Serving our community for 51 years.

13101 Allen Road
Southgate MI 48195
734-785-7700
www.guidance-center.org
Serving our community for 51 years.
Annual Report 2008-09
NON-PROFIT
ORG.
US POSTAGE
PAID
Permit No. 55
WYANDOTTE, MI
2008-09 Board of Directors
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Revenue 08-09
Terry Riddle
Chairperson
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1%
1% 3%
Margaret Marchak
First Vice Chairperson
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PSC
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Mental Health Services
Developmental Disabilities
Michael G. Ceaser, Jr.
Substance Abuse
John Colina
Immediate Past Chairperson
The Colina Foundation
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Head Start
Juvenile Justice
Grants
Contributions
7%
Other Revenue
Net Assets Released from Restrictions
2%
11%
John Bussa
Lincoln Financial Advisors
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33%
Secretary
PCGCampbell
Treasurer
Multi-Financial Securities Corporation
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18%
Cheryl Kohs
24%
Sue Carnell
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Nancy J. Diehl
 Jerry Dorsey, IV
Expenses 08-09
Office of Wayne County Prosecutor
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Fred Eaton
Comcast Cable
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10%
1%
Lisa Kaiser
PNC Financial Services Group
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Lawrence J. Kearney, Jr.
Morgan Stanley
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Carmen McIntyre, MD
 Michael Lott
CEO, The Guidance Center
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Kenneth W. Russell
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Michael Spencer, Ph.D.
Program Services
Administrative
Development Costs
U of M School of Social Work
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James Weaks
Ford Motor Company
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Nathan White, MD
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Keyona Williams
 Sharon Williams
CareSource Michigan
89%
Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2009
Support, revenue and other:
Program revenue:
Mental Health services
Developmental Disabilities services
Head Start
Substance Abuse
Juvenile Justice
Grants
Contributions
Net assets released from restrictions
Total support, revenue and other
Expenses:
Program services
Administrative
Development costs
Total expenses
$ 11,818,317
3,955,283
8,866,349
752,929
2,454,690
6,578,584
1,095,099
293,661
$ 36,351,081
$ 32,164,014
3,641,658
398,661
$ 36,204,333
Increase in total net assets from operations $
146,748
Board Director Cheryl Kohs,
Carrie Banks-Patterson from
Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health, and
Guidance Center CEO Michael
Lott visit at the “Challenge
Stigma” conference hosted by
the agency.
Programs and services at
The Guidance Center include:
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After-school programs
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Case management
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Community Resource Centers
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Crisis screening
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Developmental Disabilities services
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Early Childhood education
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Forensic interviewing for alleged
sexual and physical abuse of
children
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Head Start preschool
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Juvenile Justice programs
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Literacy services
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Mental health outpatient
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Mentoring
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Parent/child playgroups and workshops
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Prevention services
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Substance abuse counseling
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Workforce Development services
Thank you to the following individuals,
corporations and businesses, foundations,
organizations, churches, civic groups,
schools and municipalities who continue to
generously support The Guidance Center
each year.
Kari Walker, Guidance Center COO, and agency
Board Director Carmen McIntyre, MD, visit at a
special summer event featuring Wayne County
Executive Robert Ficano regarding the need to
build a Children’s Advocacy Center in Wayne
County. The Guidance Center is working with
partners such as Children’s Hospital of Michigan
to provide a facility dedicated to the safety of
children who are sexually or physically abused.
The DownriverCARES AmeriCorps
program operated by the agency provides
services to the community in the areas of
mentoring, literacy, school-based services
and therapeutic services Monday through
Thursday throughout the year. Each
Friday the program performs community
service projects around the metropolitan
Detroit area. This AmeriCorps member
paints part of a mural in the gym at the
Aquinas Center.
Our mission:
To enhance the development and mental well-being of
children, adults, families and communities through the
delivery of creative, innovative and quality programs.
Services will be delivered with excellence and professionalism in an atmosphere of caring, hope and respect.
In the 2008-09 year, our agency served more than 19,500 people.
The Guidance Center’s early childhood programming touches the lives of
thousands of young children each year. Here, children receive free books as
part of the Family Fun Nights at the Aquinas Community Resource Center
in Southgate.
Program and agency highlights
As part of a national campaign to show the danger of underage drinking, the SUDDs coalition (Stop Underage Drinking
Downriver) produced this special mobile billboard that
travelled throughout the community. It appeared at major
high school events and was parked at various locations
where young people gather. Made possible by a grant from
SEMCA, the mobile billboard features the logos of partners
OASAS, SUDDs, SEMCA and The Guidance Center.
Guidance Center CEO Michael
Lott; River Rouge Mayor Michael
Bowdler; and Tina Laginess, the
director of Community Development for River Rouge, at the
ground-breaking ceremony of the
new Community Garden at the
Walter White Community
Resource Center.
Guidance Center CEO Michael Lott, Nancy Tuinier,
Denise Ilitch and her husband, James Scalici, and Budd Lynch
join together at a fund-raiser dinner to benefit agency
programs including the Children's Advocacy Center at the
Ilitch/Scalici home in Oakland County. The “Swing into
Summer” event was a prelude to the 20th Annual Budd Lynch
Celebrity Golf Classic.
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SCHOOLS AND
MUNICIPALITIES
AccuMed Billing, Inc.
CPJ’s Bakery
Biddle Gallery
Bishop Brighton Bed & Breakfast—Gerald Lucas
CareSource Michigan
Central Distributors of Beer
Comfort Suites of Southgate
Daly Merritt, Inc.
Diamond Poker
Discount Drinks Etc., Ltd.
Douglas Electric Company
Down River Cleaning Service
Electro Optic Manufacturing
Fifth Third Bank
Ford Motor Company Fund
Gandol, Inc.
Great Lakes Wine & Spirits
Hennessey Engineers, Inc.
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Howey & Associates Insurance
Johnson Psychological Services
Lakeshore Utility Trailer, Inc.
MBT Downriver
McKenna Associates
Merrill Lynch
Milberg
Mill Steel
Mr. Nick’s Restaurant
PNC Financial Services Group
National Wholesale Printing
Corporation
Oakwood Healthcare System
John A. Papalas & Co.
Plante & Moran, LLP
Plunkett Cooney, PC
Rand Environmental Services
Sagemark Consulting
Sibley Gardens
Silbert Chiropractic
Southgate Lincoln Mercury
Southgate Rotary
Southland Center
Stathakis Systems
Sysco Food Services of Detroit
Telegraph Chrysler Jeep
Temperature Control
Vince’s Landscaping
WIT Creative
John Parr from the Parr Agency in
Allen Park presents a donation
from The Allstate Foundation to
Guidance Center Executive Vice
President Betty Priskorn and School
Based Supervisor Jessica Okkerse.
FOUNDATIONS
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Allstate Foundation
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Capitol Region Community Foundation
Dan Paul Foundation
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Michigan
Detroit Free Press/
Gannett Foundation
Down River Association of
Realtors’ Charitable Foundation
Ilitch Charities
Life Services System
Lincoln Financial Group
Foundation
Morgan Stanley
PNC Foundation
Rollin M. Gerstacker
Foundation
Ronald McDonald House
Charities
Saint-Gobain Corporation
SAM’s Club
Target Stores
TJX Foundation
Each year The Guidance Center’s
Community Resource Centers host
literacy events and family fun fairs
for thousands of local children and
their families.
Your support is important to us and we
make every effort to avoid misspellings and
omissions. We apologize for any oversights.
Please contact us regarding any corrections
at 734-785-7705, x 7087. Thank you!
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City of Allen Park
Brownstown Township
City of Flat Rock
City of Gibraltar
Township of Grosse Ile
City of Lincoln Park
City of Riverview
City of Rockwood
City of Taylor
City of Trenton
City of Woodhaven
City of Wyandotte
Ecorse Public Schools
Flat Rock Community
Schools
Gibraltar School District
Grosse Ile Township
Schools
Lincoln Park School District
Melvindale-NAP Public
Schools
River Rouge Public Schools
Riverview Public Schools
Southgate Community
Schools
Trenton Public Schools
Woodhaven-Brownstown
School District
Wyandotte School District
SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS
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Detroit-Wayne County
Community Mental Health
Agency
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Head Start funding from the
United States Department of
Health and Human Services
through the Wayne County
Department of Health and
Human Services, Health and
Family Services Division
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SEMCA
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Michigan Dept. of Education
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Beverly A. Davis Revocable
Trust
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Downriver Irish American
Club
Junior League of Detroit
Kiwanis Club of Grosse Ile
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Ottawa County
CareLink
ConsumerLink
Michigan Community Service
Commission
Michigan Dept. of Human
Services
Kiwanis Club of Woodhaven
New Center Community
Mental Health Services
Melissa Mohlman,
(far left) and Maria
Sutka (far right),
both from the
Wyandotte School
District, visit with
Betty Priskorn and
Roxanne Brinkerhoff at The Guidance Center’s annual Community
Partners Breakfast
at the Center for
Excellence.
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St. George Greek Orthodox
Church—Ladies Philoptohos
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Southeastern Michigan Area
Combined Federal Campaign
Southgate Rotary
Taylor Rotary
Trenton Police Charities
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VOCA/Michigan Dept. of
Community Health
United Way of Southeastern
Michigan
IN-KIND DONATIONS
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Absopure
Aflac
Patricia Andrews
Belicoso Cafe
Big Apple Bagel
Bishop Cottage Bed & Breakfast
Carol Bollo & Associates
Bovitz & Co., CPA, PC
Michael Ceaser
Central Distributors of Beer
Dearborn Inn
Design Pointe
Detroit Lions
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Tigers
Dolce Vita Italian Restaurant
DTE Energy Foundation
Driven
Tom Dunne
Frederick Eaton
Filemaker, Inc.
Flowers on the Avenue
The Framery
G. Philips Café
General Motors
Gregory L. Gilbert
Girls, Grapes & Giving
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Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club
Grosse Ile Golf & CC Pro Shop
Grosse Ile Hardware
Highlite Printers, Inc.
Hood’s Paint & Wallpaper
Hunter’s Ridge Hunt Club
Denise Ilitch & Jim Scalici
Denise Ilitch Designs
William R. Iverson
IBM
Grosse Ile Country Club Ladies
Bowling League
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Jeanne’s Catering
Jefferys Photographic
Dionne D. Johns
Key West Coffee & Café
Mark Knope
Kroger
Leo Kuschel
LaBistecca Italian Grille
Gary P. Latendresse
Lions, Tigers and Beers
Lochmoor Club
Gerald Lucas
Malarkey’s
Mancino’s Wyandotte
McLaughlin’s Furniture
Medilodge of Taylor
Monroe Golf & Country
Club
Morgan Stanley
News-Herald Newspapers
Northern Vending
Office Depot
Old Country buffet
Olive Garden
Par-Fection, Inc.
Park West Gallery
Patricia Izzo Studios
Pet-N-On-The Ritz
Pinnacle Race Course
Pottery Creation
PRP Wine International
Carrie Reaume
Riverview Highlands
Virginia A. Robinson
Roosevelt Lanes
Second Step Advertising
Heather L. Shafer
Harry M. Somerset
Stix Martini & Cigar Bar
Symon Rental
The Henry Ford
The Owl’s Korner
The Somerset Collection
The Wild Child
Jemecca L. Tolbert
Trenton Athletic Club
TV’s Deli & Diner
United Road
United Way of Southeastern Michigan
Ethel Wasser
West Shore Golf & Country Club
Waters Edge Country Club
Wicks and Stones, LLC
City of Wyandotte