Friendship, FY2014 Annual Report

FriendshipSPRING 2015

Our Friendships: The Art & Science Annual Report 2014

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We say that our mission is to bring professionals. Our friendships start when endings friendship to Chicago’s lonely and are much closer. That means we accelerate the isolated elders. This sums up neatly who we get-to-know-you process and often learn more are. Yet I frequently hear longtime as well as new about our elders than those who have known them supporters of Little Brothers say that there’s so for decades. to our mission and to what we do much more We’re good at this because we balance the two every day. key dimensions of our brand of friendship: the art We agree. Like our volunteers, those of us here of listening and connecting and caring, and the know that something extra often happens in our science of serving and solving and supporting. business of friendships. That’s why this year’s We pair our people skills with expert knowledge Annual Report hopes to uncap the magic of of the aging process, putting us uniquely in tune what we do. We see it as the art and science of with the changing needs of elders through the last friendship: It’s our special combination of head and decades of their lives. heart, work and play, facts and feelings. Last year 1,162 volunteers gave 32,713 volunteer More than 55 years ago, Little Brothers began its hours to ensure that celebration of life programs, mission of developing friendships with Chicago’s holiday parties, personal visits and calls of lonely and isolated elders. While much has changed reassurance, summer vacations, personalized over the past five decades, the core of our work Christmas gifts, and food bag deliveries took place. remains the same, connecting volunteers and By most standards, the numbers and the outcomes staff members with elders to build and sustain are impressive. But it’s the understanding, friendships. Many of our social activities have compassion, and care that multiply our success evolved to meet the current needs of our elders, beyond measure. but the Little Brothers’ way of getting to know our elders and building on those connections is what We balance the two key dimensions we do best. of our brand of friendship: the art of Nurturing friendships is fraught with nuances, as we listening and connecting and caring, all know. Recognizing that our relationships with the and the science of serving and solving elders begin in the later stages of their lives means a few more challenges. We’ll never know our elders and supporting. as children, teens, young adults, or mid-career I see the art and science of our work every day, every year. Here’s just a sample of how we succeed.

On the cover: LBFE elder Joan, a Tina is a volunteer who traveled to Spain and FriendshipSPRING 2015 member of the LBFE Elder Advisory recognized the surname of one of our elders as the Committee, and volunteer Program name of a small town near Madrid. Tina took time Assistant Kirsten recently visited Audrey’s House, where they both enjoyed good on her next vacation to copy and frame a family weather, peaceful surroundings, and crest and a map showing the location of the city in great conversation. Our Friendships:Annual Report The 2014Art & Science

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Friendship is published by Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter, at 312.455.1000. Produced by Mary Nowesnick, MNMarketing Chicago, and Patty O’Friel Design. Jewanna Carter, Writer, Development. Photo credits for this issue include: LBFE staff and volunteers, Ruben Loffler. Spanish version translation donated by volunteer Graciella Napoles. 1 2014 Annual Report Board of Directors NICHOLAS DELGADO Spain. Tina presented this as a personal Christmas gift to Juan. This act of Chairman of the Board Principal, Chief Wealth Officer kindness demonstrates love, as well as a respect for legacy and heritage Dignitas that is so priceless to an elder. ROBIN TILLOTSON Frank is a volunteer who comes to Little Brothers every Thursday without Vice Chair of the Board fail to help Spanish-speaking elders learn English. He’s giving our elders Regional Director (Atlas) a practical tool to make their lives better—along with his belief that his The Department of Family Support Services – Senior Services 80-year-old students will learn a second language. MARILYN HENNESSY Lisa was a visiting volunteer who loved to surprise her elder John with Treasurer of the Board spur of the moment visits. Whenever she found herself nearby or wanted Retired, President to eat out, she’d call John and invite him along. Lisa knew that sharing a The Retirement Research Foundation pizza or some ribs would brighten John’s day and ensure that he had CAROL WAUGH a good meal. Secretary of the Board Retired, Registered Nurse We can’t imagine a better place for us to continue to cultivate and celebrate friendships with our elders than at Audrey’s House in TOM BEHRENS Batavia, Ill. The opening of this exceptional home away from home for Retired, Founder and CEO our elders and for LBFE was a crowning achievement for all of us in 2014. The Night Ministry Audrey’s House will be an extraordinary year-round gift for years to come. KATHLEEN BOYLAN We offer our sincere thanks to each of you for your generous financial Senior Vice President, Public Relations Public Communications Inc. support of Audrey’s House and of all the work we strive to do. We are deeply grateful for every occasion you spend with our elders in the true SUSAN CIUCCI spirit of friendship. Financial Consultant PEB Financial Group Please enjoy reviewing our Annual Report for FY2014, which we hope will continue to inspire you to be part of LBFE and share in the lasting gift BILL HASSETT CPA, McGladrey LLP of friendship. MICHAEL MELINGER Home Instead Senior Care North Shore Senior Services, Inc.

PHIL MENZEL Vice President, Retail Services Nicholas Delgado Simone Mitchell-Peterson Talent & Human Capital Services Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Sears Holdings Management Corporation

ROSA PEREZ Human Resource Consultant

NATRAJ “RAJ” BALASUBRAMANIAN* President and CEO Nebra Business Solutions

* FY2014 Board Member

1 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 2 2014 In Review

LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS foundations. In FY2014 we received them from leaving home. Volunteers OF THE ELDERLY served 1,208 $2,080,444 in contributed support. and staff visited130 elders as part Chicago elders in FY2014. of our homebound visits program, HOLIDAYS Our Holiday including delivering plants and other Celebrations for elders provided The average age of our elders is 82 gifts to the elders to show our care 1,646 memorable experiences. and 38% use a walker or wheelchair and concern. to get around. Women comprise Elders joined us for Thanksgiving 80%, and 20% are men. Our elders and Christmas parties, and SPECIAL ASSISTANCE Challenges represent the ethnic diversity homebound elders received like limited access to healthy food of Chicago: 44% are African home-delivered meals and visits or a lack of transportation can American, 34% are Caucasian, 20% on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and threaten our elders’ independence. are Hispanic, and 2% are Asian or Easter. In April, we celebrated On 388 occasions, Little Brothers other races. LBFE’s mission and history at our staff and program assistants spring holiday event in honor of provided direct services to help We make a lifelong commitment our founder, Armand Marquiset. our elders remain as self-sufficient to our elders. We promise to Personalized holiday gifts, as possible. We also packed and remain alongside them and provide purchased by generous donors, delivered a total of 1,055 monthly opportunities for friendship, were wrapped and delivered food bags to help nourish 111 celebrations, and fun. Our elders to 988 elders. elders. count on us every day, and we could not achieve our goals of VACATION PROGRAMS We ELDERS GIVING BACK Many of relieving their loneliness and welcomed 470 elders to our our elders enjoy giving back to the isolation without the support of our vacation programs, including 338 community. In FY2014, LBFE elders donors and volunteers. elders who vacationed at the newly gathered on two occasions to make opened Audrey’s House, took day toiletry bags for the homeless at VOLUNTEERING Our volunteers trips and made overnight trips to St. James Catholic Church. Others generously contribute their time Audrey’s House, or participated in participated in the Intergenerational and attention to our elders. This summer activities around Chicago. Program to share their life year, volunteers spent hours 32,713 132 homebound elders enjoyed experiences with college students serving our elders—the equivalent special vacation-themed visits. and school children, and partnered of 817 full-time weeks of service. with students from Esperanza CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE We welcomed 665 new volunteers School to learn from each other. A Throughout the year, elders joined this year: 408 came to us as part new Civic Engagement Committee of a group and volunteered us to celebrate life. We enjoyed 257 involved 30 elders creating activities refreshments and distributed gifts individually. Our dedicated and to serve others while having fun. at 12 birthday parties. We caring volunteers are essential to This committee also hosted a bingo gathered for 12 family reunions making a positive impact on lonely social at a senior residence and a and welcomed elders three times and isolated elders. social day for LBFE elders. a week at the Lloyd Walding Brain Phone calls and visits VISITING Fitness Center. Elders attended LASTING SUPPORT Celebrating from LBFE friends improve an weekly coffee clubs, monthly movie the lives of our elders is an elder’s quality of life. This year, clubs, and monthly sessions for the important part of our community. volunteers and staff provided Creative Café. Six additional parties Whether attending services, friendship and reassurance through provided more opportunities for sending flowers, making final 11,009 phone calls and visits elders to get together with peers arrangements, or remembering to elders. and volunteers. elders at our annual Day of the Our ability to forge lifelong Dead gathering, we recognize and GIVING WINTER HOMEBOUND VISITS honor our elders after they pass connections with isolated elders is We work to alleviate loneliness for away. This past year, with your help, supported by generous donations those elders whose major physical we accompanied 103 elders to the from thousands of individuals and or emotional challenges prevent dozens of corporations and end of their lives.

3 2014 Annual Report 32,713 hours of service to our elders by 1,162 volunteers 52 elders joined Little Brothers - 11,0 0 9 Friends of the Elderly personal visits and calls of reassurance were made to elders 1,0 5 5

food bags delivered 3,648 instances when elders participated in 388 Celebrations of Life (includes luncheons, birthday parties, occasions when family reunions, program assistants and outings) or staff provided special assistance to elders 1,6 4 6 holiday experiences for elders at a party or through 470 home-delivered meals and visits

elders participated in our 988 elders received summer vacation personalized programs, including holiday gifts 132 homebound elders who enjoyed special summer- themed visits

3 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 4 Opening Audrey’s House Celebrating LBFE’s New Vacation Home and Program Center

The highlight for Little Brothers - Audrey’s House was named for the The Campaign for Audrey’s House Friends of the Elderly in FY2014 late Audrey Chesner, a cherished is working to raise $500,000 was the official opening of Audrey’s elder and generous donor. Located to fund repairs, renovations, House on November 1. Co-chairs in Batavia, Illinois, 40 miles west and enhancements to ensure a for the Campaign for Audrey’s of Chicago, our new facility can truly accessible, comfortable, House Marilyn Hennessy (at right, welcome up to 12 elders overnight and beautiful year-round home in photo above) and Susan Ciucci to enjoy backyard barbecues, chats away from home. Gifts and (at left) cut the ribbon, and elders, by the fireplace, relaxing on the pledges totalled $196,000 as guests, neighbors, and friends front porch, and delicious meals of January 31, 2015. toured our new year-round facility prepared in the full-service kitchen Visit www.littlebrotherschicago. designed to host vacations and and served in a charming dining org to learn more about Audrey’s programs. The opening day room. Elders also can take fun House—and support the Campaign. celebration was topped off with a day trips to nearby shopping and performance by the Jesse White restaurants in Kane County. Tumbling Team.

$500,000 Goal

$400,000

$300,000

Audrey’s House serves as our year-round home The Jesse White Tumbling Team dazzled with away from home. their acrobatics. $196,000

$100,000

Elders who visit Audrey’s House say, “It’s like Donors, friends, and neighbors celebrated something out of a movie. It’s like a grand hotel.” the official opening.

5 2014 Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014

Revenue 10/01/13 – 09/30/14 Individual Contributions $ 871,887 Planned Gifts 1,090 70% Programs Grants from Corporations & Foundations 277,300

Restricted Grants/Individual Contributions 72,678 12% 18% Management Other Revenue 9,590 & General Donated Goods 89,150 Development & Public Relations Interest & Dividends 307,841 Special Events & Projects 14,333 Net: Investment Gains (Losses) $1,260,190 Net Operating Revenue $2,904,059 Bequest Income $1,744,416 Total Revenue* $3,648,475

Expenses Visiting the Elderly $1,346,235 Direct Service 314,452 Holiday & Social Activities 714,724 Vacation & Summer Programs 197,055 Total Programs/Activities $2,572,466

Development & Public Relations 656,190 Management & General 425,609 Total Expenses $3,654,265 Net Excess (Deficiency) $1,3(5,790)

*Contributed support is $2,080,444 (total revenue less interest and dividends, and investment gains).

5 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 6 OUR DONORS: OUR COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT

This issue of Friendship, which includes our Annual Report, recognizes you and others who so generously supported the work and mission of Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly in the 2014 fiscal year (October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014). Thanks to your generosity, we continue to bring friendship to Chicago elders. Space does not allow us to list the thousands of donors who gave gifts ◊ under $100 or provided needed goods and services, but we offer our sincere gratitude.

The Friendship Circle Mr. Anthony Gillette Mr. Edwin A. Lohmeier Mrs. Patricia Spencer The Friendship Circle is comprised of Sherri Gorski Ms. Corinne M. Lyon Mrs. Rosemary D. dedicated friends who have pledged Mrs. Joyce M. Greening Michelle Manrique- Sprague to contribute on a monthly or quarterly Louis & Diane Guido Fleming & Ms. Merry Ann Stasch basis so Chicago’s elders can enjoy Dan Gurgevich Bradley Fleming Ms. Louise Sterett excellent programs, meaningful activities, Mr. Thomas Marr Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. one-on-one personal relationships, and a Mrs. Janette M. Gutekunst Ms. Mary R. McGreevy Stoelinga better quality of life. Thank you to each Mr. Robert Hack Ms. Mary K. McNally Cecilia Straney of our members. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hammes Ms. Patricia McQuillan Mr. Raymond J. Strauss Bill Hassett Mr. Richard Miceli Ms. Mary C. Stretch Ms. Kathryn Higgason Ms. Donna J. Mielke Mr. John R. Templeman Ms. Agnes Akuamoah Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Ms. Dorothy J. Hoffner Ms. Perriann L. Miller Mr. David M. Thomas Mrs. Diane M. Albamonte Cummings Kurt R. Holderied Simone Mitchell-Peterson Robin Tillotson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Mr. James A. Cyphers Mrs. Kathryn J. Hynds Ms. Jo Ann Noble Ms. Kathryn Toffenetti Alexander Mr. Thomas Michael Davy Ms. Kathleen A. Jaszka Ms. Juanita Norman Ms. Donna Tracy Mr. David Anderson Ms. Joanne H. Deal The Hon. Mel & Mrs. Michael Nugent Ms. Laura M. Traven Ms. Charlene B. Anzalone Mr. Miguel Delgado Mary Ann Jiganti Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ms. Loesken Van der Poel Mr. Hector Arellano Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Mrs. Carol Johnson O’Toole Mrs. Kathleen H. Vito Lee & Rita Baker DeSanti Ms. Orelia Johnson Mr. Anthony Owens Mr. Terrence Walden Mr. Robert J. Banaszek Mark & Laurel Disney Ms. Roberta G. Jorik Mr. Alfonso E. Padilla Mr. John F. H. Walker Ms. Mildred C. Barnes Mrs. Joan A. Doyle Kathleen M. Kazemek Ms. Sitha L. Pugh Dr. Anne B. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Mr. Albert J. Dru Ms. Janet M. Keippel Mr. William J. Rago Ms. Willa P. Warr Behrendt Kristen Duckmann Mr. David J. Kelly Herbert & Diane Rangl Ms. Sharon Weber Mrs. Cecilia Boruta Heather Dudzinski Mr. James P. Kelly Ms. Blanca Reynoso Mr. & Mrs. Stanley R. Betty & Jesse Brooks Mrs. Ruth Enault Ms. Jean V. Kennelly Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Weinberger Thomas & Patricia Brow Mr. Joseph R. Ender Ms. Cele Kershasky Rooney Ms. Clara Weiss John & Mary Burns Mr. & Mrs. Max F. Ms. Robyn Keyster Mary Ann & Robert Mrs. Mary Jo Wise Eysenbach Savard Ms. Velara Byers Ms. Dolores Kilroy Ann & Mark Wohlberg Ms. Veronica Byers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Ms. Mary Kay Siebert Mrs. Shirley Wolfe Farrell Ms. Romaine T. Klyaic Mr. Emil Celli Howard & Diane Skoien Ms. Carol J. Zielski Ms. Anna V. Fidanza Ms. Virginia G. Koder Mr. Grover Chapman Ms. Eileen Skupien Zion Healing Temple Mr. Cyril J. Finnegan Ms. Virginia M. Kott Ms. Mary Ann Cicero Mr. Walter Slack Jr. Church Family Ms. Marie H. Franciscus Ms. Carolyn A. Landwehr Ms. Monique Clarine

7 2014 Annual Report $50,000 Mr. Edward A. Kazemek Mr. Frank E. Doyle Garnetta Kramer and above Russell and Josephine Kott Ms. Eileen M. Draper Foundation Campaign Memorial Charitable Trust Henrietta Lange Burk Fund The Lavin Bernick Huber Tom & Roberta Drewes for Audrey’s Robert W. & Doretta M. Mrs. Catherine Levy Charitable Fund Mrs. Helen Thom Edwards House Marwin George M. Eisenberg Mr. James D. Liggett We sincerely thank $25,000-49,999 A. Montgomery Ward Foundation For Charities Mrs. Charlotte Lindon Foundation our generous donors Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Mr. Carter Emerson Philip J. & Carol J. for their gifts and Ms. Patricia G. Pelling Fred J. Brunner Foundation Ms. Kathleen Fahey Lyons Foundation pledges, made Liz & Dan Reidy Julius N. Frankel Ms. Mary J. Flynn Frank Malone through September Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Kay & Mary Lou Mazurek Rhoades Mrs. Patricia A. Flynn 2014, to support Mazza Foundation Mr. John E. McAuliffe Audrey’s House. Ritzenthaler Family Mr. Richard E. Gade Mrs. Anne McKeon $10,000-24,999 Foundation Ms. Marie J. Galoney The Siragusa Foundation Mr. Donald C. Gancer Mrs. Minnie L. Miller Mr. Karl Alleman Ms. Lynne B. Adams Ms. Bonnie Gekler Ms. Nell Minow & Mr. & Mrs. Armand J. Anonymous (2) $ David Apatoff 1,000-4,999 Ms. Michelle Gesse Andreoni Elwood Barce Mr. Harvey Nixon Ms. Mamie V. Andry Gethsemane United Anonymous (4) Stephen and Mary Birch Anonymous (5) Church of Christ George O’Brien & Joseph Susan Ciucci Foundation, Inc. Linberg Charitable Mr. Michael F. Baccash Max Goldenberg Nicholas Delgado Helen Brach Foundation Foundation John & Rosemary Bannan Foundation GE Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Mrs. Joan O’Donnell Robert & Margarita Bartels Graphic Arts Ms. Vivian I. Goeb Amy Liebman Finishing Company Franklin F. Offner Michael & Diane Beemer Foundation Sherri Gorski $ Ms. Georgia Grummon 5,000-9,999 Charles & Patricia Bidwill Paasche Airbrush Martha & Keith & Mary Pat Guenther Adreani Foundation Ms. Katharine Bornarth Company Dominique Guerin Ms. Susan M. Harrigan Anonymous Ms. Maureen Brennan Mr. Stephen Parenti Marilyn Hennessy Ms. Elizabeth Hennessey Butler Family Foundation Ms. Justine Burleson Robert & Barbara Edward A. Kazemek Mr. Charles E. Hicks & Perkaus, Jr. Central Steel & Wire Ms. Nancy Koop Cantore Enterprises Ms. Marjorie McDonald Company Ms. Kathleen Ponton Garnetta Kramer Mr. Gerald Carter Mr. Matthew F. Hojnacki Patrick & Anna M. Dr. Irwin Press Foundation Harry F. & Elaine Chaddick Home Instead Senior Care Cudahy Fund Foundation, Inc. William & Susan Quinlan Mazza Foundation Mr. Dennis M. Hughes Ms. Elizabeth B. Ms. Mary Ann Ciesla Reichert Foundation Phil Menzel Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. S.F. Susan Ciucci Ms. Elizabeth Agnes Reid Simone Mitchell- Mr. James A. Evans Hutcherson, III Peterson Michele & Donald Cronin Renaissance Foundation Martha & InterMark The Retirement Diane L. Rack Dominique Guerin Mr. Amory Cummings Norman & Dolores Kaner Research Foundation Ms. Donna C. Sens Mrs. Marguerite D. Hark Mr. Robert Curley Ms. Kirsten Leigh Keefer The Rhoades Foundation Jerry Smith & Carl R. Hendrickson Family Mr. Jeffrey L. Dennis Mr. John M. Kennedy The Grace Roberti Dottie Fugiel Foundation Dermody Properties Mr. & Mrs. James Kramer Foundation Cecilia Straney Foundation Robin Tillotson Carol Waugh

OUR MISSION Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a national network of nonprofit volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of goodwill the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and the celebration of life.

7 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 8 Mr. Ronald Roselli Ms. Nancy Bubula Ms. Barbara L. Hermann Ms. Linda Masilotti Mr. Felix C. Rojas, Jr. Ms. Susan Schroeder Ms. Mary H. Buri Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Mr. Tedd Mattera Ms. Carol E. Rolf Schwaben Society Ms. Mary J. Canavan Hester Ms. Beatrice J. Mazzone Patricia Ryan Charity Fund Mr. Leonard V. Canino Mr. David A. Heywood Beth & James McClanahan William G. & Mary A. Ryan Mr. Ronald Siwek The Capitanini Family Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Mary McGinn & Charitable Foundation Higgins Ms. Yvonne M. Sloan Mr. Charles P. Carey Bernard Shapiro Bruce & Margaret Sents Ms. Elizabeth L. Snyder Ray & Barbara Ms. Patricia McKiernan Ms. Sheila A. Sepanski Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carlin Hockenbrough Thomas & Francine Snyder Mr. Martin Ceranec Donald & Lorena Meier Ms. Patricia L. Shaw Douglas & Lola Hotchkis Foundation Jim & Naomi Stanhaus Ms. Gerry Cervone Philip & Mary Sheridan Humana Mr. Phil K. Menzel Stanley & Julia Stasch Ms. Karen A. Chesrown Mr. Richard J. Shinners, Jr. Illinois Tool Works Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Meyer Charles & Barbara Strang Children Foundation Foundation Ms. Helen E. Sieben Missionary Sisters of the Mr. & Mrs. H. The Clark-Halladay Mr. Jay Javors Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Bruce Stupple Holy Spirit Smoots, Jr. Memorial Foundation Ms. Marcia M. Jawor Sulzer Family Foundation Mr. Jerome Mrowca SS. Peter & Paul Tom & Gloria Colgan Mr. Edward Lee Johler Mr. Deane H. Tank Mr. Terrence J. Mullen Catholic Church Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Mr. Lawrence Johnson Ms. Debra Toppel Connors Mr. Robert Nied, Jr. St. Giles Catholic Parish Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Jones Mr. Benedict M. Vruble Mr. Brian J. Cunningham Mary Nowesnick Ms. Mary Stanhaus Clement & Bernice Juris Mrs. Susan Waldbuesser W.S. Darley & Company Oak Street Health Mr. Mark D. Steffens Ms. Pamela Kane John & Peggy Walding Ms. Suheily Davis P-K Tool & Manufacturing Mrs. Pamela Stepansky Mr. Albert Kanefield Company Carol Waugh Mr. Jerome Dixon Drs. Martin & Thomas J. & Joanne C. Pahlke & Pahlke Insurance Melissa Stoller Mr. Thomas J. Wedell Ms. Jean H. Downey Keating Agency, Inc. Strategic Hotels & Resorts Ms. Lynn Weston-Pontikes Edgebrook Women’s Club Mr. James J. Keehan Rosa Perez Ms. Nina Tai Rachel B. Williams Mr. Richard P. Ewald The Koenig Family Portfolio Solutions Foundation Ms. Gabrielle Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Fahey Ronald & Bonnie Group, LLC Ms. Mary Wisnieski Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Mr. Richard Fratesi LaBarbera Stacy Powell-Bennett Thulin Ms. Susan Woestman Ms. Mary Nicole Gerard Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Lacyk Mr. Richard J. Pozdol Mr. Michael P. Toomin The Wohlers Ms. Meg Gerken Mr. & Mrs. John G. PPM America, Inc. Family Foundation Leo & Linda Trimble Ms. Ann Gibbons Langhenry, Jr. Bob & Mary Ellen Quinn Michael & Susan Wolz Audrey A. Truschke & Mrs. Barbara J. Giebel Ms. Lois R. Lauber Robert & Elizabeth Nathan Martin Rehn Dr. Mark Zajackowski Ms. Ruth Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Rattenbury Mr. Raymond W. Ulbrich Ms. Rita A. Zralek Lawinger Mel & Mary Gregory Ms. Bernadine E. Reckert Margaret Weiss & David Mrs. Winfred M. Leaf $500-999 Ms. Suzanne Gylfe Mrs. Dotty Renner-Grodek Austen-Smith Mrs. Phyllis G. Linning Mr. & Mrs. Guy H. Revesz Ms. Katherine Wetoska AETNA Inc. Dick & Jan Hamilton Mr. William C. Madlener Mr. Thomas Roberts & Ms. Caroline C. Wheeler Anonymous (4) Marilyn Hennessy Mr. Daniel T. Maloney Ms. Teresa Grosch Mr. David Withall Bank of America Henry Crown and Mr. Charles E. Manix Ron & Jill Rohde Foundation Company Steven & Elizabeth Young Ms. Corinne V. Marcello Michael & Raila Rohrbeck Mr. Peter Barrett Ms. Cathleen Bartone & Mr. Clyde Valstad Rev. Tom & Siria Behrens Mr. & Mrs. Montague Elders and Belgrave volunteers make Mr. Theodore J. Berg Robert & Beverly Berman apple-picking a Mrs. Doris J. Bernert fall favorite. Ms. Janet Beyersdorfer Ms. Aileen Blomgren Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Bloom Mr. Kenneth G. Bommer

9 2014 Annual Report An elder enjoys making cupcakes in the full-service kitchen at Audrey’s House.

Ms. Rita L. Zimmermann Mr. Robert Carbine Thomas & Donna Egan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ms. Mary P. Carr Mr. Carl P. Eigelsbach Zimmermann Lynn & Brady Carter Kathleen Elder $ Raymond J. & Margaret T. Mr. & Mrs. John J. 250-499 Casey Entwistle Ms. Judith A. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Le Roy & Marta Evans Consuelo M. Aguilera Centella Ms. Lorraine K. Fabian Ms. Loretta Alois Mrs. Sandra Chaba Mrs. Ruhan Figliulo Mr. Daniel T. Amorella Mr. Timothy A. Chaky Ms. Mary G. Finn Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson Kathleen & John Chapman Robert & Audrey Fischer Anonymous (4) Chicago Spirit Brigade Mr. John H. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Mr. & Mrs. M.N. Chishti Mrs. Justine N. Fleming Antonio Mr. Edmund Choroski Mr. & Mrs. John M. Foley Ms. Mary Lou Antonowicz Mr. C.J. Christ Matthew & Amanda Fox ArcelorMittal Matching Ms. Barbara Christensen Gifts Program Mr. Lee Francis Mr. Joseph F. Cieply Dr. & Mrs. E.D. Attaya Ms. Genevieve G. CIGNA HealthSpring Franciscus Aztec Plastic Company Mr. Richard Clark Ms. Aviva Futorian Ms. Catherine Bachand Mr. E. Lawrence Hickey Ms. Nancy A. Kukulka Mr. & Mrs. Terry Clark Mr. & Mrs. John F. Fyfe Mr. James R. Bass, Jr. Mrs. Patricia C. Horne Mr. Aivars Kuplis Ms. Christine Coglianese Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Gabel Mr. Marvin P. Bauman Carrie & Gary Huff Ms. Barbara Lanphier Ms. Jackie M. Coleman Mr. David Geilen Ms. Jane Baylor IBM Corporation Mr. Michael E. Leahy Paul & Julianne Collin Mrs. Ann Gershenow Mrs. Bernadette Becker The Independent Order of Terrance & Linda LeKander Mr. Robert W. Collins Mr. John M. Girard Foresters, IL Raymond & Anne Belz Mr. Thomas Leo Community Shares Ms. Vivian I. Goeb The Irvine Fund Mr. Thomas E. Leonard John & Anne Bilos of Illinois Dr. & Mrs. Edmund Mr. & Mrs. Jerry J. Jaeger Mr. Julian Lewandowski Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Mr. John J. Conlisk Goedert Bisgeier Mrs. Inge K. Johnson Lewis Metals Corporation Ms. Joan D. Conrath Ms. Rita L. Goodin Mr. Frank Blatnick JPMorgan Chase Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ms. Rosemary Corrigan Ms. Catherine T. Green Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John T. Bloom Lindquist Ms. Helen M. Costello Mr. Arthur L. Greenfield Paul & Lorraine Kaiser Mr. Jerry Bransfield Mr. William C. Lordan Mr. Dan V. Crowe Ms. Alice Gregory Mr. Stanley Kaminski Mr. & Mrs. Abdon J. Bray Mr. Michael A. Lorenz Dr. David W. Cugell Mr. Vincent A. Grochocinski Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kass Thomas & Nancy Broeckl Mr. Richard J. Luby Mr. John Curin Mr. Charles P. Grotzke Mr. Leonard Kazmerski Ms. Margaret S. Brown Ms. Janice Lucchesi Ms. Anne Czachorski Mr. Paul Guerino Mr. Richard M. Keller Ms. Sondra Brunke Ms. Georgiana Luecker Ms. Nancy A. Czarnecki Patrick & Penny Hajduk Mr. Robert L. Kern Ms. Alice C. Brunner Ms. Ruth Lynch Mr. Michael A. Davis Ms. Ellen C. Hallissey Mr. & Mrs. William A. Kertz Ms. Barbara D. Budinger Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Mack Dennis Wholesale Stephen & Jo Ellen Ham Mr. Ronald Klezek Mrs. Carole S. Malinski James & Barbara Burke Foods, Inc. Mr. Richard Hamilton Dr. Connie M. Knapp Bob & Mary Mallon Ms. Andrea L. Burla Mr. Gerald F. DeNotto Mr. Edward C. Ms. Anne D. Koch Ms. Sandra P. Manne Ms. Betty Burns Mrs. Carol Devoss Hammerberg Mr. Thomas Kochanski Ms. Barbara A. Manny Ms. Mary Louise Burns Mr. Louis Dicerbo Mr. William Hancox Mr. Richard F. Kohl Ms. Marie Marcenac Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Mr. Vincent Dina Mr. Robert Hart Buschmann Ms. Donna M. Kohler Barbara & John Massey Mrs. Allison Disney William & Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Mr. Randolph Kohler Mr. & Mrs. John Masterson Michael & Diane Dolesh Kathleen Hartman Butler Mr. Robert J. Kopecky John & Lillian Mathews Ms. Helen G. Dudek Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Thomas & Corliss Byrne Heffernan Ms. Linda Korbel Mrs. Kathryn P. Mathews Mr. Kevin J. Dunne Ms. Jane M. Cahill Mrs. Jean Hellman Ryan Ms. Nancy Kosobud Mr. Sandeep Mathrani Mr. Richard J. Dunne Gloria J. Callaci & Helen & William Herber, Jr. Donald & Mary Koss Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Mazurek Lawrence J. Suffredin Ms. Catherine B. Joseph & Carol Hetman Ms. Mary Jane L. Krutt Mrs. Jack V. McAvinchey Drs. Daniel & Katherine Eardley-Murphy Michael & Susan Kuhn Mr. James McCarthy Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Egan Marc & Marianne Heyden

9 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 10 Visits to Audrey’s House mean taking time for jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, and more.

Mr. Harry E. Saunders, Jr. Mrs. Laverne Toomey Ms. Patricia C. Anderson Mr. Vernon H. Schleyer Mrs. Barbara H. Trippi Mrs. Paula M. Frank & Karen Schneider Mr. Edward Trojan Androsko-LaBarbera Ms. Mary T. Schneider Peter Troost Ms. Mary M. Angelica Mr. Charles David Schreck Monument Company Anonymous The John & Kathleen Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Tymick Anti-Seize Technology Schreiber Foundation Unity in Chicago Ms. Sarah Appel Mr. Donald Semi Ms. Catherine Urnezis Mr. Robert D. Appelbaum Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Ms. Kay Ann Van Vreede Ms. Sandra D. Archer Shapiro James & Deborah Vaughan Ms. Susan B. Arjmand Ms. Renetta Shapiro Mr. Dennis J. Wake William & Emily Armendariz Ms. Kathryn L. Shay Mrs. Esther Walenga Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mr. Charles Shemely Ms. Amy Wallace Armstrong Mrs. Claudia Shilakis Ms. Mary Warchol Dr. & Mrs. William J. Arnold Mrs. Caroline Shrader Mr. Samuel Weinstein & Mrs. Jeanne Aronson Ms. Jennifer Ann Shupryt Family Theodore & Barbara Asner Mr. & Mrs. William Siebel Ms. Laura Whittington Mr. Ray Asplund Mark & Anna Marie Mrs. Virginia Olsen Mrs. Constance Singer Ms. Ellen A. Wier Mrs. Cinda Axley McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Brandt J. Jerry Smith & Dottie Fugiel William Kritt & Ms. Alisa Azpeitia Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Oosterbaan Robert & Christina Smolen Company, LLC Robert & Elizabeth Babich McCormick Mrs. Dorothy M. Ormond Ms. Anita Snobel Mr. Darrell R. Windle Ms. Maribeth Babler Ms. Janet L. McDermott Ms. Lorraine Pachankis Mrs. Marlene Snyder Mr. Albert J. Wirth Ms. Pamela Babler Mr. Richard G. McGuire Ms. Kathy A. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Leonard & Helen Wolniak Mrs. Eleanor Badalich Mr. Thomas M. McSheehy Ms. Olivia Pamatmat Sokalski Ms. Teresa J. Wronski Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Bailey Ms. Patricia F. McWhinney Mr. Robert Wayne Paulson Mr. Chris J. Sokolowski Ms. Barbara Zechlin Natraj Balasubramanian Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Peoples Energy Mr. Stephen J. Solarski Mrs. Marianne Zelewsky Meehan Mr. Richard R. Balsamo Mr. Paul S. Phillips Solution Sales, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Michael Melinger Mr. Armando Barcena Mrs. Shirley Pinson Mr. Robert A. Sperl Zrimsek Mick-Bert Apartments Ms. Nora Barnicle Mrs. Jacqueline Plichta Mr. Jerry Stadheim Midwest Fence $100-249 Mr. Edward J. Barrett Ms. Carol R. Plochman Ms. Karen Stark Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Roland A. Ms. Anka K. Barsano Mr. Thomas W. Mier Ms. Christine Polzin Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stawicki Abrahamson Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Michael & Kathleen Mikrut Mrs. Dorothy Portner Arthur & Adele Steeves Ms. Kay Acklin Bartimoccia Mr. Russell C. Miller Ms. Susan Poulos Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ms. Annie Ree Adams Brian & Cathy Basler Stendel Mrs. Virginia L. Miller Ms. Jennifer Pricco Ms. Elizabeth M. Adkins Mr. & Mrs. S. Ronald Ms. Karen E. Strano Battaglia Ms. Jean Millhouser Mr. Mark K. Proesel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Mr. Harold L. Strong John & Judith Batzel Michael & Sherri Miske Mr. Stephen Pronto Ahern Mrs. Carol Pruchnicki Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Aichele Richard & Donna Bauer Ms. Barbara Molloy Subkowsky Joel & Marikay Raphaelson Mr. William Akin Mr. Edmund O. Baumann Steven Montgomery & Mr. Alan Swanson Brian Weatherford Mr. Phillip E. Raskin Mrs. Lucille Alagna Mr. William W. Baumgardt Ms. Eileen P. Sweeney Ms. Jan P. Moore Mr. Gregory W. Rataj Ms. Catherine L. Albanese Mr. Robert Baumler Mrs. Antoinette Swiatek Mrs. Anne Morgan Mr. Terrence A. Reilly Mr. Tyrone E. Albert Mrs. Katherine A. Bausone Mr. Thomas Swigart, Jr. Mrs. Marlene Mosser Reliable Plating Ms. Mary Albright Mr. & Mrs. James Beatty Corporation Ms. Genevieve A. Ms. Suzanne D. Beatty Mr. & Mrs. David M. Szajnecki Ms. Mary K. Alfus Murdoch Mr. Nicholas Reyman Ms. Jane E. Beaty Mr. Clarence B. Telkes Ms. Judith A. Allen Mr. Meredith B. Murray Rickard Circular Folding Mrs. Laura F. Allen Mrs. Elizabeth S. Beck Company Frank Tenbrink & Mrs. Vreni Naess Jeannine Cleary Ms. Lillian Allen Mr. & Mrs. Gerta Beck Ms. Joan H. Roberti Mr. Timothy J. O’Connor Ms. Heleen K. Thanas Paul & Mary Altman Jeff & Helene Beckman Steven & Karen Sacharski Mr. Kevin J. O’Malley Mr. Lawrence E. Timmins Mrs. Margaret Ambroz Mr. Patrick Bednar Ray Sagan & Sons, Inc. Ms. Susan Obuchowski Mr. Ronald E. Tipul Mr. Samuel Amdur III Ms. Barbara A. Sakely Mr. Robert Olejniczak Mr. Gregory Tomaino Ms. Helenlu Anderson

11 2014 Annual Report Mrs. Inez Bell Mrs. Sally Mae Borg Mrs. Mary Ellen Burke Ms. Marlene E. Cheval Ms. Judith A. Coswell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Mr. Rodney Boriack Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Burla Mrs. Frances Chiappetti Mrs. Marilyn Cotteleer Benacka Mr. & Mrs. Morton R. Mrs. Margaret M. Burns Mr. John V. Chiaro Mr. Gene Cottini Mrs. Barbara Benchik Borkan Ms. Mildred Burns Mrs. Kathleen M. Chodelka Ms. Geraldine Cowlin Konrath Louis & Rita Bourjaily Mr. Robert M. Burns Mr. Ralph M. Chor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Mr. John Bourke Coyle Benzschawel Ms. Robin L. Burns Mr. Richard Ciccarone Mr. Michael S. Bovy Mrs. Margaret Crane Mr. & Mrs. Donald Mr. Nicholas C. Burriesci Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Cicero Bergamin Mr. George J. Bowbin, Jr. Ms. Therese C. Burson Mr. William Ciganek Mr. Mike Crawford Ms. Kirsten Bergin Mr. & Mrs. Roy P. Bowman Mrs. Eileen F. Burza Mr. Joseph R. Cimfe Ms. Mary Anne Cray Kenneth & Muriel Bergsma Kathleen Boylan Mr. Kevin W. Busath Mr. Robert K. Clair Mr. Jerry Cucchiaro Ms. Rebecca Berman Ms. Odette Brabec Mrs. Irene Bushell Mrs. Loretta Cleary The Hon. & Mrs. Richard D. Cudahy Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Bernd John & Jeanne Brady Mr. Frank Butler Mr. & Mrs. William Ms. Cynthia M. Brashler Patrick Clifford Mr. James D. Ms. Jean Bernstein Ms. Joanne Butler Cunningham, Jr. Mr. Earl D. Brauen CNA Insurance Ms. Barbara Berz Mr. James Butsch Ms. Connie R. Curran Mr. Stephen Brazeal Company Foundation Mr. Joseph A. Bettina Ms. Mary B. Byrne Mrs. Arnold Curry Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Mr. Joel Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Ms. Kathleen Cabala Mrs. Agnes Curtin Bezouska Breuer Mr. Douglas Cole Mr. Robert F. Callbeck Ms. Jane Ann Curto Ms. Karen A. Bielecki Ms. Cynthia Brewer John & Dorothy Collins Mr. & Mrs. James J. Ms. Barbara A. Cushing Ms. Pauline Bielski Mr. James T. Brick Calvetti Mr. Thomas P. Collins Ms. Maria Czyzyk Ms. Eleanore Bilandic Ms. Linda K. Brierre Mr. John J. Cameron Mrs. Jane Comiskey Mrs. Mary Daly Mr. Robert A. Bishop Ms. Laural Briggs Ms. Patricia Canedo & Mrs. Barbara Conklin Mr. Arthur A. Daniels Mr. Donald H. Bittner Brite-O-Matic Mr. Theodore Amberg Ms. Cathleen P. Conley Manufacturing Company Gilbert & Patricia Daniels Mr. Thomas H. Black, Jr. Mr. Albert Capizzi Dolores & Patrick Conley Mr. & Mrs. Renton K. Mr. William J. Daniels Alisa Blasingame Ms. Jeanne Caplice Ms. Maureen Conley Brodie, III Ms. Barbara Dansky Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Blessing Steven & Mr. Dennis M. Mrs. Jean Brouhard Barbara Cappaert Connaughton Mrs. Mary Ann Darnaby Ms. Jaclyn Blitzstein Ms. Patricia Brow Ms. Jane M. Carey Ms. Margaret M. Connolly Ms. Alice M. Davis Mr. Douglas Blomgren Mr. & Mrs. James M. Mr. Bob Carr Mr. Thomas Conrardy Ms. Marsha Davis Mr. Leroy Blommaert Brown Ms. Susan A. Carr Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ms. Patricia Davis Ms. Carlene M. Blumenthal Hattie Brumfield Ms. Christine Caruso Coogan Mr. Daniel P. Dawson BMO Harris Bank Charles A. & Doris E. Mr. Mario Caruso, Jr. Mrs. Julie H. Cooney Ms. Shirley Dawson Mr. Philip H. Bock Brunke Mr. Edward J. Casey Ms. Ilene L. Cooper Mr. Thomas K. Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Boduch Mrs. Petricia Brush Ms. Crystal Cash Ms. Mary Ann Corley Mr. & Mrs. Lyle De Garmo Ms. Rita M. Bogan Mr. & Mrs. James Budzinski Ms. Jennifer Cassidy Mr. William E. Cormier Mr. James Dechene Mr. Ronald Bonaguro Ms. Barbara Buker Ms. Beatrice Cellini Mr. Ramon Correa Mrs. Maryanne Degiacomo Bond Corporation Mr. Harold Bullington Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Cerda Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Julie A. Degnan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boos Cosgrove Dr. Pamela Burhans Margaret & Clifford Chally Ms. Dorothy DeGrange Ms. Patricia A. DeHoff Ms. Martha Del Campo-Semisch Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Del Elders celebrating Giudice birthdays get Mr. Nicholas Delgado special attention Mr. & Mrs. John Dellorto with parties Mr. Mathias W. Delort, Jr. at Chicago Marion & Rick Demchak restaurants. Ms. Sally J. Dempsey William & Alicia Derrah Mrs. Marcella K. Derrickson

11 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 12 Ms. Anne DeSimone Mrs. Joyce E. Dykhuis Edward & Maria Filippini Mr. & Mrs. Edward Furgat Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ms. Rosemary A. Mr. & Mrs. James Dziadosz Mr. &. Mrs. Donald S. Finan G.B. Electric Goldman Devereaux Ms. Marianne Eberhardt Mrs. Maria Finitzo Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Gage Goldman, Sachs & Company Mr. John M. Diblick Ms. Edith B. Edington Dr. & Mrs. Sanford I. Ms. Pamela Gaines Mrs. Cecelia Goldthwaite Ms. Debra Bruner Diedrich Stephan & Finkel, M.D. Mr. Russell J. Gaines, Jr. Mr. Roger Golec Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dieter Gertrude Egresits Ms. Marilyn K. Finnegan Mr. Stan Galeczka Ms. Marlene Golembo Mr. Alan Dikty Ms. Laura Eichwedel Ms. Mary Ann Finnegan Ms. Dorothy A. Gallagher Al & Eileen Golnik Ms. Karen Dioguardi Mr. Sten I. Ekstrom Ms. Josephine Fioravanti Ms. Lois Gallagher Ms. Alice Gomez Discover Financial Services Mr. Marvin A. Elbert Ms. Joan B. Fiscella Dr. Vincent Gambino Dr. Daniel J. Gonet Mr. John S. Docimo Ms. Mary E. Ellingsen Mr. Robert G. Fisch Ms. Sandra Garber Ms. Alma Gonzalez-Hotton Mr. John Dodge Ms. Joanne Elliot Mr. Edward H. Fischer Mr. Jose L. Garcia Michael & Mary Goodkind Mr. Paul Doherty Ms. Helen Elliott Mrs. Mary Fischl Bernard & Marlyn Gardner Mr. Robert H. Goralski Ms. Mary L. Dold Mrs. Shirley Elliott Mr. Stephen Fister Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Gordon Mr. Leo J. Domzalski Ms. Joyce Emmons Ms. Josephine Fitzgerald Ms. Laurel A. Gasser Philip & Jean Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ms. Marjorie L. Engel Ms. Bridget M. Flanagan A. Gawron Donaghy Ms. Theresa Gorecki Dr. & Mrs. Samuel S. Ms. Maureen A. Flanagan Mr. Norman J. Gawron Ms. Marlene H. Donnelly Epstein Ms. Sharon Gorscak Ms. Jane Fleming Jack & Dolores Gedge Rev. John J. Donohue Ms. Virginia C. Evely Mr. Richard Gorski Ms. Ann C. Flick Mr. John F. Geier Mr. Kevin P. Donovan EZ Duz It Products, Inc. Ms. Mabel R. Grace Mrs. Frances L. Flood Ms. Lorette Geiger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Donze Fabio & Gemma Fabbri Ms. Judith Graf Ms. Susanne L. Flood Mrs. Vivian Gesse Ms. Cecilia A. Dorn Ms. Claire Fabvier Fred & Sarah Flosi Graff, Ballauer & Mr. & Mrs. Don Ghisolf Blanski, PC Mr. Allen Dorsey Ms. Carmen Fair Ms. Frances M. Flucke Mr. Donald C. Giannetti Ms. Angela Graham Ms. Dolores A. Dory Mrs. Dolores C. Farbin Ms. Cynthia Fogg Mr. John Gianotti Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Edward F. & Janet E. Dostal Ms. Rosemary G. Ms. Natalie Formusa Farrell-Casey Mr. William J. Gibbons Graham Ms. Claudette M. Douglas Ms. Darlene Forte Mrs. Jeanne Fec Curtis & Diane Gibbs Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gramza J. Peter Douville & Mrs. Adrian Foster Denice Korcal Mr. Andrew Feldman Mrs. Gail A. Gill Ms. Lynda Vieha Grant Mr. George W. Foster Ms. Marsha J. Dowd Leo & Phillis Feldman Ms. Melissa K. Gill Ms. Nancy Grayheck Mr. Edward Fowler Ms. Alyce M. Dowey Mr. Joseph C. Fenner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Gini Graymills Corporation Ms. Susan Frances Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Barbara Ferguson Mr. Kenneth J. Giovannetti Mr. Daniel Greaney Ms. Marlene M. Frankel Dowjotas Ms. Lorna Ferguson Dr. James A. Glazier Mr. Allen J. Green Ms. Beverly J. Frey Dr. James L. Downey Ms. Fe Fernandez Mr. & Mrs. John Gleason, II Ms. Sadelle T. Greenblatt Mrs. Jacqueline M. Frissell Ms. Alexis Driscoll Mrs. Mary-Ann Fertsek Mr. & Mrs. Louis Glunz Alan & Carol Greene Mrs. Diane Froelich John & Kathleen Driscoll Mr. John E. Fialkowski Ms. Frances Goba Felicia B. & Herbert C. Ms. Romana E. Drobick Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Ms. Carol Godfrey Gresens Mrs. Ruth Field Fruehe Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius B. Mr. Richard Cartier Godfrey Mr. Warren F. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Fr. Hugh Fullmer Grienenberger DuBose Figiel Ms. Jeanne Goedert Suzanne Dudzinski Mr. Aaron Dues Ms. Kathleen P. Duggan

Mr. David Duncan Ms. Barbara Dunlavy Our friends at Mrs. LuAnn L. Dunn the Professional Florence Duquesnoy Convention Mr. & Mrs. William Durack Management Ms. Barbara Durand Association Mr. Thomas Durand (PCMA) hosted Ms. Mary Ellen Durkin a special Coffee Ms. Rosemary C. Duvall Club with Ms. Judith A. Dwyer Hawaiian treats.

13 2014 Annual Report Elders and volunteers enjoyed the beautiful music of the world-famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Amanda Gries The Mary Hickey Family Mr. Robert S. Johnson Mr. Andrew J. Griffin Dana Higby-Ford Sandra & Bruce Johnson Ms. Rita Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Mr. & Mrs. Vinson Johnson David N. & Carol N. Grimes Hildebrand Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston Ms. Mary Grobarcik Mr. Clark E. Hill Mrs. Kathleen Jordan Ms. Jeanne M. Gross Mr. Henry L. Hill Ms. Kimberly T. Joseph Ms. Mary Grover Ms. Susan Hill Ms. Pearl Jovanovich Ms. Wendy J. Gruen Ms. Barbara J. Hintz Mrs. Donna Joy Mrs. Joanna Gryn Mr. Josh Hoen Ms. Sheila M. Juliano Ms. Jane F. Guagliardo Mr. William Hogan Dr. Steven Julius Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gulik Mrs. Jeanne M. Hokens Mr. Edward R. Kaczmarek Ms. Jill T. Gundy Ms. Mary A. Holbrock Mr. Michael Kahles, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Ms. Marion A. Holderbaum Ms. Barbara Kahn Gurak Ms. Patricia L. Hollenkamp Mrs. Floyd Kalber Mr. Henry Gurion Ms. Joanna M. Hosteny Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kalin Terence & Elizabeth Ms. Arlene Kotil Ms. Virginia Guzior Mr. William Hottinger Ms. Dolores Kallas Kennedy Mr. Paul L. Kott Ms. Gerry Ann Gzesh Thomas & Rita Howley Ms. Christine A. Kalowski Mr. Matthew Kennelly Mr. John M. Kovacic Ms. Diane M. Haake Ms. Donna Hruby Mr. Karim Kaminski Dr. & Mrs. Philip W. Kenny Mr. Mitchell Kowalczyk Mrs. Caryn Habley Mrs. Jacqueline Huber Ms. Catherine A. Kamper Mr. Leslie Kenyon Edward & Kathy Kras Dr. Judith L. Hack Mr. Robert Huff Ms. Lenore Kanary Ms. Patricia H. Kiley Ms. Marianne Kratowicz Mr. William Hagglund Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Ms. Kathleen Kinahan Hughes Mr. Kenneth J. Krauth Ms. Mary Lou Hakenjos Kancler Mr. Martin Kinnavy Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hurley Mrs. Virginia E. Kremer Mrs. Lorraine Halladay Mrs. Loretta K. Kaplan Mr. John J. Kinsella Arthur & Florence Hurter Ms. Barbara B. Kreml Mr. Richard Halpin Mr. James F. Karczewski Phil & Lesia Kirk Ms. Joanne Husarik Mrs. Frank V. Krisch Mr. Edward P. Hampel Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Mr. Ronald S. Kirk Mr. Gerald W. Huston Karnuth Ms. Dorothy M. Krol Ms. Mary-Martha Hancock Mr. Samuel Kirschenbaum Ms. Walburga Hutchins Ms. Kathleen M. Kartheiser Ms. Linda Kroning Ms. Nora Hansel Ms. June A. Kirwan Ms. Judith E. Iantorno Ron & Marge Kassen Mr. Mervin D. Krueger Ms. Joan G. Hansen Mr. Robert Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Iberle Mr. Brad Kaste Mr. Robert T. Krueger Judith & Richard Hanus Janice & Dave Kleiner Mr. Paul M. Ingevaldson Ms. Lois Katarski Mrs. Celeste Kucharski Ms. Leona M. Hartmann Ms. Mary Klemundt Mr. Tim Irvine Ms. Mary F. Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kukulka Mr. & Mrs. Grover P. Ms. Tamara Kling Hartsuch Ms. Michelle Kathryn Ms. Mary Keane Mr. John J. Kulczycki Carol Kloss & Ivanski Ms. Patricia Kurauski Mrs. Wayne K. Harty Mr. William Keane Christopher Munger Ms. Karen Ivers Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Ms. Carol Haussermann Mr. Joseph S. Kearney, Jr. Ms. Barbara Klotz Ms. Kathryn L. Ivsin Kurczewski Mrs. Alice B. Hayes Mr. John J. Keating Harold & Adrienne Klumpp Ms. Elizabeth A. Jachim Ms. Nellie B. Lacaci Miss Mary C. Hayes Mrs. Mary Keefe Ms. Emily M. Klusis Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Jados Ms. Maria Lahey Mr. & Mrs. John J. Hazard Mrs. Marie A. Keller Mrs. Elaine Knox Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mr. Dave Laketa Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Healy Ms. Kathy Kelley Edward & Laverne Kocal Jaguszewski Ms. Doriss Lakin Mr. John F. Healy Ms. Mary E. Kelley Mr. Keith Kohanzo Mr. Jurate Jancys Ms. Anne-Julie Lambert Mr. Peter J. Hebein Ms. Bernadette A. Kelly Mr. Raymond M. Kohl Ms. Renetta M. Jarka Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Mr. Daniel K. Heenan Mrs. Blanche Kelly Mr. Harris Kohn Ms. Mary Catherine Jaros Lamich Mr. William M. Hegan Jerry M. & Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kolar Daniel P. & Jill S. Lanigan Ms. Mary G. Jegen Anna Marie Kelly Mr. Charles Hemler, Jr. Ms. Gera-Lind Kolarik Nancy LaPaglia & Ms. Betty Jenkins Mr. Mark J. Kelly Mr. William Hendee Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kolb Stephen Slusarski Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mr. Walter Kelly, Jr. Ms. Cynthia Henderson Johnson Ms. Maria R. Kolb Desmond & Ms. Elizabeth R. Kennedy Jeanne LaPlace Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Mrs. Marcia Johnson Mrs. Janet Konkel Herdrich Kathleen & Ms. Andrea J. Larsen Ms. Marilyn Johnson Ms. Laura Konrath Ms. Mary Louise Herek Terrence Kennedy Ms. Annette Larson Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Ms. Noemi Kopp-Tanaka Mr. Fred R. Hermes Dr. Sara Charles Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Larson Johnson Ms. Lillian Korous Mrs. Mary Ann Hettich Ms. Susan L. Kennedy Ms. Jane S. LaRue Michael & Marion Johnson Ms. Barbara A. Kostka

13 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 14 Elders at Audrey’s House get back to nature during a special visit with farm animals.

Ms. Victoria L. Mancini Ms. Kathleen McCourt Ms. Patricia I. Mines Ms. Lawrence Manelis Ms. Maureen T. McDermott Ms. Margaret L. Mitchell Mr. Michael T. Manley Mr. Thomas F. McDermott Warriene Mitchell-Curry Gabriel & Cecilia Manrique Ms. Mary McEnerney Mrs. Constance Moisan Ms. Diana M. Manske Ms. Mary J. McEnery Mr. Charles E. Mok Marc Chemical Ms. Mary F. McGilvray Ms. Lucille Monahan Products, Inc. John & Marita McGivney Bob & Dori Moody Mrs. Sharon Marchiori Ms. Dawn M. McGovern Ms. Cynthia A. Moody Ms. Diana Marek Mr. & Mrs. William Ms. Barbara B. Moore Anthony & Donna Mareno McGovern Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Morelli Mr. Frank Mareska Mr. John B. McGowan Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Mores Donna & Sean Margiotta Mr. Daniel McGuire Mr. Robert C. Morgen Ms. Sonja Marinac Mrs. Effie P. McHenry Mrs. Linda Morgenthau Ms. Margaret Mark Ms. Martha McInerney Mr. Jack Moriarity Mr. William J. Markel Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Judy & Paul Moriarty McKay Ms. Phyllis Markovitch Vincent & Barbara Morreale Mr. Barry H. Marks Dr. & Mrs. William P. Ms. Shirley Lathrop Mrs. Margaret Looze McKeever Michael & Ms. Cynthia D. Marler Carolyn Morrissey Mr. & Mrs. James R. Latta Mr. Joseph Lopez Ms. Sheila D. McNicholas Mr. & Mrs. James F. Marran Mr. James P. Morrissy Mr. & Mrs. William J. Richard & Jane Lorenz Mr. Harold D. McRae Lawlor, III Paul & Annette Marsicano Ms. Josephine Mosillami Mr. Lynch Love Mr. Thomas A. McSweeny Ms. Virginia Lawrence Mr. Andrew M. Masse Mr. Edward J. Moszur Ms. Linda Loving Patrick McWeeny & Ms. Teresa Mastin Mr. Howard Mota Mrs. Cynthia Lawson Mr. & Mrs. Isidro Lucas Donna Lo Presti Ms. Anne Mastrud Motorola Mobility Mr. Michael J. Leahy Mr. & Mrs. John K. Lucas Ms. Helen A. Mead Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Foundation Mr. William E. Leahy Dr. Rosemary Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Garrett C. Matecki Mr. John S. Mousser Ms. Margaret Lear Ms. Geraldine Meade Mrs. Dorothy C. Matern Mr. James J. Mraz Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Lee Lukaszewskyj Mrs. Monica Starus Meade Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matheu Mrs. Adele Mrohen Mr. & Mrs. James Lee Mr. Donald J. Luksetich Mr. Joseph N. Meeks Ms. Barbara J. Matousek Mr. Carl A. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Lee Mr. Lawrence P. Lundin Ms. Marilynn A. Meissner Ms. Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld Mr. Patrick Mulcahy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Lee Mr. & Mrs. John Lusak Ms. Dorothy Mench James & Mr. Richard B. Muller Mr. Joseph M. Lekostaj Mr. Lucian Lutek Sally Burg & Philip Meno Marianne Matthews Mr. Mike Mullin Dr. Eugene Leman Ms. Annie Lynch Ms. Janet C. Messmer Mrs. Patricia H. Matzek Mullins Food Products John & Margaret Lemker Ms. Ellen Lynch Ms. Carol Ann Mester Mr. David R. May Mrs. Terrie Munder Fr. Jim Lennon Francis & Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Metzke Mr. David V. May Ms. Laureen Mungovan Ms. Nancy Leonard Mary Louise Lynn Mr. Carl Meyer Mrs. Maija B. May Mr. Hollace C. Murphy John & Jill Levi Ms. Mary Sue Lyon Ms. Marcella V. Meyers Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mayes Mr. John J. Murphy Ms. Ann LeWand Mr. John J. Machota Michael Best & Ms. Maria Mayol Friedrich, LLP Ms. Marion P. Murphy Ms. Felice Lewandowski Joseph C. & Kathleen C. Madden Ms. Nancye Ann Mazzone Mr. Eli K. Michaels Mrs. Rosemarie Murphy Russell L. Lewis, Jr. Ms. Joan Madeja Mr. Robert W. McArthur Mr. John H. Michalek Ms. Susan Murphy Adorn Lewis-Mitchell Ms. Mary Ann Madey Ms. Margaret McBlackwell Mr. Jan S. Miecznikowski Ms. Veronica Murphy Mrs. Mary Jane Liang Ms. Betty Sutfin Madsen Ms. Linda McBride Ms. Mary Mikel Ms. Margaret A. Murray Mrs. Eleanor Liguori Mr. & Mrs. Robert Madura Ms. Sandra McBride Ms. Evelyn J. Miks Ms. Barbara Murtha Ms. Teresa Lindem Mr. Peter E. Magine Thomas & Ms. Carol A. Miller Mr. Richard A. Myers Ms. Patricia Lindholm Barbara McCaffrey Mr. John J. Maher Ms. Charlene Miller Ms. Mary Anne Nardi Mrs. Pam R. Lipton Michael & Neil & Frances Mahlstedt Mrs. James C. Miller Ms. Mary M. Naughton James & Nancy Litke Elizabeth McCann Ronald & Iris Maiter Janice & Hal Miller Ms. Opal Marie Nealy John & Ann Litza Ms. Margaret M. McCarthy Mr. Mike Maliszewski Mr. Richard Miller Ms. Marilyn Neforas LivHOME Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Mr. Thomas Mallek McCollam Richard & Iris Miller Ms. Teresa Nega Ms. Jaclynn Lococo Mr. Charles Vincent Mr. John McCormick Mr. & Mrs. Martin D. Mills Mr. Richard M. Neis Mrs. Margaret M. Maloney Lombardo Ms. Mary E. McCormick Ms. Priscilla Mims Ms. Barbara L. Nelson

15 2014 Annual Report Mr. Earl E. Nelson Ms. Patricia O’Neill Mrs. Jean Payne Dr. Richard J. Powers Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Roach Ms. Patricia A. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Mrs. Sandra Pechous Mr. Spencer C. Prahl Ms. Marsha Roane Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. O’Sullivan Ms. Sharon Pekoz Ms. Merle E. Pray Mr. Edward J. Robins Nelson Irene Okoniewski Ms. Jeannine M. Pellettiere Ms. Jeanne Prendergast Ms. Carrie J. Robinson Nikki Nelson & Mrs. Devola R. Olson Ms. Patricia A. Pembroke Mr. Phillip Puzzo Mr. Robert S. Robson Ronald Martin Ms. Donna Olson Mrs. Anita Pendergast Mrs. Jamica Quillin Mrs. Mary Roche Mr. & Mrs. Brett Nemanich Mr. & Mrs. Gene Olson Mr. John W. Perkins Ms. Camilla Racine Mr. & Mrs. David Rochester Mrs. Muriel C. Nerad Mr. Frank Omischl Mrs. Marianne Perkins Mr. Thomas A. Radcliffe Mr. Stephen Rochlis Ms. Virginia Neubauer Ms. Lorraine A. Ormerod Mr. Joseph G. Perrone Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Mr. Roland Rock Mrs. Shirley M. Neuner Ms. Maureen Osborne Ms. Lucretia Perrone Radzialowski Mr. James Engel Rocks Ms. Barbara J. Newman Ms. Kristi Osga Mr. Pasquale Perrone Mr. Paul E. Rafferty Mrs. Doreen Rodgers Ms. LaVerne Nichols Lawrence A. & Ross & Christina Perrotte Ms. Sharon S. Rakowski Ms. Juana Rodriguez Mr. Kenneth T. Nickele Leslie Osterberg Mr. Richard C. Perry Ms. Carol S. Ramsay Ms. Joan V. Roeder Mrs. Adelyne Niedbalski Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Ott Mr. & Mrs. Richard Persha Mrs. Deborah L. Rancatore Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rohan Ms. Dorothy Nielsen Mr. Gary L. Owens Ms. Christel Peterson Ms. Kathleen M. Randolph Dr. & Mrs. Paul Roloff Mr. Donald O. Nissen Mrs. JoAnn Ozimek Ms. Georgia B. Petrie Ms. Kathleen Ransford Ms. Kathleen Ann Romberg Mr. & Mrs. Bill Nolan Mr. & Mrs. Arnold A. Mr. Victor R. Ratajczak Pagniucci Ms. Theresa A. Pevitts Dr. & Mrs. Adam H. Ms. Mary A. Noland Mr. & Mrs. James Ratcliffe Romeiser, Jr. Ms. Barbara Palumbo Pfizer Foundation Fulton & Deborah Nolen Matching Gifts Mr. James A. Rau, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Ronan Mr. Peter Pantarotto Mr. & Mrs. John North Mr. Kenneth Phelan Ms. Maureen Raught Brady & Pati Roscoe Ms. Susan Panzer Ms. Annemarie B. Ms. Mary Ellen Phelan Mr. Rich Rauscher Ms. Linda Rosencranz Nusekabel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Mr. Kenneth Phillips Ms. Virginia R. Reed Mr. Jeffrey S. Ross Ms. Myra Nyberg Papaleo Michael & Tom & Dede Reedy Mr. Joseph Rotunno Ms. Cynthia Nygren Park Ridge Paint, Glass & Wallpaper Christine Pietrucha Ms. Suzanne Regas Mr. Richard J. Royston Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. John & Victoria Pindred Nyhan Ms. Carolyn Noonan Len & Nancy Reiffel Mr. Gregory F. Ruegger Parmer Andrew M. & Ms. Grasilda Reinys Mrs. Kathleen E. Runstrom Ms. Luanne Nystrom Rita G. Pinkowski Mr. Ronald E. Partington Ms. Mary E. Reuland Gita & Ramesh Rupani Ms. Christine O’Brien Ms. Elizabeth Pirman Mr. Gregory Paskiet Ms. Brenda Rice Dan & Bob Ruscitti Ms. Mary O’Brien Ms. Gretchen Plantz Mr. John Pasurka Mr. & Mrs. David R. Richert Ms. Theresa Rush Ms. Mary P. O’Connor Ms. Renee A. Pleshar Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Ms. Shirley Ricks Mr. Robert Rushkewicz Ms. Patricia A. O’Connor Patinkin Ms. Josephine Podgorniak Mrs. Deborah D. Rigoni Mr. & Mrs. Robert Russo Ms. Sharon O’Donnell Mrs. Marie M. Patton Mr. & Mrs. Alex J. Pollock Ms. Betty T. Riley Mr. Jack A. Ryan Ms. Loretta A. O’Dowd Thomas & Virginia Paulick Ms. Patricia Pomykalski Ms. Gina D. Rinella Mr. & Mrs. James Ryan Ms. Margaret F. O’Hara Mr. Albert J. Pavlick Mr. Ronald Pool Ms. Mary Risley Mr. John P. Ryan Mr. Franklin A. O’Leary Dr. & Mrs. Bernard M. Mr. John S. Posluszny, Jr. Louis & Jackie River Robert & Judith Ryan Ms. Josephine C. O’Leary Pawlowski Ms. Elenore M. Poss Vincent & Joan O’Malley Ms. Jean A. Paychl Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rivkin Mrs. Theodora Mrs. Joan C. Power Sachs Aronson Saint Bede Abbey and Academy Mr. Kevin Salam LBFE celebrations Edward & Annette Salomon often include Mr. David Sanders music, singing, Mrs. Marian R. Sanfilippo Mrs. Mary Ann Santucci and dancing—like Thomas C. & Peggy A. this special Cinco Sasgen de Mayo event. Mr. & Mrs. Leo Satas Mr. Narothum Saxena Mr. Vincent P. Schall

15 2014 Annual Report www.littlebrotherschicago.org 16 Our Creative Cafe encourages elders to show their talents.

Ms. Rita Simo Mrs. Elizabeth Spiering Ms. Joan C. Sullivan Mrs. Charlie L. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. John Spude Joseph & Mary Sullivan Mrs. Janet L. Simpson St. Emily’s Women’s Club Ms. Janice M. Susek Sr. Kathleen Sinclair Holy Taxiarhai & Ms. Kathleen Sutpin Mrs. Sharon Skala St. Haralambos Greek Ms. Marianne Sweeney Orthodox Church Robert & Carol Slanicky Mr. & Mrs. Martin St. Mary of the Woods Swerdlow Dr. Clare Slowik Parish Ms. Jeanne Swiatowiec Mr. & Mrs. John J. Sluga St. Viator Conference Mr. Gerard Swick Mr. Michael J. Small Ms. Nancy Stachnik Mr. Thomas R. Swiderski Ms. Linda Smessaert Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ms. Barbara Ann Smith Stajkowski Anthony & Patricia Szafran Ms. Geraldine Smith Mr. & Mrs. John D. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szura Mrs. Helen LaPat Smith Stanhaus Mr. Ted Szywala Ms. Jane Marie Smith Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Stastny Talento Mr. Robert Smith The Stauber Family Ms. Melissa Tatman Mr. Robert Kevin Smith & Foundation Ms. Petty Bergh Jacqueline Tauber Mr. & Mrs. David Louis Ms. Geraldine Sczygiel Mr. Mark A. Steege Mr. Anthony M. Smyth Ms. Jane Ellis Taussig Schanding Ms. Joan Segon & Ms. Flora M. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Taylor Mr. Kurt Scheblein Ms. Lori Boetto Jennifer & Andrew Snyder Mr. Ron A. Stein Mr. Harold Temkin Mr. Mervyn Schell Ms. Mary Beth Seifert Mr. John Soderstrom Mr. Craig D. Stepnicka Ms. Catherine Terry Mrs. B. Schembari Ms. Donna C. Sens Ms. Noreen Soell Ms. Jo Ann Stevens Thermal Laminating Mr. Larry J. Schlich Ms. Ann Serafin Ms. Margaret F. Soffin Mr. & Mrs. George L. Corporation Mrs. Donna Schlueter Ms. Lisa D. Serafin Mr. Phillip Solzan Stewart, Jr. Mr. John J. Thielmann Mr. Paul L. Schmelzer Ms. Nancy F. Seyfried Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sook Ms. Cheri Stockhausen Mr. Aubrey L. Thompson Mr. John J. Schmitz Shamrock American Club Ms. Donna Sosin David & Dalene Strieff Mr. Edward J. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Ms. Elizabeth A. Shanahan Mrs. Mary Sotir Ms. Margaret R. Struck William & Schneider Ms. Lisa Shane Bonnie Spaccarelli-Hannon Mrs. Deborah L. Styka Patricia Thompson Mr. Mike Schrage Vikas & Neeru Sharma Mr. & Mrs. Frank Spale Mr. Rene Suarez Ms. Cheryl Tindall Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Mrs. Roberta Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Spanier Mr. & Mrs. Leonard V. Schreiber Mr. Len Shaw Mr. Joseph Spellman Subic Ms. Jodi L. Schubert Mr. Thomas M. Shea Ms. Merle Joy Schuerman Ms. Stephanie Shea-Joyce Mr. Terence Schuessler Mr. Joseph P. Sheahan Mr. Robert N. Schuit Ms. Mary Ellen Sheehan Mr. Jim Schulien Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shier Mr. L.A. Schultheiss Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shrader Ms. Eileen M. Schultz Edward & Nancy Shufeldt Ms. Jennifer A. Schwab Mr. & Mrs. William Shunas Mr. Louis Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Shutt Mr. Michael N. Schwartz Mrs. Catherine Sibley The Schwartz & Elliott Family Mr. Walter Siebert Ms. Mary Ann Schwartz & Mr. & Mrs. William W. Mr. Richard H. Brewer Sievers Ms. Camellia Scopelite Ms. Sarane C. Siewerth Ms. Theresa A. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Albin Sikora

17 2014 Annual Report Mr. John Tobin Marie Adducci Walsh Mr. Robert L. Wolff Bequests Mrs. Virginia Tolford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Walsh Ms. Lois Ann Wolta We are very grateful to our friends Ms. Sharon A. Townley Mr. Robert Walsh Ms. Mary Anne Woodcock who continued their giving to Little Ms. Marie Trankina Ms. Rose C. Walsh Word of Faith Community Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Ms. Rose Triplett Mrs. Irene Walters Mr. Andrew Wozniak through their estate plans. LBFE Mr. Donald H. Tripp Ms. Catherine A. Mr. & Mrs Luciano Wozniak elders and volunteers are a diverse Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Tuerk Wasielewski Mrs. Judith Wray group and so, too, are the bequest gifts Ms. Gloria Turner Mr. Harry Wayne Ms. Joanne Yangas we receive. Each tells an important story Mr. Werner E. Tyczka Dr. & Mrs. James R. Mr. Robert S. Yohannan Webster about the donors—and how much they Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Ms. Colleen Yohn Ms. Cynthia Woods cared about Chicago’s elders. Thanks Tyszkiewicz Ms. Kathleen C. Yosko Weinand to their planning and generosity, LBFE is Ms. Stephanie L. Uhlarik Ms. Elizabeth A. Young Ms. Elizabeth Schmakel able to provide programs and services Mr. Loren Underhill Weiss Ms. Ramona C. Young to lonely elders free of charge for Ms. Judith K. Ungashick Mrs. Eleanor Weiss-Zoub Ms. Shirley Young years to come. Ms. Laura Lynn Unger Ms. Genevieve Weissensel Ms. Susan N. Young Mr. Rudolph M. Unger Mr. Richard D. Wetzel Ms. Therese Young Isabelle N. Atz Catherine Morrissey- Unilever United States Ms. Ruth M. Wheeler Mr. Donald Zaininger Weinglass Foundation, Inc. Lenora C. Cannon Mr. James Wicklund Ms. Felice M. Zaldokas Mr. David L. Unti Audrey Chesner Pauline K. O’Morrow Frank & Alice Wiedner Mr. Peter J. Zaphirio Ms. Barbara J. Urban Patty F. Christophersen Arthur J. Patcke Mr. Robert J. Wilczek Mrs. Patricia Zappavigna USG Foundation, Inc. Dorothy Damler Lenore Rennert Mrs. Sharon A. Wild Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zbos Ms. Rose Vaccaro Margo Claire Fallow Robert J. Righeimer Mr. Christopher A. Wilk Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mrs. Elsa Vaintzettel Peggy Lou Fenton Donald R. Schreiber Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Zefron, Jr. Floyd P. Sorquist Ms. Violeta Valadka Wilkens Ms. Susie Zelinsky Mary Flinn Edward & Mary Mr. John F. Valentine Ray & Barbara Willas Ms. Anne Zender Bernadine D. Gardner Steinhauser Cheryl & William Van Arkel Ms. Tina Willette Mr. William E. Zerial Evelyn Harvey Mrs. Carol Van Dyke Dolores M. Judge James Williams, Ya-Ping & Marjorie S. Zhou Theodore P. Kendzior Szachnitowski Ms. Loralie Van Sluys Ret. Mr. John S. Ziegler Rita Kersten Mildred B. Szlanga Ms. Yvonne Vanden Ms. M. Jean Williams Mr. Wilbur Zielke Margaret M. Kogler Geraldine Trandel Avenne Ms. Maureen Williams Ms. Victoria M. Zimelis Edwin Lewis A. Norbert Verzosa William & Mr. Harold Willoughby Susan Vanderberg Mrs. Barbara Zimmer Max C. Mielecki Mr. Robert W. Wilson Mr. Frank P. VanderPloeg Ms. Therese Zimmerman Evelyn Miller Dr. Elizabeth L. Wimberg Fred Venrick & Mr. & Mrs. John J. Catherine O’Connell Windy City Marketing/ Zimmermann Motiv8 Las Vegas Ms. Sally Ann Venus Ms. Carol Zmuda Mr. Carl R. Winger John & Tracy Vercillo Mr. Eugene M. Zubik Ms. Ann Wise Mr. Richard H. Vlerick Mrs. Elizabeth Zucker Ms. Barbara Witek Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. Vodicka Ms. Mary Lou Zwick Ms. Marthe J. Witte Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Vonesh Mr. Charles D. Wolf Our donors are so Ms. Joan Wade Ms. Elizabeth Wolf important to us, and Mrs. Linda Wolf we make every effort Ms. Virginia Walczak to properly recognize Ms. Lavita M. Waldon Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. them. Please report Wolfe Ms. Victoria Walkowicz any errors or omissions Mr. Tom Wolfe to Sherri Gorski at Mr. John P. Walsh for 312.455.1000 or sgorski@ littlebrotherschicago.org. Thank you for being a friend to our elders!

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LBFE Gives Great Neighbors a Way to Give Back to Elders

People who dedicate their time to using technology to build social alleviating isolation and loneliness networks of older adults who among elders in Chicago are at the do not take part in our current heart of Little Brothers - Friends programming.” of the Elderly. Thanks to a new “Chicago is a city of 2.7 million The Great Neighbors program and initiative called Great Neighbors, residents, so it’s important that we online tool, created by our founding LBFE is now ready to introduce identify the communities where this organization in France, allows even more Chicagoans to the program will thrive,” says Heather friendly neighbors to log-in and benefits of bringing friendship to Dudzinski who is managing the select from a broad menu of typical older adults. U.S. launch of the initiative. interactions such as: Relying on a user-friendly online tool, Over the next several months, • Arranging time to help an older the Great Neighbors initiative can Dudzinski will work to establish a community member grocery shop be managed virtually to connect committee to refine and test the compassionate citizens with older • Completing a simple Great Neighbors online tool and adults in their neighborhoods to household repair identify pilot areas. “Our goal is to start with two Chicago locations, ensure elder needs are being met. • Enjoying lunch together but it’s the enthusiasm from friendly “We realized at LBFE that we could A special feature of the program neighbors and older adults that not reach every senior in our city is that it allows neighbors to will drive this effort. The potential through our existing programs. share service to the elders in is limitless.” Dudzinski adds, “If But with a little help from friendly their communities based on you think your community is full neighbors, we could substantially individual schedules, abilities, and of great neighbors and seniors, increase our reach,” says Simone preferences. There will be active or if you are interested in learning Mitchell-Peterson, chief executive give and take as friendly neighbors more about the committee, get in officer of LBFE Chicago. “Great and seniors build mutually beneficial touch!” Contact Heather Dudzinski Neighbors is an innovative way of networks. at 312.455.1000 or hdudzinski@ littlebrotherschicago.org.

LBFE celebrated Christmas Eve in Northwest Indiana with 23 seniors and six volunteers who enjoyed dinner at a local restaurant and seeing Christmas decorations at the Welcoming Center in Hammond. Expansion Program Coordinator Jackie Townsend says the elders loved the food and good company, and came away with “treasured memories.”

19 2014 Annual Report IN MEMORIAM Remembering our elders who passed away between Aug. 1, 2014 – Jan. 22, 2015

Maria G. Barrajas Jack Albert Fisher Grace Luczak Vivian Beck Mylee Funches Evelyn Mandersheid Joe Bellovany Ethel Goldstein Laura McCall Jesse C. Robinson Betty Vincent Audrey Bican Matt Guarino Eldor Miller Alfonsina Robles Helen Vowels Lucy Brown Hattie Hefner Irene Morris Ida Ross Cynthia Weiser Robert Brown Evelyn Henderson Rita Nolan Ella Russell Bessie White Robert Burns Maria Hernandez Edna Pritchett Aline Sheppard Joan Wilson Barbara Butler Nell Horton Miriam Quinones Kathleen Stewart Violet Wrenn Rose Carlyon Gail Kaufman Alvateen Rankins Susie Tamura Irene Zeman Evangeline Curry Rocco LePore Marrian Ray Fanny Town Ida Curtis Tom Lopresti Jesus Rivera Feliciano Velasquez

“ I love engaging with and learning from our elders. But I’ve gotten even more from YPAB and LBFE: meeting other young professionals and developing great friendships, and building my Join YPAB skills so I’m ready for more Be part of LBFE’s Young Professionals Advisory Board leadership opportunities in the future.” YPAB brings together civically minded individuals ages Avalon Gordon, Founding 24-40 who are dedicated to helping Little Brothers - Friends of Member & President, YPAB the Elderly alleviate isolation and loneliness among Chicago’s elderly through fundraising and social and volunteer activities. “ I joined YPAB to make a You can make a difference—and make great new friends. difference in the lives of our elders. YPAB lets me Join YPAB today! apply my skills to a cause I care so much about, while connecting me with others www.littlebrotherschicago.org/volunteer/join-ypab who share my passion.” Lauren A. Tilot, Secretary, YPAB

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Holiday Gift Program Upcoming Events Caring Volunteers Bring Cheer to Nearly 1,000 Elders April 4 Birthday Party Every year, LBFE asks our Here’s just a sampling of the gifts caring community of volunteers that were carefully purchased to 5 Easter Home- and donors to help us provide match personal requests from Delivered Meals personalized gifts to our elders our elders: 11-25 Food Bag during the holiday season—and • Pearl-style necklace Delivery your response, once again, was so and earrings generous. 18 4th Annual Fête • Coffee-maker by Mr. Coffee d’Armand Marquiset LBFE sincerely thanks the 85 individuals, 16 companies, 12 • Set of kitchen pots and pans community groups, 5 schools, • Variety of body soaps and 4 church groups that helped and lotions May us provide very special gifts to • Winter jackets, scarves, 2 Birthday Party 988 elders during the 2014 holiday and gloves season. Little Brothers’ volunteers 8 Creative Café • A throw blanket in navy blue also brought holiday cheer, 9 Vicky’s delivering home-cooked meals • Men’s pants and sweaters Family Reunion and friendly conversation to • Answering machine 238 homebound elders on 15 Movie Club • Restaurant gift cards Christmas Day. 16-22 Food Bag Delivery Elder Ruby was thrilled with her Handmade gifts also were popular. For instance, students from the 23-25 LBFE Closed for gifts, which included a box of Memorial Day chocolates that meant so much to Evanston Day School provided her: “I am reliving the moments I 33 beautifully decorated holiday 30 Rosa’s Family Reunion spent with my dear husband who bags, 21 boxes of chocolates, would buy me these chocolates and 18 rolls of birthday wrapping all the time because they are paper. The Alphonsus Boy Scout June my favorite!” Troop 889 made sure our elders received 145 toiletry bags, 50 pairs 6 Birthday Party of socks, 17 holiday cards, and 16 12 Creative Café bags of candy. Volunteer Renee Bajek provided 50 handmade heart 15-18 Vacation Getaway pillows, giving our elders comfort 19 Movie Club and brightening their homes. 20 Ron’s Says Assistant Director of Family Reunion Development Sherri Gorski: “In a season focused on family and 20-27 Food Bag Delivery friends, it’s so important to reach out to our isolated elders and give 22-25 Vacation Getaway them a reason to celebrate. And 26 Summer Outing TBD we accomplished just that, with the 27 Maria’s Family Reunion Homebound elders enjoyed home-cooked help of our generous donors and meals delivered in special holiday bags. friends. Thank you so much!” 29- Vacation Getaway July 2 21 2014 Annual Report July August September 3-4 LBFE Closed for 1 Birthday 5-7 LBFE Closed for Independence Day Party Labor Day 6-9 Vacation Getaway 3-6 Vacation Getaway 11 Creative Café 10 Creative Café 8 Summer Spa Day 12 Birthday Party 11 Birthday Party 10-13 Vacation Getaway 14-17 Vacation Getaway 13-16 Vacation Getaway 15 Carmen’s 18 Movie Club Family Reunion 17 Movie Club 19 Mary’s 18-25 Food Bag Delivery 15-22 Food Bag Delivery Family Reunion 20-23 Vacation Getaway 17-20 Vacation 19-26 Food Bag Delivery Getaway 24 Summer Outing 26 Sarah’s Family Movie & Lunch 21 Creative Reunion Café 25 Hina’s Family Reunion 24-27 Vacation Getaway 27-30 Vacation Getaway 28 Movie Club 31- Vacation Getaway For more details about events for elders, call 312.455.1000. Sept. 3

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