for youth and families Bellefaire JCB for excellence... for wellness... for child 2012 A NNUA L RE PO RT Today, Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau is one of the nation’s leading providers of behavioral health and educational services to youth and families. Since its founding as a Jewish Orphanage in 1868, Bellefaire JCB, has played an essential role in ensuring hope for the future of children and families in greater Cleveland and beyond. As our clients’ needs have evolved, so have our programs. With our mission firmly rooted in the Jewish community, we continue to meet the needs of the community-at-large as well as those of the Jewish community. Bellefaire JCB is pleased to have completed another successful and impactful year in 2012. With the exceptional guidance, vision and dedication of our Board of Directors, Bellefaire JCB has been proactive and diligent in developing financially responsible methods of maintaining a balanced budget while serving at-risk and vulnerable children, youth, and families. Bellefaire continues to place significant emphasis on the geographic diversification of our client base and a diversification of our service array. In 2012, Bellefaire served some 18,500 children, youth, family and community members and some 700 public agencies from 66 Ohio counties and 6 states. Services in Cuyahoga increased, particularly in the schools, and Bellefaire continued to be a significant and valued service provider in Lorain County, serving over 600 children and their families in Lorain County. Some highlights of how the agency fulfilled its mission of helping children and preserving families in 2012 follow. We are particularly proud of our service model that enables our professionally trained and educated staff to bring services to those in the community. Counseling and community-based treatment services are provided in a variety of locations from our Shaker Heights campus to client homes as well as in schools throughout northeast Ohio. By providing services within the community, Bellefaire ensures access to programs and services for those most in need and enables staff to reach clients in a familiar environment where parents, siblings, guardians, teachers, and other people significant in their lives are able to collaborate and “wrap around” the client in the creation of a community of care. As we look to the future, we see challenges as well as opportunities, yet we remain mindful that, regardless of any challenges we may face as an agency, the children, youth, and families of our community, depend on us more than ever before. As you read this Annual Report, please remember that you play a crucial role as a partner and supporter of Bellefaire. Your ongoing support of our activities enables us to continue to serve, adapt and innovate to meet the current and emerging needs of our children, families and of our community. On behalf of the dedicated staff and Board of Directors of Bellefaire JCB, thank you for your continued support. Through your generosity, you have joined us in our mission for excellence…for wellness…for children. Bradley J. Schlang Chair, Board of Directors Adam G. Jacobs, Ph.D. President W HO W E ARE Board of Directors Executive Committee • Responding to emerging needs • Building knowledge which contributes to service to Bradley J. Schlang Chair, Board of Directors William R. Joseph Immediate Past Chair* Adam G. Jacobs President Brian Davis Secretary Stephanie Silverman Assistant Secretary Stephen L. Bergman Treasurer Beth Brandon Assistant Treasurer Marc Krantz Stephanie Miller Josh Rubin Bradley N. Sanders Rob Wolff Sandra Wuliger • Advocating on behalf of children, youth, and their families Directors at Large is an innovative organization that provides exceptional care, education, and advocacy to enhance the emotional, physical and intellectual well-being of children, young adults, and families in the Jewish and general communities. In addition to providing direct services, Bellefaire JCB is committed to: • Remaining on the forefront of the youth service and child caring fields children, youth, and their families provides its services without regard to race, religion, sex or national origin, and encourages all clients to develop positive identification with their religious and ethnic backgrounds. The Bellefaire mission becomes real in the lives of so many children, youth and their families thanks to the values we adhere to every day; values which are basic to the work of all our staff members and associates. Each day we strive to: • Protect and nurture children and youth • Respect and value the family • Provide a safe, nurturing environment • Maximize each individual’s potential • Respect personal worth and individuality • Consider the whole person • Acknowledge and respect the cultural and ethnic diversity of everyone associated with Bellefaire Ally Abrams Dan Austrian Susan Block Marc Byrnes Jeri Chaikin Beth Dery Robert Englander Lev Gonick Julie Hertzer David Katz Adam Kaufman Jennifer Korach Betsy Krantz Ed Kraus Barbara Miller Mark Munsell Shari Perlmuter Daniel Polster Steve Saltzman Susan Silverberg Diane Singer Steve Weitzner Directors Emeriti Lois Gaynor Donald Goldman William R. Joseph* Mary Klein* David Nachman Nancy Rome Charles Rosenbaum Jan Stern Steven Wiesenberger Directors for Life Gerald Chattman Irwin Feldman vic gelb Larry Pollock Edwin Roth Peter L. Rubin Vivian Solganik Sandra Wuliger *Of Blessed Memory Bellefaire JCB 3 W HAT W E D O Bellefaire recognizes that, in many instances, the familiar settings of home and family provide the ideal environment for individuals to receive counseling, treatment, and therapeutic services. As such, the agency often reaches beyond its campus to pursue its goal of providing excellent care, treatment, and support to children, youth, and their families within our community. By working within client homes, schools, and familiar community settings, Bellefaire counselors and therapeutic professionals are able to integrate parents, siblings, guardians, teachers, and community and faith leaders into a youth’s treatment team, providing encouragement for the youth during treatment and support and stability after treatment has completed. Both our Outpatient Counseling program and Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) program illustrate the success of this model. By extending its reach beyond the confines of its campus, Bellefaire continues to further its mission of providing children and youth throughout Northeast Ohio with the area’s preeminent care and treatment services. Outpatient Counseling services are provided by Bellefaire’s excellent, professionally licensed staff who are degreed in areas including psychology, social work, and counseling. These services are varied and ever-expanding, with the following currently available: • • • • • Outpatient Therapy, wherein licensed professionals address signs of behavioral and mental health symptoms and any related substance abuse disorders with care and compassion, relying on the client’s support system for care and guidance. Psychological Testing, to identify the sources of any emotional and/or behavioral issues while working towards an effective treatment strategy. Psychiatry Services, available to youth in need of a more intensive approach (i.e. medication) to address their mental health diagnoses. Alcohol and Drug-related programming, providing focused, individualized substance abuse treatment care to those individuals diagnosed with both mental and substance abuse issues. School-Based Counseling Services, currently available in more than 60 area schools including Cleveland Metropolitan School District, suburban districts, and Jewish day schools, which exist to serve the mental health needs of any and all students requiring assistance. These programs are operational year-round to ensure continuity of care, and therapies occur in both individual and group contexts. Bellefaire JCB • Parents and Children Together (PACT) provides counseling to families under stress or in conflict by working directly with involved individuals to identify needs and develop an effective, individualized program towards recovery. • After-School Program, working to provide intensive group therapies for children aged 6-13 and group counseling for those 13-18 coming from homes suffering from chronic stress that has had negative impacts on children. • A partnership with County Juvenile Justice officials, enabling Bellefaire to be a direct referral source to provide care to individuals identified through the course of adjudication by the Courts. • Healthy Moms, Happy Families, meeting the unique needs of mothers-to-be and new mothers experiencing signs of stress, anxiety, and depression so as to ensure that new families are able to explore their new identities with positivity, enthusiasm, and support. 4 W HAT W E DO S A Y Program Bellefaire’s Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) program is now in its fourteenth year of success as a key program at Bellefaire JCB. SAY provides prevention and early intervention services to students in eight Cleveland-East suburban school districts including Cleveland Heights-University Heights, Shaker Heights, Beachwood, Chagrin Falls, South Euclid-Lyndhurst, Mayfield, and Solon. SAY is focused on promoting healthy behaviors in youth through education and prevention, with key causes including substance abuse and violence. In all student interactions, counselors emphasize positive self-esteem and selfworth. The program is offered at no cost to schools or students, with SAY counselors on-hand at schools for up to 24 hours per week to meet with students, discuss problems, work with administration, and help create action plans towards success. A key component of SAY’s success is in fostering leadership skills in youth. To assist in this goal, SAY continues to present its intensive youth development experience, the SAY Summer Leadership Institute. This three-week program takes place on the campus of Bellefaire JCB and gives youth, working in small groups, the opportunity to cultivate leadership skills through building trust, gaining focus, and working towards united goals. The program allows students to learn skills that will easily translate into academic, extracurricular, and social successes in their futures while working collaboratively with individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds. Youth leaders are also able to participate in SAY’s Student Leadership Council, comprised of student representatives from each participating school district. These talented youth provide feedback to staff leadership, participate in future planning, and coordinate the annual SAY Youth Forum — a day-long event in which lectures and group discussions are held on issues common to teens including achievement, risk behaviors, and stress management. In 2012, SAY chose to focus its efforts on the prevention of prescription drug abuse through collaboration with community partners and presentation of a day-long conference entitled The Opiate Epidemic Across the Lifespan: Impact and Interventions, created in consort with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. As a result of these efforts, SAY participants were honored to be the recipients of an award from the Greater Cleveland Safe Bellefaire JCB Kids/Safe Communities Coalition for Outstanding Efforts in Poison Prevention, which acknowledged their efforts to create awareness and education around the rising epidemic of prescription drug abuse by today’s youth. “I want to thank you for the wonderful opportunity, for the friends I have made, and the leadership I have received. It was such a great experience that I want to be part of it for years to come. Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of the SAY [program]. It really did become a huge part of me.” – from “A,” a SAY program and SAY Summer Leadership Institute participant Social Skills This past year, Bellefaire JCB was proud to introduce a new program as a component of its community-based treatment services: Social Skills for Orthodox Jewish Boys. Held once a week over the course of eight weeks, this program provided education to boys in grades 1 through 3, and focused on the following skill development: • Making and keeping friends • • • • • • • Responding to bullying Expressing feelings Understanding social cues Problem solving Communication skills Dealing with change Healthy coping skills This program — with emphasis on helping boys develop confidence in a comfortable and nurturing atmosphere — is led by trained professionals in counseling and social work who are also members of the Orthodox Jewish community. In its first year of existence, the program was a resounding success; additional sessions and expanded programmatic offerings are being planned for the future. 5 HOW W E H E L P Counseling & Community Services Child and Family Counseling Psychological Testing and Evaluation In-Home Services for Parents and Children Together (PACT) Substance Abuse Team Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) School-based Counseling After School Program Homeless Youth Services Monarch Center for Autism Preschool Day School Transitional Education Program Boarding Academy Monarch Hall for Adults Lifeworks – Adult Autism Program Summer Social Language Program Family Training, Support and Social Activities Online Resource Center Preschool, Childcare & Education Community Education JDN Early Childhood Center Foster Care & Adoption Infant Adoption Hague Accreditation for International Adoptions Waiting Child Adoption Treatment Foster Care Bellefaire JCB Bellefaire JCB Residential Services Stabilization Critical Care Unit Intensive Treatment Transitional Living Co-occurring Integrated Treatment Monarch Boarding Academy Volunteer Program Jewish Big Brother Big Sister Affiliations/Accreditations Applewood Centers Child Welfare League of America Coalition for Cuyahoga County’s Children & Youth Hague Accreditation through the Council on Accreditation Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Joint Commission National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Service Providers Ohio Departments of: • Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services • Developmental Disabilities • Education • Job and Family Services • Mental Health Ohio Step Up to Quality United Way of Greater Cleveland Wingspan Care Group 6 W HAT W E’ V E D O N E • Bellefaire JCB served more than 18,000 youth and families. • The nationally acclaimed Monarch School for Autism, served over 100 students in its programs for preschoolers and school-aged children. The Monarch School’s visual language model is supported with innovative technology, experiential learning, community-based instruction, vocational training, fine arts, and therapy. Additional technology advancements at Monarch include the integration of more than 40 Apple iPads into Monarch School’s curriculum; the editing of hours of video for teaching purposes; and the creation of hundreds of new images for instructional use via the VizZle software platform. • Monarch Hall, a residence for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), now boasts a solid infrastructure. The adult residents enjoy supports, community involvement, and familiar routines that facilitate comfort, ease, and the ability to make gains towards independence. •The Monarch Boarding Academy (MBA) continues to grow. Referrals continue to come from across the nation as Monarch’s profile of excellence is reaching an ever-broader audience. In addition to the vocational and life skills program, residents’ skills and interests are identified and nurtured to further the goal of creating a sense of confidence, self-efficacy, and personal fulfillment. • In 2012, Bellefaire’s Homeless Youth and Street Outreach Program provided direct services to homeless youth as well as educational and supportive services to teens, parents, community partners, Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents, and law enforcement officials. The program averaged between one and four calls a day. Additionally, it has provided outreach and education to over 4,000 adults, community partners, friends of homeless youth, and teen leaders. This includes training police, teachers, Cleveland school security guards and school staff, members of Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, members of the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, and teens in the community. The Homeless Youth Program continues in its leadership role in Cuyahoga County to rescue victims of sexual trafficking with the help of several community partners. Working with Sexual Response Assault Teams, emergency rooms, law enforcement, and the like, the program provides support and services to the rescued victims. The agency continues to maintain its close working relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and area law enforcement to educate and intervene with these victims. • Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) continues to serve eight east suburban school districts as it has since 2000. They are Cleveland HeightsUniversity Heights, Shaker Heights, Beachwood, Orange, Chagrin Falls, South Euclid-Lyndhurst, Mayfield and Solon. SAY counselors provide screenings and assessment for substance abuse, depression, suicide or violence, make referrals to long-term treatment providers when necessary, and offer student education and support groups when needed. This past year, SAY was able to continue to offer its services to teens and their families at no cost to the families or the schools. Bellefaire JCB • During the 2011-2012 academic year, Bellefaire’s SchoolBased Program placed counselors and social workers in 63 Cleveland Metropolitan School District, East Cleveland City, Lakewood City, Mayfield City Schools, and the Constellation LLC charter schools which include 10 schools located throughout Greater Cleveland. Students receive the benefit of the valuable supports offered by this program including preschool, elementary, middle, and high-school aged children and youth (PreK-12th grade). Services encompass mental health assessment plus treatment individually and in group settings. During Fiscal Year 2012, staff worked with over 1,400 children who were referred by teachers and administrators due to behavior problems or mental/behavioral health issues. • Bellefaire’s Jewish Day School Counseling Program, which receives significant funding from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, completed its 14th year of service provision. The program continued as an essential, respected, and highlyappreciated service for students, teachers, and families at Hebrew Academy, Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi, Gross Schechter Day School, Mosdos Ohr Hatorah, and Agnon schools. During the 2011–2012 school year, the Day School program’s counselors delivered direct behavioral health care services and consultation to 1,000 youth and their parents through outreach, education, and training. Among those receiving services were students, parents, teachers, and administrators—individually, in classrooms, and in small groups. • The After School Program and After School Summer Program continue to be well utilized as these programs assist youth in maintaining the gains they made during the school year throughout the summer months. These group counseling programs provide psycho-educational and therapeutic activities for children between six and 12 years of age along with adolescent counseling programs for youth ages 12 through 16. • Parents & Children Together (PACT), Bellefaire’s intensive, in-home services program, continued to provide services to families throughout the Cleveland metropolitan area and surrounding counties. PACT programs provide support for children and their families who are experiencing crises. • Once again the Jewish Big Brother Big Sister (JBBBSA) program filled a great need in the lives of Jewish children ranging in age from six to 18 years old. This past year JBBBSA continued to form matches between caring adult volunteers and Jewish children from single-parent families, resettled immigrant families, and families with special needs. • With the consolidation of early childhood education complete, the JDN Early Childhood Center thrives and has a waiting list for most programs. In effect, the consolidation with True Sisters formed a larger JDN program which now serves infant and preschool aged children for a total census of approximately 80 children. 7 OUR NUM BE RS Bellefaire JCB for the year ended June 30, 2012 Audited by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP Expenses by TYPE Depreciation/Equipment5.86% Depreciation/Equipment Development1.19% Development Occupancy10.34% Occupancy Professional Fees Professional Fees 17.29% Salary/Benefits Salary/Benefits65.32% Expenses by program General/Administrative10.94% General/Administrative/Fundraising Education/Prevention Education/Prevention26.81% Foster Care/Adoption Foster Care/Adoption Bellefaire JCB 6.39% Community Services Community Services 24.10% Residential/Group Services Residential Services 31.76% 8 The following individuals, corporations and foundations contributed to Bellefaire JCB from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. We make every effort to ensure our donor’s names and contributions are reported accurately and regret any inadvertent omissions. Bellefaire JCB is a Major Beneficiary of: The Jewish Federation of Cleveland United Way of Services of Cleveland $100,000 + The Cleveland Foundation Women’s General Hospital Fund of the Cleveland Foundation $40,000 - $99,999 Isadore Binzer Irrevocable Trust Kulas Foundation $20,000 - 39,999 AIDS Funding Collaborative Roy A. Hunt Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David May Mr. & Mrs. Jared Miller $5,000 - $19,999 The Alpha Group Mr. Michael Berman & Ms. Debbie Cowan Frida Klein Blum Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Foundation Sadie and Maurice Friedman Scholarship Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Sam & Esther Friedman Foundation John Huntington Benevolent Fund Junior League of Cleveland Mrs. Faye Kaplan Ms. Toby D. Lewis Leona and Russell Magid Children’s Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland MC Sign Company Arthur B. McBride Sr. Family Foundation Meisel Family Foundation PNC Royal Chemical Company Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua B. Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Bradley J. Schlang Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland Strassman Insurance Services Inc. Wain Family Foundation The S.K. Wellman Foundation Wuliger Family Foundation $2,500 - $4,999 250 Club Anonymous Bellefaire JCB Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield BakerHostetler Baldwin-Wallace College Mr. & Mrs. David Best Fidelity Voice and Data Forest City Enterprises Mr. & Mrs. John D. Garson Abe Glassman Big Brothers Memorial Fund Irving & Frieda Hand JDN Fund Mr. & Mrs. Lee R. Handel Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Krantz Dr. Samuel & Rosa Lobe Memorial Fund MAI Wealth Advisors, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Abraham C. Miller Mr. Philip Neshkin O.C.C.R.R.A. Oswald Companies Mr. & Mrs. Larry I. Pollock E.A. and Mollie C. Schwarzenberg Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Schwebel Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Todd Silverman The Sloan Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Wuliger $1,000 - $2,499 Mrs. Ann S. Abt Mr. Alan Ambuske America’s Best Transportation Mr. Simon Badinter Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Blue Technologies Dr. Ivy Boyle & Dr. James M. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Marc S. Byrnes Coit Services of Ohio Mrs. Anita D. Cosgrove DP Sciences E.B. Katz, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Irwin M. Feldman Mr. Richard Freedman Mr. Gary Gabel Lewis M. and Elaine K. Goodman Scholarship Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Gross Builders Mr. & Mrs. Harley Gross Mr. & Mrs. Donald Groszek Mildred Shelby Heller Memorial Fund Independence Excavating, Inc. John G. Johnson Construction Co. Mr. William R. Joseph JustGive Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL Mrs. Jennifer L. Korach Louis J. and Margaret Krown Scholarship Fund of Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mrs. Bette Lichaw Littler Mendelson Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Marc Glassman, Inc. McGladrey & Pullen LLP Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Meisel Merrill Lynch Mr. Mark R. Munsell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Palevsky Mr. Brad Roller & Ms. Laura Pederson Mr. Peter L. Rubin Mrs. Shirley Saltzman Dr. Paula Silverman & Mr. Robert Wolff Skye Group Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Spiegle Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Spilman Mr. & Mrs. John Turben Mr. Dominic A. Visconsi, Jr. Clara Weiss Fund Dr. Sally H. Wertheim & Mr. Stanley E. Wertheim Wild Child Touring Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zweig $500 - $999 Alson Jewelers, Inc. American Greetings Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Bergman Bluebridge Networks, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Brandon Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Browne Mr. & Mrs. Terry Burman Mr. Robert B. Carlisle Dr. & Mrs. Dale H. Cowan Ms. Catherine Crow Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Davis Ms. Elizabeth H. Dery & Mr. Steve Schecter DeWitt’s Diamond & Gold Exchange Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dreyfuss Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Edelman 9 W HO HA S H E L PE D Mr. Steven A. Eisenberg Force Sports-My Gym Solon Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Glazer George B. Golden Memorial Fund Mr. Eric Green Grow Foundation of Hathaway Brown School Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Lowy Haiman Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. David Heller Herman Textile Co., Inc. Janitorial Services Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Kohn, Jr. Kottler Metal Products Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski & Mr. Richard Bogomolny Dr. & Mrs. David Krantz Mr. Robert L. Krulak Mr. and Mrs. David Landman Mr. & Mrs. James LaRose Dr. & Mrs. Jared S. Levin Mr. Richard Lichaw Majestic Steel USA, Inc. Mars Electric Dr. Alfred S. Maschke Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. Mr. Brian Murphy Nurenburg Paris Heller & McCarthy Mr. Richard A. Optican Mr. & Mrs. Michael Perlmuter Plantscaping Gene Ptacek & Son Fire Equipment Co., Inc. Regional Reps Corp Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Rosenblatt Samuel B. Rubinstein Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mr. Steven Saltzman Mr. & Mrs. Bradley N. Sanders Ms. Astri Seidenfeld Mr. Michael Sherwin Diamond Shine Ms. Diane Singer & Mr. Jeff Ehrbar Sleggs, Danzinger & Gill, Co., LPA Mr. & Mrs. Richard Solomon Southeast Lifeforce Corporation Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Scott Speigle Squire Sanders & Dempsey Sarah Stern Michael Fund Mr. & Mrs. William J. Stern Strategic College Planning Network LLC Bellefaire JCB Tegrit Group Today’s Business Products Ulmer & Berne LLP Mr. & Mrs. Jack Valancy Vendors Exchange International, Inc. The Wasserman Consulting Group Eva Weitzman Selcer Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Welcome House Whole Foods Market Zilber Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Zimmerman Zucker-Uhrman Fund $250 - $499 Austrian & Associates, Inc. Ms. Elana Averbach Mr. Richard H. Bamberger Mr. & Mrs. Doug Bletcher Rabbi & Mrs. Richard Block Mr. & Mrs. Albert Borowitz Mr. & Mrs. John N. Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Chattman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Chessin Mr. Louis J. Clay Cohen & Company Davis Automotive Group, Inc. Mr. David Vandermeulen & Ms. Mary Lynn Dell Mr. David A. Derevjanik Mr. & Mrs. Robert Englander Federal Equipment The Freedonia Group Mr. & Mrs. Barry Gabel Mr. & Mrs. Steven Garfunkel Mr. & Mrs. David Garnitz Mr. & Mrs. vic gelb Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Ginzberg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Girsky Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Glass Mr. & Mrs. Brian Green Mr. & Mrs. Joel Herman Dr. & Dr. John Hertzer Mrs. Margaret A. Hirschfeld Mr. Richard A. Horvitz Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jospeh Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Lasky Dr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Levine Dr. & Mrs. William Mandel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Meljac Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Meyer Mr. Ryan Novak Robert Oberfelder Trust Park Synagogue Mr. & Mrs. Anthony A. Petrarca Mr. & Mrs. Tod Podl Ms. Linda C. Rae & Dr. Andrew R. Hertz Mrs. Nancy G. Rome Sol A. Ross Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mr. William Rowley Mrs. Joseph M. Schwebel Shapero & Green LLC Ms. Susan Silverberg Dr. & Mrs. Howard Simon Socius Mr. & Mrs. Warren Sullivan Mr. Seth Uhrman University Heights Masonic Lodge #738 Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Weintraub Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Whetzel Mr. William A. Wortzman Mr. & Mrs. Neil Young Gifts up to $249 AAMCO Transmission Mr. & Mrs. Shaw Abrams Mr. & Mrs. Ian Abrams Mr. Craig Lynch & Ms. Deborah Abrams Ms. Betsy Ackermann Mr. Albert T. Adams Mr. Kevin Adelstein Mr. & Mrs. William Adkins Mr. Randall Alter American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Mr. Warren E. Anderson Mr. Paul Angart Mrs. Cheryl Apisdorf Ms. Sherri Appleton & Mr. Marty Resnik Keith Arian Construction, Inc. Mrs. Gil Arian Mr. & Mrs. Keith Armitage Ms. Rachel Arnopolin Ms. Robyn Arsham Mr. & Mrs. Will Arsham Ms. Barbara Ashdown Reverend Michael D. Ausperk Mr. Dan Austrian Mr. Steven Ayzenberg Mrs. Rita Babin 10 W HO HA S H E L PE D Mr. Todd Baer Mr. Mark Bailin Mr. & Mrs. Jason Baker Mr. & Mrs. Craig Baranovic Ms. Robin Barrisch Mr. & Mrs. Luke F. Baum Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bauza Mr. Irving Bayer Mr. & Mrs. Rex Beck Mr. & Mrs. Reza D. Beigi Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Bercu Mr. & Mrs. Adam Berebitsky Mr. Steve Berger Ms. Stacey Berger Dr. Murray J. Berkowitz Mr. Stanley Bernath Mr. & Mrs. David Bernstein Mr. Craig B. Berson Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Best Dr. Larry F. Biales Mr. Jay L. Bitterman Ms. Lucille A. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Blizin Mrs. Flora Blumenthal Mr. Marc Blumenthal Mr. & Mrs. Michael Borstein BP Foundation Mr. Dan Bratys Mr. & Mrs. George Buchko Mr. & Mrs. Erik Bunce Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Burgess Dr. & Mrs. David M. Burkons Ms. Meredith Camp Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Caputo Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Carlisle Mr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Carran Case Western Reserve University Mr. Brian Cayne Ms. Daria Cayne Mr. Joshua Chefitz & Dr. Tyler Katz Mr. David Cerone Ms. Jeri Chaikin & Mr. Joel Newman Change for Charity Legacy Village Mrs. Robert Chaplin Ms. Alyson Charnas Ms. Cathy Cheistwer Dr. Hyeon Joo Cheon Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Chesler Mrs. Sylvia Chessin Mr. & Mrs. Loren Chylla The Honorable Joseph E. Cirigliano Bellefaire JCB Mr. Mark A. Pecot & Ms. Patricia Clark Mrs. Corinne J. Coen Mr. Daniel D. Abrams & Ms. Nan Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Cohen Mr. Ben Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Ethan H. Cohen Ms. Stacy Cohen Dr. Renee Commarato, D.D.S. Ms. Stephani Contipelli Ms. Carol Corn Ms. Janet Cox Mr. John P. Craig Ms. Valerie Crowley Mr. Edward Cutler Dr. Rita Cydulka & Dr. Marc Collin Mr. Peter W. Danford Ms. Riku Das Mr. & Mrs. Price W. David Mr. Nathan Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Davis Ms. Lynn De La Barrera & Mr. Jorge De La Barrera Mr. Jim Dery Susie & Jon Diamond Ms. Jennifer Dingle Ms. Jennifer Donohue Mr. Michael Doris Mr. Andrew Doris Ms. Elizabeth K. Dreben & Mr. Hillel J. Chiel Mr. & Mrs. Craig Duber Mr. Larry Dubin Mr. Scott Dubin Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Edelman Mr. & Mrs. Fred S. Eichenbaum Ms. Elizabeth Eisenberg Dr. Howard Epstein & Mr. Gregg A. Levine Mrs. Jeanne Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Erenberg Mr. Robert Esper Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Joel Evans Executive Caterers Ms. Emily Fatkins Mr. Michael Feig Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Fein Mrs. Michelle Feinberg Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Feiner Mr. Joseph Felber Mr. Richard J. Felber Dr. & Mrs. Edward S. Feldman Mr. & Mrs. James Feldman Mrs. Barbara W. Fields Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fink Ms. Amber Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Sean A. Fisher Ms. Hallie Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Fishman Mr. Francis Fitzgerald Mr. Donald J. Fleishaker Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association Mr. & Mrs. Tom Forman Mrs. Betty Forman Ms. Janice Foti Ms. Jane Frankel Mr. Michael Frayman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Freiman Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Freiman Mr. & Mrs. Marc W. Freimuth Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Friedman Mr. Steve Friedman Mrs. Stanley Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Frieman Mr. & Mrs. Jay S. Fromson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gallagher Mrs. Lois A. Gaynor Ms. Kelli Gellis Ms. Carrol Gensert Ms. Nilda Gilliard Giving Together - Progressive Insurance Ms. Meredith Glazer Mr. & Mrs. Steve Glink Mr. & Mrs. Phillip H. Golden Mr. & Mrs. Harry Goldstein Mr. Randy Golenberg Mr. & Mrs. Howard Goodman Mrs. Joyce G. Gordon Mr. Zach Goren Ms. Dorothy Goreny Mr. Michael Gorman Ms. Megan L. Gottschalk Mr. & Mrs. Terry Greathouse Ms. Adrienne Greben Dr. & Mrs. Armin Green Mr. K.C. Green Mr. Alan Greenberg Ms. Debbie Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene Mr. Mark Greenfield Ms. Gina N. 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