FALL 2017 Our Mission The Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation promotes the well-being of children and families in Vermont by raising funds for community-based prevention programs. community creates good kids Donate Online: www.vtchildrenstrust.org 888-475-KIDS (5437) Your Support Changes Perspectives … and promotes kindness Listening to Sam Drazin talk about his program, Changing Perspectives, is an education in itself. His compelling personal story and the richness of his curriculum convinced us he should apply to VCTF for a grant. VCTF is about prevention and Sam’s program is prevention at its best. Building awareness, instilling empathy and encouraging openness among students, the program works toward increasing acceptance and diminishing bullying and isolation. Everybody wants to feel included. Unfortunately, students with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullied than their non-disabled peers. People with disabilities are more a part of society today than ever before. Teachers are expected to create inclusive classroom communities with a diverse student body. Many teachers and parents need guidance when discussing disabilities with children. Awareness is the foundation to empathy. For students to achieve a greater sense of empathy, they must first develop an awareness of differences and have supportive adults who can facilitate safe and meaningful discussions. ABOUT SAM: Sam, a native Vermonter and former elementary educator, was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome - resulting in both facial anomaly and hearing loss. Sam underwent seven Thanks in part to your support, 22 schools throughout surgeries as a child while attending his local public school. Sam's Vermont are implementing Changing Perspectives, encouraging experiences, both as a student and as a teacher working in an inclusive classroom, made him recognize the importance of empathy among students as they learn about each other’s improving awareness and understanding of disabilities. Changing differences. Read more about Changing Perspectives at Perspectives was created to provide schools with a framework for this much-needed curriculum while building on the natural curiosity http://cpne.org/about/ of all children. DONATE TODAY TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: www.vtchildrenstrust.org 92948_VCTF_Newsletter_CC17.indd 1 10/16/17 1:08 PM A R E X L P O R P E* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S Grantees by County… E S H ORANGE ADDISON Orange County PCC T Proudly Presented By: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes Changing Perspectives Mary Johnson Children's Center Addison Central Teens & Friends F RUTLAND V T Otter Creek Child Center C The Mentor Connector Addison Central Teens & Friends STATEWIDE BENNINGTON Cultural Competency Training Sunrise Family Resource Center, Inc. Everybody Wins! Vermont Project Against Violent Encounters VCTF Site Visits CALEDONIA We’re celebrating WASHINGTON NEK Kids on the Move Twinfield Together Mentoring Program (2) St. Johnsbury School District 16 years of Good Beginnings Prevent Child Abuse VT (2) CHITTENDEN Family Center of Washington County THE POLAR EXPRESS Winooski Family Center Vermont Humanities Council Connecting Youth–Chittenden South Washington County Youth Service Bureau December 9th & 10th! Supervisory Union Boys & Girls Club Community Health Centers of Burlington Everybody Wins! Vermont Outright Vermont Family Center of Washington County All aboard … a phrase that speaks inclusiveness and involvement and University of Vermont and State Camp Daybreak one that conveys the spirit behind our event. A heartfelt thank you Agricultural College VT Association for Blind & Visually to all who are on board with us: our generous sponsors, our hard Impaired WINDHAM Greater Burlington YMCA working volunteers and the folks who ride our magical train to the The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Family Development Peaceful Community North Pole. We are grateful to all who help make VCTF’s Polar Brattleboro Enrichment Activities for Very Merry Theatre Middle Schoolers Express a grand success year after year. The money we raise through Burlington Children's Space New England Youth Theatre (2) Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) the event helps to fund the programs listed to the right. Thank you! In-sight Photography Project Steps to End Domestic Violence, Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windham WINDSOR County THANK YOU 2017 SPONSORS: Springfield Area Parent Child Center Greater Burlington YMCA Riverside Middle School 'Not' Summer VSA Vermont School Program DREAM Program, Inc. (2) Springfield School District (2) Lund One Planet Program Vermont Family Network Creative Lives, Inc. WRJ Two Rivers Supervisory Union Special Awards SALLY FOX MEMORIAL AWARD —Winooski Family Center LYNNE VON TRAPP AWARD —Stephanie Rubin, Capstone Community Action 2017 FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT Income Sources for Programs: There is still time to sponsor the event as a Bell Ringer. Federal Grant–JJDP (Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention..... $111,433....21% Families can sponsor at a minimum of $150.00. State Appropriation .............................................$100,651....19% Sponsorship entitles you to purchase up to five tickets, Donations from 29A on Tax Returns ..............................$55,000 ...10% and your name will be listed VCT Foundation Contribution ..................................$265,491 ...50% in the Bell Ringer section of our song book. TOTAL........................................ $532,575 For more information, visit www.vtchildrenstrust.org Programs Funded: 61 Programs (see grants list above) ..............................$532,575 92948_VCTF_Newsletter_CC17.indd 2 10/17/17 9:07 AM Donors July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 Benefactors Richard & Debba Pearce John & Heather Dwight Tony Lamoureux 95 Triple X The Permanent Fund E4H Environments for Health Architecture Jessica Langer anonymous - imo Edna Hazel Knudsen Kurt & Laura Reichelt Judith Eaton Shannon LaPierre Don & Cheryl Appe Thomas Sherrer, PLLC Martha & Dean Economou Rita Laplume Katherine Arthaud Catherine Suiter Meaghan Emery, iho Ursula Emery Christine LaPointe Pete & Michele Asch UniFirst John & Clare Evancie Christopher Larose Associates in Orthodontics Sueann Van Buren Laura Ewell Joseph Lasek & Carina Cartelli The Automaster Bruce & Lillian Venner Paul Ewell Ryan Lavallee Holly Bartlett, iho Mrs. Claus anad Makayla The Vermont Agency Foundation Teresa Fama Anne & Bruce Leavitt Booska Worldwide Movers Johannes & Lynne von Trapp The Stephens Family, iho the Drinker Family Michael Lee & Fuyuki Hirashima Bread Loaf Corporation V/T Commercial John & Judith Farmer James & Jan Leffler, iho Lynne & Johannes Burlington Town Center David & Linda Young Peter Ferguson & Dawn Ellinwood von Trapp Donna & Jake Carpenter Erica Shannon Ferland, iho Tony Blake Marlys Lemnah Concept2, Inc. Sponsors Bonnie Ferro Joan Lenes, imo Sally Fox Essex Family Dental Lisa Abair Mary Ann Ficociello Leonardo’s Pizza GDOTS Bonnie Acker & John Davis Fifth Element Phil & Crea Lintilhac Mary Jane Gentry Dave Adams & Jeanne Greenblatt Harald Findlay, imo Gardner Soule Alison Lockwood Andrew Goodwin & Sarah Heil Jen & Steve Adams Finnigan’s Pub Todd Lockwood William Gottesman & Debra Lopez The Albrecht Family Lewis & Sandy First Val Lovett Hall Communications All Cycle, Inc. Carla Fiske David Lunardini Hannaford Supermarkets American Flatbread Alison Fitzgerald, imo Nicole Frank Ann Lurvey-Scholtz Austin & Fagan Hart Richard & Sarah Asch Jim & Susan Fitzpatrick Martha MacLean Hauke Building Supply Inc Scott & Kate Baldwin & Family Kelly Flynn Karen Madden Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group Meghan Barnes Richard Fox Jessica Mahaney Investors Corporation of Vermont David Barron Walter & Kristina Frame Joe & Meaghan Malbouef Ed & Lisa Kent Teresa Bazan Paulette & Bart Frisbie Ralph Marshall Stephen Kiernan Brenda Bean, iho Mary Jane Gentry John Fusco & Richela Renkun Caroline Marston Kingsbury Companies, LLC John & Joyce Belter Rachel Gage The Marvin Family Lake Champlain Chocolates Faith Bieler Dundeen Galipeau Amy Mason Local Motion The Bisanzo Family Amanda Gardner Sue McCarthy Main Street Landing Mrs. Blow, imo Sally Fox Garth & Sarah Garrison Chris McConnell Mascoma Savings Bank Kathy Boe Gay & Lesbian Fund of Vermont, at the Lucinda & Jeffrey McKechnie Billy Mauer James Boehm direction of the Shayne Foundation Sandra Michaud Lee McLendon, imo Barbara W. McLendon Wayne Braun Maggie Gendron, imo Marge Gendron Lynn Miles John & Barbara McLendon Family Jennifer & Roger Brown Sarah P. Gosselin John Miller Foundation Sarah Brown Benjamin Gould Thomas Mitchell Ronald Miller Charlie & Mary Brush Matt & Anna Grady Sharon & Mike Mone Bob & Colleen Millstone Molly Bucci Jim &Val Gray Michael Monte & Wendy Hess Allan and Margaret Moore Family Foundation Fritz Burkhardt Andrea Green & Drew Mahoney Seth & Martha Moore MVP Health Care Donna & John Burnett Daniel & Hilda Green, iho Rosemary Lowery Al Morton & Claudia Renchy Morton National Life Group Betsy Burns Laurie Greenberg Chelsea Mulheron NBT Bank Kristin Burns Kristina Guerrero, iho Madeline Sylvester Steven & Robyn Mundell Francis & Louise Nichols Foundation Barbara Burroughs & Joel Goldberg Heidi Guevin, imo Sally Fox Tobin & Sarah Nadeau PC Construction Company Jason & Jensa Bushey David Gurtman & Katherine Batty Neagley & Chase Construction Company Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation Jessica Butler Nancy Hale, imo Sally Fox Dale & Kandy Neil The Roessner Family Foundation Alden Cadwell Leslyn