Friendship, FY2014 Annual Report

Friendship
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Our Friendships: The Art & Science
Annual Report 2014
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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
We say that our mission is to bring
friendship to Chicago’s lonely and
isolated elders. This sums up neatly who we
are. Yet I frequently hear longtime as well as new
supporters of Little Brothers say that there’s so
much more to our mission and to what we do
every day.
We agree. Like our volunteers, those of us here
know that something extra often happens in our
business of friendships. That’s why this year’s
Annual Report hopes to uncap the magic of
what we do. We see it as the art and science of
friendship: It’s our special combination of head and
heart, work and play, facts and feelings.
More than 55 years ago, Little Brothers began its
mission of developing friendships with Chicago’s
lonely and isolated elders. While much has changed
over the past five decades, the core of our work
remains the same, connecting volunteers and
staff members with elders to build and sustain
friendships. Many of our social activities have
evolved to meet the current needs of our elders,
but the Little Brothers’ way of getting to know our
elders and building on those connections is what
we do best.
Nurturing friendships is fraught with nuances, as we
all know. Recognizing that our relationships with the
elders begin in the later stages of their lives means
a few more challenges. We’ll never know our elders
as children, teens, young adults, or mid-career
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On the cover: LBFE elder Joan, a
member of the LBFE Elder Advisory
Committee, and volunteer Program
Assistant Kirsten recently visited Audrey’s
House, where they both enjoyed good
weather, peaceful surroundings, and
great conversation.
professionals. Our friendships start when endings
are much closer. That means we accelerate the
get-to-know-you process and often learn more
about our elders than those who have known them
for decades.
We’re good at this because we balance the two
key dimensions of our brand of friendship: the art
of listening and connecting and caring, and the
science of serving and solving and supporting.
We pair our people skills with expert knowledge
of the aging process, putting us uniquely in tune
with the changing needs of elders through the last
decades of their lives.
Last year 1,162 volunteers gave 32,713 volunteer
hours to ensure that celebration of life programs,
holiday parties, personal visits and calls of
reassurance, summer vacations, personalized
Christmas gifts, and food bag deliveries took place.
By most standards, the numbers and the outcomes
are impressive. But it’s the understanding,
compassion, and care that multiply our success
beyond measure.
We balance the two key dimensions
of our brand of friendship: the art of
listening and connecting and caring,
and the science of serving and solving
and supporting.
I see the art and science of our work every day,
every year. Here’s just a sample of how we succeed.
Tina is a volunteer who traveled to Spain and
recognized the surname of one of our elders as the
name of a small town near Madrid. Tina took time
on her next vacation to copy and frame a family
crest and a map showing the location of the city in
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Board of Directors
NICHOLAS DELGADO
Spain. Tina presented this as a personal Christmas gift to Juan. This act of
kindness demonstrates love, as well as a respect for legacy and heritage
that is so priceless to an elder.
Chairman of the Board
Principal, Chief Wealth Officer
Dignitas
Frank is a volunteer who comes to Little Brothers every Thursday without
fail to help Spanish-speaking elders learn English. He’s giving our elders
a practical tool to make their lives better—along with his belief that his
80-year-old students will learn a second language.
Vice Chair of the Board
Regional Director (Atlas)
The Department of Family Support
Services – Senior Services
Lisa was a visiting volunteer who loved to surprise her elder John with
spur of the moment visits. Whenever she found herself nearby or wanted
to eat out, she’d call John and invite him along. Lisa knew that sharing a
pizza or some ribs would brighten John’s day and ensure that he had
a good meal.
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
Batavia, Ill. The opening of this exceptional home away from home for
our elders and for LBFE was a crowning achievement for all of us in 2014.
Audrey’s House will be an extraordinary year-round gift for years to come.
We offer our sincere thanks to each of you for your generous financial
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
spirit of friendship.
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
of friendship.
ROBIN TILLOTSON
MARILYN HENNESSY
Treasurer of the Board
Retired, President
The Retirement Research Foundation
CAROL WAUGH
Secretary of the Board
Retired, Registered Nurse
TOM BEHRENS
Retired, Founder and CEO
The Night Ministry
KATHLEEN BOYLAN
Senior Vice President, Public Relations
Public Communications Inc.
SUSAN CIUCCI
Financial Consultant
PEB Financial Group
BILL HASSETT
CPA, McGladrey LLP
MICHAEL MELINGER
Home Instead Senior Care
North Shore Senior Services, Inc.
PHIL MENZEL
Nicholas Delgado
Chairman of the Board
Simone Mitchell-Peterson
Chief Executive Officer
Vice President, Retail Services
Talent & Human Capital Services
Sears Holdings Management Corporation
ROSA PEREZ
Human Resource Consultant
NATRAJ “RAJ”
BALASUBRAMANIAN*
President and CEO
Nebra Business Solutions
* FY2014 Board Member
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2014
In
Review
LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS
OF THE ELDERLY served 1,208
Chicago elders in FY2014.
The average age of our elders is 82
and 38% use a walker or wheelchair
to get around. Women comprise
80%, and 20% are men. Our elders
represent the ethnic diversity
of Chicago: 44% are African
American, 34% are Caucasian, 20%
are Hispanic, and 2% are Asian or
other races.
We make a lifelong commitment
to our elders. We promise to
remain alongside them and provide
opportunities for friendship,
celebrations, and fun. Our elders
count on us every day, and we
could not achieve our goals of
relieving their loneliness and
isolation without the support of our
donors and volunteers.
VOLUNTEERING Our volunteers
generously contribute their time
and attention to our elders. This
year, volunteers spent 32,713 hours
serving our elders—the equivalent
of 817 full-time weeks of service.
We welcomed 665 new volunteers
this year: 408 came to us as part
of a group and 257 volunteered
individually. Our dedicated and
caring volunteers are essential to
making a positive impact on lonely
and isolated elders.
VISITING Phone calls and visits
from LBFE friends improve an
elder’s quality of life. This year,
volunteers and staff provided
friendship and reassurance through
11,009 phone calls and visits
to elders.
GIVING Our ability to forge lifelong
connections with isolated elders is
supported by generous donations
from thousands of individuals and
dozens of corporations and
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foundations. In FY2014 we received
$2,080,444 in contributed support.
HOLIDAYS Our Holiday
Celebrations for elders provided
1,646 memorable experiences.
Elders joined us for Thanksgiving
and Christmas parties, and
homebound elders received
home-delivered meals and visits
on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
Easter. In April, we celebrated
LBFE’s mission and history at our
spring holiday event in honor of
our founder, Armand Marquiset.
Personalized holiday gifts,
purchased by generous donors,
were wrapped and delivered
to 988 elders.
VACATION PROGRAMS We
welcomed 470 elders to our
vacation programs, including 338
elders who vacationed at the newly
opened Audrey’s House, took day
trips and made overnight trips to
Audrey’s House, or participated in
summer activities around Chicago.
132 homebound elders enjoyed
special vacation-themed visits.
CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE
Throughout the year, elders joined
us to celebrate life. We enjoyed
refreshments and distributed gifts
at 12 birthday parties. We
gathered for 12 family reunions
and welcomed elders three times
a week at the Lloyd Walding Brain
Fitness Center. Elders attended
weekly coffee clubs, monthly movie
clubs, and monthly sessions for the
Creative Café. Six additional parties
provided more opportunities for
elders to get together with peers
and volunteers.
WINTER HOMEBOUND VISITS
We work to alleviate loneliness for
those elders whose major physical
or emotional challenges prevent
them from leaving home. Volunteers
and staff visited 130 elders as part
of our homebound visits program,
including delivering plants and other
gifts to the elders to show our care
and concern.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE Challenges
like limited access to healthy food
or a lack of transportation can
threaten our elders’ independence.
On 388 occasions, Little Brothers
staff and program assistants
provided direct services to help
our elders remain as self-sufficient
as possible. We also packed and
delivered a total of 1,055 monthly
food bags to help nourish 111
elders.
ELDERS GIVING BACK Many of
our elders enjoy giving back to the
community. In FY2014, LBFE elders
gathered on two occasions to make
toiletry bags for the homeless at
St. James Catholic Church. Others
participated in the Intergenerational
Program to share their life
experiences with college students
and school children, and partnered
with students from Esperanza
School to learn from each other. A
new Civic Engagement Committee
involved 30 elders creating activities
to serve others while having fun.
This committee also hosted a bingo
social at a senior residence and a
social day for LBFE elders.
LASTING SUPPORT Celebrating
the lives of our elders is an
important part of our community.
Whether attending services,
sending flowers, making final
arrangements, or remembering
elders at our annual Day of the
Dead gathering, we recognize and
honor our elders after they pass
away. This past year, with your help,
we accompanied 103 elders to the
end of their lives.
32,713
hours of service to our elders
by 1,162 volunteers
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11,009
elders joined Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
personal visits and calls
of reassurance
were made to elders
1,055
food bags
delivered
388
1,646
holiday experiences for
elders at a party or through
home-delivered meals and visits
occasions when
program assistants
or staff provided
special assistance
to elders
470
elders
participated in our
summer vacation
programs, including
132 homebound
elders who enjoyed
special summerthemed visits
3,648
instances when
elders participated in
Celebrations of Life
(includes luncheons,
birthday parties,
family reunions,
and outings)
988
elders received
personalized
holiday gifts
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Opening Audrey’s House
Celebrating LBFE’s New Vacation Home and Program Center
The highlight for Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly in FY2014
was the official opening of Audrey’s
House on November 1. Co-chairs
for the Campaign for Audrey’s
House Marilyn Hennessy (at right,
in photo above) and Susan Ciucci
(at left) cut the ribbon, and elders,
guests, neighbors, and friends
toured our new year-round facility
designed to host vacations and
programs. The opening day
celebration was topped off with a
performance by the Jesse White
Tumbling Team.
Audrey’s House was named for the
late Audrey Chesner, a cherished
elder and generous donor. Located
in Batavia, Illinois, 40 miles west
of Chicago, our new facility can
welcome up to 12 elders overnight
to enjoy backyard barbecues, chats
by the fireplace, relaxing on the
front porch, and delicious meals
prepared in the full-service kitchen
and served in a charming dining
room. Elders also can take fun
day trips to nearby shopping and
restaurants in Kane County.
The Campaign for Audrey’s House
is working to raise $500,000
to fund repairs, renovations,
and enhancements to ensure a
truly accessible, comfortable,
and beautiful year-round home
away from home. Gifts and
pledges totalled $196,000 as
of January 31, 2015.
Visit www.littlebrotherschicago.
org to learn more about Audrey’s
House—and support the Campaign.
$500,000
Goal
$400,000
$300,000
Audrey’s House serves as our year-round home
away from home.
The Jesse White Tumbling Team dazzled with
their acrobatics.
$196,000
$100,000
Elders who visit Audrey’s House say, “It’s like
something out of a movie. It’s like a grand hotel.”
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Donors, friends, and neighbors celebrated
the official opening.
Fiscal
Year
2014
10/01/13 – 09/30/14
Revenue
Individual Contributions
Planned Gifts
Grants from Corporations & Foundations
Restricted Grants/Individual Contributions
$  871,887
1,090
277,300
72,678
Other Revenue
9,590
Donated Goods
89,150
Interest & Dividends
Special Events & Projects
Programs
70%
307,841
18%
12%
Management
& General
Development & Public Relations
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).
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OUR DONORS: OUR COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT
The Friendship Circle
The Friendship Circle is comprised of
dedicated friends who have pledged
to contribute on a monthly or quarterly
basis so Chicago’s elders can enjoy
excellent programs, meaningful activities,
one-on-one personal relationships, and a
better quality of life. Thank you to each
of our members.
Ms. Agnes Akuamoah
Mrs. Diane M. Albamonte
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C.
Alexander
Mr. David Anderson
Ms. Charlene B. Anzalone
Mr. Hector Arellano
Lee & Rita Baker
Mr. Robert J. Banaszek
Ms. Mildred C. Barnes
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J.
Behrendt
Mrs. Cecilia Boruta
Betty & Jesse Brooks
Thomas & Patricia Brow
John & Mary Burns
Ms. Velara Byers
Ms. Veronica Byers
Mr. Emil Celli
Mr. Grover Chapman
Ms. Mary Ann Cicero
Ms. Monique Clarine
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Mr. & Mrs. Edmund
Cummings
Mr. James A. Cyphers
Mr. Thomas Michael Davy
Ms. Joanne H. Deal
Mr. Miguel Delgado
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J.
DeSanti
Mark & Laurel Disney
Mrs. Joan A. Doyle
Mr. Albert J. Dru
Kristen Duckmann
Heather Dudzinski
Mrs. Ruth Enault
Mr. Joseph R. Ender
Mr. & Mrs. Max F.
Eysenbach
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P.
Farrell
Ms. Anna V. Fidanza
Mr. Cyril J. Finnegan
Ms. Marie H. Franciscus
Mr. Anthony Gillette
Sherri Gorski
Mrs. Joyce M. Greening
Louis & Diane Guido
Dan Gurgevich
Mrs. Janette M.
Gutekunst
Mr. Robert Hack
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hammes
Bill Hassett
Ms. Kathryn Higgason
Ms. Dorothy J. Hoffner
Kurt R. Holderied
Mrs. Kathryn J. Hynds
Ms. Kathleen A. Jaszka
The Hon. Mel & Mrs.
Mary Ann Jiganti
Mrs. Carol Johnson
Ms. Orelia Johnson
Ms. Roberta G. Jorik
Kathleen M. Kazemek
Ms. Janet M. Keippel
Mr. David J. Kelly
Mr. James P. Kelly
Ms. Jean V. Kennelly
Ms. Cele Kershasky
Ms. Robyn Keyster
Ms. Dolores Kilroy
Ms. Romaine T. Klyaic
Ms. Virginia G. Koder
Ms. Virginia M. Kott
Ms. Carolyn A. Landwehr
Mr. Edwin A. Lohmeier
Ms. Corinne M. Lyon
Michelle ManriqueFleming &
Bradley Fleming
Mr. Thomas Marr
Ms. Mary R. McGreevy
Ms. Mary K. McNally
Ms. Patricia McQuillan
Mr. Richard Miceli
Ms. Donna J. Mielke
Ms. Perriann L. Miller
Simone Mitchell-Peterson
Ms. Jo Ann Noble
Ms. Juanita Norman
Michael Nugent
Mr. & Mrs. Richard
O’Toole
Mr. Anthony Owens
Mr. Alfonso E. Padilla
Ms. Sitha L. Pugh
Mr. William J. Rago
Herbert & Diane Rangl
Ms. Blanca Reynoso
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E.
Rooney
Mary Ann & Robert
Savard
Ms. Mary Kay Siebert
Howard & Diane Skoien
Ms. Eileen Skupien
Mr. Walter Slack Jr.
Mrs. Patricia Spencer
Mrs. Rosemary D.
Sprague
Ms. Merry Ann Stasch
Ms. Louise Sterett
Mr. & Mrs. Jack M.
Stoelinga
Cecilia Straney
Mr. Raymond J. Strauss
Ms. Mary C. Stretch
Mr. John R. Templeman
Mr. David M. Thomas
Robin Tillotson
Ms. Kathryn Toffenetti
Ms. Donna Tracy
Ms. Laura M. Traven
Ms. Loesken Van der Poel
Mrs. Kathleen H. Vito
Mr. Terrence Walden
Mr. John F. H. Walker
Dr. Anne B. Ward
Ms. Willa P. Warr
Ms. Sharon Weber
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley R.
Weinberger
Ms. Clara Weiss
Mrs. Mary Jo Wise
Ann & Mark Wohlberg
Mrs. Shirley Wolfe
Ms. Carol J. Zielski
Zion Healing Temple
Church Family
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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.
50,000
and above
$
The Lavin Bernick Huber
Charitable Fund
25,000-49,999
$
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
Fred J. Brunner Foundation
Julius N. Frankel
Foundation
Mazza Foundation
10,000-24,999
$
Ms. Lynne B. Adams
Anonymous (2)
Elwood Barce
Stephen and Mary Birch
Foundation, Inc.
Helen Brach Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth
Amy Liebman
5,000-9,999
$
Adreani Foundation
Anonymous
Butler Family Foundation
Central Steel & Wire
Company
Patrick & Anna M.
Cudahy Fund
Ms. Elizabeth B.
Cunningham
Mr. James A. Evans
Martha &
Dominique Guerin
Mrs. Marguerite D. Hark
Carl R. Hendrickson Family
Foundation
Mr. Edward A. Kazemek
Russell and Josephine Kott
Memorial Charitable Trust
Robert W. & Doretta M.
Marwin
A. Montgomery Ward
Foundation
Ms. Patricia G. Pelling
Liz & Dan Reidy
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A.
Rhoades
Ritzenthaler Family
Foundation
The Siragusa Foundation
1,000-4,999
$
Ms. Mamie V. Andry
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Michael F. Baccash
John & Rosemary Bannan
Robert & Margarita Bartels
Michael & Diane Beemer
Charles & Patricia Bidwill
Ms. Katharine Bornarth
Ms. Maureen Brennan
Ms. Justine Burleson
Cantore Enterprises
Mr. Gerald Carter
Harry F. & Elaine Chaddick
Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Mary Ann Ciesla
Susan Ciucci
Michele & Donald Cronin
Mr. Amory Cummings
Mr. Robert Curley
Mr. Jeffrey L. Dennis
Dermody Properties
Foundation
Mr. Frank E. Doyle
Ms. Eileen M. Draper
Tom & Roberta Drewes
Mrs. Helen Thom Edwards
George M. Eisenberg
Foundation For Charities
Mr. Carter Emerson
Ms. Kathleen Fahey
Ms. Mary J. Flynn
Mrs. Patricia A. Flynn
Mr. Richard E. Gade
Ms. Marie J. Galoney
Mr. Donald C. Gancer
Ms. Bonnie Gekler
Ms. Michelle Gesse
Gethsemane United
Church of Christ
Max Goldenberg
Foundation
Graphic Arts
Finishing Company
Ms. Georgia Grummon
Keith & Mary Pat Guenther
Ms. Susan M. Harrigan
Ms. Elizabeth Hennessey
Mr. Charles E. Hicks &
Ms. Marjorie McDonald
Mr. Matthew F. Hojnacki
Home Instead Senior Care
Mr. Dennis M. Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. S.F.
Hutcherson, III
InterMark
Norman & Dolores Kaner
Ms. Kirsten Leigh Keefer
Mr. John M. Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. James Kramer
Garnetta Kramer
Foundation
Henrietta Lange Burk Fund
Mrs. Catherine Levy
Mr. James D. Liggett
Mrs. Charlotte Lindon
Philip J. & Carol J.
Lyons Foundation
Frank Malone
Kay & Mary Lou Mazurek
Mr. John E. McAuliffe
Mrs. Anne McKeon
Mrs. Minnie L. Miller
Ms. Nell Minow &
David Apatoff
Mr. Harvey Nixon
George O’Brien & Joseph
Linberg Charitable
Foundation
Mrs. Joan O’Donnell
Franklin F. Offner
Foundation
Paasche Airbrush
Company
Mr. Stephen Parenti
Robert & Barbara
Perkaus, Jr.
Ms. Kathleen Ponton
Dr. Irwin Press
William & Susan Quinlan
Reichert Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth Agnes Reid
Renaissance Foundation
The Retirement
Research Foundation
The Rhoades Foundation
The Grace Roberti
Foundation
Campaign
for Audrey’s
House
We sincerely thank
our generous donors
for their gifts and
pledges, made
through September
2014, to support
Audrey’s House.
Mr. Karl Alleman
Mr. & Mrs. Armand J.
Andreoni
Anonymous (4)
Susan Ciucci
Nicholas Delgado
GE Foundation
Ms. Vivian I. Goeb
Sherri Gorski
Martha &
Dominique Guerin
Marilyn Hennessy
Edward A. Kazemek
Ms. Nancy Koop
Garnetta Kramer
Foundation
Mazza Foundation
Phil Menzel
Simone MitchellPeterson
Diane L. Rack
Ms. Donna C. Sens
Jerry Smith &
Dottie Fugiel
Cecilia Straney
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.
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Mr. Ronald Roselli
Ms. Susan Schroeder
Schwaben Society
Charity Fund
Mr. Ronald Siwek
Ms. Yvonne M. Sloan
Ms. Elizabeth L. Snyder
Thomas & Francine Snyder
Jim & Naomi Stanhaus
Stanley & Julia Stasch
Charles & Barbara Strang
Mr. & Mrs. H.
Bruce Stupple
Sulzer Family Foundation
Mr. Deane H. Tank
Ms. Debra Toppel
Mr. Benedict M. Vruble
Mrs. Susan Waldbuesser
John & Peggy Walding
Carol Waugh
Mr. Thomas J. Wedell
Ms. Lynn Weston-Pontikes
Rachel B. Williams
Foundation
Ms. Mary Wisnieski
Ms. Susan Woestman
The Wohlers
Family Foundation
Michael & Susan Wolz
Dr. Mark Zajackowski
Ms. Rita A. Zralek
500-999
$
AETNA Inc.
Anonymous (4)
Bank of America
Foundation
Mr. Peter Barrett
Ms. Cathleen Bartone &
Mr. Clyde Valstad
Rev. Tom & Siria Behrens
Mr. & Mrs. Montague
Belgrave
Mr. Theodore J. Berg
Robert & Beverly Berman
Mrs. Doris J. Bernert
Ms. Janet Beyersdorfer
Ms. Aileen Blomgren
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W.
Bloom
Mr. Kenneth G. Bommer
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Ms. Nancy Bubula
Ms. Mary H. Buri
Ms. Mary J. Canavan
Mr. Leonard V. Canino
The Capitanini Family
Mr. Charles P. Carey
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carlin
Mr. Martin Ceranec
Ms. Gerry Cervone
Ms. Karen A. Chesrown
Children Foundation
The Clark-Halladay
Memorial Foundation
Tom & Gloria Colgan
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W.
Connors
Mr. Brian J. Cunningham
W.S. Darley & Company
Ms. Suheily Davis
Mr. Jerome Dixon
Ms. Jean H. Downey
Edgebrook Women’s Club
Mr. Richard P. Ewald
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Fahey
Mr. Richard Fratesi
Ms. Mary Nicole Gerard
Ms. Meg Gerken
Ms. Ann Gibbons
Mrs. Barbara J. Giebel
Ms. Ruth Gonzalez
Mel & Mary Gregory
Ms. Suzanne Gylfe
Dick & Jan Hamilton
Marilyn Hennessy
Henry Crown and
Company
Elders and
volunteers make
apple-picking a
fall favorite.
Ms. Barbara L. Hermann
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F.
Hester
Mr. David A. Heywood
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G.
Higgins
Ray & Barbara
Hockenbrough
Douglas & Lola Hotchkis
Humana
Illinois Tool Works
Foundation
Mr. Jay Javors
Ms. Marcia M. Jawor
Mr. Edward Lee Johler
Mr. Lawrence Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Jones
Clement & Bernice Juris
Ms. Pamela Kane
Mr. Albert Kanefield
Thomas J. & Joanne C.
Keating
Mr. James J. Keehan
The Koenig Family
Ronald & Bonnie
LaBarbera
Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Lacyk
Mr. & Mrs. John G.
Langhenry, Jr.
Ms. Lois R. Lauber
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F.
Lawinger
Mrs. Winfred M. Leaf
Mrs. Phyllis G. Linning
Mr. William C. Madlener
Mr. Daniel T. Maloney
Mr. Charles E. Manix
Ms. Corinne V. Marcello
Ms. Linda Masilotti
Mr. Tedd Mattera
Ms. Beatrice J. Mazzone
Beth & James McClanahan
Mary McGinn &
Bernard Shapiro
Ms. Patricia McKiernan
Donald & Lorena Meier
Foundation
Mr. Phil K. Menzel
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Meyer
Missionary Sisters of the
Holy Spirit
Mr. Jerome Mrowca
Mr. Terrence J. Mullen
Mr. Robert Nied, Jr.
Mary Nowesnick
Oak Street Health
P-K Tool & Manufacturing
Company
Pahlke & Pahlke Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Rosa Perez
Portfolio Solutions
Group, LLC
Stacy Powell-Bennett
Mr. Richard J. Pozdol
PPM America, Inc.
Bob & Mary Ellen Quinn
Robert & Elizabeth
Rattenbury
Ms. Bernadine E. Reckert
Mrs. Dotty Renner-Grodek
Mr. & Mrs. Guy H. Revesz
Mr. Thomas Roberts &
Ms. Teresa Grosch
Ron & Jill Rohde
Michael & Raila Rohrbeck
Mr. Felix C. Rojas, Jr.
Ms. Carol E. Rolf
Patricia Ryan
William G. & Mary A. Ryan
Charitable Foundation
Bruce & Margaret Sents
Ms. Sheila A. Sepanski
Ms. Patricia L. Shaw
Philip & Mary Sheridan
Mr. Richard J. Shinners, Jr.
Ms. Helen E. Sieben
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W.
Smoots, Jr.
SS. Peter & Paul
Catholic Church
St. Giles Catholic Parish
Ms. Mary Stanhaus
Mr. Mark D. Steffens
Mrs. Pamela Stepansky
Drs. Martin &
Melissa Stoller
Strategic Hotels & Resorts
Ms. Nina Tai
Ms. Gabrielle Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A.
Thulin
Mr. Michael P. Toomin
Leo & Linda Trimble
Audrey A. Truschke &
Nathan Martin Rehn
Mr. Raymond W. Ulbrich
Margaret Weiss & David
Austen-Smith
Ms. Katherine Wetoska
Ms. Caroline C. Wheeler
Mr. David Withall
Steven & Elizabeth Young
An elder enjoys making cupcakes
in the full-service kitchen at
Audrey’s House.
Ms. Rita L. Zimmermann
Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Zimmermann
250-499
$
Ms. Judith A. Adams
Consuelo M. Aguilera
Ms. Loretta Alois
Mr. Daniel T. Amorella
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson
Anonymous (4)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J.
Antonio
Ms. Mary Lou Antonowicz
ArcelorMittal Matching
Gifts Program
Dr. & Mrs. E.D. Attaya
Aztec Plastic Company
Ms. Catherine Bachand
Mr. James R. Bass, Jr.
Mr. Marvin P. Bauman
Ms. Jane Baylor
Mrs. Bernadette Becker
Raymond & Anne Belz
John & Anne Bilos
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen
Bisgeier
Mr. Frank Blatnick
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Bloom
Mr. Jerry Bransfield
Mr. & Mrs. Abdon J. Bray
Thomas & Nancy Broeckl
Ms. Margaret S. Brown
Ms. Sondra Brunke
Ms. Alice C. Brunner
Ms. Barbara D. Budinger
James & Barbara Burke
Ms. Andrea L. Burla
Ms. Betty Burns
Ms. Mary Louise Burns
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P.
Buschmann
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R.
Butler
Thomas & Corliss Byrne
Ms. Jane M. Cahill
Gloria J. Callaci &
Lawrence J. Suffredin
Drs. Daniel & Katherine
Campbell
Mr. Robert Carbine
Ms. Mary P. Carr
Lynn & Brady Carter
Raymond J. & Margaret T.
Casey
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J.
Centella
Mrs. Sandra Chaba
Mr. Timothy A. Chaky
Kathleen & John Chapman
Chicago Spirit Brigade
Mr. & Mrs. M.N. Chishti
Mr. Edmund Choroski
Mr. C.J. Christ
Ms. Barbara Christensen
Mr. Joseph F. Cieply
CIGNA HealthSpring
Mr. Richard Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Clark
Ms. Christine Coglianese
Ms. Jackie M. Coleman
Paul & Julianne Collin
Mr. Robert W. Collins
Community Shares
of Illinois
Mr. John J. Conlisk
Ms. Joan D. Conrath
Ms. Rosemary Corrigan
Ms. Helen M. Costello
Mr. Dan V. Crowe
Dr. David W. Cugell
Mr. John Curin
Ms. Anne Czachorski
Ms. Nancy A. Czarnecki
Mr. Michael A. Davis
Dennis Wholesale
Foods, Inc.
Mr. Gerald F. DeNotto
Mrs. Carol Devoss
Mr. Louis Dicerbo
Mr. Vincent Dina
Mrs. Allison Disney
Michael & Diane Dolesh
Ms. Helen G. Dudek
Mr. Kevin J. Dunne
Mr. Richard J. Dunne
Ms. Catherine B.
Eardley-Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Egan
Thomas & Donna Egan
Mr. Carl P. Eigelsbach
Kathleen Elder
Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Entwistle
Le Roy & Marta Evans
Ms. Lorraine K. Fabian
Mrs. Ruhan Figliulo
Ms. Mary G. Finn
Robert & Audrey Fischer
Mr. John H. Fisher
Mrs. Justine N. Fleming
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Foley
Matthew & Amanda Fox
Mr. Lee Francis
Ms. Genevieve G.
Franciscus
Ms. Aviva Futorian
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Fyfe
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Gabel
Mr. David Geilen
Mrs. Ann Gershenow
Mr. John M. Girard
Ms. Vivian I. Goeb
Dr. & Mrs. Edmund
Goedert
Ms. Rita L. Goodin
Ms. Catherine T. Green
Mr. Arthur L. Greenfield
Ms. Alice Gregory
Mr. Vincent A. Grochocinski
Mr. Charles P. Grotzke
Mr. Paul Guerino
Patrick & Penny Hajduk
Ms. Ellen C. Hallissey
Stephen & Jo Ellen Ham
Mr. Richard Hamilton
Mr. Edward C.
Hammerberg
Mr. William Hancox
Mr. Robert Hart
William &
Kathleen Hartman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F.
Heffernan
Mrs. Jean Hellman Ryan
Helen & William Herber, Jr.
Joseph & Carol Hetman
Marc & Marianne Heyden
Mr. E. Lawrence Hickey
Mrs. Patricia C. Horne
Carrie & Gary Huff
IBM Corporation
The Independent Order of
Foresters, IL
The Irvine Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry J. Jaeger
Mrs. Inge K. Johnson
JPMorgan Chase
Foundation
Paul & Lorraine Kaiser
Mr. Stanley Kaminski
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kass
Mr. Leonard Kazmerski
Mr. Richard M. Keller
Mr. Robert L. Kern
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Kertz
Mr. Ronald Klezek
Dr. Connie M. Knapp
Ms. Anne D. Koch
Mr. Thomas Kochanski
Mr. Richard F. Kohl
Ms. Donna M. Kohler
Mr. Randolph Kohler
Mr. Robert J. Kopecky
Ms. Linda Korbel
Ms. Nancy Kosobud
Donald & Mary Koss
Ms. Mary Jane L. Krutt
Michael & Susan Kuhn
Ms. Nancy A. Kukulka
Mr. Aivars Kuplis
Ms. Barbara Lanphier
Mr. Michael E. Leahy
Terrance & Linda LeKander
Mr. Thomas Leo
Mr. Thomas E. Leonard
Mr. Julian Lewandowski
Lewis Metals Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Lindquist
Mr. William C. Lordan
Mr. Michael A. Lorenz
Mr. Richard J. Luby
Ms. Janice Lucchesi
Ms. Georgiana Luecker
Ms. Ruth Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Mack
Mrs. Carole S. Malinski
Bob & Mary Mallon
Ms. Sandra P. Manne
Ms. Barbara A. Manny
Ms. Marie Marcenac
Barbara & John Massey
Mr. & Mrs. John Masterson
John & Lillian Mathews
Mrs. Kathryn P. Mathews
Mr. Sandeep Mathrani
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Mazurek
Mrs. Jack V. McAvinchey
Mr. James McCarthy
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Visits to Audrey’s House mean taking
time for jigsaw puzzles, crosswords,
and more.
Mark & Anna Marie
McCarthy
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan
McCormick
Ms. Janet L. McDermott
Mr. Richard G. McGuire
Mr. Thomas M. McSheehy
Ms. Patricia F. McWhinney
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J.
Meehan
Michael Melinger
Mick-Bert Apartments
Midwest Fence
Corporation
Mr. Thomas W. Mier
Michael & Kathleen Mikrut
Mr. Russell C. Miller
Mrs. Virginia L. Miller
Ms. Jean Millhouser
Michael & Sherri Miske
Ms. Barbara Molloy
Steven Montgomery &
Brian Weatherford
Ms. Jan P. Moore
Mrs. Anne Morgan
Mrs. Marlene Mosser
Mr. & Mrs. David M.
Murdoch
Mr. Meredith B. Murray
Mrs. Vreni Naess
Mr. Timothy J. O’Connor
Mr. Kevin J. O’Malley
Ms. Susan Obuchowski
Mr. Robert Olejniczak
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Mrs. Virginia Olsen
Mr. & Mrs. Brandt J.
Oosterbaan
Mrs. Dorothy M. Ormond
Ms. Lorraine Pachankis
Ms. Kathy A. Palmer
Ms. Olivia Pamatmat
Mr. Robert Wayne Paulson
Peoples Energy
Mr. Paul S. Phillips
Mrs. Shirley Pinson
Mrs. Jacqueline Plichta
Ms. Carol R. Plochman
Ms. Christine Polzin
Mrs. Dorothy Portner
Ms. Susan Poulos
Ms. Jennifer Pricco
Mr. Mark K. Proesel
Mr. Stephen Pronto
Mrs. Carol Pruchnicki
Joel & Marikay Raphaelson
Mr. Phillip E. Raskin
Mr. Gregory W. Rataj
Mr. Terrence A. Reilly
Reliable Plating
Corporation
Mr. Nicholas Reyman
Rickard Circular Folding
Company
Ms. Joan H. Roberti
Steven & Karen Sacharski
Ray Sagan & Sons, Inc.
Ms. Barbara A. Sakely
Mr. Harry E. Saunders, Jr.
Mr. Vernon H. Schleyer
Frank & Karen Schneider
Ms. Mary T. Schneider
Mr. Charles David Schreck
The John & Kathleen
Schreiber Foundation
Mr. Donald Semi
Mr. & Mrs. Myron D.
Shapiro
Ms. Renetta Shapiro
Ms. Kathryn L. Shay
Mr. Charles Shemely
Mrs. Claudia Shilakis
Mrs. Caroline Shrader
Ms. Jennifer Ann Shupryt
Mr. & Mrs. William Siebel
Mrs. Constance Singer
Jerry Smith & Dottie Fugiel
Robert & Christina Smolen
Ms. Anita Snobel
Mrs. Marlene Snyder
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J.
Sokalski
Mr. Chris J. Sokolowski
Mr. Stephen J. Solarski
Solution Sales, Inc.
Mr. Robert A. Sperl
Mr. Jerry Stadheim
Ms. Karen Stark
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stawicki
Arthur & Adele Steeves
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C.
Stendel
Ms. Karen E. Strano
Mr. Harold L. Strong
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A.
Subkowsky
Mr. Alan Swanson
Ms. Eileen P. Sweeney
Mrs. Antoinette Swiatek
Mr. Thomas Swigart, Jr.
Ms. Genevieve A.
Szajnecki
Mr. Clarence B. Telkes
Frank Tenbrink &
Jeannine Cleary
Ms. Heleen K. Thanas
Mr. Lawrence E. Timmins
Mr. Ronald E. Tipul
Mr. Gregory Tomaino
Mrs. Laverne Toomey
Mrs. Barbara H. Trippi
Mr. Edward Trojan
Peter Troost
Monument Company
Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Tymick
Unity in Chicago
Ms. Catherine Urnezis
Ms. Kay Ann Van Vreede
James & Deborah Vaughan
Mr. Dennis J. Wake
Mrs. Esther Walenga
Ms. Amy Wallace
Ms. Mary Warchol
Mr. Samuel Weinstein &
Family
Ms. Laura Whittington
Ms. Ellen A. Wier
William Kritt &
Company, LLC
Mr. Darrell R. Windle
Mr. Albert J. Wirth
Leonard & Helen Wolniak
Ms. Teresa J. Wronski
Ms. Barbara Zechlin
Mrs. Marianne Zelewsky
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H.
Zrimsek
100-249
$
Mr. & Mrs. Roland A.
Abrahamson
Ms. Kay Acklin
Ms. Annie Ree Adams
Ms. Elizabeth M. Adkins
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K.
Ahern
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Aichele
Mr. William Akin
Mrs. Lucille Alagna
Ms. Catherine L. Albanese
Mr. Tyrone E. Albert
Ms. Mary Albright
Ms. Mary K. Alfus
Ms. Judith A. Allen
Mrs. Laura F. Allen
Ms. Lillian Allen
Paul & Mary Altman
Mrs. Margaret Ambroz
Mr. Samuel Amdur III
Ms. Helenlu Anderson
Ms. Patricia C. Anderson
Mrs. Paula M.
Androsko-LaBarbera
Ms. Mary M. Angelica
Anonymous
Anti-Seize Technology
Ms. Sarah Appel
Mr. Robert D. Appelbaum
Ms. Sandra D. Archer
Ms. Susan B. Arjmand
William & Emily Armendariz
Mrs. Johnnie Mae
Armstrong
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Arnold
Mrs. Jeanne Aronson
Theodore & Barbara Asner
Mr. Ray Asplund
Mrs. Cinda Axley
Ms. Alisa Azpeitia
Robert & Elizabeth Babich
Ms. Maribeth Babler
Ms. Pamela Babler
Mrs. Eleanor Badalich
Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Bailey
Natraj Balasubramanian
Mr. Richard R. Balsamo
Mr. Armando Barcena
Ms. Nora Barnicle
Mr. Edward J. Barrett
Ms. Anka K. Barsano
Mr. & Mrs. Donald C.
Bartimoccia
Brian & Cathy Basler
Mr. & Mrs. S. Ronald
Battaglia
John & Judith Batzel
Richard & Donna Bauer
Mr. Edmund O. Baumann
Mr. William W. Baumgardt
Mr. Robert Baumler
Mrs. Katherine A. Bausone
Mr. & Mrs. James Beatty
Ms. Suzanne D. Beatty
Ms. Jane E. Beaty
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Gerta Beck
Jeff & Helene Beckman
Mr. Patrick Bednar
Mrs. Inez Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J.
Benacka
Mrs. Barbara Benchik
Konrath
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald
Benzschawel
Mr. & Mrs. Donald
Bergamin
Ms. Kirsten Bergin
Kenneth & Muriel Bergsma
Ms. Rebecca Berman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Bernd
Ms. Jean Bernstein
Ms. Barbara Berz
Mr. Joseph A. Bettina
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F.
Bezouska
Ms. Karen A. Bielecki
Ms. Pauline Bielski
Ms. Eleanore Bilandic
Mr. Robert A. Bishop
Mr. Donald H. Bittner
Mr. Thomas H. Black, Jr.
Alisa Blasingame
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Blessing
Ms. Jaclyn Blitzstein
Mr. Douglas Blomgren
Mr. Leroy Blommaert
Ms. Carlene M. Blumenthal
BMO Harris Bank
Mr. Philip H. Bock
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Boduch
Ms. Rita M. Bogan
Mr. Ronald Bonaguro
Bond Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boos
Mrs. Sally Mae Borg
Mr. Rodney Boriack
Mr. & Mrs. Morton R.
Borkan
Louis & Rita Bourjaily
Mr. John Bourke
Mr. Michael S. Bovy
Mr. George J. Bowbin, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy P. Bowman
Kathleen Boylan
Ms. Odette Brabec
John & Jeanne Brady
Ms. Cynthia M. Brashler
Mr. Earl D. Brauen
Mr. Stephen Brazeal
Mr. & Mrs. Richard I.
Breuer
Ms. Cynthia Brewer
Mr. James T. Brick
Ms. Linda K. Brierre
Ms. Laural Briggs
Brite-O-Matic
Manufacturing Company
Mr. & Mrs. Renton K.
Brodie, III
Mrs. Jean Brouhard
Ms. Patricia Brow
Mr. & Mrs. James M.
Brown
Hattie Brumfield
Charles A. & Doris E.
Brunke
Mrs. Petricia Brush
Mr. & Mrs. James
Budzinski
Ms. Barbara Buker
Mr. Harold Bullington
Dr. Pamela Burhans
Mrs. Mary Ellen Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Burla
Mrs. Margaret M. Burns
Ms. Mildred Burns
Mr. Robert M. Burns
Ms. Robin L. Burns
Mr. Nicholas C. Burriesci
Ms. Therese C. Burson
Mrs. Eileen F. Burza
Mr. Kevin W. Busath
Mrs. Irene Bushell
Mr. Frank Butler
Ms. Joanne Butler
Mr. James Butsch
Ms. Mary B. Byrne
Ms. Kathleen Cabala
Mr. Robert F. Callbeck
Mr. & Mrs. James J.
Calvetti
Mr. John J. Cameron
Ms. Patricia Canedo &
Mr. Theodore Amberg
Mr. Albert Capizzi
Ms. Jeanne Caplice
Steven &
Barbara Cappaert
Ms. Jane M. Carey
Mr. Bob Carr
Ms. Susan A. Carr
Ms. Christine Caruso
Mr. Mario Caruso, Jr.
Mr. Edward J. Casey
Ms. Crystal Cash
Ms. Jennifer Cassidy
Ms. Beatrice Cellini
Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Cerda
Margaret & Clifford Chally
Ms. Marlene E. Cheval
Mrs. Frances Chiappetti
Mr. John V. Chiaro
Mrs. Kathleen M. Chodelka
Mr. Ralph M. Chor, Jr.
Mr. Richard Ciccarone
Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Cicero
Mr. William Ciganek
Mr. Joseph R. Cimfe
Mr. Robert K. Clair
Mrs. Loretta Cleary
Mr. & Mrs. William
Patrick Clifford
CNA Insurance
Company Foundation
Mr. Joel Cohen
Mr. Douglas Cole
John & Dorothy Collins
Mr. Thomas P. Collins
Mrs. Jane Comiskey
Mrs. Barbara Conklin
Ms. Cathleen P. Conley
Dolores & Patrick Conley
Ms. Maureen Conley
Mr. Dennis M.
Connaughton
Ms. Margaret M. Connolly
Mr. Thomas Conrardy
Mr. & Mrs. James L.
Coogan
Mrs. Julie H. Cooney
Ms. Ilene L. Cooper
Ms. Mary Ann Corley
Mr. William E. Cormier
Mr. Ramon Correa
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C.
Cosgrove
Elders celebrating
birthdays get
special attention
with parties
at Chicago
restaurants.
Ms. Judith A. Coswell
Mrs. Marilyn Cotteleer
Mr. Gene Cottini
Ms. Geraldine Cowlin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W.
Coyle
Mrs. Margaret Crane
Mr. Mike Crawford
Ms. Mary Anne Cray
Mr. Jerry Cucchiaro
The Hon. & Mrs. Richard D.
Cudahy
Mr. James D.
Cunningham, Jr.
Ms. Connie R. Curran
Mrs. Arnold Curry
Mrs. Agnes Curtin
Ms. Jane Ann Curto
Ms. Barbara A. Cushing
Ms. Maria Czyzyk
Mrs. Mary Daly
Mr. Arthur A. Daniels
Gilbert & Patricia Daniels
Mr. William J. Daniels
Ms. Barbara Dansky
Mrs. Mary Ann Darnaby
Ms. Alice M. Davis
Ms. Marsha Davis
Ms. Patricia Davis
Mr. Daniel P. Dawson
Ms. Shirley Dawson
Mr. Thomas K. Dawson
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle De Garmo
Mr. James Dechene
Mrs. Maryanne Degiacomo
Julie A. Degnan
Ms. Dorothy DeGrange
Ms. Patricia A. DeHoff
Ms. Martha Del
Campo-Semisch
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Del
Giudice
Mr. Nicholas Delgado
Mr. & Mrs. John Dellorto
Mr. Mathias W. Delort, Jr.
Marion & Rick Demchak
Ms. Sally J. Dempsey
William & Alicia Derrah
Mrs. Marcella K.
Derrickson
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Ms. Anne DeSimone
Ms. Rosemary A.
Devereaux
Mr. John M. Diblick
Ms. Debra Bruner Diedrich
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dieter
Mr. Alan Dikty
Ms. Karen Dioguardi
Discover Financial Services
Mr. John S. Docimo
Mr. John Dodge
Mr. Paul Doherty
Ms. Mary L. Dold
Mr. Leo J. Domzalski
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Donaghy
Ms. Marlene H. Donnelly
Rev. John J. Donohue
Mr. Kevin P. Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Donze
Ms. Cecilia A. Dorn
Mr. Allen Dorsey
Ms. Dolores A. Dory
Edward F. & Janet E. Dostal
Ms. Claudette M. Douglas
J. Peter Douville &
Denice Korcal
Ms. Marsha J. Dowd
Ms. Alyce M. Dowey
Mr. & Mrs. Gene E.
Dowjotas
Dr. James L. Downey
Ms. Alexis Driscoll
John & Kathleen Driscoll
Ms. Romana E. Drobick
Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius B.
DuBose
Suzanne Dudzinski
Mr. Aaron Dues
Ms. Kathleen P. Duggan
Mr. David Duncan
Ms. Barbara Dunlavy
Mrs. LuAnn L. Dunn
Florence Duquesnoy
Mr. & Mrs. William Durack
Ms. Barbara Durand
Mr. Thomas Durand
Ms. Mary Ellen Durkin
Ms. Rosemary C. Duvall
Ms. Judith A. Dwyer
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Mrs. Joyce E. Dykhuis
Mr. & Mrs. James Dziadosz
Ms. Marianne Eberhardt
Ms. Edith B. Edington
Stephan &
Gertrude Egresits
Ms. Laura Eichwedel
Mr. Sten I. Ekstrom
Mr. Marvin A. Elbert
Ms. Mary E. Ellingsen
Ms. Joanne Elliot
Ms. Helen Elliott
Mrs. Shirley Elliott
Ms. Joyce Emmons
Ms. Marjorie L. Engel
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel S.
Epstein
Ms. Virginia C. Evely
EZ Duz It Products, Inc.
Fabio & Gemma Fabbri
Ms. Claire Fabvier
Ms. Carmen Fair
Mrs. Dolores C. Farbin
Ms. Rosemary G.
Farrell-Casey
Mrs. Jeanne Fec
Mr. Andrew Feldman
Leo & Phillis Feldman
Mr. Joseph C. Fenner, Jr.
Barbara Ferguson
Ms. Lorna Ferguson
Ms. Fe Fernandez
Mrs. Mary-Ann Fertsek
Mr. John E. Fialkowski
Mrs. Ruth Field
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G.
Figiel
Our friends at
the Professional
Convention
Management
Association
(PCMA) hosted
a special Coffee
Club with
Hawaiian treats.
Edward & Maria Filippini
Mr. &. Mrs. Donald S. Finan
Mrs. Maria Finitzo
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford I.
Finkel, M.D.
Ms. Marilyn K. Finnegan
Ms. Mary Ann Finnegan
Ms. Josephine Fioravanti
Ms. Joan B. Fiscella
Mr. Robert G. Fisch
Mr. Edward H. Fischer
Mrs. Mary Fischl
Mr. Stephen Fister
Ms. Josephine Fitzgerald
Ms. Bridget M. Flanagan
Ms. Maureen A. Flanagan
Ms. Jane Fleming
Ms. Ann C. Flick
Mrs. Frances L. Flood
Ms. Susanne L. Flood
Fred & Sarah Flosi
Ms. Frances M. Flucke
Ms. Cynthia Fogg
Ms. Natalie Formusa
Ms. Darlene Forte
Mrs. Adrian Foster
Mr. George W. Foster
Mr. Edward Fowler
Ms. Susan Frances
Ms. Marlene M. Frankel
Ms. Beverly J. Frey
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Frissell
Mrs. Diane Froelich
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L.
Fruehe
Fr. Hugh Fullmer
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Furgat
G.B. Electric
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Gage
Ms. Pamela Gaines
Mr. Russell J. Gaines, Jr.
Mr. Stan Galeczka
Ms. Dorothy A. Gallagher
Ms. Lois Gallagher
Dr. Vincent Gambino
Ms. Sandra Garber
Mr. Jose L. Garcia
Bernard & Marlyn Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey
Ms. Laurel A. Gasser
A. Gawron
Mr. Norman J. Gawron
Jack & Dolores Gedge
Mr. John F. Geier
Ms. Lorette Geiger
Mrs. Vivian Gesse
Mr. & Mrs. Don Ghisolf
Mr. Donald C. Giannetti
Mr. John Gianotti
Mr. William J. Gibbons
Curtis & Diane Gibbs
Mrs. Gail A. Gill
Ms. Melissa K. Gill
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Gini
Mr. Kenneth J. Giovannetti
Dr. James A. Glazier
Mr. & Mrs. John Gleason, II
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Glunz
Ms. Frances Goba
Ms. Carol Godfrey
Mr. Richard Cartier Godfrey
Ms. Jeanne Goedert
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence
Goldman
Goldman, Sachs &
Company
Mrs. Cecelia Goldthwaite
Mr. Roger Golec
Ms. Marlene Golembo
Al & Eileen Golnik
Ms. Alice Gomez
Dr. Daniel J. Gonet
Ms. Alma Gonzalez-Hotton
Michael & Mary Goodkind
Mr. Robert H. Goralski
Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Gordon
Philip & Jean Gordon
Ms. Theresa Gorecki
Ms. Sharon Gorscak
Mr. Richard Gorski
Ms. Mabel R. Grace
Ms. Judith Graf
Graff, Ballauer &
Blanski, PC
Ms. Angela Graham
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J.
Graham
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gramza
Ms. Lynda Vieha Grant
Ms. Nancy Grayheck
Graymills Corporation
Mr. Daniel Greaney
Mr. Allen J. Green
Ms. Sadelle T. Greenblatt
Alan & Carol Greene
Felicia B. & Herbert C.
Gresens
Mr. Warren F.
Grienenberger
Elders and volunteers enjoyed the
beautiful music of the world-famous
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Amanda Gries
Mr. Andrew J. Griffin
Ms. Rita Griffiths
David N. & Carol N. Grimes
Ms. Mary Grobarcik
Ms. Jeanne M. Gross
Ms. Mary Grover
Ms. Wendy J. Gruen
Mrs. Joanna Gryn
Ms. Jane F. Guagliardo
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gulik
Ms. Jill T. Gundy
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W.
Gurak
Mr. Henry Gurion
Ms. Virginia Guzior
Ms. Gerry Ann Gzesh
Ms. Diane M. Haake
Mrs. Caryn Habley
Dr. Judith L. Hack
Mr. William Hagglund
Ms. Mary Lou Hakenjos
Mrs. Lorraine Halladay
Mr. Richard Halpin
Mr. Edward P. Hampel
Ms. Mary-Martha Hancock
Ms. Nora Hansel
Ms. Joan G. Hansen
Judith & Richard Hanus
Ms. Leona M. Hartmann
Mr. & Mrs. Grover P.
Hartsuch
Mrs. Wayne K. Harty
Ms. Carol Haussermann
Mrs. Alice B. Hayes
Miss Mary C. Hayes
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Hazard
Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Healy
Mr. John F. Healy
Mr. Peter J. Hebein
Mr. Daniel K. Heenan
Mr. William M. Hegan
Mr. Charles Hemler, Jr.
Mr. William Hendee
Ms. Cynthia Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T.
Herdrich
Ms. Mary Louise Herek
Mr. Fred R. Hermes
Mrs. Mary Ann Hettich
The Mary Hickey Family
Dana Higby-Ford
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A.
Hildebrand
Mr. Clark E. Hill
Mr. Henry L. Hill
Ms. Susan Hill
Ms. Barbara J. Hintz
Mr. Josh Hoen
Mr. William Hogan
Mrs. Jeanne M. Hokens
Ms. Mary A. Holbrock
Ms. Marion A. Holderbaum
Ms. Patricia L. Hollenkamp
Ms. Joanna M. Hosteny
Mr. William Hottinger
Thomas & Rita Howley
Ms. Donna Hruby
Mrs. Jacqueline Huber
Mr. Robert Huff
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E.
Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hurley
Arthur & Florence Hurter
Ms. Joanne Husarik
Mr. Gerald W. Huston
Ms. Walburga Hutchins
Ms. Judith E. Iantorno
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Iberle
Mr. Paul M. Ingevaldson
Mr. Tim Irvine
Ms. Michelle Kathryn
Ivanski
Ms. Karen Ivers
Ms. Kathryn L. Ivsin
Ms. Elizabeth A. Jachim
Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Jados
Mr. & Mrs. Edward
Jaguszewski
Mr. Jurate Jancys
Ms. Renetta M. Jarka
Ms. Mary Catherine Jaros
Ms. Mary G. Jegen
Ms. Betty Jenkins
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Johnson
Mrs. Marcia Johnson
Ms. Marilyn Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Mark K.
Johnson
Michael & Marion Johnson
Mr. Robert S. Johnson
Sandra & Bruce Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Vinson Johnson
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston
Mrs. Kathleen Jordan
Ms. Kimberly T. Joseph
Ms. Pearl Jovanovich
Mrs. Donna Joy
Ms. Sheila M. Juliano
Dr. Steven Julius
Mr. Edward R. Kaczmarek
Mr. Michael Kahles, Jr.
Ms. Barbara Kahn
Mrs. Floyd Kalber
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kalin
Ms. Dolores Kallas
Ms. Christine A. Kalowski
Mr. Karim Kaminski
Ms. Catherine A. Kamper
Ms. Lenore Kanary
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R.
Kancler
Mrs. Loretta K. Kaplan
Mr. James F. Karczewski
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R.
Karnuth
Ms. Kathleen M. Kartheiser
Ron & Marge Kassen
Mr. Brad Kaste
Ms. Lois Katarski
Ms. Mary F. Kaufman
Ms. Mary Keane
Mr. William Keane
Mr. Joseph S. Kearney, Jr.
Mr. John J. Keating
Mrs. Mary Keefe
Mrs. Marie A. Keller
Ms. Kathy Kelley
Ms. Mary E. Kelley
Ms. Bernadette A. Kelly
Mrs. Blanche Kelly
Jerry M. &
Anna Marie Kelly
Mr. Mark J. Kelly
Mr. Walter Kelly, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth R. Kennedy
Kathleen &
Terrence Kennedy
Dr. Sara Charles Kennedy
Ms. Susan L. Kennedy
Terence & Elizabeth
Kennedy
Mr. Matthew Kennelly
Dr. & Mrs. Philip W. Kenny
Mr. Leslie Kenyon
Ms. Patricia H. Kiley
Ms. Kathleen Kinahan
Mr. Martin Kinnavy
Mr. John J. Kinsella
Phil & Lesia Kirk
Mr. Ronald S. Kirk
Mr. Samuel Kirschenbaum
Ms. June A. Kirwan
Mr. Robert Kitchen
Janice & Dave Kleiner
Ms. Mary Klemundt
Ms. Tamara Kling
Carol Kloss &
Christopher Munger
Ms. Barbara Klotz
Harold & Adrienne Klumpp
Ms. Emily M. Klusis
Mrs. Elaine Knox
Edward & Laverne Kocal
Mr. Keith Kohanzo
Mr. Raymond M. Kohl
Mr. Harris Kohn
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kolar
Ms. Gera-Lind Kolarik
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kolb
Ms. Maria R. Kolb
Mrs. Janet Konkel
Ms. Laura Konrath
Ms. Noemi Kopp-Tanaka
Ms. Lillian Korous
Ms. Barbara A. Kostka
Ms. Arlene Kotil
Mr. Paul L. Kott
Mr. John M. Kovacic
Mr. Mitchell Kowalczyk
Edward & Kathy Kras
Ms. Marianne Kratowicz
Mr. Kenneth J. Krauth
Mrs. Virginia E. Kremer
Ms. Barbara B. Kreml
Mrs. Frank V. Krisch
Ms. Dorothy M. Krol
Ms. Linda Kroning
Mr. Mervin D. Krueger
Mr. Robert T. Krueger
Mrs. Celeste Kucharski
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kukulka
Mr. John J. Kulczycki
Ms. Patricia Kurauski
Mr. & Mrs. Walter W.
Kurczewski
Ms. Nellie B. Lacaci
Ms. Maria Lahey
Mr. Dave Laketa
Ms. Doriss Lakin
Ms. Anne-Julie Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. Edward G.
Lamich
Daniel P. & Jill S. Lanigan
Nancy LaPaglia &
Stephen Slusarski
Desmond &
Jeanne LaPlace
Ms. Andrea J. Larsen
Ms. Annette Larson
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Larson
Ms. Jane S. LaRue
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Elders at Audrey’s House get back
to nature during a special visit with
farm animals.
Ms. Shirley Lathrop
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Latta
Mr. & Mrs. William J.
Lawlor, III
Ms. Virginia Lawrence
Mrs. Cynthia Lawson
Mr. Michael J. Leahy
Mr. William E. Leahy
Ms. Margaret Lear
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Lee
Mr. & Mrs. James Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Lee
Mr. Joseph M. Lekostaj
Dr. Eugene Leman
John & Margaret Lemker
Fr. Jim Lennon
Ms. Nancy Leonard
John & Jill Levi
Ms. Ann LeWand
Ms. Felice Lewandowski
Russell L. Lewis, Jr.
Adorn Lewis-Mitchell
Mrs. Mary Jane Liang
Mrs. Eleanor Liguori
Ms. Teresa Lindem
Ms. Patricia Lindholm
Mrs. Pam R. Lipton
James & Nancy Litke
John & Ann Litza
LivHOME
Ms. Jaclynn Lococo
Mrs. Margaret M.
Lombardo
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Mrs. Margaret Looze
Mr. Joseph Lopez
Richard & Jane Lorenz
Mr. Lynch Love
Ms. Linda Loving
Mr. & Mrs. Isidro Lucas
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Lucas
Dr. Rosemary Lucas
Ms. Geraldine
Lukaszewskyj
Mr. Donald J. Luksetich
Mr. Lawrence P. Lundin
Mr. & Mrs. John Lusak
Mr. Lucian Lutek
Ms. Annie Lynch
Ms. Ellen Lynch
Francis &
Mary Louise Lynn
Ms. Mary Sue Lyon
Mr. John J. Machota
Joseph C. & Kathleen C.
Madden
Ms. Joan Madeja
Ms. Mary Ann Madey
Ms. Betty Sutfin Madsen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Madura
Mr. Peter E. Magine
Mr. John J. Maher
Neil & Frances Mahlstedt
Ronald & Iris Maiter
Mr. Mike Maliszewski
Mr. Thomas Mallek
Mr. Charles Vincent
Maloney
Ms. Victoria L. Mancini
Ms. Lawrence Manelis
Mr. Michael T. Manley
Gabriel & Cecilia Manrique
Ms. Diana M. Manske
Marc Chemical
Products, Inc.
Mrs. Sharon Marchiori
Ms. Diana Marek
Anthony & Donna Mareno
Mr. Frank Mareska
Donna & Sean Margiotta
Ms. Sonja Marinac
Ms. Margaret Mark
Mr. William J. Markel
Ms. Phyllis Markovitch
Mr. Barry H. Marks
Ms. Cynthia D. Marler
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Marran
Paul & Annette Marsicano
Mr. Andrew M. Masse
Ms. Teresa Mastin
Ms. Anne Mastrud
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J.
Matecki
Mrs. Dorothy C. Matern
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matheu
Ms. Barbara J. Matousek
Ms. Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld
James &
Marianne Matthews
Mrs. Patricia H. Matzek
Mr. David R. May
Mr. David V. May
Mrs. Maija B. May
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mayes
Ms. Maria Mayol
Ms. Nancye Ann Mazzone
Mr. Robert W. McArthur
Ms. Margaret McBlackwell
Ms. Linda McBride
Ms. Sandra McBride
Thomas &
Barbara McCaffrey
Michael &
Elizabeth McCann
Ms. Margaret M. McCarthy
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J.
McCollam
Mr. John McCormick
Ms. Mary E. McCormick
Ms. Kathleen McCourt
Ms. Maureen T. McDermott
Mr. Thomas F. McDermott
Ms. Mary McEnerney
Ms. Mary J. McEnery
Ms. Mary F. McGilvray
John & Marita McGivney
Ms. Dawn M. McGovern
Mr. & Mrs. William
McGovern
Mr. John B. McGowan
Mr. Daniel McGuire
Mrs. Effie P. McHenry
Ms. Martha McInerney
Mr. & Mrs. Charles J.
McKay
Dr. & Mrs. William P.
McKeever
Ms. Sheila D. McNicholas
Mr. Harold D. McRae
Mr. Thomas A. McSweeny
Patrick McWeeny &
Donna Lo Presti
Ms. Helen A. Mead
Mr. & Mrs. Garrett C.
Meade
Mrs. Monica Starus Meade
Mr. Joseph N. Meeks
Ms. Marilynn A. Meissner
Ms. Dorothy Mench
Sally Burg & Philip Meno
Ms. Janet C. Messmer
Ms. Carol Ann Mester
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Metzke
Mr. Carl Meyer
Ms. Marcella V. Meyers
Michael Best &
Friedrich, LLP
Mr. Eli K. Michaels
Mr. John H. Michalek
Mr. Jan S. Miecznikowski
Ms. Mary Mikel
Ms. Evelyn J. Miks
Ms. Carol A. Miller
Ms. Charlene Miller
Mrs. James C. Miller
Janice & Hal Miller
Mr. Richard Miller
Richard & Iris Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Martin D. Mills
Ms. Priscilla Mims
Ms. Patricia I. Mines
Ms. Margaret L. Mitchell
Warriene Mitchell-Curry
Mrs. Constance Moisan
Mr. Charles E. Mok
Ms. Lucille Monahan
Bob & Dori Moody
Ms. Cynthia A. Moody
Ms. Barbara B. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Morelli
Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Mores
Mr. Robert C. Morgen
Mrs. Linda Morgenthau
Mr. Jack Moriarity
Judy & Paul Moriarty
Vincent & Barbara Morreale
Michael &
Carolyn Morrissey
Mr. James P. Morrissy
Ms. Josephine Mosillami
Mr. Edward J. Moszur
Mr. Howard Mota
Motorola Mobility
Foundation
Mr. John S. Mousser
Mr. James J. Mraz
Mrs. Adele Mrohen
Mr. Carl A. Mueller
Mr. Patrick Mulcahy
Mr. Richard B. Muller
Mr. Mike Mullin
Mullins Food Products
Mrs. Terrie Munder
Ms. Laureen Mungovan
Mr. Hollace C. Murphy
Mr. John J. Murphy
Ms. Marion P. Murphy
Mrs. Rosemarie Murphy
Ms. Susan Murphy
Ms. Veronica Murphy
Ms. Margaret A. Murray
Ms. Barbara Murtha
Mr. Richard A. Myers
Ms. Mary Anne Nardi
Ms. Mary M. Naughton
Ms. Opal Marie Nealy
Ms. Marilyn Neforas
Ms. Teresa Nega
Mr. Richard M. Neis
Ms. Barbara L. Nelson
Mr. Earl E. Nelson
Ms. Patricia A. Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E.
Nelson
Nikki Nelson &
Ronald Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Brett Nemanich
Mrs. Muriel C. Nerad
Ms. Virginia Neubauer
Mrs. Shirley M. Neuner
Ms. Barbara J. Newman
Ms. LaVerne Nichols
Mr. Kenneth T. Nickele
Mrs. Adelyne Niedbalski
Ms. Dorothy Nielsen
Mr. Donald O. Nissen
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Nolan
Ms. Mary A. Noland
Fulton & Deborah Nolen
Mr. & Mrs. John North
Ms. Annemarie B.
Nusekabel
Ms. Myra Nyberg
Ms. Cynthia Nygren
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D.
Nyhan
Ms. Luanne Nystrom
Ms. Christine O’Brien
Ms. Mary O’Brien
Ms. Mary P. O’Connor
Ms. Patricia A. O’Connor
Ms. Sharon O’Donnell
Ms. Loretta A. O’Dowd
Ms. Margaret F. O’Hara
Mr. Franklin A. O’Leary
Ms. Josephine C. O’Leary
Vincent & Joan O’Malley
Ms. Patricia O’Neill
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald
O’Sullivan
Irene Okoniewski
Mrs. Devola R. Olson
Ms. Donna Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Olson
Mr. Frank Omischl
Ms. Lorraine A. Ormerod
Ms. Maureen Osborne
Ms. Kristi Osga
Lawrence A. &
Leslie Osterberg
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Ott
Mr. Gary L. Owens
Mrs. JoAnn Ozimek
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold A.
Pagniucci
Ms. Barbara Palumbo
Mr. Peter Pantarotto
Ms. Susan Panzer
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R.
Papaleo
Park Ridge Paint,
Glass & Wallpaper
Ms. Carolyn Noonan
Parmer
Mr. Ronald E. Partington
Mr. Gregory Paskiet
Mr. John Pasurka
Mr. & Mrs. Norman J.
Patinkin
Mrs. Marie M. Patton
Thomas & Virginia Paulick
Mr. Albert J. Pavlick
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard M.
Pawlowski
Ms. Jean A. Paychl
Mrs. Jean Payne
Mrs. Sandra Pechous
Ms. Sharon Pekoz
Ms. Jeannine M. Pellettiere
Ms. Patricia A. Pembroke
Mrs. Anita Pendergast
Mr. John W. Perkins
Mrs. Marianne Perkins
Mr. Joseph G. Perrone
Ms. Lucretia Perrone
Mr. Pasquale Perrone
Ross & Christina Perrotte
Mr. Richard C. Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Persha
Ms. Christel Peterson
Ms. Georgia B. Petrie
Ms. Theresa A. Pevitts
Pfizer Foundation
Matching Gifts
Mr. Kenneth Phelan
Ms. Mary Ellen Phelan
Mr. Kenneth Phillips
Michael &
Christine Pietrucha
John & Victoria Pindred
Andrew M. &
Rita G. Pinkowski
Ms. Elizabeth Pirman
Ms. Gretchen Plantz
Ms. Renee A. Pleshar
Ms. Josephine Podgorniak
Mr. & Mrs. Alex J. Pollock
Ms. Patricia Pomykalski
Mr. Ronald Pool
Mr. John S. Posluszny, Jr.
Ms. Elenore M. Poss
Mrs. Joan C. Power
Dr. Richard J. Powers
Mr. Spencer C. Prahl
Ms. Merle E. Pray
Ms. Jeanne Prendergast
Mr. Phillip Puzzo
Mrs. Jamica Quillin
Ms. Camilla Racine
Mr. Thomas A. Radcliffe
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M.
Radzialowski
Mr. Paul E. Rafferty
Ms. Sharon S. Rakowski
Ms. Carol S. Ramsay
Mrs. Deborah L. Rancatore
Ms. Kathleen M. Randolph
Ms. Kathleen Ransford
Mr. Victor R. Ratajczak
Mr. & Mrs. James Ratcliffe
Mr. James A. Rau, Jr.
Ms. Maureen Raught
Mr. Rich Rauscher
Ms. Virginia R. Reed
Tom & Dede Reedy
Ms. Suzanne Regas
Len & Nancy Reiffel
Ms. Grasilda Reinys
Ms. Mary E. Reuland
Ms. Brenda Rice
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Richert
Ms. Shirley Ricks
Mrs. Deborah D. Rigoni
Ms. Betty T. Riley
Ms. Gina D. Rinella
Ms. Mary Risley
Louis & Jackie River
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rivkin
LBFE celebrations
often include
music, singing,
and dancing—like
this special Cinco
de Mayo event.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Roach
Ms. Marsha Roane
Mr. Edward J. Robins
Ms. Carrie J. Robinson
Mr. Robert S. Robson
Mrs. Mary Roche
Mr. & Mrs. David Rochester
Mr. Stephen Rochlis
Mr. Roland Rock
Mr. James Engel Rocks
Mrs. Doreen Rodgers
Ms. Juana Rodriguez
Ms. Joan V. Roeder
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rohan
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Roloff
Ms. Kathleen Ann Romberg
Dr. & Mrs. Adam H.
Romeiser, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret Ronan
Brady & Pati Roscoe
Ms. Linda Rosencranz
Mr. Jeffrey S. Ross
Mr. Joseph Rotunno
Mr. Richard J. Royston
Mr. Gregory F. Ruegger
Mrs. Kathleen E. Runstrom
Gita & Ramesh Rupani
Dan & Bob Ruscitti
Ms. Theresa Rush
Mr. Robert Rushkewicz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Russo
Mr. Jack A. Ryan
Mr. & Mrs. James Ryan
Mr. John P. Ryan
Robert & Judith Ryan
Mrs. Theodora
Sachs Aronson
Saint Bede Abbey
and Academy
Mr. Kevin Salam
Edward & Annette Salomon
Mr. David Sanders
Mrs. Marian R. Sanfilippo
Mrs. Mary Ann Santucci
Thomas C. & Peggy A.
Sasgen
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Satas
Mr. Narothum Saxena
Mr. Vincent P. Schall
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Our Creative Cafe encourages elders
to show their talents.
Mr. & Mrs. David Louis
Schanding
Mr. Kurt Scheblein
Mr. Mervyn Schell
Mrs. B. Schembari
Mr. Larry J. Schlich
Mrs. Donna Schlueter
Mr. Paul L. Schmelzer
Mr. John J. Schmitz
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M.
Schneider
Mr. Mike Schrage
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P.
Schreiber
Ms. Jodi L. Schubert
Ms. Merle Joy Schuerman
Mr. Terence Schuessler
Mr. Robert N. Schuit
Mr. Jim Schulien
Mr. L.A. Schultheiss
Ms. Eileen M. Schultz
Ms. Jennifer A. Schwab
Mr. Louis Schwartz
Mr. Michael N. Schwartz
The Schwartz &
Elliott Family
Ms. Mary Ann Schwartz &
Mr. Richard H. Brewer
Ms. Camellia Scopelite
Ms. Theresa A. Scott
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Ms. Geraldine Sczygiel
Ms. Joan Segon &
Ms. Lori Boetto
Ms. Mary Beth Seifert
Ms. Donna C. Sens
Ms. Ann Serafin
Ms. Lisa D. Serafin
Ms. Nancy F. Seyfried
Shamrock American Club
Ms. Elizabeth A. Shanahan
Ms. Lisa Shane
Vikas & Neeru Sharma
Mrs. Roberta Sharp
Mr. Len Shaw
Mr. Thomas M. Shea
Ms. Stephanie Shea-Joyce
Mr. Joseph P. Sheahan
Ms. Mary Ellen Sheehan
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shier
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shrader
Edward & Nancy Shufeldt
Mr. & Mrs. William Shunas
Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Shutt
Mrs. Catherine Sibley
Mr. Walter Siebert
Mr. & Mrs. William W.
Sievers
Ms. Sarane C. Siewerth
Mr. & Mrs. Albin Sikora
Ms. Rita Simo
Mrs. Charlie L. Simpson
Mrs. Janet L. Simpson
Sr. Kathleen Sinclair
Mrs. Sharon Skala
Robert & Carol Slanicky
Dr. Clare Slowik
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Sluga
Mr. Michael J. Small
Ms. Linda Smessaert
Ms. Barbara Ann Smith
Ms. Geraldine Smith
Mrs. Helen LaPat Smith
Ms. Jane Marie Smith
Mr. Robert Smith
Mr. Robert Kevin Smith &
Ms. Petty Bergh
Mr. Anthony M. Smyth
Jennifer & Andrew Snyder
Mr. John Soderstrom
Ms. Noreen Soell
Ms. Margaret F. Soffin
Mr. Phillip Solzan
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sook
Ms. Donna Sosin
Mrs. Mary Sotir
Bonnie Spaccarelli-Hannon
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Spale
Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Spanier
Mr. Joseph Spellman
Mrs. Elizabeth Spiering
Mr. & Mrs. John Spude
St. Emily’s Women’s Club
Holy Taxiarhai &
St. Haralambos Greek
Orthodox Church
St. Mary of the Woods
Parish
St. Viator Conference
Ms. Nancy Stachnik
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald
Stajkowski
Mr. & Mrs. John D.
Stanhaus
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D.
Stastny
The Stauber Family
Foundation
Mr. Mark A. Steege
Ms. Flora M. Stein
Mr. Ron A. Stein
Mr. Craig D. Stepnicka
Ms. Jo Ann Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. George L.
Stewart, Jr.
Ms. Cheri Stockhausen
David & Dalene Strieff
Ms. Margaret R. Struck
Mrs. Deborah L. Styka
Mr. Rene Suarez
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard V.
Subic
Ms. Joan C. Sullivan
Joseph & Mary Sullivan
Ms. Janice M. Susek
Ms. Kathleen Sutpin
Ms. Marianne Sweeney
Mr. & Mrs. Martin
Swerdlow
Ms. Jeanne Swiatowiec
Mr. Gerard Swick
Mr. Thomas R. Swiderski
Anthony & Patricia Szafran
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szura
Mr. Ted Szywala
Mr. & Mrs. Michael F.
Talento
Ms. Melissa Tatman
Jacqueline Tauber
Ms. Jane Ellis Taussig
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Taylor
Mr. Harold Temkin
Ms. Catherine Terry
Thermal Laminating
Corporation
Mr. John J. Thielmann
Mr. Aubrey L. Thompson
Mr. Edward J. Thompson
William &
Patricia Thompson
Ms. Cheryl Tindall
Mr. John Tobin
Mrs. Virginia Tolford
Ms. Sharon A. Townley
Ms. Marie Trankina
Ms. Rose Triplett
Mr. Donald H. Tripp
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Tuerk
Ms. Gloria Turner
Mr. Werner E. Tyczka
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W.
Tyszkiewicz
Ms. Stephanie L. Uhlarik
Mr. Loren Underhill
Ms. Judith K. Ungashick
Ms. Laura Lynn Unger
Mr. Rudolph M. Unger
Unilever United States
Foundation, Inc.
Mr. David L. Unti
Ms. Barbara J. Urban
USG Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Rose Vaccaro
Mrs. Elsa Vaintzettel
Ms. Violeta Valadka
Mr. John F. Valentine
Cheryl & William Van Arkel
Mrs. Carol Van Dyke
Ms. Loralie Van Sluys
Ms. Yvonne Vanden
Avenne
William &
Susan Vanderberg
Mr. Frank P. VanderPloeg
Fred Venrick &
Catherine O’Connell
Ms. Sally Ann Venus
John & Tracy Vercillo
Mr. Richard H. Vlerick
Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. Vodicka
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J.
Vonesh
Ms. Joan Wade
Ms. Virginia Walczak
Ms. Lavita M. Waldon
Ms. Victoria Walkowicz
Mr. John P. Walsh for
Marie Adducci Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Walsh
Mr. Robert Walsh
Ms. Rose C. Walsh
Mrs. Irene Walters
Ms. Catherine A.
Wasielewski
Mr. Harry Wayne
Dr. & Mrs. James R.
Webster
Ms. Cynthia Woods
Weinand
Ms. Elizabeth Schmakel
Weiss
Mrs. Eleanor Weiss-Zoub
Ms. Genevieve Weissensel
Mr. Richard D. Wetzel
Ms. Ruth M. Wheeler
Mr. James Wicklund
Frank & Alice Wiedner
Mr. Robert J. Wilczek
Mrs. Sharon A. Wild
Mr. Christopher A. Wilk
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H.
Wilkens
Ray & Barbara Willas
Ms. Tina Willette
Judge James Williams,
Ret.
Ms. M. Jean Williams
Ms. Maureen Williams
Mr. Harold Willoughby
Mr. Robert W. Wilson
Dr. Elizabeth L. Wimberg
Windy City Marketing/
Motiv8 Las Vegas
Mr. Carl R. Winger
Ms. Ann Wise
Ms. Barbara Witek
Ms. Marthe J. Witte
Mr. Charles D. Wolf
Ms. Elizabeth Wolf
Mrs. Linda Wolf
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J.
Wolfe
Mr. Tom Wolfe
Mr. Robert L. Wolff
Ms. Lois Ann Wolta
Ms. Mary Anne Woodcock
Word of Faith Community
Mr. Andrew Wozniak
Mr. & Mrs Luciano Wozniak
Mrs. Judith Wray
Ms. Joanne Yangas
Mr. Robert S. Yohannan
Ms. Colleen Yohn
Ms. Kathleen C. Yosko
Ms. Elizabeth A. Young
Ms. Ramona C. Young
Ms. Shirley Young
Ms. Susan N. Young
Ms. Therese Young
Mr. Donald Zaininger
Ms. Felice M. Zaldokas
Mr. Peter J. Zaphirio
Mrs. Patricia Zappavigna
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zbos
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony
Zefron, Jr.
Ms. Susie Zelinsky
Ms. Anne Zender
Mr. William E. Zerial
Ya-Ping & Marjorie S. Zhou
Mr. John S. Ziegler
Mr. Wilbur Zielke
Ms. Victoria M. Zimelis
Mrs. Barbara Zimmer
Ms. Therese Zimmerman
Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Zimmermann
Ms. Carol Zmuda
Mr. Eugene M. Zubik
Mrs. Elizabeth Zucker
Ms. Mary Lou Zwick
Bequests
We are very grateful to our friends
who continued their giving to Little
Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
through their estate plans. LBFE
elders and volunteers are a diverse
group and so, too, are the bequest gifts
we receive. Each tells an important story
about the donors—and how much they
cared about Chicago’s elders. Thanks
to their planning and generosity, LBFE is
able to provide programs and services
to lonely elders free of charge for
years to come.
Isabelle N. Atz
Lenora C. Cannon
Catherine MorrisseyWeinglass
Patty F. Christophersen
Arthur J. Patcke
Margo Claire Fallow
Robert J. Righeimer
Mary Flinn
Floyd P. Sorquist
Audrey Chesner
Pauline K. O’Morrow
Dorothy Damler
Lenore Rennert
Peggy Lou Fenton
Donald R. Schreiber
Bernadine D. Gardner
Edward & Mary
Steinhauser
Evelyn Harvey
Theodore P. Kendzior
Rita Kersten
Margaret M. Kogler
Edwin Lewis
Max C. Mielecki
Dolores M.
Szachnitowski
Mildred B. Szlanga
Geraldine Trandel
A. Norbert Verzosa
Evelyn Miller
Our donors are so
important to us, and
we make every effort
to properly recognize
them. Please report
any errors or omissions
to Sherri Gorski at
312.455.1000 or sgorski@
littlebrotherschicago.org.
Thank you for being
a friend to our elders!
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Inside
LBFE
LBFE Gives Great Neighbors
a Way to Give Back to Elders
People who dedicate their time to
alleviating isolation and loneliness
among elders in Chicago are at the
heart of Little Brothers - Friends
of the Elderly. Thanks to a new
initiative called Great Neighbors,
LBFE is now ready to introduce
even more Chicagoans to the
benefits of bringing friendship to
older adults.
Relying on a user-friendly online tool,
the Great Neighbors initiative can
be managed virtually to connect
compassionate citizens with older
adults in their neighborhoods to
ensure elder needs are being met.
“We realized at LBFE that we could
not reach every senior in our city
through our existing programs.
But with a little help from friendly
neighbors, we could substantially
increase our reach,” says Simone
Mitchell-Peterson, chief executive
officer of LBFE Chicago. “Great
Neighbors is an innovative way of
using technology to build social
networks of older adults who
do not take part in our current
programming.”
The Great Neighbors program and
online tool, created by our founding
organization in France, allows
friendly neighbors to log-in and
select from a broad menu of typical
interactions such as:
•Arranging time to help an older
community member grocery shop
•Completing a simple
household repair
•Enjoying lunch together
A special feature of the program
is that it allows neighbors to
share service to the elders in
their communities based on
individual schedules, abilities, and
preferences. There will be active
give and take as friendly neighbors
and seniors build mutually beneficial
networks.
“Chicago is a city of 2.7 million
residents, so it’s important that we
identify the communities where this
program will thrive,” says Heather
Dudzinski who is managing the
U.S. launch of the initiative.
Over the next several months,
Dudzinski will work to establish a
committee to refine and test the
Great Neighbors online tool and
identify pilot areas. “Our goal is to
start with two Chicago locations,
but it’s the enthusiasm from friendly
neighbors and older adults that
will drive this effort. The potential
is limitless.” Dudzinski adds, “If
you think your community is full
of great neighbors and seniors,
or if you are interested in learning
more about the committee, get in
touch!” Contact Heather Dudzinski
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
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LBFE
Holiday Gift Program
Caring Volunteers Bring
Cheer to Nearly 1,000 Elders
Every year, LBFE asks our
caring community of volunteers
and donors to help us provide
personalized gifts to our elders
during the holiday season—and
your response, once again, was so
generous.
LBFE sincerely thanks the 85
individuals, 16 companies, 12
community groups, 5 schools,
and 4 church groups that helped
us provide very special gifts to
988 elders during the 2014 holiday
season. Little Brothers’ volunteers
also brought holiday cheer,
delivering home-cooked meals
and friendly conversation to
238 homebound elders on
Christmas Day.
Elder Ruby was thrilled with her
gifts, which included a box of
chocolates that meant so much to
her: “I am reliving the moments I
spent with my dear husband who
would buy me these chocolates
all the time because they are
my favorite!”
Homebound elders enjoyed home-cooked
meals delivered in special holiday bags.
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Here’s just a sampling of the gifts
that were carefully purchased to
match personal requests from
our elders:
•Pearl-style necklace
and earrings
•Coffee-maker by Mr. Coffee
•Set of kitchen pots and pans
•Variety of body soaps
and lotions
•Winter jackets, scarves,
and gloves
•A throw blanket in navy blue
•Men’s pants and sweaters
•Answering machine
•Restaurant gift cards
Handmade gifts also were popular.
For instance, students from the
Evanston Day School provided
33 beautifully decorated holiday
bags, 21 boxes of chocolates,
and 18 rolls of birthday wrapping
paper. The Alphonsus Boy Scout
Troop 889 made sure our elders
received 145 toiletry bags, 50 pairs
of socks, 17 holiday cards, and 16
bags of candy. Volunteer Renee
Bajek provided 50 handmade heart
pillows, giving our elders comfort
and brightening their homes.
Says Assistant Director of
Development Sherri Gorski: “In
a season focused on family and
friends, it’s so important to reach
out to our isolated elders and give
them a reason to celebrate. And
we accomplished just that, with the
help of our generous donors and
friends. Thank you so much!”
Upcoming Events
April
4Birthday Party
5Easter Home-
Delivered Meals
11-25 Food Bag
Delivery
184th Annual Fête
d’Armand Marquiset
May
2Birthday Party
8
Creative Café
9Vicky’s
Family Reunion
15
Movie Club
16-22Food Bag Delivery
23-25LBFE Closed for
Memorial Day
30
Rosa’s Family Reunion
June
6 Birthday Party
12 Creative Café
15-18 Vacation Getaway
19 Movie Club
20 Ron’s
Family Reunion
20-27Food Bag Delivery
22-25 Vacation Getaway
26 Summer Outing TBD
27 Maria’s Family Reunion
29-Vacation Getaway
July 2
July
3-4
LBFE Closed for
Independence Day
August
September
1Birthday
5-7
LBFE Closed for
3-6
Vacation Getaway
8
Summer Spa Day
10-13 Vacation Getaway
15Carmen’s
11
Creative Café
12
Birthday Party
14-17Vacation Getaway
18
Movie Club
19Mary’s
Party
6-9 Vacation Getaway
10
Creative Café
11
Birthday Party
13-16 Vacation Getaway
17
Movie Club
18-25 Food Bag Delivery
20-23 Vacation Getaway
24Summer Outing
Labor Day
Family Reunion
15-22 Food Bag Delivery
17-20Vacation
Getaway
21Creative
Movie & Lunch
25
Hina’s Family Reunion
27-30 Vacation Getaway
Family Reunion
19-26 Food Bag Delivery
26Sarah’s Family
Reunion
Café
24-27 Vacation Getaway
28
Movie Club
31-Vacation Getaway
Sept. 3
For more details about events for
elders, call 312.455.1000.
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Donate. Volunteer. Celebrate.
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a private,
non-profit, volunteer-based organization. We receive no
funds from the government and we are not a United Way
member agency. Our mission to bring friendship to Chicago’s
lonely and isolated elders is supported by thousands of
individual donors and volunteers, and dozens of corporations
and foundations.
Support LBFE today!
Call: 312.455.1000
Visit: www.littlebrotherschicago.org
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