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. 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 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
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| What Can YOUR Gift Do?
| Thanks to UBS and VSAC
|
Thank you to all of these individuals,
businesses & organizations who donate resources and time to help
support the work of Parent to Parent: Anonymous (11) | Roger & Shirley Adams in
honor of Sawyer Ostrout | Gloria Alexander | Rebecca Amblo and Len
Amblo in memory of Alice B. Peabody | Julie Arel & Arne Heggen |
Mildred Asbell | David Carl Baker | Margaret Baldor | Carrie Ann and
Eric Barkyoumb | J.B. Barna | Brenda J. Bean | Jack and Cathy Bergeron
| Susan and Jack Besio | Bud and Nancy Bigelow | Kathleen Kirk Bishop
in honor of Nancy DiVenere and her work with Parent to Parent | Jackie
and Robert Borella in honor of Faryn | Keith and Dottie Bowman | Terry
& Joyce Brabazon | Braintree Solution Consulting, Inc. | Lorraine
Brown | Leonard and Sherrie Brunelle | Jeff & Patti Bryce,
Christmas gift to "the Uncles" | Sara Burchard | Maria Burfoot | Eileen
Burgin and George Young | Fran Campbell | Child Care Resources |
Children with Special Health Needs (VT Dept. of Health) in memory of
Chris Cipriano | Barbara Church | Dianne Clements | William Clements
and Nancy Hoy-Clements | Chigee Cloninger | Claire and Jim Collier in
memory of "Rick" Santoro | Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Connors | Lauren
and Dave Curry | Connie and Thomas Curtin | Anne C. Dannenberg | Pamela
Dean-McCarthy | Cathi & Bob Desmarais | Craig & Rachel
DiGiammarino | Enzo M. DiMaio and Deborah Lamden | Rit and Nancy J.
DiVenere | Beverly Donelson | Mary Beth Doyle & Michael Giangreco |
Linda Dragon | Sandy and Mark Dupuis | Ann and Steve Edgerly | Terri
and Jack Edgerton | Kevin & Jessica Ellicott | Mark & Gail
Elvidge | Gary and Jane Farrell | Dr. and Mrs. Lewis First | First
Congregational Church Share Christmas Fund | Dr. Martha Fitzgerald |
Bunny and Peter Flint/Mid Point Mediation | Manuela Fonseca | Bernard
J. Fox, Laureate Learning Systems | Patrick and Patsy French | Kim
Friedman | Beverly Frost | Pamela K. Gardener | Leane Page Garland |
Elga Gemst | Elizabeth Gilding | Dr. Dick and Cheri Goldman in memory
of Brookes Baker | Leslie and Stephen Goodrich | Cheryl and Robert
Gowans | Theresa and Peter Gregory | Joyce and Joseph Hagan | Janet
Hancock | Hannaford, Williston (Store #398) | Linda and Fred Hartstone
in honor of Rachel DiGiammarino | Peter and Martha Haskell | Wendy
Hayward | Healthy Living Natural Foods Market | Bev and Don Heise |
Jean M. Held | Jane Helmstetter | The Hewitt Family | MaryKay Hill |
Luke A. and Patricia S. Howe | Jim Hroncich | Joanne & Ernie Hyde |
Darlene Jenson and Stephen Spitzer | David & Beth Jillson | Kristy
Jones | Laurie and Joseph Jordan | John Shook & Elizabeth
Jordan-Shook | Bonnie and Richard Joyal | Christina Algiere Kasprisin |
Kidder Management Co./Stephen Kidder | Kids Town | Craig & Sally
Kieny | Nancy and Richard Kisonak | Mr. James R. Lacey in memory of
Chris Cipriano | The LaChances in honor of Nancy DiVenere and in memory
of Ellie McNamara | Maura Lane | Brian and Colleen Leffler | Rebecca
and Armand Lemieux in memory of Jackie Lemieux | Barbara and Martin
LeWinter | Krista Lincoln | The Lintilhac Foundation, Inc. | Tex &
Kathleen Lynch & Family in memory of Ann Tuxbury | Sharyn and David
Martin | Penelope Martin | Steve Mason and Trish Sears in memory of
Madeleine Camirand Mason | Nicholas and Simon Masiewicki in memory of
"Rick" Santoro | Joseph and Susan McNamara | Robert & Louise
Messner | Karen Mikkelsen | Kathryn B. Millen | Mr. & Mrs. Bernard
W. Miller | Mr. & Mrs. Don Mitchell | Maureen Mitchell in honor of
Bridgett Mitchell | Leslie A. Mitrano | Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Mongan |
Ellen Mongan | Madeleine M. Mongan and Kirby Scarborough | Michael and
Sara Moran | Mike & Betty Morse | Jennifer Nachbur and Mark Farrell
in honor of William Farrell | Diana and Peter Nachbur through the
Community Foundation of New Jersey | Jane Nesbitt and John Fleischer |
The Newman - Paskiet Family | Northfield Savings Bank Staff Volunteers
| Helen and Emmett Norton | Jackie O'Neill | Office Quarters/Bob Larose
| Nancy Osborne in honor of the staff, present & former, of Parent
to Parent | Hilary Ostrout in honor of Sawyer Ostrout | Kathleen
Paterson | Karyn Patno | Mark and Claudia Pfaff | Remo and Donna
Pizzagalli | Stephanie and Michael Pletcher | Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D.
| Judy Porreca in honor of Marc Porreca | Peggy and Richard Potter |
Marie-Christine Potvin | Patty Prelock and Bill Congleton, also in
memory of Chris Cipriano | Mark & Joy Prior | Kristin and William
Reedy | Alan Homans & Lynn Ann Reynolds | Liz Robitaille in honor
of all the children and families with whom she works | Marlene Sachs in
honor of Lydia Sachs | Peggy Sax | Mike and Mary Scollins | Jim &
Linda Scott | Helen & Raymond Sears in honor of Steve Mason |
Richard Senese | Stan and Susan Senger | Betsy Shuey | Ann Sisk in
memory of Ernest M. Sisk | The Sokolowski Family | Gary Solow and
Sharon Henry | Jill Eve Spiro | James Squires | E.W. & Jane Stetson
| Janice Stockman | Nancy A. Sugarman | Mark Sustic and Deborah Travis
| Megan and Clark Sutton | Dr. Donald & Jackie Swartz | Mary
Skidmore Taylor | Odette and Harry Taylor | Diane and Roger Therrien in
memory of Jared Williams | Three Stallion Inn | Dolores and Michael
Tighe | Dr. Robert Tortolani | Town of Shelburne | Town of Williston |
Dr. Edward W. Travis | Carol Tremble in honor of Lucas Tremble | UBS
Financial Services, Inc. | UVM Department of Communication Sciences in
memory of Chris Cipriano | Charlene Van Sleet in memory of Michael Van
Sleet | Kay and Ned Van Woert | Bruce & Lillian Venner | Vermont
Student Assistance Corp. Employee 'Dress Down Day' | Danielle Viau |
Visiting Nurse Association | Steven & Tracey Wagner | Kathleen and
Roy Walker | Dan and Katrina Webster | David and Joanne Wechsler | Dr.
Julie Welkowitz | Peter White | Katharine C. Whiteley | The Wood-Lewis
Family | Paul Woodruff | Dennis Woods | Will and Cal Workman in honor
of everyone at Parent to Parent | Kristin Wright and Jeff Berkowitz |
Scott Yeager and Christine Packard | Bob and Jo Yoder | Ellen Zeman
& Paul Halen | It's
not too late to participate in our 2005 campaign - every little bit
counts!
|
 Challenge Grant Results in Most
Successful Campaign Ever! Thank you UBS Financial! With their pioneering $5,000 challenge grant to launch Parent to Parent of Vermont's 2004-5 annual campaign, UBS Financial Services, Inc. in South Burlington set us on the path to our most successful fundraiser ever. To date we have exceeded our annual campaign goal by an astounding 41%, with more than half of our donors increasing their gift over last year. Thank you UBS for jumpstarting this critical campaign and for making such a meaningful investment in Vermont families! |
VSAC wears jeans and gives big! Our thanks to all of the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. employees who donated to Parent to Parent of Vermont in exchange for wearing jeans on a recent 'dress down' day. Together, they contributed a whopping $307! Special thanks also to Parent to Parent board member, Danielle Viau, for making this possible! |
Fall 2004 - In this Issue:What Can YOUR Gift Do?
- Phonecards for our supporting parents
- Books for our resource library
- Digital cameras (3)
- Video cameras (3)
- Office space for our field staff around the state
- Artwork for our office
- Laptop computer
- Comfy chairs for our room at the Vermont Children's Hospital (2)
- Gift certificates to recognize supporting parents
- Water cooler and bottled water
- Small photo albums
$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
If you would like your gift to be anonymous, we will happily do so.
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