2010 - Lifting Up Westchester

Messages from Executive Director
and Board chairman Chairman
Dear Friends,
2010 was a difficult year financially for local governments, social service agencies, our donors and
volunteers. It was an even more difficult year for
the thousands of individuals who received services
from Grace Church Community Center.
Since the economic downturn we have seen requests
for our most basic feeding and homeless services increase by 30-50%. At the same time, federal, state
and county budgets have been slashed. Like many
of our partners in sister agencies, we are working
hard to do more with less.
During the recent debate over the 2011 Westchester County budget there were frequent references
to our community’s vital social services safety net.
Presenters at the public budget hearings expressed
concerns about the impact that the County’s
proposed budget cuts would have on the range of
services that help propel individuals out of poverty
towards self sufficiency. Without these vital services
there is a real concern that more and more families
could slide into hunger and homelessness in what is
still one of the wealthiest counties in the nation.
For many of our neighbors, GCCC’s programs and
services represent the bottom of the safety net. They
come to us when there is nowhere left to turn and
find an Oasis of Hope. At GCCC, the staff, Board
of Directors, donors and volunteers work tirelessly to
provide stable, nurturing environments where our
most vulnerable neighbors can find the support
they need to lead more independent, productive
and healthy lives. This commitment to caring has
been the strength of GCCC for over 30 years.
We take this opportunity to thank you for being an
integral part of our work; past, present and in the
decades to come.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Anderson-Winchell
Executive Director
Message From the Board Chairman
For more than thirty years, Grace Church Community Center has been providing a safety net for
Westchester County’s neediest neighbors. The
efforts of our tireless and dedicated staff help turn
lives around each and every day.
From our roots as a mission outreach program of
Grace Church, GCCC has grown to become one of
the largest non-sectarian social services agencies in
the county. As the economy continues to struggle,
the need for our programs has become even greater.
In 2010, our agency served 3,900 men, women
and children through its two shelters, soup kitchen,
housing services program, summer day camp and
mentoring program for at-risk children, home care
services agency and drop in program for developmentally challenged adults.
Ken Berman, Board Chairman left with Jane Konrad, Board member and
Paul Anderson-Winchell, Executive Director
We are aided by many loyal individuals and organizations who support us in our efforts through their donations of money, time and in-kind goods. We couldn’t
do it without their help and thank them for being
such an integral part of our work in this community.
As we look forward, we are thankful to see a
glimmer of improvement in the economy. Still, we
know that the trickle down of this recovery will be
slow to reach our clients and that a full comeback
in the job market will take years. In the meantime,
there will be a tremendous need for the feeding
and sheltering programs provided by Grace Church
Community Center. We remain confident that,
with the support of our donors, staff and dedicated
Board of Directors, we can continue to maintain our
promise to turn no hungry or homeless individual
away from our doors.
Ken Berman
GCCC Board Chairman
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Highlights
Elyse Knobloch
Duos With Flute
On May 8th agency supporters and music lovers were treated to
“Duos With Flute”, a concert held at Grace Church. Performers
Elyse Knobloch on flute, Peter Press on guitar, Hui-Mei Lin on
piano and members of Northern Westchester Flutes donated their
time and talents to raise money for GCCC’s Soup Kitchen.
Rick Ammirato, Executive Director White Plains BID with members
Ann Bernstein, Alan Goldman and Jeffery Stillman.
Oasis of Hope Fundraiser
On June 3rd at a cocktail reception at the Ritz Carlton, GCCC
honored the White Plains Business Improvement District (BID)
for their partnership in making White Plains a better place to live
and work.
Golf FORE the Homeless
More than 100 golfers enjoyed a sunny day of golf
at the fourth annual “Golf FORE the Homeless”
tournament at Hudson Hills Golf Course in
Ossining on September 24th.
Volunteers Cathy Aloi, Sharon Byers and Flora Porras help out at the Tag Sale.
Tag Sale
Luvaghn Brown, Dan Houlihan, Tom O’Connell
and Bob Lynch.
On July 31st and August 1st, GCCC held its third annual Tag Sale
in the Kearney Gym at Good Counsel Academy in White Plains.
$10,000 was raised to assist our programs.
Entrée to Hope
In the second Entrée to Hope promotion, GCCC
collaborated with the Food Bank of Westchester, Literacy
Volunteers of Westchester and 35 local restaurants to raise
money to provide food, shelter and education for
Westchester’s neediest residents. The promotion ran
from February 15-March 15.
Larry Gottlieb, Westchester County Economic
Development Director at Entrée to Hope press
conference.
Open Arms 21st Anniversary
Dinner
On October 21st, our Open Arms men’s shelter celebrated
its 21st Anniversary with a dinner in the Grace Church
Parish Hall. Former residents shared their stories of success
with attendees.
Ronnie Wiederkehr (left) received the Volunteer
Award from Denise Maxwell.
Shoe Collection
Eric Louis collected 1200 pairs of shoes for the
homeless and the poor as part of an Eagle Scout
Project. Shoes were donated to Open Arms,
Samaritan House, Rainbow Outreach and distributed at our annual Thanksgiving and Christmas
lunches at the Soup Kitchen .
Eric Louis
Back row from left- John Picciano (Salon Flair), Alicia Grande (event host),
Nick Trombetta (Salon Maffei) with Samaritan House residents
who received makeovers.
Woman’s Club OF WHITE PLAINS
The Woman’s Club of White Plains was the site of a July 12th
event featuring local salons, spas and jewelry and beauty
product vendors who joined together to raise funds to benefit
Samaritan House.
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Housing & Feeding Services
Soup Kitchen
Although Westchester County is one of the wealthiest
counties in the United States, it contains large and persistent pockets of poverty. Almost 8% of Westchester’s
population lives at, or below, the poverty level. 200,000
individuals, including many children, need food assistance each year.
Assisted by two paid staff and approximately 350 community and corporate volunteers, the Soup Kitchen
served 21,000 meals to the hungry in 2010. 80-140
individuals received a free midday meal every Monday
to Friday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and, as the recession
lingered, we continued to see new faces each day.
Housing Services
In-kind donations of food have gone a long way toward
helping us keep our pantries full.
The Soup Kitchen receives ongoing contributions of
food from numerous community groups, churches,
synagogues, schools, corporations and the general
public who organize food drives or bring in prepared
meals. The Atlanta Bread Company, COSTCO and the
Cheesecake Factory also regularly donate bread, pastries
and desserts
There is a misconception that only the homeless and the
mentally ill come to our Soup Kitchen for meals. While
that may have been true a few years ago, our clients today
include unemployed day laborers, the elderly, young men
and women unable to find jobs, or recent immigrants who
have jobs but who still can’t make ends meet.
n 800 men and women assisted
n Grant support received from Episcopal Charities,
Food Bank for Westchester, Westchester Coalition
for the Hungry & Homeless, Norman & Bettina
Roberts Foundation, Wachovia/Wells Fargo
Foundation, MBIA Foundation and the Office of
Children and Family Services.
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Housing for Persons With AIDS
(HOPWA) – a long term, full subsidy rental assistance
program for people living with HIV/AIDS. GCCC is
the largest provider of HOPWA services in Westchester.
Shelter Plus Care – a federal Housing & Urban
Development (HUD) program that provides longterm, full subsidy rental assistance for the mentally ill.
GCCC operates 40 Shelter Plus Care apartments.
Maggie Serrano and Ana Ayala, our Soup Kitchen staff
n 1,400 meals served or delivered to shut-ins
on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and
Thanksgiving Day
In 2010, contracts included:
Ryan White – a short-term rental and utility assistance program for people living with HIV/AIDS.
GCCC is the only Ryan White Housing provider in the
county.
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n 21,000 meals served
Housing Services works to prevent eviction and homelessness through programs that provide budget management counseling, housing referrals, rental assistance and
emergency financial aid to more than 300 households
each year. Target populations include individuals with
a history of mental illness or substance abuse and those
living with HIV/AIDs.
Eviction Prevention- when funding is available,
the program provides one-time payments for rent and
utility arrears to prevent eviction and homelessness.
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n 210 clients housed through HOPWA
n 144 clients served through Ryan White
n 38 clients received housing and coordinated
services through Shelter Plus Care
Increased need for
emergency services
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n 8,000 nights of shelter and 28,000 meals were
provided to 155 unduplicated clients
Open Arms
Open Arms men’s shelter was established in 1989 and
provides transitional housing and rehabilitative services
for homeless, single men referred by the Westchester
County Department of Social Services (DSS). The
shelter can house up to 38 clients; 19 in its location at
86 E. Post Rd. in White Plains and another 19 in its
satellite location in the Parish Hall of Grace Church.
Ten local houses of worship assist the satellite location
by opening their doors to provide shelter on Saturday
evenings throughout the year
The census numbers at Open Arms declined in 2010,
however there was an increased need for beds provided
through the shelter’s Emergency Center which serves
individuals outside of the DSS system. These individuals are ineligible for transitional beds in the shelter and
would spend their nights in the streets without the
emergency services provided by GCCC. An average
of 30 men received beds and meals in the Emergency
Center each night throughout 2010.
Open Arms is primarily funded through government
contracts but receives numerous in-kind donations of
food, clothing and toiletries from generous individuals and
local organizations.
n The Emergency Center provided 11,000 nights of
emergency shelter and 19,000 meals to 497
unduplicated clients
n Open Arms celebrated its 21st Anniversary on
October 21st with a dinner in the Parish Hall of
Grace Church. Former residents returned to share
their success stories. Ronnie Wiederkehr received
the Volunteer Award.
n The shelter’s kitchen was updated with new
cupboards and appliances to provide more efficient
meal services.
n Hundreds of volunteers assisted Open Arms
throughout the year.
n Funding was received from the Westchester County
Department of Social Services and the Food Bank for
Westchester.
Samaritan House
Samaritan House Women’s Shelter provides transitional
and emergency housing for single, homeless women.
Many residents suffer from mental illness, substance
abuse, have co-occurring disorders, are just out of prison
on parole or have been victims of domestic violence.
All residents receive comprehensive case management to
help them stabilize their lives. Services include referrals
to individualized treatment programs for clients suffering
from substance abuse and/or mental illness, referrals to job
training and other educational programs, and assistance
with finding permanent housing.
The facility can house up to 19 residents and its goal is
to find housing for its clients within 3-6 months. Like
Open Arms, Samaritan House also operates an Emergency
Center, and like Open Arms, demand for these emergency
services saw an increase in 2010. As many as 10 women
received assistance in the Emergency Center each night
throughout the year.
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n 67 unduplicated homeless women received 4,600
nights of shelter and other services.
n The Emergency Center provided 139 unduplicated
clients with 2,300 nights of shelter.
n 14,469 meals were served
n Residents participated in the second annual Outward
Bound program funded by the Avon Foundation
n Funding was received from the Westchester County
Department of Social Services, the Food Bank for
Westchester and the Avon Foundation.
Dormitory at Open Arms
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Housing & Feeding Services
pROJECT TRUST CLOSES ITS DOORS AFTER 5 YEARS OF SERVING THE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. VITAL SERVICES TO CONTINUE AT OPEN ARMS
PROJECT TRUST
In 2005, GCCC received a 5 year federal grant from
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration) through the Westchester Department
of Community Mental Health to establish Project Trust,
an outreach services program for chronically homeless
individuals who would spend their days and nights on
the streets without our help. This grant officially came
to end on December 31st and Project Trust was closed.
Project Trust was the only outreach program for the
street homeless in White Plains and it is widely acknowledged that the program was extremely successful in assisting this vulnerable and very hard to reach
population. Since its inception, the program assisted
over 3,300 individuals by providing counseling and
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referral services, shower and laundry facilities and three
meals a day. It also helped more than 400 individuals
find housing.
GCCC will continue to provide vital services to this
population at our Open Arms men’s shelter so that
chronically homeless individuals, many of whom are
severely mentally ill, can continue to have a safe haven.
The agency continues to seek alternate sources of funding to maintain and expand these services.
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n 560 unduplicated clients served
n P
roject Trust closed its location at 96 East Post Rd.
in December due to the end of its 5 year federal grant
Children & Youth Services
Summer Camp
2010 saw a 17% increase in the number of campers
attending the GCCC Summer Camp at the Kearny
Sports Building at Good Counsel Academy in White
Plains. In total, 103 children enjoyed an enriching
summer experience that included athletics, arts and academics. Almost all received partial or full scholarships
from GCCC in order to attend camp. 25% of campers
required full scholarships.
Increased need for
camp scholarships
With the help of volunteers, three new arts programs
were introduced to campers this year. William Heffner,
a Scarsdale High School student, taught campers how
to create and play instruments built from common
household objects. “Step”, a precision percussive dance,
was taught by a local college student and a GCCC staff
member instructed campers in theatre basics, such as
pantomime, improvisation, movement and vocalization.
Campers also had the opportunity to participate in
special activities including a Talent Show, Carnival Day,
Olympic Days, Double Dutch tournaments, basketball
tournaments and a poetry competition.
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n 103 campers enjoyed five weeks of summer camp,
an increase of 15 children over the previous year
n 67 campers were residents from the Coachmen
Family Center, a shelter for homeless families in
White Plains, NY
n Almost all campers received some level of scholarship
assistance and 26 campers received full scholarships
valued at $900 each
n 55% of campers were African American, 37% were
Hispanic and 8% were Caucasian.
n Grants were received from Episcopal Charities,
the Westchester Community Foundation, the Max
& Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Episcopal Social
Services, Hitchcock Church Presbyterian Women
and Rye Presbyterian Women.
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Children & Youth Services
After-School Mentoring
Program
In 2010, 75 homeless and underprivileged children
received tutoring, guidance and college preparation
at five Mentoring locations–Roosevelt High School
in Yonkers, the Coachmen Family Center in White
Plains, Will Library in Yonkers, Larkin Library in
Yonkers and Good Counsel Academy in White Plains.
The goal of the program continued to be to encourage
at-risk youth to stay in school, improve their grades
and get a college degree.
Over the past few years, the emphasis of the Mentoring
Program has shifted to SAT and college preparation as
the biggest obstacle faced by participants applying to
college is that their SAT scores are significantly lower
than those of students from wealthier families. As a
result, even straight “A” students are denied acceptance
to better schools. By providing SAT preparation by
trained tutors, GCCC seeks to improve their odds.
The Director of the Mentoring Program is Eileen
Torres, LCSW who is a social worker at Roosevelt
High School in Yonkers. Ms. Torres is supported by
a staff of three teachers with Master’s Degrees who
are licensed in social work and special needs education, three teachers from high schools in Yonkers and
the Bronx and by teenage mentors who help younger
children.
Rock climbing was part of an Outward Bound Program funded
by the Avon Foundation.
Vivian Lem from State Farm conducts a financial workshop
16 first generation
college attendees
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n 75 students participated in the program
n Overall, participant GPA’s improved 20% over 2009
n 6 college scholarships valued at approximately
$4,000 each were awarded
n 16 former Mentoring participants were enrolled in
college. 6 were Freshmen, 2 were Sophomores, 3
were Juniors, 4 were Seniors and 1 was in a Masters
Program.
n New activities included a debate club, a violence
prevention program with Outward Bound and a
Financial Workshop led by State Farm.
n Students from Manhattanville College worked with
participants at our location at Good Counsel Academy
in White Plains to prepare them for the statewide
middle school science exam.
Eileen Torres (second from the right), Director
of the Mentoring Program with participants.
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n Grants were received from Episcopal Charities,
Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Eileen Fisher,
State Farm, the Macy’s Foundation, ConEdison and
the Key Bank Foundation.
Elderly and Disabled Services
Neighbors Home
Care Services
70 million Americans will turn 65 by 2030 so the need
for elder care services which help individuals stay in
their homes longer is exploding. In the Hudson Valley,
where the number of people over the age of 60 is already twice the national average, the need is even more
immediate.
Soaring need for
home health care as
population ages.
In 2009, Neighbors Home Care Services responded to
the growing need for trained home health care professionals by opening its own Home Health Aide (HHA)
Training Center. In 2010, we proudly welcomed two
graduating classes of certified aides, one in March and
the other in November. 73% of graduates accepted
employment with Neighbors and helped us serve almost
300 more clients than in the previous year.
Neighbors is GCCC’s only fee based program. Growth
in this program has a significant impact on the operation of the agency as profits generated from Neighbors
help support our other programs which are dependent
on grants and fundraising for funding.
Members of the November HHA Graduating Class.
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Rainbow
Rainbow provides two programs to serve developmentally disabled individuals primarily from minority and
disadvantaged families.
The Rainbow Drop-In Center provides a safe
and therapeutic social environment for 20-30 developmentally disabled adults. Through this program,
participants gain self-esteem and a sense of purpose and
belonging while acquiring valuable social skills. The group
meets every Wednesday from 3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. in the
Grace Church Parish Hall.
Rainbow Outreach is a Saturday morning
program that meets 1-2 times per month to provide services to developmentally disabled individuals and their
families. The program targets traditionally under-served
communities and minority groups and provides a wide
variety of social and educational programs. Families
also receive case management services to ensure that
they are connected to, and receiving support from, the
full range of services to which they are entitled.
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n 916 clients were served, an increase of 45% over 2009
n Total revenue increased by 14% over 2009
n 164 unduplicated clients were served
n 174,000 service hours were provided, a 14% increase
over 2009
n Rainbow Drop-In Center participants celebrated
with a Disco Party in May, an Awards Ceremony in
June and a Christmas Party in December.
n Neighbors hosted a community Eldercare Symposium
in September to spur a discussion about the future of
elder care in Westchester County
n Programs were funded by the Office of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD)
Rainbow Awards Ceremony.
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State m e nt of C on soli date d F i nancial P os ition
Year Ended December 31, 2010*
* (UNAUDITED)
0.7%
1.8%
Client Rent
Payments
Other
REVENUES
Assets
Government Contracts 4,568,463
Fundraising
Grants204,534
Contributions171,840
Capital Campaign-Building
0
Events & Mailings
196,175
United Way Allocations
88
Program Service Fees
3,395,162
Client and Third Party Repayments
63,531
Investment Income
11,152
Other142,281
Total Revenues
8,753,225
Total Expenses Changes in net assets
Program Service
Fees
52.2%
Government
Contracts
4.2%
Donations
2.3%
Grants
REVENUE SOURCES
0.4%
115,144
Net assets, beginning of the year
1,477,564
Net Assets, End of Year
1,592,707
3,687,514
Liabilities and Fund Balance
26.9%
40.8%
Housing Services
7,871,677
701,726
64,678
8,638,081
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents 125,998
Receivables
1,234,263
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets 13,849
Fixed Assets
Property and Equipment Net of Depreciation 2,224,474
Other Assets
Security Deposits/Notes Receivable
88,931
Total Assets
Rainbow Outreach
Neighbors Home
Care Services
OPERATING EXPENSES
Program Services
Management and General
Fundraising
38.8%
1.4%
Soup Kitchen
29.2%
Shelters & Homeless
Outreach
1.2%
Summer Camp
& Mentoring
PROGRAM EXPENSE ALLOCATIONS
8.1%
0.7%
Fundraising
Management and
General
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
73,545
Accrued Expenses
50,310
Current Portion of Line of Credit
30,000
Current Portion of Notes Payable
14,729
Current Portion of Credit Line Term-Out Payable 45,615
Current Portion of Mortgage Payable 30,411
Other Current Liabilities 181,775
Long-Term Liabilities
Notes Payable-Line of Credit 144,860
Notes Payable 4,225
Credit Line-Term Out 148,619
Mortgage Payable 1,370,717
Total Liabilities 2,094,807
Net Assets
91.1%
Program Services
USES
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Unrestricted
Permanently Restricted
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance
1,497,566
95,141
3,687,514
Thank you
Li st of D onor s
Grace Church Community Center wishes to thank each
and every one of our donors. Without the help of the
individuals, corporations, foundations, community groups
and religious organizations who so generously support us
every year through their financial and in-kind donations and
their volunteer services we would be unable to continue to
assist our most vulnerable neighbors.
If your name or organization has been omitted from our List
of Donors in error we apologize.
Please contact the GCCC Development Office at
(914) 949-3098 ext. 135 to advise us of any corrections or to
obtain additional information about our agency or its programs.
$10,000 and Above
Individuals
Corporations, Foundations,
Community & Religious
Organizations
Kenneth & Allene Berman
Cheryl W. Keller
David & Katherine Moore
Foundation
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese
of New York
MBIA Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
Individuals
Robert Fales
Patricia Lanza
Tom and Helen Wasilewicz
$5,000- $9,999
Corporations, Foundations,
Community & Religious
Organizations
White Plains BID
Capax Global
Cappelli Enterprises
The Thomas & Agnes
Carvel Foundation
Con Edison
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation
The City of White Plains
Erna Hildebrandt Trust
Language Testing International
North Plains Systems Corp.
Gladstone Reid
Norman & Bettina Roberts
Foundation
$1,000- $4,999
Corporations, Foundations,
Community & Religious
Organizations
Akamai
Avaya
Avon Foundation
Bloomingdale’s White Plains
Chevron Humankind Matching
Gift Program
Christ’s Church of Rye
Cuddy & Feder LLP
Deloitte
Deloitte & Touche
Delta Airlines
Divney, Tung & Schwalbe, LLP
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Eileen Fisher Inc.
Episcopal Social Services
The Executive Association
First Baptist Church
Food Bank for Westchester
Gateway Building Services
HarperCollins Publishers
Hewlett Packard
Hitchcock Presbyterian Church
Houlihan O’Malley Real Estate
Hudson City Savings Bank
IBM
K.I.D.S. Local Union 14-14B
Macy’s Foundation
Michaels & Associates
Microsoft
Office of Children & Family Services
Oracle
Presbyterian Women of Hitchcock
Publishing Technology
Women’s Association of Rye
Presbyterian
Scarsdale Golf Club
Silvon Software
Sprint
Church of St. John & St. Mary
Outreach Committee
St. Matthew’s Church
State Farm
Stifel Nicolaus
United Way of Westchester
& Putnam
Verizon
Wells Fargo Bank
Westchester Community Foundation
Westchester Coalition for the
Hungry & Homeless
Woman’s Club of White Plains
X2O- Xaviars on the Hudson
Xerox Corp.
Individuals
Sunil Aggarwal
Paul & Amy Anderson-Winchell
Luvaghn Brown
Stephen Fendler
Patrick Flannery
Michael Gerace
Brion Hayman
Michael Heffner
Camilla Jantke-Chiappari
Bernard A . Kroll
Maria L. Lewis
Barry Lucas
John Manley
Anne Mehlich
Carlos Muñoz
Shoba Nayar
Sharon Primerano
David Rasmussen
Rosemary Sacken
Chris & Rick Schwartz
Kathleen Murphy
Lynne Turley
E. Barbara Wiggins
Richard Zuckerman
$500 -$999
Corporations, Foundations,
Community & Religious
Organizations
ADP TotalSource
All New York Title Agency
American Express
AT & T
Darren Austin
Blue Hill Data Service
Byram Hills Preschool Association
Calano & Calano Realty Corp.
Capital One
ComSource Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Flaggstaff Technology Group
Houlihan Lawrence
Hogg Robinson USA, LLC
Hudson Valley Bank
IBM Employee Services Center
Information & Technology
Management
Local Union No. 3 International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Key Bank Foundation
Klopotek
Lisa Leggon Brown Foundation
Magnum Alliance Group
Margaret S. Pape Memorial Fund
Michaels & Tullio, LLC
Mughal Palace
Network Crazy
NYS Insurance Fund
Nilsen Management Co.
Savin Engineers
Scarsdale Women’s Club
Silverman Realty Group
Sprague Energy Corp.
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
St. John’s Parish
Upper Cervical Chiropractic
American Council for the Teaching
of Foreign Languages
White Plains High School
White Plains Presbyterian Church
York International Agency
Individuals
William E. Cronin
Mark Friedman
Linda Gallo
Carol Schiro Greenwald
Elizabeth P. Hiden
Bob Katz
Nicholas Krzemienski
Sherman Levine
Harriet Lowell
Barbara McKinnon
Daniel S. Moretti
Allison Muller
Christina Rohatynskyj
Veronica Shipp
Mark Stagg
Norman Stanton
Wayne P. Stix
Katherine Vonesh
Sylvia Watkins, MD
Rebecca Whipple
$101-$499
Corporations, Foundations,
Community & Religious
Organizations
121 Restaurant & Bar
AJ’s Burgers
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Amscan
Therapy Care LLC
Autumn Properties
Berard & Donahue CPAs
Program Design & Development
Bistro 22
Caffe Regatta Oyster Bar & Grill
Crabtree’s Kittle House Restaurant
Division Street Grill
Elmsford Reformed Church
F.I.S.H. Restaurant
Gallo & Associates CPA
Grappolo Locanda Restaurant
Graziella’s Restaurant
Helping Hands for the Homeless
Hitachi America Ltd.
Hudson Valley National Foundation
Immaculate Heart of Mercy
Iron Horse Grill
Jackson Lewis LLP
Jewish Communal Fund
McArthur’s American Grill
Mediterraneo Restaurant
Meritage Restaurant
Insights for Actions
NY Power Authority
Occupations
Pepsi Bottling Foundations
PIP Printing
Rainwater Grill
Rajvi Management dba Ardsley
Acres Hotel
Reka’s Thai Restaurant
Metal Strategies International
Scarsdale Synagogue
Sisters of the Divine Compassion
St. Anthony of Padua
Stagg Capital Group LLC
Stillman Mangement
Sunshine Fund
Taconic Valley #0644 Combined
Federal Campaign
Ultimate Physical Therapy
Valhalla Crossing
Safeguard
The Westchester Progressive Forum
Wobble Café
Individuals
Elsie Adams
Karen Armstrong
Rita Arsht
Mary Baker
Holly Baker
Dorothy Baldwin
Paul B. Bergins
Ann Bernstein-Bart
Patricia Bisesto
Ida Bloodworth-Cruz
Neal Bronzo
James Brown
Dorothy Brucale
Patricia Burke
Jane Butterfield
Patricia Caruso
Harvey Chambers
Vernon Chin
Sr. Alice Conrad
Laura Constable
Jaime Daniels
Michelle Daum
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Marilyn DeRight
Scott Edelman
Thomas Ellis
Linda Fayerweather
Marjorie Erf
Elvira Franco
Peter H. French
Mark Gallagher
Ralph Geeslin
Arthur Gilman
William Glass
Warren Gluck
Oscar Graves
Monroe E. Haas
Constance Haslett
Geroge Hebron
Richard Hecht
Andrew l. Herz
Clyde I. Hicks
Robin Ingram
David Isaacs
Carolyn J. Johnson
Philip Just
John Kahl
Anthony Kearney
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MD
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Corporations, Foundations, Community &
Religious Organizations
Bank of America
Matching Gifts
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue
BNC Insurance Agency
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Northeast Alumni
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Kraft Foods Matching
Gift Program
Dorothy J. Lander
Living Trust
Marc Charles Steakhouse
MBF Investigative Services
McMahon, Lyon &
Hartnett
The MoneyPaper Inc.
Mr. Sign/Wings for Wheels
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OPUS 465
The Peekskill Brewery
Program & Property
Development
Morning Rain Music
Rani Mahal Indian Cuisine
Resurrection Parish
Valerie Wilson Travel
Epsicopal Church Women
of St. Bartholomews
St. Francis & St. Martha’s
Church
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Nadia Taylor Living Trust
Temple Israel Center
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Jeanne A. Gibson
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Jeffrey Gilman
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Linda Harmon
Alan Hauser
John Head
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Robert Heaney
Anita Herron
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S. Lee Joffe
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Boyd C. Johnson
Thomas Jordan
Judith S. Judy
Andrew Kagan
Lore Kalb
Joyce Kanze
Selma Kaplan
Steven Kaplan
Michael Kaplowitz
Alan Kaufman
Sujen Chen King
Ruth Kirschner
Eugene Klein
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Michael Koizim
Jane Konrad
Sylvia Krainin
Marge Krauter
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Jeffrey Kroutil
Charles Kudan
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Thomas Lewis
Tau Lin
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Leonard Meggs, MD
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Karen Merrigan
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Martin Mintz
Patricia Mullins
Joyce Munera
Gertrude A. Murray
Leonard J. Neglia
Marthe D. Nelson
Anita G. Newman
Dawn Nodarse
David Oberhill
Laura Odintz
Patricia Oliva
Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer
Janice Pachner
Morgan Pape
Matthew Peden
Fred Pfisterer
Irving Picard
Bruno Ponterio
Maryrose Preisel
Daphne Price
Eunice Riblinger
Henry Rogers
Richard S. Roher
Caroline G. Rohl
Walter l. Ronaghan
Sylvia Rosenblum
David B. Rosen
Harriet Ross
Elizabeth Rossi
Phil Rothenberg
Joel Rotner
Allan Rubin
John Rubin
Carmine Ruocco
Herbert Ruskin
Emma Lou Sailors, MD
Katherine R. Santone
Frank Sarcinella
Mary M. Schenck
Robert Schick
Matthew Schwartz
Gail Schwartz
Stephanie L. Schwartz
Terry Seltzer
Gwen Seltzer
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Marilyn Shanman
Edna Shaw
Rita Shearer
Peter Sheridan
Barbara Shore
Joe Siebert
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Theodore D. Sobel
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Mark I. Sotsky
Marian C. Specter
Phyllis Siegel
Theodore Stoffer
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Clarence Strowbridge
Kathleen Sullivan
Veda Szkolar
Audrey Taylor
Ted Taylor
Eileen Torres
Fe Torres
Jane Trigere
Maria Trigoso
Hisham Tswany
Jacqueline Tuggle
Robert W. Ulrich
Patrick L. Vaccaro
Joan Vadala
Victoria Van Wert
Barbara A. Varela
Gerard Varjacques
Gaetano Vitello
Susan Miskell Wackerow
Thelia Wade
Richard Wallace
Noel Warner
Gloriana Waters Grant
Natalie M. Waterman
Thomas A. Watkins, Jr.
Ralph Watts
John Weiner
Lynton Weiner
Joelle Weiss
Ronald Weiss
Laurie White
Virginia Williamson
Evan Wilsnack
John S. Wilson
Kelvin Worrell
Laurette Young
Janet Younkin
Edward Zupko
Alan Zverin
Manag e m e nt & P ro g ram s
M ANAGE M ENT
Paul Anderson-Winchell
Executive Director
Carl Williams
Controller
Julia Nesbitt
Director of Human Resources
Alice Conrad, RDC
Director of Administrative Services
Chris Schwartz
RAINBOW OUTREACH
33 Church Street, Parish Hall
White Plains, NY 10601
Ada Raiford, Coordinator
914.948.5044
SHELTER & HOMELESS
OUTREACH SERVICES
John Rubin, Director
914.948.5044
SAMARITAN HOUSE
Director of Development
33 Church Street, Parish Hall
White Plains, NY 10601
Deborah Williams, Assistant Director
P ROGRA M S
914.948-3075
HOUSING SERVICES
OPEN ARMS
35 Orchard Street
White Plains, NY 10603
Barbara Bento-Fleming, Director
86 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
Charlie Bevier, Deputy Director
914.949.0925
NEIGHBORS HOME CARE
SERVICES
148 Hamilton Ave.
White Plains, NY 10601
Lesma Howard-Zepeda, Director
914.949.3112
Brion Hayman, Board member with guests at Oasis of Hope Event.
914.948.5044
PROJECT TRUST
96 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
Emilio Acosta, Team Leader
914.948.5044
The Rev. Jane Butterfield
President
Grace Episcopal Church
Kenneth Berman, Chair
Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
David Rasmussen,
Secretary
SUMMER CAMP &
MENTORING PROGRAM
35 Orchard Street
White Plains, NY 10603
Eileen Torres, Director
914.420.6265
33 Church Street, Parish Hall
White Plains, NY 10601
Alice Conrad, RDC, Supervisor
914.949.3098 Ext. 100
Linda Gallo
E. Barbara Wiggins
Gallo & Associates
CPAs, PC
Human Resources Management
Consultant
Lt. Colonel USA (Retired)
Carol Schiro Greenwald
Marketing Partners
Brion Hayman
Gateway Solutions
Murphy & Higgins
Carolyn Johnson
Helen Hamlyn Wasilewicz,
Treasurer
Hudson Valley Bank
Language Testing International
BOCES,
Southern Westchester
Sunil Aggarwal
SOUP KITCHEN
Jane Konrad
Roosevelt Capital Advisors
The Rev. Richard Kunz
Curt Constable
Grace Episcopal Church
Medicine Cabinet
Pharmacy
Maria Lewis
Tri-Mar Consulting
Linney Christine Smith
Maggie Serrano, Coordinator
914. 949.2874 Ext. 24
2 0 10 B o a r d o f D i r e c to r s
Linda Gallo & Carol Greenwald, Board members
Housing Works
Helen Wasilewicz, Board Treasurer
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Community Partners
Each year, GCCC is assisted by hundreds
of individuals who serve meals, donate
goods, organize drives, hold fundraising
activities, volunteer their time and show
their generosity and kindness in countless
other ways. We couldn’t do it without their
help. Volunteers and donors are the backbone of our agency and we are extremely
grateful for all they do for us.
Stephen Levy from Sprague Energy Corp. visited the GCCC Soup
Kitchen with Mayor Adam Bradley to present a check to Paul AndersonWinchell to support the feeding program.
Community Volunteers Pat Torpie and Camilla JantkeChiappari helped out on Carnival Day at the Summer Camp.
Employees from ConEdison held a drive to collect bathing suits, towels and goggles for our Summer Camp. They
also collected toys for children in the Mentoring Program at
Christmas.
As part of their annual
“Bag Hunger” campaign,
Bloomingdale’s chefs cooked
Easter Brunch at GCCC’s
Soup Kitchen. 15 volunteers
from the White Plains store
helped serve more than
100 meals.
Tag Sale volunteers from left:
Annie Kniphuisen,
Anne Mehlich,
Sister Alice Conrad,
Lynne Turley and
Betsy Beck.
Alice Conrad accepted a check from the Beta Zeta Foundation
to purchase food for the Soup Kitchen. Pictured with Winder
Fisher and Gregory Matthews.
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William Heffner, a Scarsdale High School student delighted
campers by teaching them how to play instruments they built out
of common household objects.
Vivian Lem (far right) from State Farm gave a workshop
to teach participants in the Mentoring Program about
saving and money management. Also shown from left
are Brian Amaya, Joe Quijano, State Farm Public Affairs,
Eileen Torres and Laura Paula
The Quilters of Color Network donated six
beautiful lap quilts for use by the elderly patients
served by our Neighbors Home Care Services
Agency. In photo, Lesma Howard-Zepeda,
Director of Neighbors.
Volunteers Debbie Hulbert Herman & Ed
Herman served food at the Open Arms 21st
Anniversary celebration.
Lori Sheldon, Communication Specialist from Entergy presented a grant
check to Paul Anderson-Winchell for
support of the Mentoring Program.
Diane Anderson and other parishioners
from Living Word Church in White Plains
donated 50 new backpacks filled with
school supplies for the GCCC Mentoring
Students from the White Plains Midnight Run Club held a “Sleepout for the Homeless”
fundraising event and raised $750 for Open Arms.
Thank you
The Rye City Lions Club, Rye Rotary, and The Osborn
Retirement Community collected much needed winter coats
for Open Arms and Samaritan House.
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Farewell
Sister Alice Conrad
Jane Konrad
At year end we sadly bid farewell to Sister Alice Conrad
who left Grace Church Community Center to start
“The Shepherd’s Flock” with a mission of helping the
working poor in our community.
We also bid farewell to Jane Konrad who, for over 30
years, was involved in every aspect of Grace Church
Community Center, both as a volunteer, employee and
as a longstanding and valued member of our Board of
Directors.
Sister Alice joined GCCC in 2004 and in her role as
the agency’s Director of Administrative Services had
wide ranging responsibilities which included supervision of the Rainbow and Soup Kitchen Programs. She
also served as the former Director of our Day Care before its closing. However, Sister Alice was most beloved
and recognized for her responsibilities as the agency
wide Volunteer Coordinator and the person responsible
for soliciting, accepting and distributing “In-Kind” donations from individuals, religious organizations, civic
groups and companies. In that role she organized our
very successful annual Tag Sale which she believed was
important not only as a fundraiser, but also as a means
of giving the working poor access to affordable clothing
and household items.
As a member of Grace Church, Jane volunteered in
each of GCCC’s programs in some way over the years.
She served holiday meals at the Soup Kitchen, organized holiday gifts for the woman of Samaritan House
and men of Open Arms and assisted in sleep-away
weekends for the Summer Camp. In 1983, she became
the first Director of the Rainbow Program, our therapeutic recreation program for developmentally disabled
adults and served in this capacity for 10 years.
Sister Alice Conrad
Always ready with a friendly and encouraging word, she
was known by many of our staff and clients as the heart
and soul of the Community Center.
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In 1993 and 1994 she served on the Board of Directors
of Grace Church Community Center as part of her role
as a Junior Warden of Grace Church. She rejoined the
Board in 2004 and served as the Chair of the Fundraising Committee and organizer for our annual Silent
Auction for many years.
In June, Jane retired from her job as a Special Education Teacher for BOCES and moved to Arizona to be
closer to her grandson. Her smiling face, sense of humor and tireless energy will be missed by all who knew
her and worked with her. We thank her for all that she
did for us.
Jane Konrad