30 YEARS OFSolutions FINDING SOLUTIONS TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 Spring blooms at Cedar Hill Apartments on State Street, a collaborative effort between Columbus House and Home, Inc. that offers permanent supportive housing for 25 single adults. Dawn is a resident here. You can read her story on page 14. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 1

SOLUTIONS

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ho would have thought Solutions include an array of services attached thirty years ago when we to these housing options. From the shelters, opened the doors of the first our case managers work to help clients find W the best possible solution so that individuals emergency shelter that Columbus House and families can leave their homelessness far would still exist in 2012? How could we behind. Health care, treatment for mental have known then that the numbers of illness or substance abuse, employment and individuals who are homeless would income support, and, of course, housing are continue to increase and that families would the key elements to helping folks move on end up on the steps of our shelters? Did we toward independence. Today, Columbus Our commitment is know then that an entire “industry” would House supports close to 200 people in be built around the response to the crisis of communities across the state who live in their to end homelessness – homelessness across this country? own apartments with case management services to help them stay housed. chronic homelessness From a meager beginning in a small shelter and homelessness with beds for 34 people a night, Columbus Our commitment is to end homelessness – House has expanded over the past thirty chronic homelessness and homelessness among Veterans in years to include myriad solutions to end among Veterans in five years, and family this crisis of homelessness. On the following homelessness in ten. Today, there is the five years, and family pages you will see a time-line which gives political will at all levels of government to homelessness in ten. you a snap-shot of the various housing accomplish this goal. Today, there is opportunities we have developed over the funding available to support key efforts that years. Emergency shelters, transitional will help us realize this vision. With a single programs and permanent supportive pointed focus on achieving these goals, we housing are all critical elements of our work. will get there. continued on the next page… 2 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

A Message from the Executive Director…continued from page 1

We know what the solutions are…we can end homelessness TABLE OF in our lifetimes. Thank you for joining us in our mission. CONTENTS And we are not alone. From local coalitions Please read the stories of Gwen, Mark and 4 Gwen in the Shelter to statewide campaigns and national Dawn and hopefully you will come to advocacy groups, Columbus House partners understand the role that Columbus House 8 Mark in Transitional with numerous agencies, councils and played in helping them end their own crisis Housing committees to enhance our work and bring of homelessness. Their brave hearts will us closer to our goals. Locally, we engage the inspire you. Their dedication to restoring 12 30 Years of Finding Solutions to Ending faith community through meal serving their own lives will give you hope. It is their Homelessness groups and Abraham’s Tent to help us stories and countless others like them that provide the very basic needs of the people we help us maintain our commitment to the 14 Dawn in Permanent serve. Our efforts take us into local colleges work that we do every day. Supportive Housing and universities and various businesses to 18 Revenue & Expenses 2012 help open doors to employment for those We know what the solutions are…we can end ready to return to work. We collaborate with homelessness in our lifetimes. Thank you for 19 Our Supporters health care providers to find the best joining us in our mission. solutions for people whose chronic conditions require a unique response. Our Sincerely, work with the VA gives us great pride in knowing that we help serve those who served Alison Cunningham our country. Executive Director Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 3 “It seems like just yesterday…” A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Dear Friends,

It seems like just yesterday that we were packing up at 200 Columbus Avenue to move to our “new” home at 586 Ella Grasso Boulevard. That was ten years ago, though, and that new building has served us well, providing shelter and services for thousands of men and women who were homeless.

We know that shelter is not the end of the road for people who are homeless, but instead, there are solutions to this crisis and in this Annual Report you will read about three people who, with our help, moved on with their lives. Our work at Columbus House is to help people write their We are proud own stories, to create their own paths to recovery and independence. Gwen, Mark and Dawn of the work have done just that and are well on their way. accomplished Solutions take on many forms. For some, it is simply a bed for a single night. For others, it is permanent supportive housing with support from a trusted case manager. Still others need help over the past rethinking work in an economy where jobs are hard to find. Whatever the case, our staff are 3 decades and committed to helping each client find the solutions that work for them. look forward It seems like just yesterday when we opened the shelter at 200 Columbus Ave, but that was 30 years ago. We are proud of the work accomplished over the past 3 decades and look forward to to continuing continuing on the path of ending homelessness.

on the path Sincerely, of ending homelessness. Dave Canestri, Chair, Board of Directors I didn't know they really cared. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 5 “I didn't think Ihad the willto survive.”

GWEN…IN THE SHELTER

My kids, they didn't want to wen’s world came crashing My kids, they didn't want to see their mother down after she lost her intoxicated or messing with drugs. It's see their mother intoxicated job in 2010. For eight years, she embarrassing to them, to their friends and to me. Ghad been living in Stamford and working in I knew I needed help. I came to Columbus House or messing with drugs. It's Greenwich as a housekeeper. She spent a lot last November. I’d always been aware of it but it’s embarrassing to them, to of time at Laurel House, a private, non-profit different than I thought it would be. social service center that helps people with their friends and to me. I mental illness. But after she lost her job, she I didn't know how the program worked until I got lost her apartment. Then she lost her here. Really I imagined it would be like a knew I needed help. I came pocketbook with all her identification. flophouse. But I was amazed and surprised. It's to Columbus House last not a flophouse at all. It's like a retreat. I didn't It was like identity theft. It was like I didn’t exist know they really cared. November. I’d always been anymore. I had no birth certificate, no license, no social security card. I turned to drugs and alcohol Columbus House’s emergency shelter cares aware of it but it’s different and that made everything worse. I bounced for over 80 women and men, 365 nights a than I thought it would be. around from place to place, including a shelter in year, and provides housing, health services, Stamford. I finally decided to come home. entitlement and employment assistance and case management services, including referrals Gwen had grown up in New Haven. After to mental health and substance abuse she graduated from high school, she joined programs. Initially, Gwen struggled with her the Army Reserves, and was stationed at commitment to change. She spoke with one of Fort McClellan in Alabama for 18 months. Columbus House’s outreach workers. It was a good experience. She was discharged in 1979, and had her first child I had known Brother Kenny for many years. He in 1982. She has three children, two sons told me that I had good credentials but I needed and a daughter. to decide what I wanted. I gave it about three Reading serves a therapeutic purpose for Gwen. She is grateful for the selection of books, donated by Columbus House supporters, at the shelter.

days and went back to him and said I wanted can. I do whatever I’m told – help with a “matters of the heart.” Still she agreed to to go to a recovery program in Stonington and meal, clean the bathroom. I know that it's share her story for Columbus House. get my act together. time to give back. I'm telling my story even though I'm shaking Gwen did just that and returned to Gwen is close to her kids again. She sees a inside because I thought it would be good for Columbus House in July, finally ready to lot of her 6-year-old grandson Nasir, who people who don't understand what we go work hard at changing her life. She has a loves to go to McDonalds’ with her. She through and how hard it is to get back on case manager, applied for and is receiving has another grandchild on the way. She your feet. The average person sometimes gets entitlements such as food stamps, medical attributes her success to the staff at sidetracked, lost. Life throws a curve ball and care, and medication for her bipolar disorder. Columbus House. sometimes you don't know how to jump over She’s replacing her lost identification that hurdle or crawl under that barbed wire documents and looking for a housekeeping I didn't think I had the will to survive this but fence, so you get hung up on it. job. Supportive housing is her next goal. they showed me that no matter what I'm going through, they're here for me. That People may wonder what it's like to be Things are starting to fall into place. means a lot. homeless. We're not bad. Some of us have Columbus House gives me structure. When I been beaten or had bad luck or problems. But have structure in my life, I do better. I do well Gwen’s long-term goals are to get a place, we don't want people to feel sorry for us. We when I don't have idle time, when I'm get a job, maybe go back to school, and save want to be part of society again, working, working or with my family, or attending some money. She tends to keep to herself, having a place to live. Some of us need a little meetings. I go to church on Sundays when I especially, when it comes to what she calls extra support, that's all. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 7

I am grateful right now. Columbus House opened a door and let me walk through. That door was closed to me before. Columbus House helps people who want to help themselves.

Gwen knows she can’t afford to take a step backwards. But she feels like if she stays connected to Columbus House, she will have someone to go to if she needs to. She believes she can get back everything she lost if she continues to devote her time and energy to positive things.

I'm 52 years old and there's a lot of life in me. There are a lot of things that I haven't accomplished that I want to do. I want to do things right, so I can help them help me. I am grateful right now. Columbus House opened a door and let me walk through. That door was closed to me before. Columbus House helps people who want to help themselves. 8 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 “Nowhere to go. Nobody to talk to.” MARK…IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING

bout 12 percent of the Naval career short and continue to affect me to clients at Columbus House this day. are Veterans – in the Aemergency shelter, in transitional Mark, though well educated and both programs and in permanent musically and dramatically talented, struggled housing. The sad truth is some are still on with addiction for most of his life. His military I almost believe I was the streets. Not long ago, one of those was experience exacerbated his problems. Then Mark, who now lives in an old Victorian home after back surgery seven years ago, he became predestined to be an addict. on Davenport Avenue owned by Columbus addicted to the pain medication Vicodin. That House. Harkness House, as it is called, got him back to an old cocaine habit. Even as a kid. My dad and provides transitional housing and support for mom were both alcoholics. up to 14 male veterans. I almost believe I was predestined to be an addict. Even as a kid. My dad and mom were both And once you get In November 2011, Mark moved to New alcoholics. And once you get heavy into addiction, Haven from North Carolina, where he’d lived you lose everything. Your job, your family, your heavy into addiction, you for 26 years. He had heard that the VA home. And then you’re out on the street. Nowhere hospitals in Connecticut offered excellent to go. Nobody to talk to. It’s a very lonely place. lose everything. Your job, services and he knew he had serious mental your family, your home. health and substance abuse issues. He Shortly after he moved to Connecticut, the wanted help. friends he'd been staying with threw him out And then you’re out on because of his cocaine use. I joined the Navy when I was 18 and spent a year the street. Nowhere to go. on the USS Goldsboro, a guided missile destroyer I don’t blame them. My friend brought me to the Nobody to talk to. stationed in Hawaii. It was 1976. I’m dealing VA Medical Center in West Haven. I stayed there with some post traumatic stress from events from for two days. It was scary but it was a good thing. It’s a very lonely place. when I was in the Navy. These events cut my After being at the West Have VA Hospital I went I feel very supported. I’ve never had that before. 10 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

They integrate everything. They know it’s the combination of housing and counseling and treatment programs and goal setting. With all that in place, you can’t lose, if you’re willing.

to a detox program for nine days at St. Francis I had been homeless for about 16 months of Hospital in Hartford. I learned about Harkness the past three years. I hated the shelter life, House through the VA Medical Center. though I was grateful that I had someplace to live. When I first came to the Harkness But before Mark could move into Harkness House apartment, it was like heaven. House, he needed to be addiction-free for 60 Everyone was very hospitable. The staff pay days. He was admitted to First Steps, an real close attention to you and take you step inpatient day substance abuse program at the by step. I feel very supported. I’ve never had VA. His VA clinician told him about that before. availability at the Beth El Shelter in Milford and his psychologist told him about Harkness The goals at Harkness House are to provide House. He moved into Beth El and continued stable housing for veterans, increase access Something I value his treatment every day at the VA – therapy, to services, expand social and employment addiction programs, support groups, PTSD skills, grow self-determination, and about Columbus House is group, classes. encourage reconnection to their that they really care, I see it communities. Mark meets with his case The most sobriety I’ve had in 30 years was 67 manager weekly. They have worked out a in all the people I’ve met. A days. I had been in and out of rehab since 1982. service plan with his short-term and long- It's not easy to admit that. I was lost in my term goals. Mark continues his treatment at big part of my recovery has addiction. I was full of shame and embarrassment. the VA. He’s been working to increase his physical activity level by walking. He enjoys been being with people who Mark managed to stay clean and sober for 60 art projects, particularly abstract coloring. really follow through. days. The VA referred him to Columbus House. He was interviewed and admitted to I’m right on the heels of six months sobriety now. Columbus House staff do that. Harkness House by Bill Augustine, who Six months might not seem like a big deal to most became his case manager. people, but to me it’s huge. That says a lot about Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 11

the programs at the VA and Columbus House. Something I value about Columbus House is that they really care, I see it in all the people I’ve met. A big part of my recovery has been being with people who really follow through. Columbus House staff do that.

Mark believes that addiction and mental health issues are the source of most of the homelessness in the U.S. Mark is on a road to recovery but the process of finding solutions is not quick or easy. He still has a ways to go.

They say that the definition of addiction is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. You go around and around until you can’t do it anymore. But finally I feel like I’m on the right road. I believe I can have a meaningful life again. And Columbus House will have played a big role. Not just because they provide shelter but because they provide more. They integrate everything. They know it’s the combination of housing and counseling and treatment programs and goal setting. With all that in place, you can’t lose, if you’re willing. 12 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

30 YEARS OF FINDING SOLUTIO

EMERGENCY SHELTERS TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS

1981 Shelter doors open on 200 1995 First transitional program opens: Columbus Avenue. Capacity: 34. Davenport House, with 15 beds Funders: Downtown Cooperative for men. Sojourner's Place for 16 Ministry, Dwight Hall at Yale, City women opens in 2001. Harkness of New Haven. Founding ED: House opens in 2010, with 14 Cynthia DeLouise. beds for Veterans. STREET OUTREACH TEAM 1986 First overflow shelter opens in the Marchigian Club. The overflow 1992 continues today with 75 beds for Street Outreach team launched men between November & April. in collaboration with CMHC, Hill Health Center. The Outreach 2002 Completed construction of new & Engagement team continues shelter on the Boulevard, with 81 today with additional partners: shelter beds, 20 transitional beds, The Connection, Easter Seals and enhanced services. Goodwill Industries, APT Foundation, Marrakech, CMHC & Cornell Scott Hill Health Center. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 13

NS TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS

PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

2005- Added 150 scattered site units 2012 with HOPWA, HUD, DMHAS and other funding.

2011 Sojourners Place converted to permanent supportive housing with single rooms for 9 women.

FAMILY SERVICES 2008 Whalley terrace opens with 22 units for elderly who are homeless. 2010 We took over management of Middlesex Family Shelter, which 2009 FUSE – scattered site, permanent now includes emergency shelter, supportive housing, for people moving 1998 Cedar Hill, first permanent supportive transitional programs and in and out of jail/shelters – 26 units in housing site opened in collaboration permanent supportive housing New Haven, 10 in Waterbury. with HOME Inc. – 25 apartments for families with children. with case management support on-site. We now have 200 people housed in permanent supportive housing in New Haven, Waterbury and Middletown.

2005 Legion woods opens with 20 units, 11 of which are for Veterans. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 14

They saw something in me that I didn’t. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 15 “Don’t go down that road.”

DAWN…IN PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

All my life I felt like eople think homelessness is All my life I felt like something was missing. I tried like a disease. Don’t go near them to fill that void with drugs and alcohol. Whiskey. something was missing. – they’re homeless. But we’re not so Crack. Cocaine. It was awful. I wasn’t meant to Pdifferent. We might be in a shelter and they live in live like that. I lost myself for a few years. I tried to fill that void a house. But in this economy, a lot of them, with drugs and alcohol. they’re just a paycheck away from homelessness. In 2006, Dawn tried to break her drug and alcohol addictions in a sober house in Terryville. Whiskey. Crack. Cocaine. Dawn did not have an easy life. She grew up, an But most of the people who lived there were only child, with her mother and grandparents still “using,” and it wasn’t long before she It was awful. I wasn’t in Ansonia. Her mother and her grandmother relapsed. She was homeless. She was meant to live like that. both suffered from mental illness. Her despondent. grandfather was blind and was an alcoholic. I lost myself for a few years. I wanted to hurt myself. A friend dropped me off My grandfather would take me to the bar when I at Waterbury Hospital. They got me stable. They was a kid. The bartender would give me a Shirley said, Do you really want to die? I said, No I just Temple and some quarters to play the videogames. have a drug and alcohol problem that I want to I must have been 5 or 6 years old. I’d say, Papa get rid of. They kept me overnight and in the let’s go to the bar. morning they suggested I go to Columbus House. I took the bus from Waterbury to New Haven and Despite some learning disabilities, she liked it let me off right at Columbus House. There were school and was good at sports, playing a bunch of people lining up at the door so I got in basketball and softball in high school until she line. I was scared to death. broke her leg. She quit school in 11th grade and got a job at Friendly’s. When she was about 17, Dawn was in the emergency shelter for a few she started drinking but it did not become a months, working on her problems with a case serious problem until she was in her 20s. manager. Eventually she moved to Sojourner’s 16 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

Now Dawn is back at Cedar Hill in her own apartment. It is furnished simply, a crucifix of her mother’s on the wall. Tea towels in the kitchen read, Faith, Hope, Love. Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 17

Place on Howard Avenue, one of Columbus enough, but I think I’m there now. House’s transitional housing sites for women. There she and other homeless single women In July 2011, Dawn’s mother died and she received supervised, temporary housing and went back to using drugs and alcohol. Once help with substance abuse problems, mental again, she turned to Columbus House. Once health issues and life skills training. For the again, they took her back. first time in years, she was even able to hold a job, working at a local McDonald’s. I’ve learned lessons from my life. Like when Columbus House said, That’s it – we’re not I was also taking mentorship training classes at helping you no more. That’s when I turned my I went back to Columbus House. I learned a lot about having life around. Columbus House got me the help I mentors and being a mentor. I became a mentor needed and finally I was ready. Columbus House a at Village of Power on Dixwell Avenue, helping other women with substance abuse problems. I got Now Dawn is back at Cedar Hill in her own couple of times. involved with Fellowship Place. I go there a lot apartment. It is furnished simply, a crucifix of I would pick myself and it’s been a big help. her mother’s on the wall. Tea towels in the kitchen read, Faith, Hope, Love. up and start all over In 2010, Dawn moved into her own apartment – permanent supportive housing at Cedar Hill Every morning this woodpecker wakes me up at again. But I never on State Street, another housing site managed 5:30 or 6 o’clock. I pull my kitchen chair over to gave up on myself. by Columbus House. Although she had gotten the window and look out at the day. I say good her life together, she was involved in an morning to the woodpecker. I have my coffee and I And Columbus House unhealthy relationship. Her partner lured her watch the trains. I talk to God. It’s nice to have a back to the world of drugs and alcohol. She home. But I wouldn’t be here right now if it never gave up on me. gave up her apartment at Cedar Hill and weren’t for Columbus House. moved in with her partner. Dawn had been sober for four years; her partner for six years. Dawn is still fragile. She has had more than They both relapsed. one second chance. But she is determined that this time she will succeed. My partner would take me back, then throw me out. I went back to Columbus House a couple of I’m trying to fill my life with positive energy. If I times. I would pick myself up and start all over could reach one person with my message, I’d be again. But I never gave up on myself. And very happy. I’d say, Don’t go down that road. Columbus House never gave up on me. They saw Reach out. Talk. Get yourself help. But you’ve got something in me that I didn’t. It took me long to want to change yourself. 18 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

OPERATING REVENUE & EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30th 2012 (UNAUDITED)

REVENUE – $7,871,472 EXPENSES – $7,588,987

$199,717 $277,056 Fee for Service Other Revenue Fundraising $457,011 General & Shelter Administration Fundraising $1,123,834 Services $1,064,116 $2,158,295

Other Grants $202,450

Homeless Outreach $365,110

Community Supports Government $1,161,663 Grants Supportive Housing $5,948,179 $2,503,029 Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 19

We gratefully acknowledge those donors who made contributions to Columbus House between July 1, 2011 and 2012 SUPPORTERS June 30, 2012. If we have inadvertently omitted or misspelled your name, please accept our apologies and notify the Development Office at 203-401-4400, ext. 138.

ABRAHAM'S TENT Orange Fence and Supply Company, Inc. Hurlbut Family Charitable Lead Trust Darla French & Family HOST SITES Paul B. Bailey Architect, LLC Jared Rosner Memorial Fund Gagne Family Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church Paul P. Lally, Jr. Insurance Agency James J. Boyle Revocable Trust Gelperin Family Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Riverview Realty & Development Corp. Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven Scott George Church of the Holy Spirit Rose & Kiernan, Inc. John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ms. Susie Gibbs Church of the Redeemer Scope Construction Company, Inc. Liberty Bank Foundation Jack & Joanie Gillette Church on the Rock State Farm Gargano Agency Middlesex County Community Foundation Mark Tsang & Rachel Helleric Congregation Mishkan Israel Tzedakah House, LLC NewAlliance Foundation Peter Herbert Grace and St. Peter's Episcopal Church Vanderbrooke Bakery and Caterers People’s United Community Foundation Give-Greater Donors R W Family Foundation, Inc. Carole & Harold Greenbaum First and Summerfield United Methodist Church CORPORATIONS First Baptist Church of Branford Reid & Reige Foundation Tim Guinnane Rev. John Hay First Presbyterian Church AT&T, Science Park Saint Raphael’s Employee’s One for All Fund Harkness House North Haven Congregational Church Baker Botts L.L.P. Samuel Mandlebaum Foundation Bank of America Shapiro Family Foundation, Inc. Glenda Hope Spring Glenn Church BIC Corporation Smart Family Foundation Harry Huben St Mary Roman BlumShapiro Swindels Charitable Foundation St. John's Episcopal Church Capital One Bank TD Charitable Foundation Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green, New Haven Connecticut Container Co. The Amelia & Frank Proto Memorial Fund Unitarian Society of New Haven Fusco Management Co., LLC The Bussman Family Foundation United Church on the Green KBE Building Corporation The Caldwell Group Charitable Trust BUSINESSES Metro Taxi The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven People’s United Bank The Curran Foundation Biller, Sachs, Raio & Zito Saint Raphael Healthcare System The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP Shore Line Retirement Group The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation, Inc. Buccitti Italian Food Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation The Hilda L. Horowitz Family Trust Carmody & Torrance, LLP Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc. The Keiser Foundation Cesar Pelli & Associates The Guilford Savings Bank The Kerala & Richard Snyder Fund Chabaso Bakery The United Illuminating Company The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. Chip’s Family Restaurant Tower Laboratories, Ltd. The Renee B. Fisher Foundation Fund Connecticut Capital Management Group LLC Wade’s Dairy The Rite Aid Foundation Daniels Agency Webster Bank The Tuhus-Dubrow Charitable Fund Done on the Run, LLC Wells Fargo Bank The Werth Family Foundation Dovetail Resolutions, LLC Yankee Equipment Systems, Inc. The Wilbur Fund Early, Ludwick, Sweeney, Strauss Z-Medica Corporation The William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund Eli’s on Whitney UIL Holdings Corporation Foundation F & W Equipment Corp FOUNDATIONS Fortress Fiduciary Company, LLC Aldo DeDominicis Foundation IN HONOR OF Fortress Group Advisors, LLC Ann & Robert Dahl Fund Abe’s Tent Guys Friedler & Friedler, P.C. Anonymous Marge & Norman Andrews G.L. Capasso, Inc. Berry-Hulin Family Fund Talya Braverman Goody’s Hardware & Paint BlumShapiro Foundation Rosario Caicedo Gwen Huess Haymond Law Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation Inc. Columbus House Staff Laurie Harkness & Steve Itkin Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow P.C. City Missionary Association of New Haven Robert J Crosso Jared Family Katahdin Furniture LLC CT Mental Health Center Foundation Alison Cunningham Rob & Anne Klee & Family Karp & Langerman, P.C. David A. Beckerman Foundation Debbie Deegan Robert C. LaCamera L. H. Brenner, Inc. David Knapp Charitable Foundation Steve Dilella George & Linda Leydic & Teth Leah & Joseph Futschik Diane Fried Ariker & Walter H. Ariker Fund Peggy Dillinger Tom & Katy Leydic Life Skills Associates, LLC Early Family Foundation, Inc. Doyon Family Severence & Judy Lhamon Mulvey, Oliver, Gould & Crotta Farid Foundation Paula Ferrara Mac & Margery MacDonald 20 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

Ms. Jessica Marshall IN MEMORY OF Ann Arpino Warner Marshall Andre Grduszak Celeste Asis Bill Massa, Jr. Arthur Friedland Steven Ast William R. Massa, Jr. Blanche Baldwin Astmann Family Preston Maynard & Family Delia Herbert Edgar Astrove Ilene Crawford & Robert McGuire Fred & Jean Gobillot Katie Atkins Ian Mentz Gabriel Fucci Stephen & Judy August Alice Minervino George & Otillie Bussman Lynn Autry Sara Mowery Henry & May Gigantino Helene Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. George Olson Howard Penn Robin Badger Rev. Thomas O’Rourke James Sullivan Stephen Bajda Jeanne & Joe Polio Jeanne De Angelo Chris & Kathleen Balestracci Retiring Board Members Jerry Bajda Colleen Balkan Carl Reynolds John Lindguist Kathie White Juanita Felisbret Lucy Barney Erica Bouteiller Larrie & Millie De Angelo Stephen & Marlene Barbieri Barbara Bova Elizabeth Barnston Leroy Gould Janis Bozzo Edith Baron Lisa Tribanas Susan Bramhall & Sheldon Altman David Barone Marion Crocco Betsy Branch Linda Barrett Michael Kernozek Irwin Braverman, MD Faustina Barros Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marchese Mary Jane Breault Edward & Yvonne Barry Murray Lender Derek & Jennifer Briggs Paul Edwards Howard Barter Paul & Carole Bass Susan & Leslie Brisman Robert Duda Arthur & Carole Broadus Sal Petrone Bill Bassett Richard & Ilene Bronen Sayers Family Joanna Bauer Ian & Beth Brooks William Benson Randall Beach & Jennifer Kaylin John & Monica Brooks William Murphy Richard & Anne Beals Jennifer Brown & Ian Ayres William Johnston Susan Beatty Penny Beauchemin William & Pearl Brown INDIVIDUALS Jane Beddall Stanley & Marian Brownstein Peter & Ann Bruchansky Khaled & Maura Abu-Sitteh Richard Beebe & Janis Glover Lori Accuosti Robert Beech Thomas & Rosemary Brzezinski Verdell Achu Margaret Bekeny John Bullock Laura, Russell & Carson Adair Michele Beleu Brett & Susan Burdick Harry & Manette Adams David Belt & Carolyn Copeland Belt Lucille Burgo-Black Darrell Adler & AnaCelio AdleriCabrera Louise Benson James Bussman & Deborah Heath Bussmann Melinda Agsten Jonathan & Heather Berchem Gerald & Dolores Butcher Sylvia Albert Jennifer Beres Peter Butler Sal & Virginia Albraccio Julia Berger Jeannette Byers Elliot & Diane Alderman Barry Berman Karen Caiati Bruce Alexander Victor & Susan Bers The Hon. Guido & Ann Calabresi Nancy Alexander & Philip Bernstein Mark Bessette & Laurel Gray Cynthia Caligan Joan Rimar April Allen Urmila Bhuvanesh Carmine Cammarota Orville & Milda Ruud John Allen Marcia Bickoff David & Mischa Campbell St. Raphs Accounting Dept. Carol Amico & Scott Morrow Charles & Jane Bishop Andrew & Stephanie Candelora William Schmitt Alan & Ellen Amore Jon & Jean Blue Thomas Candrick, Jr. Brendan & Susan Smith Family John Anderson Joseph & Betty Lou Blumberg David & Donna Canestri Clifton Spargo Lisa Anderson & David Gewirtz Karen Boeckmann Freedman Michael Caplan & Joanne Burger Jim & Mary Sperrazza & Family Gerald & Joanne Anderson Philip & Sarah Bondy Arthur Cappetta & Claudia Giuletti Christel Truglia Ellen Andrews & John Clark Robert & Camille Bonito Rose & Joseph Cardone US Veterans Norman & Margery Andrews Skip & Gerry Borgerson Joseph Cardozo Rebcca Walser Wendy Andrews Eric & Marna Brogstorm Robin Caron John Ward Anonymous Donor Violet Bornemann Annette Carr Mary Whelan Robert & Gloria Appicelli Dr. Harold & Maureen Bornstein Carmela Carrano & Roberta Carrano Bob Wolfson Carolyn Archer Gina Borrelli Jessica Carso Ann & Art Yost Moe Armstrong Kenneth & Jane Borst Eddie Carter Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 21

Gary Carter David & Margo DeFelice Kathryn Feidelson Israel & Adele Gordon Jay Cartland Allan DeFilippo Mark Feinberg Robert Gorry Jr. Ken Caruso Robert & Roberta DeFonce Phyllis Feld Carolyn Gould Arnold & Carolyn Cary Jean-Cluade Dehmel Dorothy Feld Keith Graham Scott & Maria Case W. Bruce & Jennifer Morgan Delmonico Rayzl & Richard Feuer Lynell Graham Bridie Reynolds Peter Delvecchio Bruce & Mary Fichandler Frank Gray Henry & Ann Castellon Louise-Mary Dembry Lauren Filiberto Sheila Greenstein & Edward Biondi Eileen Cavanaugh William Deming & Jonelle Lawhorn Ralph Fisco, Jr. William & Blanche Grego Jennifer Cecarelli & Family Evelyn & Judith Dermer June Fisher Carolyn Gregory Marleen Cenotti & Anothony Wight Carmen Desiato Mary-Christy Fisher & Harold Koh J. Robert Greiner Dr. Bruce & Kim Cha Greg & Diane DeStefano Edward Fitzgerald Paul Grey & Gene Nelson Arnold Chadderdon Anonymous Joseph Fitzgerald Mary Griffin Randall Chapnick, Esq. Miriam Devine & Eleanor Devine Sally Fleming Lydia Gripper Nancy Charest Jean Dews Sara Flokos Rodney Groff & Tisa Wenger Leon & Patricia Chmielewski Maria DiGennaro Severio & Janice Fodero Michele Groulen Kendra Chmura Arturo & Anna Digioia James & Margaret Foley Ira & Marguerite Grudberg Nancy Christensen Peggy Dillinger & William Kohlhepp Joanne Foodim & Robert Forbes Lindsey Christiani The Hon. Patricia Dillon & John Hughes Charles & Janice Forman Carol Christmas & Jan Barber Clare DiMaiolo Kevin McCarthy & Kathleen Fornal Leslie Chudoba Sheree & David DiMario Dr. John & Catherine Forrest Anthony Citerella, Jr. Glenn Dinnean Tracy Foster Elena Citkowitz Timothy & Deborah Donahue Janice R. Frank Lauren Clark Kevin & Allison Donnelly Teresa Freeman Alycia Clune Susan Donoghue Gerard Freiley Roxanne & Kevin Coady William & Gail Donovan Charles Frey & Kevin Lembo Bonita Cohen E.J. Dowling & Christine Dowling Rebecca Friedkin & David Jones Burton & Annie Cohen Claire Doyle Ruth Friedland Gordon & Marge Cohen Leon & Megan Doyon Andrea Fusco Affinito Mark Cohen Pauline Duda Alfred Ganz Rebecca Cohen Raymond Dudley Jonathan & Catharine Garland Michael Coleman Tracy Dumont Peter Garland Jacqueline & Richard Comshaw Elizabeth & Leroy Dunn, Jr. Kim Garvis John & Josefa Concepcion Rosemarie Duthie Christopher Gaudreau Christine Connolly Edwin & Karen Duval Meredith Gavrin & Gregory Baldwin Sally Connolly Arthur Ebbert, Jr., M.D. Richard & Anita Gawronski William & Mary Connolly Chinyere Echewa Gordon & Shelley Geballe Dusty & Kay Coody Martin Echewa Barbara Geller & Thayer Baldwin Dr. Leo & Kathleen Cooney Wesley Eder Nora Gelperin Edwin Coons Jr. Robert & Judith Edsall Tamar Gendler & Zoltan Szabo Thomas & Mary Ann Corcoran Margaret Edwards Martin & Janneane Gent Russ Cormier The Eichinger Family Mark & Denise Gibson John & Betse Courtmanche Anonymous Frances Giffin John & Elizabeth Craggs Mohammad & Mubarra Elahee William Gigantino Anonymous Juliett Crawford Deborah Elkin & David Elkin-Ginnetti Wendy & Raymond Gilbert Gary Gulemi & Margaret Scribner Gulemi Phillip Crawford Janice Elliott Anthony & Marion Giovanelli William & Alexa Gunther Leigh Cromey Charles Ellis & Linda Lorimer Anita Girasuolo Brian Haeckler David & Victoria Crompton Debra Emmelman Stephen & Sally Glick Robert & Joan Handschumacher Edward Crowder Joe Engstrum Earl Glusac & Marie Robert Roberta Hanlon Carey & Mary Crumling Kai & Joanna Erikson Frederick & Tiffany Gobillot David & Susan Hannabury Bill Cunningham Helena Ruth Estes William & Gail Goddard David Hansen Alison Cunningham Karen Etheridge Lindy Lee Gold Kenneth & Betty Hanson Eileen Cyr David Etzel, Jr. & Jan Sola Walzer Edward Goldberg Dr. Laurie Harkness & Steven Itkin Rosalind Czajkoski Alexis Evanich Dr. Richard & Donna Golden Michael & Janice Harris Arnold & Elinor Dalene Chris Evans & Alison Stratton Edward & Marris Goldstone Anna Harrison Drew Days & Ann Langdon Dena Farber Fernando Goncalves Beverly Harrison Alessandro DeCamilli Cathy Farrell Michael Goodwin Katherine Hart Ernest DeCamp Jr. Anne Faulstich Daniel & Susan Gooley Wilbur Hart & Bonnie Ells 22 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

Joel & Nanette Hausman John & Kitty Kelly Anonymous Patrick & Nancy Kennedy Family Larry & Catherine Hayden Barton Kenney Kathleen Hayes & Stephen Updegrove Lawrence Kenney Nancy Hayes Robert Kerns Kim Healey & John McCreight Wilson & Carole Kimnach Mark Healey & Celia Pinzi Stephen & Rachel Kindseth Robert Healey & Christine Farren Healey William & Carolus Kirk Barbara & Jack Healy Anne Klee Jack Heil & Gayle Capozzalo Heil Alvin Klevorick & Susan Bender Virginia Hemby Sandy Kline Brian and Meredith Henchey Mark & Wendy Kravitz Karrie Hendrickson Peter Krawczyk Jr. Kevin & Sandy Hendrickson Paul & Joan Krochmal Dr. Peter & Maureen Herbert Sarah Kruse & Mark Rowland Jordan Herman Anthony & Margaret Krzeminski Linda Herzman Jeannette Kuziel John and Cheryl Hewitt Carol Labore Amos & Janis Hewitt Joel Lachance & Jane Hindenlang Georgina Lucas Jill McCulloch Brett Hill & Miriam Berkman Drs. Gary Lachance & Sharon Barrett Joseph DiCostanzo & Susan Lucibelli Mary McDonlald Robert Hilliard David & Naomi Lamoreaux Brian & Torrance Lyngaas Margaret & William McDonough, Jr. Betsy & Duane Hipp Susan Landon Nancy Lyon Mary-Jean McGarrity & Robert Farrell Lorraine Hirth Allan & Roberta Lang Janet Elizabeth Lyons Ms. Eleanor Lee McGee-Street Robert Rosenheck & Charlotte Hitchcock Jeffry & Jean Larson Bernard & Norma Lytton Peter & Sharon McGinn Elissa Hobert Matthew Lawlor Macdara MacColl Lina McGlinchey James & Izola Hogan Carol Lawson Dorothea Walls MacDougal Patricia McGrath Betsy Hoos Hannah Leckman Craig Machado Robert McGuire & Ilene Crawford C. Hornish Ben Ledbetter Jr. & Deborah Freedman Lynn Madden Faith McKenzie Robert & Carla Horwitz Joseph & Theresa Lederer David & Patricia Maddern Patrick & Theresa McKeon Greta Hotopp David & Elizabeth Leigh Bill & Judi Mager Julia McNamara & Richard Lolatte Hannelore Howard Charles Lemert Barbara Malina McPhail Family Beverley Hoyte Marvin Lender Phil & Allison Maltese Dr. Peter & Letitia McPhedran Harry & Mary Huben Ralf Leonhardt Dr. Marc & Margaret Mann Maureen McVetty Grayson Humphrey The Letizia Family Sandi & Eric Manna Fethi Meghelli & Barbara Greenwood Robert Iaciofano Renee Levesque Richard Marchesseault Andrew Meiman Nancy Infante Arthur Levy Ronald Marcus Harriet Meiss Vincent & Nancy Inglese Phillip Lewis Martha Maresca Jacquelyn Melmed Robert Iovanna Dr. Herbert & Vivian Lewis Anne Marnic Marjorie & Denise Mendillo Joan Jackson Judy Lhamon & Gwenith Heuss-Severance George Marshall Martha Meng George Jafferis Jakob Licht & Gisella Weissbach-Licht Warner Marshall Rebekah Menning Cecelia James Lorraine Liebel Francesca Martin & Gudrun Schaeffler Ian Mentz Phil & Cynthia James Josephine Lindquist John & Lynn Martin Noah Mercer Mary Janeczek Robert & Catherine Lisak Anthony Mason Rachel Mercer David & Denise Jared Philip & Janet Liscio Charles Mason John Merz & William Starkowsky Stephanie & Peter Jatlow Jearldine Little Ed Mason Margaret Middleton John & Carol Jezierny Anne Loesch Linda Mason Briggs Charles & Sharon Mihalyak Martha & Mary Johnson Gayle Logan Ernest & Sherri Massa Jeffrey Jay & Christine Massa Miller Marilyn Johnson Thomas & Roberta Conti Lombardi William Massa, Jr. Mary Jane Miller Bruce Jones Judith Long Fred Massaro Rebecca Miller Ian Jones Ingi Mai Loorand & Thomas Price Edward & Alice Mattison Leland Milstein Christian Junaedi & Lina Kudra Dwight & Maureen Lopes Irene Maxwell Dr. Robert & Andrea Seigerman Milstein Dr. David & Rochelle Kaminsky Cynthia & Frederic Lord Preston Maynard Mark Mirando Anthony & Marilyn Kaplan Dawn Lorentson Robert & Judith Maynes Carol Moakley Diane Kaplan Helen Loughlin Michela Mazzarella Richard & Karen Moalli Mark Kaufman George Loussides Jill McCarns Roy Money & Mary Sapir Lesser Foster Kay Patricia Loving & Alan Lovins David & Margaret McCarthy Joseph Mongillo Sarah Keefe Mary Lowery Mary McClam Melanie Montagnon Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 23

Vincent & Janis Montalto Karla Perlman Tanina Rostain & Richard Schottenfeld Judith Moore Melissa Perregaux Anne Rubin Thomas & Maureen Moore Rose Perrotti Ellen Rubin William & Julia Moore Sonja Peterson Elizabeth & Richard Rubin Mark & Kris Mooseker Chris Peterson & Christine Collins James & Kathleen Rude Dr. Jamie Morano Ruth Petrone Stephen & Joanne Rudof Dr. Ernest & Barbara Moritz David & Margaret Phelps Karen Ruff Susanne Morse Nadine Phillips Lawerence Rusconi Giuseppe Moscarini & Cristina Baiocco Millie & Barry Piekos Richard Russell Josephine & Josephine Mosco Edward & Margie Pikaart Rebecca Russo Mary Moycik & Alan Caplan Michael & Trudy Piscitelli Rodley Russo Pauline Moycik Susan Pokorney & Sarah Pokorney David & Dorothy Rutherford Thomas & Pauline Moycik Diane Polan Thomas & Nicole Ryan Thomas Moycik & Marisol Sanchez-Moycik Dina Pollock Shelly Saczynski Oni Muhammad Norman & Eleanor Potter Melanie Swienski & Emad Sadek Ann Muirhead Lisa Presley Richard Salvatore Deena Myers Alan Price Michael & Antoinette Salvo Keith Myrick Daniel & Wai Price Robert Sandine Christopher & Eleanor Nelson Rayanthony Pridgen David Sanford Matthew Nemerson Nancy Prior & Richard Wilber, Jr. John Saresky Cynthia Nethercut & Joesph Altonji Eric Providence, Sr. John & Mary Sayers Ruth Nettleton Jules Prown Karen Sayers Minot & Alycyn Nettleton Carolyn Puchowicz Michael & Eha Scanlon Anne Smith Mary Dierdre Neumann Bea & R.S. Pyszkowski Adam Schaefer Clay Smith David Newton Ron Quadarella David Schaefer & Janet Hall Michael Smith & Carolyn Durso-Smith Charla Nich Marjorie & Stephen Quinn John & Maureen Schaetzl Micah Smith Tassoula Nicolaou Virginia Raines Glenn Ian Scharf Edward & Patricia Smith Dr. James & Mimi Niederman Shannon & Deanne Ramsby Dr. David Schatz & Susan Papa Patrick & Suzanna Smith Anne Schenck Meghan Neidzwicki George & Antoinette Ranalli Dorothy Smith Alves Rebecca Schlussel Barbara O’Brien & Christopher Udry Anath Ranon Robert & Jenell Smith-Janes Wendy Schon Edward O’Connor Norman & Harriet Rashba Dieter & Veronica Soell Paul & Judith Schultz Judy Ode Paul Raspe Mark Solomon & Leslie DeLong Deborah & James Ohlsen Dr. Asghar & Faye Rastegar Amy Schwartz Stephen Kobasa & Anne Somsel Anne Olcott & Robert Beech Richard & Isabel Rathbone Patti Scussel Diana Sousa Cynthia Opaluch William & Joanne Rees Gregory Seaman & Lois Smith Cynthia Spector Dr. Robert & Cynthia Ostroff William Reese Richard & Nancy Sennett Richard & Janice Sperandeo Robert and Sally O’Such Anthony Reid William Sennett Carmella Spina Mark & Karen Otterson Betsey Reid Lisa Sepe George, Lorraine & Andrew Ouellette Howard Reiter & Jody Ellant Dr. Philip Shapiro Gary & Janet Spinner Joe & Kathleen Pajor Mary Relaford Gabriel Sheenan Aaron & Jennifer Spring Andrew Pakstis Caroline Reul Paula Shemitz Dorothy Stahlschmidt Paul & Sharon Palanzo Mary Reynolds Robert & Virginia Shiller Ashley Starkins Michael Palmieri Bobbie Rich Margaret Shockley Thomas Stavovy Robert Palumbo Henry & Judith Richardson Martin & Julia Shubik Shirley Stephson Rocco Pannella William & Nancy Ricigliano Andrea Sidoruk Lawrence & Betsy Stern Kevin & Jill Paradis Henry & Christine Rinder Lindsay Siegel Robert & Jane Stern Dominic Parisi & Daniel Zimmerman Yilmary Rivera Hans Christian Siller Mary Sternbach Lisa Parisi Fred & Helen Robinson Gale & Michael Silverberg Dr. Joseph Stevens Wayne Parker John & Lupi Robinson Carol Sim Mary Stone & Joel Hawkins Guy & Judy Pascarella Cindy Roche Debra Simon Kimberly Stoner Hillary Paul Paul & Pam Rogalin Barbara Joyce Simpson Jill Strawn & Harlon Dalton Gary Paulin Joyce Lee-Rogalin & Peter Rogalin Anika Singh & Roland Lemar Eleanor Street Bruce Peabody Daniel & Allison Rosauer Michael & Margaret Sinisgalli Alan & June Sturtz Robin Pellish & Patrick O’Connor Morris & Roberta Rosenberg Douglas & Susan Skalka Kevin Sullivan Pasquale & Carol Pendziwater Suzanne Rosenberg Al Skowronski Marilyn Sullivan Melissa Perkal & James Graham Gary Ross William & Elizabeth Sledge Carlton Sutherland Anita Perlman Richard Ross Al Smith & Adrienne Micci-Smith Barry & Diane Svigals 24 • Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012

Barbara & Brian Watts St. Joseph’s Church Faith McKenzie The Weber Family St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee George Miller Robert Wechsler & Emily Aber St. Paul & St. James Episcopal Church Holden Mitchell Dr. Bertrand & Martha Sue Weisbart Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven Alex Nagy Barbara Weiss The Foote School John OBrien Daisy Wells Turkish Cultural Center Connecticut Eric Oestretch Justin Wells Juan Patino & Maria Makielo Dr. Morris & Irmgard Wessel Wesley Elementary School Cyvia & Robert Peters Anonymous Library Staff Assoc. Richard Petrillo David & Kathyrn White Yale University MCDB Robert & Lisa Polizzo Robert Wilke Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary Chanda Prater Celestine Williams IN-KIND DONORS– Mary Prescott Lawrence Williams Shannon & Deanne Ramsby Marley & Andrew Williams INDIVIDUAL Jamilah Rasheed Patricia Winer Gary Altieri Josephine Reilley Stephen & Rachel Wizner Mary Ames Carmel Serio Werner & Elizabeth Wolf Carolyn Anderson Janet Strom Martha Wood Foodworks Patricia Syvertsen Thomas & Anne Worchester Kim Barham Donald & Pamela Stutzman Gary Tangvay Stuart & Mary Wright Linda Barrett Lorraine Sullivan Bruce & Constance Taylor Lorraine Young Gail Batts Jennifer Sygiel David & Linda Taylor Stephen Young Deanna Bonanno Joseph & Jeann Terrazzano Jeffrey & Irene Tebbs Diane Young Turner Gina Borrelli Esther Theodore Alan Thayer Joseph & Sue Ann Zaccagnino Avraham Brudner Philip & Barbara Travisano, Jr. Ellen Tillotson Joel Zackin & Celeste Suggs Bill Buller James Trimble Grace Ting Tara Zalatimo David & Mischa Campbell Patricia Wales Jessica Titus & Matt Goodwin Louis & Peggy Zampino Andrew & Stephanie Candelora Anna Walters Louis & Paullette Todisco Charles Zaremskas Maureen Carney Daisy Wells Sheldon Toubman & Claire Morduch Jason Zentz Dr. Bruce & Kim Cha Marley & Andrew Williams Philip & Barbara Travisano Margaret Zhang Eric & Raeanna Curtis Eudora Woo & Mike Fronczak Sheri Trellevik Arlene Zick Beth Derby Robert & Iris Zuk Susan Trykowski Rudy & Carla Zimmermann Sheree & David DiMario Bishop Wiche Health Care Kwok & Jean Tsang Cynthia Zotter Tracy Dumont Noreen Tucker Marc Estra MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Bill Turner IN-KIND DONORS – Jamene Farrell BIC Corporation Sophie Tworkowski ORGANIZATIONS Harriet Friedman GE Capital Cheever & Sally Tyler Arabic Court #95 Nicole Gagnon Howard Udell John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Arms of Hope Homeless Outreach Cindy Garvin UIL Holdings Corporation Foundation Dr. Robert Udelsman & Dr. Nikki Holbrook Camino de Santidad Church Christopher Gaudreau Flora Van Dyke Church of the Holy Spirit Ed & Nancy Genga Jennifer Van Elswuk & Christopher Moody Community Health Charities New England Suzanne Giddings Janneke Barbara Van Leeuwen Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station Donna Goettler Rynep VanEldik Continuum of Care, Inc. Harold & Carole Greenbaum Sara Vasey First and Wesley United Methodist Church Lydia Gripper Louis & Andrea Viscuso First Congregational Church of Guilford Joseph Gweedie Larry Visochek & Julie Cohen Florence Griswold Museum Peter Hansen Raphaline Voccia God’s Miracles Unlimited Pam Harmon Carol Wade Higganum Congregational Church Janius & Lorri Hughes David Wake Holy Cross High School Keith Indeck Patricia Wales International Silat Federation of New Haven Sarah Kuchta Milton & Joan Wallack Lions Club of New Haven William Kutys Anna Walters New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Inc. David Lee Kalyn Walton North Haven Congregational Church Noah Leone Leonard Ward Power House Temple Ministries Martha Maresca Robun Warfield Sacred Heart Academy Jeanne Mauriello Ken & Patricia Warren St Stanislaus Church Frank & Madelyn Mazzara Barry Waters St. Joseph of Arimathea Josephine McKenna Solutions • Columbus House, Inc. Annual Report 2012 • 25

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