1LEADERSHIPAnnual Report 2013

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One Hope United focuses its efforts to provide children with the opportunity to grow up to be healthy and productive adult contributors in their community. Every day we strive to help families address their challenges and constantly bring fresh approaches in service delivery. Our team is expert in developing and managing high performance child welfare, mental health and child development programs. Our entrepreneurial approach to system reform and our talented and dedicated team of staff help communities do the best possible job of protecting children and strengthening families.

All human service organizations today are facing tremendous challenges as a result of complex in-fluences impacting families, including reduced funding at the federal, state and local level. Increases in the number of children and families living under the stress of poverty and violence put more children at risk of abuse, neglect and educational failure. The risks are unquestionably higher among children who do not have access to quality pre-school or adequate education in their communities. Children from families where chronic unemployment or underemployment or who lack access to healthcare, a healthy diet and family lifestyle face tremendous barriers to becoming successful adults.

It is critical for human service organizations in today’s environment to be innovative and collab-orative while providing hope in order to achieve the results which are demanded by the systems in which they operate and which the families deserve. This years’ annual report will focus on the critical role that leadership plays in achieving our goals. Leadership in human services is truly everyone’s business from the caseworker working

with a family to our supervisors and program directors who help oversee our collective efforts to our quality improvement and support team which enables our caregivers to have great data and systems to support decision making in conjunction with our human efforts.

One Hope United is also in the process of making transformational organizational changes as we look to the future. These efforts will be supported and led by a new President and CEO, Scott Filer, who took over the reins in November 2013 and by a streamlined governance structure which will better support critical decision making in this ever changing environment.

In Fiscal year 2013, One Hope United operated programs from 40 sites in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Florida. We provided direct services to over 10,000 children and families while touching the lives of thousands more through a full time staff of more than 700.

We could not have the impact we do without the commitment and support of board members, volunteers, donors and corporate, foundation and community partners. Together we are making a difference in the lives of children and their families. Thank you so much for your investment in humanity!

Sincerely,

Bill A. GillisPresident and Chief Executive Officer

Thomas J. QuarlesOHU Federation Board Chair

Dear Friends,

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AGENCY LEADERSHIPBill A. GillisPresident/CEO

Patricia GriffithExecutive Director, Hudelson Region

David W. McConnellChief Financial Officer

Mark McHughExecutive Director, Northern Region

Barbara D. MossExecutive Director, Florida Region

Dr. Fotena ZirpsExecutive Vice President

FEDERATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Thomas Quarles, Chair

Scott W. Humphrey, Vice ChairGregory Sprehe, Treasurer

Justin BakesLarry L. Greenfield

William BeckChristopher J. Hoffman

Sandy OsteenDonna PetrasDebbie Reed

Howard SchnitzerRev. Dr. Wayne Turner

BOARD OF DIRECTORSNORTHERN REGION

Howard Schnitzer, ChairJon Bilton, Vice ChairPaul Earle, TreasurerMary Chelotti-Smith

Theresa DearErmit L. FinchPatrick Firman

Christopher J. HoffmanDan Horsley

Cindy LusignanJohn MauckScott Moeller

Kim MontgomeryDr. Donna Petras

Brad PiercePastor Linda Requilez

Adam Ressner Clarke C. Robinson

Mitch RogersEdgar Santiago

Emily SelbeToni SmithJan Turner

William R. WallinJonathon (Jon) Ziebarth

HUDELSON REGIONWilliam Beck, Chair

Gregory Sprehe, TreasurerPatti HahnDrew LongJudi Mills

Dr. Walter Milton, Jr.Rev. Ronald MoormanRev. Patrick Murphy

James NelsonLinda Schneider

Rev. Dr. Wayne TurnerFrederick Wear

FLORIDA REGIONThomas Quarles, Chair

Justin BakesCrystal Knight

Barbara MuchaSandy OsteenBrad Partridge Debbie Reed

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Who We AreWHAT WE DO

In 1895, retired Baptist missionaries Rev. and Mrs. Scofield founded One Hope United Northern Region as Chicago Baptist Orphanage in Downers Grove, Ill. In 1948, it moved to an idyllic campus in Lake Villa, Ill., which to this day houses One Hope United administrative offices and a residential treatment facility. The region’s locations and scope of services have evolved through the years to include foster care, therapeutic services and early childhood development throughout northern Illinois. One Hope United Hudelson Region was founded in 1903 as Hudelson Baptist Children’s Home in Ewing, Ill., by Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Gibbs and their daughter, Alice. Hudelson’s locations and services have also changed through the years, expanding to include foster care, youth services and clinical services in central and southern Illinois and Missouri. In 2001, One Hope United expanded into Florida during the state’s transition to child welfare privatization. Our programs and services impact thousands of children and families throughout central Florida each year. We value innovation and best practices and are strategic in our focus of services to at-risk families in Florida communities.

In January 2010, as a federation, we changed our name to One Hope United. As One Hope United, we are uniquely positioned to advance our mission throughout our service areas by providing a diverse array of prevention, intervention and community-based support programs to vulnerable, high-risk populations, as well as education and advocacy on the local, state and national levels. We promise our clients leadership, innovation, collaboration, results and most of all, hope!

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One Hope United is committed to quality programs and measurable results. We back up this commitment with a Continuous Quality Improvement & Research (CQIR) team that focuses a spotlight on each program and department, helping staff at all levels set clear goals and report measurable outcomes. This level of transparency and internal honesty keeps our focus on ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of children in our care.

PREVENTION:

• We helped more than 1,300 families at risk for child abuse and neglect improve their ability to meet their children’s needs in a positive, healthy and nurturing way.

• 98 percent of families experienced no substantiated reports of abuse or neglect last year.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT:

• Our 11 state-licensed child development centers provide accessible, affordable, high-quality child care and early education services. All of our eligible programs earned NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) accreditation — a prestigious mark of quality for early education programs.

• We enrolled more than 2,100 children in the Chicago area and its suburbs and all centers surpassed outcome goal targets for social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language development.

COUNSELING:

• More than 1,200 families received counseling services and emotional support to strengthen family function.

• 91 percent of families in our counseling programs remained safely together at time of case closure.

FAMILY PRESERVATION:

• We provided intensive support to 1,600 families with histories of abuse or neglect, monitored their well-being and addressed factors that put them at risk of out-of-home placement.

• 98 percent of families remained safely together at time of case closure.

YOUTH SERVICES:

• More than 1,000 troubled and delinquent adolescents and their families received outreach and guidance through our youth service programs.

• We work to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system and help those who have already been through the system to successfully reintegrate into society and return to school. Nearly 84 percent of youth served were deflected from further involvement with the juvenile justice system at time of case closure.

PLACEMENT:

• When the risk to a child from abuse and neglect was so great and the family unit was deteriorated, we utilized placement services such as foster care, residential treatment and adoption. More than 3,000 children were served through placement services last year and 109 children were placed in loving adoptive homes.

• 88 percent of children in the Foster Care Program remained stable within their foster home placement.

• 385 children were reunified with their parents.

Results FY13

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“There can be no

keener revelation

of a society’s soul

than the way in

which it treats its

children.” ~ NELSON MANDELA

Our MissionProtecting children. Strengthening families.

Our VisionOur vision is to ensure the successful transition of our children to healthy and productive adults.

Our PromisesINNOVATION. All children deserve the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe and nurturing home, so we strive to bring new approaches in service delivery to address the challenges of today’s families. We are experts in developing and managing high-performance child welfare programs and services. Our entrepreneurial approach to system reform and talented, dedicated staff help our communities do the best job possible of protecting children and strengthening families.

COLLABORATION. Our unique federated model allows us to share best practices, providing better outcomes for children and families throughout our service areas. We work with families and collaborate with our community partners in each region, working toward a common vision of ensuring our children transition to become healthy and productive adults.

RESULTS. Most nonprofit organizations boast a commitment to quality programs and measurable results. We back up this commitment with a Continuous Quality Improvement & Research team that focuses a spotlight on each program and department, helping staff at all levels set clear goals and report measurable outcomes. This level of transparency and internal honesty keeps our focus on ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of children in our care.

HOPE. We have retained the original promise and intent of our founders through our service and compassion. Our faith-based roots support our belief in the potential of every child, family and community. Perhaps the most important promise we can offer is the hope of a better future.

LEADERSHIP. Our size and scope allow us to recruit and retain a highly qualified staff, from the nationally known executive leadership to the dedicated caseworkers in the field. Our staff brings passion, commitment and expertise to the human services field. We believe all of our team members have the potential and opportunity to be leaders — in the classroom, with families and in developing new or better practices.

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A BOLD FUTURE... ...bolstered by our enduring legacy

In 2013, One Hope United modified its

organization structure to consolidate governance

and strategic decision-making responsibilities

to a newly constituted single governance board

of directors. The Agency has advisory boards

in each region, and the focus of those boards

will be community engagement, advocacy

and local fundraising. In November, Scott Filer

joined the agency as CEO and President and

is guiding the agency in developing a new

strategic plan. In addition, 2013 saw upgrades

to its technology and data systems. One Hope

United is in a great position to focus its resources

on direct services to children and families and

to efficiently measure and report the impact of

its work.

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Northern RegionLEADERSHIP

Patrick Firman served on One Hope United’s Northern Region board for eight years. He first began working with One Hope United after he and his wife, Margarette, decided to become Emergency Care Foster Parents. Their first foster placement was a teen girl whom they fostered and then mentored all the way through high school and eventually college. Once she left for college, the Firmans continued fostering and providing respite care to foster children but also knew they were ready to adopt. Soon, they finalized their first adoption of a baby girl. “We just fell in love with her,” Patrick said. After the adoption with their daughter was finalized, the Firmans fostered another little girl for two and a half years. She was eventually reunited with her family, so the adoption did not go through. This was a hard loss for the family, but it did not stop their giving and service to other children in need. A year after their foster daughter returned to her biological family, the Firmans took in Trey, who was just two years old at the time. The Firmans were his fourth foster family and after a short time with Trey, they knew they wanted to become his parents, should he be available for adoption. Trey’s court case was a very unusual one. The original ruling was overturned which meant the case had to go back to appeals. Several other factors cause the case go on for quite some time, but the Firmans never gave up. Finally, after 10 years, Trey became a Firman in September 2013. The Firmans’ tenacity in making Trey a part of their special family demonstrates their roles as leaders in their community and for foster and adoptive families everywhere.

FINALLY A FAMILY (BOARD MEMBER)

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There is no more powerful way to illustrate the impact of protecting children and strengthening families than to hear from the voice of a client. In May, Nicholas Sodt graduated from Romeoville High School where he was enrolled in honors and advanced placement classes, ranked in the top 10 of his graduating class, and scored a 32 on the ACT. Nicholas received the Student of the Year Award and the Star Student of Romeoville Valley View District Acknowledgment Award. This fall Nicholas began his freshman year at University of Illinois at Chicago and plans to major in pre-med. He was also awarded a DCFS scholarship, which is given to only a handful of deserving foster children each year. In November, Nicholas spoke at the Celebration of Hope event in Chicago and shared his thoughts about how his life has taken a different path because of some critical intervention from One Hope United: “Your support is astounding to me because I didn’t grow up in an environment where people were kind, and hope was a thing. The idea that there are people who were supportive of me...it means a lot.”

OVERCOMING ODDS (CLIENT)

A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE (COMMITTEE MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER)

Marco Foster was born on the south side of Chicago and raised as a foster child. Founder of the elite fashion networking group Chicago Models, Marco has created a popular Facebook page now used by thousands as a resource in the modeling industry. Putting his following in the fashion community to good use, he began producing charity events in 2011 benefiting One Hope United and various brain injury and cancer organizations. Marco has hosted his birthday party—the White Party—as a fundraiser for OHU for the past three years. It has quickly become one of most exciting and highly-anticipated dates on the city’s philanthropic calendar. Increasing in atten-dance and money raised each year, the White Party provides a platform for Marco to increase the visibility of OHU in the city of Chicago and to share his own experience as a foster child. His leadership provides an excellent opportunity to educate the public about the importance of foster care programs and the wonderful work that One Hope United is doing in the community. For the past three years, Marco has served on the Eras of Hope Executive Committee. The Eras of Hope event benefits One Hope United’s annual “Go Blue” campaign in April, which is a month full of events and promotions designed to raise awareness of and funding for the agency’s child abuse prevention work. Marco’s leadership continues to play a pivotal role in helping the organization implement a citywide strategy increasing support for One Hope United throughout April as we “Go Blue.” Marco has also used his influence and public standing to increase awareness of One Hope United’s work in the community, appearing alongside OHU staff on the Weekends with Whitney show in 2012, and highlighting the agency’s mission and programs in news articles and in multiple social media formats.

One Hope United is thrilled to have such a dynamic and committed individual helping us fulfill our mission of protecting children and strengthening families. Marco has emerged as a true leader within the One Hope family—providing hope to those we serve.

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The death of Willow Long, a 7-year-old girl from Watson, Illinois, is a tragic and heartbreaking story. On Saturday, September 7, 2013, Willow went missing while in the care of her 22-year-old uncle, Justin DeRyke. On September 8 a search party was formed and on the night of September 9, her body was discovered in a rural area south of Watson. DeRyke was arrested on September 10 and has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

After hearing Willow was missing, staff from Hudelson Region jumped into action. They provided water, Gatorade and food for the volunteers in the search party. On Monday, September 9, when Willow’s body was recovered, Ann Pearcy, Associate Executive Director of Hudelson Region, contacted the staff at the Effingham office. She requested that they contact Willow’s school, South Side Elementary in Effingham, and offer crisis counseling for the children, staff and families.

Crisis counseling is immediate support without ongoing treatment. Pearcy explained that the most important thing is to listen to the clients’ stories and let them know that whatever they are feeling is okay. “Most of them just needed to tell their story and let people know how they were feeling,” Pearcy said. “Staff from all over the region made their way to Effingham to help. It wasn’t just the staff from Effingham, but from Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Springfield and Charleston, too.”

In addition to counselors providing their services outside of working hours, administrative employees helped a great deal as well. After spending some time in the school, the counselors realized that the teachers were put-ting every ounce of energy they had into making sure the children were okay, and were not focused on their own healing. So administrative staff put together 55 care packages for teachers, which included prayer cards about dealing with grief, information about caring for yourself in times of crisis, tea, cocoa and travel mugs.

“Teachers and staff at the school kept saying how surprised they were to see such an outpouring of help and support from us,” Pearcy said. “But we just told them we’re doing this because it is the right thing to do. Hudelson is a region with heart.”

A REGION WITH HEART (STAFF)

Gregory Sprehe, Board Member, has demonstrated his commitment to leadership at One Hope United for several years. He is President/Owner of Com-Pac International, Inc. His late father, Forrest Sprehe, believed people can make a difference, and through Greg’s involvement with One Hope United, he is continuing his father’s legacy.

Greg’s wife Victoria is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in St. Louis and was interested in volunteering on the residential campus so she planned six cooking lessons for the children. Victoria explained that in her home the kitchen is the heart of family gatherings and that something as simple as baking cookies with someone can open up a conversation that may not have happened otherwise.

Many of the children in residential treatment come from environments where they may have been hungry and food was not readily available. Part of their treatment is to learn healthy

approaches to food, such as proper serving sizes and nutritious snack options. In addition to food prepa-ration, Victoria’s lessons include teaching youth about etiquette, sanitation, personal hygiene, shopping on a budget and nutrition facts and guidelines.

Through their leadership Greg and Victoria Sprehe have empowered these children served by One Hope United. In a letter Victoria wrote, she states, “in the end I feel that time spent in the kitchen with these children is an opportunity. An opportunity to not only teach them something about cooking but to build on what One Hope United already does so well…to develop their self-confidence, social skills and to help them prepare for life on their own.”

EMPOWERING YOUTH IN THE KITCHEN (BOARD MEMBER)

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Hudelson RegionLEADERSHIP

Shock City Studios is the largest recording facility in the St. Louis area. The space is beautiful and offers a friendly, laid back atmosphere. Producers and engineers have worked with hundreds of artists, including Chingy, Pit Bull, Gravity Kills and Yo Gotti. They have also worked with labels such as RCA/Jive and Universal/Motown Records and corporations like Monsanto and HP. Joining their list of clients and colleagues is One Hope United.

Tony Esterly was the first producer to work with One Hope United youth. A natural leader, Tony learned as much about our program as he could so that he could be an effective mentor. He often asked the youth he worked with what level they were on (what does that mean? –eh), whether they had struggled recently or how they were doing in school. He was accessible to youth by phone and encouraged positive behavior as part of their spoken “contract” for studio time.

Tony left Shock City Studios and moved to Nashville in August, but had another producer lined up to take over his mentoring responsibilities. Luke Arens graciously stepped into the role and did not miss a beat. He holds youth to the same expectations as Tony, and he demonstrates a true compassion for helping youth.

One boy in particular has developed a love for songwriting and he takes great pride in getting to visit the studio. During each visit, he records a song in the booth and then works with Luke until he thinks it sounds just right. Luke then puts the song on a CD for him. Throughout the year, One Hope United youth have recorded eight songs but the gift that Tony and Luke have given goes far beyond an evening at the studio. They have taught our youth confidence and that their treatment at One Hope United is important for their future. They have also demonstrated that they care, and that message has meant the world to these youth.

MENTORING IN THE STUDIO (DONOR)

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Florida RegionLEADERSHIP

The Diversion Program in Florida provides families in the community with resources and partnerships to allow children to remain safely in their homes while receiving services. The program emphasizes mental health counseling, outpatient treatment for substance misuse, domestic violence, parenting classes and behavior modification services for ungovernable teens. The families must agree to participate by attending classes, individual or family therapy sessions or counseling. In many cases these in-home services prevent children from leaving their families and entering state funded care. In fiscal year 2013, about 1900 children were diverted from potentially entering the judicial system or case management services.

Sharmaine Brann-James, a Diversion Case Manager in Orlando, is responsible for linking children and families who can appropriately benefit from in-home services with the help they need. Except for cases where the best course of action is removal for child safety reasons, Sharmaine facilitates the process by completing home visits in an attempt to engage and encourage those families who are apprehensive about working with the Florida Department of Children and Families or with community service providers. Sharmaine also connects families with programs that offer mentoring and tutoring services, after-school and childcare services.

In part, the diversion program is designed to address the problem of overburdening case management agencies with cases requiring less oversight. However, the main focus is providing opportunities for the families to remain intact and work together to heal while protecting children and strengthening families.In the few cases where children placed in relative care fails, Sharmaine personally meets with the families to evaluate the underlying issue and determine whether a child should return to foster care or if the placement can be stabilized if the family receives additional services. This concept of diversion is based on the idea that re-entry into the foster system may do more harm than good.

MAKING A CONNECTION (FLORIDA REGION DIVERSION PROGRAM)

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Melvin Guzman, a Licensing Supervisor at One Hope United’s Florida Region, was able to celebrate Thanksgiving with his son, Juan, 13, after Juan’s adoption was finalized on November 27, 2013. Juan, along with his siblings and cousins, entered Youth and Fam-ily Services, a child welfare agency, after he was removed from his family’s care three years ago. At that time, Melvin was working with Youth and Family Services and met Juan shortly after he entered the program. Juan was somewhat of a problematic child and had got-ten in trouble in school for being disruptive. Initially, Melvin thought of himself as a mentor for Juan and gave him advice about how to handle difficult situations. After working together and building their relationship, Melvin knew he wanted to adopt Juan and become a family. “I knew he needed the help, the assistance and the nurturing,” Melvin said. “Once Juan knew I was interested in adopt-ing him I told him what the rules and expectations were and he heard that. His disruptions at school and his misbehaving completely stopped.”

FROM MENTOR TO FATHER (STAFF)

Brianna was born on July 13, 2003 in Orlando. Soon after she was diagnosed with short bowel syndrome (SBS), a rare disease that is classified as “a malabsorption disorder caused by surgical removal of the small intestine, or due to the complete dysfunction of a large segment of bowel.”

As a result, Brianna as an infant was diagnosed with severe necrotizing enterocolitis, which basically meant that sections of her intestines were dying. SBS also often requires multi-organ transplants, which meant that Brianna remained in the hospital from her birth until January 2005, during which time she received six organ trans-plants: intestines, pancreas, spleen, liver, small and Iarge bowel. Upon receiving the transplants, Brianna was hospitalized at Miami Transplant Center for one year. When Brianna left the transplant center, she was moved to The Pavilion, a division of Children First Healthcare Service. Brianna remained at The Pavilion until August 2012, when she was released to a Children Medical Services licensed foster home owing to her medical needs. She has visits with her biological mother and her siblings who reside at home.

Despite her many medical issues, Brianna is a child like any other and enjoys playing with her iPad. She adores Princess Ariel from the Little Mermaid. One of Brianna’s best qualities is her loving nature. She is quick to offer a hug and kiss to everyone she encounters. Even though her health was stabilizing and she was in a healthy and happy home, eight-year-old Brianna had never celebrated her birthday outside of a medical facility.

Her case manager, Miggy Jorge, made it her mission to make this dream possible for Brianna’s ninth birthday. After contacting various organizations, including The Foundation for Foster Children, Miggy, along with the help of her supervisor Jennifer Carmin and co-workers, was able to throw Brianna her first real birthday party at the new One Hope United Orlando Regional Offices. When Brianna walked into the room with all the birthday decorations and cake her eyes got huge, and she opened her mouth and put her hands over her face. She couldn’t believe what she saw! Everyone had tears of joy in their eyes as they watched Brianna open her gifts and radiate with joy. Executive Director Barbara Moss, made the comment, “It was the most amazing thing to see. She was so happy and so very grateful.” Here’s to many more happy birthdays to Brianna!

A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE (STAFF)

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One Hope United’s overall financial condition showed continued improvement in FY13. On the operating front, we had an excess of income over expenses of $720,067 versus an FY11 excess of $1,125,473. This reduced margin results from continued tightening of our governmental funding combined with increasing cost pressures. On the non-operating front, notice of a significant bequest (which will be deposited in our investment pool when received) combined with significant increases in the value of our investments and farmland to generate $3.658 million in non-operating revenue.

These continued strong financial operations improve our ability to carry out our mission and vision. These results have increased our net assets by $7.2 million over the past two years; these wise investments permit us to operate on an otherwise thin operating margin while increasing our capacity for growth and program enhancement.

Operating revenue remains flat. We continue to expect governmental revenue to be constrained, and look to innovations and new, innovative programs, partnerships and collaborations to further protect children and strengthen families in the future.

Sincerely,

Christopher HoffmanTreasurer

StatementsFinancial

FY13 FY12Northern Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,761 $670,836Hudelson Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 100,133Florida Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322,452 346,150Federation/Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,578) 8,354

TOTAL OPERATING RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $720,067 $1,125,473

Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,862,406 164,522Capital campaign contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315,334 335,975Investment gains/losses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937,034 1,126,557Other non-operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543,386 96,835

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . .$4,378,227 $2,849,362

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES(Years ended June 30, 2012 and 2013)

Support and Revenue 2013 2012 Operational revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$48,259,096 $48,228,018 Contributions, bequests, United Way and in kind gifts. . . . . 3,250,710 1,490,228 Investment and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,378,828 2,144,678

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE . . . . . . . . . . . $53,888,634 $51,862,924

Expenses Child development services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,263,810 13,314,552 Placement services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,671,573 19,743,399 Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,004,111 2,299,260 Family preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,999,040 3,142,919 Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,021,353 3,972,012 Youth services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965,101 2,108,221 Other services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,053 172,276Total Program Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,103,041 44,752,639

Management and general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,802,598 3,677,854 Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604,768 583,069Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,510,407 49,013,562

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,378,227 $2,849,362

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITIONAssets 2013 2012 Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,597,434 $2,105,248 Other current assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,813,173 6,661,639Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,410,607 8,766,887 Fixed assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,968,613 11,225,988 Investments – long-term portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,918,546 15,159,006

TOTAL ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,297,766 $35,151,881

Liabilities and Net Worth Current liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,171,292 $5,203,141 Long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544,388 467,829 Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,424,172 2,701,224Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,139,852 8,372,194Net assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31,157,914 26,779,687

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . $40,297,766 $35,151,881

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To our United Way partners for their program contributions.

• AT&T United Way Employee Giving Campaign

•Heart of Florida United Way

•United Way of Central Illinois, Inc.

•United Way of Coles County, Inc.

• UnitedWayofEffinghamCounty,Inc.

•United Way of Elgin

•United Way of Jefferson County

•United Way of Lake County

• UnitedWayofMetropolitanChicago

•United Way Success By 6 Initiative

Thank You!

DonorLEADERSHIP

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• HaroldandMargoBach• RajandRoseBhatt• Estate of Carol P. Crabb• DonaldG.GearyFamilyCharitableTrust• Paul Earle and Ellen Rudnick• Estate of Loren J Gross• Estate of Lorene Jennings• EthelO.HansonRevocableTrust• ErmitL.FinchandJonniMiklos-Finch• PatriciaA.Griffith• Terry and Mary Jo Hackney Trust• RalphandPeggyHudson• Lillian G. Wallace Trust• Lucille D. Sloan Trust• Cindy Lusignan and Nancy Miller

• Barbara McKean• Donald E. Mertic• MonitaJ.KlierCharitableTrust• PatrickE.Murphy• WilliamA.OnderdonkJr.• Virginia L. Palmer• Clarke C. Robinson• Adrian Rogier• Barbara J. Rosga• Edgar Santiago• HowardandChrisSchnitzer•Martin R. Sinnott and Janet Emisson• MarjorieH.Thulin• LolaA.White

The Scofield-Gibbs Society

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS

HAVE MADE THIS SIGNIFICANT

COMMITMENT:

Named for Rev. and Mrs. Ezra Scofield, who were instrumental in the formation of Chicago Baptist Orphanage, and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Gibbs and their daughter Alice, who established the Hudelson Baptist Children’s Home, the Scofield-Gibbs Society was established to recognize the important contributions of these selfless families and provide continued support of their vision and mission.

Members of the Scofield-Gibbs Society have made the important decision to leave a lasting gift to One Hope United through a bequest, trust or other planned arrangement. These contributions help sustain the One Hope United legacy of protecting children and strengthening families for years to come.

Leaving a Legacy

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One Hope United is deeply grateful to those who have supported our efforts to protect children and strengthen families.July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

$10,000+American Baptist Churches of

Great Rivers RegionAnonymous (2)The Andrew and Alice Fischer

Charitable TrustBlueCross BlueShield of IllinoisCardinal Health CCI Enterprises, Inc.Chicago Tribune Charities -

Holiday Campaign, A McCormick Foundation Fund

CNA FoundationThe Dunham FoundationEFS FoundationEvelyn A. Borbe TrustFidelity Charitable Gift FundGallagher-Ring Family FundGrand Victoria FoundationHealthcare Foundation of

Northern Lake CountyScott and Nichole HumphreyChristopher and Elaine HoffmanIllinois Clean Energy Community

FoundationIllinois Tool Works FoundationThe John Buck Company

FoundationMarion Moore FoundationPrice Waterhouse Coopers LLP Clarke RobinsonMary ReuschePaul Earle and Ellen RudnickUnited Life Insurance CompanyUnited Way of Central Illinois, Inc.United Way of ElginUnited Way of Lake CountyUnited Way of Metropolitan

ChicagoUnited Way Success By 6 InitiativeViretta Wisse EstateWilliam Onderdonk

$5,000+Abbott Laboratories Employee

Giving CampaignAnonymous (3)Bright Promises FoundationThe Chicago Community TrustCommunity Foundation for the

Land of LincolnThe Edgar County Bank & Trust Co.First Baptist Church of Palmyra

First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest

Forrest D. and June L. Sprehe Charitable Foundation

H.B. Fuller Company FoundationRichard and Joyce HeneberryIllinois Tool Works, Inc.Kings Daughters OrganizationLeo G. Ennis EstateThe Ministers and Missionaries

Benefit BoardHans and Kim MontgomeryBradley and Molly PierceRalph G. and Helen C. Johnson

FundThe Rinehart Family Fund of the

Ayco Charitable FoundationAnna Lee RogierSeigle Family FoundationGreg and Victoria SpreheSt. Louis Philanthropic AssociationStaub Anderson Green LLCToni Sandor SmithU.S. Charitable Gift TrustUnited Way of Effingham County,

Inc.United Way of Jefferson CountyWinston & Strawn Foundation

$2,500+A & E Kaplan FoundationAlden ManagementRaj and Rose BhattConsumers Credit UnionTheresa DearDonor Club of ElginFideliter CharitiesBill and Sharon GillisDan and Jen HorsleyHR 4 Non-ProfitsSteven and Sue KrollDavid and Janice LarsonCindy L. Lusignan and

Nancy MillerLaurus Strategies of ChicagoLaurus Strategies of MilfordLone Oak Baptist ChurchMark and Leesa McHughDonald and Jura MerticEdward MorganTom MortonNational Philanthropic TrustNick & Howard, LLCNoah’s Arc Foundation

Donna D. PetrasAhmad PopalyarRing Enterprises, Inc.Howard and Chris SchnitzerMichael and Mary SmithSymantecWilliam B. BeckWM Beck Auction & RealtyYWCA Metropolitan Chicago

$1,000+Abel ScreeningAIG Matching Grants ProgramAllstate Giving CampaignAlvarez & MarsalAmerican Baptist FoundationThe Arthur J. Gallagher FoundationAruba NetworksAT&T Corporate CenterDavid BallardJon and Kristen BiltonBluffview Baptist ChurchBottoms Up Vending, LLCTom and Nancy BrighamJames and Susan BryantCapitol LS PartnersJoanne CelbaChicago Mercantile ExchangeCiscoCity Hope ChurchJean CorcoranGina CornickCotter Consulting, Inc.Critical Connections Consulting,

LLCCSIG CaresRonald and Paula DesyllasJohn and Josefina DisterhoftDLA Architects LTD.Donald G. Geary Family Charitable

TrustBob and Ellen DoppeltExtreme NetworksMichael FarmerErmit L. Finch and

Jonni Miklos-FinchMichael and Cathy FioreFirst Baptist Church of BelvidereFirst Baptist Church of ChatsworthFirst Baptist Church of HighlandFirst Baptist Church of Mt. Sterling

(WMS Fund)Franciscan Communities, Inc.Scott Franczak

Ailene and Bob GarnerGlobal Risk Services Ltd.Larry and Barbara GreenfieldChristopher and Carmela GriffinMark GrossTerry and Mary Jo HackneyHackney PropertiesHewlett PackardHitachi Data SystemsJudith HoeningRalph and Peggy HudsonHyslop Shannon FoundationIBMCaleb JonesKirkland & Ellis FoundationLouis and Robin KoromLaSalle SolutionsMichael LavelleKathleen LesauskiLorraine J. Ferri Trustee- Ferri

Family TrustPeter and Sharlene LugiaiMacdonald Foundation Marquis

GeorgeJohn ManleyMarsh USA, Inc.David and Sarah McConnellMedical Express Ambulance

Service Inc.Medical Staffing Solutions Ltd.Meikem SupplyMidwest Medical ServicesMilburn C.C. School District 24Barbara D. MossMt. Moriah General Baptist

ChurchPatrick and Helen MurphyJames and Nancy NelsonNew Hope Church of EffinghamNorStates BankNorth Shore Baptist ChurchNorthern Trust Company

Charitable TrustSandy OsteenPackaging Corporation of

AmericaRichard PorterThomas QuarlesDeborah ReedRegions Morgan Keegan TrustMartha RobertsEric RodriguezMitch and Joann RogersRotary Club of AntiochPatty Rothstein

Our Donors

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Jessica SarowitzRoberta SchaffnerAnthony and Joyce SciaccaEmily SelbeSenior Services of Central Illinois, Inc.Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler

Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.Suburban Journals Old NewsboysTargetTechnology Solutions Group, IncWilliam and Sherry TeetersTown of ElginScott and Jan TurnerT. Wayne and Catherine TurnerUnited Way of Coles County, Inc.VerizonVMWareVolkswagen Credit, IncVolkswagen Group of America. Inc.William and Sharon WallinTori WardJames and Melissa WebsterStacy WellsLarry WhiteGeorge and Theresa WilsonRJ Young

$500+Al’s Tire Mart, Inc.Jennifer Amdur SpitzAmerican Baptist Churches USAEric AndersonArthur J. Gallagher & CompanyAuburn Baptist ChurchJames BachledaJustin and Priscilla BakesDavid and Diane BostonBourbon Baptist ChurchDale BradleyBreen Color Concentrates, Inc.Central City Lioness ClubChurch of the MasterCleland J. Maxson TrustDenny S. ClouseGwen CohenCottage Home Baptist ChurchRon CulbertsonJohn CurtisRussell and Mary Carol CusterDana Hotel LLCDelmar Baptist ChurchDiscover Financial ServicesRachael DolanKaren and James ElliottJeff EmersonExchange Club Foundation of

Lake CountyPamela FennewaldDaniel and Barb FilipsFirst Baptist Church of AtwoodFirst Baptist Church of BentonFirst Baptist Church of Carrollton

First Baptist Church of Mt. SterlingFirst Baptist Church of NokomisFirst Baptist Church of PontiacGerard FoxQuin FrazerCrystal Garvis-KnightBruce and Margo GoldsmithNelba GoodmanChristine HavrillaPatrick HeneberryHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsInterCallKaren JamesDhiren JhaveriJP Morgan Chase & Co. Employee

Giving CampaignKings Chapel ChurchStephen KocianKohl’s of GurneeKohl’s of MilwaukeeKohl’s Of Round Lake BeachKohl’s of Vernon HillsLady of the ELKSLaner Muchin Dombrow Becker

Levin and Tominberg, Ltd.Bonnie G. LedermanFrank and Carole LoffredoDrew and Courtney LongBarbara Lovely-LinGjeme and Jenaeth MarkajAsha Mathews and David EsterlineMcGladrey LLCDave and Linda MehnertMid American Baptist ChurchesRobert MielkeJack and Marilyn MilnerScott and Rebecca Moeller

Motorsports Charities Inc.Robert and Linda OgilvieOld Stonington Baptist ChurchOlive General Baptist ChurchMary OlsenAnthony PetersonRobert M. PicerneJoshua PrangleyPrice Waterhouse Coopers, LLP -

ChicagoRed HatRonald and Rebecca ReeveLinda RegaladoAdam and Tess RessnerRing Enterprises, Inc. StaffRivers of Living Water

Christian CenterMichael RodgersTeresa RodgersRogier Insurance Agency, Inc.Barbara J. RosgaRust-OleumFlor SantiagoTimothy P. ScheeleJohn SchmidtSid Richardson Carbon, LtdKyle SigmundTimothy SnowdenSt. Mary’s Good Samaritan’s Inc.Shannon and Dan StokesStorage IT SolutionsWilliam B. StoreyStrang Funeral Home, Inc.Robert and Kay StyrkowiczDonna L. TaillonTransportation Solutions Group, LLCJanet Ulm

United Health CareUpper Class RoomVictory Casino CruisesVincent SparrowMary WagnerWal-mart FoundationFrederick and Sharon WearWilliam L. Wilson TrustRobert WolfRoycealee J. WoodJeff and Helen YauGary YetmanLinda ZagerJon Ziebarth

$250+3E Graphics & PrintingJennifer AndersonAntioch Junior Woman’s ClubDavid A. ArmbrusterWillie and Anita BarnesBennett BaugherBaxter International FoundationJames and Sarah BazataBeake & Sons ExcavatingBethel Baptist Church of ColchesterLeena BhattacharyaPatricia C. BobbDavid and Peggy BogenschutzBoskydell Baptist ChurchChristina L. BrownDavid and Sally BrownBill and Ellen BrowneRichard and Cynthia BurgerEric CannonJohn Carolan

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Thomas J. CataniaCentral Baptist Church of

SpringfieldCentral Baptist Church of

WillisvilleDavid and Elizabeth ChandlerMohsin CharaniaJames ChildersClayton Realty Management

Group, Inc.Conneaut Industries Inc.Tom CoonanDonna CurtisThomas DavisDBA Discount School SupplyDelmarCourtney DeverallJay DeWittDavid DouglassDwane and Sharon DownsDarren and Kayla DunaheeEgret Consulting GroupStuart EmanuelBrik EyreJohn FairbairnFaith Baptist Church at Mill CreekPatrick and Margarette FirmanFirst Baptist Church of ArthurFirst Baptist Church of CambriaFirst Baptist Church of CordovaFirst Baptist Church of DenmarkFirst Baptist Church of DixonFirst Baptist Church of East PeoriaFirst Baptist Church of GreenfieldFirst Baptist Church of MattoonFirst Baptist Church of VirdenFirst Baptist Church Sunday SchoolFirst United Baptist Church of

StauntonBen FloydDavid FoxDeanna FreiseFriends of Children and FamiliesFriends of The Lake Villa District

LibraryMichael and Denise FrigoLisa GelmanJohn GeorgeAngela GirardiMatthew GloverGoldberg Kohn Foundation LTD.Golden K Kiwanis of Aurora

Billie Jo GrahamJennifer GreenGreg Weeks Benton, Inc.William and Gloria GriesbachPatricia A. GriffithDaniel and Jayne HammentChristine HammerlundKaren HardyHARSHAShannon HibserHoughton MifflinHumana Chicago BenefitsIllinois Eastern Community

College District NO 529Joe JohnsRandy JohnstonPhilip JonesThomas M. JonesKane Baptist Church of KanePatrick KissaneKMG Sports ManagementRaymond and Lee Anne KnippelTom KotsinisWayne J. KowalskiErrol and Susan KronerPamela KubiatowskiMelinda KwedarLake Villa District LibraryBeth LakierDon LarsenStephen and Babette LauxLaw Offices of Gerard T. Fox, LLCLawrence SteelLe Thrift Consignment BoutiqueWilliam M. LinskyMarie LociceroBrooke LopezM.Go Fashion SalonShana MallinLino MartinezAndy McGarryWilliam and Tracy McGrathAva J. R. MeimMid-America Building

Maintenance CompanyMighty Rivers Regional

Worship CenterJames MillerSophia MolinaMonical Pizza CorporationMonken Dodge Chrysler

Jeep Nissan

Daniel MurphyRebecca NewcomerOak Park Avenue Baptist ChurchGayla O’BristBetty R. OttIrene ParentiPark Place Baptist ChurchDavid ParryMatthew PloosterNadia PodolskyElizabeth PresumeShannon N. QuandtJerald and Lisa QuickRaritan Baptist ChurchMichael RessnerHomer RiekenDomenic RinaldiLaura RinardSandra RiordanJim and Cheri RobinsonRyker’s Ridge Baptist ChurchCharles and Carolyn SamuelsEdgar SantiagoRichard SarmontWalt SatoriusDennis and Barbara SavianoKathy SchardtSecond Baptist Church of Greater

St. LouisAndrew ShapiroLawrence and Patricia SignorelloSIU School of Medicine -

Department of SurgeryJudy SkwiertzCindy SmithSonitrol Chicagoland NorthSonshine Corner of Friedens

United Church of ChristLucino and Maria SoteloAnita SpohnholtzSt. Charles Bank & TrustChris StefanesDeanna M. StellatoBrenda K. StewartDavid StoneStudio ElevenSuzi Schmidt CampaignSylvin TechnologiesTerra Properties, IncCherian ThomasJames E. Tiernan Jr.Tri-Star Mechanical Services, Inc.TruistT. Bradley TuckerUlineUnion Grove Association of

General BaptistJim and Sue Ann UnserVictoria Court Reporting Service,

Inc.Chantel M. WalkerWalnut Grove Baptist ChurchCasey Warnecke

Maria WeberJohn and Carol WelchWilliam W. WeslagerThomas and Madeleine WilsonRay WodzinskiJohn WoodBernie Woolridge

Under $25025 DegreesAbbott FundRebecca AbelAbsolute JewelryABW MinistriesAda Stearns FellowshipThelma Ann AdamsAdams Funeral ChapelLarissa AddyKristin AlbrechtLois AliottaChristopher AllanDonald and Dinah AllenTracey AlstatAmerican Baptist Churches

Greater IndianapolisAmerican Baptist Churches

in the USAAmerican Baptist Women of

PeoriaAmerican Baptist Women’s

Ministries of Mount CarrollAmerican Legion 10th

District CouncilAmerican Legion Auxilary

Post 252American Legion Auxilary

Unit 703Shreena AminCarol and James AndersonStefanie AndersonCarolyn AndrepontAngst & Associates, Inc.Tony and Deb AnkowiczQuiroz AnnellyAnonymous (18)Dave AnselAntioch Woman’s ClubEdward AntonelliAOK NetworkingApplebee’s of NatchezArcelorMittal Matching Gifts

ProgramLinda ArnoldLiliana ArrazolaArrow SupplyScott A. AshtonNasser and Mary AssafMonique AssenatoDon and Kerry AstarAT&T United Way Employee

Giving CampaignChristopher Aul

“I feel I can make a difference working with the kids at One Hope United, because they deserve it.” ~ JOAKIM NOAH, CHICAGO BULL AND OHU SUPPORTER

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Pete AusloosJean AustinAlexxis AvalonCynthia A. BabaHarold and Margo BachAnirudh BahugunaJacqueline R. BaileyRonald BaileyAdiat Cockerham-BakerChristopher and Norine BakerTeri BakerWilliam BakerJanice M. BalcerMary Ann BaldoquinGerald BaldwinColleen BandyBank of SpringfieldBaptist Builders Sunday

School ClassCarlyne J. BaptistePhilip and Ruann BarackTerri BarcheRonald and Donna BarlowMichelle BarnesElizabeth BarrBarrow Baptist Church

Sunday SchoolBarrow Baptist Sunday SchoolAnthony BartkusGary and Susan BartonFrancesca BaschaRobb BaubieBauer’s Party Masters CateringKevin and Pollie BaumannBaxter Employee Giving CampaignBaxter HealthcareBaxter Healthcare Corp.Jim BazataBCUMargaret BeachHeather BegleyTashay BellDan BelzRobert BenensonEmmet and Marilyn BennettChristopher BergAdam S. BergerDonald J. and Joanne BerglDonna and Dennis BerglPaul and Anna Marie BerglMelanie BerglBlake BerishHeather BernaInes and Ines BernalHope BertramBerwick Baptist ChurchTimothy BevinsDon and Karla BieberEmily F. BlackburnCarla BlanchardStuart BlankenhornMichael BockstruckJonathan Bolcard

Fern BomchillCarmela BookerKyle BorchardtJim BorrelliCynthia L. BosnerThomas BostetterJohnny and Linda BoughSteven and Sherri BourgeoisStephanie BowdlerGlenda BowenLisbeth A. BowleyBOX - Board ProductsDonna BradburyEarnestine BradleyCoco BranchiniNicole BranchiniRussell BranningSharmaine D. Brann-JamesK. E. BrezinaBruce and Nancy BriggsStacey BrittonZach and Erin BromleyMatthew and Christina BrownLucille M. BruceBill BrusenbachTimothy BryantLeonard BrysonLaura BrzeczkoLeo and Delores BulakowskiSteve BurgRachel Burgess-StranskyTeen BurkeRicky L. BurksWilliam and Betty BurnsMark BurtonKristine ButlerRebecca ButlerJody ButterbachBruce ButtleJennifer ButtrickByrd-Watson Drug Co.Mary CainJohn and Sally CallahanMaria CallejasErica CamiliereMichelle CanetyGeorgia CannFara CardelliChristopher CarlsonErin CarlsonRobert and Gail CarlsonMarlene CarmenateLeslie CarnickDaryn CarruthersMike CarusoIlona CastilloRose CastilloSteve A. CastlemanJoyce Cavanaugh and

Chris CavanaughCassia CearleyLourdes M. CeballosKristy Cechini

Centralia Post #2055 VFWAnna Marie ChamberlanG.D. ChaplinCharity AuctioneerBen CharlesSenthilkumar CharlesBobbie S. CheekChicago Series Of Lockton

Companies, LLCChildren’s House of Central

Baptist ChurchDudley and Nancy ChildressNicole ChristinCasondra ChwarczinskiSalvador CiceroEric CieslakAlexander CislerCitizens Against Child AbuseSarah ClardyJerry ClaritoJames ClarkArlene ClarksonClayton Baptist ChurchJohn and Kathy ClevenHazel ClevengerAlexander CliffordBlane ClineD. W. ClinganCNS Insurance and Associates IncDebbie CobleSamantha CoffeyGeoffrey and Susan CohenKen CohenMichael CohenGuillermo ColinualleColletti Physical TherapyJody CollonsKim ColombaniColor Your World PaintingCommunity Baptist Church of

WarrenvilleCommunity Protestant ChurchCommunity Unit School District #1Compass Benefits Group, Inc.Congressman David BeebeCarol ConklinErin ConnorSam ContrerasTerry J. ConyersJeff and Sherri CookJim CookAlexis CookseyTootie CookseyHoward CoonCorinthian, Inc.Corner PharmacyErin CorreaRosemary CostelloRon CottonKathie CovaltCher CoxPatricia CoxWilliam C. Crabb

Karen CraneCreative Patent Concepts llcJay and Susan CribbStephen CrookJohn W. CrueyLori CruttendenRosemary CuetichAshley CusimanoChristina CzechPat DalyRoger DaouMike DareEmina DautovicSue DavinKathleen DavisEmily C. DawkinsJane DawsonJoseph DeanMandi DeBernardiCarly DeBoRosanne DeGregorioStephen DeGrootMolly and Steve DeGrooteDeloitteJulie DennyTesia DerraChelsea DervinSal and Carol DeSalvoScott and Melissa DesgrosseilliersSusan DeYoungLeo and Peggy DhontDianna Di IorioDannielle DiamantJason DiehlZena DiggsStephanie DilulloDiane DircksDirk Simpson Stable, IncErin DismeierDennis DobesGregory DockWilma DoddsMary DodenJill DohertyGregory and Marie DoldKarisa DonaldsonWayne and Carol DonsbachJim DooleyKevin DooleyTara DopkowskiGeorge DorianDan and Donna DoucetteNancy K. DowdyAlan DowlingKevin DownDowney Baptist Missionary ChurchDaniel and Denise DowningLinda DriesnerNancy DringLiz DrummondSteve DuckKelsey Noel DulleCarol R. Dunahee

July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

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Vicky DuncanLawrence and Tracy Dwyer Jr.Stephen EastwoodJoan R. EbingerBrad EckmannGreg and Kaye EdsallTony and Robin ElamMichael ElchenkoElgin Child & Family

Resource CenterElizabeth Baptist ChurchJeremy and Laura EllingsenRanjan EmaniEnfield General Baptist ChurchCarol EngbergLorri ErhardtMelissa ErnstAli EskanRonnie L. EvansLinda FainmaJames Fantigrossi Jr.Richard and Pam FantusCheryl FarnhamStephanie FarwigJeremy FaustBrooke FergusonPatrick FernandezGiacomo FerrucciTroy FinleyFirst Baptist Church - Kupples ClassFirst Baptist Church of ArcolaFirst Baptist Church of AvaFirst Baptist Church of BellevilleFirst Baptist Church of BerwynFirst Baptist Church of Bushnell First Baptist Church of CharlestonFirst Baptist Church of ChrismanFirst Baptist Church of EdwardsvilleFirst Baptist Church of El PasoFirst Baptist Church of GalesburgFirst Baptist Church of GraymontFirst Baptist Church of HavanaFirst Baptist Church of JacksonvilleFirst Baptist Church of MacombFirst Baptist Church of ManliusFirst Baptist Church of MaquoketaFirst Baptist Church of MarissaFirst Baptist Church of Mason CityFirst Baptist Church of Mason CityFirst Baptist Church of Moline

First Baptist Church of MulkeytownFirst Baptist Church of OlneyFirst Baptist Church of PlainfieldFirst Baptist Church of RantoulFirst Baptist Church of RoodhouseFirst Baptist Church of RosevilleFirst Baptist Church of SullivanFirst Baptist Church of TaylorvilleFirst Baptist Church of White HallFirst Baptist Sunday SchoolFirst National BankScott FirthBrad and Desrie FlaschnerFlash ContractingBen FloydDebbie FoersterDebbie FogelPatricia FoleyBenjamin FollansbeeCharles and Magaly ForbesCaroline ForrestBill FosterLaurie FosterMarco A. FosterTara FosterCharlie FoxThomas FoxFrank and Elizabeth FranczykCarolanne FriedJeffrey and Jennifer FuentesJerry FullerSteven and Kristie FullerGregory and Jean FultonKevin FyffeKay H. GainesRobert and Elisabeth GallagherSean GallagherSiswaniah GallegosAbby GannonJimmy and Linn GarciaStacey GarnerGarvey’s Office ProductsGarvis Pool Repair IncGwen GatzBetty J. GaulVirginia W. GebhartTom GerdemannBrett GerigBernadette GestrichJoseph R Geyer

Amanda GibsonMandy GibsonJL Giese-PagacJennifer Giese-PagalRuth GilMegan GilmoreJames GitzlaffGleaners ClassJacki GlewKaryn GodellGodfrey Baptist ChurchJayme GodoyoPrathima GondipalliBasilee F. GonzalezGeorge GoodmanMashell S. GornickErnest and Brenda GossettWilliam and Deborah GraceDeborah GrandosAdrienne GreenJohn GreenGreen Curtain EventsGunther and Lisa GregoryLee and Tammy GriffinSandra J. GrivettLaura GroffMarta GroteRachel GubbinsAlka GuptaPhalguni GuptaChristopher and Michelle GussMark and Sonja GuyMark Guzzaldo & Cheryl CookLyle and Jennifer HaerlePatti J. HahnElizabeth HallHeather HallmanAhmad HamiltenKala HammondLyndsey HandschiegelHeather HanrahanMaria HarderRobert HarleyLisa HarrisDavid HarrisonKathi HarrisonShaggy HarrisonMark HartleyTherese L. HartwellTracy HaskeAmanda HasseGary and Janet HavensElizabeth HayesLiz HayesLorenzo HaywardAllison HeaneyMichael HeaneyHeart of Florida United WayEsther HebbardChuck HeddonPatty HekenbergerJ. Kurt and Elizabeth HennellyElizabeth Hernandez

Theodore Herr and Carla CarstensLanette M. HeseltonHarold and Diana HethSue HethC. Michael and Beth HewingHewlett Packard of ChicagoAudrey H. HexdallJon HiattJeffrey HicksMarlene HigginsTerry and Laurie HigginsLloyd HigleyJim and Karol HintzRobert and Adrienne HirschCarl and Kristana HochsteinBradley and Sandra HoeneAdrienne HoffmanRobert HoffmanMr. Chris HoffmannScott and Theresa HoldenSeth HolderDiane HoltLinda HoodRyan HoogheemJanet HooverTim HopkinsHeidrun HoppeWilliam and Peggy HordJamar S. HortonJane A. HoukKelli HowardKristin HowardMelissa HowlettPaul HuHuard Construction Corp.Bob HuebnerVickie HughesVirginia HulfinHansford HullKurt HumbrectElinor P. HumphreyNicole HunterBrenna E. HuovieKimberly HussEmily HusseiniPamela HuttonMeagan L. IafeliceJerry and Debra IamsIllini BankInfotrack Information Services, Inc.T. IngogliaJanene IngramLuther and Theria JacksonPatricia JacksonJade Logistics, Inc.Gail JamesGuy JanicKim JankowskiChristopher and Dawn JannickBrian and Nancy JansenKathy JansenAnalia JaquezKate Jefferson

“If there’s someone in a child’s corner, they have the potential to do so much more.” ~ TAMMY HARRE, ADOPTIVE PARENT

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Jassemine JohnsonJoy JohnsonTom JohnsonBrian JohnsonTricia and W. Christopher JohnstonMary JonasBradley M. JonesCheri JonesJeff JonesLaura J. JonesGretchen JorbinRebecca JuroeAnita Kaczmarek and

John J. SandferP. Ann KakacekMarilyn KalikNathaniel K. KalmesYanis KalninsJames and Donna KamasPatrick KaneNisha KapadiaNick KaranLaurie KarpAmy C. KaylorKyle and E. Alan KeefeCollin KeenPatricia KelleherJacqueline KelleyHeather KellyIan and Tracy KennedyMary KernDaniel J. KerriganMorag KerselLarry KeskeTonya KestnerRoy KestorsonKhyle and Alicia KeysLarren and Adeline KincaidGabriel KingKristen Kinnear-SmithApril L. KirkpatrickPatrick KitchenRobert KitowskiJoe KlawitterRonald and Kathleen KleinEric KlenJennifer KlimasSharon KlingDiana KlockenyaKevin and Nicole KlotzJay KlugKellie KnappMary KnightSean KnightlyApril KnoppJanet KobilarovTina KobisaScott KoellerGary KoesterKris KoesterJeffery and Alison KolbRobert and Jeanne KollmeyerRyan Koppe

Bill KovalyThomas E. and Ginny KowalskiSteve and Hinemoa KramKen KravenasFrancis Robert KrieskyChad KuhnsJustin KumarJacob KurowskiMichael K. KurtzRoselle KwakJane LaffoonLake Forest Bank & Trust CompanyCharles and Marilee LaMattinaLaura LambertBill LangJoseph LangleyRonald and Maxine LargeDebbie LarkerGregory and Laura LarsenRobert and Nora LarsenJulie LarsonElaine LaskyEmily LathropScott and Janet LathropNick LatkoLarry and Carissa Casbon

Latourette IILauren LavoratoCraig LedererMuriel N. LedererMichael LeeMatt LehanMike and Virginia LehmannKristin LennonAndrea LentineMiriam LeonJaclyn LerashCrystal LeslieKip and Andrea LevertonDuane and Debra LewisRyan D. LibelLiberty Baptist Church of TiptonLin LinLincoln Park Nail SpaBarb LindgrenLions Club of Lake Villa

Township, Inc.Libin LiuShaorong LiuShannon M. LockasLockridge Baptist ChurchMichael and Jennifer LoganMatthew LondonGerardo LongoriaAndy LongstrethDenise M. LopezNicholos and Allison LopuszynskiChanta Lynn LoveJessica LowryBenjamin LuberSusan M. LucasLesley LukaWilliam and Vanessa Lundgren

Shane LuxShawn LuxSherri LynchBobbi LynnMacedonia Baptist Church ABWScott MacGregorJill MackAnna Maria Madele RichardJon MadridGreg MadsonLindsey MaginnCarol A. MajkaJim and Jane MajzanJen K. MaleeMenka MalhotraTia MalhotraJeanna Suzanne MaloneyDavid MandellEric MandellMichael MandellPaul ManginoJohn and Faith ManglerManlius Baptist ChurchMichelle R. MarcheseMarcone Supply Appliance,

Cooling and PropertyDebra MarilloMarion County Savings BankBailey MartinChris MartinCindy MartinJames and Barbara MartinReed and Patricia MartinRichard J. MartinCarolyn MartineauHank MartinezRafael and Marisa MartinezBetsy MasonSergio and Marie MasvidalAnnie MathewMatthews Employment, Inc.Jena MattisonJohn and Rosemary MauckScott and Amy MaupinMax Dye, Inc.Michelle MaxwellMayhood Properties, LLCRichard McBrideSteve and Vickie McDanielBelinda McEwenBarbara McKeanCatherine McKennaSue McKinneyMike McNettIrene McNuttSteve McReynoldsMark and Vicki MeckesRebecca MecumMarivel MederosJeanette MejiaJackie MelissasMen’s Fellowship

First Baptist Church

Regina MenschingDavid and Mary MerrymanCaitlin MeserveyMaura L. El MetennaniBernard and Terry MeyerHelaine MeyerBernadine MikelsAlison W. MillerJessica L. MillerMichelle MillerMindy MillerRobert P. MillerTaylor MillerReginald and Judi MillsDeondra Keyona MiltonRandy and Julie MitchelEmily MixEevan MofficRachel MoirJacqueline MolinaryAmy MonroeCassie MonroeLolita MoodyBettye G. MooreChristopher MooreGayle MooreRonald and Lois MoormanWayne D. MorganClint MorleyRobert MorrisDanielle M. MorrisonBruce and Jean MoserRobert and Gina MoulderMount Gilead Baptist ChurchMount Olive Baptist ChurchMt. OlivetBarbara MuchaP. MuehlemanHenry MuenchMugshots Sports Bar and GrillRon MuichMuncie Baptist Church

Women’s CouncilDeborah MundyJoseph and Donna MunnVarimants M M. MurnieksBridget A. MurphyMegan MurphyKenneth and Linda MurrayRoland and Donna MurrayLisa MusialowiczNora MyersSalch MyheidariBarbara MyslinskiMichael and Nichole NabasnyRajat NagerDebbie NaugleVuslat NazilliMichael B. NealeyKate J. NeblEileen NecasBruce NedDavid Neighbours

July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

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Stephen NeilsonJeff NelsonPatricia B. NenselTodd and Mary NettekovenNetwork for GoodClifton and Landonne NeudeckerRegina NevinNew Hope General Baptist

Church of FairfieldBrandon NewcomerFrank and Deborah NewsonNichole Hardcastle FoundationStanley J. NicholsJune NicholsonLisa NicholsonMark and Maria NiehusChristopher and Joni NiemergJean NobbeJolie NoblesRachel NoirJamie NolanThomas and Michelle NolenAli B. NordinNorthern Baptist Church of

West FrankfortNorthern Pallet & Supply Co.Bill NortonDana A. NorwickSue NovakovicOlena NovykGina OchsMargie O’Connell LarkinMary O’ConnorCarolyn OkaforMike and Karen OkolitaJennifer OlesinskiJohn and Virginia OlesinskiOllie Baptist ChurchKimberly OlmsHeide OlsonOne Hope United EmployeesDarlene Van OpdorpDavid and Lori OriattiGerard J. OsheaIvan OsinskyJoAnn OsmondDoug OsterlooConnor OTooleTimothy O’TooleCarleen OttoDalan J. OwensDebbie PaceShannon PagelsRobert and Pat PalmPanda Restaurant Group, IncJohn PanellaCorrine C. ParkerParkside First Baptist ChurchSarah PatriceSarah PatrickPatterson Technology CenterBryan PaullGregory Paull

Larry PaullLinda PaullAkrivoula PavlopoulosPayPal Giving FundBobby PaytonAnn F. PearcyJohn PearsonKaren PedersenStephanie PeelPeninsula Group IncDebbie PerezJessica M. PerryDenis and Eileen PetersenDiane PetersenMae C. PetersonStacy PetersonCraig PetrushaPaul PhillipsGregory PhoenixJill PhoenixSteven and Sharon PierceJohn PietarilaDeborah PineauJessica PingStacey PingEarl PingelPizza ManMike PlantPleasant Grove Baptist ChurchSteven and Lori PleseLinda PlierKristin PloskonkaJoe and Lisa PlutaPlymkraft IncorporatedLisa PolsonDebra PoulosPowell General Baptist ChurchErin PowersMarylee PrattLauren P. PrekopJoseph and Stephanie PrezaProvidence Baptist ChurchDaniel PucciniBruce and Judith PullenSuzanne PursellDevan Quandt and

Brooke WhartonQuality Catering for Kids IncRichard and Joyce QuandtJames and Karen QuinnRoueen RafeyanPrashanthi RamanPrashanthi Rao RamanLynn RamelGary RameyBeverly RandleShobha RaoScott RasmussenJainie RecklingCarole K. ReedKerry ReedKevin ReeveSheila Regas

Sally RegenbogenCrista ReichartErin RengelMichael and Candace RenschenLinda RequilezJeanne RessnerKacie RethmanJennifer RhoadesBrionne and Anthony RhodesRichard A. Rock Attorney at LawNancy RiegerPatrick and Mary RingDorelis RiveraRiverfront Machine, Inc.Alexander RivestJohn RobbersonTynequia S. RobertsGina RobertsonStefano RobertsonRobin’s Dog StarsMichelle RobinsonRock Branch General

Baptist ChurchRachel RocklinBernadette RodriguezDonna RogersJohanna RohalJackie RomeroLiza Simon RoperRosmery A. RoquesJill RosenbaumCynthia A. RotmanRound Prairie General Baptist

ChurchRoundhouse Wine Company LLCPhilip and Laura RovangThomas RowenLori A. RumerCheryl RunyonMichael and Mila RusinMary Ann RuskJames RutzlerDoug SabastianRobert G. SabonjianSalem Manufactured &

Modular Homes, LTDAndrew SaltzRonald SamCliff SandersonSue and Tom and Sue SanneSato Baptist ChurchWhitney SauerhageJoshua SaundersBarbara SavianoMike SawickiNupur SaxenaStephen and Magdalena ScanlanScentsyCindy SchallerRichard and Monica SchatzAndrew ScheirerColin SchieweBruce Schiff

Anna L. SchladtJim and Elizabeth SchmehlSuzi SchmidtTimothy SchmidtWilliam Schmidt and

Kathleen TheisenLinda and Don SchneiderSharon SchnitzerSchnucks Markets, Inc.Lauren C. Kessler SchottTena SchrageJeffrey and Tracy SchultzElizabeth SchumacherMaribeth SealElizabeth SeboSecond Baptist Church of

CentraliaSecond City SeasoningsJoseph and Marianne SeizEric and Natalie SenneJagdamba SethMolly ShaneTaylor ShanfeldElaine ShanksShiloh Baptist ChurchSarah ShizasJean ShortMichael ShortRichard and Mary Lou ShowalterShowcase Surface SolutionsChad ShrevesKathy SiketaElizabeth SimpsonValerie Simpson-SeyterFaye SinnottM. Faye SinnottCurtis H. SittersonJoseph SkopekRonnie and Teddi SlaydenCharles and Michelle SmeadBrigitte M. SmithChristina SmithJosh SmithLametria N. SmithRebecca M. SmithTony SmithBrian SmithMichael and Doris SnipesMichael SnowDanette SnyderMichael SnyderMike SnyderTaylor And SoapesSarah SobioskiSarah SobotkaDeborah SolieKeith and Diana SorensenTeresa J. SosnowskiGreg SouljeSouthern OB/GYN AssociatesVickie SowkaEmily SparksSpoil Me

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Cynthia L. SporlederSquare One Management GroupRandy and Maureen SquiresPatrick G. StaehlerCharles and Carolyn StaffordKurt and Elizabeth StahlMark and Laurie StahlNick StammenBeth StandonBarbara StanfordState Bank of The LakesGail SteinMike SteinkellnerNathalie StephanJohn and Barbara SternGeraldine M. StevensMark StevensStevens Industries, Inc.Benjamin StilwillMarc StockwellThomas and Marie Stockwell Jr.Howard StoneLynn D. StoneSara D. StottsStrange Beauty ShowHoward StraussPenni B. StroudEdward and Helen SuarezAllison SuesKenneth and Mary SullivanBryan SurekAlexis SwansonKira SwansonAndrew and Kathy SwedbergRussell SwiftBradford SwingStephen and Cathy SwinglerJohn SykesSandra SylvesterKurt and Rebecca TakeJoyce S. TamKatherine TaylorSusan TaylorDaniel and Kathryn TebruggeJenna TedrickMaggie ThalheimerThe Earl and Bettie Fields

AutomotiveMary TheresaThird Baptist Church of Saint LouisEvelyn M. ThomasJohn ThomasJoan ThompsonKelly ThompsonRegina E. ThompsonWade ThompsonLois ThomsonIlene ThorntonNicholas TibbetsBrenda TibbsMartha TickesChris TillotsonJean L. Tippet

Jennifer TobeyPaula TobeyShirlene TomesGreg and Joyce ToppingMelissa TownsendShailly TrivediLouise M. TroutStanley and Dora TrygarT’s Cleaning ServiceRobert TuchschererSarah R. TunningKimberly A. TurnerTwelve WestMarguerite B. Tyler-McWilliamsAdrienne TysonUnited Methodist Church of

LibertyvilleUnity Church of Practical ChristianityStephanie UpdegraffLaura UrbenPaul ValentaVan Voorst Lumber CompanyJames and Jean VargasVariety Water ServicesThomas and Sylvia VaughnAnn V. VelevaLisa Marie VerachtertKimberly VestVillage GardenRicardo VillamilVincennes FBC - UNIAshley VisteCarol A. VixAshley VossJennifer WagnerJessica WagnerKaren WagnerBarry WagonerDaniel and Rebecca WainwrightRobert and Marion WainwrightMary WalkerWillard and Jeannene WalkerJoseph WalshKara WalshKevin WalshSharon WalterCal WaltonJoshua and Amanda WarrenRobin WatsonAnnette WayIlisha WeathersbyGregory and Tammy WebsterXiang WeiJack and Kathie WeimerMr. Bobbie WeinerLinda WeissDianna K. WelchRebecca H. WellerBrian WellingWells Chapel General

Baptist ChurchTammy WendtMark and Joy Wernz

David and Tammy WesenbergCarol WetmoreAlycia WhiteGrant and Dawn WhiteMegan WhiteDaniel H. WhitmanKelly WhittierTammy WickEd WiderMargery WilcoxenRyan WilhelmMarjorie WilkoffJoyce WilkosChris WilliamsJennifer WilliamsMolly WilliamsTia WilliamsTiffany WilliamsMark and Cindy WillisGrant WilsonVernon WilsonShirley WineWines For HumanitySam WingerMichael WinslowBernard and Alice WinterMike WolfAdam WolfeWomen’s Business NetworkWomen’s Mission SocietyWoodmans MarketAnn WoolridgeCraig WoriesCeda XiongMeng XuEmily YanRosalind YangLarry YargusShirlee YearyLori YeckLaura YinglingDanielle YokellYoung Scholars Child Care CenterChristine ZastrowMathew ZastrowMichael and Colleen ZawaskiZenobia Baptist ChurchKristina M. ZettlerWill ZhangHeather ZientaJerome ZiesemerZimmerman Sunday School ClassFotena Zirps

BequestsCleland J. Maxson TrustThe Edgar County Bank & Trust Co.Evelyn A. Borbe TrustUnited Life Insurance CompanyViretta Wisse Estate

FoundationsA & E Kaplan FoundationAmerican Baptist FoundationThe Andrew and Alice Fischer

Charitable TrustThe Arthur J. Gallagher FoundationBaxter International FoundationBlueCross BlueShield of IllinoisBright Promises FoundationCardinal Health FoundationThe Chicago Community TrustCNA FoundationCommunity Foundation for the

Land of LincolnThe Dunham FoundationEFS FoundationExchange Club Foundation of

Lake CountyForrest D. and June L. Sprehe

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Northern Lake CountyHyslop Shannon FoundationIllinois Clean Energy Community

FoundationIllinois Tool Works FoundationThe John Buck Company

FoundationKings Daughters OrganizationKirkland & Ellis FoundationMacDonald Foundation Marquis

GeorgeMarion Moore FoundationMcCormick Tribune Foundation

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FundThe Rinehart Family Fund of the

Ayco Charitable Foundation

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Seigle Family FoundationSt. Louis Philanthropic AssociationTargetU.S. Charitable Gift TrustWal-mart Foundation

Memorial GiftsTribute for Julian BenjamanAnonymous

Tribute(s) for Mary Claire GallagherAnonymousBill and Sharon Gillis

Tribute for Marjorie HarrisDave and Linda Mehnert

Tribute for Ralph and Mabel HordWilliam and Peggy Hord

Tribute for Wade L. JonesLaura J. Jones

Tribute for Draco McGuireNancy L. Miller and Cindy Lusignan

Tribute for Allen E. RuppJoan Thompson

Tribute for Alena NightoakNancy L. Miller and Cindy Lusignan

Tribute for Paul PlierLinda Plier

Tribute(s) for Clinton RogierAnna Lee RogierJames ChildersRogier Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tribute for Al SchnitzerGerard J. Oshea

Tribute for Raette WiniarskiNancy L. Miller and Cindy Lusignan

Honorarium GiftsTribute for Ada Stearns BirthdayAda Stearns Fellowship

Tribute(s) for Harold and Margo Bach’s Anniversary

Gregory and Marie DoldJames and Barbara Martin

Tribute for Michael BockstruckLaura Brzeczko

Tribute for Mary Chelotti - SmithAshley Viste

Tribute(s) for Ermit L. Finch and Jonni Miklos

Theodore Herr and Carla CarstensRichard A. Rock Attorney at LawVictoria Court Reporting Service, Inc.

Tribute for Marco A. FosterLaura Lambert

Tribute for Scott W. Humphrey’s Birthday

Elinor P. Humphrey

Tribute for Gwendolyn LulofsPatrick and Mary Ring

Tribute for David W. McConnellStephen Eastwood

Tribute for Maya and Isaac MoserKen Cohen

Tribute for Bradley, Molly and Emily Pierce

Steven and Sharon Pierce

Tribute for Clarke C. RobinsonMichelle Robinson

Tribute for Floyd A. SchlossbergNancy L. Miller and Cindy Lusignan

Tribute for Toni S. SmithJill Doherty

Gifts in KindAnonymous (2)Aon Hewitt Associates FoundationAuburn Baptist ChurchBauer’s Party Masters CateringBaxter HealthcareBCUBeake & Sons ExcavatingBenjamin Cottrell DesignsBenjamin Franklin Early

Childhood CenterBethel Grade SchoolTom and Nancy BrighamCardinal Health of WaukeganCDW Computer Centers, Inc.ChicagoTwentySomthing.comChildren’s House of Central

Baptist ChurchCNA FoundationColette and Ano PlumbingCommunity Church of BarringtonCopperwood CondosDesign CloudDiscover Financial ServicesDistrict #60 Primary CenterRachael DolanDomino Amjet, Inc.

Bob and Ellen DoppeltPaul Earle and Ellen RudnickThe EdgeElite Signs and GraphicsFabulous Fox theatreFaith Baptist Church at Mill CreekFestive Floats of TampaField Community School District #3First Baptist Church of BelvidereFirst Baptist Church of HillsboroFirst Presbyterian Church of

DeerfieldGirl Scouts Gurnee/GrayslakeGlen Rowan HouseRussell D. GrayGrayslake Central High SchoolGreat Lakes Credit UnionCarmela and Christopher GriffinWayne and Arden GrossichRichard and Joyce HeneberryHollywood HairHoughton Mifflin HarcourtHubbard InnScott and Nichole HumphreyInspiring Images PhotographyJ.L. Buford Intermediate CenterDarlene JacksonJewell EventsJoy! Lutheran Church of GurneeKansas City RoyalsCheryl KowalczykKPMG LLCLand of Lincoln Credit UnionLong Grove Community ChurchNancy L. Miller and Cindy LusignanMedline IndustriesMicrosoft of ChicagoMoller Financing ServicesGlenn MurrayNew Hope Church of EffinghamLindie OdleOlivet Nazarene UniversityNadia PodolskyPrince of Peace Catholic ChurchQuentin Road Bible BaptistRollins CollegeHoward and Chris SchnitzerSebring Mini StorageSmart Starters, Inc.The South ChurchSt. Laurence ParishSt. Louis Blues HockeyStarbucks Coffee CompanyTickets For Kids CharitiesTrick Shots MetrowestUlineUnited States Military Entrance

Processing CommandUpper Class RoomVDO Productions, Inc.Vernon Area Public LibraryVictoria’s Secret

Village of Lake VillaVolatl EventsJennifer WagnerWalgreens Distribution CenterWal-mart CharlestonWaterford Dance AcademyWildwood Presbyterian ChurchYong’s TaekwondoYoung Scholars Child Care CenterDaniel Ziembo

Employee GivingAnonymous (14)Lois AliottaJanice M. BalcerColleen BandyCarlyne J. BaptisteMichelle BarnesMargaret BeachTashay BellEmily F. BlackburnStephanie BowdlerEarnestine BradleyChristina L. BrownKristy CechiniJerry ClaritoBlane ClineDenny S. ClouseHoward CoonJohn R. CulbertsonChristina CzechKathleen DavisRosanne DeGregorioJosefina DisterhoftKelsey Noel DulleCarol R. DunaheeDarren J. DunaheeJoan R. EbingerKaren ElliottCarol EngbergCheryl FarnhamDavid FoxStacey GarnerBetty J. GaulBill A. GillisJayme GodoyoMashell S. GornickPatricia A. GriffithRachel GubbinsLyle HaerleElizabeth R. HallDaniel HammentKala HammondTherese L. HartwellJoyce HeneberryElizabeth HernandezLanette M. HeseltonDiane HoltEmily HusseiniMeagan L. IafeliceGail E. James

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Guy JanicJassemine JohnsonCheri JonesHeather KellyLauren C. Kessler SchottGabriel KingApril L. KirkpatrickVirginia M. KowalskiBeth LakierMarilee LaMattinaEmily LathropCrystal LeslieBrooke LopezChanta L. LoveJessica LowryShawn LuxAnna Maria Madele RichardJen K. MaleeJenaeth MarkajDavid W. McConnellVickie L. McDaniel

Mark D. McHughAva J. MeimJessica L. MillerMindy MillerMarilyn MilnerDeondra Keyona MiltonCassie MonroeLolita MoodyBarbara D. MossHenry MuenchBridget A. MurphyMegan MurphyBrandon NewcomerRebecca K. NewcomerStanley J. NicholsJean F. NobbeJennifer OlesinskiCarleen M. OttoDalan J. OwensAnn F. PearcyJessica M. Perry

Gregory PhoenixJessica PingKristin PloskonkaLauren P. PrekopShannon N. QuandtBrionne C. RhodesDorelis RiveraTynequia S. RobertsJackie RomeroCynthia A. RotmanTena SchrageChristina SmithCindy SmithLametria N. SmithRebecca M. SmithMichael SnowTimothy SnowdenShannon StokesRebecca TakeKatherine TaylorJenna Tedrick

Regina E. ThompsonShirlene TomesSarah R. TunningStephanie UpdegraffLisa Marie VerachtertKimberly VestCal WaltonJoshua WarrenIlisha WeathersbyMaria WeberJames A. WebsterLinda WeissTammy WickGrace YangLori YeckLaura YinglingKristina M. ZettlerHeather Zienta

When Chrys Zastrow opened the front door of her home in January 2012, she first saw three young foster children waiting with a One Hope United caseworker. The three were sisters and arrived with no possessions except for a comfort kit for each which had been assembled and donated by One Hope United volunteers. Their first few weeks together were a blur because of the complexity of helping the children adapt to their new surroundings and dealing with both their emotional and physical needs. However, Chrys said the comfort kits were extremely helpful with the girls’ adjustment to a new home so she decided to start a fundraiser to make more comfort kits for foster children and parents. Chrys reached out to her friends, co-workers and neighbors to see if they would be interested in helping with this project. At the preschool where Chrys teaches, the children managed to raise $280 over the summer to help create the kits. Chrys’ daughters go to the school and as soon as the children knew that their efforts were going to help foster children like them they couldn’t wait to get involved. Jo-Ann Fabrics gave the kit makers a discount on fabrics, Garvey’s Office Products sold the duffle bags at cost, and the girls’ dentist donated toothpaste and toothbrushes. Another teacher and her parents provided 40 beanie babies for the kits.

Chrys started advocating the kits at school and to parents. She explained a $20 donation could provide one comfort kit and a $10 donation could provide the tie-blanket. Chrys also asked for anyone interested in assembling the kits meet at the school to help. About 60 people attended and made 42 tie-blankets and assembled comfort kits in just an hour and a half. The duffle bag was used to hold a water bottle, blanket, beanie baby, book or poster, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner and other products. The experience of moving from foster parents to adoptive parents has been emotional, enriching and life changing for all. The three girls have not yet been officially adopted—the November date was postponed. They are still waiting for a court date, but will be adopted soon and since the first round of comfort kits, even more community members have voiced their desire to help assemble more. Chrys plans to continue making comfort kits in order to help future foster children and parents.

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