Spring 2006 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.


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Thank you to all of these individuals, businesses & organizations who donate resources and time to help support the work of Parent to Parent: 

Roger & Shirley Adams • Natalie Allen • Cathy Bergeron • Bayard & Nancy Bigelow • Kathleen Bishop • Linda & Sean Blackerby • Norm Blais • Robert & Jackie Borella • Terry & Joyce Brabazon • Leah & Farren Bratton • Nancy Braus • Steven Bronstein & Sandra Paritz • Sara Burchard • Richard & Kathleen Caine in honor of Patricia Prelock • Douglas & Christine Campbell to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund • Joan & Sean Campbell • Mary Ann Cipriano in memory of Chris & David Cipriano • Dianne Clements • Ed & Rosemarie Connors • Catherine Cooke • Connie Curtin • Tom Darling • Barbara & Edward Davide • Ruth Dennis & Richard Schattman • Steven & Mary K. Dennison • Robert & Catherine Desmarais • Bob & Theresa DiPalma • Nancy & Rit DiVenere • Martha Douglass • Mary Beth Doyle & Michael Giangreco • Mike & Barbara Eastman • Jessica & Kevin Ellicott • Mark & Gail Elvidge • Marilyn Filak • John Fleischer & Jane Nesbitt • Bunny Flint • Kim Friedman in honor of Kay Van Woert • Beverly & Harold Frost • Jennifer Galloway • Paul & Mary Gill • Stephen & Leslie Goodrich in honor of Abby Goodrich • Peter & Theresa Gregory • Dave & Fran Grimason • Sharon Gutwin • Joseph & Joyce Hagan • Winston & Lou Hammond • Janet Hancock • Peter Haskell • Jean Held • Sharon Henry & Gary Solow • Kim Hewitt & Family • Charles & Carol Hosford • Julie & Frank Kelley in honor of Marina D. Kelley • Sally & Craig Kieny • Nancy & Rick Kisonak • Blanche Kreiling • Ronald Lazzaro to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund • John Leddy & Louise Thabault • Armand & Becky Lemieux in memory of Jackie Lemieux • Barbara Lewinter • Judith & Dan Lindner to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund • Alison Lockwood • Ning Lu & Feipeng Huang • Dan & Karen Luneau • Tex & Kathleen Lynch in memory of Ann F. Tuxbury • Ginny & Richard Lyons • Linda MacFarlane • Sue & Greg MacMartin • Phyl Macomber in memory of Rachel Lillie • Steve Mason & Trish Sears in memory of Madeleine Camirand Mason • Louise May • Diane McNamara • Tim & Marla McQuiston • Robert & Louise Messner • Kathy Millen • Bernard & Gloria Miller • Maureen Mitchell • Edwin & Mary Mongan • Ellen Mongan • Alain & Tammy Morissette to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund • Gilbert & Barbara Myers • Mr. & Mrs. Peter Nachbur in honor of William Farrell • Eliot Nelson & Maryann Lisak • Jane Nesbitt • Elizabeth Newman & Kevin Paskiet • Julianne Nickerson • Laura Noonan • Helen Norton • Jacqueline O’Neill • Nancy Osborne • Vincent Paradis • William Penrod • Donna & Remo Pizzagalli in honor of Bobi Chickie Wood • Marie Christine Potvin • Patty Prelock & Bill Congleton • Mark & Joy Prior • Fran & Spencer Putnam • Diane & David Ravenscroft • Kristin Reedy • Lynn Reynolds & Alan Homans • Kay-Don Rossetti • Marlene Sachs • Lucy Samara • Paul, Ann & Paul II Schwartzkopf in memory of William Dennis • Mary & Michael Scollins • Karen Schwartz & Gustavo Teran in memory of Sylvia Schwartz • Pat Sears • Colonel & Helen Sears in honor of Steve Mason • Karen Seeger & Michael Birnbaum • Mike Servidio • Liz & John Shook • Ann Sisk • Mary Skidmore Taylor • Eric Sokolowski • Jim & Debbie Squires to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund • Ward & Janet Stackpole • Kurt Stenson • Jane Stetson • Gail Stevenson • Diane Sullivan • Megan Sutton in honor of Elsie Sutton • Harry & Odetta Taylor • Aunt Diane Therrien in memory of Jarrod Williams • Edward Tifft • Michael & Dolores Tighe • Robert Tortolani • Ned & Kay Van Woert • Marc & Dana VanDerheyden • Vincent Vanluvender in memory of Bonnie Major • Bruce & Lillian Venner • Tracey Wagner • Carmen Wagner • Paul Whalen & Marlene Dailey • Marianne Wildgust • Giles & Tammy Willey • Paul Woodruff • Jo & Bob Yoder • Scott Yeager & Christine Packard • George Young & Eileen Burgin • Ellen Zeman & Paul Hale

Donations listed were received between August 2005 - April 2006. We apologize for any errors or omissions. If you have a correction or question, please contact Steve Mason at (802) 764-5290 ext. 35.

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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 two 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. 

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

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Leave a Legacy program logoParent 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 Steve Mason, Director of Development and Outreach (802)764-5290 ext. 31

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Spring 2006 - In this Issue:
Vermont Teen on National Board
From Our Director
Don't Sell My Boy Short!
Sotos Syndrome Conference
Updates
(plus 2 articles on Autism)
Ethan's Fairies
Join Our Listserv!

Heartfelt Thanks 

Our Calendar | News & Note | Raffle

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