2008 Annual - LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Nothing is Impossible
TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
CHaNges IN teCHNology are CoNtINual aNd pervasIve.
However far modern
Accessible technology, using audio or large print or refreshable Braille, has opened so many
doors for blind and visually impaired people in accomplishing tasks of daily living, access to
travel and navigation, employment and community participation. It’s also caused the
science and techniques
development of an entire infrastructure of developers and vendors who are attempting to
keep up with the changing technology landscape.
have fallen short
But with these changes come challenges. There’s still far more in our environment that is
not accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals than is. There’s still debate on what
constitutes access for the greatest number of people and which of the access alternatives
is best used in which situation. And, finally, there’s the public will and the economic
of their inherent
realities of today. Assistive technology provides real and measurable access to individuals
experiencing vision loss. However, whether it’s a talking alarm clock, cell phone, microwave
or computer system; there’s a cost – and usually a significant one – associated with their
possibilities, they
acquisition. With an unemployment rate of 70%, individuals who are blind and visually
impaired are often not in a position to purchase assistive technology items on their own.
have taught mankind
In addition, competition for limited resources means constant vigilance by individuals and
consumer groups to keep access issues in front of politicians and bureaucrats. And, we can
add the slowing economy to the list of obstacles between blind people and the
at least one lesson:
technology that will make living and working independently more obtainable.
2009 will prove to be an interesting and exciting year. With your support, we’ll be back
nothing is impossible.
next year to report on our progress.
LEWIS MUMFORD
Anita Shafer Aaron, Executive Director and CEO
lightHouse technology services and benefits
LightHouse services empower people of all ages who are visually impaired to lead safe, active and independent lives.
Technology plays a critical role in providing solutions for people with vision loss. The LightHouse offers the following
technology services and benefits to individuals who are blind or visually impaired:
aCCess teCHNology traININg
Familiarizes individuals with technologies like screen readers, magnifiers and Braille embossers, as well as teaches
individuals basic computer skills. Training on PC and Mac is available.
teCH CeNter opeN lab
This drop-in setting allows those learning new technologies to practice skills and receive assistance from lab proctors.
Quarterly teCHNology semINars
Hosted by our Vision Loss Resource Center (VLRC), the LightHouse offers quarterly seminars dedicated to educating
attendees on cutting edge, low cost adaptive technology. Archived seminars are available on our website.
INformatIoN CoNversIoN
As part of our mission to advocate for accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals, the LightHouse offers
information conversion to alternative formats, including Braille, audio and digital formats such as DAISY.
broadCast servICes
Broadcasting 24 hours a day, LightHouse broadcast services (known as Access to Information Services (AIS) Radio) delivers
local Bay Area news, magazine articles, literature and information via the Second Audio Program (SAP) of KTVU Television
Channel 2 and can be heard on the internet. We maintain an archive of AIS Radio broadcasts available on our website.
teCHNology INformatIoN aNd resourCes
The VLRC provides in-depth information, referral and detailed follow-up on a variety of subjects, including technology, for
all callers to our toll-free 800-line or those who have sent in email inquiries.
Visit www.lighthouse-sf.org for more information on the range of programs and services offered by the LightHouse.
IN tHe mId-1980s, LightHouse Board
President Gil Johnson realized that he would be
“left behind” if he didn’t do one thing: “I
purchased my own computer, an IBM XT, and my
employer – the LightHouse at that time –
purchased a soundcard with software on it that
could convert the bits and bytes into speech,” says
Gil, who has been blind most of his life. After a
week’s training he met his first goal – to write a
memo for his boss. With the help of a good
technology trainer, plus strong support from his
employer, Gil brought himself up to speed with
accessible technology, and he’s closely followed
the trends ever since.
It’s wonderful
to have all
this techno
whiz-bang
stuff, but why
it’s wonderful
is because of
what it enables
us to do.
Over his lifetime, the 71-year-old has witnessed
the immense development of technology. Though
there are still shortcomings, Gil emphasizes that
the accessibility of information today is much
greater than it was 20 to 40 years ago. That
accessibility, he says, is critical to enabling blind
people to fully participate. “We’re such an
information-based society now that if you can’t
access that information you’re really going to be
shortchanged.”
GIL JOHNSON
There are many ways that blind and visually
impaired people can access the same kind of
information that anybody else can. “To me
technology is not a goal into itself,” Gil says.
“It’s a means to an end.
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to get from point to
point I use gps. It
is able to give me
the distance and
direction to that
next point.
KEVIN CHAO
some people Call HIm mr. gps,
but not simply because he has a good sense of
direction. Former LightHouse intern Kevin Chao
currently beta tests accessible navigation devices
and gives presentations on the technology. The
Berkeley City College student even contributed his
specialized knowledge during an Enchanted Hills
Camp (EHC) session last year.
While it might seem like Kevin is a seasoned pro at
using adaptive technology, his introduction to it
only began about five years ago. Over a 6-month
period, Kevin went from being fully sighted to
becoming functionally blind due to Leber’s
Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.
“For the first few months it was pretty rough,” he
recalls. “I was just trying to figure out why is this
happening to me. After a few months I just thought
… I can either have it take over my life, or I can
accept it and move on and see what I can do.”
Kevin chose to move on. He learned Braille and
became acquainted with technology such as
ZoomText, JAWS, talking cell phones and the
BrailleNote, a PDA with optional GPS for blind users.
“I think for the most part I have everything covered
between school, recreational things and work,” he
says. “For different types of internships and worktype things I’ve done, using my laptop, the
BrailleNote and my cell phone, I can pretty much
get anything done.”
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for JereNe luNa, there’s no doubt
about the role technology plays in her daily life.
“I just love the computer,” says the 66-year-old
retired nurse and Pacifica resident. “I feel like it’s
my lifeline.”
Jerene, who has diabetic retinopathy, experienced
significant vision loss in 2001 after undergoing
laser treatments. That year, Jerene’s rehabilitation
counselor set her up with a CCTV and a computer
outfitted with ZoomText. Though she had some
keyboarding and Excel experience prior to her
vision loss, Jerene’s computer knowledge truly
increased after she took adaptive computer
classes at Skyline College. She later enrolled in
LightHouse classes, and Vision Loss Specialist
Patty Quiñonez taught her how to use the
Internet and email.
“Once I took that Skyline class, it showed me a lot
of things that I could do,” she explains, “I had to
practice on it, and then I came to the LightHouse
for the finishing touches.” Her CCTV is a critical
tool for reading documents and filling out forms,
while her computer allows her to keep a list of
medications, maintain a record of daily blood
pressure readings and communicate via email with
her doctor as well as her friends.
I just love the
computer. I feel
like it’s my
lifeline.
JERENE LUNA
Jerene can’t imagine what she would do without her
adaptive technology. “It’s really opened up my
world.”
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there’s hardly
a part of my
life adaptive
technology
doesn’t touch.
It’s all around.
JEFF SAMCO
WHeN Jeff samCo, who is legally blind
due to a childhood form of macular degeneration,
goes to work, he uses a screen reader, CCTV,
digital voice recorder and talking barcode reader.
At home, he finds himself surrounded by talking
clocks, talking calculators and talking caller ID.
The technology of the times has been an essential
part of Jeff’s life, starting with cassette tapes
through computers and CCTVs and now podcasts.
“As capabilities have increased, I’ve latched on to
a good number of them.”
Currently an assistive technology coordinator in
Grass Valley, Jeff was the recipient of the
LightHouse 2007 Frances S. Miller Equipment
Scholarship. The scholarship enabled him to
update his screen reader, get a laptop and obtain a
talking money management program. “I can now
manage our family finances all on the same
Windows-based computer instead of the old DOS
computer and program I was using.”
When asked to imagine life without adaptive
technology, Jeff says the absence of it would have
precluded his 20-plus years as a ranger naturalist
for the National Park Service and other jobs. He
says not having assistive technology would
remove “options for recreational enjoyment such
as access to reading material and ongoing
personal growth through learning.”
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WHeN lIgHtHouse board member
Josh Miele says he’s motivated by self-interest to
design tools and technology, he’s actually thinking
of others, too. Josh, who is a Smith-Kettlewell
Eye Institute Associate Scientist, has been blind
since childhood.
In collaboration with the LightHouse, Josh is
working on audio-tactile BART maps that will
enable blind and visually impaired riders to plan
their travels through any BART station. The maps
will be programmed so that users can tap parts
with a digital pen for station and schedule
information. “I’ve always loved maps, and I have
always wanted to be able to look at street maps of
the areas that I was going to be walking around in.”
Josh believes tactile graphics will become more
prominent in the short term. Additionally, he
thinks cell phones and social networking and
communication technologies in general will
become incredibly powerful, creating
extraordinary opportunities for improved
information accessibility for the blind. Whatever
emerges in the future, there will always be a
driving force in Josh’s work. “I am a blind person
who has never been satisfied by being told, ‘No,
you can’t do that.’ I like to have information. I like
to be able to make my own decisions, and my own
decisions are based on the information I have
available to me.”
It’s important
that blind people
be involved in
developing the
technology that
we use and need.
JOSH MIELE
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glossary of assistive technology terms
Braille display
CCTV (Handheld)
Screen magnifier
An electronic device that produces Braille
output by raising and lowering pins in
refreshable cells. The display attaches to
a computer as a separate unit or is built
into a Braille notetaker.
A compact video magnifier that is designed
for portable use. Due to its small size, it offers
less magnification than a desktop model.
A software program useful for people with
low vision that enlarges text and images
shown on a computer monitor. These
programs work somewhat like a magnifying
glass that moves with the cursor to zoom in
on either a specific area or the entire page.
They typically provide options to adjust and
enhance features such as color scheme,
pointer and cursor.
Braille embosser
Also called a Braille printer, a Braille
embosser produces text on Braille paper
via input from a computer.
Braille notetaker
A type of personal digital assistant (PDA), e.g.
HumanWare’s BrailleNote, that is portable
and electronic. It has a Braille keyboard for
entering information and a speech
synthesizer or Braille display for output. It
can be attached to a computer
for file transfers.
DAISY
Digital Accessible Information System
(DAISY) is the leading multimedia file format
for digital talking books. It enables blind and
print-disabled individuals to freely access
and navigate content within a sequential and
hierarchical structure that allows the option
of audio synchronization with full text.
Digital talking book
A type of electronic book format that
presents information to blind and printdisabled users in the form of alternative
media (speech, refreshable Braille or large
print). It allows for flexible and efficient
access and navigation.
CCTV (Desktop)
A video magnifier that is designed for
stationary use on a desk or other work
surface. It is ideal for extended reading and
writing tasks because its monitor or screen
displays an ample portion of a document
and it offers a high level of available
magnification.
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Digital talking book player
A machine or software program used to read
and navigate digital talking book files.
JAWS
Job Access With Speech (JAWS) is a popular
screen reader for Windows-based computers
that is made by Freedom Scientific. In addition
to reading information aloud, it can output
to refreshable Braille displays and it comes
with a scripting language that users can
employ to make many applications accessible.
Screen reader
A software program that converts text on a
computer screen into synthesized speech. It
allows blind and visually impaired users to
access and control applications with keystroke
combinations, eliminating the need for
sighted navigation and control by mouse.
Video magnifier
Also called a closed-circuit television
(CCTV), a video magnifier is a desktop or
handheld device that uses a camera to
project an enlarged image of printed
materials or other items onto a monitor or
television screen. It has controls for features
such as magnification level, contrast,
brightness and color.
2008 year in review
2008 proved to be a year of innovation for LightHouse programs.
JAN
The inaugural class of the new Medical Transcription Program began the training of a new group of medical paraprofessionals.
FEB
The Youth Services Program was a first-time host of the Northern California Braille Challenge, a day-long contest designed to
emphasize the importance of Braille proficiency. Also in February, the Vision Loss Resource Center began offering T-Maps: tactile maps of
individual neighborhoods and other specific locations. The new program was featured in a story broadcast on National Public Radio.
APR
Access to Information Services launched the new LightHouse Website, which combines attractive design with screen reader and
magnification accessibility. Also, in April, the Napa Rotary Club renewed its fundraiser for Enchanted Hills Camp with the 2008 Cycle
for Sight bicycling marathon.
MAY
In response to the weakening economy and stock market, LightHouse management conducted a two-day, line-by-line examination
of expenses and income to reduce spending for the 2009 fiscal year by $1M.
JUN
The Advocacy and Public Policy Program, with funding from the Department of Pubic Health, launched a Pedestrian Safety Program,
including a Public Service Announcement promoting the idea “sidewalks are for everyone”. Also in June, the first phase of an on-going
fire abatement program at Enchanted Hills Camp was completed in an eco-friendly manner, utilizing a herd of 700 goats to clear
brush around the camp.
AUG
Vision Rehabilitation Services increased the effectiveness of its role with the San Francisco Community Living Fund by adding a
Registered Nurse as LightHouse coordinator for the program.
OCT
We saw the closure of the LightHouse store in Marin as well as the creation of a new Adaptations
Mobile Store designed to bring products into the various communities the LightHouse serves.
Also, through advocacy efforts by the LightHouse, new accessibility standards were set by the San
Francisco Department of Building Inspection relating to high tech destination elevators.
NOV
We launched E-Focus, a short email-only newsletter that highlights events and breaking news
significant to our community. Go to www.lighthouse-sf.org to sign up!
DEC
The Vision Loss Resource Center completed its first full year of Technology Seminars, presenting
programs covering video reading machines, affordable technology solutions, health and
technology and digital book readers.
directory of services
Recognizing that vision loss is a personal experience that affects individuals in different ways, the LightHouse has
developed a diverse and comprehensive breadth of services to meet this challenge. Our staff provides the
community with accessible and professional services that in turn enhance clients’ quality of life.
Vision Rehabilitation Services
b Adjustment to Vision Loss/Peer Facilitated
Vision Loss Support Groups
b Independent Living Skills Training/
Living With Vision Loss Classes
b Orientation and Mobility Training Home Safety
b Low Vision Clinic (in partnership with UC Berkeley)
b Access Technology Training
b Worksite Evaluation and Training
b Braille Instruction
b Deaf-Blind Services
b Tactile Communication Skills Training
Information Services
Vision Loss Resource Center (Information and Referral)
b Access to Information Services: news reading services
b Alternative Format Resource Center
b
(Braille Transcription and Recording Services)
b
Resources and Information
(LightHouse website www.lighthouse-sf.org, Lantern,
InFocus and E-Focus newsletters)
Technology Seminars
b Tactile Maps for Specific Locations
b
Business Services
b Adaptations, the LightHouse Store
(www.adaptationsonline.com)
Community Services
b Adult Education and Recreation
b Youth Program
b Enchanted Hills Camp (a 311-acre camp in Napa)
b Peer Discussion Group
b Taxi Voucher Program
b Tech Center Open Lab
b Advocacy
b
b
b
b
b
LightHouse Industries
Youth Employment Services and Internships
Digital Data Scan
Medical Transcription Training
Braille Solutions
Community Outreach
b Publications
(i.e. the Lantern and InFocus newsletters)
Presentations (to community organizations)
b Website
b Vision Loss Awareness Training
b Volunteer Services
b
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lIgHtHouse vIsIoN
Every individual who loses their
vision is unique in the services
they need. But every individual
has one thing in common: the
right to access services which
enable them to live as
independently as possible. At
the LightHouse, we offer a full
complement of training,
educational and recreational
services, which help make
independent living a reality for
our clients.
lIgHtHouse mIssIoN
The LightHouse promotes
independence, equality, and
self-reliance of blind and
visually impaired individuals
through rehabilitation training
and access to other related
services.
WHo We are
Founded in 1902, the
LightHouse has expanded its
geographic reach and services
to become the most
comprehensive organization
serving the blind and visually
impaired in Northern California.
The LightHouse is a private,
nonprofit organization and taxexempt under Section 501(C) (3)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
Our tax identification number is
94-1415317.
With your support,
The LightHouse
impacts the lives of
nearly 3,000 blind
and visually
impaired individuals
and their families
each year with
robust and
innovative programs
and services
that promote
independence.
If you are interested
in supporting us
through monetary
or in-kind donations,
or by volunteering,
call us at 415-431-1481
or visit our website
at www.lighthousesf.org.
roWaN Clara
doNor group
Rowan Clara donors have
supported the LightHouse for
15 years or more.
Goldie Abers
Joseph R. andLoretta Agliolo
Paul J. Akrop
Max H. and Mary June Allen
Italo N. Amerio
Otto E. Anderson
John J. and Lucy A. Apffel
James B. Arbios
R. Kirklin and Mrs. Ashley
Leonard and Lillian J. Austria
Ian Back
John W. Bacon
Jim J. Baie
Annabelle Baley
Peter E. Bank
Doris E. and Edward C. Bassett
Alexis J. Batmale
Verna E. and Roy Bawden
Theodore F. Bayer
Robert C. andJane D. Bennett
Arthur H. Bernstein
Ellen and Arel Berrier
Joan and Burton Berry
Bernhard H. Bittner
Denise J. Blaisdell
Eva G. Block
Martin S. and Karen J. Bogetz
Betty B. Bosc
Margot E. Braun
Henry J. and Mary Jo Broderick
Elizabeth Brown
J. Allan Brown
Jack Brown
Frederic Buckley
James L. Buhler
John and Gale Bunnell
Phyllis J. Burkey
Nancy B. and Franklin L. Burton
J. B. Calhoun
Albert B. Capron
Emma and Joseph Carlomagno
Jack A. Carverand
Roland E. Casassa
Park Chamberlain
Hedy Chin
William S. and Polly L. Clark
Walter H. andMargaret D. Clemens
Frederick W. and Ruth H. Coe
Dorothy E. Cohen
Ann Coleman
James T. Concannon
Barbara and Michael Conheim
Manuel C. Conte
Ralph Countryman
John W. Craig
Bernard Damele
Lance and Billie S. Darin
Mrs. Richard Date
Carol Davis
James M. Davis
Jordan F. Davis
Paul Delucchi
John G. Dempsey
Clarence F. Desch
Charles G. Dondero
Benjamin and Edith L. Dorfman
Winifred Downing
Richard R. Dresel
Harold J. and Joyce M. Dubay
Layton M. Duffy
Michael R. and Joan M. Dunn
Olga B. Dunn
Frances W. Dyer
Veronica M. Dynan
Joseph Ehrman III
John E. and Paula Ellingsen
Doris A. Elmore
Minoru Endo
Melcon and Elpida P. Enitcheyan
Richard W. Ennes
Peder B. Eriksen
Neil E. and Barbara P. Falconer
Gilbert S. Farfel
Lewis J. Feldman
Robert C. and Gwenn Fess
Olivia I. Fiel
Alice Fitzhugh
Linda A. Follette
Gene K. and Joyce L. Fong
Helen W. Ford
Mary M. Foudy
John Freitas
William A. Galeno
Cecelia E. Gervais
Yonda Gin
Walter H. Girdlestone
Ernest J. Goldman
Walter J. and Corinne J. Goldman
Andrew J. and Lorretta P. Gutierrez
Jeanne C. Hallburg
R.R. and Mrs. Hanko
June Harman
Alma A. Harris
Stanley M. and Eleanor P. Harris
Nancy C. Hayes
Eugenia H. Haynie
Bunnie B. Haynor
Pamela M. Haywood
Frances M. Heffernan
Helen J. Henke
Ione E. Hergert
Mary R. Herleman and Lexie A. Fry
Wayne W. and JoAnne Herman
Charlotte A. Hicks
Beulah M. Higgins
John W. Higson
Ruth and Harland Hoffman
Blossom H. Hofmann
Irene Holden
Angela S. Homme
Kurt and Dorothy Horn
Jonathan B. Horrell
John D. Hourihan
Ralph E. and Annette D. Howitt
S. E. and Frances P. Hymes
Donald C. Innes
Frederick J. Isaac
Dwight Johnson
Ellen Johnson
Bobby E. Jones
Marny and Jean K. Jones
Alfred C. Kaeppel
Raymond and Betty Jane Kaliski
Rosemary G. and Daniel E. Kaplan
Selna Kaplan
Susan Katz-Snyder and
Alan B. Snyder
James H. and Irma Keeffe
Elizabeth D. and Stanley L. Kelker
Mary A. Kelly
Max C. Kirkeberg
Sallie Koenigsberg
Lotte Krug
Louis R. Laeremans
Herman Landson
Marianne J. Larimore
Paul R. and Vivien H. Larson
Paula and James Latusky
Claire M. Laughton
Donald V. and Barbara J. Lawson
Annetta Lazio
Lieselotte Le Baron
Virginia Leach
Peter L. Ledee
Gerald S. Levinson
Donald M. Linn
Roy C. Lopaus
John L. Love
Jean L. Lynch
David N. and Mary L. Maas
Richard A. Magliano
A. Russell and Claudia J. Magnusson
Susanne and John E. Mahoney
I love the
braille
Notetaker.
It has a
braille display
and speech,
a dictionary,
a radio,
a recording
function.
divina fontanilla
Ottilia Malattia
Justine F. Marcelli and John F. Baron
Ernest and Mrs. Marx
Fredrika D. May
Louise G. McClain
Lorene McKee
Robert J. McKee
Teresa M. McLean
Richard L. Merritt
Hans A. and Edith Merten
Joseph G. andAnna Meyer
Charles J. and Susan A. Michel
Steven S. and Judith Mitchell
Marion Monismith
Mary A. Montgomery
Robert Moore
Helen K. Morton
Thomas A. and Vivian Mullaney
Robert M. Munro
Gerald F. Murphy, Jr.
Maxwell A. Myers
Robert D. and Lynne S. Myers
Irving Myerson
Diane B. and Robert M. Neuhaus
Arthur C. Neumann
Robert E. and Marian C. O’Donnell
Yvonne M. O’Gorman
Helge B. and Birgitta B. Olsen
Clarence E. Olson
Vicki S. and Laurence S. Oppenheim
Cecil F. and Lillyan F. Ormond
Gladys M. and James A. Palrang
Elizabeth R. Pansegrau
Alexander Pappas
Florence M. Paraventi
Richard W. Patterson
Mary Perata
Olga J. Petersen
Letizia Piacente
Claire and Jack H. Polly
Nancy S. Potash
Dorothy G. Powell
G. K. Provo
Chester S. Psuik
Kjell H. Qvale
Aspasia Radoumis
Vera Reininger
Beverly and Louis H. Reyff
William A. Robles
Barbara S. Rogers
Dennis E. andRenee R. Ross
William L. and Rosita Rothschild
Richard H. Salz
Constantine Sarlas
Robert A. Scalapino
Carl E. and Helen E. Schlichtmann
Laurette Schorcht
James F. Schremp
James H. Schwabacher
John S. and Katharine S. Schwarz
Gene Schweikert
Sarah L. Searing
Sylvia Serrahn
Hugo and Hanna Shane
Francis M. and Geraldine Shannon
Stephen L. and Joanne Shapiro
Marion L. Sheehan
Gladys Shegoian
Kenneth L. and Jean J. Shelley
David Simmons
Thomas F. Smegal
Ethel A. Smith
Marthe E. Smith
Harry B. Smith, Jr.
William G. and Gail Snetsinger
Elisabeth Sonntag
Edmund J. and Joan Sprankle
John A. Sproul
William C. Stafford
Frances L. Stein
Robert L. Stein
Charles T. Stewart
Margaret A. and Clyde A. Stone
George and Helene E. Strauss
Andrea and Brian Suska
Walter Swan
Catherine Taiariol
Thelma K. Tenenberg
George and Nola K. Theobald
Clifford G. Thornell
Jean C. Tollini
Bernice D. Tretten
Janet E. and H.T. Tupper
Michael Turan
Ray F. Valdez
Carl A. Valentine
William H. Vederman
Richard A. Vignolo
Lidia M. and Joseph Vinal
Mary J. Voelker
Henry and Gloria Wachs
May Walch
Joseph P. and Margaret A. Ward
Sisi and Harry Weaver
Donald E. and Barbara Weber
David L. and Regula A. Weill
Arthur G. and Alice Weiner
Joseph and Betty Jean Weiss
Ruth B. Wenaas
June Whitesides
Stephen K. Whittemore
Enid Williams
Katalin K. Winegard
Mildred E. Wittman
H. E. and Priscilla W. Wolfram
Bennett J. Woll
Paul H. and Mae K. Wong
Parker F. and Eleanor J. Wood
Robert A. Zlodi
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QuINaN
CalIforNIa
doNor group
Quinan California donors
have supported the LightHouse
at a level of $5000 or more.
Theodore F. Bayer
W. Beaton
Douglas Bergman
Park Chamberlain
Mark S. Chester
Philip C. Chin
John W. Craig
Howard and Julia Eastman
Richard W. Ennes
Nancy and Joe Foss
Robert R. Foster
Yonda Gin
Walter H. Girdlestone
Susan Katz-Snyder and
Alan B. Snyder
May Long
Helen K. Morton
Fred G. Nowell
Norma Ring
Richard M. and Barbara C.
Rosenberg
Richard H. Salz
James A. Scalise
Andrea and Brian Suska
Marco A. Vidal
Stephen K. Whittemore
Special Acknowledgment is given
to the individual members of
the Peninsula
Auxiliary Lighthouse for the Blind
INdIvIduals aNd
WorkplaCe
gIvINg doNors
Dr. Debra A. Babcock and
Dr. Mark Rosekind
Thomas J. Backos
Norma J. Bagala
Janeann Bailly
Drs. Cedric and Dorothy Bainton
R. Bairi
Blanche Baker
Carol Baker
Kathleen Louise Baker
Roslyn R. Barak
Joan R. Barkan
John and Joan Barkan
William Barker
Fred A. Barsuglia
Patricia Barton
Mrs. Edward Charles Bassett
Elaine and Thomas Battista
Jean and John Bauer
Verna E. Bawden
Arthur and Barbara Beato
Donna and David Becht
Jeanne and Robert Becker
Imogene Beckwith
Janet Bedula
Mayetta Behringer
Beatrice Bel
Eva Beltrame
Emmanuelle Benkoski
Robert and Jane Bennett
Bobbie and Fletcher Benton
Douglas E. Bergman
S. Bear Bergman
Ida Berkowitz
Arlene Bernstein
Arthur H. Bernstein
Charmaine L. Berry
Joan Berry
Brad “”Rocky”“ Bertetta
Fred and Bonnie Jean Bertetta
Per and Ole Berthelsen
David and Edna Bettega
John and Anna Bilci
Sandra Blain
James Abrams
Catherine E. Adams
Kathleen Adkins
Bruno and Patricia Albini
Max and Mary June Allen
Jerry Amundson
Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Jr.
Anonymous
Leonard D. Anspach
James B. Arbios
Mrs. R. K. Ashley
Elizabeth Aswegan
Theodore and Edythe Atz
Ann Auburn
Paul E. Auger
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Austria
Jeanne Azen
my very
favorite
piece of
adaptive
equipment is
my mobile
smartphone
with
mobilespeak
and mobile
magnifier. 13
f. ross Woodall
Britney and Walter Blair
Jean Blake
William Blanckenburg
Ilene Bliwise
Eva G. Block
Judie Block
David Bloom
Florence Blum
W. Ben Bobo
Hazel and Armand Bolino
Carol Borowy
Kieran Boughan
William E. Bowen
Neil H. Brandt
Edith B. Brassey
Laura J. Bredemeier
Deborah L. Brennan
Doris B. Brodie
Sidney Brodie
Kurt Brombacher
Henry and Marilyn Brook
Laurent R. Broussal
Doris Brown
Elizabeth Brown
Lee and Carol Brown
Lonnie M. Brown
Richard and Alice Brown
Standarlee Brown
Beverly R. Brunker
Jean Bucaneg
Alvin and Francoise Buchignani
James L. Buhler
Karen Bui
Drusilla and Fredrick Burrell
Nancy and Franklin Burton
Hilary Butts
Anselmo and Alma Caballero
Dino and Anna Caccia
Jane Calender
Dennis and Carol Callaghan
Kevin and Kathleen Callaghan
Bertram Callen
Charles and Glenna Campbell
Herb Campbell
Ruth and Gregory Cano
Brad D. Cantos
Mr. and Mrs. Norvell U. Caraway
Mari Cardenas
Launa J. Carlson
Kimberley Carrington
Iris L. Carryer
Arnold and Carol Carvajal
Andrea Cercos
Robert and Gail Chamberlin
Ruth Champagne
David and Judy Chan
Joseph Chan
Peter Chan
Donald E. Chapman, III
Sheila and Jeff Chapman
John Charles
Ralph and Paula Chernoff
Judy Chew
Adele Chi and Pehong Chen
Frank and Georgia Chiappellone
J. L. and K. A. Chiappelone
Gilda Chico
T. Chidambaram
Jacqueline W. Choppelas
Edward Chu
June Chun
George Clark and Thomas Moore
Mrs. William S. Clark
Audrey and Jonathan Clarke
Burton Clarke
Richard and Carole Clausen
Francis and Barbara Clifford
Dr. Vicki L. Coe and Dr. R. Scott
Mitchell
Julie Coffey
Carla Colacito
Norman and Susan Colb
Jeannie Colbert
Eunice Coleman
Edna C. Collier
Sandra Collins
Alice Colthurst
James Concannon
Forrest Conley
Meghan Connolly Haupt
Stephen Constantine
Arthur and Mutsuko Cooper
Judge and Mrs. John S. Cooper
Anne Marie Cordingly
Charlotte Coren
Linda and Craig Corey
Janice L. Corran
Sam M. Corritore
Geraldine and Al Corvi
Constance and Dave Costa
William Costello
Joseph and Penelope Cotten
Bennie and Antonette Cottone
John and Celeste Craemer
Gail and Kevin Cronin
David Cruser
Debra Cruser
Harry and Ann Cush
Bernard Damele
Lance and Billie Darin
Lenore Daris
William and Jaci Daskarolis
Nino and Dolores Davi
Bernice Davis
Carol Davis
Howard G. Davis
The De Goff Family
Erin Dean Colcord
Rev. Margaret E. Deeths
Barbara Delong
Anabella Denisoff
Jim Dewey
Gina di Grazia
William and Patricia Dick
Mark and Roberta Dietzen
Louis and Dorothy Dito
Elizabeth and Donald Dixon
Lua and Robert Dodds
Charles G. Dondero
John G. Donnellan
Margie Donovan
Charles Dorris
Linda D’Orso
Leslie K. Doughty
Cynthia and Scott Douglas-Hiley
Joan M. Dove
Susan A. Dovi
Julie Down
Lillian and Michael Downing
Winifred Downing
David Dryer
Joyce M. Dubay
Scott and Carol Dubowsky
Robert and Michael Ducharme
Joyce and Chris Dueker
Corinne Dufka
C.D. and Pete Dunnebeck
Hien Duong
Patrick Dutra
Christy Eberhardt
Joseph Ehrman, III
Richard T. Ellebrecht
Margaret L. Elliott
Dennis G. Engle
Steve and Beth Erdmann
Peder B. Eriksen
Neil and Barbara Falconer
Rosemarie Falor-Luis
Elda and David Fanucchi
Barbara and Patrick Favale
Mr. Ray Favetti
Lawrence and Marian Feigenbaum
Christopher Feild
David Feiman, DDS
Lewis J. Feldman
Louise Ferrando
Michael and Sandra Ferrario
Carolyn and Kenneth Ferro
Olivia I. Fiel
Leesa Fields
Alan and Barbara Finn
Anne Fisher
Joseph Fisher
Harold Fisk
Luciano Flores
Gerald and Dorothy Foerster
Mary Fones
Gene and Joyce Fong
Jennie Fong
Leo Fong
George and Sophia Fonti
The Family of Anna Chan Foo
Nancy and Joe Foss
Robert R. Foster
Stanley and Beverly Foster
Mary M. Foudy
Alan K. Franck
Julia S. Frank
Don Franklin
Martha Franks
Jennifer Franzen
Denise Freinkel
Kim Friberg
Don and Peggy Fromm
Jeannette A. Gape
Amey Garber and Richard Lesnick
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Garcia
Natalie Garner
Joan M. Geis
Linda and Greg Gener
Michael Gersch
Herbert and Annette Gershen
Janet M. Gersonde
F. E. Giari
Irene W. Gibson
Edward and Patricia Gigli
Nancy and Stephen Gill
David Gin
Yonda Gin
Margaret E. Ginsburg
Frank and Marion Girasek
Walter H. Girdlestone
Stanton and Marsha Glantz
Mary Glenn and Bonnie Kay Nelson
Jerome and Gloria Goldberg
D. Goldman
Ms. Diane Goldman
Walter and Corinne Goldman
Robert Golovich
George C. Goodman
David and Elizabeth Goosman
Ellen P. Gorman
Patrick Gorman
Verena Graham
John N. Granet
Joseph Grasso
Marlean Gratuito
Robert Graves
Barbara L. Gray
Laurel and Chris Gray
Diane Graydon
Clifford H. Green
Fay Green
Jeffrey Green
Linda D. Greenberg
George and Catherine Griffin
Herbert and Lenore Griffin
Ralph Griffin
Lela and Robert Groom
Susan Grossman
Ralph E. Guenther
Luis Guerra
Paul Guidi
Gary Gunther
George and Dolly Gurrola
Joe and Paula Gutierrez
Donald and Jean Haet
Angela Hagins
Terry Hair
Dennis Hale
Jeanne C. Hallburg
Thomas Hamilton
Rebecca Handler and
David Andrade
Frances and Thomas Haney
Dorothy Harkavy
June Harman
Sharon Harris
Shirley Harris
Donna and Earl Hart
Irene M. Hart
Eugene and Joan Harter
Robert Harvey
Suann and Tim Hayes
Eugenia H. Haynie
Jill and Claude Heifetz
Shelby Heifetz
Sidney and Rose Heifetz
Susan Heller
Rebecca and James Helm
Jacqueline M. Hendren
H. Jean Henke
Kenneth and Margaret Herman
Wayne and JoAnne Herman
Mirtha Hernandez
Richard Hesse
Robert and Patricia Hewett
Steven R. Hibshman
John and Eleanor Higson
Miriam Hillier
Elaine Hilp
Debbie and Robert Hinkson
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Hinman
Diane Hinson
Ed Hodges
Blossom H. Hofmann
Susan Holt
Geoffrey Hom
Pamela Hom
Dana Hooper and Alicia Swanson
Jonathan B. Horrell, M.D.
Gloria J. Howard
Clinton Howe
Joan Howell
Annette D. Howitt
Reggie Hudson
T.F. and Nancy Humiston
Dwayne Hunn
Marlene Hunn
Janin and William Inman
Gary W. Ireland
Frederick J. Isaac
Grace and Luther Izmirian
Jack D. Jackson
Robert and Lois Jacob
Anne K. Jahnsen
Carl and Carolyn Janson
Mary and Peter Jewell
Betty Johannessen
Denis Johns
Dwight Johnson
Gil and Beverely Johnson
P. Kuuleialoha and Robert Johnson
Polly and Neil Johnston
Ralph and Dorris Jones
Lorraine Judice
Marcus A. Jung
Mrs. Leland Kaiser
Robert M. Kane
Elliot and Ida Kaplan
Rosemary and Daniel Kaplan
Patricia Kast
Ilene and Gary Katz
Susan Katz-Snyder and
Alan B. Snyder
Julie Kaufman
George Kaw
Mary A. Kelly
Helen Kennedy Cahill
William and Susan Kenney
Lubov Kepuladze
Alice Kim
Loa Kingston
Ivana Kirola
Michael Klimo
Virginia Knepper Doyle and
John Doyle
Kathleen Knox
Erna Knutsen
Norma Kollgaard
Igor and Elizabeth Kolombatovic
Sidney and Vivian Konigsberg
Stuart Koop
George and Susan Kotsovolos
Kerry and Maureen Kravitz
J. Lee Kreader
James Kwan
Deslar Kyn Patten
Lynne and Andrew Laird
Janice and George Landt
Judy Larson
Barbara and James Lassen
K.C. and Steve Lauck
Robert Lavaysse
Joyce Law-Fong
Lieselotte Le Baron
Peter L. Ledee
Wolfgang and Alexandra Lederer
Cindy Lee
my favorite
technology
is Zoomtext
screen
magnification
software.
It will
magnify a page
up to 16x.
beth berenson
George J. Lee
May Lee
Norma Lentine
Donna-Marie Lera
Wallis Leslie
Luna Lester
John and Aimee Levin
Herbert Levison
Alan Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Ho Lew
Mabel Lew
Vivian Lew
Harry and Gene Lewin
Werner and Libby Lewin
Evelyn M. Light
Bonnie Gratch Lindauer
Marilyn L. Lindsey, Ph.D
Joanne Linn
Joyce Lively and Ronald Kardon
Ann LoMonte
Jessica Lorenz
Dan Lorenzo
Susan Lum
Mr. James M. Lundy
Claire Lupia
Louise Magner
Mr. and Mrs. Russ Magnusson and
Chris
Krishna Malik
Melissa Mallozzi
Renee Malone
Samantha Manewitz
Ethel and Robert Mann
Harry and Emma Mar
Alex Marcollo
Robert E. Marcus
Helen L. Marsh
James C. Marsters, Jr.
Mrs. Donald Marx
Howard Maull and Glady Lou LytleMaull
Boris S. Maximoff
John H. Maxson
Fredrika D. May
Liam Mayclem
Frank McCaffery
David and Rose McCallen
David A. McCosker
Leola McGrath
Robert McKenna
Christina and William McNair
Robert and Colleen McNichol
Brian McNitt
Horacio Mendez
Lawrence Mercier
Scott and Theresa Merrick
Hans and Edith Merten
Charles and Susan Michel
Gene and Carole Michel
Spencer and Roberta Michels
James Michener
Joshua Miele and Elizabeth Ruhland
Mona Milam
Hayes D. Miles
John N. Miller
Lauren P. Miller
Selinda and Dwain Miller
Yetta Miller
Gordon and Karen Millner
Lyla M. Mitchell
Susan Mizner, Director
Carolyn Mobley
Michael Mojabi
J.B. Molaghan
Barbara Monie
Mary A. Montgomery
S. M. Moore
Thomas M. Moore
Mr. Dannie Moos
Lillian and Harold L. Moose, Jr.
Ada Morales
Richard Morasci
Michael and Angelina Morgan
Sandy and Jeff Mori
Michael and Lucinda Morlin
Helen and G. Joel Morris
Paul V. Morris
Carol and Jerry Muchin
Vivian Mullaney
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Munakata
J. R. Murphy
James J. Murphy
Leslie Murphy
Rosemary Murphy
Maxwell A. Myers
Robert and Lynne Myers
Emmanuel Nava
Jean Neely
William and Joan Neff
Donald and Carol Nelson
Lawrence Nelson
Dirk Neyhart
John H. Norcop
Jeffrey Novick
Varda Novick
Juan Ocampo Gomez
Mary O’Connoll
Robert and Marian O’Donnell
Tara and Brian O’Dwyer
Rose Marie O’Leary
David and Joyce Oliphant
Joann and John O’Loughlin
Dale and Vivian Olsen
Richard Olsen
Frank and Phyllis Olsson
John and Victoria O’Neill
Laurence and Vicki Oppenheim
Vicki and Laurence Oppenheim
Kazu Oshima
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Oswalt
Raymond and Beverly Owning
Charles M. Ozorio
Rene and Judith Paladini
Emily Papapietro
Ellen and Michael Parker
Jeffrey Parravano
Kevin Parry
Betty Passanisi
Fran and Clint Pelegrino
Charles and Norma Jean Peluso
Stephen Max Perr and Dr. Holly
Christman
Randall and Valerie Perry
Maja Jean Peters
Eugene and Barbara Peterson
Joseph F. Peterson
Nicholas and Patricia Petrakis
Vonnie Pfingston
Susan Piallat
Teri Picante
Anne and Nathan Plotkin
Dana Polatin
Karena Polcyn
Laura Porras
Jagdip and Robin Powar
Robert and Lillian Powell
Glenn and Jodi Preminger
Arthur Psaltis
Mr. and Mrs. Chester S. Psuik
Sacha Rahi
Robert Rakshys
Alicia and Edward Ramirez
Dorothy Raski
Helene Renteria
Cathleen and Gary Rettberg
Alice Reutlinger
Albert Reyff and Karla Yates
Mary Rizzato
Chris and Helen Rockas
George Roehm
Margery and Fred Roos
Doug Rose
Madeleine S. Rose
Patti and Doug Rose
Herbert and Ilse Rosenbaum
Paul Rosenstein and Bonnie Lynn
Helen Roxborough
Edward M. Rubenstein
Sylvia Rubin
Carlos and Ruth Ruling
Florence M. Rusk
Nancy A. Russ
Richard M. Russ
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Rzym
Nicolai Safai
Karen Salcedo
Richard H. Salz
Digna and Mario Sanchez
Donna Sanchez
Sarah Sanchez
Ilse Sauerwald
Joseph Scheuermann
Mrs. Helen E. Schlichtmann
Carolyn Schmidt
Suzanne and Henry Schmitt
Anna R. Schmitz
Joseph Schmitz
Gary Schnitzer and Sandra Wilder
Thelma and Gilbert Schnitzer
Christine Schreiber
Irving and Naomi Schulman
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Schultz
Douglas Schultz
Frank and Gloria Scigliano
Janna A. Scopel
Sarah Scott
Linda Scourtis
Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. L. Scroggie
Victoria Seay
Matthew Sell
Fred Seronick
Anita Shafer Aaron and
Robert Scott Aaron
Anna and Stanley Shaff
Hugo Shane
Stephen and Joanne Shapiro
Helen J. Sharp
Shelly Sharp
Florence Shaw
Sidney Shaw
Timothy and Mary Sheehy
Gladys and Ardson Shegoian
Kenneth and Jean Shelley
Kimberly Shuck
Steve and Jeanne Sibley
Esther Sichel
Linda Silva
Delrose Silvas
Ruth H. Silverman
Robert and Annette Simon
Sandra Simon
Henry and Katherine Simpson
Katherine and Henry Simpson
Hope Sinclair
Irena and Mieczyslaw Skrobik
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Small
Katrina Smathers
Thomas F. Smegal, Jr.
Lawrence Smeragliuooo
G. Edward Smith and Elizabeth
Primrose-Smith
Gretchen J. Smith
Paul Smith and Carol Harvey
Sigrid and James Snider
John P. Souza
Laura Sowell
Marlene Spaeth and Terri Ritchie
Dana M. Spear
Joan L. Spelman
Helen Springer
John A. Sproul
Mae Stadler
Gerald G. Stangl
Patricia Stark
M. Geraldine Stasko
Anne Stavropoulos
Theodore E. Steiner
Stanley Stenger
Kim Stepney
Diana Stepp
Todd Stevenot and Anne Sandbach
Richard W. Stevens
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Charles T. Stewart
Frances J. Stewart
Margaret and Clyde Stone
Chuck Stoops
Edward Storm and Anne Paye
Peter G. Straus
George and Helene Strauss
Anita Strom
Ian Sublett
Gideon and Hao Do Sughrue
Thomas and Judith Sutliff
Elizabeth H. Sutro
Walter Swan, Jr.
Charles and Linda Swift
Eunice and Robert Swink
Thomas Swinney
Evelyn Szelenyi
Kong Taing
William R. Tanzer
David and Teresa Tarr
Ted Tawshunsky
Glenhall and Patricia Taylor
Colette Tedeschi
Karen Tedford
Thelma K. Tenenberg
Clara A. Tennis
Dr. Carol Tereszkiewicz-Zimmerman
and Dr. Zachary Zimmerman
Norma Tewksbury-Ooghe
Nola K. Theobald
Kimberly M. Thompson
Clifford Thornell
Mary P. Thornton
Iwan Tjokrosoeharto
Jean C. Tollini
Aurora Tomadoni
Deborah Toy
Stella Tracy
Cheryl and Richard Trice
Paul Trichilo
Ivy Troyer
Judith and Richard Trusendi
Janet and Tom Tupper
JoAnn Tursone
Steven Utz
Don Van Eeghen and
Theresa Le Olson
Jeff and Elaine Van Grinsven
Jean J. Vanden
Peter Vas Dias
Richard Vas Dias
Galina and Slava Vassershteyn
Prindle and Henry Vaux
William H. Vederman
John Verduzco and Herb Smith
Elva I. Vergari
Marco A. Vidal Fund
Richard A. Vignolo
Lidia and Joseph Vinal
Jeremy and Randi Vishno
Maria Vrionis
Lowell and Donna Wallace
Hazel Walsh
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Dirk Walvis and Carolyn Dille
Joseph and Margaret Ward
John and Carmen Washington
Sisi Weaver
David and Regula Weill
Edward and Janet Weiner
Gary and Yaffa Weinstein
Philip and Veronica Weismehl
Betty Jean Weiss
Robert and Marian Weiss
Robin and Thalia Welch
Jordana Welles and Julie Ray
David L. Wells
Dorothy H. Wesley
Jim Whipple
Nancy Whitney
Bruce and Donna Whitson
Stephen K. Whittemore
Robert A. Whyte
Sofia Widjaja
Ron D. Willis
Jerry and Judith Wilson
Katalin K. Winegard
Kenneth Winkler
William Wipprecht
Teresa and Erland Wolff
Bennett J. Woll
Jordan Wong
Parker and Eleanor Wood
Forrest P. Woodworth, IV
Sharalee and Thomas Wrigley
Sylvia Xuereb
Irvin and Marilyn Yalom
Stanley Yarnell
Karla M. Yates
Jennifer Yeagley and Jeff Russell
Dr. and Mrs. Jerold J. Yecies
Betty and Edmund Young
Steven Young
Katherine Younker
Jean and S. J. Zaczek
Dr. Arash M. Zadeh
Eric and Beverly Zell
Tamara Zhuchkova
Roy Zitting
Monique J. Zmuda
Robert Zwissig
park
CHamberlaIN
HerItage
soCIety
Park Chamberlain Heritage
Society donors have supported
the LightHouse through a
bequest.
Benno M. Abraham
Ruth Abrahamson
Juliette F. Alexander
Audrey M. Anderson
Paul L. Andrieu
Katherine Andros
Robert Anino
Philip Anspacher
Frank Back
Catherine Bagnasco
Julia Baker
Pauline Baldwin
Bertha Bankhead
Shena Baring-Gould
Margarete Barsam
Beatrice M. Beattie
Irma Becker
August Beeler
John L. Bernhard
Elvera Berven
Martha J. Bibb
Marguerite Billy
Katharine E. Blanche
May Bloom
Louis & Leonore Blumenthal
Anna Bohner
Louise Bonne
Fred Braun, Jr.
Eileen Brennan
Christine Breon
Erma M. Bridgett
William Henry Brown
Harold L. Buechner
Henry M. Cailleaud
Gioavani and Margret Camajani
Eleanor E. Cameron
Bernice Canata
Jacques Canes
Marcelin E. Cannon
Stanley Carlow
Dorothy Carlson
Fay Allison Carty
John H. Casenave
Myrene Cassel
Robert Cathcart
Victor A. Celotti
Miriam Chaban
Ronald Chaisson
Park Chamberlain
Laura Ciolek
Mabel Clifford
Bernice K. Cochran
Fannie A. Cooper
Ethel L. Cross
Irene Crow
Alfreda S. Cullinan
Belle Curtin
Marianne M. Davidson
Ora K. Dennett
George Dettner
Robert Devereaux
Olga Diora
Clarence Dobie
Teresa Drake
Mae Dudley
Marie L. Duggan
Olga B. Dunn
Thomas Dutra
George Dynan
Yvette G. Eastman
Howard and Julia Eastman
Marie Edenburg
Ethel L. Ehrhardt
Ilse Elias
Russell H. Ellis
Mary H. Endlich
Grace Eng
Marion E. Evans
Enzo S. Fanucchi
Marguerite E. Fein
Cyril Fels
James Fenton
Lillian R. Fitzgerald
Justine Fixel
Rose Flacks
Nelly Forassieppi
Jack Fox
Sophie Fulton
Nora P. Garwick
Gisella Gellert
Clifford Gerlach
Jean Getz
George Giannini
Elinor Gilheaney
Jack Gille
Gladstone/Sassoon Family
Benjamin Gold
Melba J. Grayson
T.B. Greenhouse
Leonard Greenwell
Genevieve D. Guppy
Chester B. Guppy
Lois Riley Haight
Rita Hanlon
Carl J. Hansen
Vera Hardy
Dorothy Harren
Ferris W. Hartman
Sophie E. Haut
Eldon S. Heckman
K. Henderson
May I. Henriod
Shirley Hicklin
Beulah May Higgins
the brailleNote
is portable,
versatile
and really
light!
It’s great
for flying!
leah gardner
Madeline Hilburn Trust
Judson Holland
Gloria Ann Hollis
Allan Hovden
Gloria Hubner
Miriam Huggins
Ethel K. Hughes
Lucia Huneke
Enid Hobson Hurd
Felicia Hyman
Evelyn Hymans
Dolores Ippolito
Charles J. Isaacs
Sophie Jacobs
Ebba I. Jorgensen
James Mayfield Kaye
Norah Kelly
Vryra Fortin Kerr
Ethel May King
Gertrude L. King
Rochelle Kingsland
Fanny Klang
Babette Klee
Bertha Klein
Carol Knowles
Josephine K. Knowles
Bertha Kristal
Andrew Kristofsky
Judith Kuhnle
Barbara H. Kurtz
Laine Family
Genevieve E. Landon
Louise Lang
Virginia Larsen
James V. Lawry
Allan and Marilyn Lee
Ruth D. Leon
Sara G. Levin
Louis Levitas
Elizabeth Lippitt
Genevieve C. Louderback
Mary Lai Yi Louie
Orsola Lucchesi
Josephine Ludwig
Alice E. Luscombe
Jean A. MacAllum
MayBelle Madden
Della F. Maiden
Mercedes Major
Barbara Ann Mallory
Marie R. Malough
Steven S. Marcu
Marie Brauninger Martin
Ann McCarthy
Signe Ash McClellan
Florence McDonald
Alicia McEvoy
Mercedes McMicking
Mellie A. Merritt
Emmy Michielsen
Mack E. Mickelson
Betty M. Mignacco
Frances S. Miller
Florence Millikin
Elizabeth Mitchell
Augusta Moyer
Anna Belle Neal
Paul and Norine Nelson
Paul Axel Nelson
Gertrud Neufeld
Judith A. Neumann
Yvonne Marie O’Gorman
Rosina Olivieri
Edith Palmedo
Elizabeth R. Pansegrau
Ruth Pels
Ellen Peterson
R.R. Pew
Emmy A. Phelps
Seymour Phillips
Paul G. Pinsky
Cora Pissis
Virginia Marie Poccia
Gabriel Poutous
Richard A. Rath
Fred F. Renner
Viola Rhone
Gunilda Rianda
Henry M. Rist
Dohma L. Roberts
Helen M. Robinson
Mario Rocca
Jean Roddan Zerman
George Rosenquist
Edna Rosner
Robert Ross
Patricia J. Rourke
Annie Rummelsburg
Frank Rusalem
Schaefer Charitable Trust
Erna Schleu
Ann V. Schmoll
Walter Schroeder
Maud van Courtlandt-Hill Schroll
Flora Ludwigs Scott
Rosita Scott
Richard Sheldrick
Hazel L. Shepard
Shulmann Family
Mildred Simmen
Simmons Family
Marie Simpson
Constance M. Simpson
Arnold J. Smoller
Ann Elizabeth Snow
Don Speakman
Alma W. Spencer
Margaret Stephens
Helen S. Stewart
E.B. Storrow
William H. and Ruth B. Struckman
Ludmila Suglian
Stuart F. and H. Marguerite
Svedeman
Lillian Tassi
Jacqueline D. Thompson
Joseph S. Thompson
Todd Thorn
Ivy Throop
Lillian and Lewis Tilin
Joseph M. Torrano
Alice Frances Tracy
Emma G. Trebilcot
Dorothy E. Trevey
John Thomas Trixler
Irene Tsecklinskaya
John Henry Turner
Billie Vier
Wilhelmina Waldeck
Gwendolyn F. Walkup
Marvin Walton
Frances Isabel Weed
Margaret E. White
Agnes Whitelock
Gates Wigner
Tova Wiley
Gladys H. Williams
Richard Winckel
Lillie Wissman
William W. Witney
Madeline E. Woodall
Roma Zederman
George Zimmerman
Doris J. Zimpelmann
Robert A. Zlodi
Stephen Zlodi
Virginia Lee Zwick
INstItutIoNal
doNors
Agencies, Foundations
and Companies
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc.
Airport Commission Employees
American Legion Fort Humboldt
Post 212
Artsigns Architectural Graphics, Inc.
Bank of America
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
(Matching Gifts)
Bellini Foundation
Bertetta Tanklines, Inc.
Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation
State of California General Fund
California State Automobile
Association
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
Cars 4 Causes
Center for Accessible Technology
Charity Funding Services
ChevronTexaco “”People Making a
Difference”“ Campaign
County of Humboldt In-Home
Support Services
Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant
Department of Management,
Minnesota State University
Harold & Annette Dobbs Family
Supporting Foundation
Dodge & Cox Investment Managers
The East Bay Community
Foundation
Electronic Scrip Incorporated
South San Francisco Elks Lodge #2091
Envision
Far Eastern Society of San
Francisco, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Francis S. North Foundation
Gap Foundation Money For Time
Program
Genentech Employee Giving Program
Give Something Back Business
Products
GMAC Mortgage
Golden Gate Healthcare Center
Google, Inc.
The Guardsmen
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Hall Realty
The Vera C. Hendry Foundation
Herbst Foundation, Inc.
Humboldt Area Foundation
IBM Employee Services Center
IBM Retiree Charitable Campaign
Independent Charities of America
The James Irvine Foundation
Jefferson & Gross, CPA’s
Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Jewish Family and Children’s
Services
Kaiser Hospital,
Optical Department
Korean War Veterans Association
Lanahan & Reilley LLP
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Castro Lions Club
Local Independent Charities
The Los Angeles Spinsters
Los Gatos Lions Charities, Inc.
Lowell Berry Foundation
Lundy and Mishanetz
Bertha Russ Lytel Foundation
Marin Community Foundation
Mayor’s Office on Disability
Eva L. McKenzie Trust
Mid-America Tile
Muir Oaks Veterinary Hospital
Native Daughters of the Golden
West
Naughton Realty, Inc.
The Neisloss Family Foundation Inc.
Pacific Union’s Marin Agents
Community Fund
The Pfund Family Foundation
PG & E Corporation, Campaign for
the Community
Pile Drivers, Divers, Bridge Wharf &
Dock Builders
R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.
Redwood Empire Chapter, CCB
Scholarship Fund
RL & Associates, Inc.
Rotary Club of Napa
Sacramento Spinal Specialists
The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, City and County
San Jose East Valley Lions Club
San Jose North Valley Lions #0239
The Annunziata Sanguinetti
Foundation
Scales of Justice Lions Club
The Schwab Fund for Charitable
Giving
Sears “You Can Make A Difference”
Workplace Giving Campaign
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation
Soroptimist International of
Humboldt Bay
The Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirk Swingle
Foundation
Temple Beth Ami Religious School
Twin Peaks Tavern
Union Labor Health Foundation
United eWay
United Synagogue of Hoboken
United Way of King County
United Way of Northern Nevada &
the Sierra
United Way of the Bay Area
Vallejo Grandmoms Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Viet Huong Fish Sauce Company
VISA International Giving Campaign
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo Community Support
Campaign
INkINd,
taNgIble
property aNd
Car doNatIoNs
2223 Restaurant
7 x 7 Magazine
Acoustiguide, Inc.
Barbara Adamson
Kathleen Adkins
American Conservatory Theater
Aquarium of the Bay
Arrowood Vineyards & Winery
Asian Art Museum
Beach Blanket Babylon
Sandra Blain
Joan Blalock and Butch Blalock
Blow Styling Salon
Breezy’s Restaurant and Bar
Broadwest Corporation
Byington Winery and Vineyard
Cafe Organic Lettus
California Academy of Sciences
Capricorn Coffee
The Cartoon Art Museum
Chaya Brasserie #1301
Clara Chun
City Dish
Cocoon
Howard G. Davis
Deaf Counciling Advocacy &
Referral Agency (DCARA)
Drake Restaurants
Hien Duong
Echo Marketing
Mr. Ray Favetti
Lyndia Fillpot
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Herb Fotish
R. Grant
Robert Graves
Susan Hambrecht
Heine Family Trust
Maria Hershey
David L. Holcomb
Hornblower Cruises and Events
Marguerite Illingworth
Lynne and Andrew Laird
Ledson Winery and Vineyards
Ali O. Lee and John Wrigley
Galen Leung
Levende Lounge
Art Lidstrom
Alex Marcollo
Market Street Grill
Andrew Marshall
Edna Mattz
John H. Maxson
Gloria May
Eric McAlpine
I get excited
about some of
the more simple
technologies:
talking timers
and microwaves.
my elderly
clients find
them easy
to use.
Joyce lopez
Doris McKeever
Robert McKenna
Guylene McMinton
Betty McQuiston
Horacio Mendez
Lawrence Mercier
Metro City Bar
James Michener
Charles Migos
NameFinders
Sheila Nelson
June Nessler
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Zoo
Opus One
Peju Province Winery
Stephen Max Perr and
Dr. Holly Christman
Norman Peterson
Pier 39
POP Sound
Presidio Bowling Center
Punchline San Francisco
Eleanor Quigley
Ravenswood Winery
Redwoods Veteran’s Center
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum
Eric Robertson and Tami Gamble
Jill Roter
Salsalito Taco Shop
San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Towers
Savannah Chanelle Vineyards
Douglas Scheft
Lynne Sentivany
Esther Sichel
Robert and Annette Simon
Lawrence Smeragliuooo
Chuck Somers
Carol Soto
Louisa Spier
Jill and Tom Sprinkle
Tom and Jill Sprinkle
Bob Stanger
Kim Stepney
Chuck Stoops
Sushi Groove
TCB Cafe Publishing
Marian Thompson
Iwan Tjokrosoeharto
Twin Peaks Tavern
Don Van Eeghen and
Theresa Le Olson
Christopher Ward
Andy Westfall
Perry and Patricia Wolf
John Wrigley
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Ice Skating and
Bowling Center
Yet Wah Chinese Restaurant
INsIgHts
supporters
INSIGHTS FUNDERS
Community Arts and Education
Program of the San Francisco
Arts Commission
San Francisco Foundation
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
INSIGHTS SPONSORS
Claude Monet Level - $5000+
Guide By Cell
Georgia O’Keefe Level - $2500+
Acoustiguide, Inc.
Bank of America
RL & Associates, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank
Edgar Degas Level - $1000+
7 x 7 Magazine
Envision
R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.
PATRONS
Joan R. Barkan
Brad “Rocky” Bertetta,
Bertetta Tanklines, Inc.
David and Judy Chan
Joseph Chan
George Clark and Thomas Moore
Gina di Grazia
Margie Donovan
Joan M. Dove
Nancy and Joe Foss
Barbara L. Gray
Karen Gray and Doug Elliot
George and Catherine Griffin
Paul Guidi
Rebecca Handler and David
Andrade
The Herbst Foundation, Inc.
Carl and Carolyn Janson
Gil and Beverely Johnson
Kathleen Knox
Nicole Lange
Barbara and James Lassen
Harry and Emma Mar
Howard Maull and Glady Lou LytleMaull
John H. Maxson
Mayor’s Office on Disability
Christina and William McNair
Joshua Miele and Elizabeth Ruhland
Leslie Murphy
Rosemary Murphy
David Perry & Associates
Gary Schnitzer and Sandra Wilder
Anita Shafer Aaron and
Robert Scott Aaron
16
Todd Stevenot and Anne Sandbach
Jordana Welles and Julie Ray
Sofia Widjaja
Jennifer Yeagley and Jeff Russell
Special thanks to Russell Quinan
and Traction for the Insights
2008 PSA
INSIGHTS DONORS
Max and Mary June Allen
William Barker
Imogene Beckwith
Ida Berkowitz
Fred and Bonnie Jean Bertetta
Neil H. Brandt
Lonnie M. Brown
Beverly R. Brunker
Charles and Glenna Campbell
Mari Cardenas
Anabella Denisoff
Dodge & Cox Investment Managers
South San Francisco Elks Lodge #2091
Lewis J. Feldman
Amey Garber and Richard Lesnick
The Vera C. Hendry Foundation
Herbst Foundation, Inc.
Kenneth and Margaret Herman
Polly and Neil Johnston
Rosemary and Daniel Kaplan
Vivian Lew
Helen L. Marsh
Liam Mayclem
Mayor’s Office on Disability
Susan Mizner, Director
Susan Piallat
Kimberly Shuck
Gerald G. Stangl
Galina and Slava Vassershteyn
Viet Huong Fish Sauce Company
Lidia and Joseph Vinal
Joseph and Margaret Ward
Gary and Yaffa Weinstein
Betty Jean Weiss
Robert A. Whyte
Roy Zitting
CommuNIty
partNers
Academy for Certification of Vision
Rehabilitation and Education
Professionals (ACVREP)
American Foundation for the Blind
Area #1 Agency on Aging
(Humboldt, Del Norte
Counties)
Association of Fundraising
Professionals
AudioVision, Inc.
17
Bay Area Outdoor Recreation
Program (BORP)
Bay Area Transportation
Blind Babies Foundation
California Agencies for the Blind
and Visually Impaired (CABVI)
California Council of the Blind
California Department of Forestry
California Foundation of
Independent Living Centers
(CFILC)
California School for the Blind
California State Department of
Rehabilitation
California State Independent Living
Council
California State Library
California Teachers and Educators
of the Visually Handicapped
(CTEVH)
Coalition of Agencies Serving the
Elderly (CASE)
Commission on Aging and Adult
Services
Community Alliance of Disability
Advocates (CADA)
Community Arts and Education
Program of the San Francisco
Arts Commission
Community Health Alliance
Curry Senior Center
Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and
Referral Agency
Delancey Street Van Service
Department of Aging and Adult
Services
Department of Children, Youth and
Their Families
Department of Health and Human
Services, Marin County
Department of Public Health
Development Executives
Roundtable (DER)
Disability Rights Education and
Defense Fund
Earle Baum Center of the Blind
Fortuna Adult Day Health Center
Foundation Center – San Francisco
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc
Humboldt County Department of
Health and Human Services –
Adult Protective Services
Branch
Humboldt Diabetes Project
Humboldt Senior Resource Center
Independent Living Resource
Center San Francisco
Institute on Aging, San Francisco
KNBR
Leadership San Francisco (LSF)
Long Term Care Coordinating
Counci lMayor’s Office of
Community Investment
Mayor’s Office on Disability,
San Francisco
Medsam Transportation
MUNI Accessibility Services
National Association for the
Employment of People Who
Are Blind (NAEPB)
National Council of Private
Agencies for the Blind and
Visually Impaired (NCPABVI)
National Eye Institute – Healthy
Vision Community Award
National Federation of the Blind of
California
National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
NISH
Northern California Association of
Deaf-Blind
Northern California Association of
Education and Rehablilitation
of the Blind and Visually
Impaired (NCAER)
Northwest Committee for the
Employment of People with
Disabilities
Nelson Nygart
Project Open Hand
Redwoods Veterans Center
San Francisco Arts Commission
Gallery
San Francisco Community College
San Francisco Department of
Elections
San Francisco Elks Lodge #3
San Francisco Library for the Blind
San Francisco Magazine
San Francisco Paratransit
San Francisco Partnership for
Community-Based Care &
Support
San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Recreation & Parks
Department, Project Insight
San Francisco State University
San Francisco Unified School
District
Senior Action Network
Sensory Access Foundation
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research
Institute, San Francisco
Society for the Blind in Sacramento
University of California, School of
Optometry, Low Vision Clinic
University of San Francisco Nursing
Program
Veteran’s Administration, Visual
Impairment Services Team
Vision Anew
Westridge Builders
YMCA Embarcadero
CoNsultaNts &
CoNtraCtors
Adaptive Technology Services
Michael Parker, MSME
Access Ingenuity
Joan Dove
Area Executive Vice President
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk
Management Services
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Insurance Brokers of California,
Inc.
Allen Ashton
Ashton Abeck Design
Haseeb Chaudhry
Vice President
Business Client Manager
Greater San Francisco
Bank of America
Bay Area Communication Access
Diana Gates Waterman
Vice President
Benefits Access
Blind and Vision Impaired of Marin,
Inc.
Tony Capitan
Cap’s Painting Company
Community TechKnowledge, Inc.
David Perry
Principal
David Perry & Associates
Dodge & Cox
Fred Cabala
Regina Henderson
Envision Digital Print
Gregory Livestock
Fire Abatement
Don Gasser
Fire Smart, Defensible Space, Inc.
Golden Gate Regional Center
Bruce J. Wright, CPA
Good & Fowler, LLP
Greg Barrow Construction
Hearing and Speech Center of
Northern California
It’s simple:
my favorite
technologies
are the CCtv
and Zoomtext.
david baioni
Houston Lighthouse for the Blind
Katrine Hughes, LCSW
International Association of Access
to Information Services (IAAIS)
Emdad Khan
Internet Speech
Luxor Cab
S. Scott Seamands, CPA
Partner
Lindquist von Husen and Joyce,
LLP
Justin Loch
Page Weavers
Ricardo Perez
Postal Systems, Inc.
Richard Lesnick
RL & Associates, Inc.
Doug Rose
Rose Communications
Marcia Beard
Senior Consultant
R.V. Kuhns and Associates, Inc.
Vicki Valentine
Graphic Designer
San Francisco Art Department
Theresa Farina, Executive Director
San Francisco Paramedic
Association
Disabled Student Services
San Francisco State University
Gerald Scott
Scotty’s Janitorial
Erik Dryburgh
Attorney at Law
Silk, Adler & Colvin
Nick Harris
Stream Guys
Susan Jahromi
Benefit Consultant
Trendcepts
Brian McNitt
Trendmedia
Mike Carr, President
EHC Facility Management
United Camps, Conferences and
Retreats
Vista Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
Chris Hauswirth
Principal
Wetherby Asset Management
Krista Wissing
Publications Designer
Yellow Cab
Debby Lieberman
Zia Acces
speCIal
aCkNoWledgmeNts
Acoustiguide, Inc.
Joyce Cid
Benny L. Catacutan
Clubhouse Manager
Concordia-Argonaut
Cynthia and John Diggs
Site Director & Cook
Enchanted Hills Camp
Jack Donnellan, Vision Anew
Enchanted Hills Camp Advisory
Committee
Lynda Jones, CVRT
Coordinator Rehabilitation
Teaching Specialization
Program in Visual Impairment
Florida State University
Liam Mayclem, Host
CBS5, Eye on the Bay
Thomas Moore
Leslie Murphy
“Friends of Charlie”
Steve, Nancy and Annie Gill
Kathy Graddy, Principal
Graddy Graphic Design
Dr. Robert Greer
University of California
School of Optometry
Low Vision Clinic
David Asheim
Guide-by-Cell
Ben Oude Kampuis
Project Insight
Richard Lesnick
RL and Associates, Inc.
Meg Shiffler
Gallery Director
San Francisco Arts Commission
Mike May
Sendero Group
Christine McNair and Donna
Santana
Russell Quinan
Traction
Day Galles, Jeff Green, Fred Hosking
and George Roehm
Twin Peaks Tavern
Dave Sayer
Westridge Builders Inc
2008 financial Highlights
Year Ended September 30, 2008
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES
TEMPORARILY
RESTRICTED
UNRESTRICTED
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Bequests
Other contributions
LightHouse Enterprises
Government grants and program fees
Interest and dividend income
Other income
$
Net assets released from Restrictions
Satisfaction of program restriction
Total support and revenue
EXPENSES
Program services:
Community and Information Services
Rehabilitation Services
LightHouse Enterprises
Total Program Services
Supporting services:
Management and general
Fundraising
Total Supporting services
Total expenses
Change in net assets from operations
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities
Change in net assets
Net assets, beginning of year
Net assets, end of year
$
1,435,913
379,684
1,526,433
966,075
955,270
18,585
5,281,960
$
0
111,748
111,748
PERMANENTLY
RESTRICTED
$
0
TOTAL
$
-
1,435,913
491,432
1,526,433
966,075
955,270
18,585
5,393,708
298,768
5,580,728
(298,768)
(187,020)
-
5,393,708
1,591,417
1,689,263
2,351,413
5,632,093
-
-
1,591,417
1,689,263
2,351,413
5,632,093
196,238
431,218
627,456
6,259,549
(678,821)
(6,756,638)
(7,435,459)
37,352,265
29,916,806
(187,020)
(187,020)
688,764
$ 501,744
128,733
$ 128,733
196,238
431,218
627,456
6,259,549
(865,841)
(6,756,638)
(7,622,479)
38,169,762
$ 30,547,283
COMMUNITY AND
INFORMATION
Personnel
Program costs
Cost of raw materials
Occupancy
Depreciation
Outside services
Marketing and public relations
Training and conferences
Office supplies & equipment
Insurance
Special events
Bank Fees, Interest and Taxes
Telephone
Postage and printing
Shipping and delivery
Board expense
Total expenses
$ 946,767
316,799
0
98,077
66,400
47,560
19,448
24,796
16,681
17,019
15,460
1,794
10,247
10,263
106
0
$ 1,591,418
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash
Receivables:
LightHouse Enterprises
Fees for service
Contributions and bequests
Other
Inventories
Prepaid expenses and deposits
Investments
Total current assets
NON CURRENT ASSETS
Receivables
Bequests
Permanently Restricted Investments
Property and equipment - net
Total Noncurrent assets
Total assets
$
996,949
211,521
156,536
153,102
2,390
209,460
67,544
26,073,202
27,870,704
359,647
128,733
3,156,657
3,645,037
$ 31,515,741
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
$ 104,980
Accrued Expenses
499,425
Note payable
168,586
Total Current Liabilities
772,991
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Note payable
195,467
Total Noncurrent Liabilities
95,467
Total liabilities
968,458
Net assets:
Unrestricted:
Designated by the board of directors for operations
19,971,955
Designated by the board of directors for capital assets and acquisitions
9,944,851
Total unrestricted net assets
29,916,806
Temporarily restricted
501,744
Permanently restricted
128,733
Total net assets
30,547,283
Total liabilities and net assets
$ 31,515,741
18
PROGRAM SERVICES
SUPPORTING SERVICES
REHABILITATION
SERVICES
$ 1,192,683
226,001
0
69,773
18,610
49,833
20,251
45,881
15,253
16,586
16,252
1,716
10,187
6,126
111
0
$ 1,689,262
LIGHTHOUSE
INDUSTRIES
PROGRAM
SERVICES TOTAL
$ 1,138,125
26,688
539,773
226,238
121,047
60,349
34,608
22,666
60,555
19,301
18,913
37,696
15,610
6,565
23,279
0
$ 2,351,414
$ 3,277,575
569,488
539,773
394,088
206,057
157,742
74,307
93,343
92,489
52,906
50,625
41,206
36,044
22,954
23,496
0
$ 5,632,093
MANAGEMENT
AND GENERAL
$ 95,053
5,537
0
13,369
6,466
25,928
10,572
4,661
5,867
8,662
8,488
896
2,332
2,502
0
5,905
$ 196,238
FUNDRAISING
$ 304,804
13,388
0
8,754
4,234
17,483
42,741
15,379
4,001
5,672
5,558
992
1,527
6,685
0
0
$ 431,217
TOTAL
TOTAL
$ 399,857
18,925
0
22,123
10,700
43,411
53,313
20,040
9,868
14,334
14,046
1,888
3,859
9,187
0
5,905
$ 627,456
$ 3,677,432
588,413
539,773
416,211
216,757
201,153
127,620
113,383
102,357
67,240
64,671
43,094
39,903
32,141
23,496
5,905
$ 6,259,550
The above three financial statements are excerpts from the complete audited financial statements for the year ended September
30, 2008. The footnotes included in the audited financial statements by our auditors, Good & Fowler, LLP, are an
integral part of the financial statements. The complete audited financial statements can be found
on our website, www.lighthouse-sf.org.
SOURCES OF SUPPORT
28%
LightHouse Enterprises
18%
Government Grants and Other Program Fees
Individuals, Corporate and Foundations
9%
18%
Interest and Dividend income
Bequests
19
27%
lIgHtHouse board
of dIreCtors
lIgHtHouse
HoNorary board
Gil Johnson – President
Retired, American Foundation for the
Blind
Todd Stevenot – Vice President
Finance Officer, Barclays Global
Investors
Arthur Beato - Vice President
Financial Consultant, Retired
Harry Mar - Vice President
Contracts Analyst, San Francisco
Department of Public Health
Carl Janson - Treasurer
Retired, Venture Builders
Jordana Welles – Secretary
Partner, Fagan-Welles Advertising
Brad Bertetta
President/Principal, Bertetta
Tanklines, Inc.
David Chan
Systems Engineer, Wells Fargo Bank
Joseph Chan
Finance Director, Association of Bay
Area Governments
Margie Donovan
VIST Coordinator, Veteran Affairs
Medical Center
Julie Down
Real Estate Broker, Grubb and Ellis
Rebecca Handler
Head of Major Gifts, Wikimedia
Foundation
Dana Hooper
Consultant
Kathleen Knox
Writer, Editor
Joshua A. Miele, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, The SmithKettlewell Eye Research Institute
Leslie Murphy
Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Gary Schnitzer
Executive Vice President, Schnitzer
Steel
Keith Williams
Consultant
Theodore F. Bayer
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Douglas Bergman
Past Treasurer, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Jon Carroll
Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
John P. Coghlan
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Mike Cole
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Winifred Downing
Past Secretary, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Nancy R. Foss
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
William Gerard
Past President, Lighthouse Board of
Directors
Daniel F. Goodman, M. D.
Ophthalmologist
Barbara J. Lassen
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Mike May
President, Sendero Group, Ltd.
John Maxson
Past Member, LightHouse Board of
Directors
Honorable Gavin Newsom
Mayor, City and County of San
Francisco
Stephen Max Perr
Past Vice President, LightHouse Board
of Directors
Catherine Skivers
Past President, California Council of
the Blind
Ed Zaik
Past President, LightHouse Board of
Directors
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Adaptations, the LightHouse Store
214 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415-431-1481
TTY 415-431-4572
FAX 415-863-7568
www.lighthouse-sf.org
LightHouse of Marin
Adaptations, the LightHouse Store
1137 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone 415-258-8496
Para Español 800-592-9053
TTY 415-258-8499
FAX 415-258-8501
LightHouse of the North Coast
2830 G Street, Suite B-1
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone 707-268-5646
Para Español 800-592-9053
TTY 707-268-5655
FAX 707-268-5647
Enchanted Hills Camp
3410 Mt. Veeder Road
Napa, CA 94558
Phone 707-224-4023
FAX 707-224-5435
LightHouse Industries
2207 Poplar Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone 510-444-6422
FAX 510-444-6425
Digital Data Scan
1540 Market Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415-437-0500
FAX 415-437-0501
Vision Loss Resource Center (VLRC): 888-400-8933
Adaptations Order Line: Phone 888-400-8933
lIgHtHouse staff
ADAPTATIONS
Maritza A. Calderon,
Adaptations Assistant Store Manager
Cynthia Herrera,
Adaptations Associate - Marin
Laura B. Peters,
Adaptations Assistant Store Manager Marin
Teresa Wolff,
Adaptations Associate - Marin
ACCESS TO INFORMATION SERVICES
J. Gregory Kehret,
Director of Access to Information Services
Greeta S. Ahart,
Program Assistant
Ayaka C. Isono,
Information and Technology Specialist
ShenKuan,
AIS / Technology Associate
DEVELOPMENT
George L. Clark,
Chief Development Officer
Ellen B. Lord,
Development Manager
Andrea U. Ogarrio,
Development and Marketing Associate
Kari L. Orvik,
Program Marketing and Outreach Associate
Kimberly R. Shuck,
Insights Coordinator
Jennifer M. Yeagley,
Director of Development
DIGITAL DATA SCAN
Jennifer F. Castillo,
Account Representative
Aurelia T. Duma,
Pre-Process Quality Assurance
David G. Jackson,
Document Preparer Pre-Process Quality
Assurance
Son Kim,
Document Scanner / Preparer
EXECUTIVE
Anita S. Aaron,
Executive Director
Charles E. Godwin,
Executive Secretary
FINANCE
F. Howard Maull,
Chief Financial Officer
Iris A. Feng,
General Accountant
Kathy F. Louie,
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Ning Xiao,
Controller
HUMAN RESOURCES
Julie E. McCarthy,
HR / Office Manager
Brian C. Hardy,
Technology Manager
Gilberto C. Melendez,
Part-Time Receptionist
Davina M. Mendez,
Receptionist/Taxi Voucher Coordinator
LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIES
Phillip R. (Skip) Foster Jr.,
LightHouse Industries Manager
Byron L. Albertson,
Production Assistant / Box Maker / Utility
Landall Bell,
Maintenance Specialist / Relief Machine
Operator / Lead Person
Michael J. Irish,
Manager’s Assistant/Sorter
Lin Sang Leung,
Machine Operator / Mechanic
Arnel C. Paiso,
Production Assistant / Packer Box Maker
Tamara L. Thienes,
Sorter
PROGRAMS
Anthony L. Fletcher,
Director of Community Services
Leah N. Gardner,
Teacher’s Aid
Vi TriHuynh,
Youth Services Coordinator
Molly S. Irish,
Adult Education/Recreation Coordinator
Philip C. Kum,
Education/Recreation Coordinator Trainee
Theresa P. Navarro,
Program Assistant
Keyatta D. Shade,
Community Volunteer Outreach
Coordinator
REHABILITATION SERVICES
Kathleen A. Abrahamson,
Director Of Rehabilitation Services
Kathleen E.Anderson,
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
David J. Baioni,
Rehabilitation Teaching Specialist / Choral
Instructor
Jeffrey W. Carlson,
Social Worker
Sook Hee Choi,
Deaf-Blind Employment Specialist
Divina M. Fontanilla,
Program Assistant
Alexandra M. Galeczka,
Program Assistant
Donna Kazanjian,
Rehabilitation Services Coordinator
Carleigh A. Kude,
Database Program Assistant
Dawn M. Leeflang,
Rehabilitation Teaching Specialist /
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
LindaPorelle,
Social Worker
Patricia Quinonez-Hudson,
Vision Loss Specialist
William E. Simpson, RN,
Community Living Fund Case Manager and
Coordinator
Cory D. Tschogl,
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
LIGHTHOUSE OF MARIN
Paula M. Armato,
Driver/Reader
Joyce A. Lopez,
Rehabilitation Teaching Specialist
LIGHTHOUSE OF THE NORTH COAST
Coni M. Johnson,
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
Alison O. Lee,
Vision Loss Program Coordinator
Janet D. Pomerantz,
Social Worker
Patti A. Rose,
Program Assistant
Sandy Staples,
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
VISION LOSS RESOURCE CENTER
Jessica D. Lorenz,
Director of Public Policy and Information
Beth F. Berenson,
Vision Loss Resource Center Specialist
Cherie C. Colmenares,
Copy Editor
Amber V. DiPietra,
Vision Loss Resource Center Specialist
James S. Leese,
Reader/Support Staff
F. Ross Woodall,
Vision Loss Resource Center Specialist