FALL 2013 - Association for Individual Development

FALL 2013
SERVING KANE, KENDALL AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Developments
AID Opens “The Monkey Business Café” at Aurora’s SciTech Hands on Museum
On August 31st, AID opened The Monkey Business Café at 18 W Benton St. in Aurora, inside
the Sci-Tech Museum. The Director of the Sci-Tech Museum, Arlene Hawks, approached
AID with an opportunity to run the café to use it as a hands on training experience for
clients who are interested in food service.
Clients at the café learn how to operate a cash register, take food orders and how to safely
handle food. The café sells snack food such as warm pretzels, nachos, muffins, chips
and various beverages including coffee. Two of the products currently sold in the café are
made, packaged and distributed by individuals who have disabilities.
One product is Jumpy Monkey Coffee which is roasted and packaged in Iowa by a not for
profit organization serving individuals with disabilities. The gourmet granola bars are by
Kando Bakery and are made locally in the Elgin area and are also packaged by individuals
with disabilities.
Monkey Business Café is open from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday. The café serves coffee, snack food, ice cream,
muffins and a variety of bottled beverages. Come visit us!
In This Issue...
Page:
President’s Message
AID School Transition Program
CAT Day of Caring
Client Success Story Spotlight
AID Lifetime Advocate Passes Away
AID Helps Pack School Supplies
Upcoming Recycling Events
Snapshots! Agency Photos
AID Walk for Wellness
Show You Care Kane
Blue Shirt Studio Update
Ride-In-Kane Fare Increase
Memorials and Honoraiums
Grants and Donations
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Letter from AID President...
Our Mission:
To empower individuals with
disabilities, mental illness
and special needs to achieve
independence and community
inclusion.
About AID:
AID is a nonprofit, communitybased organization that serves
over 5,000 individuals throughout
Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, DuPage,
suburban Cook and Will counties.
More than 20 programs are
available for individuals with
physical or developmental
disabilities and those in need of
behavioral health services or crisis
intervention. AID is a United Way
partner agency and accredited by
the Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
For more AID Information:
Please call or visit our website:
www.the-association.org
Aurora area............... 630-966-4000
Elgin area................... 847-931-6200
Yorkville area............ 630-966-4450
Dear friends and benefactors,
Good news for the first time in many years- AID had no cuts in state funding this
fiscal year. On the other hand, we have not had rate increases for our services
for many years. We are in the most challenging of economic times.
Despite this, we still have many things to celebrate. We have replaced the
leased Day Service Center in Yorkville with one we now own on Rt. 47. Watch
for an Open House invitation later this fall. We have greatly expanded home
based services, and opened several new group homes in Aurora and Geneva
as a result of the Ligas law suit which is funding persons from our waiting list.
We opened STARS III on River Street in Aurora in collaboration with the Fox
Valley Special Recreation Association. A new Special Education Transition
program began this month at Keeler Center in Aurora, for students aged
18-21 in preparation for transition to AID adult services, thanks to generous
contributions from the Seigle Family Foundation, Caterpillar and the INC
Board.
We have also expanded supported housing services for individuals with
behavioral health challenges in the Aurora area-91 persons now receive this
service. With the help of key Board members, we are enhancing our recovery,
consumer and family services and adding tools to our website. Plans to open an
apartment building on Edgelawn in Aurora are underway also thanks to grants
from the City of Aurora.
Despite our efforts to keep pace with requests for service, the waiting list
numbers across the Fox Valley continue to grow. We have actively launched
the Show You Care Kane campaign to place a question on the March 18 ballot
asking voters to support the creation of a Developmental Disabilities Service
Board. If you have not already done so, please “Like” us on Facebook and urge
your friends and family to do the same.
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of children and adults
with disabilities in our community. Thank you for your continued support!
Lynn O’Shea
President/CEO
LYNN O’SHEA
president/ceo
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AID Creates School Transition Program
AID, a leader in providing services to individuals with disabilities in the Fox Valley, will
develop a new school- to- adult services transition program to be housed at the AID Keeler
Center in Aurora.
This Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)-approved program will address the needs
of students and their families in Kane County who are preparing to transition from high
school to adult services. Given the current unacceptable state of transition resources for
high school-to-adult-services, students and their families are not adequately prepared for
the changes to services after they age out of school (entitlement versus eligibility).
The target population for this program is 18-21 year old special education students with
significant behavioral, emotional, physical and/or developmental disabilities who are
not eligible for the Student Assistance in Learning (SAIL) and other special education
transition programs.
The AID school transition program will ‘step down’ the school program service intensity
and focus on work skills and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) so that by age 22 the students
can successfully transition to adult services. Students will attend the AID Transition
program each day and will participate in a structured curriculum that includes functional
life skills, academics, communication, vocational skills, recreation and community
integration, behavioral challengesMore
and self-advocacy.
school transition
Gift OptionsTheComing
Soon! program is
made possible by grants from the following organizations: Caterpillar; INC Board, NFP and
Seigle Family Foundation.
AID Board of
Directors:
Officers
Chuck Miles
Chairman
Patrick Flaherty
Vice Chairman
Walter Dwyer
Treasurer
Toni Vaughan
Secretary
Directors
Sue Bergeson
David De La Fuente
2013 Holiday Gift Options
Packaged by people with
developmental disabilities
Clifford Klotz
Dan Lundberg
Dr. Clem Mejia
Dr. Melinda James
John Potter
Snowman
“Gift Baskets”
AID
Holiday Cards
First Aid Kit or
Pet First Aid Kit
Coffee, cocoa and
everything needed for a
cold winter’s night...
Awesome holiday cards
designed by AID clients!
Great for home
and travel!
$10 each
10 Cards for $10
More Gift Options Coming Soon!
$10 each
Dr. Laurie Schnell
Angelica Silva
Employees of Caterpillar Aurora Participate in a Community Day of Caring for AID
On Saturday, June 22nd, 125 employees of Caterpillar (CAT) Aurora and their
family members held their inaugural Community Day; they all donated their
personal time to do volunteer service work in the Aurora community.
AID was one of four local human service organizations that benefited from the
CAT Community Day projects.
AID recently purchased an apartment building in Aurora that, once removed,
will provide affordable housing to eight low-income individuals. The building was
purchased through the City of Aurora Community Housing Development Program.
Funds were limited to purchase and the building desperately needed extensive
renovation and repair to avail it for suitable living; CAT volunteers made those
renovations possible.
CAT volunteers removed appliances, cabinet doors, carpet, and interior doors,
old bushes, old wood fences, clothesline poles and concrete bases, and installed
new mailboxes and exterior light fixtures. The volunteers’ hard work came at the
right time and allowed AID to allocate funds to services instead of repairs.
The Caterpillar Aurora family showed their generosity by working through inclement weather. The helping hands and
positive spirits made for a successful, productive and fun Caterpillar Community Day 2013. Thanks to all!
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Behavioral Health Recovery Corner - Client Success Stories Spotlight:
Liz has been coming to weekly counseling sessions at AID for the past year. She is the youngest child in a large family and
had been living in her mother’s home following her mother’s death several years ago. Liz was not able to pay the real estate
taxes on the family home, found out that the house would be repossessed, and that she would have to move out. In addition,
Liz was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety which made it difficult for her to work full time.
She was also in a car accident which has caused her a lot of pain and several surgeries.
In the past year, Liz was able to open up about some of her grief and loss issues and learn skills to lessen her depression
and anxiety. She is also stable on medications. Liz has found a part-time job, applied to go back to college, and recently
moved into her own apartment. She finds her apartment to be a very peaceful place and she is hopeful about her future.
Brian has been a client of AID for several years. He has dealt with several obstacles through out his life. Brian is a
recovering alcoholic who has been sober for over 10 years. He understands that his decisions and actions in the past have
had a negative impact on him and loved ones. He continues to learn from those mistakes and makes an effort to improve
himself everyday.
In the past 10 months Brian has made great strides. Brian in the past, struggled to take his medications correctly and also
had trouble remembering when his appointments were, sometimes he could not even remember what day it was. Through
increased support from staff, hard work by Brian and the help of his doctor Brian began to take his medications correctly.
Brian now packs his medications for longer periods of time and continues to make improvements in his personal life. Brian
has returned to cleaning his apartment and doing his grocery shopping on his own. Brian has set new goals for himself that
include quitting smoking, starting a healthy diet and building his checking account. Now that Brian feels more confident
in himself he plans to start attending Pathways again. With some of the money that he saves he plans to attend his son’s
wedding next year. Brian is a resilient and inspiring individual.
Includes three of our favorite flavors:
Strawberry, Peach and Seedless Raspberry.
Each jar packed with mouth-watering
premium jam for your enjoyment. Every box
is assembled by individuals with special needs
who will benefit directly from your purchase.
farm fresh
Jam
Jubilee
Holiday
Edition
Coming Soon!
Only $15!
gift box
Contact Wendy Bialek: (847) 931 - 2294 ~ [email protected] to place your order.
Lifetime AID Friend, Supporter and Champion Passes Away at 83
Marilyn Brailey Wilson, a longtime AID board of member and advocate, passed away
peacefully on September 19th, 2013, with her family by her side. AID extends a personal
thanks to Marilyn for all her hard work, dedication and concern. She added spark and
enthusiasm in helping AID build programs whereby persons with disabilities could strive
“Towards a Life of Their Own.”
As an early education advocate, Marilyn actively participated in and provided tireless
volunteer support for the Elgin public schools, which all her children attended. She also
conducted pre-school Sunday School at First United Methodist. Her community leadership
broke new ground and accomplished great things for people with special needs.
In 1969 she started and then ran a pilot program for vocational skills development in work
settings for individuals with disabilities. This small sheltered workshop grew into both
leadership roles and a long-time affiliation with AID.
Marilyn Wilson - 1973
The family requested no gifts and no flowers. That is not what Marilyn would want.
Donations to AID in her memory are encouraged.
AID Clients Help Pack School Supplies for Those in Need
On Wednesday, August 7th, AID partnered with several other community
organizations in an effort to sort and pack 3,000 supply kits for families in need
in the Aurora community.
This annual event, organized by the non-profit group “Communities in Schools”
helps Aurora children return to school with necessary supplies.
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AID staff and clients celebrate their
independence by enjoying classic
americana food.
2013 AID Auction attendees from
Catepillar Inc. show off their sense
of fashion.
Elgin clients work hard by rolling
and packing signed prints for
Jim Henry Inc.
AID clients and staff release
balloons into the sky in memory
of long time friend Sue Rampa.
AID Elgin area clients and staff say
their goodbyes to Client Intake
Specialist Mary Pigors.
AID clients clean up Aurora by
picking up recyclable materials
from around the city.
Can you help us with anything on our wishlist?
• Arts & Crafts Materials
• Exercise Equipment and
• Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Sports Equipment
Household Items
• Folding Tables, 10 Foot
• Batteries (All sizes)
• Gift Cards - Restaurants, Movies, • Sweatshirts and Pants
Bowling, Salon Service, etc.
(All adult sizes)
• Microwave Ovens
• Beds (Twin beds in good • Office Chairs & Office Supplies
condition)
• Passenger Van with Lift
• Board Games, Computer Games, • Padded Armchairs
Video games
• Patio Furniture,
• Music Items: CDs, Boombox
Picnic Table & Benches
CD/Tape/Radio, or Instruments
• Plastic Bins
• Flashlights and Fire Extinguishers • Swim Shoes, various adult sizes
• Vacuums & Carpet Cleaners
• Work Gloves
• Digital Cameras
• Rocking Chairs or Recliners • DVDs
(leather or vinyl)
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• Yard Care items- Leaf Blower, Rakes, etc.
• Sponsor for Yoga and Tai Chi, Dance, Music
and Riding Classes
Please Contact
Kathy Hazelwood:
(847) 931-2290
[email protected]
if you are interested in making a
donation.
AID Staff and Clients Walk for Wellness
To further promote the AID Health and Wellness Initiative, the Virtual
Motivation Vacation was a ten week program designed to increase
physical activity for staff and clients. Each week participants received
a virtual walking journey through a European country. Each journey was
measured in distance and points of interest were highlighted along the
journey (if you completed the whole mileage indicated, you would “see”
everything highlighted on the journey).
The idea was for staff and clients to participate in any exercise
throughout a given week, catalog their activities and equate their
distances achieved with the distances on the virtual map; envisioning that they were seeing certain beautiful points of
interest in England, Ireland and Scotland by striving to reach greater distances.
All participants kept a weekly journal of their activities and accomplishments toward reaching their increased activity
goals. At the end of the ten week session, the AID wellness committee helped everyone celebrate with a ‘walk and roll’
event in Elgin and Aurora. Local fire fighters and police officers joined the celebration to walk with clients, talk about the
importance of staying fit and healthy, and to distribute awards to clients for participation and achievement. During the
ten weeks, many clients increased their activity and lost weight!
SHOW YOU CARE KANE
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers and community supporters who helped Show You Care Kane acquire nearly
35,000 petition signatures! We now have more than enough signatures to ask voters on March 18th, 2014, to create a
Developmental Disability Service Board that will help more than 1,200 Kane County children and adults who are on waiting
lists for services; and the nearly 40,000 others who will need services in the future.
Like us on Facebook!
facebook.com/ShowYouCareKane
or visit:
www.showyoucarekane.com
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Blue Shirt Studio Update
AID artists at The Blue Shirt Studio
participated in a service project for the
Beecher Community Center in Yorkville.
The artists made vases and flowers in
art class that they donated to be used
as centerpieces for a May Banquet
hosted at the center.
The AID Blue Shirt Studio is where
clients interested in art can take
classes and participate in special art
projects.
Pictured delivering the vases (from left to right):
Jonathon L., Jerry H. and Marianne B.
Ride-In-Kane Fare Increase
A rate increase is necessary in order to continue to deliver the quality Ride-in-Kane services which have been provided to
persons with disabilities and the elderly in Kane County since 2008. An increase of $1.00 for a total of $4.00 per ride will
become effective on January 1, 2014. For more information please call (888) 480-8549.
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Memorials
1/1/13 - 6/31/13
Christine Auer
Bob & Sue Auer
Christopher & Kimberly Bauer
Patricia Bower
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin & Gayle Chriske
Randy & Debby Dalton
Richard & Nancy Doerr
Rosmari Engstron
Jorge & Denise Fuentes
Jorie Gelnett
Charles & Linda Gruber
Glenn & Carolyn Hansen
Vernon, Rowena & Beth Hoffman
Jaime & Cynthia Jara
Bob & Cindy Keppler
Susan Lahre
John & Karen Mich
Charles & Jolanta Mikutis
Penny Moser
Carla Murray
Michael & Patricia Musson
Daniel & Amanda Nelson
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Ray & Donna Pattermann
Kathe Pava
Edward Plumley
Paul & Charlyn Rauch
Warren & Kathy Schramer
Richard & Ellen Sietmann
Elaine Stark
James & Carla Stark
Michael & Patricia Stark
Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.
William & Gayle Thull
Ronald & Jacqueline Tomaso
Adeline Ward
John & Shirley Whitmer
Lucille Clark
Abe Steinberg & Candy Goldstein
Lorraine Dunteman
Norm & Gina Richter
Harriet Elliott
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Irene Goldstein
Abe, Lea, Ben Steinberg
and Candice Goldstein
Catherine Jilek
Jane Grand
John Lundberg
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
David Laughlin
Abe Steinberg & Candy Goldstein
Margaret Nelson
Identa Austin
Robert & Terry Benbow
Ann Burnham
Howard & Dorothy Christian
Robert & Pamela Christian
Carol Cibulskis
Richard & Jean Cibulskis
Mary Lou Conover
Sue and Steve Ferrell
Gerald & Carol Goddard
W. & Karen Heise
Jim & JoAnn Hofer
Joseph Holty
Paul and Maureen Jakubowski
Keystone Building, LTD.
Sue and Jim Koller
Bob and Jane Kramer
The Lee Family
Pearl Lemke
Shirley Malchow
Mark & Julie McCormick
Michael & Diane Morefield
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Homer & Bellva Offutt
R. E. & Marla Pendleton
William & Shelia Perkins
Jerry & Jane Pigatti
Nancy Rasey
Timothy & Kate Reuland
Coleen and Tony Sabol
The Sayers Family
Phyllis Schnacke
Merrill & Janet Schor
Mark & Tanya Shea
Nancy Thom
Wiley & Nancy Updike
John & Kristine Voreis
Susan West
Don & Kim Williams
James & Cheryl Wormley
R. Budd Wormley
Norm Richter Sr.
Richard Wissing
Jan Carlson
Jonathan & Joelyn Gosse
Philip & Marsha Gruenbaum
Jim & Mary Beth Hennen
Richard Hummel
John & Carol Kirchman
Andrea Krause
Eugene & Rosalea Loeb
Carolyn McGawn-Morris
Scott Queen
Barbara Strasser
Walter & Barbara Wissing
Natalie Venegas
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Honorariums
1/1/13 - 6/31/13
Sister Anne Flaska’s
75th Jubilee
Sisters Of St. Francis of
Mary Immaculate
Wayne Smith
Judy & Tom Munson
Lynn O’Shea
Barbara Weiner & Howard Eglit
David & Susan Leader
Abe Steinberg & Candy Goldstein
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Grants & Donations
1/1/13-6/31/13 $50 & Above
Jose & Lita Addun
Administrative District Council
1 of Illinois
Sue Agnew-Ostermeier
Alarm Detection Systems, Inc.
Altrusa International Club of Elgin
American Sportswear Inc
Amici’s Clubhouse - South Elgin
Amvets Post #103 Auxiliary
Leah Anderson
Assurance Agency Ltd
Aurora Kiwanis Foundation
Penny Bailey
Bruce & Joyce Baller
Dave & Cheryl Banasiak
Mark & Cindy Bancroft
Rufus & Brenda Banks
Alisia Bara
Larry & Peggy Barry
Dick Baxter
BDK Door, Inc.
Michael Becker
Beef Villa
Marion Begalka
Bennett Law Firm, LLC
Ron & Peggy Benzschawel
Warren & Lynn Bernau
John & Wendy Bialek
BMO Harris Bank
Board of Education School District 131
Deborah Bonifas
Edward Bonifas
Rorry Bonifas
Tom & Patti Bonifas
Michael & Kelly Boss
Dave & Kathy Braden
Aubry & Catherine Brent
Linda Bressler
Chris Brizzolara
John & Penny Brizzolara
Mary Broski
Terry & Ann Bryant
Elizabeth Bryla
Tom Budlong
Jeff & Connie Busby
Mike Byrd
Matthew & Lisa Byrne
Arline & Sharon Camm
Hal Carlson
Chuck & Penny Cassell
Caterpillar Foundation
Cereal Ingredients
Chelas Catering/The Luna Family
Chicago Cubs
Kathleen & Timothy Chriest
Kari Christensen
City of Aurora
Cody Metal Finishing, Inc.
Coffman Trucking Sales, Inc
Joan Collins
Colonial Cafe of St. Charles
Community Foundation of the
Fox River Valley
Mary Lou Conover
Cooper’s Hawk Winery
Don & Wendy Cote
Bob & Cat Coughlin
Robert Coursey
Lawrence & Jennifer Creadon
Jenna Curylo
Bruce Dahlquist
Julie & Andrea Dailey
Randy & Debby Dalton
Dave’s Not Here Band
Bonnie Davidson
Beverly Davis
Stafford & Wendy Davis
William & Debra Davis
Arturo & Karin De La Paz
Neil & Julie De Silva
Richard Deicke
Ryan Chrisman-DeNegri
& Jessica DeNegri
Dan Deufel
John & Marion Dodd
Raymond & Mary Anne Du Ray
Jon Duerr
Guy DuMont
Walter & Janet Dwyer
Eagle Brook Country Club - Geneva
Eby-Brown Company
Eby-Brown Foundation
Pedro Echevarria
Edgewater Singles
EFS Foundation
Elgin Association Of Firefighters
Benevolent Fund
Elgin Cosmopolitan Club
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Elgin Township
Elgin Trade Council
Albert & Karen Espinosa
Euclid Beverage - North Aurora
Wendy Eul
Frank & Mary Faulhaber
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Grants & Donations
1/1/13-6/31/13 $50 & Above
Angelo & Evelyn Ferro
Kevin Fink
The Fireside Grille
First Alert
Daniel & Judith Flaherty
Katherine Flaherty
Patrick & Judith Flaherty
William Flaherty
Robert Florian
Forum Novelties
Fox Valley Building Trade
Fox Valley Fire & Safety Company Inc
Fox Valley Repertory
Mary Francissen-McCloskey
Greg & Shari Frieders
Tim & Joanne Furnas
Robert Gaurick
Geneva Community Chest
Geneva Lions Club
John Georgeson
Ann Gerardo
Partha & Geeti Ghosh
John & Tracie Gilbert
Ginivi Corporation DBA Get the Edge
Jerry & Valerie Giolitto
Andrew & Ronda Glowaty
Golden K Kiwanis Club - Aurora
Bruce & Margot Goldsmith
Alvin & Sheila Goldstein
Bertha Gomez
David Gonyea
Melva Jo Gordon
James & Jenna Gould
John & Deborah Griffin
Steve & Jody Griffitts
Lynette Groenenboom
Roy & Andrea Groesbeck
Jerry & Karen Groesch
Ground Effects
Cheryl Haack
Kimberley Haag
Hack’s BBQ Sauce
Richard & Francesca Hagerman
Gregory Handke
Hanover Township
708 Mental Health Board
Marian Harmon
Harris Architects
Hay House Inc.
Perry & Kathy Hazelwood
Healy Chapel
Harry & Dorie Heesch
Mark & Sarah Heiss
Richard & Rosemary Henders
Henhouse Prowlers
Hogan Plumbing, Inc.
Hollywood Casino
Honeywell International Corporation
Charity Matching
Kevin & Susan Hopper
Hotel Felix
Oliver & Joann Howell
John & Debbie Huddleston
Jason & Diana Hulst
Rick & Mary Hyatt
IHC Group Foundation
Dieter & Elvira Illig
INC Board, NFP
Inland Bank And Trust
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers L.O. #117
Kenneth & Kathleen Izral
Jarosch Bakery
Joe Bero & Son Plumbing
Jeff & Beth Johnson
Kenneth & Carol Johnson
Marion Johnson
Mendel Jones & Florence Fullwood
Kane County Chronicle
Kane County Cougars
James & Donna Katek
Kimberly Keating
Rakesh & Anu Khetarpal
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Ellen Kijowski
Les & Brenda Kimmel
Kinnally, Flaherty, Krentz & Loran, PC
Michael & Cynthia Kirmse
Donald & Gloria Kittoe
Kiwanis Club of Elgin
Clifford & Marilynn Klotz
Knights of Columbus Council #12497
Knights of Columbus Council #12497
Knights of Columbus Council #14929
Knights of Columbus Council #2191
Knights of Columbus Council #654
Knights of Columbus Council#14795
William & Karen Koch
Michael Koehl
Rebekka Koehl-Maat
Sandra Kolkay
The Krause Family
Tom & Pat Krave
Ken & Mary Krieghbaum
Carla Kroll
Susan Kuen Gregory
Lisa Kuhn
Wayne & Dorothy Laatz
Laborers’ International
Union of North America Local 149
Ken & Sarah Lambert
Robert Langerveld
David & Susan Leader
Tim & Kimberly Leasenby
Esther Lebbin
Michael Lenart
Ronald Lewis
Douglas Lima
Lincoln Whiskey Kitchen
Owen & Sue Lowrey
Bob Lubic
John Lundberg
Magique Novelties
Daniel & Karen Maki
Management Solutions of Illinois Inc
Fred May
Jim & Cheryl Maynard
Patrick & Mary McCloskey
Michael & Ann McCue
Jack & Mary McCullar
Jim McGough & Ellen Barnes
McHenry County Building Trades
Council
Cynthia McNeil
Tom McTavish
John & Mary Mehaffey
Merlin’s Franchising, Inc.
Jeanette Mihalec
Kenneth & Gloria Mikyska
Chuck & Sheri Miles
Cynthia Miller
David & Sally Miller
Mary Beth Mitchell
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Marlin & Pauline Mittag
Montgomery Popcorn
David & Karen Moore
Kevin & Lynn Moran
Fred & Wendy Mosier
George & Sylvia Mosier
Mother’s Club of Geneva
Alfred Mueller
Judy & Tom Munson
Stephen Murthey
Charles & Kay Myler
Sara Naden
Leon Natonek
James & Katherine Navota
Daniel & Amanda Nelson
William & Marcia Nelson
David & Janet Nissen
Jeff & Natalie
Donald & Rose Nolimal
Pete & Barb Nomellini
Northpointe Resources Inc.
Kathryn Norwood
Terrance & Kimberly Olah
Clifford & Linda Oleson
Richard & Donna Olund
Onesti Entertainment Co
Alan Orosz
Duane & Audrey Orton
Tom & Lynn O’Shea
Sujal Panchal
Panera Bread Company
- Downers Grove
Raymond & Sherida Parks
Gerald & Donna Peddy
Pedersen Family Foundation
Dave & Barb Peterson
Glen & Mary Peterson
Pheasant Run Resort
Caryl Phillips
O.B. & Cora Pierre
Larry Piggott
Erin Platt
George & Linda Plotzke
John & Suzanne Potter
Gary Pozzi
Prairie State Packaging
Tony & Darlene Pratt
Marc & Christine Propheter
Dan & Carol Prysby
Jim Quilico
J. & Barbara Quirk
Matt & Peggy Quirk
Charles & Barbara Radovich
Ream Hauser Architects
Ream’s Elburn Meat Market
Rose Reid
Jerry Renninger
Reuland’s Food Service
Daniel Reuter
Berenice Reyes
Norm & Gina Richter
Jeff & Jennifer Risch
Johnny & Margaret Roberts
Rookies, St. Charles
Patricia Rose
Mary Rossi
Rotary Club of Batavia
Bill & Diane Royster
Randall Rupp
Dave & Sharon Rygh
Scott & Teresa Sablich
Barbara & Edward Saloga
Robert Sanguinetti
Brian & Faye Schab
Jeffrey & Mary Schaibley
Sandy Schalund
Georgine Schick
Charlie Schmalz
Lisa Schnell
Kurt & Janet Schumacher
Scott Schuster
Dennis & Bonnie Schwank
Connie Scott
Jack Scott
Seigle Family Foundation
James & Marsha Seymour
Shales-McNutt Construction
Mark & Tanya Shea
Sheet Metal Workers 265
F.T. Simmons
Martina Simon
Holly Slas
Barbara Smith
Mayer & Donna Smith
Source One Media
South Elgin Lions Club
John & Vivian Spinoso
Eleanor Springer
Joy Springer
St. Charles Kiwanis Golden “K”
St. Charles Kiwanis Noon Club
St. Charles Township
Joe & Bonnie Stanczak
Vince & Rose Stanek
Stark Sanitary Service - West Chicago
Thomas & Cheryl Starrett
State Farm Insurance Companies
William & LuAnn Stefek
Jo Ann Stegmaier
Abe Steinberg & Candy Goldstein
Chuck & Mary Stephens
Michael & Jessie Stephens
Gregory & Jean Stewart
Storey Publishing
Streamwood
United States Postal Office
Mary Streit
Randal & Deborah Styka
Sugar Grove Fire Protection District
Brian Sullivan
Timothy & Elayne Sury
SWIBCO, INC.
Ibraham & Toleen Taha
Tap House Grill - St. Charles
Dwain & Corrine Tataryn
Sharon Taylor
Doug Terpstra
The Cakery - North Aurora
The Inn Crowd, Aurora
The Office Dining & Spirits, St. Charles
The Skydeck Chicago
Kaye & Beth Thomas
Juan & Angie Thomas
Larry & Wanda Thomas
Tommy & Leah Thompson
Tom’s Auto Clinic, Elgin
Shirley and Lisa Torkelson
Richard Torossian
Greg & Laurie Torrence
Tim & Debbie Torres
Craig Tower
Town House Books & Café, St. Charles
Dan & Jo Trippon
Mary Trippon
Tri-State Carpet & Decorating, Inc.
Trust Company of Illinois
Charles & Elizabeth Tucker
Bob Turner
Two Rivers Head Start Agency
Beth Ulbrich
Loren & Sylvia Underhill
Robert Unger
United Way - Elgin
United Way - Fox Valley
United Way AT&T/Employee
Giving Campaign
United Way Bank of America
United Way General Electric Campaign
United Way of Batavia
United Way of Central Kane County
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
Upstaging Inc.
Nancy Valenta
Amanda VanLue
Michael Vassar
Barbara Veeder
Village of Lombard
Lillian & Angel Villamil
Vixen Construction Inc.
Frank & Char Voris
Dick & Karen Wake
Wal-Mart #1818
Janet Walstrom
Walt Powley Incline Inc
John & Lisa Waters
Sue Wathen
Raymond & Thelma Weeks
Richard Weiland
Barbara Weiner & Howard Eglit
Weldstar
Juanita Wells
Brad & Janice Westrom
Wheatland Title Guaranty Company
Helen White
Wildfire Restaurant, Geneva
Jeffrey & Sherry Windt
Windy Acres Farm
William Witte
Wok N’ Fire, Geneva
Millie Wolsfeld
Joan Wood
Cheryl Woodlock
Yorkville Congregational Church
Paul & Cori Young
Robert & Nancy Zancig
Arthur & Barbara Zillgitt
Zimmerman Ford
Zonta Club of St. Charles,
Geneva and Batavia
309 W. New Indian Trail Court
Aurora, Illinois 60506-2494
www.the-association.org
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Upcoming Events
Nightmare on Chicago Street - Saturday October 26th
Take part in the biggest Halloween street festival for adults in the Midwest! Do not miss your
chance to experience this zombie apocalypse. Support AID by purchasing tickets online
(the-association.org) or by visiting either our Aurora or Elgin locations. Shockey Jewelers in Elgin
will also be a ticket vendor for AID. Visit nightmareonchicagostreet.com for more information.
12 Days of Christmas Raffle Baskets - Monday, December 2nd
Get into the holiday spirit with the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle Baskets. Twelve themed baskets
will be raffled away each day for the twelve days before Christmas. Tickets for the 12 Days of
Christmas Raffle Baskets will go on sale November 21st. The first basket will be awarded on
December 2nd. Look for more information on the raffle baskets soon at www.the-association.org
Indoor Bean Bag Tournament - TBA - AID Elgin Training Center
Teams of two face off in a double-elimination style Bean Bag tournament at AID Elgin Training
Center; the top teams win CASH prizes. Recruit your neighborhood bean bag tossing super
star and enter the AID Indoor Bean Bag Tournament. Keep an eye on www.the-association.org
for official date, time and rules.
AID Telethon - Waubonsee Community College - March 15th
One of our biggest fundraising events is approaching and we could not be more excited!
Every year is a showcase of talent, heartwarming stories and pledges that help keep our
organization running to the best of it’s ability. The 2013 Telethon brought in over $86,000 in
pledges, thanks to the dedicated volunteers and hardworking employees of AID.
Donate to AID Online:
www.the-association.org