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Annual Report 2017-2018

Cover story:

Project Connect opened in 2014 to offer case management
services to those experiencing homelessness in Newark.
The growth of the program made it necessary to find larger,
more professional space while remaining located in the heart
of the homeless community. In November, after extensive
renovations, Project Connect relocated to 35 Halsey Street
in Newark. There, case managers meet with clients and help
them back on the path to rebuilding their lives by providing
a myriad of services that lead to better health, jobs, housing
and, ultimately, independence. In January, Newark Mayor
Ras Baraka joined Sakinah Hoyte, Director of Project Connect
and Coleen McCaffery, Bridges’ Co-chair, in a ribbon cutting
ceremony to officially dedicate the office. More than 100
people from partner agencies, city officials and corporate and
foundation supporters helped us to celebrate the move to this
new, welcoming space.

“I am excited about our brand new, welcoming space which
enables us to provide showers and both medical and mental
health services on site for our clients and further prevents
gaps in our client interactions. We are confident that this will
yield measurable deliverables for our supporters and most
importantly, a demonstrable impact in our clients lives!”
– Sakinah Hoyte, Director, Bridges Outreach

Mission: Dear Friends,
Bridges connects
the housed Somehow, amazingly, we find ourselves in our 30th year! Without the ongoing support
and homeless of each and every one of you, such a milestone would surely never have been reached.
to establish As we reflect on three decades of service we remember not only the truly great
relationships that impacts we have made, but also those many friends who made them possible. Without
lead to greater question, the successes of Bridges are collective successes – they are triumphs of
acceptance our community.
and understanding,
social and economic In this 30th year, we also mark some significant changes. Lois Bhatt, who led our
growth, and organization as Executive Director for fourteen years, retired on May 31st, along with
wellbeing. Beth Tulloch, who served in many roles over the years, most recently as Deputy
Vision: Executive Director for the past four. The many victories we achieved as a community
The elimination of we achieved, in no small part, through the leadership of Lois and Beth. They will both
the social and be greatly missed and we will continue to honor their years of service through sustained
economic divides growth and positive impact on the lives of our street friends. With their retirement, we
between the are delighted to welcome Richard Uniacke as Bridges’ third Executive Director in its
housed and 30-year history. Richard comes to Bridges after a 17-year career with the Community
the homeless. FoodBank of New Jersey, having served many of those years under Founder, Kathleen
DiChiara. Most recently, Richard led the FoodBank’s efforts in Southern New Jersey,
overseeing its work in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties. We are excited
to have Richard take the helm at such a pivotal time in Bridges’ trajectory and look
forward to great things from our work together. Please join us in welcoming him to the
Bridges family!

With all of this excitement, we can certainly not overlook the fact that just this past
December, we opened Project Connect in its new home at 35 Halsey Street in Newark.
This space, which was completely renovated with your help to meet our precise needs,
is simply wonderful! You are all encouraged to schedule a visit to see the great work
being done there firsthand. This space is a safe haven for our neighbors without
addresses, allowing holistic case management – and sometimes just a shower for our
neighbors with jobs, but not homes. In the past year Bridges has housed 22 people,
about which we are immensely proud.

In the coming year, as we commemorate our 30th anniversary, Bridges will continue
to deepen the impact for our clients by providing mental health and substance
abuse assistance. We will also work to connect those on Runs outside of Newark to
more services, as we have been selected as one of three Single-Points-of-Entry for
homeless services in Essex County. As we seek to do more for those we serve, we are
increasingly called-upon to do for other cities what we have done for Newark over the
last four years. In Irvington and NYC, we continue to meet our street friends where they
are, and to meet many of their most critical needs.

We look forward to continuing to work together with you, our friends, to meet the needs
of those who are chronically homeless and to bring the housed and homeless together
in community.

Sincerely,

Coleen McCaffery
Bridges Board Chair

“Every time I go on a
Bridges Run I’m made aware

of the tremendous impact
Bridges has on the people
who wait patiently for the
truck. We’re meeting basic

human needs: food and drink,

friendliness and compassion.”

Christine Galiardo, Run volunteer

Impact: 225 14,000

Total Runs People Served
(outreach visits to NYC,

Newark, Irvington)

250 68,000+ 36,000

Average Number of Brown Bag Meals Cups of Soup,
People Served Delivered Lemonade & Hot
Per Week Chocolate Served

8,600 400 600

Pairs of New Socks New Backpacks New Toys,
and Underwear Given to Children Pajamas and Coats
Distributed
in Need Given to
Sheltered Children

13,000 1,980 140
Run
Cold Weather Volunteers Volunteer
Packs and Toiletry Kits Groups

Distributed



The Bridges Run 225 Runs This Year

The Bridges Run (outreach visit) New Run sites in Newark and NYC. Run locations are
is at the heart of Bridges’ dynamic; we respond to changes in the environment, always
mission. On every Run, our with the goal of providing help to as many people in need as
yellow truck is loaded with fresh possible. The closing of a shelter near our first Friday night
brown bag lunches, sustainable stop in Manhattan resulted in falling numbers of people we
(shelf stable) lunches, hot soup served and a search for a new stop. The new site by Collect
and beverages, new socks and Pond Park in lower Manhattan brought 72 people to our truck
underwear, as well as seasonal after just two weeks. In Newark, a building renovation was
necessities for people living nearing completion at our long-time stop on Edison Place.
on the street or who are in dire We relocated to two new stops: St. James Church on MLK
need. We and our homeless Boulevard and North Jersey Community Research Initiative
friends are most grateful to the (NJCRI). The people we see at both of these locations are in
many generous volunteers great need and welcome the Bridges’ yellow truck and our
who make lunches, donate volunteers.
goods that we distribute to our
homeless friends, and help us 30th anniversary
in countless other ways.
This year marks Bridges’ 30th anniversary of reaching out
to homeless friends. To celebrate this milestone, we held
a festive cocktail party at Summit’s Beacon Hill Club. Two
hundred friends of Bridges enjoyed cocktails and hors
d’ouevres, a live auction, and music. Hats off to the party’s
co-chairs, Amy Malik and Eebie Zobitz, whose hard work
made the evening a memorable one!
The anniversary festivities continued with a 5K race at the
end of September. A corporate symposium on homelessness
will be held in Newark on November 26th. Details are still
being worked out, but we expect to have an impressive
lineup of distinguished speakers for the symposium, who will
provide a national perspective, an example of a New Jersey
community that has virtually eliminated homelessness, a
local perspective on homelessness, and a large crowd. We
anticipate a thought provoking conversation.

Bridges Bash – Save The Date:
March 30, 2019

Bridges every-other-year fundraiser will be Saturday,
March 30, 2019 at the Maritime Parc in Jersey City. Mark
your calendars now!

Annual Meeting

Bridges’ Annual Meeting was held Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the Summit Volunteer
First Aid Squad. The evening was a review of the year’s highlights, and an opportunity to
highlight the important contributions made by a number of volunteers.

Sakinah Hoyt (Director, Project Connect), and Lois Bhatt Front to back, left to right: Bridges Board Members: Alison Bryant, Veronica Bonnet, Pam Gumport, Jennifer Rooney,
(Former Executive Director). Lois retired on May 31st after 14 Brynne Thompson, (back row) Moses Oliva, Josh Schor, Kojo Blankson, Richard Uniacke (Executive Director), Ross
years of service to Bridges outreach. Silver, Steve Fromm. Missing: Coleen McCaffery, Marielle Cohard-Radice, Stephen Woitsky, Geoff Worden.

Honorees

Amy Cairns was recognized for her years of spearheading the lunchmaking activities at
our MLK Day of Service. Central Presbyterian Church of Summit was honored for their
multi-pronged and continuing support of Bridges: going on many Runs, serving as a
second Bridges site for MLK Day volunteers and activities, and continuing financial support.
Lisa Fitzsimons’ and Beth Maroney’s contributions as core volunteers on Sunday Runs to
Irvington were acknowledged. Christopher Harrison was recognized for his work creating
multiple videos and films for Bridges. We thanked Julie Plantar for being a dedicated soup
maker for so many Bridges Runs. Rob Pullan was honored for managing Bridges’ Facebook
page, as well as his tradition of making vats of chili for Runs the week before Christmas.
Suburban Legend, a production company that brings British-style pantomime to New Jersey,
was recognized for donating the proceeds from their January performances to Bridges.



Summit

Welcome Neighbors A portion of the school supplies were purchased with
grants from the Junior League of Summit, Merrill Lynch,
We open our doors in Summit to neighbors in need the Summit Luminary Fund, and the Summit Area
every Friday. Last year 1070 people stopped in for Public Foundation.
food, clothing and necessities, and 350 people took
advantage of showers, for a boost to well-being and MLK Day
health. Our wonderful, dedicated volunteers who work
downstairs in Summit provide great care for people By partnering with our friends at the Central
who arrive looking for aid. Every Friday we open our Presbyterian Church in Summit, who provided parallel
doors in Summit to neighbors in need. As many as 25 MLK Day of Service activities, we were able to double
individuals visit Bridges each Friday to receive food, the impact of our volunteers. Children decorated lunch
clothing and necessities. Last year, 300 showers were bags and teens made 300 lunches for children in
taken at Bridges, helping to restore people’s dignity. Newark who might not otherwise have lunch that day,
while others made quilts, wrapped books for sheltered
School Supply Drive children, and organized toiletries and clothing. As
and Distribution always, the morning resulted in many benefits provided
to our neighbors in need.
For the eighth consecutive year, Bridges coordinated
with the Christ Child Society to provide 335 Summit Community Health Fair
students eligible for free and reduced price lunches
with school supplies commensurate with their grade Bridges hosted a community health fair in October 2017
and backpacks before the start of the new school year. underwritten by the Summit Area Public Foundation.
We estimate that each child received an average of The Commission for the Blind offered free eye exams,
$81 worth of school supplies. Parents were thrilled to New Eyes for the Needy provided free prescription
be able to direct funds that might otherwise be spent eyeglasses, and Overlook Hospital nurses provided
on school supplies to other necessities, such as food diabetes and blood pressure screenings. Thirty
and rent. This program ensures that every child in people received eye exams, and 28 were provided
Summit has the opportunity to start the school year with eyeglasses. Twenty one people received blood
prepared and ready to learn, and on the same footing pressure and glucose screenings
as the rest of his or her class.

Our volunteers make
our work possible

Volunteers are at the heart of Bridges. Bridges is grateful
for the support of over 90 groups from schools, houses
of worship, corporations, community organizations,
friends and families who participate in outreach. This
includes providing brown bag meals, toiletries, clothing,
and other necessities. Our volunteers caravan with
Bridges’ distinctive yellow truck to New York City, Newark
and Irvington. Here are our volunteers:

Alpha and Omega Girl Scout Troop156 St. Vincent de Paul, Stirling
Baitul Hadi Mosque Jack and Jill, Union County St. Catherine of Siena Parish,
BBL 2017 Lacrosse Holy Trinity St Joseph, Linden Cedar Grove
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Irvington Rotary Club St. Elizabeth Youth Ministry, Flanders
Bonnie Brae School Kent Place School St. Helen’s Church, Westfield
Bosco Soccer, Bloomingdale Learning Center St. John’s Lutheran Church, Summit
Boy Scout Troop 109 Long Hill GS Troop 1014 St. Mary’s Church, Belleville
BRANCHES Youth Ministry Long Valley Kids St. Matthew the Apostle Parish,
Bridge-Fest 2016 Squad Millburn High School Randolph
Calvary Baptist Church Montclair Kimberley Academy St. Nick’s Goya, Allendale
Congregation Beth Hatikvah in Summit Morristown-Beard School St. Rose of Lima Parish, Short Hills
Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn Morrow Church, Maplewood St. Therese Church, Succasunna
Central Presbyterian Church Newark Academy St. Virgil’s Parish, Morris Plains
Christ Church Short Hills NONJ Youth Commission, Wyckoff Stanley Congregational Church,
Christ Church Youth, Summit Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child Chatham
Church of St. Joseph, Mendham Oratory Prep Summit United Methodist Church
Citibank Our Lady of Lourdes, Mountainside Temple Bnai Abraham, Livingston
CommServ75 Our Lady of Peace, New Providence Temple B’nai Jeshuran, Short Hills
Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn Paramus Catholic High School Temple Emanu-El, Westfield
Corpus Christi Church, Chatham Presbyterian Church of Chatham Temple Shaarey Shalom, Springfield
Cranford United Methodist Church Township The Pingry School
Delbarton School Queen of Peace HS Campus Ministry Unitarian Church, Summit
Denville Community Church Randolph High School United Methodist Church, Mount Tabor
Dobrow Roselle Catholic High School Westfield High School, Community
Fiat Ventures roundCorner, New York Service Club
First Congregational Church, Westfield Saint Kateri, Sparta NJ
Fountain Baptist Church, Summit Short Hills Club
St. Mary’s Parish, Pompton Plains

Corporate and Non-Profit Partners:
Bridges gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and corporations for their
financial and volunteer support.

Central Jersey Allstars Lydia Collins deForest Pride Products Summit Luminary Fund
Central Presbyterian Church, Charitable Trust Prudential The Healthcare Foundation of
Summit Merck Foundation Prudential Foundation New Jersey
Christ Church Board of World Metronix Reitman Family Foundation The Provident Bank Foundation
Fellowship, Summit Newark Arts Council Rotary Club of Madison The Tudor Foundation, Inc.
Comprehensive Health Optum Sanofi Foundation Victoria Foundation, Inc.
Management PIMCO Select Equity Group Foundation Wilf Family Foundation
Fortress Investment Group PIMCO Foundation Share The Harvest
Investors Foundation

Collaborations
Bridges is pleased to collaborate with the following organizations that help us fulfill
our mission and provide valuable services to our homeless friends in abundant ways:

28 Days Project Fairmont Health Services New York Rutgers University Early
Anti-Poverty Network of New First Congregational Church, Missionaries of Charity Intervention Support Services
Jersey, Edison Westfield Monarch Housing Association SAGE Eldercare, Summit
Assemblyman Raj Mukherji Furniture Assist Mondo, Summit St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen,
Assurance Phone Services Glassroots New Jersey Reentry Newark
Bergen Regional Grassroots Emergency Corporation Salvation Army
Board of Education, Summit Overnight Warming Center, New York City Rescue Sawtelle Learning Centers,
Catholic Charities Newark Mission, New York Montclair, NJ
Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Newark Conservancy Newark Downtown St. John’s Soup Kitchen,
Middlesex County, Edison Harmony House, Newark Development Newark
CHOP Hartshorn School, Short Hills Newark Emergency Services St. Rocco’s Emergency Family
Christ Child Society, Summit Housing and Community for Families Shelter, Newark
Church Women United Food Development Network of NJ Newark Public Schools, St. Teresa’s Roman Catholic
Pantry, Irvington Integrity House Homeless Unit Church, Summit
City of Newark Homeless Ironbound Community NJ Community Research Summit Helping Its People
Services Corporation Initiative (SHIP)
Coalition for the Homeless, Irvington Police Department NJ Guard Training Summit Junior Fortnightly
New York Junior League of Summit Office of the Mayor, Irvington Club
Coldwell Banker, Summit Keller Williams Realtors, Office of the Mayor, Newark Summit Police Department
Community Foundation of Summit Office of the Mayor, Summit Summit Volunteer Ambulance
New Jersey, Morristown Kent Place School, Summit Paction Squad, Summit
Community Wise Kintoch Group Pajama Program, New York The Bar Method of Summit
COOL SCHOOL La Casa De Don Pedro Pro Bono Partnership, The HUBB, Overnight
CURA Ladies Rest Parsippany Warming Center, Newark
East Orange General Hospital Loaves and Fishes, Summit Progressive Health Care The Leaguers, Newark
Elks Club, Summit Lois Schneider Realty, Summit Reeves Reed Arboretum Turning Point Communities,
Emergency Residency Lower Passaic River Urban Rotary Club of Irvington Newark
Program, Newark Waters Federal Partnership Rotary Club of Summit United Community
Essex County Continuum of Meals on Wheels, Summit Rutgers School of Corporation, Newark
Care Mental Health Association of Law-Newark Urban Renewal
Essex County Public Essex County Rutgers University Behavioral Wellcare
Defender’s Office Midnight Run, Dobbs Ferry, Healthcare Woman’s Club of Westfield,
Inc.
YMCA of Newark and Vicinity

Advocating for Solutions
to Homelessness
Matthew Desmond/
Cory Booker Public Policy
Forum on Eviction:

Bridges co-sponsored a Public
Policy Forum on eviction in NJ with
Princeton sociologist Dr. Matthew
Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize winning
author of Evicted: Poverty and
Profit in the American City, and
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ-D)
at Drew University in Madison, NJ,
on October 12, 2017. Dr. Desmond
shared his research, and along
with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ-
D), participated in a moderated
discussion around possible solutions
to the eviction crisis. In his work,
Dr. Desmond explained the wide and
devastating impact of eviction. “The
consequences of eviction are so
much greater than I was fully aware
of when I started the work. Families
not only lose their homes; kids
lose their schools. They also lose
their things, which are piled on the
sidewalk. It’s a lot of time and money
to establish a home, and eviction
erases all that. It comes with a
record, which affects your chances of
moving into stable housing because
a lot of landlords will turn you away”.

Project Connect, Newark

Bridges established “Project Connect” Showers
in Newark in 2014. At Project Connect,
professional case managers work with In our new Halsey Street location we are pleased to be able
homeless clients individually to create to provide showers from 8:00AM to 12:00PM every weekday.
an attainable set of goals that will lead to Clients are given soap, a clean towel, and new underwear.
better health, and ultimately housing and a Being and feeling clean is integral to health and a sense of
wellbeing. We have hired a shower attendant from our client
job and independence. population who assists with set up and maintenance of the
shower facility.
1123 1267
St. James Health
Clients IDs
At Halsey Street, we partnered with St. James Health to
22 provide medical and mental health services on site. Since
January, 116 unique patients were seen by a St. James Health
Permanently Housed nurse practitioner. Several are receiving ongoing treatment
for chronic illnesses.
87 22
Advocacy
Temporarily Sheltered Employed
Bridges Outreach understands the importance of local, state
11 13 and national advocacy to improve the homeless service
delivery system. Bridges endeavors to promote systemic
Substance Abuse Mental Health changes to provide increased opportunities for long-term
Treatment Programs Assessments sustainability amongst the clients we serve. This year Sakinah
Hoyte participated in many homelessness and housing
7 162 advocacy initiatives throughout the state of NJ including:
• Housing and Community Development Network of NJ
Mental Health Treatment Medicaid Enrollment
Legislative Day in Trenton
Interns • Meeting with Senator Cruz Perez to discuss administrative

Project Interns: Project Connect provides a curriculum based changes to Newark Department of Health procedures
internship program for students pursuing careers in Social • Meeting with Newark Assemblywoman Huttle to develop
Work and Public Administration. This year Project Connect
worked with (4) dynamic interns: shelter standard legislation
Martha Mairena – Seton Hall, Social Work, May 2018 • Numerous Meetings with Mayor Baraka’s administration to
Sophia Duffy – Seton Hall, Social Work, May 2019
Alexandria Valdez – Seton Hall, Social and Behavioral discuss homelessness initiatives in the City of Newark
Sciences, May 2019 • S erving as coordinator for the the first City of Newark
Crystal Ali – Rutgers University, Masters in Public
Administration, December 2019 Candidate Forum on Homelessness and Affordable Housing

Street outreach St. James Social Services

This year Project Connect has intensified our case In April 2018, Bridges was honored by St. James Social
management for the chronically homeless. A case manager Services for our work in Newark. We were thrilled to be
visits St. Michael’s emergency room at 5:00 a.m. each week labeled a “Jewel of the Community” in Newark, and very glad
to engage the people who spend their nights there. Building to have St. James as a partner in the community.
trust and relationships with these individuals is challenging,
and requires many visits, but is crucial to assisting them in
gaining independence. We are pleased that we have made
inroads with a number of individuals.individual

Founder’s Award

Nine high school students were awarded Bridges Founders’ Award given to high
school juniors or seniors who have distinguished themselves in terms of their dedication
to Bridges. This year’s Founders’ Award recipients are:

Jordan Binkowitz, Westfield High School
Nicole Horne, Millburn High School
Robert Iandiorio, Oratory Prep High School
Declan Maroney, Corpus Christi Church
Will Raincsuk, The Pingry School
Alex Rowe, Millburn High School (not pictured)
Daniel Verrone, Jr., Delbarton School
Julianna Vitiello, Feed Those in Need
Alex Santos, Cranford High School
“These students continually amaze us with their
commitment and their passion for change. We’re grateful
for their many contributions to Bridges,” said Beth Tulloch.

Teens Tackle Homelessness

The Teens Tackle Homelessness Steering Committee
worked diligently to develop the annual conference,
attended by more than 90 high school students from
surrounding towns. The conference theme was “The
Next Step”, with a focus on solutions to homelessness.
A man whose family had been evicted from their housing
after a job loss told the assembled group about how he
eventually found new work and housing with the help of case managers at Project Connect.
They also heard from the founders of two social enterprises, Erin Dinan of One Sandwich
at a Time, and Connie Charney of Food for Thoughts Cards, as well as from Sakinah Hoyte,
Director of Project Connect. The talks were thought-provoking and eye-opening.

Above: Some of our attendees with Erin Dinan of One Sandwich at a Time. Bottom: Conference Attendees

Financial Overview

Bridges does not seek or receive federal Grant Awards:
or state funding. In the fiscal year ending
May 31, 2018, income was derived from Bridges gratefully acknowledges the following foundations
one annual appeal, Bridges Brown Bag and corporations for their financial support.
Bash (a biannual fundraising event),
foundation grants, individual donors, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Reitman Foundation
matching gifts, and interest income. Celgene Rosen Kelly Conway
Central Presbyterian Church Architecture & Design
Donations: Bridges received and distributed Christ Church Summit - Board of Select Equity Group Foundation
World Fellowship Sound Capital Partners
donations of more than 68,000 brown bag lunches, including Deloitte and Touche Summit Area Public Foundation
31,000 sustainable lunches, and 13,000 cold weather packs Dun & Bradstreet Summit Luminary Fund
plus seasonal goods including coats, boots, pajamas, and Everest Global Services, Inc. The Grubman Compton
toys for sheltered children. Literally tons of donated clothing George A Ohl Jr. Trust Foundation
was also distributed. Our donors include groups from houses The Hyde and Watson
of worship, clubs, schools, corporations and individuals. A Healthcare Foundation of NJ Foundation
Through careful inventory of our distribution, we estimate the The Kaplan Sisters Foundation
value of these donations to be $463,645. Horizon Foundation of The MCJ Amelior Foundation
New Jersey The O’Toole Family Foundation
Overhead: Administration and fundraising are 14.6% Investors Bank The Prudential Insurance
Junior League of Summit Company of America
of our overall expenses. Lydia Collins deForest The Thomas & Agnes Carvel
Charitable Trust Foundation
Optum Tudor Fund
Otterstedt Agency Victoria Foundation, Inc
Overlook Foundation Wilf Family Foundation, Inc.
PIMCO Foundation
Prime Healthcare Services -
St. Michaels LLC

Income Expenses

Contributions 21% Program 85.2%
Management
Grants 34% and General 8.2%
Fundraising 6.6%
Fundraising Event 10%

Donated Goods
and Services 35%

Temporarily
Restricted 5%

Income 2017-2018 Expenses 2017-2018

Income: Total income for the fiscal year ending May 31, Expenses: Total Expenses for the fiscal year ending

2018 is $1,307,89, including donated goods. Funds for the May 31, 2018, are $1,283,761 including donated goods.
renovation of Project Connect’s new space on Halsey Street Program expenses include but are not limited to: purchase
in Newark are temporarily restricted for that purpose. of new goods, storage of donated and new goods, direct
program salaries, truck and related expenses, volunteer
training and shelter programs.

Financial Overview

Independent Audit: An independent audit of financial statements for the fiscal year ending

May 31, 2018, was conducted by James Wood, CPA. A full copy of the audit is available upon request.

Financial Contributors

With thanks to
our financial
contributors –
June 1, 2017,
to May 31, 2018

Cornerstone
Donor

$25,000 +

Lydia Collins deForest Charitable
Trust

Healthcare Foundation of NJ
The PIMCO Foundation
The Prudential Insurance

Company of America
Select Equity Group Foundation
Summit Area Public Foundation
Victoria Foundation, Inc
Mark and Jane Wilf Family

Foundation, Inc.

Bridge Builder George A Ohl Jr. Trust Jodi and Wayne Cooperman Essex and Morris, Inc.
Overlook Foundation Betse and Frank Gump Prime Healthcare Services - St.
$10,000 to $24,999 Robyn Roberts Veronica and Mike Bonnet
Coni Frezzo and Ed Sannini Christ Church Summit - Board of Michaels LLC
The Thomas & Agnes Carvel Lori and Josh Schor Sara and Tyler Reeder
Foundation Victoria and Peter Smith World Fellowship Rosen Kelly Conway Architecture
Tudor Fund Joe and Chris McGrath
Central Presbyterian Church Maria and Evan Williams Everest Global Services, Inc. & Design
Horizon Foundation of New Tom Ucko Phyllis and Lewis Sank
Brown Bag Marielle Cohard-Radice Dalila and Dan Wisniewski
Jersey Partner Deborah and David Kristiansen
The Hyde and Watson Foundation Coleen and Dave McCaffery Run Sponsor
Reitman Foundation $2,500 to $4,999 Optum
Addison and Kerra Sollog Goldman Sachs Gives $1,000 to $2,499
Ginger and Geoff Worden Dun & Bradstreet Bethann and Brian Harvey
Summit Luminary Fund Investors Bank Alliance Bernstein
Yellow Truck Kathy and Michael McHale Nancy and Henry Klingeman Maribeth and Ben Bowen
Society Mental Health Association of David Braun
Calvary Baptist Church
$5,000 to $9,999 Stock Donations Francie and Yon Cho
Comprehensive Health
Celgene Gifts of stock are greatly
Mary and Tom Conway appreciated. For more information, Management
Ann Earle Talcott Fund contact Bridges’ Executive Director Kelly Daab
Christine and Rick Galiardo at [email protected]. Michele and Aswath Damodaran
Glenwood Elementary School Joan and Michael DeBiasse
Shari Gold Deloitte and Touche
Cassandra Hardman Fortress Investment Group
The Kaplan Sisters Foundation Laurie and Chris Gerard
Amy and Aamir Malik Jeffrey Goldberger
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Francesca and Steve Gooby
Sarah Finegold and Drew Newton The Grubman Compton

Foundation

Planned Giving Sally and Bernard Golding Vicki and Rick Birdoff
Ellen and Richard Goldstein Boll & Branch
Bridges is pleased to work in Gottesman RTW Academy Myung and David Bondy
partnership with the Community Cheryl and Chip Grabowski Ann and Stan Borowiec
Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) Vivien and Cary Hardy Susan and Loring Bowen
to provide a full range of planned Hartshorn Elementary School Richard Brown
giving opportunities. Kristin and Paul Herendeen Alison Bryant
Jan and Gene Hilzenrath Annemarie and Tom Cahill
For more information, contact Jessica and Jonathan Jett Susan and Jack Callahan
the CFNJ at 973-267-5533. LittleThings, Inc. Karen and Mark Caplan
Lai and Hong Loh Patty and Steve Caputo
www.cfnj.org Thomas Loughlin Susan and Tiger Cass
Jack and Catherine Lyness Trish and Tom Cassin
Laura and Bill Gump Mary Anne and Ray Wood Nancy and Steven Magee Church of The Little Flower
Pam and Michael Gumport Sara Webb and Chip Woodbury Meg and Tony Marchese Dr. Nicola and Elena Cicchetti
Mary and Bob Hill Eebie and Jed Zobitz Colleen and Brian Markley Kathy and Tom Clingan
Kathleen and Robert Hugin Kristy and Jon Maslin Colleen and Ed Coda
Meg and Howard Jacobs Program Polly and Lex Maultsby Roy and Marie Cohen
Junior League of Summit Supporter Sean McCarthy The Connection for Women and
Elizabeth and Andrew Kriegman Rosemary and John McManus
Anne and Brian LaFontaine $500 to $999 Jessica and Nicholas Mills Families
Lori and Al Leiter Lynn and Laurie Mills Laura and Robert Contri
Jennifer and Anthony Leitner Hillary and Howard Albert Mary Moser Gina and Eugene Cordano
Diane and Anthony Lembke Allen W Roberts Elementary Wendy and Michael Movsovich Mary Coughlin
Carolyn and Marc Lore Lydia Muller Mary and Whitley Cummings
Liz and David Lowenstein School Dorothy and Paul Musho Barbara and Kevin Daney
Cathleen Mallaney Carol and Brian Angle Night Forest Productions, Inc. Deutsche Bank Americas
Betsy and Jason Maltby Carolyn Badenhausen Katie Gaffney and Patrick
Diane Marinari Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Merck Foundation O’Laughlin Claire Toth and David Dietze
Metlife Foundation Volunteer Foundation Oratory Prep Amy and Carmine DiSibio
Bridget and Rob Barber Jennie Lewis and Mark Patterson Lori and Chris Donohue
Project Fund Marni and Jon Betlow Susan and Doug Present Juliet and James Eck
Morgan Stanley Cybergrants, Inc Lois and Sandeep Bhatt Nora and Rob Radest Melissa Montuori and
Claudia and Conor Mullett Susan and Christopher Birosak Heather and Bill Raincsuk
The O’Toole Family Foundation Janet and Seth Bodner Eileen and James Rath Nick Eck
Rowena and Rob Pullan The Daniel J. and Mary K. Brennan Suzanne and Timothy Reilly Cathy and Tom Errico
Jane and Kevin Quinn Sarah and Dave Rosen Evidentia Engineering, Inc.
Helen and Bob Ruark Family Charitable Fund Rotary Club of Madison Regina and Bernard Feeney
Laura and Jeff Schaffer Teri Bunker Marie Santos-McFeeley Heather and Terence Finan
Linda and Ross Silver Jennifer and Reagan Burkholder Shelly and William Scott First Congregational Church
Kim and Andrew Sleeman Mary and David Bushnell Stacey and Thomas Shepherd Paige Fitzpatrick
Sheila and Albert Smith Chodorcoff Family Fund S. Scott Smith Brian Flanagan
Adam Sokoloff Kathleen and Doug Colson Janice and Darrin Sokol Leslie and Charlie Flax
Sound Capital Partners Maria Costa-Giomi Ginger and David Stearns Food for Thoughts Cards
St. Vincent de Paul Church Laronda and Paul Davis Ray Klas and Susan Tully Patty and Tom Fox
Suburban Legend LLC Denville Community Church Annie and Mike Zachara Laura and Stephen Fromm
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Bridges Staff 2018-2019 Bridges Board 2018-2019

Richard J. Uniacke, Executive Director Board of Trustees Stephen Woitsky Kathryn Radutzky
Rachel Wood, Office Manager Veronica Bonnet Geoffrey Worden Sarah Rosen
Mary Kate Cahiwat, Data Manager Alison Bryant Beth Tullock
Maria Ciaravalli, Bookkeeper Secretary Advisory Council Susan Tully
Marielle Lois Bhatt Prez Tyus
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