An on-site after school literacy enrichment program integrating writing, drama, art, and music for Coachella Valley elementary school children grades 3 -5 at no cost to the children. NONPROFIT 501(c)(3) Fall 2018 ART • MUSIC • DRAMA • WRITING FOUNDER LUCIE ARNAZ 2019 VISION FOR THE FUTURE HONOREE Rachel Bryant Druten Lucie Arnaz is a major star in the Coachella Valley firmament, not just for her BOARD OF DIRECTORS James Reed, Chair & CEO artistry and beauty, but for her generous heart. A soft touch for worthy causes, Tim Martin, President Lucie has given her time and talent to numerous charities throughout the Robert C. Hopkins Vice President & CFO desert community. Janice Lyle, Ph.D. Vice President She began her career at 15, opposite her mother, Lucille Ball on The Lucie Show. Doug Martin, Esq. Vice President Developing into a show business icon in her own right, this multi-talented artist Robin Nugent, Secretary starred in her own television series The Lucie Arnaz Show and in the critically Judith Antonio VISIONARIES Chairman acclaimed Sons and Daughters on CBS, has starred in numerous movies, Rachel Bryant Druten Lucie Arnaz television films and on the New York stage, produced and recorded albums. She Suzanne Fromkin Dennis Gilmore has earned countless awards, a Golden Globe and won an Emmy for Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie. Andrew Jessup Lucie has performed the opening number at the Academy Awards and more than once performed Claire Smith Irma Smith at the White House. To think she once said, “I was the kid who thought I didn’t have any talent.” VISION FOR THE FUTURE Married 38 years to actor Laurence Luckinbill, Lucie and he have three children between them AWARD RECIPIENTS Linda Rider - 2018 and two that she shares from his first marriage. All their progeny have gone into some aspect of the Barbara & Jerry Keller - 2017 creative arts. Charlie Pasarell - 2016 Harold Matzner - 2015 Tools For Tomorrow is honored to acknowledge the life and contributions of this outstanding Donna MacMillan - 2014 woman with the Vision for the Future Award, Sunday January 27, 2019 at the Helene Galen Janice Lyle, Ph.D. - 2013 Michael Childers - 2012 Auditorium at Annenberg Health Sciences Building, Eisenhower Health. Carol Channing - 2011 Mary T. Roche - 2010 Steven Nash - 2009 TWENTY YEARS AND COUNTING..... Jackie Lee Houston - 2008 Lee Appel - 2007 When Tools For Tomorrow’s (TFT) office was my guest room, I was told that two out of VISIONARIES OF TFT BOARD OF DIRECTORS three nonprofits fold within three years. Here Claire Smith, Founder Judith Antonio, Chairman we are, twenty years later. Started in four Jennie Inch, Chairman Emeritus Desert Hot Springs elementary schools, TFT Irma Smith Vice Chairman Membership has grown to eighteen programs in sixteen Judy Mathes, Secretary schools throughout the Coachella Valley. Louise Escoe, Treasurer Rachel Druten Jean Carrus, Parliamentarian TFT is recognized as one of the most Marlene Cox Founder Corresponding Secretary financially responsible charities in the desert, Suzanne Fromkin, Publicity with a substantial reserve and income from an endowment that Anne Hopkins, Historian Members at Large covers a portion of the overhead. TFT provides teachers, supplies, Alaina Bixon snacks, musical instruments, costumes and sets for our musical Nancy Bleiweiss-Nevil Barbara Klein theater programs. Business continues in a modest office with Chris Metz three part-time staff: Program Director, Operations Manager and Terri Neuman Linda Rider Office Assistant and operates under a Board of Directors with the CJ Westrick-Bomar financial support of the VISIONARIES, grants and donations. Flo Wolff This integrated arts program continues to fill a unique niche, STAFF introducing children to the joys and opportunities of engaging David Hirsch Program Director in the arts, as they develop self-esteem, character, cooperation, Andrea Hecht Operations Manager kindness and a vision of what their lives can become. Carol Curie Administrative Assistant Tools For Tomorrow provides on-site, integrated, hands-on arts literacy programs to at risk children at no cost 42-600 Cook Street #132 Palm Desert, CA 92211 to the children. The program is designed to supplement the children’s daily educational experience, nurture their [email protected] creativity, enhance their self-esteem, build character, expand their intellectual and cultural horizons, providing Tax ID #33-0889045 them with a coping mechanism for the future and a vision of what their lives can become. A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN TFT BUDGET ALLOCATION Thank you, on behalf of the Tools For TFT Program - 86% Tomorrow Board of Directors, for supporting our unique program that Overhead - 14% reaches, teaches and inspires children A portion of the overhead is through the arts. With your support we covered by the income from the Noël Bryant Endowment Fund. will endeavor to grow the program to serve more of the Coachella Valley children who are waiting to be part of it. A REPORT FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Jim Reed And special thanks go to the VISIONARIES, In my nearly four decades working with the Board, the teachers and staff of Tools For Tomorrow for children I have seen first hand the positive their tireless efforts. What a great team! outcomes from arts education. I have particularly noted the transformational A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT effect on young people who participate in The Who, What and How that live theater. Participating in theater make the Tools For Tomorrow after enhances student’s life skills by teaching school program stand out. David Hirsch dedication, teamwork, creativity, Who is delivering the program. All of confidence, and the desire to give something back to the our instructors are teaching artists and community. One of my first goals as Program Director inspired instructors. Instruction in the was to create the opportunity to experience the magic of classrooms comes from the teachers’ theater for children who would otherwise not have this chance. So with the help of many people in our Timothy Martin own background and expertise. organization we were able to create a theater specialty What is taught. Tools For Tomorrow is an “arts literacy” class for the 2017-2018 school year. program which means that lessons go beyond just We chose Rancho Mirage Elementary School for our pilot doing arts and crafts. The experiences and skills the program. With the help of our wonderful theater teacher children learn are based on ARTS standards that will Gilmore Rizzo, his assistants and volunteers, the children help them later when they pursue music, art, writing and were able to create, produce, and stage a charming play drama in other settings. And it’s fun to create and perform. they called “The Rehearsal”. There were three delightful How is this possible? With a quality board of directors, performances. It was such a thrill for me to see the energy the VISIONARIES, the generous support of donors and and joy of the performers, their parents, and the audience. corporate grants, we continue to be one of the best after The success of our first program has led to the creation of a school experiences for kids in the Coachella Valley. second theater group beginning this September at Herbert Hoover Elementary in Indio, CA. I invite all of you to attend NEW TFT NEW BOARD MEMBERS one of our performances and see for yourself the result Irma Smith of your support for Tools For Tomorrow. Together we can Business owner, Irma Smith coordinated bring the joy of an ESL program for valley farmworkers arts education and was special events liaison for a foreign to all of the ambassador; has served on the Board of “Miss Pussy” young people of Artist: Danali Friends of the Indian Canyons, mentored our community. teens on the Ophelia Project, Indio Youth Center and Safe House. Irma has been a VISIONARIES Board member since 2013. Suzanne Fromkin Dennis Gilmore With a career in fashion, Suzanne Fromkin, Producer Dennis Gilmore, Executive volunteered to tutor teen mothers for their Director for Henderson County GED, was social worker for Planned Performing Arts Center, Athens, TX, Parenthood, coordinated after-school until retirement in 2014, has served on activities for teens at Sacramento Settlement the board of the American Association House, was Fundraising Chair and Drama/ of Community Theatre (AACT) as Dance Liaison for OLLI at UC Irvine; served on the boards of Vice President of Education and as National Resource AAUW, and the Scottsdale Cultural Council. Currently Administrator in an area that includes California, Arizona, Publicity Chair for Palm Spring Art Museum’s Artists Council. Nevada, Hawaii and Guam. Sue has been on the VISIONARIES Board since 2016. 2 Tools For Tomorrow FALL 2018 ARTISTS & WRITERS GALLERY Fall 2018 Teacher: KATHY OLEARNICK Writing assignment: “I AM” “I Am” by Aurelia I am a cool girl “I Am” by Stephanie I wonder if I am loved I hear people laughing I am a quirky person I see my class I wonder how I can help others I want to be a doctor I hear the bees buzz I am a cool girl I see many stars like Canis Major and Sirius I want to achieve my dreams I pretend to be a superhero I am a quirky person I feel sad when I am hurt I touch my hair when I am afraid I pretend I am a better ice skater than I am I worry about my mom I feel the cold breeze hit my face I cry when my parents fight I touch the heart of others “I Am” by Yara I am a cool girl I worry I may fail my goals I am kind and silly I understand my mom’s I cry when my friends cry I wonder what is