Fall 2004 Newsletter   click for links to other newsletter pages

Our Heartfelt Thanks! Thank you to the following donors for their support of Parent to Parent of Vermont.  Their gifts are making a difference for Vermont families with children with special needs.

Parent to Parent of Vermont is a proud member of the Leave a Legacy program. For more information on how to make a provision for Parent to Parent of Vermont in your estate plan, please contact your financial planner or Lauren Curry, Director of Development and Outreach (802)764-5290 ext. 31

Click for our current "Wish List" What Can YOUR Gift Do?

Our Contributors
Arne Heggen & Julie Arel in honor of Jean Arel & Carol Tomke
Terry & Joyce Brabazon
Richard & Kathleen Caine in honor of Patricia Prelock
Carol Lowe Clay & Owen Clay in honor of Nancy DiVenere
Bill Congleton & Patty Prelock
Lauren & Dave Curry
Craig & Rachel DiGiammarino
Rit & Nancy DiVenere
First Congregational Church
Joseph Fitzgerald
David Adams & Jeanne Greenblatt
Steven & Noreen Karcher
Martin Lavallee
Steve Mason & Trish Sears
Tracey & Niel Maurer
Robert & Donna McHugh in honor of Nancy DiVenere
Robert & Louise Messner
Tammy & Alain Morissette
Jane Nesbitt & John Fleischer
Julianne Nickerson
Melissa Pierce
Susan & Roger Rixon
Mike Servidio
Maria Short & Daniel Gibson in honor of Patty Prelock
David Smail in honor of Patrick Lynch
Patrick & Mary Sullivan in honor of Patty Prelock's 50th Birthday
Mark Sustic & Deborah Travis
Richard Tarrant
The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation
Town of Shelburne
United Way
Upper Valley Pediatrics
Kay & Edward Van Woert
Barbara Venbjerg
The Waiting Room, Inc.
Richard & Angela Warfield in honor of Cheryl Mitchell
Rob & Karen Williams

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Inn Raffle Sponsors
Inn on the Common, Craftsbury Common
May Farm Bed & Breakfast, Waterbury Center
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center, Burlington
Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe

Donations of Goods & Services
Autism Society of Vermont - Resource library books
Crabtree and Evelyn - Gift basket
Linda Coss - Resource library book
Mary Kay Dennison - Resource library books
Martin Lavallee - Bulk mailing services
New England Culinary Institute - Gift certificates for volunteers
Perry Nunn - Musician at the Waiting Room fundraiser
Pompanoosuc Mills - Furniture for our resource room
Unicel - Discounted cell phones for our Family, Infant and Toddler Program
 

WISH LIST
In addition to cash gifts, donations of goods and services are a great way
to support Parent to Parent of Vermont.  The following items are currently on our wish list:

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What Can YOUR Gift Do?

$350 Sponsors one Parent Evening in any VT community.
Parent Evenings are informal gatherings for parents of children with special needs. Parents get together, talk, share stories and network with one another. Funds underwrite the event and provide childcare and travel stipends for families.  Would you like to sponsor a Parent Evening in YOUR area?
   
$250 Sponsors one Sibshop in any VT community.
Sibshops are fun workshops where siblings of children with special needs are able to get together, play some games, talk and connect with one another. 
Would you like to sponsor a SibShop in YOUR community?

$100 Trains one Supporting Family.
Supporting Families are trained and matched with other families with children with special needs.  They listen, serve as a resource, and share in their supported familyÕs successes and challenges.  These matches are the heart of our programs.

$25 Provides one Family Care Notebook.
Care notebooks help families track the many details that must be monitored with regard to their childÕs medical care: doctors, aides, insurance, Medicaid, support groups, resources, and other critical information.  An invaluable tool at the hospital.

$____ Provides Core Support for our organization.
Donations to our Core Support help underwrite all of Parent to Parent of VermontÕs many programs and enable us to address emerging community needs. 

Send your tax-deductible contribution to:
Parent to Parent of Vermont; 600 Blair Park Road, Suite 240; Williston, VT 05495-7549

With Your:

Name (as you wish to be acknowledged)
Address
Phone
Email
If you would like your gift to be anonymous, we will happily do so.

Fall 2004 - In this Issue:

Sofield Story
From Our Director
Ostrout Story
Family Support Report

SibShops Highlight
Partners In Care Conference
Family Infant and Toddler
Family Voices of Vermont
Books & Beyond

Heartfelt Thanks

Our Calendar | News & Note

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