CELEBRATING
MILESTONES,
MILE MARKERS, COMMUNITY SPIRIT
AND A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD
2 0 1 5 A N N UA L R E P O RT A N D 2 0 1 6 R E V I E W
The Magical Number Ten
As ETS/NW celebrates 10 years
of providing rides for seniors, we
want to share these 10 awards and
recognitions received by ETS/NW
that demonstrate the organization’s
value to the communities served.
Caring Hearts Outstanding Volunteer Recognition Award
(Volunteer Center, 2009)
Heart of Gold Award
(Village of Arlington Heights, 2010)
STAR Merit Award
(a nationally recognized award from The Beverly Foundation, 2012)
Recognition regarding the STAR Merit Award
(Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder, 2012)
Formal recognition to commemorate our 15,000th ride
(Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder, 2013)
Community Champion IMPACT Award
(in recognition of our volunteer drivers from HandsOn Suburban Chicago, 2013)
Leading with Experience Award
(given to driver Al Loesel from HandsOn Suburban Chicago, 2014)
Seriously Effective Volunteer Management
(Points of Light Foundation, 2015)
STAR Award for Merit
(National Volunteer Transportation Center, 2015)
Service Enterprise Designation
(Points of Light Foundation, 2016)
An Incredible Feat of Determination
Message from the Executive Director and
Associate Executive Director
ANN BLANCHARD,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, the numbers of
ETS/NW tell the story of an agency with a small budget
but a big talent for getting things done through dedicated
volunteers and the help of townships, churches, and local
businesses and organizations.
We are approaching our 25,000th ride, which is an incredible feat of determination! When you compare it to the rest
of the nation, it becomes even more impressive. The average number of volunteer hours donated by each volunteer
per year in the United States was 52 – or about one hour a
week. Our volunteers averaged 84 hours in 2015, or 160%
of the national average. Our amazing Ron Hanschman
drove 131 times in 2015, which meant he donated about
393 hours or over 750% of the national average!
Our mission is to get seniors to doctors’ visits and with
the average age of our active clients being 87, we are
truly serving the frailest members of our communities
who would find other means of transportation impossible. Our service is very personalized, and we get to know
our clients. We often act as the early warning system for
ANNE WALL,
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
families when their loved one is having issues, because
we’re in touch by phone and in person so frequently. Since
our clients are not computer users, every ride we provide
includes four separate interactions with the client through
three different employees or volunteers for ETS/NW.
Those are a lot of eyes and ears keeping tabs on the
seniors we serve.
In the coming years, we want to continue to provide the
personalized care and compassion for our area seniors to
ensure they can get to their doctors and maintain their
independence for as long as possible. With dedicated
volunteers and community support, we will not only survive
but thrive for the next 10 years!
Gratefully,
Ann Blanchard
ETS/NW Executive Director
Anne Wall
ETS/NW Associate Executive Director
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Tipping Our Hats
Quintessential nice guy wins Volunteer of the Year
We tip our hats to Ron Carlow, not just because of the
sheer volume of rides he provided in 2015 (105), which won
him this award, but because he is the quintessential nice
guy and great volunteer.
After he retired, Ron became a “Meals on Wheels”
driver for a couple of years, but he was looking for more
meaningful ways to give back to the community when he
spotted the ETS/NW table at the Senior Celebration Day
at the Arlington International Racecourse. He liked what he
saw, signed up, and began driving for ETS/NW in 2013.
Since then, he has provided countless rides (197 to be
exact), wherever and whenever needed, two days each
week. Does he miss Meals on Wheels? No. He still drives
for them, along with helping out at Lutheran General one
day a week! Ron is not retired, he’s just rewired! No time
for golf or TV for this guy and that’s the way he likes it.
Aren’t we lucky he chose us?
Ron especially enjoys the variety of meeting new passengers and entertaining them with a joke or two along the
way. He has probably logged just as many smiles as miles,
filling a need for our passengers, relieving their family
members, and ultimately making the highways safer for
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RON CARLOW
all of us, by giving visually and physically impaired seniors
an alternative to driving to necessary appointments on
their own, like all our drivers do.
When asked what advice he might have for the new driver,
Ron suggested practicing patience, bringing along a good
book and a few good jokes to share a little humor along
the way. Sounds like good advice for all of us.
On a recent ride, and the very first ride for a new client,
Marilyn, Ron was told by her doctor at the scheduled appointment that she needed to go immediately to Evanston
Hospital (well outside our territory). Ron didn’t hesitate to
take her. His normal ride of two to three hours turned into
a seven-hour ride as a result. He was given the opportunity
to leave Marilyn there for another driver to pick her up, but
he chose to stay with her. Marilyn followed up with a note
extolling Ron’s willingness to, “make it possible for me to
get the maximum benefit from the doctors I needed. I was
very grateful!”
Thanks Ron! It’s an honor to recognize you as our ETS/NW
Volunteer of the Year. You so deserve this award.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Why Village Bank & Trust has supported ETS/NW for the past 10 years
The entire ETS/NW team would like to take this opportunity to thank Village Bank & Trust for an
entire decade of both financial and advisory support through generous donations, committed board
members, and financial services. In addition, they have most generously underwritten the costs
incurred with bringing this annual report to you. Please join us in thanking them for their service to
seniors in our communities.
“Congratulations to Escorted Transportation Services Northwest for 10 years of providing
this much needed service to senior citizens in our community. The mission of ETS/NW of
neighbors helping neighbors is near and dear to our hearts at Village Bank & Trust” said
Carol Blackwood, Senior Vice President. “It aligns with our mission at Village Bank to invest
in the people, organizations and businesses that make our community a stronger and better
place to live. We are proud to have supported this organization for the last ten years.”
Service to the community has been the cornerstone of the bank since its local beginnings.
Employees at Village Bank have continued to volunteer their personal and professional time,
provide financial support and serve as active participants on the ETS/NW board. Retired
bankers Vice President Regina Schlamp, Kay Olivo and Chairman S. Michael Polanski began
the partnership that continues today with Gloria Amling as board secretary.
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Learning Something New Each Day
Message from the Director of Program & Operations
As the new Program & Operations Director, I’ve
challenged myself to learn something new each day.
In the two months I’ve been here, I’ve mastered the
day-to-day scheduling processes, which are very
detailed given the number of steps each ride
requires. Every new day brings new challenges, but
I’ve found everyone from our office volunteers to
our clients is gracious and kind with words
of encouragement.
The most amazing thing I learned is how dedicated,
wonderful, and giving our volunteer drivers are. I
know our volunteers are the foundation of ETS/NW,
and I am truly blessed to be working with them.
I am working hard to make our clients and drivers
feel our service is personal and the feedback I’ve
received is positive. I look forward to the next 10
years of celebrating ETS/NW!
Gratefully,
Vicki Schlomann
ETS/NW Director of Program & Operations
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VICKI SCHLOMANN,
PROGRAM & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Five good reasons to volunteer your time—
Volunteering helps counteract the effects of stress, anger, and anxiety.
The social contact aspect of helping and working with others can
have a profound effect on your overall psychological well-being.
Nothing relieves stress better than a meaningful connection to
another person.
Volunteering makes you happy. By measuring hormones and brain
activity, researchers have discovered that being helpful to others
delivers immense pleasure. Human beings are hard-wired to
give to others. The more we give, the happier we feel.
Volunteering increases self-confidence. Older adults, especially those who
have retired or lost a spouse, can find new meaning and direction
in their lives by helping others. Whatever your age or life situation,
volunteering can help take your mind off your own worries, keep
you mentally stimulated, and add more zest to your life.
Volunteering helps you stay physically healthy. Studies have found that
those who volunteer have a lower mortality rate than those who do
not. Older volunteers tend to walk more, find it easier to cope with
everyday tasks, are less likely to develop high blood pressure, and
have better thinking skills.
Volunteering gives you the chance to meet many different people from various
cultures, giving you new experiences and great conversations.
Volunteer Drivers 2015
The following individuals give from their hearts and are truly the most compassionate
people we know—we couldn’t do what we do without these amazing volunteers!
Number of rides provided in ( )
Clara Acosta (52)
Mike Gotham (31)
Lynndah Lahey (10)
Sandy Schmitt (4)
Pat Albu (27)
Sharon Graff (7) Patricia LeBlanc (32)
Chuck Seemayer (4)
Gail Ameer (46)
Bruno Grund (28) Carl Lund (45)
Kathy Seemayer (1)
Teri Amidei (6)
Rita Hamann (11) Karuna Maddava (42)
Jack Selzer (4)
Anderko, Jan (48)
Pat Hammes (22) Robert Mai (7)
Bill Starr (43)
Richard Aumuller (15)
Lois Hanlon (4) James McGrath (37)
Debbie Stephen (20)
Margaret Babler (12)
Ronald Hanschman (131) Toby McGrath (1)
Hal Stern (40)
Angie Balcerak (33)
Etta Hartzman (32) Pam Miller (45)
David Sullivan (32)
Patrick Barrett (96)
Edward Herter (30) Helen Minogue (33)
Jerry Szontagh (21)
Kelly Behrens (42)
Gene Hoban (32) Corydon Olson (43)
Sue Taflinger (16)
Jill Bergner (30)
Amy Hume (32) Judy O’Malley (41)
Marilynn Tonn (83)
Ron Boe (24)
David Jacobson (19) Sheila Paschelke (10)
Billie Tucker (38)
Karen Brucks (15)
Robie Johanson (25) Daraius Patel (21)
Patricia Vallelonga (5)
Ronald Carlow (68)
Jamie Jones (43) Ted Peloquin (42)
Thomas Van Eck (20)
John Conmy (14)
Maggie Kamaryt (4) Donna Perry (22)
Jim Walkowiak (46)
Kathy Costanzo (10)
Kathy Kasprowicz (39) Robert Pinski (4)
Virginia Wells (40)
Phil DeBoer (7)
Susan Keefer (10) Joyce Polk (10)
Gina Will (9)
Jack Devron (19)
Janice Kent (28)
Mary Price (33)
Maureen Willenborg (14)
Bob Erickson (43)
Karen Killinger (46) Dan Quiery (46)
2,520 total rides provided
Sharon Faciana (26)
Martin Klein (24) Andy Ras (18)
in 2015
Patricia Fadz (19)
William “Bill” Kopp (45) Rich Reinschmidt (41)
Bob Flaa (40)
Karen Kordisch (30) Joseph Ruane (49)
Jeff Fleig (8)
Nancy Kraft (2) Diane Schacter (5)
Leo Floros (13)
Diana Kremen (29) Paulette Schmidt (26)
Dedicated Decade Drivers
These dedicated drivers have
been volunteering for ETS/NW
for the past 10 years!
Angie Balcerak
Ron Boe
Phil De Boer
Sharon Fasciana
Jeff Fleig
Ron Hanschman
Jim Mc Grath
Helen Minogue
Judy O’ Malley
Joyce Polk
Joe Ruane
Sully Sullivan
Jim Walkowiak
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ETS/NW Donors & Supporters
2015 through mid-2016
We are eternally grateful to the
following individuals, businesses,
townships, foundations, churches
and organizations for their
generosity and benefaction
of the ETS/NW program.
Their financial support ensures
that assisted transportation
remains available for every senior
who needs it. Thank you!
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$15,000 or more
Wheeling Township
$7,500 or more
Webb Foundation
$5,000 - $7,499
Anonymous (1)
Arlington Heights Senior Center, INC.
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous (1)
Arlington Heights
Community Development Block Grant
Elk Grove Township
Mary Ann Hetreed
Tom Kivlahan, Drost Kivlahan McMahon & O’Connor
Concetta Labellarte
Northwest Community Healthcare
Sheila O’Brien &
Wayne Andersen
(in honor of Pat Barrett)
Palatine Township
Savers (TVI, Inc.)
Schaumburg Township
Zurich Insurance, N.A.
$500 - $999
Anonymous (3)
Evelyn & Howard Braun
California Pizza Kitchen, Arlington Heights
Steven Chirico
Congregational United Church of Christ
Fannie May Fine Chocolates
Grace Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Kelly Hutchison/Home
Instead Senior Care, Inc.
Bill & Bunny Lauf
Catherine Liggett
Ron & Mary Jo Ognar
Maureen & Joe Ruane
Palatine Jaycees
Trend Holdings
Village Bank & Trust
$100 - $499
Anonymous (2)
Ann Anderson
Evelyn Anderson
Pat Barrett
Michael Barto
Kelly & Paul Behrens
Pat Bethel
Bon-Ton Stores
Brian Properties, Inc.
Eleanor Carlstedt
Carson’s
(Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.)
Marge Carter
Eileen & Jeff Castles
Nancy A. Cleary
John Conmy
Janet & Thomas Derlis
Jack Devron
Mary Ann Diamond
Diane (Dinnie) Dickenson
Discover Financial Services
Meg Easterwood
Dorothy Erickson
Faith Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights
Mary Jo & Mike Gotham
Natalie Griffin
(Silpada Jewelry)
Bruno Grund
Marian Hannaford
Victor Healy
Geraldine Hicks
Larry & Deb Johnson
Marilyn & Dave Johnson
Neita & David Johnson
Kathy & Ed Kasprowicz
Jan & Les Kent
Elaine Korecky
The Koutris Family
Ramona & Ken Kurek
Lynndah & Jim Lahey
Nancy & Robert Lincoln
(in honor of all ETS drivers)
The “Lucky Ladies”
(in memory of Helen Beart)
Joan Meyer
Mary B. Minton
Richard Muhlethaler
Thomas Ognar
Jane & Don Opperman
Cathy & George Ostendorf
Kathy & Rick Pfleeger
Mr & Mrs John Pircon
Elizabeth & Michael Priami
Lois M. Roschke
Rotary Club of Palatine
Sue Taflinger
(Tastefully Simple)
Vignettes of Arlington, Inc.
Virginia Wells
Wm J Wrigley Jr Foundation
$50 - $99
Anonymous (5)
Kathryn Atkinson
Karen Brucks
Iona Collignon
Helen Dawley
Gregg Elstien
Anne K. Field-Thompson
(in memory of her dad,
Hugh Field)
Leo Floros
Marian Hannaford
Nancy Hahn
Bill Hanson
Donna & Donald Hecht
Laverne Hughes
Rhonda Jensen
Martha Kawabata
Mary L. Kessler
Austra Kiusals
Margaret & Peter LaForge
Angela Lahey
Mr & Mrs Charles Leistico
Marie & Harold Lilja
Helen & Don Minogue
Judy & Chuck O’Malley
Nora O’Malley
John W Muldoon
Phil Pick
Dan Quiery
Evelyn & Matthew Ryan
Howard Ryskamp
Sandy & Tom Schmitt
Suzanne & Stephen Sharer
Mary Stevens
Marilynn Tonn
Billie Tucker
Vi Ullrich
Gloria & Jim Walkowiak
Andrea Warnock
Marion Waymel
Virginia Wells
Helen Wheaton
Richard B. White
Lorraine Worley
$25 - 49
Anonymous (21)
The Almanac of
Arlington Heights
Carol Axelrod
Pauline Becker
Mary & Dr. Robert Belter
Virginia Boss
Dorothy Caffrey
Shirley Cain
Nancy Cleary
Antonia & Jerome Cohen
Kathleen Costanzo
Gloria DeBiasi
Charlotte Elliott
Gregg Elstien
Don Gentile
Arlene Gurewitz
Etta Hartzman
CarrieAnn Hill
Dorothy Holmberg
Anita Kelly
Cheryl Kohr
Catherine Korda
Beverly Krawczyk
Alice Leitza
Patricia MacTavish
Charlotte Mally
Rich Matus
Dolores Meilner
Janet M. Meyer
Toby McGrath
Marion & John Miritello
Leona Mizen
Eleanor Mohn
Cynthia Morgan
Barbara M. Nelson
Kathy & Walt Parus
Louise Ribando
Sharon Ruane
Gloria Stanley
Tropical Smoothie Café, Arlington Heights
Daisy H. Pandaleon
Bernadine Prus
Marge Smith
Betty Thompson
Gert Zeitlin
$1 - $24
Anonymous (8)
Shirley Agnew
Pat & Bill Albu
Ali Boggio-Hair
Harriet Baldwin
Gloria Bonomo
Dorothy Brown
Joann Crum
Virginia Dombrowski
Marie Gasey
Marie Geary
Dixie Grubb
Lucille Hanck
Carol Hartung
Marilyn Hodges
Eleanor Johnson
Frances Koumos
Catherine Korda
Nada Kostovich
Arthur Kowitz
Beverly Krawczyk
Dolores LaMountain
Joanna Laraia
Lucille Lay
Michael Liverpool
Adelin Moody
Diane Muccia
Lucille Newlin
Mabel Parton
Linda & Michael Pettingill
Beatrice Rosenstock
Doris Sayed-Ahmed
Maneki Shah
Dorothy Silverman
Lillian Smith
Gloria Stanley
Dorothy Sully
Yvonne Weyand
Naomi Witz
Josephine Wolinksi
Charlotte Zywicke
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The Who, Why and Where of Our Supporters
Donations In Memory Of
Helen Beart (by the “Lucky Ladies”)
Hugh K Field (by his daughter,
Anne Thompson)
Donations In Honor Of
All ETS/NW Drivers
ETS/NW driver, Pat Barrett
Supporting Congregations
Congregational United Church
of Christ, Arlington Heights
Faith Lutheran Church,
Arlington Heights
St. James Catholic Church,
Arlington Heights
Supporting Townships
Elk Grove Township
Palatine Township
Schaumburg Township
Wheeling Township
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Local Businesses That Support ETS/NW
(Financial and/or In-Kind Donations)
The Almanac of Arlington Heights
Brian Properties, Inc. (Arlington Heights)
California Pizza Kitchen (Arlington Heights)
Carson’s (Mt Prospect)
Drost Kivlahan McMahon & O’Connor (Arlington Heights)
Flaherty Jewelers (Arlington Heights)
Hutchison Enterprises/Home Instead Senior Care (Elk Grove Village)
K&M Printing (Schaumburg)
Northwest Auto Wash (Arlington Heights)
Northwest Community Healthcare
(Arlington Heights)
Pfleeger & Company (Arlington Heights)
Rolling Meadows Florist (Rolling Meadows)
Savers (TVI, Inc.) (Arlington Heights)
Silpada Jewelry, Natalie Griffin
(Arlington Heights)
Tastefully Simple, Sue Taflinger
(Arlington Heights)
Trend Holdings (Wheeling)
Tropical Smoothie Café (Arlington Heights)
Vignettes of Arlington (Arlington Heights)
Zurich Insurance, N.A. (Schaumburg)
Local Organizations That Support ETS/NW
Arlington Heights Chamber
of Commerce
Arlington Heights Senior Center, Inc.
DPWN, Arlington Heights Chapter
Palatine Jaycees
Individual In-Kind Donations
Kelly Hutchison; featured Lunch and Learn speaker
Rhonda Jensen; pro bono legal
guidance and featured Lunch and
Learn speaker
Patty LeBlanc; featured ETS/NW
training speaker
Ellen Nelson; pro bono graphic design and marketing guidance
Kathy & Rick Pfleeger; pro bono
accounting expertise
Andy Schmitz; website management
Stan Szott; musical entertainment
Volunteer Support Staff
These volunteers generously shared their expertise and time
to ETS/NW during the year. Their contributions helped keep us
organized and on track, providing assistance with everything from
general office help and tradeshow staffing to social media,
financial/legal guidance and website maintenance. We couldn’t
exist without their dedication and support. Thank you!
Volunteer support staff hours provided in ( )
A Decade at a Glance (2006-2016)
Total number of rides provided
24,012
Total number of active clients
1,233
Total number of medical destinations
1,421
Total value of volunteer hours donated* $1,568,960
Rides to top medical destination (dialysis) 3,766
Rides to 2nd medical destination (eye doctor) 1,847
*Statistics from independentsector.org
*
Gloria Amling (22)
Patrick Barrett (18)
Kelly Behrens (148)
Dinnie Dickinson (7)
Meena Dubey (4)
Janet Hall (2)
Etta Hartzman (62)
Mary Ann Hetreed (12)
Rosemarie Janus (9)
Rhonda Jensen (16)
Kathy Kasprowicz (57)
Linda Koutris (23)
Lynndah Lahey (192)
Rich Matus (6)
Ellen Nelson (86)
Kathy Parus (35)
Walt Parus (4)
Kathy Pfleeger (96)
Phil Pick (55)
Joyce Polk (125)
Mary Price (2)
Joe Ruane (20)
Andy Schmitz (14)
Maureen Seleski (25)
Marilynn Tonn (1)
Jana Wadsager (97)
Renee Watts (75)
Lucy Yester (6)
1219 total volunteer support staff hours
provided in 2015
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He Hit the Ground Running for ETS/NW
Decade long volunteer comes full circle
Back in the spring of 2006, when Andy Schmitz was a
16-year old sophomore at John Hersey High School,
math teacher Dom Magno offered Andy an opportunity
to help the soon-to-be-formed ETS/NW with his amazing
computer skills. Dom asked and Andy answered ‘yes’.
Dom is frequently quoted as having said “Andy is a genius.
He could be the next Bill Gates.”
Andy hit the ground running. He worked diligently in the
rare spare time he had to research and create a website
for ETS/NW and became our web master, updating and
protecting our website for 10 years! That’s ten years from a
high school student with a challenging academic schedule,
to a University of Illinois student, with summer internships
at MIT Business School, to gainful employment at an
international cyber security firm. During ten busy years
he found time to donate his skills to ETS/NW designing,
maintaining, and improving our website regularly.
Clearly his parents did an outstanding job to raise such a
fine young man. ETS/NW is not the only recipient of Andy’s
generosity. As a high school student, he also volunteered
his time with FLL (For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology LEGO League) Robotics, where
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ANDY SCHMITZ ,
VOLUNTEER AND BOARD MEMBER
he had participated in competition as a younger student.
While at the U of I, he also helped other nonprofits set up
and run their websites.
When asked what advice he might offer other students
interested in volunteering their time, he wisely recalls
volunteering looks good on college resumes. He suggests
picking opportunities that are interesting to them as individuals, and making efforts to manage time constraints.
Andy has come full circle here at ETS/NW. He became our
newest board member in 2016, continuing to contribute
his skills in improving our technology and bringing a fresh
perspective to our members. When he first said ‘yes’ ten
years ago, we doubt anyone knew Andy would become
our longest sustaining ETS/NW volunteer. Thank you and
God bless you, Andy! Like Dom Magno did in 2006, we see
a bright and shining future for this remarkable young man,
and we hope to be a part of it for many years to come.
Divine Intervention
The Marie Payes Award for Excellence Winner
Jill Bergner is someone you should know. She is a retired RN who started driving for
ETS/NW in 2008, thanks to divine intervention. Being recently retired, she prayed for a new
path and then read about ETS/NW in her Sunday Bulletin at church. She thought ETS/NW
seemed tailor-made for someone like her who is health conscious, wants to pay back, likes
driving, and loves the elderly. She calls this a “GMC” or a God Manufactured Coincidence!
Since 2008, she has driven countless ETS/NW passengers to their destinations, always
bringing a book and her knitting; prepared for however long it takes. She occasionally
works in a walk if time permits. She says, “The flexibility of ETS/NW makes it so easy
to help.”
Although Jill is honored to be our Marie Payes Award Winner, she doesn’t think she
deserves it. You decide. She was the volunteer who drove a dialysis patient out of her way,
around the high waters of the Des Plaines River a few years ago. She had to find an alternate path to get her there and herself back home, since the rising river was closing roads
normally taken. Most recently, she followed her instincts to report an unsteady passenger.
We informed his daughter – one of the many services to seniors and their families ETS/NW
routinely provides. We later learned our client had fallen and broken his hip.
Thanks to Jill, we also have several new drivers who she recruited. She even inspired
her husband to help a neighbor with an occasional ride. Jill says, “ETS/NW is a perfect
volunteer opportunity that allows flexibility and connection. I get so much more than I
give.” Jill is a valued member of our team of caring drivers who so willingly go the extra
mile. ETS/NW is most fortunate to know Jill and now you do too!
JILL BERGNER,
VOLUNTEER
The Marie Payes Award
for Excellence
This prestigious Award was
created in 2008 by the ETS/
NW Board of Directors to
recognize an ETS/NW volunteer who has gone above
and beyond the call of duty
during that year. Now in its
8th year, the Award is named
in honor of a woman with
close ties to ETS/NW and
whose remarkable creativity
and passion have been the
hallmarks of her life-long
work. Each recipient of the
Award receives a gold “open
heart” lapel pin especially
designed for us by Arlington
Heights’ Flaherty Jewelers.
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Revenue & Expenses 2015
January through December, 2015
Total Income $100,547
Fundraising22%
Individual Donations
33%
Township/Town Funding 22%
Foundations/Grants17%
Business Donations
2%
Church Donations
3%
Earned Revenues
<1%
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Total Expenses $93,758
Program & Volunteers
38%
Administrative & General 51%
Operating Expenses
6%
Fundraising1%
Volunteer Insurance
4%
Board of Directors
President
10 Ways to Contribute to ETS/NW
Treasurer
For more information on how you can support ETS/NW,
contact us at 847 222 9331.
Renee Watts, Ed.D
Chief Human Resources Officer, Little City Foundation
Phil Pick, Community Volunteer
Secretary
Gloria Amling
VP/Retail Branch Manager, Village Bank & Trust
Board Members
Pat Barrett, ETS/NW Driver and Community Volunteer
Rhonda Jensen, Past Board VP and Attorney with Drost,
Kivlahan, McMahon & O’Connor
Kathy Kasprowicz, ETS/NW Program Founder and Driver
Joe Ruane, ETS/NW Driver and Community Volunteer
Andy Schmitz, ETS/NW Website Designer, IT Professional
Maureen Seleski, Past Board President,
Geriatrics Consultant and Community Volunteer
Honorary Board Member
Marie Payes, Community Volunteer
ETS/NW Staff
Ann Blanchard, Executive Director
Anne Wall, Associate Executive Director
Vicki Schlomann, Director of Program & Volunteer
Management
1. Planned giving
2. Memorial gifts or in honor of remembrances
3. Annual appeal donation
4. Time as a driver
5. Supplies/in-kind donations
6. Skill-based volunteer talents
7. Event sponsorship
8. Employer match on your donations or
thrivent.com (for thrivent members)
9.
Spreading the ETS/NW story through your
community of friends and social media contacts
on Facebook (like our page and share our posts
on your timeline)
10.Eat and earns, online shopping through
smile.amazon.com and iGive.org
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ETS/NW Mission Statement
We exist to serve seniors, living within the northwest suburban
Cook County area, who require escorted transportation services to
attend medical appointments, which allow them to age in place in
their community with dignity.
Interested in driving?
Would you like to be a volunteer driver for ETS/NW but not sure about
the time commitment? ETS/NW is happy to accommodate you and your
schedule – that’s one of the things that makes volunteering for ETS/NW
so workable. Give us a call to see if sharing some of your time with us is
right for you.
Share your time and talent
ETS/NW is always looking for volunteer support staff to help keep us
organized and on track. If you have time to donate or talents to share,
we’d love to talk!
1801 West Central Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
847 222 9227
www.etsnw.org
Your gift will help secure future rides for seniors in our community
Each donation, regardless of size, is vital and appreciated. ETS/NW
is a 501(c)3 charitable organization; contributions are tax deductible to
the fullest extent allowed by law. Visit www.etsnw.org to make a
gift online.