2015 Annual Report - Somerville Homeless Coalition

SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION
2015 Annual Report
C elebrating
30
years
of support, housing & community for the homeless
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2015: year in review
Dear Supporters and Friends
Overall Impact in 2015
Thirty years ago a handful of concerned citizens formed the Somerville Homeless Coalition and opened the first
shelter for adults in Somerville, with six beds. Since then we have added numerous programs and services to go
beyond the triage of shelter to truly helping get families and individuals out of homelessness. Today we serve over
2,000 individuals a year.
As you read our Annual Report we hope you will get a good sense of the impact your donations make – from helping
our shelter guests search for housing, to providing fresh produce to 95% of the clients coming to Project SOUP, to
preventing a family from falling into homelessness. While public funding provides about 69% of our income, it’s
donations like yours that allow us to give the individual attention and support we know is critical to
helping people stabilize their lives and live as independently as possible.
At the end of 2015 we discovered that one member of our staff had been mismanaging funds. We have been working
with great diligence to rectify the situation and improve our systems. We are confident that SHC will come through
this troublesome time stronger and more stable than ever before.
The need for homeless services is still present and we want to assure you that SHC remains committed to our mission
to address this need. Throughout this time we have continued to provide services and housing solutions to the
families and individuals who come asking for help to find and maintain permanent housing.
We hope you saw the video that Newfangled Studios made for us, “It Takes a Somervillage” with a
great song from a local band, Hallelujah the Hills. Please go to our web site if you haven’t. Like the quilt design
theme throughout this report, we know that working together as a community that cares we will end hunger and
homelessness. Please let us know if you’d like any more information, we’re happy to talk with you.
In 2015, SHC served a total of 2,105 people including:
30 years ago
665 children
from 999 households
SHC started with six beds in one shelter, and grew to
1,202
provide a full complement of services to help people
wherever they are in their experience of homelessness.
319
PREVENTION
162
Thank you again for your support; we couldn’t do
our work without you.
130
292
FOOD PANTRY
HOUSING
CASE
MANAGEMENT
SHELTERS
= People
served in
2015
Tom White
President
1985
Somerville Homeless
Coalition incorporated
as a nonprofit
organization. United
Methodist Church
offers space for an
emergency shelter.
in 1986
Mark Alston-Follansbee
Executive Director
1986
Family shelter
opens in
Grace Baptist Church.
SHC receives first federal
grant
for case management.
SHC begins its
first supportive
housing program
for young adults.
2001
2015
Homelessness prevention
programs grow to serve 60%
more people than the year
before
SHC receives first grant
from the United Way for
homeless prevention &
rapid rehousing.
Project SOUP Food Pantry
joins the
Somerville Homeless Coalition.
First homeless shelter
opens in Somerville with
6 beds.
.
2007
1996
1987
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The journey from being
homeless to housed is not
always a direct route, and often
takes months or years.
2015
Project SOUP gets walkin cooler to store more
fresh vegetables, fruits and
dairy products for food
pantry users
2012
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SHELTER
Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness
& HOUSING PROGRAMS
Guests and clients of SHC receive support from their case managers that
goes beyond the basic needs of accessing food and housing. Our
case managers help restore self-esteem by treating everyone with
dignity and respect. Case managers both advocate for homeless
people and help their clients advocate for themselves -- restoring
their status as full members of our community.
Many people need more than a place to stay when they
become homeless. Lance benefited from the safety and
stability of our shelter, the support of his case manager,
and start-up funds from our prevention program to
regain his stability and independence and move back
into a home of his own. The generous support of our
donors helps sustain all of these programs, making
sure that Lance, and hundreds of others, receive the help
they need to get back on their feet.
Tammy, an SHC client and Adult Shelter guest, found
her voice as an advocate when she testified before the
Joint Committee on Elder Affairs in October regarding
House Bill 529, An Act Relative to Assisting Elders and People
with Disabilities. This bill would increase Emergency Assistance
for Elderly, Disabled, and Children (EAEDC) benefits from $303 a
month to $428 a month -- for those who are housed. Currently, a
homeless person who qualifies for this benefit receives only $92.80
a month. Tammy shared from her personal experience as a
homeless elder how $92.80 isn’t enough to live on. This bill would increase
those benefits to $428 a month, too.
“Never give up hope,”
declares Lance, of his three-and-a-half
year experience with homelessness.
After getting laid off from his construction job, he stayed
in a number of shelters in and around Boston. Eventually,
Lance found his way to the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
With the support and guidance of his case manager, he
filed numerous applications for housing and after about a
year secured a place of his own.
Programs
People served
Prevention
Case Management
Supportive Housing
Shelter
TOTAL
319
292
162
130
At a Legislative Action Day at the statehouse a few months later, Senator Pat Jehlen credited Tammy’s testimony as
a major reason why Bill 529 was reported favorably and is now in the House of Ways and Means Committee.
Lance couldn’t be happier in his new home!
Distribution of
Housing Services
Prevention
Case
Management
35%
32%
903
15%
18%
Supportive
Housing
Public benefits are a key component in the package of solutions to help people survive and recover from being
homeless. Gaining the skills to advocate for those benefits is one step in breaking the cycle of homelessness.
Being homeless has especially negative impacts on children.
From poor health to interrupted schooling, many homeless
children are destined to continue the cycle of homelessness as
adults.
“Having a stable home saved my life, and my children’s. It
was the best thing that ever happened to her,” Denise says
about her daughter, Shayna, after they got into SHC’s permanent
housing program. From that stability, Shayna completed high
school, and then went on to graduate from college.
Getting an education is one of the keys to breaking the
cycle of poverty and homelessness. For each family housed
through SHC’s programs, we are helping people today and
the generations that follow.
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Community Cooks
Thank you to the many individuals and groups who held food drives and
donated tons of food to stock the Project SOUP food pantry!
Deborah Cormier, SOUP manager Nina Siciliano, and Christian Nikas with Mayor Curtatone
Countless individuals, religious and community groups, and businesses conduct food drives
throughout the year to help stock the Project SOUP food pantry. Others prepare meals for
the Monday night Community Meal and dinners for our shelter guests. Thank you!
In 2015 Project SOUP served
174
6
Home deliveries
1,202
People
8,593
Bags distributed
including
410
Children
651
Meals served
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The generous support of hundreds of individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations, in
addition to government grants, makes it possible for us to offer quality, dedicated service to some of
the neediest people in our community.
We couldn’t do this work without your support -- thank you!
Individual and Family Donors
Lawrence Aaronson
George and Diane Abosamra
Jennifer Abramson
Grace Abruzzio
Robin Ackerman
Sabrina Acloque
Jonathan Adams
Kellian Adams
Volha Adziarykha
Anguelina Akar
Marjorie Alexandre
Padma and Asad Ali
Mark and Emily Alston-Follansbee
Michael Amster
Christina Anastos
Melissa Anderson
David Anick
Kim Ardolino
Rachel Arnedt
Judith Arnost
Gregory Atkinson
Michael Attili and Monique Pelletier
Carmen and Pauline Aurora
Lee and Kate Auspitz
Sanford and Sherry Autor
Taliser Avery
Janet Axelrod
Rae Axner
Maria Balestrieri
Jennifer Balfour
Alan Ball
Katherine Bamberg and
David Berliner
Ellen Band
Eunice Baptista
Christine Barber
Ellenor and Michael Barish
David Barone
Roberta and Dick Bauer
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Stephen and Louise Bayle
Peter Bazzinotti
Sean Becker
Autumn Beecy
Matt Behr
Kathryn Bell
Kathryn and Lee Benjamin
Robert Benjamin and Kate Loring
Walter and Claire Bennett
Joe and Marilyn Benoit
Timothy and Jennifer Benson
Marjorie Berk
Andrea Berman
Fred Berman and Lori Segall
Nancy Bernhard and David Margolin
Jeff Bernstein and Leslie Lovett
The Berry Family Foundation
Aparecida Bertholdo
Rahul and Emily Bhargava
Susan Bhole
Donald Bianchi
Tom Bianchi
Dia Black
Libby Black
Katharine Black
Wes and Rebecca Blair
Andrew Blickenderfer
Ryan Bliss
Caren Block
Jeffrey Block
Wendy and David Blom
Barry Bloom
Jacob and Nancy Bloom
Truda Bloom and Robert Spiegelman
Kristin Blum and Jeff Levine
Shane Blundell
Eleanor Blute
Stephen Blyth and Anita Gajdecki
Paul Bockelman
Charles and Norma Bohrer
Daniel Boisvert
Tomas Bok
Jen Bokoff
Barbara Boles
Jason and Michele Born
David Bouck
Kathryn Bowers and Donald Terhune
Michael Bowler
Lincoln Boyden
Bryt Bradley
Mark Breedlove
Elise Brenner and Michael Kajen
Richard Brenner
Richard and Zeila Brescia
Ross Bresler and Anja Rauh Bresler
James and Kathy Bretta
Laurel Bretta
Laura Brewer and Neil Gershenfeld
Paula Brody
Scott Brody
Anna Bromberg
Laura Brooks
Paul Brouillette
Courtney Brown
Jason and Tamar Brown
Jeffrey and Linda Brown
Patricia and Edward Browne
Nathaniel Bruhn
Lisa Brukilacchio
Honorable Eugene Brune
Todd Brunel
Patrick Bryant
Ramon Bueno and Debra Weisberg
William Buffett and Susan Kennedy
John Bunzick and Carol Parker
Charles and Kim Burke
Bruce Burns and Katherine Eastment
Steve and Vicki Burris
Alicia Byrd
Elizabeth Caffrey
Michael Caissie
Anne Calcaterra
Marcie and Lindy Campbell
Elissa Cannata and Richard Wilhelm
Lynn Cannici
Brian Cappuccino
Teresa Cardoso
Naoka Carey and Sanjay Vakil
Tim Carey and Betty Baratta
Bree Carlson
Catherine and Randy Casey
Salvatore and Louise Casparriello
Barbara Cassesso
Mary Cassesso and Peter Miller
Charles and Kappy Cassidy
Cynthia Castellon
James and Jeanne Cavanaugh
Daniel and Tiffany Cayarga
Rachel and Denis Chagnon
Ann Chamberlain
Mark Chase
Amy Checkoway
Barry and Marjorie Checkoway
Ava Cheloff
Costa and Alba Chitouras
Michael and Maren Chiu
Karen and Michael Chmielewski
Gayle Christian
Robert and Sharon Cirone
Donna Clark and Daniel Hullah
James Clemons
Wendy Cliggott
Alexder Cohen
Annie and Aaron Cohen
Sandy Cohen
Thomas Cole and Laura Pitone
James Coleman
Sarah Coletti
Felicia Collazzo
Dorothy Collins
Michael Combs
Mary Jo Connelly
John Connolly
Frank and Mary Conway
Deborah Cooper and Joseph Debottis
Jim Cornacchio
Tom Cornu and Lorraine DiMuzio
Helen Corrigan
Jack Corrigan
Joanne Corrigan
Norma Corrigan-Bohrer
Lori Cost
Cyndy Costey
Elizabeth and Joshua Craft
Leora Cramer
Conrad Crawford
Andrew Crespo
Fiona Crimmins
Paul and Claire Crosby
Colin Crotty
Timothy and Geraldine Cummings
John Cunningham and Elizabeth
Thomson
Mayor Joseph Curtatone
Megan Curtis
Anne Cushman
Michael Cuthbert
Mary Czarcinski
Theresa Czarcinski
Jef Czekaj
Liza Daly and Dan Schmidt
Mary Louise Daly
Stephanie Daly
Lance and Amy Davis
Ree Dawson
Chris and Brandi Dean
Frank Decaro, D.M.D.
Sarah Degutis
Carla DeLellis
Paul Delmonico
Bob Dempkowski
Judith and Ed Dente
Laura Derman and Lee Teitel
Daniela Deslauriers
Tim Devin
Rosemary DeVita
Deborah DeWitt and Ronald Joseph
Sandra Diener
Gerardo Diiorio
Daniel Dineen IV
Joshua Dobbelaar
Victor DoCouto
Glenn and Lisa Dodes
Elie Dolgin
Kelly Donato
Shirley Donovan
Jennifer Dorsen
Jeanette and Stephen Douglas
Charles and Deborah Douglis
Julie Drake
Lisa Drapkin and Debbie Lewis
Robert Dredge and Erin Price
Barbara Duhamel
Mary Dulatre
Bob Dumais
William Durkin
Katherine Dyson
Alyissa Dzaugis
Rebecca Edelberg
Mark Ehrman and Chee Kwong
Tzeidel Eichenberg
Charles and Diane Eisenberg
Carla Elder
Heather Eliassen
Rev. Christine Elliott and Rev. Michael
Clark
Matt Elser
Scott Emerman
Phil and Ann Ercolini
April Evans
Kyler Evitt
Steven and Brandee Evitt
Zachary and Lara Ezor
Nathan Faber
Babette Fahey and Patrick McCormick
John Fallon
Eileen Farrell and Gregg Mathews
Janine Fay
Alexandra Feinstein
Alexander Feldman
Chris Felice
Christine Felice
Jennifer and James Ferguson
Lisa Ferreria
Steven Ferris
Darryl and Kelly Fess
Rachel Fichtenbaum
Julia Fields
Joshua Fincke
EM Fine
Lois Frances Fiore
Dennis and Rona Fischman
Jean and Thomas Fisher
Sarah Fishman and Michael Newman
Lori Fitz
Anne-Marie Fitzgerald
Diana and Jeffrey Fitzgerald
Patrick Fitzsimons
Anthony Florio
Brian Flynn
Catherine Foley
Megan Foley
Thomas Follett
VOLUNTEERS
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Ryan Bliss helps unpack sheets
donated for the shelters
Two years ago I decided that I wanted to get
involved with an organization that is truly dedicated
to improving the lives of people in need. But I
wanted to do more than simply write a check to an
organization. My goal was to find an organization
that truly cares for its clients and that is dedicated to
helping them, and I wanted to be directly involved in
providing that help. I reached out to the Somerville
Homeless Coalition and I was very impressed to find a
team of wonderful people that provide housing, food
and case management to people in need and they are
always striving to help more people every day.
In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky enough to purchase
food, clothing and back-to-school items for clients
at the shelters, help to organize and recruit sponsors
for the Annual Golf Tournament fundraiser, paint
the Family Shelter, become a member of the SHC
Board and get to know an amazing group of people
dedicated to helping anyone in need. Working with
the Somerville Homeless Coalition has been the
most rewarding experience of my life and I feel
very lucky to have become a part of their family.
In 2015, SHC benefited from:
1,589
volunteers
2,499
hours of service
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John Folmsbee
Harold and Carol Forbes
Marc Foster and Andrea Roberts
The Alex Foster Foundation
Norman and Lynda Fougere
Margaret Fox-Warren
David and Loretta Franklin
Alexander Freedman
Barbara Freedman
Karl and Susan Frieden
Christopher and Melissa Frost
Jaronica Fuller
Justice Ralph Gants and Deborah
Ramirez
Karen Gardner
Adam Gaston
Kathryn Geismar and Ken
Dornstein
Susanne Gerson
Sara Gettel
Virginia Gettings and Kenneth
Jenkins
Honorable Rebekah Gewirtz
David Gibbs
James Gifford
Larry and Luanne Gilbertson
Jonathon Gillen
Victoria Gimbel
Elizabeth Gingerich
Idy and Alan Gitelson
Laura Gitelson and Josh Arnold
Barrie Gleason
Peter and Kerstin Glick
Joshua Goldman and Marcia
Landa
Nate Goldshlag and Jane Auger
Warren and Marcy GoldsteinGelb
Daniel and Nina Goodman
Nancy Goodman
Edward Gordon
William Gordon
Jed and Jen Gottlieb
Lynn and John Gottlieb
Bernard and Jane Gottschalk
Manvi Goyal
Lynn Graham
Emily Grandstaff-Rie
Beatrice Greene
Kristin Greene
Pamela Greene and Jill Bogosian
Paul and Pascha Griffiths
Brandi Groft
Janet Grogan
Vera Gropper
Philip Groth
Elizabeth and Michael Grunko
Bob Guilbert
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Katryna Hadley
Mitch Haile
Karen Halaby
Monica Halas and Robert O’Connor
Chris and Brandee Hall
Grace Hall
Pam Hallett
Lauren and James Hanley
Kurt Hanson
Linda Hanson and Jonathan Wallach
Brian Harty
Holly Hatch
James and Karen Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hayes
Donna Haynes
Heidi Healy
Allan and Shirley Hegel
Lorraine Hegel
Robert Hegel and Susan Gassler
Susan Hegel
William Hegel
Peter Niels Heller
Rachel Heller and Ade Baptista
Rebecca Hemperly
Ralph and Leslie Hergert
Christopher Herron
Polly Hertig
Rebecca and Colleen Hibbert-Kapler
James Hines
Richard and Alice Hodge
Kara Holland
David Hollender
Kristi Smith and James Hollis
Matt and Wendy Holzer
Sangwha Hong
Adam Hornstine and Ellen Harkavy
Abigail Houseknecht
Landis and Kristina Huffman
Christina and Christopher Hurley
Renee and Howard Hurlich
Marguerite Hutcheson
Jaqueth Hutchinson
Victoria I
Denise and Charles Ingala
Harry Irwin and Pam Haltom
Bronwyn Isaacs
Pat Iverson
David Jacobs
Richard James
Susan Janowitz and Stuart Cleinman
Virginia Janzen
Senator Pat Jehlen
Mary Jeka
David Johnson and Kathy Martin
Kent Johnson
Pete and Donna Johnson
Susan and Larry Jones
Barry Joseph
Sharon Kabelitz
James Kaddaras, Jr.
Emily Kahn
Leiter Kang
Todd Kaplan and Rivkah Lapidus
George Karalis
Rebecca Kasdon
Rob Kassel
Emily Kathan
Marcella Katz
Ben Kauffman
Tom Keane
Philip Keeley
Roy Keihn and Geneva Collins
Robin Kelly
Margen Kelsey and Mark Pine
Pamela Kennedy
John Kenny and Anne Foley
Samuel and Jessica Kesner
Steven Ketchum
Brendan Killion
Esther Kim
Jack and Mary Lou Kimberley
Michelle Kinberg and Chris Patti
Margaret and John King
William and Kris Kipp
Paul Kissman
Marcia Kittredge
Doug Kline
Joanne Klys
Denise Kneeland
Ellen Kolton
Sharon Komarow
Nancy Kopell
Jeffrey Kosberg and Jerri Udelson
Edward Krafcik
Anna Kramer
Karen Kramer
Charles and Elka Kuhlman
Abby Laber
Ian Lai
Kelley Lane
Susa and Terran Lane
Susan and Richard Lapierre
Stan and Mary LaRonde
Donna Lascell
Eileen Leavitt
Joan Lebach
Danny LeBlanc and Paula Bowie
Thomas LeBlanc
Catherine Leen
Marc Lefebvre and Bonnie Engelbart
Leslie Lejara
Jodi Lemoie-Dow
Kristine Lessard
Edward Lester
Barbara LeVarge
Susan Levin
Hannah Levine
Helen Levitt
Dana LeWinter and Ben
Bradley
Abbey Lewis
Helena Lewis
Mary Libby
Michael and Emily Libby
Judith Liben
Richard Liberace
Robert and Evelyn Liberatore
Julia Liberman
Carla Lillvik and Gary
Simoneau
Stephanie Linakis
Christina Linklater
Jed Lippard and Todd Zinn
Josh Littenberg-Tobias
Nora Littlefield
David Loh
Lennie Lombardo
Carol Lorente
Janine Lotti
Eugene and Flo Lucarelli
Erich Ludwig
Stephanie Lurie
Jenna Lyons
James MacArthur
Colin and Jessica MacDonald
Robert and Linda MacIntosh
George and Ann Macomber
John Malone
Brian and Sandra Maloney
Chris and Abigail Mancini
William and Eleanor
Manning
Alan and Claire Manos
Gisela Margotta
Walker and Carmela Martin
Allan and Anne Marie
Martorana
Jasmine Masand
Chris and Deb Mascara
Katherine Mason
Kathleen Masse
Diane Masters
Rebecca Masterson
Taki Masuko
Anita Mathews
Nicholas Mathewson
Gregg Matthews
Cynthia Maurice
Howard Mayberry
Lisa Mayer
Peter Mayers
Nancy McCabe
Alice McCarter
Daniel McCarthy
Elizabeth McCarthy
Larry McCloskey
Amy McCormick
Donna McCormick
Frances McCormick
Gerald McCue and Sheila Molinari
Dana McDermott
Patrick and Sheila McDonnell
PJ McGinty
Donald and Sandra McGoldrick
Christopher McHallam
Kathryn McHugh and Shawn Luther
Ann McInerney-Kirby
Patricia McIntyre
Daniel and Tammy McKanan
Colleen McKiernan
Mike McLaughlin
William and Linda McLaughlin
Kevin McMaster
Michael McNally
Margaret McNamara
James McNeil
Jack and Laura McNulty
Melissa McWhinney and Adam Grossman
Stephen and Kelly Meade
Sue Meehan
Stuart and Megan Mueller
Charlotte and Peter Merrell
Adele Merritt
Stability Fund
Grants
Program Fees
Special Events
Keene Metzger
Reeva Meyer and Wayne Welke
Cory Mian
Douglas Micalizzi and Julia Gannon
Micalizzi
Rosalind Michahelles
Karen Miel
Alison Mitchell
Karen Molloy
Ellen and John Morey
Deborah Morgan
Jeffrey and Roberta Morgenstern
Kaleen Moriarty and Justin Hilson
Sandra Morrow
Julia Moskowitz
Brooks Mostue
Mr. and Mrs. Nierman
John and Joann Murray
Marisa Murtagh
Janet Muzzy
Mark Nahabedian
Lauren Nakamura
Karen Narefsky
Deborah Naylor
Alice Newell
Kevin Niceforo
Mark Niedergang and Marya Axner
Mindy Nierenberg
Roberta Norin
In-Kind
Contracts
Contributions
Gail Nunes
Ramzi Nuwayhid
Erik Nygren
Colin O’Brian
Diane O’Brien
Courtney O’Connor
Brian and Denise O’Donovan
Lindsay O’Donovan
Courtney Kathryn O’Keefe
Frances Olan
Francis and Amanda O’Leary
Debra Olin and Linda Goulet
Isaiah Oliver and Susan Mann
Linda Olsen
Mary O’Neill
Joan O’Rourke
Iku Oseki
Paula and Daniel O’Sullivan
Matthew Pakos
Lark Palermo
Michael Panis
Robert Parker and Laurie Allen
Richard and Amy Pasley
Bhupesh Patel and Nancy Kramer
Brian Patterson and Eileen Purcell
Barbara Patzner
Andrea Paulson
Michael and Susan Payne
Cynthia Pellegrini
Revenue
Project SOUP
Fundraising
Adult Shelter
General &
Administrative
Community Education
Housing
Services
Percentage
Contracts: Federal, State & City
Contributions
Special Events
Program Fees
Stability Fund
Grants
In-Kind: Donated Services,
Materials, & Facilities’
Interest Income
TOTAL SOURCES
Expenses
Housing Services
General and Administrative
Family Shelter
Fundraising
Adult Shelter
Project SOUP
Community Education
Judy Perlman
Evelyn Persoff
Melissa Peshkin
Jessica Petersen
Emory Petrack
John Petrowsky
William Peverill
Rhonda Phillips
Justin and Mary Ann Phinney
Joan Pic
Gordon and Pensri Pilotte
Linda Pinkow and Russell
Adams
Alex Pirie
Alex Pitkin
Rachel Plitch
Julia Poirier
Emily Polak and John Boney
Scott Pollack and Amy Pacheco
Marjorie Polster
Meredith Porter and Aliza Arzt
Marc Posner
Joel Pravda and Betty Jaros
Elizabeth Preston
Cador and Margaret Pricejones
George Proakis
Representative Denise Provost
and Geoffrey Forrest
Jeffrey Purcell
Amount
69%
12%
7%
4%
4%
2%
2%
2,250,086
397,596
235,850
132,413
120,751
66,550
81,880
0%
718
100%
Percentage
51%
12%
11%
10%
10%
9%
1%
$3,285,844
Amount
1,690,378
391,170
364,368
344,147
298,806
173,674
23,301
Family Shelter
TOTAL SOURCES
100%
$3,285,844
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Stephen Quatrano
Eric Quinto and Judith Larsen
Prashanth Rajashekhar
Kumar Ramanathan
Kirk and Connie Ramsauer
Kathryn Ranger
Isabel Raskin
Michael and Lysa Ravicz
Richard Rawal
William Reader
Jeffrey and Marilen Reed
Mary Regan
Pamela Reid and Steven Pitschke
Andrew Reschovsky and Julia Murray
Gloria Ricci
Kevin Riggle
Tim and Amy Riley
Dan and Anna Ring
Jessie and Sara Ring
Megan Ringrose
Lillie Ris
Alan Robbins
Jason Robbins
Michael Robbins
Michael Roberts
Lisa Robinson and Brad Rawson
Martin and Carol Rogers
Julie Rohwein & Jonathan Aibel
Juliette Rooney-Varga and Michael
Rooney
Laura Roper
Jennifer Rose
Fred Rosenberg
Sarah Rosenbluth
Sara Rosenfeld
Joshua Rosenstock
Barbara Ross and William Carito
Honorable Mary Jo and Mr. Richard
Rossetti
Jonathan Rothblatt and Doris
Schartel
Paul Rowe
Barbara Rubel and Steven Manos
Roberta Rubin and Don Abrams
Ruth Rubin
Mary Ruggles
Angela Russo
Lena Russo
Mary Ryan
Joan Sanow
Helaine Saperstein
Kevin Saunders
Howard and Amy Savitt
Benjamin Scandella
Brian Schanning
Peter Scheidler
Steve Schmidt
Beverly Schwartz
Miriam Schwartz
Michael and Maryann Sclafani
Eric Scribner
Cynthia Seltzer
Michael Seneschal
Diana Settlemyer
Liam and Kathleen Seward
Carol Sexton
Countless numbers of Star Market shoppers donated
10,930 Cuisinart Saver Stamps which were redeemed for:
55 20-piece flatware sets
21 2-piece cutting board sets, &
22 pairs of kitchen shears
to help dozens of SHC clients as they set up their homes
after being homeless. Thank you!
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Cranksgiving Boston: In its second year, hundreds of bicyclists
turned out the Saturday before Thanksgiving to bike from Boston,
through Cambridge and Somerville, on a scavenger hunt to
collect food for local food pantries. Here they are loading a van
with literally a ton of food (3,000 lbs.) donated to Project SOUP.
Burt and Emily Shachter
Paul Shannon
Jeff Shapiro
Sharpe Family Foundation
Daniel and Monica Shea
James Sheedy
Anna Shenk
Stephen Shorey
Paul Shorthose
Richard and Joyce Shortt
Sarah Shugars
Andrew Shultz
Rick Silberman and Ruth
Buchman
Emily Sills
Arleen and Jerome Silverlieb
Kathleen Slipp
Adelaide Smith
Jennifer Smith
Maurice K. Smith
Joeatta Smith-Nwachuku
Toni Snow
Dawna and Bruce Snyder
Brian Sokol and Rachel
Goldberg
Frank Solensky
Randi and Mark Soltysiak
Dina Sonenshein
Emese Soos
Natasha Sorokin
Noah Spaulding
Julia Spiegelman
James and Luci Spinale
Nora Stackpole
Dimitrije and Eva Stamenovic
Paul and Mary Ellen Stanton
Rick and Alice Stanton
Abby and David Starr
Barbara Stasiak
Rebecca Steinitz and Sam Putnam
Vicky Steinitz
Benjamin Stephens
Donald Stevens and Candyce Dostert
Stephanie Stewart
Jessie Stickgold-Sarah and Robert Kindel
Susan and James Stockard
Daniel Stodolsky and Jeny Dworkin
Ellen Stone
Martha Stone
Irene and Bill Strazzullo
Stephen and Pamela Stroud
Varsha Subramanyam
Diane Sullivan
Eileen Sullivan
Peter Sullivan
Harris Sussman
Amy Sutherland
Jeffrey Swanson
Adam Sweeting
Christopher Swithinbank
Shawn and Lisa Szturma
William and Sharon Szturma
Patrick Tally
Sue Tamber Housman
Lisa Tatterson
Diana Tatz and Steve Spodaryk
Joshua Tauber
Joyce Tavon
Julia Tenney
Debbie and Daniel Theobald
Lisa and Arun Thomas
Ronald Thurston and Alyson
Schultz
Joseph and Cornelia Tierney
The Timken Matthews Family
Foundation
Representative Tim Toomey
Bob Torsello
Amber Tourlentes
Deborah and Robert Trainor
Chandler Travis
Ruth Tringo
Thalia Tringo
Grace Trivers
David Tuck and Lina Cunha Tuck
Benjamin Tucker
Molly Tyler
David Uhland and Lori Uhland
Lars Unhjem and Michelle
Ouellette
Heather Van Aelst
Alexandra van Geel
Hume Vance
Macaela Vandermost
Rodrigo and Margaret Vasquez
Christopher Vaughan
Carl Vena
Ralph Vetters
Erica Voolich
Clement Wagner
Charles Wain
David Waller and Christen Hart
Genevieve Walsh and Glen Nuckolls
David Walton
Julie Watkins
Jeff and Laura Waxman
Tanya Weinstock
Phillip Weiss and Nomi Davidson
Roland Welter
Marla and Jay Wessland
John and Joan White
Tom and Maryann White
Ann Whitman
Linda Whitney Davis
Nathaniel Wicks
Alik and Jennifer Widge
Patricia Wild
Lisa Williams
Richard Williams
Jeanne and Andy Wolf
Marisa Wolsky and Benjamin Gunther
David and Padmini Wong
William Wood and Carolyn Rosen
Vicki Woodard
Philip Woodbury and Karen Edlund
Ann and Frank Wright
Tian Xu
Tara Yacovitch
Brian Yen
Linell Yugawa
Stephanie Zabel
Michelle Zabka
Andrew Zamore
Donald and Katherine Zebrose
Anne Zehr
Michaelann Zimmerman and Nathaniel
Rabb
Sharon Zimmerman
Michael and Allison Zucca
Gail and Hayward Zwerling
Paying it forward
Amy cherishes her apartment in Somerville where she
has lived for eight years. One of the best things she
loves about it is being able to host friends who need a
place to stay. Aware that many people are homeless,
and wanting to do something to “pay it forward” – to
share the benefits she enjoys so that others may benefit
when they are in need -- she invited her guests to make
a donation that she would collect for an agency serving
homeless people. She also contributes to this fund
when she stays at the home of someone else. After a
few years of visits, and donations ranging from $5 and
up, she presented the Somerville Homeless Coalition
with $310! Thank you, Amy and friends, for your
generosity of spirit and creative approach to
“sharing the wealth.”
Amy Novikoff with boyfriend Seth Izen and friend
Rachel Bedick running in SHC’s 5K for the first time!
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Business and Organization Donors
4 Buyers Real Estate
5 Wits Companies
Abt Associates, Inc.
A-Cal Copiers, Inc.
Acupuncture Together
Adam Dash and Associates
Aeronaut Brewery
AMES Business Park
Amethyst Chiropractic
Amsterdam Falafel
Arbella Charitable Foundation
Arlington Swifty Printing
Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.
Ball Square Fine Wines
Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation
Beacon Communities
Ben Fry LLC
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Berkeley Investments
Rod’s Best Pest Control Service, Inc.
Biogen Idec
Blackrock Investment Management
Blue Cloud
Blue Ribbon BBQ
Boston Center of Self-Realization Fellowship
Boston Community Capital
The Boston Foundation
Bowes Real Estate
Bradlee Realty Trust
Brickbottom Condominium Trust
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Brookline Bank
Brown School Roots and Shoots Program
The Burren
Butterfly Touch Massage and Reiki
Calvary United Methodist Church, Arlington
Cambridge Historical Tours
Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
Cambridge Trust Company
Cambridge-Somerville Elder Services
Candlewick Press
Canobie Lake Park
Cans For Charity
Capuano For Congress Committee
Caritas Communities
Cause and Event Foundation
CBA Landscape Architects
Centerpoint Architects
Century Bank
Chick Singer Night Boston
CHNA17
Christ The King Church, Somerville
City Life Church, Medford
City of Somerville
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Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
Clipper Ship Foundation, Inc.
CMS Partners, LLC
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares
Committee to Elect Mayor Joseph Curtatone
Committee to Elect Suzanne Bremer
CommonHealth Pest Control
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth Restaurant
CommPros
Community Action Agency of Somerville
Community Builders Cooperative
Community Cooks
Community Credit Union
Community Giving at MIT
Congregation B’Nai Brith
Connolly and Partners
Court Saint Clementine No. 821, Catholic Daughters
Of America
Cranksgiving Boston
Creative Property Solution, LLC
Dave’s Fresh Pasta
Davis Square Architects
Davis Square Healing Arts
Davis Square LLC
Davis Squared, Inc.
DeCordova Museum
Dell’s Appliance Service
Design Consultants, Inc.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
Eagle Trust Insurance
East Boston Savings Bank
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Eastern Bank
Eat at Jumbos
Eaton Vance
The Elephant Walk
Envirotech
Erin Jones Skincare
Essex River Cruises & Charters
EZE Castle Integration
F.W. Russell & Sons Disposal, Inc.
FEI Theatres
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Fidelity Investments
First Church of Somerville UCC
First Circle Learning Center
Flatbread Somerville
Fleet Street Fruit Market, Inc.
Float Boston
Flying Turtle Acupuncture
Food for Free
Garrett-Lynch Insurance
Gentle Giant Moving Company Inc.
Somerville Community Corporation
Gerald Freedman Insurance Agency
Golf TEC
Good Life Productions
Goodwin & Procter
Google Matching Gifts Program
Greater Boston Food Bank
Greater Boston Legal Services
Harrod, Pickering & Meek Collective
Harvard University Employees Credit Union
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Henry Bear’s Park
Herb Chambers-Mercedes Benz of Boston
Highland Kitchen
Highland Street Foundation
The HYM Investment Group, LLC
IBM Employee Services Center
Inavale Foundation
Intuit Quickbase
iYo
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Johnny D’s
Joie de Vivre
The Joshua Tree
Katz, Rudnick & Sullivan, P.C.
Kindred Tea & Tonic
Kirkland Tap & Trotter
Kiwanis Club O\of Somerville
Klein Hornig
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
LaserCraze
Law Office of Mark D. Stern, P.C.
LDS Church, Kendall Square
Leader Bank
Leonard Carmichael Society of Tufts
University
Lexington Christian Academy
Lexington High School National Honor
Society
Liberty Mutual: Give With Liberty
Longleaf Lumber
The Loomers
Lord Abbett
Lovin’ Spoonfuls
Magpie
Marathon Sports
Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks P.C.
Masons: Somerville Lodge
Massachusetts Housing Investment
Corporation
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
Microsoft Matching Gifts
Middlesex Federal Savings
Mill Cities Alliance
Millward Brown
Mix 104.1
Modern Floors
Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Account
Morrison House Bed & Breakfast
Mount Auburn Hospital
National Philanthropic Trust
The Nave Gallery
Naveo Credit Union
Neighborhood Health Plan
Nellie’s Wildflowers
New England Revolution Charitable Foundation
New Fangled Studios
Nolan, Sheehan, Patten, LLP
Noor Oriental Rugs
North Cambridge Co-operative Bank
Northern Trust
Olde Magoon’s Saloon
Oracle Corporation
Orleans
Park Avenue Congregational Church
Pemberton Farms
Peterson Party Center
Project Bread
Prospect Hill Properties Inc
Pupperific Care for Animal Companions
Puppet Showplace Theater
Qualcomm Foundation
Queally Waxman Group
Redbones Barbecue
Reunion Christian Church
Rockland Trust
Rockmont Management
ROI Solutions
Roland’s Jewelry
Rotary Club of Medford
Rotary Club of Somerville
Rudy’s Café
Safdie Architects
Saintly Solutions
Salesforce
Salon Cu, Inc.
Sanofi Foundation for North America
SansStress Massage
Dr. Read Schusky, N.D.
Schwab Charitable Fund
Sisters of Notre Dame
Six Flags
Skywalk Observatory
Somerville Community Access Television
Somerville Community Baptist Church
Somerville Community Corporation
Somerville Health Foundation
Somerville Hospital
Somerville Housing Authority
Somerville Journal
Somerville Lions Club
Somerville Municipal Employees’
Association
Somerville Patch
Somerville Road Runners
Somerville Times
Spindler Confections
SSG Development, LLC
St. Benedict Parish
St. Eulalia Parish
Star Market
Starbucks
Stax Research, Inc.
Stop and Shop
Sushi Joy
T&J Courier Service
TAGS Hardware
Taipei Tokyo
Target
Temple Shir Tikvah
Thalia Tringo & Associates Real Estate
Tim’s Group
Tony C’s
Trader Joe’s
Trinity Management LLC
TripAdvisor Gift Matching Program
Tufts Food Rescue
Tufts Freethought Society
Tufts Hillel
Tufts Tau Beta Pi
Tufts University - Community Relations
Tufts University Experimental College
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and
Merrimack Valley
US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Vecna
Velir
Waterlily Acupuncture
Wedgwood-Crane & Connolly Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Wheelock Family Theatre
When Pigs Fly Bread
Whole Foods
Winn Managed Properties, LLC
Winter Hill Savings Bank
York’s Wild Kingdom
Masons: Somerville
Calvary Church
With a little help and hard work, homeless no more
Fabienne and her two children found themselves needing
shelter after escaping from domestic violence. At SHC’s
Family Shelter, she worked with a case manager and really
began to turn her situation around. With that extra guidance
and support, she accessed benefits and found a good daycare
program for her 3-year-old daughter with autism.
“It’s good to have someone to talk to,” Fabienne says
about working with her case manager. With that assistance
and encouragement, she redoubled her efforts to apply for
housing, completing 37 applications in a few months. “I
know my hard work will pay off,” affirms Fabienne. Her
persistence, patience and hope, as well as a sense of humor,
helped her get through the ups and downs of the long
process.
SHC’s supportive housing program is remarkably
successful, helping get homeless people into housing,
and providing on-going support afterwards to help
them stay housed and not become homeless again.
Fabienne signing the papers for her own apartment, and
son Samuel lending a helpful hand with little sister Malia.
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Staff & Board
Mark Alston-Follansbee
Executive Director
Michael W. Libby
Deputy Director
Lisa Davidson
Director of Programs
Kathryn Benjamin
Director of Development
Mackenzie Gray
Director of Housing Services
Jay Polonsky
Accountant
Danielle Polonsky
Office Manager
Sue Redding
HOMELESS PREVENTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Program Manager
President
Nina Burke
Andres Bueno
Adam Hornstine
Supportive Services
Wesley Blair
Case Manager
Vice President
Mark Lane
PROGRAM Manager
Shannon Breen
Morghan Farnsworth
Dan Endicott
Meaghan McCarthy
Shelter Direct Care
Dorothy Estabrook
Administrative COORDINATOR
Assistant Shelter Manager
Geoff Shorthose
Raquel Almonte
Development Assistant
David Guthrie
Administrative Assistant
Project SOUP Food Pantry
Nina Siciliano
ProJect SOUP Manager
Jean Donovan
Tom Zagamani
Passages Case Managers
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Meagan Beatty
Elizabeth Fuller
Thomas White
CASE Manager
James Adams
Maritere Barreto
Nancy Bishara
James Boudreau
Magaly Edwards
Jesslane Fantauzzi
Raphael Ortiz
Elaine Pires
Kiran Raina
Cepideh Ramezany
Shana Shea
Treasurer
Gisella Margotta
Clerk
Jeffrey Bernstein
Dia Black
Ryan Bliss
Amy Checkoway
Tom Cornu
Conrad Crawford
Laura Gitelson
Rachel Heller
Stephanie Linakis
Deborah Morgan
Richard Rawal
Carol Sexton
Diane Sullivan
Thalia Tringo
Jeffrey Waxman
Sharon Zimmerman
Providing homeless and near homeless individuals and families with
individualized supportive services and tailored housing solutions with a goal of
obtaining and maintaining affordable housing.
years
Somerville Homeless Coalition
One Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 623 -1111
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www.shcinc.org
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