one of the first residents to move into LSSI’s Prairie Ridge, located in the northern Illinois community of Freeport. “I have ample and fun activities to participate in, and I’ve made a lot of good friends here.” In FY07, LSSI provided affordable housing for 1,468 low- income seniors and adults with physical mobility disabilities — and their spouses and other family members — in 17 developments throughout Illinois. Most of the buildings owned or managed by LSSI are newly designed and provide comfortable and affordable community living environments. Each building is unique and has its own niche in the community where it is located. LSSI’s housing facilities are available to adults AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDES HOUSING AND who are 62 years and older, or who are disabled/handicapped and need the SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH amenities of a barrier-free apartment. Under guidelines set by the U.S. DISABILITIES IN 17 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), rent is usually based INCLUDING AURORA, BATAVIA, CHICAGO, DANVILLE, DECATUR, on 30% of residents’ monthly income. DEKALB, DOLTON, FREEPORT, JOLIET, LANSING, ROCHELLE, ROCKFORD AND WILMETTE.

14 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT WE EMPOWER RESIDENTS L “I don’t know what we would do without Mark [Dunklau],” says Dorothy Beyer, 88, a resident at LSSI’s Downer Place in Aurora. “I think every place needs a social service person [like Mark] to advise the seniors.” What makes LSSI’s Housing program unique is that each housing site has its own social service coordinator. Having social service coordinators in place has been instrumental in empowering residents in their particular circumstances, enabling them to get their needs met while maintaining their independence. Social service coordinators serve as advocates who aid residents in obtaining services and/or decisions that are beneficial to them, including enrollment in entitlement programs, insurance programs and other financial benefit programs, including homemaker services to assist residents while helping them live as independently as possible. In FY07, 769 residents were assisted with enrollment in entitlement programs and 99% were successfully enrolled and received financial benefits. In addition, advocacy services were provided on behalf of 415 residents, with 98% experiencing a positive outcome. Social service coordinators assisted 258 residents in implementing strategies to manage their personal and financial affairs, and 99% experienced a positive outcome as a result of this assistance. In addition, social service coordinators assisted 135 residents in applying for homemaker services, resulting in 113, or 84%, receiving services.

GOOD WORKS 15 WE HELP OLDER ADULTS GAIN STRENGTH FOR LIVING EACH DAY L “This is my second stay at P.A. Peterson for rehab, [first in] 2005 and again in 2007,” says Carol McKenzie, a P.A. Peterson patient. “Both times were for knee replacement. I only have praises about my stays. The therapists are excellent, and I have always [experienced] a quick recovery. Everyone dreads therapy, but the therapists [here] are caring and kind, and actually make it a pleasant experience.” LSSI’s two nursing care and rehabilitation facilities — St. Matthew Center for Health in Park Ridge and P.A. Peterson Center for Health in Rockford — serve two distinct populations: short-term rehabilitation patients and long- term care residents. The goal of short-term rehabilitation is to increase NURSING AND REHABILITATION patients’ functional abilities that enable them to live their lives independently SKILLED NURSING AND REHABILITATION SERVICES ARE (e.g., via the ability to walk, get out of a chair, etc.), while the goal for long- PROVIDED AT TWO FACILITIES IN METRO CHICAGO AND term care residents is to maintain optimal health. The Rehabilitation Outcomes NORTHERN ILLINOIS.THE NURSING FACILITIES OFFER 24-HOUR- Measure (ROM) is a standardized scale that is used to measure gains in patient A-DAY SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS,WORKING TO MEET THEIR functional abilities achieved by physical, occupational and speech therapy. The PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS. LSSI’S rehabilitation patient’s level of independence is measured by the ROM on a scale ranging from total assistance needed to perform a task to total REHABILITATION SERVICES BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN independence in performing a task. HOSPITALIZATION AND RECOVERY AT HOME. SPECIALIZED The average gains in functional abilities that are made by short-term rehab PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPY IS PROVIDED patients have a significant impact on their abilities to independently perform ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS FOR ADULTS OF ALL AGES. activities of daily living. This is particularly significant in the lives of seniors since they often live with elderly spouses. The average ROM scores that short-term rehabilitation patients achieved at both facilities nearly doubled, with patients needing moderate assistance with performing the activities of daily living at the beginning of treatment, to only needing minimal assistance at the conclusion of treatment. (Note: The scores varied based on age and type of surgery.)

16 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT GOOD WORKS 17 WE HELP SENIORS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES L “[Intouch Home Care] is a tremendous help to mom and me,” says Jesse Phillips, whose mother Marguerite lives with him and his wife. “The workers do so much that I can’t do for my mother — bathing, housework and laundry. [Having Intouch assistants] is a big help to [my wife] as well, because she works during the day.” LSSI’s Intouch Home Care Services provide trained CNAs/assistants to help older adults in their homes with household tasks, personal (non-medical) care, transportation, meal preparation and companionship. By providing these services, LSSI works to help seniors remain in their homes for as long and as independently as possible. In addition, the cost of home care services are a fraction of the cost of nursing care services. The majority of clients who receive LSSI’s home care services participate in the Illinois Department on SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES HELPS Aging’s Community Care Program, which subsidizes this critically important SENIORS MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND ABILITY TO service for those who qualify. LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE INTOUCH In FY07, home care services were provided to 1,272 clients, and by HOME CARE SERVICES; SENIOR CASE MANAGEMENT; ELDER the end of that year, 71% were still living at home in ABUSE PROTECTIVE SERVICES; INTOUCH ADULT DAY SERVICES; communities in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Peoria and Rockford and did AND LEGACY CORPS (RESPITE SERVICES).THE MAJORITY OF not need to move to a higher level of care. The balance of clients either moved to a higher level of care (6%), passed away (7%) or had their cases closed for THESE PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. other reasons (16%) (e.g., the client moved in with family members, moved to another community, etc.).

18 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT WE STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES THROUGH VOLUNTEERS L “If people are changing their careers and want to stay involved longer, the nonprofit sector is a good place to go and use their skills. Legacy Corps is a good opportunity to do that,” says Linda Siegel, Legacy Corps site manager, who notes that LSSI’s Legacy Corps is one of only 11 such programs in the United States. AmeriCorps programs have the goal of increasing volunteerism in the community. LSSI’s Legacy Corps, which is funded by AmeriCorps, recruits volunteers 50 years old and older and matches them with clients and their caregivers who are in need of respite from their caregiving duties. Respite serves two purposes: It eases the burden of caregiving, and it broadens the social network of seniors and other homebound clients. Another significant benefit of Legacy Corps is that it provides older adults with meaningful opportunities to serve. For the grant year ending March 2007, LSSI’s Legacy Corps members served 177 respite clients in Boone, Winnebago and McHenry Counties. These individuals provided 13,279 hours of service, helping 124 caregivers alleviate their stress, attend to their social needs and renew their energy. These services are particularly important to caregivers, who, because of their caregiving responsibilities, often find themselves socially isolated. The communities were further strengthened by former Legacy Corps members who continue to volunteer, and provide respite and other services in their hometowns.

GOOD WORKS 19 WE HELP PRISONERS BUILD HOMES AND NEW POSSIBILITIES L “I had a lot of victims — my family and other families,” says an inmate. “To me [Building Homes: Rebuilding Lives] means a lot because I have a chance to give back to society. Now, I am helping people [whom] I used to hurt.” In collaboration with the Illinois Department of Corrections, Habitat for Humanity and other not-for-profit organizations, LSSI’s Building Homes: Rebuilding Lives program enhances the vocational programs at 17 correctional facilities in Illinois, enabling inmates to construct wall sections, trusses, cabinets or storage sheds to be used for low-income homes built by Habitat for Humanity and other non-profit organizations. This program offers incarcerated juveniles and adults the opportunity to give back to communities and helps to provide a sense of self-worth that can help inmates live productive, law-abiding lives after PRISONER AND FAMILY MINISTRY (PFM) their release from prison. OFFERS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR PRISONERS,THEIR In FY07, 748 men and 18 women had meaningful opportunities to develop FAMILIES AND CHILDREN’S CAREGIVERS. PFM PROGRAMS employable skills in the construction industry and simultaneously serve DELIVER BRIEF ENCOUNTER SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO families in need of homes — 74 families have new homes of The project also provides participants with information ARE NOT FORMALLY ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM, PEOPLE WHO their own. about housing, employment and other services prior to release, and works PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS with other agencies to help parolees find needed resources and services. In THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. addition, in FY07, three men were sponsored at Habitat work sites upon release from prison and two are now employed.

20 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT WE CONNECT FAMILIES L “A million thanks go out to you,” writes the mother of an inmate to the staff members and volunteers at Connections. “I am the mother of a very great daughter and person who just once went the wrong way. But the Lutheran family lifted my heart so much. Each visit [to prison to visit her daughter] lightens my heart.” The lack of contact that often occurs between children and their incarcerated mothers can be experienced as abandonment, creating many adjustment problems for children. LSSI’s Visits to Mom provides chartered bus transportation for children of incarcerated moms and their caregivers to visit prisons in Decatur, Greenville, Lincoln and Pekin to keep family relationships alive. In addition, volunteer drivers also take children and caregivers to visit incarcerated moms at Dwight and Kankakee Correctional Centers. In FY07, 821 children visited 336 incarcerated parents at six prisons, and the 441 relative caregivers who accompanied these children also had the opportunity for face- to-face contact with their loved ones.

WE SUPPORT WOMEN IN TRANSITION L “My sister has told me [since my release from prison] how proud she is of me,” says Trina, a recently released inmate. “She knows that I am a go- getter. I am not going back to my old ways. It might take me a little more time to get to where I want to go, but I want to do things right this time.” Connections is a referral and assistance program for women who have left prison and are re-entering the community. In FY07, through its Re-Entry Services, Connections assisted 139 formerly incarcerated women in their return to Chicago, helping them to locate and obtain needed resources. The program serves women making the difficult transition to the “free world” by connecting them with resources, including transitional housing, support groups, career development opportunities, substance abuse treatment and counseling.

GOOD WORKS 21 LSSI’s Board of Directors, Senior Management Team, The Cornerstone Foundation, The Women’s Network and leadership Advancement Councils who served in 2006 and 2007.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION

CHAIRPERSON Dr.Ibulaimu Kakoma EX OFFICIO CHAIRPERSON Mrs. Leona Nelson, Mt. Morris Pr.Paul J. Olson Champaign Pr.Paul R. Landahl Richard A. Hoefs, Fitchburg, WI Mrs. Susan Link Olsen, Lincolnshire Springfield Veterinarian, University of Illinois Chicago (FY06) Mrs. Leona Peterson-Spear,Moline Parish Pastor,St. John Lutheran Bishop, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Pr.Linnea Bostrom Wilson, Hinsdale Mrs. Carol A. Reckmeyer,Mt. Morris Church Pr.Neville Kretzmann ELCA (FY07) Mr.Orion C. Samuelson, Huntley Freeport Pr.George M. Schelter,Des Plaines VICE CHAIRPERSON Pastor,First Lutheran Church Pr.Gary M. Wollersheim VICE CHAIRPERSON Mr.Jeffrey K. Semler,Sr., Lake John M. Kiss Rockford Pr.Linnea Bostrom Wilson, Hinsdale Forest Chicago Linda K. Miller Bishop, Northern Illinois Synod, (FY06) Mr.Charles Slamar,Jr., Glenview CPA – Audit Partner,Ernst & Young Rockford ELCA Richard A. Hoefs, Fitchburg, WI Mr.Andrew Tecson, Downers Grove President, LMA Techwork (FY07) Mr.Wilbert A.Thiel, Oak Brook SECRETARY Pr.Warren D. Freiheit Mr.Don Ursin, Glen Ellyn Mary H.Taylor The Rev. Donald B. Myrom, Ph. D. Springfield SECRETARY Pr.Ruth VanDemark, Chicago Barrington Schaumburg Bishop, Central/Southern Illinois Ruth H. Bengtsen, Inverness Ms. Sandra L. Weiler,Northbrook Custom Housing Contractor, Senior Pastor,Prince of Peace Synod, ELCA (FY06-07) Mr.Harvey Welch, Carbondale Dartmoor Homes Lutheran Church Mr.Bernt F.Westre, Lake Forest SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM TREASURER TREASURER Rasheed Pasha The Rev. Frederick Aigner,Ph. D. Robert H. Jones, Oak Brook (FY06) CORNERSTONE LIFE TRUSTEES Eric J. Draut Vernon Hills President/Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Hiatt, Pontiac (FY07) Mr.Raymond Avischious, Colorado Arlington Heights CFO and Treasurer,Rust-Oleum Springs, CO Executive Vice President/CFO Susan Gregory CORNERSTONE TRUSTEES Mrs. Martha Benson, Sterling Unitrin, Inc. Pr.Robert J. Rasmus Vice President/Chief Operating The Rev. Frederick Aigner,Ph. D. Mr.Raymond L. Benson, Itasca Urbana Officer Arlington Heights Mr.James J. Brice, Oro Valley, AZ Victoria Arthofer Pastor,St. Matthew Lutheran Church Mr. Wilbert B. Bartelt, Arlington Mr. John P.Califf, Rock Island Naperville Jean Johnson Heights Mr. John “Ken” Clauson, St. Charles Homemaker,Former Registered Nurse David R. Rydell Vice President, Advancement Ms. Ellen Ann Bechthold, Chicago Mr.Edward D. LeFevre, Peoria Rockford Mr.Charles W. Doering, Arlington Mrs. Pamella L. Leiter,Highland Park The Rev. Denver W. Bitner,Ph. D. President, Bergstrom Inc. Pr. Larry W. Lutey Heights Mrs. Mary E. Norman, Loves Park Rockford Vice President, Human Resources Mr.Samuel N. Douglass, Forrest Mr.Richard D. Nordman, Arlington Senior Pastor,Zion Lutheran Church Douglas P. Scott Mr. Richard T. Drews, Libertyville Heights Rockford Gerald E. Noonan Mr.Mark Gasbarra, Evanston Mr.Stephen R. Olson, Batavia Teresa Chow Director,Illinois Environmental Vice President/Chief Financial Mr.Richard A. Goers, Hinsdale Mr.Thomas M. Schroeder,Chicago Elk Grove Village Protection Agency Officer Mr.Theodore E. Hanson, Northfield Mr.Edward W. Smeds, Northfield President/Owner, LCE, Inc. Mr. Richard H. Hiatt, Pontiac Mr.Tracy L. Sunderlage, Woodstock Christine H.Tompsett Mrs. Dorothy A. Kopperud, Naperville Mr.James A.Tracy,Tucson, AZ Daniel M. Falotico Chicago Mr.Robert Mantell, Arlington Heights Mrs. Grayce P.Tyszko, Crossville,TN Arlington Heights Preschool Teacher,K.A.M. Isaiah Mr. Richard L. McAuliffe, Glen Ellyn Dr. Ralph Wagoner,Wentworth, SD President/Owner,Haskris Company Israel Mr.John E. Milton, Glenview Pr.Knight Wells, Bloomington Mr. Richard L. Moody, Buffalo Grove Mr. Wayne White, Rio Rancho, NM David M. A. Jensen Thomas W.Thoms Mr.Douglas D. Moore, Lake Forest Mr.Robert E. Wilkens, Oak Brook Des Plaines Rock Island The Rev. Donald B. Myrom, Ph. D., Mr. Charles H.Young, Peoria Financial Officer Past President & CEO,Thoms Hoffman Estates Proestler Company Ms. Kathy Nelson, Geneseo

22 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT ADVANCEMENT COUNCILS THE WOMEN’S NETWORK PEORIA AREA SOUTHERN ILLINOIS METRO CHICAGO Elwin Basquin, Peoria Pr.David Eidson, Jonesboro Kristin (Kris) Bernhardy, Metamora Bruce Fritz (Chair), Glen Carbon PRESIDENT Lucy Harrison, Arlington Heights Barbara Walberg, Mount Prospect Luann Claudin, Peoria Mabel Hayes, Marion Nancy Nagel, Winnetka (FY06) Jody Hedberg, Weston, CT Charlotte Weiler,Highland Park Beckie Dickerson, Morton John Holmes, Marion Torie Arthofer,Naperville (FY07) Dorothy Hendee, Park Ridge Fran Welte, Rolling Meadows Shirley Johnson, Mapleton Larry Johnson, Marion Betty Henneman, Park Ridge Birgit Werth, Evanston Bill Ligon, Morton Diane Kinser,Metropolis FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Marilyn Howard, Cary Ann Westby, Arlington Heights Beth Maki, Peoria Jane Otte, Marion Dorothy Hendee, Park Ridge (FY06) Lynn Hughes, Inverness Dolores Westre, Lake Forest Carol Reiners, Hartsburg Walt Rehwaldt, Murphysboro Pr.Vivian Becker,Arlington Heights Shirley Hulse, Naples, FL Jo White, Rio Rancho, NM Bev Wehr,Pekin Kay Rothschild, Marion (FY07) Joan Jensen, Schaumburg Barbara Wittenstrom, Saint Charles Paul Sarvela, Carbondale Carol Jernberg, Arlington Heights Honorary Members SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Lynda Jobman, Kenosha, WI Chuck Dixon, Washington Honorary Members Norma Doering, Arlington Heights Alice Johnson, Schaumburg Gil Nolde, Peoria Robin Bert, Chester (FY06 and FY07) Kathy Johnson, Barrington SPRINGFIELD Norma Rose, Mapleton Terry Estel, Murphysboro Jean Johnson, Mount Prospect Mike Schwindenhammer,Peoria Pr.Howard Ellis, Metropolis SECRETARY Darlene Jones, River Forest Jeanne Berg, Springfield Chris Null, Dunlap Judi Harland, Marion Torie Arthofer,Naperville (FY06) Christine Kieso, Naperville Elaine Birtch, Springfield Bec Land, East Peoria Michael Mason, Anna Martha Germano, Arlington Heights Arline Kingwill, Wilmette Charlotte Blumle, Springfield Joel Peterson, East Peoria Rev. Dr.Richard Hertenstein, Anna (FY07) Dorothy Kopperud, Naperville Mary Lou Booker,Springfield Dr.Lynn Smith, Carbondale Nellie Lindholst, Kenilworth Alison Boutcher,Raymond Harvey Welch, Carbondale TREASURER Beverly Lueking, River Forest Thi Bowden, Springfield Joan Jensen, Schaumburg (FY06) Marilynn Mantell, Arlington Heights Ann Evans, Springfield Jan Leverenz, Glenview (FY07) Nancy Masterson, Naperville Karen Fifer,Springfield Theresa Maulsby, Naperville Betty Fowler,Springfield Sally Aigner,Arlington Heights Lou McClelland, Elmhurst Sandy Freiheit, Chatham Maryann Aimone, Prospect Heights Joan Meyers, Palos Heights Coralie Guthrie, Springfield Marlynn Anderson, Northbrook Eleanor Milton, Glenview Julie Janssen, Springfield Helaine Baldwin, Arlington Heights Nancy Mitchell, Palos Park Marlene Johnson, Springfield Shirley Bartelt, Arlington Heights Beverly Moody, Buffalo Grove Velma Lawson, Springfield Ruth Beck, Batavia Nancy Nagel, Winnetka Rebecca Lee, Pleasant Plaines Pr.Kathie Bender Schwich, Park Ridge Nan Nagl, Orland Park Pr. Juli Lejman-Guy, Springfield Ruth Bengtsen, Inverness Bernice Nehls, Glenwood Maureen Lober,Springfield Ann Brandt, Glendale Heights Doris Niemann,Tucson, AZ Dr.Mary Loken, Springfield Florence Browder,Mount Prospect Heather McCune O’Reilly, Park Ridge Becky Moore, Springfield Mary Cage, Streamwood Mary Parker,LaGrange Phyllis Nelson, Mt. Olive Elaine Chester,Winnetka Grace Pierson, Hinsdale Sara Oehlert, Chatham Teri Colmar,Northfield Gail Price, Northbrook Evelyn Olson, Springfield Catherine Cox, Cary Mary Lou Price, Lake Forest Alexa Schwartz, West Peoria Sandra Doran, Prospect Heights Ruth Reko, River Forest Ruthie Steen, Springfield Patricia Drews, Libertyville Mary Satter,Chicago Mary Kay Duncan, Arlington Heights Helen Schersten, Palatine Linda Falotico, Arlington Heights Samantha Schnittker, Naperville Karen Ferraiolo, Des Plaines Catherine Semler,Lake Forest Terri Gens, Mount Prospect Mary Ann Smith, Downers Grove Eileen Gerald, Gelnview Shirley Swanson, Elmhurst Martha Germano, Arlington Heights Valerie Swanson, Northbrook Marilyn Goll, Park Ridge Marilyn TeRonde, Northbrook Susan Hallberg, Itasca Marjorie Thiel, Oak Brook Cynthia Halverson, Oak Park Wilma Tracy, Rockford GOOD WORKS 23 Each year, LSSI touches the lives of thousands of people through more than 190 programs at 89 sites across the state. services Following are the services LSSI offers to individuals, families and communities.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY Peterson Meadows, Rockford SERVICES SERVICES AFFORDABLE HOUSING NURSING CARE SERVICES PRISONER AND FAMILY Roger Boekenhauer,Executive John Schnier,Executive Director Kevin Hagemann, Marilyn Elliott, Executive Director MINISTRY Director Associate Executive Director Jane Otte, Executive Director ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE Lisa Ingalls, P.A. Peterson Center for Health, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT Adoption (Infant, Inter-country and Associate Executive Director Rockford Connections Case Management Special Needs) and Pregnancy St. Matthew Center for Health, Park Visits to Mom Counseling-Outpatient and Intensive Counseling Buford Walker Senior Housing, Ridge RAPP (Relatives as Parents Outpatient Adoption Preservation and Post- Lansing Program) Detoxification Adoption Services Disabled Adult Residential SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES Re-Entry Services DUI Education Foster Care Services Alternative (D.A.R.E.), Chicago Marilyn Elliott, Executive Director Storybook Project Early Intervention Downer Place of LSSI I & II, Building Homes: Rebuilding Lives Residential Extended Aftercare CHILD AND ADOLESCENT Aurora Adult Day Services Thursday Ministry Residential Rehabilitation SERVICES Elmbrook Senior Residence, AmeriCorps Programs Justice Education Sober Housing Residential Treatment Services Elmwood Park Legacy Corps for Health and Adolescent Substance Abuse Greenbrier Apartments, DeKalb Independent Living MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Treatment Immanuel Senior Residence, Danville VISTA Case Management Counseling for Children and Joshua Arms of LSSI, Joliet Assisted Living Community-Based Counseling Adolescents Kingston Place, Chicago Case Coordination Crisis Intervention and Emergency Intact Family and Youth Services Lincoln Manor,Rochelle Elder Abuse Protective Services Assessment — Project Impact Specialized Therapy for Children, Luther Center,Rockford Gateway Intergenerational Services Group Homes and Assisted Individuals and Families Meadow Ridge Apartments, Intouch Home Care Services and Residential Services Single Parent Support Services Freeport Salem House Psychiatric Evaluation and Early Childhood Education Prairie Ridge Apartments, Freeport Supportive Care Services Monitoring Head Start Northwest Chicago Group Homes, Transportation Services Psychosocial Rehabilitation Child Care Chicago School-Based Prevention Programs Pre-School for All Our Savior’s Senior Housing, Dolton Riverain Point, Batavia DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Shore Line Place,Wilmette Group Homes (for adults) Victorian Woods, Decatur Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES Intermittent CILA Services Marilyn Elliott, Executive Director Intermediate Care Facilities Respite Care Forsberg Village, Moline

24 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Tell them to use their money to do good.They should be rich in good works, and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. —1 TIMOTHY 6:18

The following list acknowledges those who made a financial contribution of $250 or more to LSSI between July 1, 2005, and donors June 30, 2007. Gifts to the Cornerstone Foundation are also included.

BEQUESTS Estate of Janet Schroeder Ms. Mary Ann McCarthy Mr.and Mrs.William F.Werth Mr.and Mrs. George F.Kerkhove Estate of Armer Ahlstrand Estate of Andrew E. Seaver Mrs. Grace E. Pierson Mr.and Mrs.Wayne A.White Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Klingsick Estate of Edythe I. Anderson Estate of Jean M. Smith Mr.and Mrs.William H. Reichardt Mr.Johnathan York and Dr.Grant A. Krafft and Estate of Alice M. Aronson Estate of Helen C.Tessmer Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ursin Mrs. Karen York Mrs. Patricia S. Cain Estate of Velma Becker Estate of Dorothy Turner Mr.and Mrs. Robert E.Wilkens Mr.Robert E. Zell Pastor Reuben A. Kruggel Estate of Edith Biancalana Estate of Janet Wiebrecht Dr.Leland Wilkinson and Mr.and Mrs. Edward D. LeFevre Estate of Ida M. Brechtel Estate of Ray and Pastor Ruth VanDemark $9,999 TO $5,000 Dr.Mary F.Loken Estate of Lila E. Campbell Rosebud C. Wittwer Mr.and Mrs. Edward L. Anderson Mr.and Mrs. Robert R. Mantell Estate of Katherine Geissler $19,999 TO $10,000 Anonymous Mr.and Mrs.Ward McClelland Estate of Dorothy A. Johnson INDIVIDUALS Anonymous Mr.Gordon Baker Mrs. Helene J. Meyer Estate of Jane P.Kihlstrum $100,000 AND ABOVE Mr.and Mrs. Raymond L. Benson Mr. and Mrs. Elwin L. Basquin Mr.and Mrs. Richard C. Meyer Estate of Mr.George J. Klatt Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Craig P.Colmar Mr.and Mrs. John A. Bell Mr.and Mrs. John E. Milton Estate of Judy Kras Ms. Ellen A. Bechthold Mrs. Lenore J. Dean Ms. Ruth H. Bengtsen Mr.and Mrs. Robert B. Nagel Estate of Kenneth LaCroix Mr.and Mrs. Richard A. Goers Mr.and Mrs. Ray A. Dostal Mr.and Mrs. John R. Benson Mr.and Mrs. Gerald E. Noonan Estate of Carl and Pansy Larsen Mr.and Mrs.Theodore E. Hanson Mr.and Mrs. Samuel N. Douglass Mr.and Mrs. Robert C. Boncosky Pastor and Mrs. Kenneth R. Olsen Estate of Mr.and Mrs. Curtis Lavin Mr.and Mrs. Richard L. Moody Mr.and Mrs. Richard T. Drews Mr. and Mrs. David Brunn Pastor and Mrs. Paul J. Olson Estate ofLaura S. Lewis Mr.and Mrs. Patrick Taylor Mr.and Mrs. Daniel M. Falotico Mr.and Mrs. Dale R. Egeberg Mr.and Mrs. Ramon L. Olson Estate of Helen Lindquist Mr.and Mrs.Wilbert Thiel Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Hamming Mr.and Mrs. Jeff Eickholz Mr. David W. Peterson Estate of Mildred Lindquist Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Lindell Eickholz Mr.and Mrs. Charles M. Price Estate of Adelheid and Eugene Luhr $99,999 TO $50,000 Mr.and Mrs. Robert W. Kegley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ellis Mr.and Mrs. Orion C. Samuelson Estate of Lois E. Meyer Anonymous Mr.Wendell A. Larson Mr.and Mrs. Roger L. Etnyre Judge Lawrence A. Smith and Estate of Selma Moenck Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert B. Bartelt Mr.and Mrs. Robert D. Long Mr. and Mrs.Timothy C. Flemming Pastor Donna H. Smith Estate of Dorothy B. Nelson Mrs. Shirley Burmeister Mr.Stephen R. Olsen Dr.and Mrs. James H. Geist Mr.John C. Soderstrom Estate of Bernice L. Newburg Mr.and Mrs. Jay Christopher Mrs. Jacquelyn Pasha Mr.and Mrs. Mark Germano Dr.Hazel Steward Estate of Karen Overgaard Mr.and Mrs. Kent Dauten Mr.and Mrs. Randy Price Mrs. Donald Goll Mr.and Mrs. Andrew Tecson Estate of Jean M. Pearson Mr.and Mrs. Patrick M. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Warren Reckmeyer Ms. Dorothy G. Goos Pastor and Mrs. Harry C.Thiel Estate of Bette G. and Mr. and Mrs. John G. Satter Mrs. Jean Rosstedt Ms. Susan E. Gregory and Dr. and Mrs.Thomas S. Vinje Harold N. Petersen Ms. Geraldine J. Sjostrom Mr.and Mrs. David R. Rydell Mr.Mark Pile Mr. Alan J.Wagner Estate of Mary June Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Spear Mr.Wendell Hahn Mr.and Mrs. Harvey Welch, Jr. Estate of Alexander and $49,999 TO $20,000 Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Swanson Mr.and Mrs. Curtis L. Hayes Dr. Lanny F.Wilson and Margaret K. Ramlose Pastor and Mrs. Frederick Aigner Mrs. Linda K. Miller and Pastor and Mrs. Raymond W. Heilener Rev. Linnea B. Wilson Estate of June Rosencrantz Dr.and Mrs. Michael Arthofer Mr. Keith Syfert Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Hiatt Dr.and Mrs. Eugene Wittenstrom Estate of Helen G. and Mr.and Mrs. Keith W. Benson, Jr. Mrs. Francis Taute Mr.and Mrs. Howard B. Hughes Mr.and Mrs. Charles H.Young Herbert F.Schafer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Bentsen Mr.and Mrs.Thomas W.Thoms Mr.and Mrs. David M. A. Jensen Estate of Jane C. Scheidenhelm Mr. Gerhard A. Haigis Mr.and Mrs.William C.Tompsett Mrs. Martha Johnson Mrs. Irene Krueger Ms. Irene M.Werner Mr.and Mrs. Glen M. Johnson

GOOD WORKS 25 Mr.and Mrs. John Kenneth Clauson Pastor and Mrs. Curtis W. Gerald Mrs. Anna E. Kauke Mrs. Clarice M. Morrison $4,999 TO $1,000 Mr.and Mrs.Thomas P.Conrardy Mrs. Sharon L. Gibson Mr.John D. Kelly Ms. Arlene Mortenson Mrs. Susan M. Albrecht Mr.and Mrs. Edward L. Cornils Mr.and Mrs. Richard H. Glantz Ms. Marilyn S. Kennedy Mr.and Mrs. Arthur W. Murray Mr.and Mrs. Robert L. Anderson Dr.and Mrs.William M. Cross Mr.and Mrs. Oliver Scott Goldsmith Ms. Christine K. Kieso Mrs. Mildred Myers Mrs. Betty F.Anderson Ms. Sherri Crymble Mrs. Penny A. Gomien Mr.and Mrs. David G. King Pastor Donald B. Myrom Mr.and Mrs. James R. Anderson Mr.and Mrs.Timothy Dahlstrand Ms. Louise E. Goos Mrs. Dorothy Klefstad Ms. Nannette Nagl Mr.Clarence Aronson Mr.and Mrs. Richard Dalbke Mrs. Marylou Gray Mr.Ronald Kok-Alblas Mr.and Mrs. Paul O. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Marc A. Asselmeier Ms. Gerrianne Dathe Mr.and Mrs. Allan K. Green Mr.and Mrs. Robert J. Kolze Mr.and Mrs. Barry L. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Michael P.Aurelio Mr.and Mrs. Dale DeWall Mrs. Dorothy M. Greiner Mr.and Mrs. Richard L. Kopp Mr.and Mrs. Carl J. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. James W. Bakle Mr.and Mrs. Craig A. DeWall Mrs. Cordelia M. Gustafson Dr.and Mrs.William H. Kopperud Mrs. Loraine H. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Keith Baldwin Mr.and Mrs. Ervin L. Dieckhoff Mr.and Mrs. Owen Guthrie Mr.Peter Krentz Mr.and Mrs. Duane A. Nielsen Dr.David A. Balling and Mr.and Mrs. Arthur W. Dietze Mr.and Mrs. Jon E. Habegger Ms. Donna K. Krenz Mr.and Mrs.William L. Niemann Dr.Margaret M.Yungbluth Mr.and Mrs.Theodore C. Doege Mrs. Dorothy A. Habegger Mr.and Mrs. Richard Kreutzfeldt Pastor and Mrs. John B. Nordgaard Mrs. Ruth I. Balluff Mr.and Mrs. Charles W. Doering Pastor and Mrs. Donald Hallberg Mr.and Mrs. Herman Krier Mrs. Cheryl A. Novas Mr.and Mrs. Gary E. Baltusis Dr.and Mrs. Richard W. Dorsch Pastor and Mrs. Brian K. Halverson Pastor and Mrs. Gary R. LaCroix Dr.and Mrs.W. Edward Null Pastor and Mrs. Stephen D. Barnes Mrs. Nancy M. Duguid Mr.and Mrs. Keith H. Hamann Pastor and Mrs. Paul R. Landahl Mr.and Mrs. Robert O’Connor Mr.and Mrs.Wayne Bearman Mr.and Mrs.Warren J. Eggers Pastor and Mrs. Richard J. Hanson Mrs. Iola Larson Mr.and Mrs. Dale G. Olson Mr.and Mrs.William M. Beckemeier Ms. Alpha Ekstrom Mr.and Mrs. Douglas M. Harrison Dr.and Mrs. Richard H. Larson Mr.and Mrs. John E. O’Reilly, Jr. Pastor Vivian J. Becker Pastor and Mrs. Howard N. Ellis Ms. Rachel M. Harter Mr.and Mrs. Larry U. Larson Mr.and Mrs.William H. Osborne Pastor and Mrs. Earl M. Bengtson Mr.and Mrs.Todd M. Emro Mrs. Lois E. Heins Ms. Jeanette M. Larson Pastor and Mrs. Marlin Otte Ms. Brenda W. Bergeson Mrs. Josephine S. Erickson Mrs. Dorothy Hendee Mr.and Mrs. James W. Laures Mr.and Mrs. Michael J. Ouska Mr.and Mrs. James C. Biagi Mrs. Ann S. Evans Ms. Kimberly K. Hendee Mr.and Mrs. Roger Lehmann Mr.and Mrs. Edward F.Pabst Mr. James Bodan Ms. Sharon A. Evans Pastor and Mrs. Eimo E. Hinrichs Mr. and Mrs. Jerome P.Leinberger Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Padgitt Mr.and Mrs. Paul W. Boettcher Mr.and Mrs. Brian Evdo Ms. Susan Hinrichs Mr.Scott M. Leonhard Ms. Leila M. Patchett Mr.and Mrs.Thomas P.Boggess Pastor and Mrs. James D. Fackler Mr.Richard A. Hoefs Mr.and Mrs. Jon M. Leverenz Mrs. Helen M. Paulson Pastor John Bost Pastor and Mrs. Donald H. Fagerberg Mr.and Mrs. Edmund B. Hoffmeister Mr.and Mrs. Steve Lippai Mr.and Mrs. Leslie Pearson Mr.and Mrs. Leroy V. Botkin Mr.and Mrs. Edward Falkenhayn Mr.and Mrs. Mark W. Hopkins Mr.and Mrs.William Little , IV Mr.and Mrs. James R. Pearson Mrs. Beverly J. Breed Dr.Philip A. Faraci and Mr.and Mrs. Jack B. Howard, II Ms. Mary Ann Long Mr.and Mrs. Michael J. Pedersen Mrs. Marilyn G. Breiding Mrs. Pamella L. Leiter Mr. and Mrs. Marlon D. Huls Mr. James R. Looman and Ms. Lynne B. Perruchot Mr.and Mrs. James J. Brice Ms. Pauline Fehlman Mr.and Mrs. R. Lance Humphreys Mrs. Donna G. Craven Mr.and Mrs. Roland C. Person Mr. Michal Brunell Mr. and Mrs. Jerry K. Fellows Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Iverson Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Lottes Mr. and Mrs. Kirk R. Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bustos Mrs. Hope Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jacobson Mrs. Marianne W.Lowry Pastor and Mrs. John P.Petersen Mr.and Mrs.William J. Butts Mr.Vincent Field Mr.and Mrs. David A. Janssen Mr.and Mrs. Everett E. Lundin Mr.Herbert W. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Cameron Mr. Robert J. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lundquist Mr. Joseph Pfendt, Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Norman D. Carbiener Mr.John B. Freed Dr.and Mrs. Harold J. Jersild Pastor Larry W. Lutey Mr.and Mrs.William E. Phillips, II Mrs. Lorraine A. Carlson Pastor and Mrs. John M. Freidheim Ms. Linn Joanis Pastor and Mrs.William E. Maloney Mr.and Mrs. Mark Polaschek Ms. Janet E. Carlson Bishop and Mrs. Warren D. Freiheit Mr. Carter H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Marsh Mr. Jeffrey A. Poley Mr.and Mrs. George M. Carpenter Mr.and Mrs. Gerald Bruce Fritz Mrs. Grace M. Johnson Mr.Kevin T. Marx Mr.and Mrs. Alfred J. Price Mrs. Anna Marie Castle Ms. Donna M. Fulscher Mr.and Mrs. James A. Johnson Mr.and Mrs. Michael E. Mason Mrs. Mary F.Prochotsky Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Chamberlain Pastor and Mrs. Robert Furreboe Ms. Alice G. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lael W. Mathis Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rank Mr.Jac A. Charlier and Mr.and Mrs. Mark C. Gamb Mr.and Mrs. Robert W. Johnson Mr.and Mrs. James R. McCausland Pastor David R. Rasmussen Mrs. Amy M. Keller Mr. Gene Gannett Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James McClanahan Ms. Sarah A. Reckmeyer Mr.and Mrs. Douglas C. Chester Mr.and Mrs. Alan G. Garrett Ms. Nancy M. Jones Mr.and Mrs. Charles McCorkle Mr.and Mrs. Andrew W. Reckmeyer Mrs. Wanita J. Chevalier Mr.and Mrs. Mark Gasbarra Mr.and Mrs. Robert B. Jones Mr.and Mrs. Peter McDonough Dr.Matthew C. Reckmeyer and Ms.Teresa N. S. Chow Ms. Kathryn J. Geiger Ms. Merilyn W. Jove Pastor and Mrs. Charles S. Miller Dr. Mary C. Reckmeyer Pastor and Mrs. James D. Christensen Ms.Terri Gens and Mr.Peter Leoschke Mr.and Mrs. Stephen M. Kahnert Mr.and Mrs. Richard W. Mong Mr.and Mrs. Norman W. Redelsheimer Ms. Marilyn B. Georgeson Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kapicka Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moore Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Reiners 26 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Mr.and Mrs. Ralph J. Reinhofer,III Mr.and Mrs. Richard M.Testa Mr.and Mrs. Jay E. Barnard Mr.and Mrs. Karl W. Engelhardt Mr.Gary C. Kearby Pastor H. Karl Reko and Mr.Jack R.Thiel Mr.and Mrs. Marc Baumann Mr.and Mrs. Donald E. Erickson Mr.Ernest Kelly and Dr. Ruth A. Reko Dr.and Mrs. Robert Toon Mrs. Dorothy A. Baumann Mr.and Mrs.Thomas E. Evans Mrs.Victoria Protsman Mr.and Mrs. Miles J. Remes Mrs. Sylvie Torkelson Mr.and Mrs. Steven R. Becker Mr.and Mrs. Robert A. Fagerstrom Mr.Hugh G. Kepner Ms. Nancy L. Rex Mr.and Mrs. James A.Tracy Mr.and Mrs. James G. Bednar Ms. Barbara Fedor Mr.and Mrs. James P.Kiefer Mr.and Mrs. Harry E. Ritter Mr.and Mrs. Earl J.Trostrud, Jr. Mr.Charles A. Behrens Mrs. Loella B. Ferguson Mr.and Mrs. Fred H. Kiehl Mr.and Mrs. Jeffery J. Robinson Mr.and Mrs. John E.Tuecke Mr.Kurt Beier Mrs. Dorothy Ferry Mr.Elmer E. Kihlstrum Mr.and Mrs. John T. Rohlwing Mr.and Mrs. John B. VanDuzer,Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Scott R. Beil Mrs. Jill Fisher Mr.and Mrs. Robert W. Kirkpatrick, Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Melvin L. Roth Mr.and Mrs. Robert W.VanOsdol Mr.and Mrs. Keith W. Benson Mr.and Mrs. Lee Foshang Mr.and Mrs. Robert J. Klawitter Mr.and Mrs. David Rothschild Mr.and Mrs. Omer G.Voss Mr.Robert O. Benzon Mr.and Mrs. Robert L. Francis Mr.and Mrs. Neil Koebernick Mr.and Mrs. Phillip L. Ruch Pastor and Mrs.Willard E.Wagner Mr.and Mrs. Alton J. Berg Mrs. Laird F.Fransen Mr.and Mrs. Jack Koepke Mr.and Mrs. Gregg K. Sadlon Mrs. Barbara Walberg Dr.and Mrs. Paul R. Bjork Ms. Barbara Fredell Mr.and Mrs. Gerald A. Kolschowsky Pastor and Mrs. Carl Franklin Mrs. Lucille Waldorf Mrs. Eleanor Blomberg Mr.and Mrs. John H. Garrity Mr.and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kosnik Samuelson Ms. Mary H. Walters Pastor and Mrs. Roger A. Boekenhauer Mr.and Mrs. John A. Gibson Mr.and Mrs. Roy H. Kruse Mr.and Mrs. Harold R. Sandberg Mr.and Mrs. Bruce B.Weber Mr.and Mrs. Douglas Boomgarden Mr.and Mrs. Merle H. Glick Mr.and Mrs. Michael N. Labedz Dr.and Mrs. Paul D. Sarvela Mr.and Mrs. Leslie F.Weber Mr.and Mrs. Eugene Borgeson Mrs. Lynn L. Goffinet Mr.and Mrs. Dirk B. Landis Mr.and Mrs. Howard E. Schersten Ms. Sandra L.Weiler Mrs. Doris L. Botes Mrs. Loraine L. Gohr Mr.and Mrs. Paul F.Lange Mr.Alan M. Scheufler Mr.and Mrs. G. John West Mr.Harry E. Bottorff, Jr. Mr.Glen Graves Pastor and Mrs. Karl F.Langrock Mr.and Mrs. John I. Schilling Mr.and Mrs. G. Russell Westby Mr.and Mrs. Keith L. Bouquet Ms. Phyllis E. Gustafson Mr.and Mrs. Herbert G. Lawrence Mr.and Mrs.William L. Schnittker Mr.and Mrs. Bernt F.Westre Mr.and Mrs. Charles J. Boutcher Mr.Timothy Gustafson Mr.and Mrs. Gary Lefevre Mr.and Mrs. Richard Schulz Mr.and Mrs. Robert P.Wettermann Mr.and Mrs. John Bradburn Mr.and Mrs. Gregory Hall Mr.and Mrs. Sam H. Lewis Mr.Walter Schuttler Mrs. Gladys Whiteside Mr.and Mrs. Roar Broch Ms. Florence M. Hallum Mr.J. Ellsworth Lewis Mr. and Mrs.Timothy S. Schutz Mr. David C.Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Broski Mr. Arnold Hampel Ms. Ruth Lexau Pastor Daniel J. Schwick and Mr.John Williams Mrs. Florence Browder Mr.and Mrs. Aylen I. Hasegawa Mr.and Mrs. Rodney J. Link Pastor Kathie Bender Schwich Mr.and Mrs. Charles A.Williams Mrs. Dorothy C. Buhr Mr.and Mrs. James R. Hazelton Ms. Carol L. Linne Mr.Mike J. Schwindenhammer,Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Allan Wilson, Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Ralph T. Campbell Ms. Donna J. Heaps Ms. Maureen M. Lober Mr.and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Mr.and Mrs. Phillip A.Wolfe Mr.and Mrs. Harry W. Carlson Mrs. Betty W. Henneman Ms. Lois Lockhart Mr.and Mrs. Carl E. Smith Bishop and Mrs. Gary M.Wollersheim Mr.John Carlson Mr.and Mrs. Richard Hoffman Mr.Robert H. Long, Jr. Dr. Lynn C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Wynkoop Mr. and Mrs.Thomas L. Carson Mr. Walter Holden Mr. Arnold H. Luedders Mr.and Mrs. Charles W. Smoots Mr.and Mrs. Roger L.Yarbrough Mr.and Mrs. Richard L. Chrysler Mr.and Mrs. Dean M. Holm Mr.Russell E. Lundquist Ms. Rhonda Snowaert and Mrs. Janet Zage Mr. Brian Clifford Mr. James L. Hopper Mr. and Mrs. William F.Lyness Mr. Michael Evers Ms. Charlene Zimmerman Ms.Thelma W. Crane Mr. and Mrs. Mark F.Hoyer Mr.Theodore R. Mandigo and Mr.and Mrs. Gordon J. Souden Mr.and Mrs. Donald J. Zitzewitz Mr.Walter T. Croson Pastor and Mrs. Joseph P.Hulterstrum Mrs. Shirley I. Swanson Mr. Ray E. Stamm Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Dahl, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Iden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Martino Pastor and Mrs. Kenneth L. $999 TO $500 Mr.Carl G. Dahlgren Mr.Thurman Ingram, Jr. Dr.and Mrs. Martin E. Marty Stangeland Mr.and Mrs. Steven H. Abbey Mr.and Mrs. Ronald G. Damm Mr.and Mrs. James B. Isenberg Mr.and Mrs.Ted Maxeiner Mr. and Mrs.Terry A. Steczo Mr. Mervin G. Aden Dr. John Davis Mr. Craig Jannusch Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McCarthy Dr.and Mrs. Mark S. Steen Pastor and Mrs. Lowell G. Almen Mrs. Shirley A. Dieringer Mr.and Mrs. David Janssen Mr.R. Dale McCleary Mr.and Mrs.William G. Stern Mr.and Mrs. Robert Alsaker Mr.and Mrs. Ronald R. Dillow Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Jarabak Mr.and Mrs.William S. McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stimpert Ms. Myrna K. Andersen Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Dochoff Ms. Joan J. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McCune Mr.and Mrs. Gene L. Svebakken Mr.and Mrs. Glen R. Anderson Ms. Catherine M. Dohoney Mr.Roy A. Jensen Ms. Helen R. Mehler Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Swanberg Mr. Richard A. Anderson Ms. Dixie L. Downes Mrs. Jeannette E. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Delbert H. Meyer Mr.and Mrs. Alan R. Swanson Pastor and Mrs. Carl L. Anderson Mr.and Mrs. R. Michael Eberley Ms. Elsa Johnson Mr.and Mrs. Raymond E. Mietz Mr.and Mrs. Harold Leroy Swanson Mr.and Mrs. Donald D. Ankeny Mr.Dane E. Eggertsen Mr.and Mrs. Randall W. Johnson Mr.and Mrs. R. Mark Mifflin Mrs. Elaine H. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Arentz Mr. and Mrs. Russell Elliott Pastor Janet C. Jones Mr. and Mrs.W. Peter Milbratz Mr.and Mrs. Randall K. Sycks Mr.Gene C. Bahls Mr.and Ms.Thomas Emery Ms. Laura J. Jordan Mr.and Mrs. Dennis Minichello Mr. and Mrs. Allan W.TeRonde Mr. and Mrs. David C. Bailey Mr. and Mrs.Wayne F.Emkes Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Kaumeyer GOOD WORKS 27 Mr.and Mrs. Charles Moen Mr.and Mrs.William Schoedel Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Monastero Mrs. Olive E. Schwiebert amicus certus award gala Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Monken Mr.and Mrs. Douglas P.Scott Every year, LSSI gives the Amicus Certus (“True Friend”) Award to individuals or Ms. Mildred Monsen Mrs. Irene Seim Mr.and Mrs. Robert J. Moore Mr.William Sheehan organizations that have made significant contributions to the human community. Mr.Donald H. Motzer Mrs. Caryl C. Shettel The Amicus Certus Gala, held every fall in Chicago, is hosted by the Women’s Network Mr.Leon Mrkvicka Mr.and Mrs. Mervin K. Smith Mr.and Mrs. Robert E. Muir Mrs. Florence Snyder of LSSI. Mr.David P.Murawski Mr.and Mrs.William Stafford In 2005, Rotary International was honored for the organization’s efforts in eradicating Mr.and Mrs. Craig S. Nafziger Mr.and Mrs. George A. Steil Mr.Merritt Napravnik Mr.and Mrs. Alfred E. Steinhaus, Sr. polio worldwide. In 1985, Rotary launched the PolioPlus program, raising funds to pay for Mr.and Mrs. Gary K. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Roy E. Stoneberg transportation and other operational costs associated with vaccine delivery, for efforts to Pastor Norman A. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Roger E. Stoneberg Mr.and Mrs. Gary S. Nelson Mr.Steven D. Strike identify areas where the virus circulates, and for training for healthcare workers and Ms. Kathy D. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Kent A. Swanson volunteers involved in the immunization process. Mr.Theodore S. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. Donald M. Swanson Ms. Ronnie Neumann Mrs. Helen L. Swanson In 2006, Homer Drew of Valparaiso University (Indiana) and Bruce Weber of the Ms. Jacqueline Niesen Mr.and Mrs. Richard L.Tabatt University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana were honored for their commitment to their Mr.and Mrs. Frederick F.Nycum Mr.and Mrs. Robert L.Teiken players, which they have demonstrated by mentoring and encouraging them to complete Ms. Gail A. Olson Mr.and Mrs. Matt TenEick Mr.Paul Opsahl Mr.and Mrs. Jeff P.Thompson their college education and to pursue meaningful and productive lives. Pastor and Mrs. Robert L. Pearson Dr.and Mrs. Ray E.Thompson, Jr. In 2005, proceeds from Amicus Certus went to Family Connections, a Prisoner and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Peebles Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tiebert Mr.and Mrs. Jerry J. Pepping Mr.and Mrs.Terry D. Uddenberg Family Ministry program that keeps children, caregivers and incarcerated parents Mr.and Mrs. Donald R. Petelle Dr.Amy W.Vandenbrook and Mr. connected. In 2006, proceeds from the gala went to two of LSSI’s Chicago-based youth Mr.and Mrs. Joel Peterson Jason J.Vandenbrook Mr.and Mrs. Mark S. Pierce Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Vickrey programs, Steps to Life and Project H.O.P.E., which help youth transition to adulthood. Mr.and Mrs. Stephen Portnoy Mr.and Mrs. Peter J.Waddick Mr. and Mrs. Emil D. Pribula Mr. Eugene F.Wagner Mr.and Mrs. Scott Allbright Mrs. Niola Behling Mr.and Mrs. Leonard Carmichael Dr.and Mrs. James Pride Mr.and Mrs. Lynn P.Walter Mrs. Joan I. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Benson Mr. and Mrs. John R. Castro Mr. Phillip M. Racette Pastor Carol C. Wasemiller and Ms. Jutta F.Anderson Mr.and Mrs. Merle L. Bettenhausen Ms. Heather Chandler Pastor and Mrs. Robert J. Rasmus Mr. Reini Wasemiller Mr. Leroy F. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard F. Biederman Mr. and Mrs. John Chase Mr.and Mrs.Warren Rasmussen Mr.and Mrs. Bruce Weflen Mr.Brian K. Anderson Pastor and Mrs. Denver W. Bitner Mr.and Mrs. Marc Chason Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Reckmeyer Mr. Michael Wehrle Mr.and Mrs. Delbert E. Anderson Ms. Charlotte M. Blumle Ms. Ruth M. and Anne C. Chilstrom Dr.and Mrs. Jason A. Reter Mr.and Mrs. Harry N.Wenke Mr.and Mrs. Karl Arbaugh Mr.and Mrs. David Bobell Pastor and Mrs. Michel D. Clark Mrs. Geneva Reuschel Dr.Jacqueline L. White Dr.Richard A. Arnell and Mrs. Bernice E. Bockhorn Mr.and Mrs. Daryl Claudin Mr. and Mrs. Emil E. Rink Dr. and Mrs. Alvin F.Wiersma Dr. Paula Y. Arnell Mrs. Helen Borows Mr. and Mrs. David W. Coggeshall Dr.and Mrs. John A. Ronning Mr.and Mrs. Jerry H. Wilberg Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Arnold Mrs. Joan E. Brandt Pastor Nancy W. Conser Mr.Donald J. Rosene Mrs. Mary Williams Ms. Cathy E. Ashbaugh Pastor and Mrs. Victor L. Brandt and Mr. Richard E. Conser Mrs. Normajean Sanders Pastor and Mrs. Max H. Wolf Mr.Ray K. Asplund Ms. Ellen Ruth Bremer Mr.Kevin Cook Ms. Hazel J. Sauerbrunn Ms. Cathy A. Wood Ms. Patricia Atwood Mrs. Alva M. Bullock Mr.and Mrs. Larry A. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. David A. Schaaf Mr. Joel Zegart Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aupperle Mrs. Lois E. Bunt Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cote Mr.William T. Schlosser D.M.D. Mr.and Mrs. Carl F.Zitzewitz, Jr. Mr.and Mrs. Raymond G. Avischious Mrs. Ruth Busse Mr.Tony Coulson Mr.and Mrs. Dean Schmidtke Mr.and Mrs. Mark E. Zumdahl Mr.and Mrs. Lionel L. Bardier Mr.and Mrs. John Caldwell Mr.and Mrs. John Countryman Mr. and Mrs. John F.Schnier Mrs. Esther Bastian Ms. Maryann Candelero Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cox Mr.and Mrs. Clyde C. Schoeck $499 TO $250 Mr.Michael Beacham Mr.and Mrs. David S. Carlson Mr.and Mrs. Edson C. Cox Mr. Gene Alexander Mr.and Mrs. Ralph S. Beck Mr.and Mrs. Robert W. Carlson Ms. Barbara J. Crockett 28 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Ms. Ellie M. Currie Mr.Jesse Harmon Pastor and Mrs. Lloyd R. Kittlaus Ms. Maridelle McKesson Mr.Richard A. Peterson Dr.and Mrs. Chester Dela Cruz Mr.and Mrs.William D. Hartman Mrs. Dorothy H. Knussman Mr.and Mrs. Daniel T. McMullen Pastor and Mrs. Gerald M. Peterson Dr.Dino S. Delicata Mr.and Mrs. John L. Hay Mr.Russell Kohnken and Mr.Richard McMurray Mr.and Mrs. John W. Petticrew Mr.and Mrs. Donald M. Diersen Mrs. Melissa Hayes Christine A. Collins Mr.Deno Melchiorre Dr.and Mrs. Daniel H. Piazza Mr.and Mrs. Peter W. Dillon Mr.and Mrs.Thomas J. Hebda Mr.and Mrs. David Koster Ms. Esther Menn Mr.and Mrs. Ralph M. Pierce Mr.and Mrs. Charles E. Dixon Ms. Michelle Hederman Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Krause Ms. Alma J. Metzler Pastor Arnold O. Pierson Mr.Kurt C. Donisch Mr.and Mrs. Daniel F.Heiman Dr.and Mrs. Edgar Krentz, Ph.D. Mr.Duane Meyer Mr.and Mrs. Michael G. Pirron Mrs. Shirley L. Draut Mr.and Mrs. David A. Helms Dr.and Mrs. Harold Krueger Bishop and Mrs.Wayne N. Miller Ms. Janice Pohl Ms. Joane K. Dumke Mr.and Mrs. Richard Herman Ms. Alyce Krusemeier Mr.Robert Milstein Ms. Carole I. Poltrock Ms. Kathleen T. Dwyer Mr.and Mrs. Peter Herr Mr.and Mrs. Alex V. Kuklinski Mr.James A. Moehling Ms. Carol H. Posegate Mr.and Mrs. Robert Eastlund Mr.John D. Hetzler Pastor Jane E. Kunzie-Brunner and Mrs.Theresa M. Molgren and Mr.and Mrs. Frank L. Raver Mr.and Mrs. Rudolph H. Ebeling Pastor and Mrs. Donald F.Hetzler Mr.Robert Brunner Mr.Russell Deloney Ms. Maryann H. Ream Mr.and Mrs. Gaylon H. Ehlers Mr.and Mrs. Rudolf K. Heusuk Ms. Harriet M. Kurz Ms. Margery L. Molter Mr.and Mrs. Karl N. Redelsheimer Mrs. Katherine Ehlert Mr.and Mrs. James R. Hiner Capt. and Mrs. Ralph H. Laedtke Mr.and Mrs.Vincent Montana Mrs. Janice C. Reed Mr.and Mrs. David A. Elson Mr.and Mrs. Edwin J. Hippo Ms. Evelyn R. Lageman Mr.and Mrs. Richard Morton Mr.and Dr.Walter R. Rehwaldt Mrs. Calista Enlund Mr.Harold R. Hjelm Mr.and Mrs. George L. Lambert Mr.and Mrs.Wilfred A. Mueller Ms. Ruth H. Rehwaldt Mr.and Mrs. Keith G. Erickson Mr.and Mrs. Frank Holmes Mr.and Mrs. David A. Lange Mr.and Mrs. Robert F.Mueller Mr.and Mrs. Louis J. Reitmeier Mr.and Mrs.Terry Estel Mr.and Mrs. Gary L. Howard Mrs. Joyce Langholf Mr.and Mrs. Ernest M. Muller Mr.Ronald E. Riegler Mr.and Mrs. Donald R. Etnyre Mrs.Virginia J. Howland Mrs. Mildred B. Larson Ms. Sharon K. Mullins Ms. Virginia Rinella Ms. Anne H. Evans Mr.Roger Hull Ms. Ann Laube Director Mr.and Mrs. Robert J. Musur Mr.and Mrs. Steven J. Robinson Mr.and Mrs. David M. Farrell Mr.and Mrs. Gerald Hulslander Mr.and Mrs.William J. Lavezzi Mr.and Mrs. Gary D. Nelsen Mr.and Mrs. Richard Roeder Ms. Carolyn B. Ferdinand Mrs. Joyce L. Iammartino Dr.Mary Lawlor Ms. Clara and Eva Nelson Ms. Mary A. Roling Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ferguson Ms. Lisa Ingalls Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lawson Mrs. Margareth E. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. W. David Romoser Dr.and Mrs. James S. Ferris Ms. Ruth O. Inman Ms. Nancy B. Leonard Pastor and Mrs. Gerald W. Nelson Mr.and Mrs. James E. Roos Dr.Christopher G. Fichtner and Pastor and Mrs. James G. Jaeger Mrs. Nancy D. Licht Mrs. Beth M. Nelson Chase Ms. Joan Rosland Dr.Linda Grossman Mr.Ayodeji T. Jaiyesimi Mr.and Mrs. Steve Lieber Mr.and Mrs. James Nieman Mr.and Mrs. Paul Rowland Mr.Jerry A. Filipiak Mr.Michael James Mr.and Mrs. Kai Lindholst Mrs. Dorothy Niemann Mr.Michael Rulis Mr.and Mrs. Charles F.Finn Mr.and Mrs. Jerry W. Johansen Mr.and Mrs. Michael J. Livergood Mr.and Mrs. Fred W. Nika Mr.and Mrs. Fred H. Sanneman Mr. and Mrs.William S. Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johns Mr. and Mrs. Harmon S. Loeb Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Norman Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sarnowski Mr.David S. Foster Mr.and Mrs. Hagard Johnson Mr.and Mrs.William R. Lymangood Mr.Steven A. Norris Mr.and Mrs. John C. Satter Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs.Vernon A. Magnesen Mr. James Norris Mr. and Mrs.Warren H. Schauer Mr. and Mrs. Francis O. Frisch Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Johnson Mrs. Laverne Makar Mr. and Mrs. Phillip F.Noth, Jr. Rev. George M. Schelter Mrs. Mae L. Frutchey Ms. Donna M. Johnson Mr.and Mrs. Eugene L. Maki Mr.and Mrs. Charles R. Nylen Pastor and Mrs. James A. Scherer Mr. Brett Gamb Mr. and Mrs. Sammy K. Johnson Ms. Cynthia L. Mann Dr. and Mrs. Kenje Ogata Ms. Carolyn Schiele Mr.and Mrs. Scott N. Gierke Mr.and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Johnson Mr.and Mrs. Brad L. Manning Mrs. Lee Olson Mr.Victor Schormann Mr.and Mrs.Todd N. Gierke Dr.and Mrs. Sanjeev V. Joshi Mr.and Mrs. Delmar Martin Mr.and Mrs. Donald A. Olson Mr.and Mrs. Scott T. Schreiber Mr. Richard J. Gierlach Dr. and Mrs. Ibulaimu Kakoma Dr. Daniel B. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. William B. Olson Mr. Roland K. Schwanke Mrs. Jane C. Gilbert Mr.and Mrs. Richard C. Karneboge Mr.Gene Marx Dr.and Mrs. Stanley N. Olson Ms. Caryl S. Scott Mrs. Alberta Goebel Ms. Sarah Karras Dr.and Mrs. Sam J. Marzo Mr.and Mrs. Richard C. Osborne Mr.and Mrs. James C. Secora Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Goffinet Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Kearns Mr. and Mrs. Richard Masterson Dr. Dorothy J. Parkander Ms. Emma Jeanne Selvig Mr.and Mrs. Ronald L. Gooden Ms. Patricia A. Kelley Dr.and Mrs. Gerhard C. Matzner Pastor and Mrs. Leo Patterson Mr.and Mrs. Bruce R. Sents Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kessler Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. May Mrs. Margaret E. Paulson Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Shafis Mrs. Valda Groezinger Ms. Barbara A. Kimicata Mr.Brian McCarthy Mrs. D. Jean Pavela Mr.and Mrs. Brent R. Shelton Dr.and Mrs. Jan B. Hall Mr.Richard E. Kingdon and Ms. Mara McClellan Ms. Denise A. Perry Mr.and Mrs. Douglas Shepard Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Hallquist Ms. Lee C. Vogel Mr. and Mrs. John E. McFadden Dr. and Mrs. Earl L. Peters Ms. Joan M. Sherman Sister Joanne Haney Mr.and Mrs. Paul B. Kinsel Mr.and Mrs. Glen R. McGee Mr.Ralph G. Petersen Mr.Larry W. Siler Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harland Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Loren N. Petersen GOOD WORKS 29 Mr.and Mrs. Richard K. Silver Mrs. Marian Wolf Creative Marble, Champaign MidAmerica Bank, Downers Grove TSG Designs, Highland Park Dr.and Mrs. Robert E. Singiser Mr.and Mrs. Robert Wood DeKalb Feeds Inc., Rock Falls Midland Manufacturing, Skokie Unilever Matching Gifts Program, Ms. Janet Sirabian Ms. Bernadette W. Zaczek Elkay Mfg. Co.Water Cooler Division, Miller,Lancaster & Walker,P.C., Princeton Ms. Laura H. Sitterly Mr.and Mrs. James Zinkhon Savanna Sterling UNILOCK Chicago, Inc., Aurora Ms. Lynn I. Sivertsen Ellwood Associates, Inc., Chicago Mosaic, Inc., Pontiac Union Tank Car Company, Chicago Mr.and Mrs. George Skretny CORPORATIONS Enloe Drugs LLC, Des Plaines Moss & Associates CPA & Financial US Bank, Sterling Mr.and Mrs. David J. Skvarla A. Schulman, Inc., Akron Enviro-Safe Refrigerants, Inc., Pekin Consultants, Schaumburg Wahl Clipper Corporation, Sterling Mr.Michael Sloan Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park Ethanol Products, Inc.,Wichita Mt. Morris Savings, Mount Morris Wal-Mart Distribution Center #7024, Mr.and Mrs. Duane L. Smith Abbott Laboratories Employee Fund, Familiy Support America, Chicago National City Bank of Sterling Mr.and Mrs. Lyle Spaulding Abbott Park Feehan and Grommes, Lincolnwood Michigan/Illinois, Oak Brook Wal-Mart Supercenter #891, Sterling Mr.and Mrs. Dale Stahl Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook First Union Rail Corporation, National Mfg. Co., A Division of Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, P.C., Mr.Robert J. Stanley Aire Holding, Inc., Byron Rosemont Stanley Works, Sterling Sterling Ms. Dorothy M. Stein Allstate Giving Campaign, Norfolk Future Developments, Inc., Chicago New Supplies Company, Inc., Mr.and Mrs. Richard Steljes AMCORE Financial, Inc., Rockford Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., Romeoville FOUNDATIONS Mr.Kerry Stokes American Railcar Leasing, LLC, Chicago Posegate and Denes, P.C., Springfield Anonymous Mr.Frank Stromberg St. Charles Gastronenterology Asst. of Olympia Potash Corporation, Northbrook Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation, Mr.and Mrs. Ronald E. Struxness Anderson Electric, Inc., Springfield Fields, Steger Rabin, Myers & Hanke, P.C., Itasca Ms. Joanna M. Sullivan Anonymous George S. Bellas, Attorney at Law, Springfield Ackermann Memorial Fund, Chicago Mr.and Mrs.William M. Swanson Arthur J. Rogers & Co., Des Plaines LLC, Park Ridge Ray DeMaertelaere, Attorney At Law, Aileen S. Andrew Foundation, Mr.and Mrs. Kenneth Sypura Arthur’s Garden Deli, Rock Falls Good Samaritan Homes, Inc., Flanagan Schaumburg (ASAF), Orland Park Mr.and Mrs. George F.Tarnow Bank of America - Corp. Affairs, Hospira Employee Giving Campaign, Raynor Mfg. Co., Dixon Alzheimer’s Association (Greater Ms. Lois W.Teerling Charlotte Princeton Rosecrance Health Network, Illinois Chapter), Skokie Ms. Mary A.Thiel Bank of Illinois, Normal Hovious and Associates, Inc., Bartlett Rockford Anonymous Mr.and Mrs. Edward Thompson Bank of Springfield, Springfield HSBC Bank, Prospect Heights Ruff Brothers Grain Company, Archer Daniels Midland Foundation, Mr.and Mrs. Gregory Thoren Bank One, Chicago Imperial Construction Associates, Inc., Minonk Decatur Ms. Dorothy Thorsen BearingPoint, Princeton Joliet Rust-Oleum Corporation, Vernon Hills Barney II Foundation Dr.and Mrs. Craig P.Tillman Beau Savon, Hinsdale It’s My Bag, Crystal Lake Saelens Enterprises, Inc., Freeport Bergstrom Charitable Foundation, Ms. Anne I.Timler Bethel New Life, Inc., Chicago JBS and Associates, Chicago Saint Francis Medical Ctr.,Peoria Rockford Mr. Robert A. Urish Beverly Management Associates, JoAnn Alot Corporation, Skokie Salco Products, Inc., Lemont Caterpillar Foundation, Peoria Mr.and Mrs.Vernon Veal Frankfort Johnson and Colmar, Chicago Sauk Valley Bank, Sterling Catholic Charities of Chicago, Chicago Mr. Svein Vinje B’s Bags, Glenview Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Northfield Sho-Deen, Inc., Geneva Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Ms. Cathryn Vissering C & G Enterprise Gary R. Davis & Koch Nitrogen Company,Wichita Sodexho, Inc., Downers Grove Clara and Spencer Werner Mr.and Mrs. Robert J.Voss Christopher M. Mueller,Oregon KSB Hospital, Dixon Solomon Colors, Springfield Foundation, Paris Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wehr Century 21 Real Estate Results, Inc., Lawson Products, Inc., Des Plaines Southwest Rail Industries, Weimer Community Foundation of Central Mr.and Mrs. Denis Wehr Sterling Leo Burnett USA, Inc., Chicago Spectrum Preferred Meats, Mount Illinois, Peoria Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Wells CGH Medical Center,Sterling Lindgren, Callihan,Van Osdol & Co., Morris Daniel F.and Ada L. Rice Mrs. Frances Welte Chicago Freight Car Leasing, Rosemont Ltd., Sterling Star Die Molding, Inc., Elk Grove Foundation, Skokie Mrs. Helen J. Westberg Christ Lutheran School, Sterling Lutheran Home & Service For Aged, Village Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Mr.and Mrs. Steve Wheeler Church Mutual Insurance Co., Merrill Arlington Heights Sterling Rock Falls Clinic, Sterling Foundation, Oak Brook Mr. Robert A.Wilhelm Church World Service, Inc, Elkhart Lutheran Senior Services, St. Louis TAP Connected to the Community DuPage County Human Services, Mr.Warren A. Williamson Clifton Gunderson LLP,Sterling Margaret Smith, Greensboro Giving, Princeton Wheaton Mrs. Beatrice Wilson Clifton Gunderson LLP,Oak Brook Marv Lofgren & Son Contractors, Terra Industries, Inc., Sioux City Edwardson Family Foundation, Mr.Richard J.Winkelman ComEd, Dixon Sterling The Bardier Team of RE/MAX Sauk Vernon Hills Mr.and Mrs. Robert W.Wise Community State Bank of Rock Falls, Marwedel, Minichello & Reeb, P.C., Valley, Sterling Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Mr. Ray A.Wohadlo Rock Falls Chicago The Monogram Place, Glenview Trust, Chicago Mr.Guenter W.Wohlfarth Cougar Package Designers, Inc., Maxim, Inc., Springfield Town & Country Bank, Springfield Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Chicago McGraw-Hill Companies, Princeton, NJ Trinity Rail, Oakbrook Terrace America, Chicago 30 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Simms Family Foundation, Park Ridge Network for Prison Ministry, Chicago Sjostrom and Sons Foundation, Inc., Pilot Club of Moline, Moline ministry of hope award Rockford Q404 Activity Club, Mount Morris Stella J. Staunt Charitable, Chicago Rachel Circle of St. John’s, Mendota Target Foundation, Minneapolis Rebecca Circle, Ohio Each year, LSSI presents its Ministry of Hope Award to three congregations — one in Ted Hanson Family Foundation, Rock Falls American Legion Post each of the Illinois synods — to recognize their outstanding efforts in providing Northbrook 902, Rock Falls Thomson Community Fund,Thomson Sinsinawa Dominican, Inc. St. Clara leadership in supporting the ministry of LSSI and other ministries in the community.The Tom Russell Charitable Foundation, Account, Sinsinawa recipients of this award are outstanding examples of the carrying out of God’s work in Inc., Oakbrook Terrace St. James Lutheran Church the world today.Their ministries include reaching out to homeless people through PADS Wal-Mart Foundation, Bentonville Fellowship Club, Forreston WGN Neediest Kids Fund, Chicago St. Johns Lutheran Church Sunday (Public Access to Deliver Shelter), to poor families through programs that assist children Wheat Ridge Ministries, Itasca School, Mendota of non-English speakers in their schoolwork, and to women recently released from prison St. John’s of Somonauk Women of SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ELCA, Somonauk who are in need of clothing and other support services. GROUPS St. John’s Sunday School, Ashton In 2006, the following congregations were honored: Redeemer Lutheran Church in Alumnae Association of College of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Women, St.Teresa, Winona Washington Hinsdale (Metro Chicago Synod); Grace Lutheran Church in Champaign Birdies For Charity, East Moline St. Peter Lutheran Sunday School, (Central/Southern Illinois Synod); and Grace Lutheran Church in Knoxville (Northern Calvary Lutheran Sunday School, Lee Emden Church Women United of the Sterling Moose Lodge No. 726, Illinois Synod). In 2007, the following congregations received the Ministry of Hope Barrington Area, Hoffman Estates Sterling Award: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights (Metro Chicago Synod); Dominican Sisters of Springfield Thrivent Financial—Matching, Illinois, Springfield Appleton St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rock Island (Northern Illinois Synod); and St. John’s Dwight Hospitality Ministry, Dwight Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Lutheran Church in Bloomington (Central/Southern Illinois Synod). Edgebrook Women’s Club, Chicago Champaign County Chapter, First Lutheran WELCA, Prophetstown Rantoul First English Lutheran Church John Deere Foundation, Moline Northern Trust Charitable Trust, Chicago First Lutheran Women, Geneseo Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Foundation, Peoria Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation, Omer G. Voss Family Foundation, Hospital Sisters of the 3rd of St. Christian-Sangamon Chapter, G. J. Aigner Foundation, Colorado Moline Wilmette Francis San Damiano Outre, Springfield Springs Kalliopeia Foundation, San Rafael Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund, Springfield Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— George M. Eisenberg Foundation, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Evanston Junior Board of Rock Island, Downers Grove, Downers Grove Arlington Heights Foundation, Chicago Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Rock Island Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Gerald A. & Karen A.Kolschowsky LCMS Foundation, St. Louis Program, Princeton Kiwanis Club of Oregon, Oregon East Rock Island County, East Foundation, Aurora Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Chicago Polk Bros Foundation, Chicago Leaf River Lions Club, Inc. Club Moline Grand Victoria Foundation, Elgin Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, Poshard Foundation, Carterville #000250, Leaf River Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Harris Bank Foundation, Chicago St. Louis Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts LSSI Womens Network, Rockford Iroquois County, Martinton Helen Brach Foundation, Chicago Margaret and Lanty L. Smith Fund, Program, Princeton Chapter,Rockford Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Herschel E. Rives Charitable Fund, Greensboro Retirement Research Foundation, Lutheran Child and Family Services of Jackson County, Campbell Hill Minneapolis Marjorie E. and Wilbert A.Thiel Chicago Illinois, River Forest Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Illinois Tool Works Foundation, Foundation, Oak Brook Robert N. & Ella S. Ristad Lutheran School of Theology at Lee County, Dixon Glenview Maurice R. & Meta G. Gross Foundation, Vallejo Chicago Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Irving Harris Foundation, Chicago Foundation, Chicago Robert R. McCormick Tribune Lutheran Women of Greater Peoria, North Shawnee Forest Chapter, John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Moline Foundation, Moline Foundation, Chicago Peoria Herrin Foundation, Lake Forest Moore Family Foundation, Lake Forest Rock Island Community Foundation, Nachusa Lutheran Church Fellowship John and Martha Benson Foundation Murphy Foundation, Dixon Rock Island Club, Nachusa Fund, Davenport NMC Foundation, Sterling Rydell Family Foundation, Rockford NCUSA Auxiliary, Delphi GOOD WORKS 31 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Grace and Peace Lutheran Church, Messiah Lutheran Church, Joliet St. James Lutheran Church, Forreston Northeast Kane Co. Chapter,East Charles Peoria Messiah Lutheran Church, Port Byron St. James Lutheran Church, Dundee Central/Southern Illinois Synod, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Chicago Lake Forest Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Springfield Elmore Morgan Park United Methodist St. James Lutheran Church, Ogle County Chapter,Oregon Central/Southern Illinois Synod, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Church, Chicago Western Springs Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Northern Conference, Peoria Elmwood Park Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, De Soto St. John Evangelical Lutheran South Shawnee Forest Chapter, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church, Anna Church, Princeton Goreville Chicago Mount Prospect Northern Illinois Synod, Rockford St. John Lutheran Church, Ashton Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Christ Lutheran Church, Chicago Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church, SW Cook County Chapter, Christ Lutheran Church, Nauvoo Grace Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn Marion Bartonville Frankfort Christ Lutheran Church, Palatine Grace Lutheran Church, La Grange Our Savior Lutheran Church, Aurora St. John Lutheran Church, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Christ Lutheran Church,Vernon Hills Grace Lutheran Church, Libertyville Our Savior Lutheran Church, Pekin Bloomington Tazewell Chapter,Mackinaw Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest Our Savior Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church, Flanagan Thrivent Financial for Lutherans— Roscoe Grace Lutheran Church,Villa Park Washington St. John Lutheran Church, Hartsburg Whiteside County, Morrison Edgebrook Lutheran Church, Chicago Grace Lutheran Church,Woodstock Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Rockford St. John Lutheran Church, Metropolis Thrivent Financial Heart of Illinois Edison Park Lutheran Church, Chicago Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church, Peru Associates, Bloomington Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Lincolnshire Arlington Heights St. John Lutheran Church, Royal Trinity Men’s Club, Mount Morris Church, Elmhurst Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church, Somonauk United Methodist Women, Libertyville Epiphany Lutheran Church of All Church, Lombard Naperville St. John Lutheran Church, Sterling United Methodist Women, Orion Saints, Carbondale Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Glenview Peace Lutheran Church, Lake Zurich St. John Lutheran Church,Toluca Wartburg Theological Seminary, Faith Lutheran Church, Chicago Immanuel Lutheran Church, Compton Peace Lutheran Church, Lombard St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Dubuque Faith Lutheran Church, Homewood Immanuel Lutheran Church, Dixon Peace Lutheran Church, New Lenox Church, Wilmette Women of the ELCA, Chicago Faith Lutheran Church, Rochelle Immanuel Lutheran Church, Earlville Plattville Lutheran Church, Minooka St. John’s Lutheran Church, Creston Women of the ELCA, Park Ridge Faith Lutheran Church, Springfield Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mendota Women of the ELCA, Rock Island Faith Lutheran Church,Washington Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hinckley Saint Joseph St. John’s Lutheran Church, Women of the ELCA, Milledgeville Faith Lutheran Church,Wataga Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minonk Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Springfield Women of the ELCA-First Lutheran, First English Lutheran Church, Peoria Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rock Falls Schaumburg St. Joseph’s Guild of the Blessed Moline First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Virgin, Libertyville Women’s Network of LSSI, Des Blue Island Poplar Grove Addison St. Luke Lutheran Church, Park Ridge Plaines First Lutheran Church, Chadwick Light of Christ Lutheran Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale St. Mark Lutheran Church, First Lutheran Church, DeKalb Chicago Redeemer Lutheran Church, Oak Forest Mount Prospect CHURCHES First Lutheran Church, Dongola Living Lord Lutheran Church, Bartlett Resurrection Lutheran Church, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Advent Lutheran Church, Morton First Lutheran Church, Geneseo Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Bloomington Washington All Saints Lutheran Church, Byron First Lutheran Church, Granville Schaumburg Resurrection Lutheran Church, Niles St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sterling Ascension Evangelical Lutheran First Lutheran Church, Lee Luther Memorial Church, Chicago Sacred Heart Church, Sterling St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church, Riverside First Lutheran Church, Murphysboro Lutheran Church of Mahomet, Salem Lutheran Church, Peoria Church, Urbana Atonement Lutheran Church, Chicago First Lutheran Church, Paxton Mahomet Salem Lutheran Church, Sandwich St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Itasca Atonement Lutheran Church, First Lutheran Church, Princeton Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Springfield First Lutheran Church, Prophetstown Northfield Church, McHenry Nokomis Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal First Lutheran Church, Rock Island Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Southern Conference Central/Southern St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dixon Lake First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln Barrington IL Synod-ELCA, Steeleville St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lexington Bethany Lutheran Church, Leland Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church of the Good St. Andrew Lutheran Church, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oregon Bethany Lutheran Church,Wenona Downers Grove Shepherd, Palos Heights Champaign St. Paul Lutheran Church, Peoria Bethel Lutheran Church, Danville Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church of the Good St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Mundelein St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pontiac Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Elgin Champaign Shepherd, Prospect Heights St. Andrew Lutheran Church, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Roberts Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Mayfair Evangelical Lutheran West Chicago St. Paul Lutheran Church,Villa Park Oak Park Church, Chicago St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Metropolis 32 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT St. Peter Lutheran Church, UNITED WAY Victoria Arthofer Susan K. Hall Susan Steffey East Peoria United Way - Alliance of Greater Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Randles Mrs. Rebecca M. Moore Mr. David Landahl St. Peter Lutheran Church, Emden Kansas City United Ways, William M. Beckemeier Lisa Hassenstab Arlyn D. Strike St. Peter Lutheran Church, Kansas City Ms. Carol Last University Lutheran Church Mr. Steven D. Strike Steeleville United Way - AT&T Employee Giving Ms. Betty Jo Lawless Jody Hedberg Valerie and Donald Swanson St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Dwight Campaign, Princeton Ms. Cathryn M. Nelson Grace Lutheran Church Bishop and Mrs.Wayne N. Miller St. Petri Lutheran Church, Flanagan United Way - Barrington Area, Floyd and Shirley Brown Pastor Thomas and Jo Anne Heyd Elly Taheny St. Philip Lutheran Church, Barrington Mr. Willard Kautz Women of othe ELCA-First Mrs. Helen Parnaby Blue Island United Way - Bergen County, Oradell Adeline Buer Lutheran Church, Geneseo Lori Wilbert St.Timothy Lutheran Church, United Way - Central Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buerger Pastor Donald F.Hetzler Wartburg Theological Seminary Naperville Combined Federal Campaign, Robert Clausen Mr. John D. Hetzler Albert H.Wohlers Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Springfield Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eastlund Alton E. Klickman Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Flack Peoria United Way - Champaign County, Jennifer G. DeLeon Mr. and Mrs. William K. Knudsen Trinity Lutheran Church, DeKalb Champaign University Lutheran Church Joyce Langholf IN MEMORY OF Trinity Lutheran Church, Des Plaines United Way - Far Northwest Eric J. Draut Mrs. Rebecca M. Moore Robert Adams Trinity Lutheran Church, Elizabeth Suburban, Schaumburg Anonymous Mara McClellan Ms. Thelma W. Crane Trinity Lutheran Church, Evanston United Way - Heart of Illinois, Peoria Mrs. Shirley L. Draut Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Carl A. Anderson Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury United Way - Illinois Valley, La Salle Mr. and Mrs. Myles F. O’Reilly Church Mr. Dwayne Anderson Trinity Lutheran Church, Galesburg United Way - Illowa Bi-State CFC, Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Schwingbeck Adelaide Moen Mrs. Helen Anderson Trinity Lutheran Church, Harvard Davenport Mrs. Earl Dueball Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Thoms Mrs. Janice Anderson Trinity Lutheran Church, Lanark United Way - Knox County, Galesburg Mrs. Joyce D. Moore Rebecca M. Moore Mr.and Mrs. Rodney Anderson Trinity Lutheran Church, Milledgeville United Way - Lee County, Inc., Dixon Linda J. Falotico Mr. and Mrs. David Rothschild Mr. Wallace J. Blad Trinity Lutheran Church, Mount United Way - Metropolitan Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Shafis Janine Morton Mrs. Eleanor Blomberg Morris Chicago John Gebhart Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Shafis Mrs. Doris Brodd Trinity Lutheran Church, Olney United Way - Northwest Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Horman Dr.Richard and Suzanne Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Jospeh Bubon Trinity Lutheran Church, Shumway Freeport Lynn L. Goffinet Pastor William and Beverly Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John P. Califf Trinity Lutheran Church,Taylorville United Way - Northwest Suburban, Mrs. Dorothy A. Baumann Pastor John B. Nordgaard Mr. Carl H. Carlson Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, Mount Prospect Mr. John Brady Pastor Nancy Conser and Mr. Ms. Ruth Curry Chicago United Way - Quad Cities Area Inc., Ms. Meg Colbert Richard Mrs. Joan Danielson Unitarian Universalist Church of Davenport Mr. Scott W. Goffinet Harold Ost Mr. and Mrs. Bobby E. Davis Bloomington-Normal, United Way - Rock River Valley/Ogle, Mr. Darrin R. Holt Mr. Harold Hjelm Ms. Cornelia M. Dowsett Bloomington Rockford Ms. Dianne Huston Jane Otte Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gay United Evangelical Lutheran Church United Way - Southern Illinois Marion Mrs. Ruth Jajko Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Emery Grace Lutheran Church, Opheim of Peace, Steeleville United Way - Special Distribution Ms. Lisa D. Krumholz Beth and John Piff Ms. Jane Ellen Greene United Lutheran Church, Oak Park Acct., New York Mrs. Rebecca M. Moore Mrs. Helen Parnaby Mr. and Mrs. William Hartman Westminster Presbyterian Church, United Way - Warren County, Mrs. Jane Otte Carol A. and Warren Reckmeyer Mrs. Dorothy E. Hedberg Peoria Monmouth Ms. Stephanie Rittmiller Drs. Matthew and Mary Reckmeyer Ms. Alice E. Henneman Wicker Park Lutheran Church, United Way - Whiteside County, Sterling Saint Francis Medical Center Joanna Rinaldo Mrs. Margaret B. Hibbard Chicago Mr. John F. Schnier her wedding guests Ms. Donna M. James Wilmette Lutheran Church, Wilmette IN HONOR OF Ms. Cathryn Vissering James Schachtschneider Mr. Marvin Johnson Zion Lutheran Church, Clifton Gifts were given to Lutheran Social Mrs. Marcia J. Weflen Pastor and Mrs. Frederick Aigner Ms. Nancy L. Johnson Zion Lutheran Church, Deerfield Services of Illinois in honor of the John H. Gross Audrey Shaw Pastor and Mrs. Virgil Juliot Zion Lutheran Church, Kewanee following indiviuals. Donors’ names Mr. Bradley R. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Holt Mr. and Mrs. Ingemar W. Larson Zion Lutheran Church, Peoria are italicized. Dorothy A. Habegger Delpha Smith Pastor and Mrs. John M. Leaf Zion Lutheran Church, Philo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Elliott Dr. Norman R. Smith Ms. Virginia Martin Zion Lutheran Church, Rockford Jane Abramchik Mr. and Mrs. Jon E. Habegger Jenny Stabb Pastor Jane McChesney Zion Lutheran Church,Tinley Park Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. May Ms. Judith Weigel Ms. Karen Goettsche GOOD WORKS 33 Ms. Rosalie J. Mellgren Carl H. Carlson Pastor and Mrs. Howard W. Palm Eleanor Gust Mr. Henry J. Noe Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Mitchell Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Shafis Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Pastor and Mrs. John B. Mr. Leon Mudd Church, St. Charles Judge Lawrence and Church, St. Charles Nordgaard Ms. Jeanette Naig Madeline Cedarstrom Pastor Donna Smith Lloyd Gunther Lt. Col and Mrs. Tom Purple Pastor and Mrs. Allen C. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Dekeyrel Pastor Reuben T. Swanson Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Thrivent Financial for Lutherans - Mr. Richard Arno Peterson Ms. Mavis N. Erickson Mrs. Paula Taylor Church, St. Charles Peoria Stark Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ryden Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Graham Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Thiel Dorothy Haberer Ms. Cathryn Vissering Ms. Mary D. Schofield Ms. Claudia S. Loucks Robert Erickson St. John Lutheran Church, Sterling Yorkshire Village Community Mr. Walter Stitt Sherrard Volunteer Fire Department Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Erickson Jerry Hanabarger Association Ms. Beth Swanson Annie and Alexander Clark John Ferry Women of the ELCA-Immanuel, Pastor Marvin D. Johnson Ms. Nancy Tennison Mr. and Mrs. William Fleck Mrs. Dorothy Ferry Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hager Mrs. Catharine Udehn Eleanor Clotfelder Karoline and Samuel Fleck Pastor Ivon Harris Richard Johnson Ms. Ruth J. Unseth Ms. Dorothy Burkhart Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Fleck Ms. Jackie Niesen Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. Woody Watson June Cordier Evelyn E. Fletcher Sarah Harris Church, St. Charles Ms. Evelyn H. Woehr Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ellis Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ms. Jackie Niesen Phillip Kadasz Ms. Marilee J. Wyatt Sanford Crocker St. Charles Ernst Haessig Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Ms. Ann E. Yeago Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Patricia Franklin Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Charles Nathan Bamborough Church, St. Charles Anonymous Church, St. Charles Deloris I. Kennaugh Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Etnyre James C. Cross Mrs. Sara Bostancic Anne Hawkinson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Spaeth Carol Barberie Dr. and Mrs. William Cross Ms. Ari-Anne Feldman Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Robert Kling Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Walter Dahl Mr. Robert J. Franklin Church, St. Charles Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Charles Ms. Vicki Herrick Ms. Angela Giudice Lowell R. Hedberg Church, St. Charles Alison Barron Leslie Deppe Ms. Norma Lemmons Pastor and Mrs. John P. Petersen Mary LaZella Ms. Nancy Beard Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. William McIntosh Mary Patricia Hertenstein Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Marie and Sue Biagi Church, St. Charles Mr. Jerome Miklasz Dr. Lynn Smith Church, St. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Pabst Mary Dohoney Ms. Debra A. Stokes Karl Phillip Hetzler II Margaret E. Lewis Robert Boos Ms. Catherine M. Dohoney Geraldine Freiman Mr. John D. Hetzler Mr. J. Ellsworth Lewis Mrs. Evelyn Boos Cathy Dykstra Alderwoods Group Inc. John and June Hill Charles V. Lindberg Wiley Bost Ms. Nancy Beard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony McCarty Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran First Lutheran Church Pastor Paul E. Erickson Richard Froisland Church, St. Charles Church, St. Charles Dr.Thomas Boston Mrs. Eleanor G. Anderson Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Pat Hoffer Suzanne B. Lindell Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. James R. Anderson Church, St. Charles Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bruch Church, St. Charles Pastor and Mrs. Victor L. Brandt Estelle Gabrielson Church, St. Charles Mrs. Luana Friesth Nancy Brumm Ms. Tracy A. Cameron Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Bernadine Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heinicke Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Pastor and Mrs.Thomas B. Christell Church, St. Charles Women of the ELCA-Immanuel, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Julifs Church, St. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Erickson Charles Gebhardt Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Bertil Sandin Adeline Buerger Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Pastor Donald B. Myrom Bud Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swensson Mr. and Mrs. James E. Clark Fehrenbacher Emily Geiger Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Ms. A. Elaine Widener Harold Buhr Ms. Lillian M. Genskow Ms. Kathryn J. Geiger Church, St. Charles William and Lorraine Litgen Mrs. Dorothy C. Buhr Pastors Dennis R. and Christine Arlene G. Gulliksen Pastor Marvin D. Johnson Mrs. Carol Jung and family Mrs. Angela Lieb Hallemeier Ms. Nadia Andrushko Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hager Lou Malina Agnes Calland Mr. Richard A. Hoefs Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Kleinschmidt Andy Jones Penny Ann Gomien Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dalbke Mrs. Theresa M. Molgren Mr. and Mrs. Joel Muller Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Melba Meier Ann Carbary Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moore Ms. Myrna Pedersen Church, St. Charles Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Potzus Dorothy A. Johnson Church, St. Charles Church, St. Charles Northern Illinois Synod Mr. and Mrs. John P. Califf Ruth Mary Menke Pastor and Mrs. John P. Petersen Mr. and Mrs. David C. Dietrich Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran 34 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Lutheran Women of Greater Peoria Church, St. Charles David A. Mess Bernice Mogil Rose Pribula Margaret Stuepfert Janet Wiebrecht Advocate Illinois Masonoic Mrs. Alice Gronwick Mr. and Mrs. Emil D. Pribula Ms. Brenda W. Bergeson Ms. Germayne M. Bole Medical Center Pastor Norman A. Nelson Grace L. Putnam Women of the ELCA-Immanuel, Mr. and Mrs. Nicase Calderone Dr. Kiran P. Amin Ms. Beth Smayda Ms. Jolie Burris Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clausen Automatic Controlled Heating Evelyn Nickel Marie Rasmussen Paul Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Gerard D. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. John O. Brahmer Mrs. Dorothy A. Baumann Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Walters Ms. Margaret B. Dunne Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Broz Mrs. Orlantha Brown-Simon Church, St. Charles Hazel Thime Mr. Martin J. Enright Mr. Robert Chicoine Ms. Meg Colbert Ted Reinwald The Loyal Circle Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garza Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Chmell Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Goffinet Robert L. Anderson Dorothy Turner Mr. and Mrs. John T. Geiger Ms. Mary Chun Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Hobin Dennis Roedel, Sr. Mrs. Dorothy Klefstad Ms. Susan J. Geisler Ms. Janess Dulinski Ms. Mary C. Rose Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martinson Genesis Realty Services, LLC Ms. Tilda Dulman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Will Church, St. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Joel Muller Hrycyk Family Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Goldberg Ms. Vivian Woolfolk Phillip Rogers Edith Varley Irving Park Historical Society Ms. Linda Goldstein Pastor Barbara J. and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Pitsch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sypura Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jahrke Mr. and Mrs. George Guzzarde Mr. John Ziah Sam Santell Marie F.Vickrey Mr. and Mrs. John F. Koehler Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hauer Janet Norton Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Vickrey Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kraneis Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Henry Ms. Christine Colmar Church, St. Charles Robert Wallow Mr. and Mrs. Eric Krupa Mr. Teng L. Huang Mrs. Olson Delia and Fredrick Samuelson Pastor and Mrs. Martin L. Ms. Gail Swantko Lamont Immaculata Alumnae Association Pastor Paul J. Olson Pastor and Mrs. Carl Franklin Schlossman Ms. Felicia E. Lyda Ms. Catherine Ingraffia Arthur Opsahl Samuelson Harriet Waller Ms. Diane O’Callaghan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Leimberer Ms. Lucille Griffin John Sauer Dobrozsi Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oexeman Ms. Monica Malec Mr. Frank Huntzicker Women of the ELCA- Immanuel, Dr. and Mrs. Peter Fry Ms. Mary E. O'Hara Considine Mrs. Mary Melind Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wilberg Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Kell A. Reimann Ms. Maria A. Rozanski Ms. Barbara Moy Francis “Fritz” Orlowski Erna Schneck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Serino Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Sandberg North Suburban Orthopaedic Women of the ELCA-Immanuel, Mrs. Alice Gronwick Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Waller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanford Association, Ltd. Rock Falls Cathy D. Schnake Dorothy E. Wehrmeister Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Turk Ms. Jan O’Donnell Rasheed Pasha Anonymous Rauland-Borg Corporation Mrs. Darcie A. Wadycki Mr. and Mrs. Norman Padnos Anonymous Fred Schoy Arnold Weible Mr. Thomas L. Walker Dr. and Mrs. Norman L. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Osborne Mr. Kenneth Schoy Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Ms. Constance J. Warnstedt Poteshman Rust-Oleum Corporation Tom Shedd Church, St. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Wielock Ms. Chandra S. Rathod Mr. and Mrs. William Whiting Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Lorraine F.Wendorf Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan York Mr. Alvaro E. Romero Gladys Pattock Church, St. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Brennan Ray E. Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sauer Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Alice Sheridan Ms. Mary P. Dess Ms. Angela M. Hill Ms. Margaret Scaggs Church, St. Charles Women of the ELCA- Immanuel, Ms. June R. Ferrie Viola Withey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Schori Joan Peugh Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Mueller Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mr. and Mrs.Edward Segraves Women of the ELCA-Immanuel. Arlene Sikkema Mr. Kevin Oflou and Mrs. Brianna Church, St. Charles UIC Operating Room Staff Rock Falls Women of the ELCA-Immanuel, Villarrubia Mary Wuebben Uptown Orthopaedic Surgeons, SC Mary Peterson Rock Falls Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pfeil Women of the ELCA-Rock Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Weymer Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Alma E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Ritter Immanuel Ms. Dorothy Witschonke Church, St. Charles Mr. Hugh Kepner Ms. Viola Schwartz Mrs. F. Bernadine Zommer Leo Popiel Robert Sorenson Ms. Lois A. Selle Arlene Mickelson Mrs. Lynda Kehoe Ms. Valerie R. Maggitt Wildwood Flower & Herb Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Mrs. Linda Wilberg Donald Steinle Ms. Loraine D. Williams Church, St. Charles Ed Potteiger Mrs. Jeannine Steinle Irene M. Werner William H. Mitchell Mrs. Peggy Glaser-Silva Mr. Jesse R. Hankla Anonymous Ms. Nancy Klahr

GOOD WORKS 35 financial summaryLutheran Social Services of Illinois and Subsidiary Corporations

(in thousands) June 30 A S S E T S 2007 2006 Cash and cash equivalents $4,421 $6,329 Other current assets 34,082 36,492 Investments 7,114 8,442 n o i t

Net property and equipment 84,159 77,437 i s o P

Other assets 7,046 7,890 l a i c

Total Assets $136,822 $136,590 n a n i F

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LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS s t n

Current liabilities $18,431 $17,804 e m e t

Long-term debt 35,571 36,665 a t S

Deferred grant revenue from capital advance agreements 39,855 35,991 d e t a

Other long-term liabilities 19,464 18,670 d i l o s

Total Liabilities 113,321 109,130 n o Permanently restricted net assets 2,264 2,257 C Temporarily restricted net assets 7,194 6,743 Unrestricted net assets 14,043 18,460 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $136,822 $136,590

REVENUE year ended June 30 Contributions and public support $5,115 $7,064 Operating revenue 98,512 92,858 Total Revenue $103,627 $99,922 y t i

EXPENSES v i t c

Program services $94,957 $90,195 A

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Administration and fundraising 10,497 9,790 s t n e

Total Expenses 105,454 99,985 m e t a

Income (Loss) (1,827) (63) t S

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Decrease in unrecognized pension costs 1,904 3,795 e t a d i Effect of adoption of FASB 158 (3,906) ------l o s n

Write off of bond issuance costs ------(553) o C Other (130) (177) Net Assets, Beginning of Year 27,460 24,458 Net Assets, End of Year $23,501 $27,460

36 2006/2007 LSSI ANNUAL REPORT Copies of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois’ audited financial statements are available upon written request. 65% 65%

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5% 5% 14% EXPENDITURES Contributions and 14% Contributions and Churches public support Churches public support and synods (in thousands) and synods Children and youth $35,347 34% Seniors 27,28128 % 26% 5%28% 14% (including $20,655 of nursing) ContProrigbrautionm sser andvice fees 21% 21% Program service fees ChurUcheniteds Way puandblic sothuppero rtincome United Way and other income and synods Behavioral65% Health 67% 67% 65% Fees and grants IndiServicesviduals , businesses, 17,747 17% Fees and grants Individuals, businesses, from government foundations and bequests from government foundations and bequests Housing 11,868 11% 28% 21% Program service fees and other income United Way 65% Administration 10,497 10% 67% Individuals, businesses, 2% Fees and grants Other2% 2,714 2% from government foundations and bequests Other Other 10% 10% $105,454 100% Administration Administration CONTRIBUTORY DOLLARS REVENUE 11% (in thousands) 34% 11% 34% 2% (in thousands) Housing Children and youth Churches and synods $742 H14%ousing Children and youthOther Contributions and 10% public support $5,115 5% United Way 1,059 21% Administration 17% 17% Program service fees Individuals, businesses, 11% Behavioral Health and other income 29,416 28% Behavioral Health 34% foundations and bequests 3,314 65% Housing Services Services Children and youth Fees and grants $5,115 100% 26% 26% from government 69,096 67% Seniors Seniors 17% $103,627 100% Behavioral Health Services 26% Seniors

GOOD WORKS 37 PHOTO CREDITS: Page 7 Page 3 Jerry Daliege, Detox, Chicago [Top left to right] Jo Ann Dollard, Edgewater Outpatient , Chicago Page 9 Lloyd DeGrane, Intouch Adult Day Services, Moline Paul Colletti, Dixon Group Home, Dixon Jim Balogh, International Adoption, Mascoutah Ann Klose, Storybook Project, Lincoln Correctional Center Page 11 Amanda Whitlock, Intact Family Services, Carbondale Amanda Whitlock, Intact Family Services, Carbondale John Kavouris, Elgin Center, Elgin Lloyd DeGrane, Intact Family Services, Chicago Page 15 Alan Leon, Peterson Meadows, Rockford Lloyd DeGrane, Joshua Arms of LSSI, Joliet Nick Loomis, Foster Care, Rock Island Jerry Daliege, Elmbrook Senior Residence, Elmwood Park Page 17 James Quigg, Partnership House, Sterling Jerry Daliege, St. Matthew Center for Health, Park Ridge Nick Loomis, Foster Care, Rock Island Amber Lindemann, International Adoption, Newton Page 19 Jerry Daliege, Downer Place Senior Housing, Aurora Fred Zwicky, Intouch Home Care Services, Peoria

Page 4 Page 21 [Left to right] Jon Lowenstein, Visits to Mom, Lincoln Correctional Center Ann Klose, Storybook Project, Lincoln Correctional Center Alan Leon, P.A. Peterson, Rockford Jo Ann Dollard, North Austin Head Start, Chicago

Writer: Jo Ann Dollard Associate Writer: Carol VanderMey Designer: Pam Maremont Printing: Chicago Press

Special thanks to Joanna Sullivan, director of quality improvement, who compiles LSSI’s service outcomes data, as well as all of the program staff who measure their clients’ outcomes and work on their behalf.

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