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ANNUAL REPORT 2007 - 2008 MISSION STATEMENT To engage members of our community in opportunities to prepare for life’s challenges through delivery of: ♦ prevention education & life skills training ♦ programs that encourage healthy decision-making, positive choices, and peaceful living CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC CHANGE 2200 Avenue A Suite 106 2200 Avenue A Bethlehem, PA 18017 Suite 106 484-821-0375 Bethlehem, PA 18017 610-317-0315 fax www.thechc.org 484-821-0375 610-317-0316 fax www.thechc.org CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC CHANGE Head, heart, hands….. educating the whole person. 2007 OPEN HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Thomson, III- President Frances Bentkowski - Vice President Robin Wintz - Treasurer Gerry Krupka - Secretary Dorothea Barsness Marlo Burnette Ann Casterlin Winona Dotson Ritchey Ricci Kristine Marakovits-Roddick Nereida Villanueva STAFF Debra A. Geiger, Executive Director Marsha Beers Andrea Bickert Martha Capwell Fox Amy Carr Alex Corgan Karen Korpics Valerie McKay Steve Miller Angie Pontician Page 2 Page 15 Head, heart, hands….. educating the whole person. 2007-2008 CLIENTS SERVED The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. Ivy Baker Priest U.S. Treasurer, 1953-1961 Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Co. Kutztown University Palmer Elementary Alburtis Elementary L. V. Hospital - Muhlenberg Paxinosa Elementary Community, Customers, Colleagues, and Friends of the Center for Allentown YMCA/YWCA L. V. Physician's Group Pen Argyl High School Associated Builders & Contractors LCCC Penn State Humanistic Change, Boys & Girls Club - Teen Center Lehigh County Correctional Center Peter's Elementary The completion of a fiscal year (FY) is an end… and a beginning. It is a time to Boys & Girls Club - Turner Street Lehigh County Council of Pohatcong Elementary Boys & Girls Club of Easton Churches Private Industry Council look forward (clear the slate!) but also a time to look back and reflect on accomplish- Broughal Middle School Lehigh County Juvenile Detention PROGRAM for Women & Families ments… Home Buchanan Elementary Raub Middle School Prevention education continues to be our primary means of engaging the mem- Bushkill Elementary Lehigh County Technical Institute Recovery Partnership Calypso Elementary Lehigh Elementary Ritter Elementary bers of our community. In addition to the programs we conduct for the Lehigh and Career Academy Lehigh University Child Care Roberto Clemente Charter School Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Administrations, CHC continues to be the Le- Catasauqua High School Lehigh/Carbon School Counselors Roosevelt Elementary high Valley’s foremost provider of classroom tobacco prevention education. Our col- Catasauqua Middle School Assoc. Sacred Heart School laboration with the new primary contractor for the State tobacco initiative, Coalition for Central Catholic High School LEPOCO Salisbury Middle School a Smoke Free Valley, has presented new challenges and opportunities for the Center, Cheston Elementary Lincoln Elementary Salvation Army and we look forward to an exciting future in this new partnership. Christian Day Care March Elementary Saucon Valley Elementary Clearview Elementary Marvine Elementary Shawnee Middle School Other exciting beginnings in FY 2007-2008 were: CLIU 21 Moore Elementary Siegfried Elementary DeFranco Elementary Moravian College Slatington Elementary • Certification by PA Department of Education as Student Assistance Program Mosser Village Dieruff High School South Mountain Middle School (SAP) trainers Donegan Elementary Mosser Village - Carlisle Site Spring Garden Day Care Emmaus High School Mosser Village - Sheridan Site Springhouse Middle School • Initiation of a new community grant-funded program, Step Up to Success, East Penn School District Nativity Lutheran Church Day St. John's UCC combining construction trades training and life skills Easton Area Academy Care St. Luke's Hospital • Expansion of new programming at Lincoln Elementary School, our commu- Nazareth Middle School Easton Area Community Center St. Theresa's School nity school partner Easton High School Nitschmann Middle School The Caring Place ELECT Program - Allentown S. D. Northampton Community College Third Street Alliance • Introduction of All Stars, an evidence-based program that helps at-risk kids Families First Northampton County Adult Proba- Thomas Jefferson Elementary reject gangs, at two inner city Allentown agencies. Family Connection tion Tracy Elementary Forks Elementary Northampton County Juvenile Trexler Middle School In the following pages, you will find much more information regarding these Probation Fountain Hill Elementary Truman Elementary Northampton County Prison initiatives and the impact they have had on our community. If you would like to learn Franklin Elementary Vitalistic Therapeutic School Northampton School District more, contact us -- we will be happy to share our excitement with you! Freemansburg Elementary Volunteers of America Northeast Middle School George Wolf Elementary Whitehall Middle School Northern Lehigh High School We began FY 2007-2008 by celebrating the completion of our first year in our Harrison Morton Middle School Wilson High School Northern Lehigh Middle School new location. Our Open House was an exciting event and it provided an opportunity to Holy Infancy School Wind Gap Middle School Northwestern Lehigh High School also recognize and thank our clients, community partners, foundations/grantors, HYPE - Muhlenberg College Wings for Life NORWESCAP donors, staff, trainers, volunteers and friends. We want to close the year by reminding Jefferson Elementary Women for Sobriety Our Lady of Perpetual Help you how grateful we are to all of you for supporting the Center for Humanistic Change Kids Fest Zion UCC Summer Camp with your time, talents and treasures. We are…because you are!!! Robert Thomson, III Debra A. Geiger Board President Executive Director Page 14 Page 3 Head, heart, hands….. educating the whole person. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP(CSP) AT DONOR LIST* LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following for their support of CHC Lincoln Elementary School successfully completed its second year as a COMPASS during FY 2007-2008 (Community School donors identified separately): Community School in June, 2008. "Completed" is not an accurate term— in a commu- nity school, there really is no end point --we will continue to evolve according to the Margaret Alonso Lou Liebhaber, CEO Fundamental Success needs of the students and the community. Lincoln was open throughout most of the Dorothea Barsness Maria Manakos summer serving students, families, and the neighborhood. The full slate of enrichment Frances Bentkowski Mish Ganssle, Martin Kueny Insurance and remedial morning classes and afternoon activities not only makes the best possible Carrie Connolly Maurer & Scott Sales, Inc. use of Lincoln's beautiful, up-to-date building, but provide a safe, supervised place for Wilma Figueroa Judy Ortleb kids whose parents are at work. Most importantly, the open building demonstrates the Theresa Frost Jeanette Pitcher philosophy of the Community School Partnership--to integrate academics, health and Debra Geiger Ritchey Ricci social services, youth and community development, and community engagement James Geiger Judy Schultz throughout the whole year. Colleen Kreclich, Business Support Robert & Jo-Ellen Thomson The Community School initiative is a strategic partnership between CHC, the Solutions LLC Teri Van Horn United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, and Bethlehem Area School District. As the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Christa Graback-Wallo lead partner in the Lincoln Community School Partnership, CHC carries out a variety of * We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list, however, mistakes are sometimes made. Please contact CHC if we are in error. activities. Executive Director, Deb Geiger and CHC employee Amy Carr, who is the Community School Coordinator, work with the rest of the CSP Leadership Team to carry out the Partnership's strategic initiatives. CSP ACTIVITIES AT LINCOLN BENEFITS TO STUDENTS AND INCLUDED: FAMILIES: ♦ Reading/math support and tutoring by ♦ 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders met PSSA stan- community volunteers and ESU elemen- dards tary ed students ♦ GPAs and attendance improved ♦ 12 in-school enrich- ♦ disciplinary episodes ment programs decreased ♦ 83 after-school pro- ♦ 87% of students at- grams tended after-school pro- ♦ 7 school-wide family grams, up 10% events ♦ 82 parents and commu- ♦ Free on-site health care nity members volunteered, for students in need a 32% increase Colleen Kreclich, Christa Graback-Wallo, & Fran Bentkowski enjoy a day in the sun at ♦ 78 one-on-one inter- ♦ 76% increase in the golf outing sponsored by Ron Martin of Martin Kueny Insurance. views with parents number of community ♦ English language classes resource partners for parents presented as ♦ 20 GED students, 12 Every dollar invested in prevention saves $5-$10 worth evening family program completed the course of drug and alcohol treatment costs. ♦ GED program partnership with the ♦ Children reported that their parents ~ National Institute on Drug Abuse Adult Literacy Program of the LV value education. Page 13 Page 4 Head, heart, hands….. educating the whole person. OUR PARTNERS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY FROM OPERATIONS We extend our thanks and recog- nition to the following organiza- An independent audit of CHC financial statements, found the results of CHC operations tions & individuals