2012 Annual Report - Hands On Hartford

We are Hartford....and so are you
Annual Report 2012
A Message from the CEO & Board Chair
Dear Friends,
2012 was year of partnerships, a year of togetherness, and a year in which we
celebrated our rich history. For 45 years, we have focused on the transformative power of
community. At the very center of our mission, our reason for being, is the idea that all of
us in the greater Hartford area are part of a single community. We are all strengthened,
and all of our lives are improved, when we work together to support each other. By
joining us, you were an integral part of this journey.
Last year, we accomplished so much together:
• You helped to transform an old-style food pantry into a full shopping model
Community Pantry serving 400 households a month
• You fought hunger in our community by joining with us in Foodshare’s Walk
Against Hunger
• You participated in our single largest service project to date—engaging more than
300 volunteers
• You enabled those we serve to be heard in new ways by helping us launch the
Faces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau
Underlying all of our programs is the strong community we build together: taking care
of each other, improving each other’s lives, and making a positive difference in the world
around us. That attitude of mutuality is what we’re all about, and you’ve supported us so
much in these efforts.
That is why we say wholeheartedly: We made a difference, and so did you. We changed
lives, and so did you. We are Hartford, and so are you.
Warmest Regards,
Barbara A. Shaw
Executive Director
Karen Bailey-Francois
Chair of the Board of Directors
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Mission & Vision
Our Mission
Hands On Hartford, in partnership with others, strengthens community in Hartford by responding
faithfully to people in need through programs that change lives and renew human possibility.
Our Vision
Hands On Hartford provides direct services to people in need by promoting community
engagement and volunteerism. Our vision is to bring agencies, volunteers, congregations,
community organizations, donors and businesses together to make a significant impact on our
community.
Our History
At our Volunteer Appreciation Event in April of 2012, we recognized the 11 congregations that
helped found Center City Churches 45 years ago. We’d like to once again recognize those entities,
without whom we could not have helped so many and for so long. Over the years, the agency
created Connecticut’s first supportive housing program for people living with AIDS; Hartford’s
first and only group home for adults who are mentally ill; Hartford’s first soup kitchen; Hartford’s
only fuel assistance program for the working poor; Connecticut’s first and Hartford’s only
weekend senior nutrition program; and, Hartford’s most comprehensive after-school tutoring and
arts education program for elementary school children.
Special thanks to these Hartford churches: Center Church (First Church of Christ Hartford),
Central Baptist Church, Christ Church Cathedral, Church of the Good Shepherd, Emanuel Lutheran
Church, First Presbyterian Church, Metropolitan Community Church, South Congregational
Church, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Unitarian Society of Hartford, and United Methodist
Church.
Center Church
Metropolitan Community Church
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Peter’s Retreat
We are neighbors...and so are you
There is no such thing as “one-size fits all” for supportive housing. At all three Peter’s
Retreat housing programs, we meet individuals and families where they are in life.
The Peter’s Retreat programs provide individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS
and housing instability with a home. But it’s so much more than that.
Some may define success by the numbers:
• All of 100% of congregate and scattered-site participants achieved success in more
than two life goals, such as education, benefits, family re-unification, employment,
health, and harm-reduction/ relapse prevention.
• 100% of participants in all programs reestablished and maintained vital medical
and medication supports.
• Our congregate program received a 100% rating from AIDS CT (formerly Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition) in their annual service, administrative, fiscal
and health/safety review.
But we see success in the faces we see every day:
We see success in the dozens of men and
women who are now able to manage
their illness and live healthier lives at our
shared residence. With help from caring
and dedicated staff, for nearly 20 years, this site has been giving many
the stability they need to gain independence, get healthier, and move
on to their own apartments.
“I would be sleeping on the streets or
dead without this program”
-Tenant from
Off-site program
We see success in the eyes of men and women who now have their
own apartments through our scattered-site program after years
of unstable housing. Through home visits with case managers,
individuals in this program can get the amount of support that’s right
for them in order to maintain housing and a happy life.
We see success in the parents in our family scattered-site program
who are now providing more stable and safer, healthier lives for their
children. Because families have unique needs and goals, these are
addressed through individualized supports given by case managers,
whether that’s getting connected to vital social services or helping with career plans .
Beyond Peter’s Retreat: Expanding Supportive Housing
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tarting in the summer of 2012, Hands On Hartford began to expand housing services beyond the
Peter’s Retreat program, and beyond just those living with HIV/AIDS. Staff now provides supportive
services for George Beach Home, a Hartford apartment building for individuals with limited finances in
addition to some with special physical and/or emotional needs. Services provided include linkages and
referrals to social and state service agencies in the community as well as supportive interactions when on
site.
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Family School Connection
We are family...and so are you
Family School Connection helps parents of children at Betances
Early Reading Lab School create a better learning environment
for their children.
Learning can be fun!
With issues such as truancy, lack of language comprehension,
and unstable housing, many kids in Hartford are struggling.
Our home visitors meet one-on-one with parents to guide them
to the best ways to address these concerns.
Many of these parents are juggling issues with housing, health
concerns, and the looming fear of running out of food. Add in
troubles with school, and it can be an overwhelming prospect.
By helping with parenting skill-building and providing case
management, referrals, and other linkages to services, home
visitors address the overall well-being of the family.
In 2012, 59 families participated and 97 children benefitted
from the program.
Family School Connection is offered in partnership with the
Children’s Trust Fund, a division of the State of Connecticut
Department of Social Services
FSC Clinical Supervisor
Pat Porteous shows off
her ice cream churning
skills
Through several family
fun days, kids learned
new skills while having
a blast! These activities
not only provide a free
day of entertainment
for the kids, but also
create a supportive
environment for parents
in the program. In
2012, parents and kids
participated in activities
at Camp Asto Wamah,
and the Bushnell Park
Carousel, in addition to
enjoying a puppet show
and ice cream making.
Toy Shoppe Annual Family Holiday Party
Every year, HOH hosts our Toy Shoppe Holiday Family Party for families we serve. At this festive event,
parents “shop” for toys free of charge while their children have fun in the party room enjoying music, crafts
and food and pictures with Santa! This year, over 400 people joined us for this celebration. Thanks to all
who made it possible including: Avon Old Farms School, Aetna, Salute, Guida’s Dairy, Panera and Dunkin
Donuts!
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MANNA
We are more than meals...and so are you
MANNA programs are generally referred to as our “basic
needs” services. While we do provide groceries, hot meals,
toiletries, and basic case management services, there is
something just as important that is integral to these programs:
respect. It’s harder to quantify, but easy to recognize.
Whether it’s a family that “shops” at our new full choice
shopping model Food Pantry, or a guest who eats lunch at our
soup kitchen, the dignity of our clients is at the forefront of our
programming.
Senior Community Café: a home-delivered and congregate
meal program for senior citizens and disabled individuals in
two Hartford apartment buildings. This program is funded in
part with Community Development Block Grant funds allocated
to Hands On Hartford by the City of Hartford as well as support
from the North Central Area Agency on Aging.
Community Meals: our soup kitchen, located in downtown
Hartford at Christ Church Cathedral.
Community Pantry and Assistance & Advocacy: Our
full-choice shopping model food pantry with additional
case management and referral services, located at South
Congregational Church. (See more about recent updates to this
program on the next page.)
Backpack Nutrition Program: Serving backpacks of
nutritious, easily-prepared food to kids in need every weekend. The equivalent of an additional classroom full of kids are now
being provided with backpacks each weekend, bringing the
total up to 275 children.
“Community Meals is the
utmost best place to have a
meal…I enjoy coming here to
be with people I’ve known for
years”
-Guest at our soup kitchen
MANNA by the Numbers
36,543 meals served at
Community Meals
95,531 pounds of groceries
given
12,810 meals delivered to
home-bound seniors
7,972
backpacks of food
provided to kids
A smiling face
a happy place
such is what MANNA offers you.
A hearty meal
to taste buds appeal
a meal that will more than do.
-from “Weary/Hungry,” poem by
Justin Sweetwater
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Appetite for Change
Changing Lives: One dozen eggs at a time
The Initiative
In Early 2012, we embarked on a brand new
initiative, one that would change how our
MANNA food pantry would operate forever.
The program, which is much-loved by clients
and volunteers alike was serving an average
of 300 households each month, but the
waiting list was growing. It was also still
using a less than ideal partial choice model.
It was clear: the process needed to change.
However, $60,000 was needed to complete
the project, a daunting amount. Because the food
pantry receives no state or federal funding, we
knew this would need to be done with help from the
community.
Partial choice model:
Participants are given a bit of
choice about what they will
receive, but most items are prepackaged in a grocery bag.
After a summer full of fundraising, gatherings, grant
*Accomodates one person per
requests and outreach more and more people got involved.
15 minute time slot
The amount of support was astounding; it seemed that all around Connecticut,
people had an Appetite for Change. Schools ran food drives, congregations
The full-choice shopping
donated funds, and corporations and other organizations sponsored the initiative.
model: Set up like a miniThis full choice model pantry could now become a reality.
supermarket, participants
Opening Day
When the doors of our new MANNA Community Pantry opened on September
27th, we were excited to say the least. After months of renovations and dreaming
of what “could be” for all of the households who use the pantry, we opened the
doors to the first few families.
choose what they would like
right off of the shelves.
*Accomodates 3-4 people per
15 minute time slot
The reception to the space’s new look and model were overwhelmingly positive. One of the first women to walk in
and use the pantry was amazed by the changes. The first thing she noticed: not the new flooring, not the cute green
shopping carts, it was the refrigerator full of half gallons of milk and dozens of eggs. She was brought to tears by the
mere sight of it all: something seemingly simple made all the difference in the world.
Dedication & Celebration of the MANNA Community Pantry
On November 8th, we were pleased to hold a special event in which we presented the newly remodeled pantry
to all of the friends and supporters of the program who did so much to help transform it.
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Community Engagement
We are partners...and so are you
As the saying goes, “it takes many hands”. We certainly take
that motto to heart every day at our Community Engagement
program. Since the very beginning, we have believed in the
power of community to invoke change. Every day, volunteers
from corporations, congregations and schools donate their
time and talent at our programs.
2,500 volunteers participated in 2012,
providing over 16,000 hours of service
52 customized service projects in 2012
with over a dozen community partners
It’s a glorious sight to see people from all over CT (and beyond)
get together to work on a project or simply spend time with
those we serve. Community Engagement is woven into every
one of our programs. Volunteering with Hands On Hartford
breaks down barriers, it changes lives, it makes a difference.
“I love HOH...I understand why
what I am doing is important to the
community”
- an HOH volunteer
Some of what you did in 2012!
• Painted walls of homeless shelters
• Packed thousands of backpacks full of food for kids
• Cleaned up Hartford parks
• Renovated a food pantry
A Voice in the Community
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n late fall of 2012, we proudly began serving as the Connecticut host site for the
National Coalition for the Homeless Faces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau.
With help from an Americorps VISTA member, by the close of 2012, the program
had recruited eight speakers and held three speaking engagements all over the
state, reaching over 300 attendees. Speakers put a human face to this very large and
often misunderstood issue. The speakers present to schools, churches, and other
community groups to talk about their past or current experiences of being homeless.
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Community Engagement
a year of projects in pictures
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ctions speak louder than words. Below is a snapshot of special projects that took
place throughout 2012. Thanks to all of our volunteers who got hands on this year!
Youth Dash for a Difference
Family Volunteer Day
Students from Miss Porter’s School learn about
Supportive Housing from Todd
Seidor, House Manager at Plimpton House
Families decorate food boxes at Weaver High
School during Family Volunteer Day
Thanksgiving Meal at
Community Meals
Governor Malloy helps
prepare food at our soup kitchen
Global Youth Service Day
Youth helped create a vegetable
garden in the back yard of Peter’s Retreat
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Big Day of Serving
Over 300 Christian youth from all
over the Northeast volunteered at
3 different schools in the North End
Staff and Board 2012
Board of Directors
Leadership Staff
Rev. Dr. Karen Bailey-Francois
Chairperson
Janet Bermudez
Program Manager, MANNA
Christian Coleman
Director
Jane Cogan
Care Manager/Team Leader, Peter’s Retreat
Peter Benner
Director
Eleni Kavros DeGraw
Secretary
Rev. Bryan Hooper
Director
Jay Krusell
Director
Jane Lennox
Director
The Very Reverend Mark Pendleton
Director
Howard Shafer
Director
Edward Turner Jr.
Director
David Wadhams
Director
Kimberly Bunton
Chef/Food Service Coordinator, MANNA
Christopher Cronin
Care Manager/Team Leader, Peter’s Retreat
Pamela Fitzgerald
Director of Finance & Administration
Tricia Hyacinth
Program Manager, Engagement
Elise Jaeger
Chef/Food Service Coordinator, Peter’s Retreat
Michelle Jarvis
Administrative & Program Systems Coordinator
Emily Kaas
Volunteer Coordinator, Engagement
Mary Ellen Laskarzewski
Program Manager, Peter’s Retreat
Jaime Ortega
Care Manager/Team Leader, Peter’s Retreat
Patricia Porteous
Clinical Supervisor, Family School Connection
Rosa Santiago
Program Coordinator, MANNA Assistance & Advocacy
Barbara Shaw, LCSW
Chief Executive Officer
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Financial & In Kind support
We are grateful, thank you!
Guardian Angels
Grant funding and
donors are listed
in categories
based on cash and
stock gifts during
2012, pledges
designated
to Hands On
Hartford through
United Way,
and State and
Federal employee
campaigns
(unless reported
to us as
anonymous).
A special thanks
to our host sites:
South
Congregational
Church of
Hartford
Christ Church
Cathedral of
Hartford
Avon Old Farms School
Peter & Catherine Benner
City of Hartford, Housing
Holly Billings
Opportunities for Persons With
Cantor Colburn Law Firm
AIDS (HOPWA)
Central Baptist Church of Hartford
City of Hartford, Community
Church of the Good Shepherd of
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Hartford
Connecticut Health and Educational
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
Facilities Authority (CHEFA)
First Church of Christ Congregational
The Estate of Jean H Conklin
of Glastonbury
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Group Cares
North Central Area Agency on Aging, Hartford County Bar Foundation
Inc. (NCAAA)
George A. & Grace L. Long
State of Connecticut Department of
Foundation
Mental Health and Addiction
Miss Porter’s School
Services
William & Alice Mortensen
State of Connecticut Department of
Foundation
Social Services
Charles Nelson Robinson Fund
State of Connecticut Department of
Swindells Charitable Foundation Trust
Social Services Children’s Trust Fund Travelers Companies Foundation
Trustees of the Warburton Chapel
Peter & Mary Fran Libassi
McDonald Family Trust
David J. McQuade
Murtha Cullina LLP
North Central Regional Mental Health
Board
Olga Sipolin Children’s Fund
Beverly Peterson
Professional Convention Management
Association
Rocky Hill Congregational Church
Barbara Shaw
Sovereign Bank
Joseph S. Stackpole Charitable Trust
John & Carole Stofko
Subway
United Methodist Church of Hartford
XL Group
Yelp Hartford
Youth Service America
Arch Angels
$500-$999
$25,000+
$5,000-$24,999
Sustainers
$1,000-$2,499
Aetna Foundation
J. Walton Bissell Foundation
Aldo DeDominicis Foundation
First Church of Christ Hartford
Altria Group
(Center Church)
Bank of America Charitable
Emanuel Lutheran Church of Hartford Foundation
Ensworth Charitable Foundation
Harold & Joyce Buckingham
Fisher Foundation, Inc
Stephen Burner
Foodshare
Carse Foundation
The Hartford Larrabee Fund
Congregational Church in South
Association
Glastonbury
Carol Hunt
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC
Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Daphne S. Culpeper Memorial
Inc.
Foundation
NewAlliance Foundation
Allen & Eleni DeGraw
Owenoke Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Points of Light Institute
First Church of Christ Congregational
S. A. Johnson Family Fund
of West Hartford
SBM Charitable Foundation,
First Presbyterian Church of Hartford
Inc.
Harry E. Goldfarb Foundation
Webster Bank
Aaron & Simon Hollander Funds
Rev. Bryan Hooper & Baylah
Angels
Tessier-Sherman
$2,500-$4,999
John & Debbie Humphries
Aetna
Jay & Diana Krusell
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
David Lewis & The Rev. Donna
of Hartford
Manocchio
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Supporters
Auerbach Schiro Foundation
The Rev. Dr. Karen Bailey-Francois
Susan Carey
Christ Church Cathedral of Hartford
Citizens Network of the Capital
Region, Inc.
Greg, Ruth & Sara Curtin
Ellington Congregational Church
First Baptist Church of West Hartford
First Church of Christ of Windsor
Rev. Pamela Haller
Hartford Hospital, Department of
Cardio Perfusion
ING Investment
Robert & Susan Izard
Pete & Judy Larson
Todd & Erin Meyer
Prudential Financial
Daniel Raymond
Howard & Catherine Shafer
Tracy & David Shaw
St. James’ Episcopal Church of
Glastonbury
Francis Traceski
Travelers Claim Systems Department
James & Edith Tresner
Waterford Group Charitable
Foundation
Harold L. Wyman Foundation
Robert Braunlich
Roger & Judith Bunker
Paul & Kathy Christie
Richard & Anne Cohen
Stewards
Connecticut Business & Industry
$250-$499
Association
Acadia Insurance
Rev. John Corgan & Deborah Nye
Carolyn Arvidson
Corgan
Awilda Ayala
Robert Coykendall
Bruce Bidwell & Roberta Roy
Christopher Cronin
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Employee
CT Lacrosse Training
Giving Program
Data 2000
Church of St. Peter Claver
Irvin L. Dawkins, Sr.
Christian Coleman
Michael J. Donnelly
CT Whale
Debbie Donovan
Day Pitney LLC
Peter Doyle & Margot Willis-Doyle
Sharron L Emmons
Walter & Terri Dwyer
F5 Networks
Joseph & Virginia Edelson
First Congregational Church of
Norvilla Findlay
Bloomfield
James & Susan Finnegan
First Congregational Church of
David Franke & Martha Munson
Vernon
Franke
Brian Furbish
Florence Grieb
Carol Gale
Andrew R. Hahn
Jeffrey & Sandi Garfield
The Half Door
Catherine Gobes
The Hartford
Gail & John Kenyon
Paul Hartung
Knox Foundation
Mark Hollertz
The Rev. J. Alan & Joan McLean
Insurity
National Student Campaign Against Brianna Johnston
Hunger & Homelessness
Glenn & Carolyn Wilkes Kaas
Dianne Navarro
Shehla Khan
Ross Palmes, Jr.
John & Donna Kidwell
Elizabeth Parsons
Richard Labich
Brewster & Judith Perkins
Ken & Heidi LaRocque
George Rawitscher
Eleanor Latif
Helena L. Reilly
Jane Lennox
Jonathan Reuning-Scherer
Life Skills Associates, LLC
Michael & Nancy Rion
Monique Turner & Frank Lopez
Dami Singh
Kathryn & Harvey Lord
Travelers
Susan MacArthur
W.R. Berkley Corporation Charitable Carla Martin
Foundation
Evelyn Maxwell
David & Andrea White
Kathleen McLaughlin
Joyce Willis
John Merz
Solomon & Katie Wohl Foundation
Rev. Ineke and Donald K. Mitchell
Andrew McCall Norton
Advocates
James Oleksiw
$100-$249
Kari L. Olson
Charles Agganis
Rocco & Joanne Orlando
Apple Health Care, Inc
Suzanne Oslander
Dee Bailey
Rhonda & Christion Outlaw
Mitsey Baker
Juan Pagan
Alan Benford
Panera Bread Glastonbury
Beth El Temple of West Hartford
Mark & Leslie Pendleton
Christopher & Beth Boehm
Patricia Porteous
Sean Riddell
Eric & Jane Rosenberg
Salvin Shoes Inc.
Marilyn Santos
Sheryl & Jonathan Schreiber
Nancy Shaw Kilty
James & Carol Sicilian
Simonson Family
Abby Stadtlander
Kenneth & Karin Stetson
Talia Stigliano
John & Anhared Stowe
William Sullivan
Bev & Les Swan
Paul & Corinna Tamburini
Sarah Thorne
UConn Men’s Basketball
UnitedHealth Group
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc
David & Nancy Wadhams
Debrah Welling
Westminster Presbyterian
Alaine ZuWallack
Friends
$1-$99
Burney Lee Adams
Angelo & Laura Alasso
Susan & Kent Albert
Lucy & Allan Albetski
Debbie Albrecht
Marie Alford-Harkey
Joyce Allen
Jeanne Anthony
Rosemary Ayers
Ivan Backer
David & Maryellen Bailey
Orin & Grace Bartle
Eric Buggeln & Jessica BartoliniBuggeln
Margaret Beakey
Jacqueline Berg
Donna Berman
Melody & Lee Bernhardt
Michelle Bicking
Diane Bigelow
Peter Bigelow
Lonnie & Justina Black
Paul & Tina Bobbitt
Joan E. Bolton
Kevin Boudreau
Jacquina Boya
Francis J. & Mary Brady
Cindy Braunlich
Glen Briden
Chet & Glenna Brodnicki
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Patricia Brown
Louise Buccheri
Sally & Peter Burgess
Mary Burkhardt
Candace Buswell
Pamela J. Butler
Carol & Robert Carlisle
Dolores Carter
Charities of Hope
Charter Oak Cultural Center
Frank Chiaramonte
David Clay
Jennifer Coffey
Rev. Gary Collier
Connecticut Health Foundation
Karen Costa
Timothy & Leslie Craine
Arletta Curry
Jamey Curtin
George A. Dagon, Jr.
Beth Dellipriscoli
Carol Ann & Nicholas
DiBenedictis
Samuel & Sally Dickinson
Terence J. Donovan
Philip Drew
Shirley Dudley
Wanda Feliciano-Medina
Steve & Elizabeth Fisher
Jane Foxall
Simone Frank
Christine & Hal Frazier
Kathleen L. Frederick & Gene
Leach
Linnea Freeburg
Chris French
Edgar and Marietta French
Ftmm Enterprises
Louis Gagliano & E. Grogan
Tiana Gianopulos
Cecile & Steven Gilson
Janice & Richard Giorgetti
Ashley Givens
E. Paul Grimmeisen
Claudia A. Hart
Patrick Hayes
Sally Hayes
Nikeisha Henry
Kathryn A. Herbst
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Herzog
Claudia Hickey
Vicki Huffman
Industrial Paper & Plastic
Nancy Jacobs
D.M & J.A. Janski
Stuart & Laura Jensen
Dwight Johnson
Tina Kampfman
Rev. & Mrs. Richard and Marjorie
Keach
David A. Kelman
Kristine Kelsey
Joan Kerr-Romeo
Helen Kilquist
Phil Knecht
Catherine Krzanowski
Diane Larson
Karen Lecuyer
Doreen Linton
Jill Little
Camille Livsey
Bradley & Monica Lodge
Mirela & William Loftus
James & Kristine Mack
John & Elaine Magnee
John Magney
Maria & Thomas M. Danehy Malfa
Leah J. Manske
Alfred Masciocchi
Brian McClelland
Sumy McEleney
Chris Meade
James & Cathy Merrick
Christine R. Moody
Matthew Morgan
Robert & Tracey Morgan
Debbie & Courtney Morrow
Robert Morse, Jr.
Sarah Mullane
Janemarie W. Murphy
Richard & Donna Murphy
Leigh Newman
Hope Indeglia O’Brien
Arline Olson
Anne Ostberg
Kathleen O’Sullivan
David Ozga
Reverie Panioto
Lissa J. Paris
Jae Woo Park
Jennifer Patriss
Rosemarie Patterson
Daniel & Marnie Paulus
Amy Perdikakis
Phoenix Foundation
Paul Piccione
Jamie Platkin
Evelyn & Clement Pontillo
Clyde Proch
Robin Proctor
Michele Radzwilowicz
Robert Randich
The Renzulli Academy
Mattie Reynolds
Keith Rhoden, Jr.
Pauline Robertson
Bill Rock
Noemi Rodriguez
Lawrence Roeming
Helen Roth
Dr. Elizabeth Rumohr
Nordia Savage
Lindsay Savo
Paul Scaino
Ronald & Judith Schlossberg
Lori-Ann Schroll
Ellen & Walter Seifert
Robert Shaw
ShopRite
John E. Simmons
Dina Smedick
Jerry & Donna Smith
Paul & Colette Soderburg
Linda & Donald Soucy
South Congregational Church of
Hartford
Rusty & Tonya Spears
Stanley Black & Decker
Linda Steinmiller
Fred & Janet Storey
Sudell Family
Edward & Kathryn Sullivan
Leonard Swade
Teresa Swain
Melissa & Mike Szczycinski
Anne M. Tarryk
Shirley Thurston
Steven Tommet
Jessica Toubman
William Toubman & Astrid E. Tsang
Stephen Toubman & Maria
Ancan-Guinez
Howard Travers
Cynthia & Joseph Tremblay
Richard Tulman
Edward Turner
Nancy S. Turover
John Tyner & Valerie Bryan
Mark Van Horne
Frederick & Selby Wajcs
Gerard & Andrea Walsh
Richard & Cynthia Wasserman
Rev. Kevin & Kelley Weikel
Elaine Wesley
Bonnie Whelan
Sean & Jennifer White
Betty Wiesner
Rachel Wollschlager
Linda & Curtis Wood
Nathan Woodberry
Linda & Roger Yost
Granby Village Health
Nila Haaga
The Hampshire Companies
Hartford Culinary Arts Acadamy
In Kind Gifts
The Hartford Young Professionals
Adam Ezra Group
Network
Aetna Inc Law & Regulatory Affairs
Hartt School Community Division
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Health Management System
Avon Old Farms School
Helppoint Claim Service by Farmers
John & Tammy Brayton Barry
Sallie Herson
Betances Elementary School
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Tara Boyd
of Hartford
Susan Broatch
Christina Honeycutt
Bulkeley High School Student
Stephanie Jackson
Council
Jackson Lewis LLP
Marie Candiotti
JetBlue Airways
Carolyn A. Canon
Cody Johanson
Capital Community College
Joseph Merritt Company
Krys Carter
Dorri Kost
Charter Oak Square L.P.
KPMG, Northwest Utilities
Citizens Energy/CITGO Program
Corinne Lapointe
Shelter Assistance
Laurie Larson
Clemens Place Apartments
Alisa Lebouitz
Jen Coffey
Andrew Lord
Connecticut Children’s Medical
Bridgit Lumley
Center
John Lynch
Connecticut Law Review
Manchester Public Library
Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation Cyan Manuel
Connecticut State Employees
Pamela Martin
Connecticut Valley Garden Club
Anthony Matthews
Maureen Cooper
Metropolitan Community Church of
Sue & Bob Corriveau
Hartford
CREC Polaris
JoAnn Myers
Connecticut Children’s Medical
Caroline & Lynda Nadinee
Center Ambulatory Nursing
Kristyn Neal
Department
Enid Negron
Cub Scout Pack 180
Norda Nelson
Data Solutions Group
New England Educational
EMC Corporation
Opportunity Association
Eurest Dining Services
Muhammad Niang
Feeding Children Everywhere
Joan Niles
First Student
Omaha Steaks
Sr. Beth Fischer
Whitney O’Steen
Pamela Fitzgerald
Michael Patterson
Flagg Road Congregational Church of Dahlia Saad Pendergrass
West Hartford
Pepsi
Luis Fontanez
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Deidy Forfe
The Property Shop
Foster Family Farm
Prudential Bank & Trust FSB
Norma Fretes-Cortazar
Prudential Retirement Services
Geissler’s Supermarket
Redeemed Christian Church of God
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
Renbrook School
Don Goodman
RJ Health Systems
Nidhi Gopta
Robinson & Cole, LLP
John Gouveir
Desiree Rodriguez
Joanne Gowdy
Ray Ruete
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Sanford Brown College
Pat Scully
A. Shepherd
Shri Krishna Mandir
Damir Sokolovic
Solidus
Starbucks
Stop & Shop Supermarket Company
Timothy Edwards Middle School
Pastor Tola
Traveler’s Employee Club
Travelers Financial & Actuarial
Trinity College
Trinity Episcopal Church of Hartford
University of Connecticut Internal
Medicine Program
University of Connecticut Urban and
Community Studies
University of Hartford Community
Service Center
University of Saint Joseph
Jasmin Vasquez
Waste Not Community Kitchen
Anita & Marty Waung
Whole Foods
Gail Willard
WWE Community Relations
Department
Danielle Zaugg
2012 Walk Against Hunger
Marta Adamczyk
Michael & Vida Adzenyah
Danielle Allerdyce
Adu Amankwah
Deb Amato
Lisa Amato
Myra Anderson
Chantelle Archer
Tej Ashwater
Efrain & Jasmine Ayala
Felix Baez
Raquel Bagwell
The Rev. Dr. Karen Bailey-Francois
Jonathan Bailey-Francois
Beasha Bartlette
Patricia Batsie
Sydney Belcher
Amanda Bellezza
Paul Belval
Derek Berard
Daniel Bergin
Deborah Berry
Dawn Berzinskas
Holly Billings
Courtney Binkowski
Lonnie & Justina Black
Wallace & Michele Black
Courtney Black
Robin Boe
Robert Braunlich
Amanda Braunlich
Christopher Brawley
Dorothy Bromberg
Chelsea Brown
Megan Brown
Fritz Brown
Neal Brumaghim
Paul E. C. Bryant
Tyler Butts
Katie Candiotti
Sam Canidate
Cathi Close
Yalismarie Colon
Kristen Colon
Karen Costa
Danielle Cote
Shannon Cottle
George Cox
Jessica Cox
Lisa Crocker
Beth Crocker
Christopher Cronin
Kathleen Dacorte
Patricia Daigle
Beatrice Dang
Diana D’Angelo
Dorine DeCarli
Allen & Eleni DeGraw
Pamela Del Negro
Anaida Delgado
Alissa DelPiano
Kristin DeMaine
Aldith Dewar
Lindsay Diaz
Dia Dinan
Justin Dion
Kathleen Dion
Kim Dirschka
Rev. Mark Diters
Nancy Doyle
Dawn Doyle
April Doyle
Maria Drag
Andrea Drag
Laura Drag
Shirley Dudley
Audra Duffy
Mary Lou Duffy
William Duncan
Hunter Durgan
Joseph Esposito
Tom Falik
Jonathan Ferreira
Pamela Fitzgerald
Alex Foxe
Renae France
Megan Gallo
Kelsey Gonzalez
Dasilva A. Grant
Matt Graulich
Robert J. & Shannon Mulcahy
Graulich
Pauline Greer
Lydia Griffin
Richard & Deb Gutcheon
Jeffery Hardin
Mark Hazelgrove
Erika & Valerie Healy
Kevin Hernandez
Sallie Herson
Janine Hewitt
Maureen & Mark Hilsdon
Jacqueline Hinds
Elizabeth Htoo
Kadahra Htoo
Sheila Huddleston
Jennifer Hylton
Marilyn Jack-ortique
Sarah Jacobson
Lise Jaeger
Betsy Jahne
Michelle Jarvis
Cody Johanson
Lynn Johnson
Cassandra Johnson
Emily Kaas
Carrie Kaas
Allison Kaas
Eugene Keith
Zoe Kleenblatt
Kathy Kmietek
Jack Lambern
Mary Ellen Laskarzewski
Gerard & Kathleen Allen Leonard
Alexis Leonard
Maurice Lewis
Rose Lewis
Yvonne Lindo-Banks
Amanda Littlejohn
Tom Lombardi
Janice & Steve Lombardi
Douglas Lombardi
Antwan Long
Jetzsia Lopez
Ken Lord
M.L. King Jr. Elementary School
Haley Maher
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Elizabeth Maier
Patricia Manion
Stephen Manion
Noa Mann Falik
Donna Manocchio
Cyan Manuel
Denise Marks
Alex Martinez
Beth Massey
Noah Massey
Rob Masterson
Anthony Matthews
Andrew C. May
Ann McAdoo
Amanda McCarthy
Beth McDonald
Shelli McMillen
Gloria Meltz
Colleen Mitchell
Rayshonda Mitchell
Tyler Moriarty
Joey Morin
Lisa Mullen
Carmen Munoz
Richard & Donna Murphy
Becki Murphy
Alison Musgrove
Enid Negron
Pamela Nesbitt
Dylan Nicolini
Harold Norton
Ann Nutt
Kirby O’Keefe
Megan O’Leary
Ava O’Neil
Anna O’Neil
Lilli O’Neil
Dylan O’Neil
Erini Orsaris
Jasmine Ortolaza
Keisha Palmer
Jessica Palmer-Laroie
Lisa Patnoe
Delaney Patterson
Mary Pawlich
Andrew Pearce
Kathryn Pelow
Mark & Leslie Pendleton
April Perez
Nicholas Perry
Jamie Pinto
Mia Pizarro
Spencer Plourde
Carol Pollack
Mi Ser Pow
Trevor & Lyn Prescod
Clyde Proch
Britny Pryce
Bricherland Quinones
Erjana Radomi
Norberto Ramirez
Janet Ramos
Aneta Regis
Keith Rhoden, Jr.
Yomira Rios
Maria Rivera
Scott Roberts
Melinda & Raymond
Robidoux
Scott Robidoux
Ariana Rodriguez
Lawrence Roeming
Mary Rogers
Nydia Roman
Eric Romeo
Tyrone Rosa
Amanda Roy
Judith Rozarie
Linnea Rudeen
Krystal Rupar
David Russell
Anthony Sampson
Melanie Sanchez
Thomas Sandamina
Derek Santiago
Kelly Savage
Christina Savage
Jonathan Schaefer
Aggie Schaschi
Holly Schipper
Erin Schirra
Howard & Catherine Shafer
Namita Shah
Mihir Shah
Barbara Shaw
Samuel Shaw-Wilgoski
Aeja Shipley
Jinny Smanik
Tracy Smith
Javaughn Smith
Jason Smutnik
Jazinda Sone
Charlene Spaar
Matthew Spaeder
The Rev. Linda M. Spiers
Shanelle Spinella
Syndine St. John
Wendy Stanton
Tracey Steger
Cody & Molly Stewart
Keith Stone
Christopher & Beth Strapp
Leonard Swade
Allan & Sally Bert Taylor
Justin Taylor
Heidi Thomas
Lisa Thomas
Sue Thomas
Karen & Wolverton
Thompson
Matthew Thornton
Elizabeth Tkaczuk
Hannah Traynor
Lia Triantafylidis
Ashley Trinh
Edward Turner
Kimberly Vasquez
Tabatha Vasquez
Anthony Velazquez
Victoria Ververis
Bob Vojtek
Jennifer Vonick
David & Nancy Wadhams
Christina Wakefield
Stacy Walsh
Kevin Ward
Rev. Kevin & Kelley Weikel
Cassandra Wells
Cheyenne West
Wethersfield Public School
Bonnie Whelan
Paul Williams
Gwendolyn Williams
Aaron Williams
William Wilson
Nathan Woodberry
Theresa Yehema
Sam Young
Tom Yurko
In memory of Reg Arvidson
Carolyn Arvidson
Timothy & Leslie Craine
Robin Proctor
Elizabeth Rumohr
Barbara Shaw
Paul & Corinna Tamburini
Joyce Willis
In honor of Jim Costanzo
Ken and Heidi LaRocque
In memory of Rosa Julia Velez Barreto
Anonymous Donors
In memory of Newtown
Children Families
Clyde Proch
In honor of Richard
Fichman, MD
Jeanne Anthony
In memory of Desneige
Bernier
Anonymous Donor
In memory of Robert Porter
Emily Kaas
In honor of Nathan Fox
Barbara Shaw
In memory of Altha Shaw
Barbara Shaw
Tracy & David Shaw
In honor of Kristina Gillespie
Claudia A. Hart
Gifts in Loving Memory
In memory of Ellen Bonner
Anonymous Donors
In memory of Brian Fisher
Linda & Roger Yost
Jerry & Donna Smith
Arletta Curry
In memory of Joseph
Fitzgerald
Bigelow Family
In memory of Marjorie
Gorman
Diane Bigelow
In memory of Robert W.
Grant
David McQuade
In memory of Marjorie
Henry
Church of the Good
Shepherd
In memory of Al LaBrun, Jr.
Mary Burkhardt
In memory of Edward Latif
Eleanor Latif
In memory of R Sherwood
Marchant
Keith Rhoden
Gerard & Andrea Walsh
In memory of Lois Maxwell
Burney Lee Adams
Alan Benford
Dolores Carter
Peter Doyle & Margot
Willis-Doyle
Simone Frank
Evelyn Maxwell
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In memory of Rev. Dr.
Stanley Sandberg
Kenneth & Karin Stetson
In memory of William F
Sullivan
Glen Briden
Sally & Peter Burgess
David Clay
Debbie Donovan
Doreen Linton
Howard Travers
In memory of William S.
Toubman
Jessica Toubman
Stephen Toubman & Maria
Ancan-Guinez
William Toubman & Astrid
E.Tsang
David & Andrea White
Sean & Jennifer White
In memory of Richard
Welling
Debrah Welling
Gifts to Honor
In honor of Holly Billings
Sean Riddell
In honor of Michael Blechner
Anonymous Donors
In honor of Kimberly
Johnson Cornelio
Hope Indeglia O’Brien
In honor of Eleni DeGraw
Anonymous Donor
In honor of Irma Hart
Anonymous Donors
In honor of Bryan Hooper
Allen & Eleni DeGraw
In honor of Kay Jeong
Diane Bigelow
In honor of Emily Kaas
Glenn & Carolyn Wilkes
Kaas
In honor of Fred Kemp &
Susan Sarvay
Robert Coykendall
In honor of Cyan Manual
The Hartford
In honor of Diane & Charles
McDonough
Kristine Kelsey
In honor of Laura Park
Amy Perdikakis
In honor of Eileen Quirk
Jennifer Coffey
In honor of Donald
Rosenberg
Diane Bigelow
In honor of Howard Shafer
Karen Costa
In honor of Barbara Shaw
Marie Alford-Harkey
Bryan Hooper & Baylah
Tessier-Sherman
Jay & Diana Krusell
2012 Financial Report
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n 2012, Hands On Hartford, Inc. was the steward of gifts, grants and fees in the amount of
$2,466,100.* The charts illustrate the sources and distribution of support.
Income by Percentage of Total
3%
16%
2%
6%
2%
16%
55%
Expenses by Program
4%
9%
11%
33%
55 % Government
16 % In-Kind
16 % Foundation Grants
6 % Private Donations
3% Program Fees
2% Events
2% Religious Groups
43 % Peter’s Retreat
33 % MANNA
11 % Management/Infrastructure
9 % Family School Connection
4 % Community Engagement+
43%
+ This figure does not include volunteer
coordination staffing allocated to the
above programs.
*This figure includes in-kind contributions of $391,092 in food, gifts for program participants and operational space. It
does not include thousands of hours of volunteer time donated during the course of a year, an essential contribution to the
operation of Hands On Hartford programs. A copy of the agency’s 2012 audit by Whittlesey & Hadley, PC. is available by
calling the Central Office at 860-728-3201 x2001.
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