Challenge Workforce Solutions 2019–2020 Annual Report

2019–2020 Annual Report

Greetings friends––I hope this note finds you safe and well. Executive Director Joe Sammons
Assembling our Annual Report this year has been a bittersweet with longtime participant Helen A.
experience in many ways. While it is hard to set aside our day-to-day
management of each new crisis the COVID pandemic has brought on, Board of Directors
there is something very gratifying about focusing on the positive, on
the inspiring stories of our clients, on the employment partners who Kelley Yeomans, Chair
are committed not only to keeping their businesses viable but doing Teri Tarshus, Vice Chair
so with hearts of service and community. We can imagine a world Kellie Page, Treasurer
without COVID, but it’s much better to see that world glowing with a Matt Valaik, Secretary
shared sense of unity, of resolve, of kindness and support.
That’s the world we are seeing today in our work at Challenge, and Todd Baker
we wanted to share it with you in this report because, frankly, you are Rik Daniels
such a big part of making that work happen. Tony Eisenhut
Especially now. Our goal at Challenge has been to build a self-sustaining Joanne Finlay
organization committed to creating pathways to employment for David Howe
people with disabilities and other barriers, so that everyone in our Joe Mareane
community––and we mean everyone––has the opportunity to create a John Sammis
life with dignity, purpose, and economic independence. Steve Savage
People like Princess, featured in these pages, represent the success Jennifer Tavares
of our mission, and employers like Brookton’s Market, also featured,
are vital to ensuring that success. In difficult times, it is easy to forget a Leadership Team
basic ideal that underscores the work of everyone in human services:
that which we struggle with on our own, we can overcome by working Joe Sammons
together. We hope you’ll find all the stories and images in this Annual Executive Director
Report inspiring, lifting your own spirits and hope in a difficult time.
I don’t want to minimize the severity of the trial that COVID presents to Ebru Arslan
Challenge: more than 95 percent of the people we were supporting in Finance & Operations
active employment were laid off within a span of three weeks. We see
seasonal downtowns every year, and we’ve seen recessions every Dave Cummings
five to ten years. But this hit our mission right between the eyes, and Contract Staffing
our margin, too: 70 percent of our revenue comes from coaching,
support, and placement into entry-level positions in sectors of the Tess Fraser
economy that are most vulnerable to a pandemic, like hotels, retail Development & Marketing
stores, and campus services.
But Challenge has survived existential crises several times before––we Kimberly Pugliese
are, after all, on the front lines of a local economy that has made and Strategic Human Resources
remade itself several times over in our 52 years of existence, requiring
our own agency to change the services we offer and how we support Briggs Seekins
those services financially. We’ve made some mistakes along the way, Employment & Vocational Services
but adaptability and resolve are baked into the organization’s DNA.
And that shared sense of unity, of purpose and spirit that is splashed
across these pages, and that we rely on every day, will ensure that we
prevail again, keeping our mission alive and well.
Thank you for being a part of that journey, now more than ever. ▲ ▲ ▲

For 52 years,
Challenge has
been committed
to creating
pathways to
employment
for people with
disabilities and
other barriers.

What’s Changed in a Year?

“Our prevocational and supported “Youth VOICE began seven
employment participants have new services, including
made huge strides in computer
literacy. They will be better prepared career exploration, college
for the emerging world. And the counseling, and self-

technological groundwork we advocacy training, which
we’re delivering remotely.
have laid will pay big dividends as By March, we reached half
we look to expand our services over our yearly goal for referrals,
a wider geographic region in 2021.” and we’re still on track to
exceed our 2020 goal of
–Briggs Seekins, Employment/Vocational 60 new youth––a 186%
increase from 2018.”
“We’ve gone 100% virtual, working
with folks on résumés, cover –Aleah Rivera, Youth VOICE

letters, and job search strategies,

and doing mock interviews on
Zoom and FaceTime. This year

we’ve successfully placed two Job
Club grads into long-term Contract

Staffing positions and now have
several others pursuing openings in

the community.”

–Krystal Dorn, Job Club

HR, Contract Staffing, “We started a spring CSA, learned
and IS worked together to grow new varieties of flowers,
closely to create a virtual
onboarding system to and donated produce to help feed
accommodate changes families in West Village. Most
caused by the pandemic.
Now more than ever, importantly, we’ve worked with
eager gardeners, both experienced
cross-program and novice. We served ten program
collaboration is growing, participants and provided a job for

and HR is doing all we can our Gardening Assistant, Josh.”
to advance our mission and
support our dedicated and –Glen Robertson, Ability in Bloom
resilient staff.
“After campus dish rooms closed,
–Kimberly Pugliese, HR
we were able to retrain and
dispatch many team members

to local sites. We now have nearly
50 workers at CMC, Longview,
Wegmans, Therm, McGraw House,
TCAD, and more. Several team
members got ServSafe certified and
we’re pursuing other key training and
credentialing opportunities.”

–Dave Cummings, Contract Staffing

Our Financial Health

Revenues Expenses
$5,357,017 $5,308,506

“Throughout 2019, we succeeded at tightening margins and improving revenue collection, especially in
supported employment and prevocational services. Creating and employing two new tools––a Revenue Matrix
and a Quarterly Rolling Budget––helped us to improve cash flow and stabilize our overall financial health. After
closing our Commercial Cleaning operation in order to control expenses, we expanded our Contract Staffing
model and signed a key custodial contract with Cayuga Medical Center. We also implemented Timeworks, an
electronic timekeeping system, which ensures accurate tracking of staff time for each program and contract
and streamlines invoicing processes. To strengthen the performance of the Finance Team, we provided various

opportunities for development and cross-training. We ended the year with a positive bottom line for the first

time in five years.” –Ebru Arslan, Director of Finance & Operations

The Demand for Our Services

Forecasted total annual demand
for number of employees in
selected industries within
Tompkins County. Data source:
JobsEQ, via TCAD

Participant Profile: Princess W.

Senior care professionals are among the ‘everyday and sunflowers, and build a reclaimed timber frame
heroes’ who have been reporting to work throughout cottage that now serves as a bed and breakfast.
the COVID-19 crisis to keep our community safe. Princess attended Candor Junior-Senior High School,
Too often, the headlines aren’t heartening. Nationally where she sang in the chorus, set four new track
and internationally, retirement homes and long-term and field records, and won a National Technical
care facilities have been extraordinarily hard-hit by the Honor Society award and a President’s Award for
pandemic. In many regions, they are linked to nearly her “commitment to learning in academics despite
half of all severe cases. various obstacles.” As she neared graduation in 2014,
But we were so glad to hear from our phenomenal one of her teachers in the special education program
participant Princess W., a dining attendant at recommended that she reach out to Challenge to get
Longview, who was able to report that as of today, support in finding a job. In short order, she was hired
“Everyone’s healthy!” on at Longview, where she has continued to thrive.
Even in so-called ‘normal’ times, dietary staff like Challenge Employment Specialist Heather Simpson
Princess play an essential role in senior care. In has been providing ‘extended’ services—meaning
addition to serving up nutritious meals and keeping periodic, less-intensive coaching—to Princess for the
everything clean, the personal relationships that they last two years. “I see a supervisory role in her very
develop with residents are instrumental in ensuring near future,” Heather says. “She’s cross-trained, so
quality of care and quality of life. Because they see she can cover many different positions in dining. She’s
and interact with folks not just day to day but meal awesome at delegating tasks when she’s in the lead.
to meal, dining attendants are often cherished pals And most of all, she’s extremely hardworking and
as well as keen observers, frequently the first to alert determined—she supports her two-year-old daughter
clinicians or family members to potential health and all on her own and still manages to work every one of
safety concerns. her shifts and even fill in when they’re short-staffed.”
These days, Princess’s skills are all the more vital, as Longview’s Director of Dining Services, Kevin Allison,
she works sixty-hour weeks to provide nourishment echoes these comments: “Princess is a very hard
in the form of wholesome food and friendly banter worker—one of the very best. She always lends a
while stepping up sanitization and maintaining strict hand and gets it done. She’s a valuable member of
six-feet-apart social distancing protocols. “I serve, I the team.”
cook, I wash dishes,” Princess says, “But most of all Says Princess, “I love it here, and Heather is a great
I love the residents. Getting to know them is the best person to work with. She’s always there to listen to
part of the job!” my concerns to help me to work towards different
Princess was born in Liberia, West Africa, and at the goals.” ▲ ▲ ▲
age of twelve was adopted into a large homesteading
and homeschooling family in Candor—well-known
to Farmers Market regulars as Forget Me Not Farm.
She and her eight siblings helped to raise heritage
sheep and chicken breeds, grow heirloom squashes

Interested in getting more information
about our job placement services for

people with learning disabilities?

Email: jennifern@aboutchallenge.org!

Employer Profile: Jordan Johnson

A favorite gathering place for the close-knit We saw opportunities for our family in this area—the
Brooktondale community since the 1880s, Brookton’s natural beauty, the great schools, the progressive
Market continues to thrive in difficult times. culture—but it was just by chance that we landed
“It seems like every day there are new guidelines to in Brooktondale. It’s such a kind and welcoming
follow and circumstances to adapt to,” says store community—more like a family, really—and we’re so
manager Jordan Johnson. “But our staff have really lucky to have found it.”
answered the call, and our regular customers have Jordan’s first introduction to Challenge was earlier this
been so understanding and supportive. It really feels year, when she began working with our outstanding
like a collaboration, where we’re making sure that participant Jennifer F. She came to Challenge when the
everyone’s being taken care of in a scary time.” sheltered workshop she had worked in for many years
At the start of the statewide lockdown, the store closed in 2017. She enrolled in our community-based
reduced its hours and started taking over-the-phone prevocational program and quickly demonstrated her
orders for pickup and delivery. Now, their hours are unflagging work ethic in a wide range of environments,
gradually ramping up, and they’ve begun to reinstate including the ReUse Center, the Hilton Garden Inn,
some of their best-loved locavore and locapour and the dishrooms at Ithaca College.
features, including their Wednesday night dinners At the start of 2020, Jennifer brought her energy,
(which are individually portioned and available for enthusiasm, and trademark fist bumps to Brookton’s
takeout or outdoor dining, along with a selection of Market as part of our Employment Training Program
homemade baked goods and coffee from Copper (ETP), which begins with a highly individualized
Horse) and their tavern (where about 18 of their usual discovery and job development phase and then
24 taps are ready to pour the very best craft beers offers intensive onsite coaching for up to a year.
and ciders that New York State has to offer, including Our dedicated staff—in this case, Employment
Hopshire’s Haze in the Hollow and South Hill’s Old Specialist Harrison Rumsey—work with job seekers
Time Cider). to master essential job functions as well as to refine
And as for fresh, local produce, Jordan says, “The soft skills like time management, customer service,
HillBerry organic blueberries, which are grown just and communication. Wages are covered by the New
12 miles away in Berkshire, are really popular this York State Office for People With Developmental
summer—they’ve been hard to keep on the shelves!“ Disabilities, which gives employers a greater measure
Jordan is a recent transplant from North-central Ohio, of flexibility as they consider program participants as
arriving in Brooktondale in 2018 and at Brookton’s long-term hires.
Market in 2019. “My husband and I and our two young Says Jordan, “It’s been an excellent experience.
children kind of came here on a hope and a prayer. Before lockdown, we were having a lot of busy days,
with events like trivia and concerts in the evenings,
and Jennifer was a big help to us. She’s so sweet and
open, and is great with communication. We initially
had her come in on a more limited basis but she was
very clear about wanting to take on more hours here.
We’re excited to have her back soon!” ▲ ▲ ▲

Interested in hosting a work
assessment (2–4 shifts) or experience

(up to a year) at your business?

Email: evelynk@aboutchallenge.org!

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Youth Outreach Coordinator Aleah accompanies high schooler Participant Joe delivers remarks at a special Interfaith
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Staff Profile: Brendan Shaw

“I’m rarely in the building,” says Challenge’s Manager Brendan works with participants who are just starting
of Prevocational Services Brendan Shaw. “Every day, out in job readiness training as well as those who have
I’m arranging groups and taking them all over town— progressed into ETP (Employment Training Program)
Cayuga Nursing, the Museum of the Earth, Dryden and PTE (Pathway to Employment). “In the beginning,
Café—and that’s where we’re assessing and building it’s really important to go out into a bunch of different
skills.” environments. That way, folks pick up a lot of practical
These many and varied community-based experiences skills—at Dryden Café we do food prep and weighing,
are central to Challenge’s prevocational programs, and at Museum of the Earth we clean floors and at
which aim to help adults with developmental Cayuga Nursing’s snack shack we handle money and
disabilities become ready for the wide world of work. run registers.”
Explains Briggs Seekins, Director of Prevocational Furthermore, he says, “It’s essential for developing
Services, “If we want to have a truly diverse community social skills, both in terms of interacting with a diverse
that values all people for what they can contribute, range of customers and in terms of forming peer
there is no substitute for training and activities that relationships—working as part of a small, intensive
take place in a community setting.” team with others who may come from very different
He adds, “It can be a challenge for our staff to provide backgrounds.”
the proper supports for participants while maintaining Then, once participants are in ETP or PTE, “Our focus
good relationships with our community partners. shifts and we try to narrow in on each individual’s
Brendan does a great job at all levels. I think people interests and talents and develop them towards a
feel good about working with Challenge when they specific kind of job. That’s my favorite part of this
see a staff member like Brendan in action.” work—getting to know people one-on-one and
Brendan was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and discovering what their niches are, like Jeffrey R.
raised just outside of Ithaca. He attended Candor [pictured with Brendan, on left] with his flourishing art
Junior-Senior High School and then Ithaca College, career as well as his success in his internship with
majoring in Psychology. Professor Hugh Stephenson, Ithaca & Tompkins County Tourism. Of course, it’s a
a clinician and author of several studies on the great thing when they find the right job and leave our
intersection of intellectual disabilities and mental services, but I do miss them.”
health, was his advisor, and recalls him as a “gentle, While Brendan is busy with Challenge crews all day, at
insightful, thoughtful student with a lot of heart, much- 5 PM his work is far from done: he is currently enrolled
loved on his research team which addressed financial in two master’s programs at Binghamton University.
knowledge and self-direction.” He expects to earn a Master of Public Administration
As a rising senior, he pursued a summer internship and a Master of Social Work in 2021. ▲ ▲ ▲
at Challenge. “Seeing Briggs and the rest of the
team work with the participants just made me fall in
love with the job,” he says. Right after graduation in
2013, Brendan leapt at a position as an Employment
Specialist. In 2020, he stepped into his current role.

Interested in exploring employment
opportunities at our diverse, dynamic,

and distinctive organization?

Email: kimberlyp@aboutchallenge.org!

Donor Profile: The Yarussis

When Gene and Jeanne Yarussi entered retirement a of PEO International.
decade ago, they made two important decisions: “to Both Jeanne and Gene’s philanthropic interests were
continue to live here in this area, and continue to give informed by challenging personal experiences earlier
back to the community.” in their lives. For Gene, caring for and suffering the loss
We are tremendously honored that Challenge is among of a loved one with bipolar disorder sharply illuminated
the several local organizations that the Yarussis have the need for a robust human services network in our
taken a special interest in, and that we have been able community. Gene’s executive role, which involved
to benefit from not only their generous financial support oversight of community grants, brought him into
but their advice and their passion for our mission. contact with agencies like Family & Children’s Services,
Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania, Gene Racker, and Challenge, and the opportunity to hire
graduated from Drexel University and came to Ithaca Challenge’s custodial crews at the factory afforded him
in 1964 to work at Morse Borg Warner. In 1983, Morse further insight into the work we do and the people we
Industrial was acquired by Emerson, and in 1989 Gene serve.
was promoted to CEO. Many locals will remember Post-retirement, the Yarussis’ engagement with these
Emerson’s facility on South Hill, near Challenge’s current organizations have deepened. When our Executive
headquarters, which was in operation between 1906 Director Joe Sammons came aboard in 2015, Gene
and 2011. But Emerson was an international enterprise was among the small retinue of local leaders who
with 3,500 employees around the globe. Says Gene, gave him sound advice at a critical time. Joe recalls,
“I got to travel widely––Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, “I arrived amidst a financial crisis. Gene was generous
China, Japan––and experience many different cultures.” of his time as I struggled to find the right path forward.
“Still,” he adds, “we liked this area. It’s a really It’s hard to know what options we would have seen
warmhearted community.” without him.”
Two years before his promotion to CEO, Gene married In 2019, Challenge established the Pathway Society
Jeanne, who had relocated from Schuyler County with the Yarussis as charter members. Development
and worked as an executive assistant at Cornell and Director Tess Fraser comments, “For a long time,
Morse Borg Warner. Jeanne dedicated the ensuing we wanted a way to be able to recognize and thank
decades to serving the local community in a variety our major, long-term donors, as well as to keep them
of capacities. She has been very active in the First updated and allow us to get valuable feedback. Gene
Congregational Church of Ithaca, singing in the choir and Jeanne have really helped us to create a culture of
and serving on its buildings and grounds committee. meaningful philanthropy.”
She is a past president of the Ithaca Garden Club, a Looking ahead, Gene says, “We do a good job of
board member of the Hangar Theatre, and a member supporting people with disabilities and other barriers
here in Tompkins County, but there is still a lot of need,
and it takes a true commitment. I foresee Challenge
continuing to have a very important role in the future.”
We are grateful that the Yarussis will be part of that
future. ▲ ▲ ▲

Interested in learning more about the
benefits of becoming a member of the

Pathway Society?

Email: tess@aboutchallenge.org!

When we hear the term development in the world of non-profits, one Development Director Tess Fraser
thing usually comes to mind: fundraising. and her family
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Our Generous Supporters

Without our numerous donors and Jim & Terry Byrnes Curt & Ann Ashman
community partners, Challenge could C.S.P. Management Ellen Avril
not fulfill its purpose of creating Cornelis & Jose Drost Randall & Amy Bach
pathways to employment for people FirstLight Beverly Baker
with disabilities and other barriers Carl Ginet & Sally McConnell-Ginet Johanna Baker
Thank you all! Herbert Hartwig David & Lenore Bandler
Barbara Power & Peter Larkin Roger Beck
Grants Michael J. Longo, CPA PC Fran & Donna Benedict
Maguire Dealerships Lisa Berian
United Way of Tompkins County Peter & Beth Marks Sharon Best
Community Foundation of Tompkins Mars Flying Saucer Annette Birdsall
Ron & Beth Mielbrecht Kenneth Birman & Anne Neirynck
County Security Mutual Insurance Company Dick & Luann Biviano
TRIAD Foundation Robert Sprole II Virginia Bizzell
Tompkins Insurance Agencies Inc. Robert & Vicki Bland
Pathway Society Tompkins Trust Company Antonio Bordonaro
Maurice & Steffi White Ronald & Linda Bors
We want to give special recognition to Willet Dairy LLC Edward & Charlotte Bosworth
these donors who are giving or have Malcolm Brand
pledged to give $1,000 or more each $250–$499 James Brown
year to ensure that our mission is Mary Beth & John Bunge
sustainable. We are deeply grateful! Thomas & Karen Akins Derek & Nora Burrows
Robert Barlow Joe & Nan Bylebyl
John & Elaine Alexander Frederick & Patricia Burgess Bruce & Mary Jeanne Calnek
BorgWarner City Club of Ithaca Terrence & Sally Campbell
Tim Ciaschi Alice Colby-Hall Patricia Carden
Todd Cowen Cornell Dining Marvin & Patricia Carlson
HOLT Architects Cornell University Division of Human Carrera Bioscience Inc.
Kyle & Evelyn Karnes Patricia Casler
Bruce & Heather Lane Resources Office of Workforce Kaleigh Caswell
Glenda Long Recruitment & Retention Cayuga Radio Group
Steff McGonagle Cornell University Mary Chaskey
Steve & Sue Ruoff Sylvia Dickinson Patricia Chevallard
Peter & Paulette Salmon David Fernandez Tony & Roberta Chiesa
Steve Savage & Kristina Harrison Gayeski Analytics Melissa & Tony Chiusano
Andy & Rosemary Sciarabba Connie Ged Robin Ciaschi
Sciarabba Walker Elizabeth Heath Ronnie & Charlotte Coffman
Roger & Carole Sibley Sue Hemsath Murray Cohen
Alice Moore & Robert Smith Anthony & Janet Ingraffea Royal & Susana Colle
South Hill Business Campus Lillian Lee Michael & Lisa Collins
Teri & Chris Tarshus Bud & Helen Lohmann Edward & Caroline Cope
Mack & Carol Travis David & Dorothy Mermin Brad & Nancy Corbitt
Jay & Sandy True Nancy Moore Constance Cowen
Gene & Jeanne Yarussi Anil Nerode & Sally Sievers Robert & Michelle Delaney
Tim & Kelley Yeomans David & Susan Ruppert David Delchamps
Brian Seward Krystal Delong
$1,000 and Over Richard & Linda Slade Earlene DeMann
Stephen Snyder Jason Demarest
Maria Ball Thomas & Donna Sokol Ken & Regina Deschere
Cayuga Medical Center The Solstice Group, Inc. Susan Detzer
Dale & Gayle Flinn Jan & Susan Suwinski Barbara DeWall
Michael Kirkwood Bill Tomek Ruediger & Christine Dieckmann
Gloria Kulhawy Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Frank & Barbara DiSalvo
Linda Luciano Matt Valaik & Michele Exposite Dr. Henrik & Sally Dullea
Gail Mott John & Carol Vineyard Maralyn Edid & Larry Blume
Robert Neigh Charles & Jane Walcott Ronald & Randy Ann Ehrenberg
Amy Newman Warren Real Estate Richard & Leslie Ehrlich
Steven & Sheri Rath Edward & Frances Weissman Harry & Mary Ellsworth
Jean Smith Anonymous (1) Marjorie Fahs
Therm Inc. Charles Fay & Christine Sparfel
Penelope Wickham & Tom Kather Up to $250 Robert & Carol Fay
Anonymous (4) Howard & Rosalind Feinstein
Mary Adesso David Feldshuh & Martha Frommelt
$500–$999 Alcohol & Drug Council of Tompkins John & Martha Ferger
Nathaniel & Dianne Ferriss
Todd & Cristin Baker County Curtis Fields
BDS Corp of CNY Elizabeth Hudson David & Alanna Fontanella
Robert & Alyce Anderson Joanne Fortune
Sharon Anderson & Susan Powell Renee Foster
Ebru Arslan Barbara Miller Fox & Stuart Fox

William & Barbara Fry Joe Mareane Bonita Shelford
John Fuchs Liesl Margolin Jerald Shing & Duane Diviney
Diane Gayeski Chris Martelli Patricia Siegard
June Gee Joseph Martin Daphne Solá
Denise Gelberg Julia Mattick Patricia Speno
Regina Genung Joyce McAllister Rebecca Stilwell
Robert Goclon Ruth Ann McCaa Mary Streeter
Kent Goetz Peter & Dorothy McClelland Robert & Naomi Strichartz
Goetze’s Candy Co., Inc. Heather McDaniel Gary & Nancy Swayze
Marty Gold Sheila McEnery Thomas & Marian Szebenyi
Lindsay & Judith Goodloe Rosemary E. McGrath Tompkins Cortland Community
TST BOCES Kevin & Anne McKenna
Brad & Mary Grainger Kevin & Elizabeth McMahon College
GrammaTech Inc. Carolyn McPherson Eric Taylor
Beverly Green Joel Meade Carol Teelin
Donald & Iris Greenberg Louise Meddaugh Emma Terwilliger
David & Sally Grubb Joseph Meeks Alan Thomas
Sol Gruner & Rosemarie Parker Francis & Hung-Yuang Meng Garry & Connie Thomas
David Guaspari Joe & Emily Metz Michael Thonney
Hazel Hall Jan Milanowski Nancy Tillinghast & Thomas Longin
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Bill & Kathy Halton Jerald Mirskin Leonard & Janice Topoleski
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Gerard Hawkes David & Lisa Nase Kuo-King Wang
Judith Healey Michael Newman Brenda Warren-Fitch
Mike Helms Jerry & Barbara Nosanchuk Ross & Jill Welch
Imo Joyce Herrick Linda Nowak & Ronald Farber Patricia Welch
Diane Hillmann Stanley O’Connor Ken White
Roger & Suzanne Hinderliter Deborah O’Connor & Peter LePage Jessie White
Thomas Hirasuna & Jean Hunter Linda O’Leary Fred & Mary Widding
Historic Ithaca, Inc John & Mary Oliver Benjamin & Joanne Widom
Harold Hodes & Claire Berian Megan Omohundro Cindy Wilcox
Kenneth & Kristine Hodges Benjamin Orcheski Linda Williams
Steve Hoffman Edward Ormondroyd Savannah & Evan D. Williams
Roald & Eva Hoffmann Rick & Kellie Page Larry Workman
David Holmberg & Kathryn March Larry & Jackie Pataki Madison & Mary Wright
Laura Huizinga Amie Payne Raquib Zaman
Dr. Sami & Catherine Husa-Husseini Rachel Philipson Joel & Cathy Zumoff
Jean Jagendorf Frederick Pohl Anonymous (1)
Tim Jett Alison Power & Alexander Flecker
Sarah Johnson Frank & Toni Dianne Prudence United Way
Roxanna Johnston Joseph Pugles Donors
Teresa Jordan & Richard Allmendinger Kimberly Pugliese
Patt Joseph Regan Ralston Thanks to everyone in our
Audrey Kahin Michael & Dawn Redlin community who supported
Jane Kaplan John & Judith Reppy Challenge’s mission by designating
Daniel Karig & Joane Molenock Sidney & Minna Resnick us on their United Way of Tompkins
Michael Katz Beth Reynolds County campaign pledge card.
Peter & Mary Katzenstein Marjory Rinaldo-Lee We are proud to be a United Way
Francois Kehas-Dewaghe David Ritchie Member Agency!
Simon & Mara Kelly Victoria Rivera David Bassanelli
Katharine Kelly Wendy Robertson & Douglas Trent Burgess
Mark Kenjerska Becky Callan
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Heinz & Judith Koch James Rothenberg & Mariana Stacie Mastin
Dick & Janet Krizek Connor McCartney
Thomas & Patrice Kurz Wolfner Beth Mielbrecht
Lindsay LeBlanc John Rudd & Beverly Chin Kellie Page
Donald & Janet Lein Edward Russo & Paula Winner Tamara Richards
Antoinette Levatich John & Sue Sammis Mary Rodriguez
Simon & Carole Levin Thomas Sanford Brian Seward
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Terry Marcus Lynnette Scofield
Danny & Kristin Scott
Rose Seely
Wendy Skinner

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