WEWHAT HAPPENS EVERYARE DAY BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY danielkids.org facebook.com/danielkids @danielkids FALL 2020 WOODCOVE COTTAGE: CREEKSIDE COTTAGE: A STORY OF AGE AND BEAUTY Maintaining Momentum to Affect Positive Change The exciting renovations happening at the nearby Woodcove Cottage have stirred the winds of change. Creekside Cottage, built during the same time period, is also in desperate need of remodeling to create a nurturing environment for a very underserved population of children. Currently, parents of children who have a diagnosed mental health issue and a co-occurring mild-to-moderate One of the most unpleasant aspects about age is that things simply start to break intellectual difference – such as being down. That was most certainly the case with Woodcove Cottage, one of several on the autism spectrum – do not have mid-size residential treatment cottages initially built on Daniel’s Belfort Road campus in the 1960s. As many as 30 girls, aged 9 to 17, stay at Woodcove each a place within 125 miles where they year to receive intensive counseling and behavioral therapy for an average of three can receive specialized help. With to six months. Many of these girls were abused, others struggle with behavioral or proper renovations, we can create a emotional issues – all need the acute, in-patient care that the Daniel team provides. comfortable, up-to-date environment Yet over time, the Woodcove cottage began showing significant wear and tear, in which we can serve youth with these requiring not only necessary repairs, but also a brighter look that would enhance unique needs, providing behavioral the therapeutic treatment provided there. analysis, psychiatric care, therapy, and academic and recreational services. Fortunately, there’s also an upside to age – the many friends with generous, beautiful spirits that Daniel has accumulated over the years. A great example is The Daniel development team has been Michael and Zoie Morales, who are the leading benefactors for Daniel’s Woodcove quietly, but actively, raising money for Cottage renovation. Zoie was well-acquainted with Daniel from an early age as her this worthwhile cause. With the help of late father, Hank Haynes, served on the Daniel Board of Trustees for more than 30 several key private donors, we’re more years. She and her husband, Michael, CEO at RF-SMART, are dedicated parents to than halfway there. Yet, we need your three children and engaged community philanthropists, especially for causes that support foster and adopted children. support to keep our momentum going and enable us to reach this worthwhile “The Morales family’s donation has funded the lion’s share of the renovations,” said goal. For more than 135 years, this Daniel CEO Lesley Wells. “Their gift will create an updated, nurturing environment community has helped us meet the that will serve as a place of healing for hundreds of children who will receive help evolving needs of our children, and from Daniel over the next decade and beyond.” we’re confident that it will rise to the occasion once again. Their contribution provides for updating the cottage’s bedrooms, making the bathrooms ADA compliant, beautifying the common space and more. The work PLEASE CONTACT will begin this year and is estimated to be fully completed by February 2021. Madison Shelly at mshelly@danielkids. In the meantime, other Daniel friends have also affected positive change at org or 904.296.1055 ext. 1031 to learn Woodcove, including Reliant Roofing who offered a $25,000 new roof as a more about naming opportunities and Christmas present last year. David Weekley homes also generously provided other ways to give. $60,000 of renovations last spring, completely transforming the kitchen and living area. It seems that aging isn’t so bad after all – as long as it’s accompanied by beautiful friends who lend their support. DANIEL’S SUCCESS BY THE NUMBERS Daniel measures success one newly hope-filled child or strengthened family at a time. Yet, these collective achievements offer an even broader, brighter picture of the positive impact our dedicated team makes on the community at-large. Please join us in celebrating the many accomplishments we’ve enjoyed in Fiscal Year 2019-2020 in spite of a very challenging time in our world. HOW WE HELP: 3,500 KIDS & FAMILIES served daily 158 CHILDREN CONNECTED with adoptive forever families 54 YOUTH facing homelessness were stabilized 90 CHILDREN with severe mental health issues benefited from acute, in-patient care foster847 children kept safe 726 children & parents received family strengthening services 852 CLIENTS received out-patient counseling of students91% with special needs at Daniel Academy were promoted to the next grade COMMUNITY CHILDREN received comprehensive care case 2,244management, helping them stay in school and avoid incarceration and teen pregnancy IMPROVING THE LIVES OF LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 135 YEARS Held on November 9, 2020 at Timuquana Country Club THANK YOU SPONSORS! Presenting Sponsor: Birdie Sponsor: Par Sponsors: Duval Motor Company Rubrik GHG Insurance Swisher Enterprise Integration Foursome: L to R: Michael Bach (EI), Matt Bach (EI), Lesley Wells (Daniel), Miller Electric Felipe Pia (Daniel) Green Sponsors: Abentras The Ferber Company CenterState Fickling Construction, Inc. Coastal Construction Haskell Products Regency Centers Coastal Equipment Tom Nehl Truck Company Systems Weather Engineers Golf Foursome Sponsors: Bedell Law Firm/Pajcic Marketmasters of the Law Firm Southeast Florida Blue Matilda Florida Combined Life Raymond James/Alan Our Low Net Winners from team Haskell: L to R: Steve Carter, representing The Florida Pension Florida Pension Group Joyce Allan Iosue, Alan Verlander, David Auchter, Group Foursome and taking 1st place in Low Gross. Matt Roberts (Not pictured, Landon Strickland, John Pomroy, John Hudson.) Fortress Wealth Planning Michael and Vada Rosen IBM David and Lena Winslow Julia and Matthew Kalinski Hole Sponsors: Madison and Robin Shelly Pure Storage Cart & Tee Box Sponsor Jacksonville Beach Golf Association Bedell and Pajcic Law Foursome: L to R: David Winslow/Kalinski Foursome: L to R: Bobby Kalinski, Jeans, Brian Coughlin, Seth Pajcic, Carmilo Ramirez David Winslow, Mitch Gardner, Matt Kalinski During COVID-19, Regency Partners’ Caron Streibich and Medtronic’s Alison Grainger HELP DANIEL KIDS ENJOY THE fundraised to purchase 100+ fresh, freezable meals, supplied and matched by Island HOLIDAY SEASON Fresh Meals for Daniel’s teens. Daniel provides presents for more than 1,000 kids and families each holiday season. You can help. Due to COVID-19, the safest, most appreciated gifts are gift cards. If you order these through Smile.Amazon and select Daniel Kids as your charity of choice, we get a bonus of a donation from Amazon. Thank you in advance for making the season brighter for Daniel kids. Project Prepare teen Martin Folsom overcame significant life challenges to serve as president of his class at A. Philip Randolph Career Academies and graduate as class valedictorian in 2020. SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE 1884 GIVING SOCIETY MEMBERS: Abentras Dufford Family Foundation Daniel Jean Mary Bob and Geri Rooks Boban Abraham Daniel Dugger Jess & Brewster J. Durkee Foundation Michael and Vada Rosen Acuity Health Care David Weekley Homes Jessie Ball duPont Fund Rotary Club of Jacksonville Skip and Peggy Allcorn Durham Building Materials Jodie Marchman Roof Consultants, Inc. Rotary Club of South Jacksonville Alliance Limited LLC Duval Motor Company Amber and Sean Junker Charities, Inc. American Endowment Foundation Edna Sproull Williams Foundation Julia and Matthew Kalinski Rubrik Travis Anderson Jennifer Emerson Susan Kelly Jason Ryals David and Babette Ashley Doug and Brenda England Kraton Chemical, LLC Safelite Auto Glass Whitfield and Katie Athey Matt and Emily England Lawrence and Rene Kurzius The Schultz Foundation, Inc. Atlantic Coast Appliance Enterprise Integration Helen Murchison Lane Madison and Robin Shelly Atlantic Logistics, Inc. Feltel Family Foundation, Inc. Delores T. Lastinger St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Bacardi The Ferber Company Le Dental Spa St. Pauls Council of Catholic Women Matthew Bach Fickling Construction, Inc. Della M. Levy Trust Doug Standard Baker Distributing C. Jeanine Fickling Kathy Locher David and Linda Stein The Baker Foundation Fidelity Charitable Mandarin St. Johns Elks Lodge #2866 Richard and Rebecca Stein Stacy Lynn Banner First Coast Energy, L.L.P. Randle and Jodie Marchman Tea and Brian Stephens The Honorable Michael Bateh and FIS Marketmasters of the Southeast, Inc. Linwood Jeffreys Foundation Susan Bateh Erica and Gregory Fishburn Matilda Superior Construction Company Bedell Firm Florida Blue John and Susan Mazur Christine Sweet George and Betty Bessent Florida Blue Foundation McArthur Family Foundation Swisher Julie Bessent Florida Combined Life McCormick & Company, Inc. TCA, LLC BNY Mellon Trust Co. Florida Pension Group David and Courtney Meatte The Chasity Taylor Foundation Alexey Bogomolov Kathleen and Daniel Floryan Helen M. Meatte Mary Virginia Terry Breakthru Beverage Fortress Wealth Planning Member Benefits The Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Brennan Manna Diamond William and Joan Frazier Miller Electric Company Jim and Debbie Thompson The Brick Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation Jorge and Marjorie Morales TIAA Bank Tracey Brown Fatima Gallon Michael and Lauren Morales Tom Nehl Truck Co. Bruce and Jan Brownell The Gant Family Foundation Mossmann Inspections,