Annual Report - Concern

Annual Report
08-
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Nancy W. Weikert
Glenn J. Hillegass
Board of Directors
From the board president
Over 30 years ago, CONCERN’s founders believed in helping children. We
believed in helping children live better lives and in giving them a better future. While
this annual report is full of numbers and statistics and planning objectives
to demonstrate our fiscal responsibilities, it also is full of wonderful stories of
children. Stories of children reaching their potential, stories of children achieving
great milestones and children reaching out and giving back to their communities.
While I know the numbers and statistics are important, I hope you will take a few
moments also to read the stories of the wonderful children in our care and the great
achievements they have reached this past year.
From the executive director
At CONCERN, our day-to-day operations could become encompassed with the
numbers of our work: the 169,244 days of care we provide, the 529 foster parents
who care for over 500 children 365 days a year, the 504 counseling, support and
administrative staff needed to assist our foster parents, the 14 service sites we operate
to meet the geographic needs of the children in our care.
We can toss around a lot of numbers, but the common denominator in all of them is
children. At CONCERN we do a lot of planning to ensure that we can continue to
provide the best care for children in need: constantly reviewing our current programs,
looking forward to implementing new programs, and assessing our expenditures and
the current economic climate to stay fiscally responsible. But, what matters most in
the end, is that we are able to help children and adults become healthy, responsible
community members.
Raymond J. Albert, Trooper (Retired), Pennsylvania State Police • William C. Cooperman, Administrator
(Retired), Brandywine School District • Glenn J. Hillegass, Executive Director, CONCERN • David W. Jay,
MSW, LSW, Superintendent (Retired), Allentown State Hospital • Roger N. Longenecker, MD, Physician
(Retired), East Penn Medical Center • Stefanie E. Nester, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Clear Channel
Airports • Paula M. Plageman, MA, LPC, Administrator, Kutztown University • Basil Y. Scott, PhD, Vice
President of Administration and Finance (Retired), Kutztown University • Sandra L. Weidner, MD, Pe-
diatrician and Partner, The Children’s Clinic of Wyomissing • Nancy W. Weikert, MSW, ACSW, DCSW,
Associate Executive Director (Retired), CONCERN

Who We Are
CONCERN is a private nonprofit community-based
child welfare organization dedicated to meeting the
needs of abused, neglected and delinquent children and
youth. Founded in 1978, CONCERN began as a pioneer
of treatment foster care believing that children placed
into care should live in a traditional family setting in the
community rather than in a residential or institutional
setting. Since this time CONCERN has been at the
forefront of innovative programs and treatment methods
to meet the individual needs of the child.
Beginning with three foster parents and eight children
in care, CONCERN has since served more than 13,000
children and youth, including placing approximately
1,500 into adoptive families. Through 14 service sites
throughout eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland,
CONCERN offers a comprehensive array of foster
care, residential and counseling programs. Each day our
foster care and residential programs impact the lives of
approximately 500 children and youth. Each year our
counseling services touch the lives of more than 2,500
individuals through community-based, outpatient and
employee assistance programs.
Who the Children Are
The children who come to
CONCERN have experienced
difficult lives, which may include
abuse, neglect, abandonment
and separation from their birth
families, previous placements
and multiple losses. Some
children have special medical
and/or educational needs. Other
children need help moving
toward independence and
adulthood.
Although most children are
school age, CONCERN places
children of all ages, races and
ethnic backgrounds.
Although the children have dealt
with a lot of painful experiences,
all of them have the potential to
become contributing members
of society - with help from our
team of professionals.
About CONCERN
Our Adult Clients
CONCERN provides counseling services to adults from the
community through the agency’s Greater Berks, Lehigh Valley, and
Susquehanna Valley offices. CONCERN Counseling Services is a
licensed psychiatric outpatient program which also offers Employee
Assistance Programs for large and small businesses.
In addition to adult counseling clients, CONCERN serves a few
specified special needs clients who have “aged” out of the child
welfare system but remain in need of home-based care.
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Guiding Principles
Mission Statement
Through teamwork, cultural awareness and quality personalized services,
CONCERN promotes respect, self-worth and trust in individuals
and fosters the growth of healthy, responsible and productive community members.
Operating Principles
Be impeccable with your word • Always do your best
• Approach situations fairly and without pre-judging
• Embrace conflict and disagreement as an opportunity to strengthen our relationships.
Leadership Statement
Leadership ... is a participative process in which everyone is a stakeholder
and has the opportunity, as well as the responsibility,
to contribute to the success of the organization.
Licenses
CONCERN is licensed by the following agencies:
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
• Office of Children, Youth and Families
• Office of Developmental Programs
• Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Maryland Department of Human Resources

1978 • CONCERN begins operations with three foster families and eight children in care. Treatment
Foster Care and Traditional Foster Care programs are initiated in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.
1979 • Community Life Skills program is initiated.
1981 • CONCERN opens its first regional office with the Susquehanna Valley Regional Office
opening in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
1983 • CONCERN Treatment Unit for Boys (CTUB), funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency, opens in Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
1985 • Foster Care for Children with Disabilities is initiated.
1986 • The Northeast Regional Office opens in Pittston, Pennsylvania (now located in Eynon).
1988 • A second CONCERN Treatment Unit for Boys opens in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
• Lehigh Valley Regional Office opens in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• CONCERN opens first regional office outside of Pennsylvania in Bladensburg, Maryland
(now located in Lanham).
• CONCERN Counseling Services becomes licensed as a provider of outpatient mental health
services by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Office of Mental Health.
1989 • Earns “Private Residential Program of the Year” award from the Pennsylvania Commission
on Crime and Delinquency.
1993 • Former Doylestown and Coatesville Regional Offices consolidate as Southeast Regional
Office (now located in Willow Grove).
1994 • Receives license for wraparound mental health and support services in Pennsylvania.
1998 • CONCERN’s Susquehanna Regional Office opens Life Skills Institute in Williamsport.
• CONCERN’s Greater Berks Regional Office expands its service area and opens a branch office
in Reading, Pennsylvania (now located in Wyomissing).
2005 • CONCERN’s Susquehanna Regional Office and CONCERN Counseling Services expands
its service area and opens a branch office in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
2006 • CONCERN’s Susquehanna Valley Regional Office expands its services to respond to
community needs for behavioral health services and opens additional site in Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania.
2007 • Structured Mother/Baby Program begins in Maryland.
• Summer Therapeutic Activities Program (STAP) begins in Wellsboro Branch Office.
2008 • CONCERN Counseling Services contracts to offer services at the Lehigh County Youth Center.
• Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) begins in Northeast Regional Office.
• Family Based Mental Health Services (FBMH) begins in Wellsboro Branch Office.
2009 • Community Residential Rehabilitative Services (CRR) begins in Wyomissing Branch Office.
Agency Timeline
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Foster Care
Treatment Foster Care is a communitybased
program for children and youth whose
needs cannot be met in their own families and
therefore require out-of-home placements.
Children in this program may exhibit significant
behavioral problems, and/or varying degrees of
social or emotional dysfunctions. CONCERN’s
specially trained foster parents create a familylike
treatment environment, which improves the
child’s opportunities for more normalized daily
living experiences.
Intermediate Treatment Foster Care
provides out-of-home placement services for
children and youth who generally do not require
more intensive interventions such as behavioral
health services.
Foster Care for Children with Disabilities
provides homes for children with acute physical,
emotional or mental disabilities as an alternative
to hospitalization or institutionalization.
CONCERN identifies particular foster parents
who are capable of meeting the child’s specific
needs and who are trained in the specific
medical condition(s) of the child. This program
is referred to as Medically Fragile Foster Care in
the state of Maryland.
Foster/Adopt and Adoption programs are
designed to improve permanency outcomes for
children in foster care. As an adoption agency
licensed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare and affiliated with the
Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network
(SWAN) and the North American Council on
Adoptable Children (NACAC), CONCERN is
committed to helping children find a permanent
family they can call their own. Services the
Programs
program provides include Child Profiles, Child
Preparation Services, Child Specific Recruitment
Services, Placement Services, Family Preparation
and Profiles, and Finalization Services. Our staff
works with families who wish to adopt their
foster child or a child placed through a kinship
care placement as well as with families who wish
to be matched with a waiting child.
Mother/Infant Independent Living is
designed to provide support to an adolescent
or expectant mother in her efforts to develop a
good parent/child relationship, while focusing
on the competencies of parenting skills, child
development and independent living. Mothers
enrolled in this program must establish a routine
to address her infant’s needs, provide stimulating
development and educational activities for her
infant, coordinate and arrange medical care
for the infant, establish a budget to practice
household management and enroll in an
educational program or be gainfully employed.
Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) is
a strength-based, family focused intervention
process mediated by a facilitator. The FGDM
meeting is designed to strengthen the natural
care-giving system for the children. Invitees to a
FGDM meeting may include family members,
family identified support persons, caseworkers
and other service providers. These participants
assist the family in creating and following
through on a plan that provides for the safety,
attachment and permanency needs of the
children.
Life Skills Programs, including Community
Life Skills Residential Programs and Mentor
Foster Care, are programs targeted to

adjudicated, dependent or delinquent youth ages
16 to 21 who have a demonstrated difficulty
functioning within systems offering communitybased,
treatment-oriented supervised living
arrangements. These programs are structured
to help youth learn and practice basic living
skills and gradually assume the responsibility
associated with independent living. The program
stresses behavioral responsibility, personal
awareness, continuing basic academic education,
vocational exploration and employment, life
skills development and post-placement planning.
CONCERN Treatment Units for Boys
(CTUB) are staff-secure, treatment-oriented
facilities for adolescent males. The goal of this
program is to change the mindsets and behavior
patterns of the youth so they will be able to
function appropriately in society and will return
to the community as healthy, productive citizens.
The program provides daily opportunities for
emotional, social, educational and physical
growth. This not only minimizes the likelihood
of continued negative behavior, but also
prepares the youth for responsible social living.
Behavioral Health
Counseling is provided on a confidential
outpatient basis to children and adults from the
community, as well as to children and youth in
CONCERN’s care. CONCERN Counseling
Services is a licensed psychiatric outpatient
program, which also offers Employee Assistance
Programs for large and small businesses.
Behavioral Health Rehabilitative Services
(BHRS) is an individualized, collaborative
& Services
approach with the goal of maintaining the child
in the home and community whenever possible.
Services include psychiatric/psychological
evaluations, behavioral specialist consultation,
mobile therapy, therapeutic staff support and case
management services.
Summer Therapeutic Activities Program
(STAP) is designed as an eight-week summer
program providing therapeutic and recreational
activities for children with emotional and
behavioral challenges, striving to improve
their quality of life. Through the use of age
appropriate activities, the program will encourage
the development of social skills, coping skills,
problem solving and improved self-esteem.
Family Based Mental Health Services
(FBMH) is designed for children, adolescents and
their families. It is an intensive team-delivered
service provided in the home and community,
designed to integrate mental health treatment,
family support services and case management.
The goal of FBMH treatment is to help children
and adolescents, with serious mental illness
remain with their family in the community.
Community Residential Rehabilitation
(CRR) provides individualized community-based
treatment, included in a 24-hour day structured
therapeutic environment in a family setting.
This program is designed for individuals ages 5
through 18 who have significant mental health
issues and cannot be maintained in their own
homes. This program also provides a variety
of clinical, case management, counseling and
educational services to support the clients’ needs.
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CONCERN follows the
virtues and principles of
sound business practices.
Thanks to its extensive
and highly inclusive
yearly business planning
and budgeting process,
CONCERN is prepared
to meet the challenges
in the ever-changing
nonprofit social services
environment.
CONCERN accounts for
its funds in accordance
with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
(GAAP) and has an audit
of its fiscal operations
completed annually by
an independent certified
accountant in accordance
with Generally Accepted
Auditing Standards
(GAAS). CONCERN
believes transparency is
an important element
in today’s nonprofit
environment and produces
this annual report to
the public to detail the
previous year’s activities.
CONCERN’s financial
statements - audited
financial statement as
well as Internal Revenue
Service Form 990 - also
are open for public
inspection upon request.
The Business
Our Economic Impact
CONCERN is not solely a provider of social
services to children, youth and families.
CONCERN is also a part of the economic
fabric in each of the communities we serve by
creating and maintaining jobs for local residents
as well as purchasing goods and services in these
communities. CONCERN’s direct economic
impact agency-wide typically exceeds more than
$20 million per year and our indirect impact on
the local economies typically exceeds $50 million
annually. Simply, CONCERN is committed to
being a vital entity in the many communities
we serve and is proud of the local impact and
positive change our staff, foster parents, clients and
residents bring to these communities.
of CONCERN

Shaded areas indicate
county of residence
of CONCERN staff
and foster parents
•
indicates
CONCERN office site
Geographic
Scope
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TOTAL Local Economic Impact
Direct Spending Indirect Impact
Staff Wages $11,272,930 $28,182,325
Foster Parent Subsidies $ 4,447,918 $11,194,795
Goods and Services $ 4,769,272 $11,923,180
Payroll Taxes $ 1,232,476 $ 3,081,190
Property Taxes $ 56,561 $ 141,403
Total Economic Impact $21,809,157 $54,522,893
TOTAL Local Residential Impact
Community Residents Employed 504
Community Foster Parents 529
Clients Served 3,203
Economic Impact
The methodology used in completing CONCERN’s Local Economic
Impact Report was a basic Input-Output Model. This model is a
representation of the flows of economic activity within a given region.
The multiplier chosen for use with this study is a relatively conservative
2.5 times. This multiplier was derived from various federal government
economic impact studies. These studies used varying multipliers based
on region and spending categories.
For additional information on the methodology, as well as specific site
information, please see the complete report, available by calling
610-944-0445 or on CONCERN’s website, www.concern4kids.org

12%
12%
25%
12%
12%
2%
5% 2%
17%
Operating Revenues
49%
Pennsylvania Children
and Youth Services 49%
CONCERN Counseling Services 25%
Pennsylvania Juvenile Probation 12%
Maryland 12%
Statewide Adoption Network 2%
Operating Expenses
28%
24%
Pennsylvania Foster Care 28%
CONCERN Counseling Services 24%
Administrative Services 17%
CTUB 12%
Maryland 12%
CONCERN Life Skills 5%
Adoption 2%
Statistics
Fiscal Year 2008 - 2009
Days of Care
Treatment Foster Care
Foster Care Levels Program
59,942
25,011
Children with Disabilities
22,910
Maryland - Treatment Foster Care
15,840
Maryland - Medically Fragile
3,938
Maryland - Mother/Infant
CTUB
Traditional Foster Care
Intermediate Foster Care
Life Skills Program
Pennsylvania – Mother/Infant
2,561
13,900
8,792
8,173
8,009
168
TOTAL 169,244
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CONCERN News
Former foster child receives Leadership Award
CONCERN’s Board of Directors selected Christina Lopez as the recipient
of the agency’s 2008 Leadership Award. Christina was nominated by Lynn
Macadangdang, adoption supervisor. The following is a summary of Lynn’s
nomination of Christina:
“Christina Lopez is a former
CONCERN foster child who
“aged out” of the system.
Although her journey has
had its share of ups and
downs, Christina has emerged
from the foster care system
a strong, caring, and giving
young lady. She holds a job
that also provides her with
housing, she attends college
classes, and she’s gotten her
driver’s license. She has greatly
benefited from the mentoring
and support of her former
add photo
Christina Lopez (right) receives the Leadership
Award from Lynn Macadangdang.
CONCERN Child Preparation worker, Brenda Corbett. In return, Christina
has graciously and willingly given of herself and her time to speak with other
foster youth who are facing the prospect of aging-out of the foster care system.
On numerous occasions, Christina has agreed to meet with various CONCERN
Permanency Specialists and the youth for whom they were providing Child
Preparation services. Because of her willingness to help others and set a positive
example for youth facing the prospect of aging out of foster care, Christina was
nominated for the 2008 Leadership Award.”
CONCERN created its Leadership Award to honor an individual, group or
organization who consistently demonstrates leadership through a variety of
activities to enhance the quality of life for others.

Seventh annual Life Skills Seminar a success
CONCERN’s Southeast Regional Office held its seventh annual Life Skills Seminar at DeVry
University in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Sponsored through a grant from the Morgan
Stanley Foundation, 46 clients from CONCERN’s Southeast Regional Office, CONCERN
Treatment Unit for Boys – Coatesville and Lehighton Campuses were in attendance.
The seminar featured presentations on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing skills,
and completing employment applications by Sandee Burns, CONCERN’s director of human
resources. Brady Johnson of Wachovia Bank discussed money management and banking, telling
the teens “If you plan on accumulating any wealth, you need to manage your money.” Jarvis
Bailey, from DeVry University, talked about higher education opportunities and career choices.
“Use part-time jobs to decide what you want to do in college and as a career later on,” he said.
Representatives from Sam’s Club discussed jobs for teenagers in the community. A presentation
also was given by former CONCERN Behavioral Health Consultant, Kathy Fischetti, discussing
the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Her basic message was simply “don’t do drugs.”
A DVD entitled “Aging Out with No Direction Home” was presented. This DVD featured
a foster client in Chicago about to age out of the system and the challenges he would face
with no financial or parental supports. The clients in attendance watched intently, relating
to the circumstances. After the DVD concluded, “A Pocket Guide to Independent Living”
was presented to each seminar participant. This pocket guide had excellent checklists and
explanations about
maintaining personal,
educational, medical,
and financial information
as well as guidelines for
tasks such as job hunting,
housekeeping, finding a
home, and purchasing a
car.
Grown foster child contacts CONCERN
CONCERN recently
received the following e-mail
from a former client:
I was a foster child through
this agency and I
just wanted to give
an update.
My twin sister
and I were adopted
on March 17 by
Theresa and Ed M. We both
graduated in 2005. I also
received a certificate in Auto
Technology from Admiral
Peary Vo-tech in Ebensburg.
Truly, you all
make a difference
to the children
you work with!
Roxann went on to graduate
from Hiram G. Andrews in
Johnstown. I did not continue
my secondary education; however
I have since gotten married
and my husband and I are
the proud parents of a 23month
old little girl.
We want to thank you
all so much for all you did
for us! Keep up the good work!
Truly, you all make a difference
to the children you work with!
Lots of Love!
Stephanie
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CONCERN hosts
second annual
legislative breakfast
Representative David Kessler,
along with staff from the office of
Senator Michael O’Pake and staff
from the offices of David Argall
and Representative Dante Santoni
attended the legislative breakfast
held late spring at CONCERN’s
corporate office.
The breakfast was one in a series
of 11 statewide legislative breakfasts
sponsored by Pennsylvania Council
of Children, Youth and Family
Services (PCCYFS). These events
are designed to allow state and
county representatives and private
sector colleagues to meet and
discuss the realities of providing
child welfare services in the
Commonwealth and the impacts
of budgetary decisions. Hosting
the breakfasts at member agencies
allow state legislators and county
officials to directly see programs
and services that both employ and
are used by their constituents.
In all, the 25 attendees
represented seven communitybased
agencies as well a
representative from Berks County
Office of Juvenile Probation, all
eager to ask questions and seek
answers regarding the state of the
Commonwealth.
Wellsboro launches new program
The Wellsboro office launched a new program called Family
Based Mental Health Services (FBMH) in Tioga County. The
program helps children and adolescents with serious mental
illness or emotional disturbance by providing services in their
homes and focusing on the family as a whole. Currently,
seven families are enlisted and 12 more families are on a
waiting list. The services are provided by a team consisting
of a mental health professional and a mental health worker.
Each team may serve a maximum caseload of eight families
at a time. A second team will be added over the summer.
“My first experience with FBMH was after grad school as
a mental health professional and it’s proven to be some of
the most valuable work experience I have had,” said Terry
Drake, Wellsboro clinical supervisor. “The program is
evidenced-based, family-focused, respected throughout the
Commonwealth and the nation. Those reasons, as well as the
intensity and team approach, make it an enjoyable program
to be a part of.”
Family Based Mental Health Services was designed by the
Child & Adolescent System Service Program (CASSP) with
the understanding that children and adolescents are part of
a family unit and that services be provided in their natural
setting. The staff attended orientation at the Philadelphia
Child and Family Therapy Center and will continue with
their three-year training program known as Family Based
Mental Health Training, explained Paul Rieger, CONCERN’s
director of behavioral health services.
Dr. Marian Lindblad-Goldberg, who is director of the
Philadelphia center and professor of clinical psychology
in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of
Pennsylvania of Medicine, has been instrumental in the
development of FBMH and continues to ensure that this
evidence-based program is delivered as it should be throughout Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lindblad-Goldberg is an expert on eco-systemic structural family therapy,
supervision, step-families, single parent families, and spontaneity in therapy.

STAR Fund assists teens on their next step in life
Every spring CONCERN staff and foster parents join parents everywhere as they
proudly watch their teens move onto the next stage of their life - whether it be additional
schooling, the military or employment. To help these young men and women as they
transition into independent living, CONCERN offers them the STAR - Supporting
Teens After Release - Fund. This fund was initiated to help teens aging out of the foster
care system to meet a variety of needs including continuing education, employment
necessities and housing expenses. Below are three examples of this year’s recipients of
STAR Fund dollars:
Sir C. requested funds to cover the cost of books as he enters Bloomsburg University. The
oldest of 12 children and the first in his family to enter college, Sir worked hard through
high school, receiving honor roll grades, participating in varsity sports and working a parttime
job to save for his future. On his application Sir noted “I know its going to be tough
but I will stay focused and pay attention to learn at my fullest.”
Jessyca L. received funds
to help cover the cost of
a computer and graphic
calculator for her classes at
Central Texas University,
which is located near her
biological family. In her
application her teachers noted
that Jessyca “has shown a
great deal of diligence in her
work and exhibits a strong
determination to succeed.”
Legally Jessyca could have
left care after her 18th
birthday this spring but opted
to remain in foster care to
finish high school and earn
her diploma
CONCERN grad helps overseas troops
Jakia M. needed to complete a graduation project to complete
high school, just like every other senior in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Unlike most members of the class of 2008, however,
Jakia, foster daughter of Gary and Mary Usher, Northeast foster
parents, went beyond the rubric of requirements and ended up
involving her local school district and community with her project to
send donations to troops stationed in Iraq.
For her project, Jakia sent letters home with elementary students
and canvassed local businesses to solicit donations for her project.
Her packages to the troops included food items, personal care items,
clothing, special care items or medications and recreation items.
In recognition of her hard work during her senior year, Jakia was
the subject of news articles in her local newspaper and received a
certificate of congratulations from State Representative Sandra J.
Major.
Ashley H. received funds to Congratulations Jakia on your great achievements!
help cover expenses allowing
her to return home to her foster parents during college break. Ashley earned a full
scholarship to University of Denver, along with other funding thanks to her hard work
and determination on and off the lacrosse field. “Ashley is hardworking, compassionate
and determined to graduate,” her caseworker noted in her application.
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Former foster child takes mission trip to Africa
In her own words
When Art Silverman, CONCERN
development director, glanced through Dawn
H.’s STAR Fund application, he knew right away
it was not a standard request. The giveaway?
The budget break out requested a Yellow Fever
vaccination along with four other shots including
Typhoid.
Art has fielded some remarkable applications
for both the Special Needs Fund and the STAR
- Supporting Teens After Release - Fund during
his 17-plus year tenure at CONCERN including
several for community action and mission trips,
but this was his first request for a trip to Africa.
A CONCERN success story
Like most of the children in CONCERN’s
care, Dawn was given a rough start in life.
However, thanks to the care of her foster family
and the mentoring she received from her
CONCERN case staff and others in the Berks
County community, she left foster care at 18 and
headed to the University of Pittsburgh.
“I don’t think I have ever met a young lady
like Dawn” said her CONCERN caseworker
Christine Kopanski. “She has overcome so much
in her life and has not become a statistic like we
often see when kids age out of care.
“She continues to amaze me and I feel so
proud of what she has accomplished.”
According to statistics from the National
Association of Social Workers, only half of all
foster children complete high school and only
11 percent pursue post-secondary education. Of
those, four to seven percent graduate.
Dawn not only beat all of those statistics, she
graduated with a degree in psychology with
a grade point average just under 3.7. Having
already accomplished so much, what would be
next on Dawn’s agenda?
Having already experienced world travel and
community service during her years at the
University of Pittsburgh, Dawn decided to try to
combine her passions into one experience:
“Once I graduated from the University of
Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology, I really
struggled with what I wanted to do next. During
college I explored all three of my passions in life:
service work, travel and photography. I mentored
intercity children through an Americore program
called Jumpstart, I served as the community service
chair for my honor society, I organized over 50
volunteers to cleanup a very large abandoned lot
across from a preschool, and I tutored Somali
Refugee children. I also traveled to seven countries
on the way to and from studying in New Zealand
for a semester while simultaneously exploring my
photography in more depth.
I was involved in so many things during my
four years at Pitt that graduating and getting a job
directly in the psychology field seemed too narrow.
I wanted a way to intertwine my three passions, and
I decided that doing a service project abroad would
allow me to do all three. My favorite volunteer
venture was working with Somali refugee children.
This experience made me choose Africa as a place
to do a volunteer project. I have found a project
working with street children in a community
center in Ghana with an accredited program called
Meaningful Travel.
I am using my passion for photography as a way
to raise money for myself and will be having an art
show when I come back from Africa to display the
photos I’ve taken during my experience.”
Appreciating both Dawn’s passion and her
planning, the STAR Fund committee, with the
support of her caseworker, approved her application
for supporting funds for the mission trip of a
lifetime.

Placing Agencies
CONCERN performed its services
during the 2008-2009 fiscal year
through placements from the agencies listed:
Pennsylvania Offices of Children and Youth Services
Berks County • Blair County • Bradford County • Bucks County • Carbon County
• Chester County • Clarion County • Columbia County • Dauphin County •
Delaware County • Franklin County • Huntingdon County • Lackawanna County
• Lancaster County • Lebanon County • Lehigh County • Luzerne County •
Lycoming County • Mifflin County • Monroe County • Montgomery County •
Montour County • Northampton County • Perry County • Philadelphia County
• Pike County • Potter County • Schuylkill County • Union County • Wayne
County • Wyoming County • York County
Pennsylvania Offices of Juvenile Probation
Adams County • Allegheny County • Berks County • Bucks County • Centre
County • Chester County • Columbia County • Dauphin County • Delaware
County • Huntingdon County • Lackawanna County • Lancaster County • Lehigh
County • Monroe County • Perry County • Pike County
Pennsylvania Offices of Developmental Programs
Berks County Mental Health/Mental Retardation • Lebanon County Mental
Health/Mental Retardation • Montgomery County Mental Health/Mental
Retardation • Northampton County Mental Health/Mental Retardation • Union/
Lycoming Joinder Services • State of New Jersey
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Anne Arundel County • Baltimore City • Baltimore County • Calvert County •
Charles County • Montgomery County • Prince George’s County • St. Mary’s
County
Maryland Department - Other
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene • Maryland Department of
Juvenile Services
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Organizations
Delaware Valley Adoption Council
Foster Care Coalition of Northeast Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County Inter-Agency Council
Maryland Association of Resources for Families and Youth
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers
Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services
Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network
Pike County Inter-Agency Council
Wayne County Information Network
Affiliations
Chamber of Commerce Membership
Carbon County Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce
Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce
Scranton Chamber of Commerce
Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce
Western Chester Chamber of Commerce
Legal Services
We wish to recognize the following law firms for providing legal counsel
during the past fiscal year:
Stevens & Lee LLP • Blank Rome LLP
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Financial, Consulting &
Insurance Services
We wish to thank the following financial
consulting service organizations for
providing accounting, investment,
benefit administration and consultation
services during the past fiscal year:
AST Trust Company
Brown & Brown
Insurance Buyers’ Council Inc.
Mutual of America
ParenteBeard LLC
Conrad Siegel Actuaries
Smith Barney
Wachovia
(A Wells Fargo Company)

CONCERN believes planning is an essential element to our continued success. The planning process at CONCERN begins with our
annual Strategic Planning and the setting of agency goals. Seeking input from all levels of the organization, we are able to identify
both immediate as well as future needs. Below is a representation of the goals and achievement of those goals for the past fiscal year. A
complete listing of the 2008-2009 agency goals and achievement of these goals are available on CONCERN’s website,
www.concern4kids.org.
CONCERN will initiate an organized volunteer program.
A need and an opportunity were recognized that volunteers can play an integral part of a nonprofit
organization. To this end, “Volunteer Guidelines” and a “Volunteer Orientation Handbook” have
been drafted. In addition, community organizations have been identified to assist in providing the
necessary volunteers to meet individual site needs. Publicity materials will follow to also promote
this new initiative.
A mentoring modeling team will
identify and develop a formal
mentoring process model for
CONCERN.
Having a systematic process where
management can identify, access, and develop
future organization leaders is vital for the
long-term success of an organization. Building
on the previous work of the Succession
Planning Research Team, the Mentoring
Modeling Team developed a framework for
organizational mentoring at CONCERN.
The objectives included an understanding of
CONCERN’s view of succession planning,
understanding of agency culture, consideration
of CONCERN’s Operating Principles,
revisions to the new hire packet, and pertinent
training and assessment tools.
CONCERN’s Southeast Regional Office was
chosen as the pilot site for this mentoring
program beginning the first quarter of fiscal
year 2009-2010. This pilot will be reviewed and
any necessary revisions made prior to agencywide
implementation.
CONCERN Counseling
Services will identify program
development and expansion
opportunities.
To continue providing a continuum of
quality mental health services that meet
the needs of the communities we serve,
CONCERN Counseling Services developed
and implemented the following program
initiatives during the past fiscal year.
Community Residential Rehabilitation
Services Program (Greater Berks)
Lehigh Valley Detention Center Outpatient
Services (Lehigh Valley)
Pathways Charter School Mental Health
Services (Lehigh Valley)
School-Based Behavioral Health Services
(Susquehanna Valley)
Family-Based Program (Wellsboro)
Summer Therapeutic Activities Program -
five programs, including one for autistic
clients (Susquehanna Valley and Wellsboro)
Strategic Planning
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All proceeds from
CONCERN’s fundraising
initiatives are placed into the
Special Needs Fund
(page 19), the STAR Fund
(to support teens after
their release from the child
welfare system to meet
educational, job necessity,
and independent living
needs), and the CONCERN
Fund
(to support capacity
building, physical
infrastructure and
program development needs
to meet the changing service
environment).
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2009 Spring Basket Bingo
American Girl • Pam Berg • Jospeh & Gina Brockmeyer •
Lesley Carlson • CONCERN’s Greater Berks Regional Office •
CONCERN’s Lehigh Valley Regional Office • Dan’s Camera
City • Esbenshades Garden Centers • Fleetwood Beverages
• Joshua & Ruth Frey • Giant, Temple • Cyndi Gilbert, Longaberger
Consultant • Mark & Jodie Glossick • Jennifer Goss,
Longaberger Consultant • Lynn Hammer • IHOP • Janice
Johnson • Tonya Klemmer • Helene Knapp • Mike Korenich &
Rose Slegel • Joanne Kratochvil • Lynn Macadangdang • Main
Street Inn Bed & Breakfast, Kutztown • Susan Messner •
Robert & Marilyn Monath • Pepsi-Cola, Reading • Peter
Brothers Meats • Reading Royals Hockey Club • Janet Sena •
The Silverman Family • Kevin Stichter • Sunsweet Growers
Inc. • Tastykake • Tim Brown’s Automotive • Walgreens,
Trexlertown • Russ & Eileen Walters • Narcisa Williams •
Yocco’s, Trexlertown • Jeff & Jane Zettlemoyer • Zettlemoyer’s
Digital Impressions
Special Events
2008 Fall
Basket Bingo
Airport Diner • Behler Programming
Services • Pam Berg • Heather
Berger • Kelly and Patti Boyer •
CONCERN Adoption and Permanency
Department • CONCERN
Board of Directors • CONCERN
Greater Berks Office • CONCERN
Lehigh Valley Office • CONCERN
Maryland Office • CONCERN
Northeast Office • CONCERN
Southeast Office • CONCERN
Susquehanna Valley Office •
CONCERN Treatment Unit for Boys
- Coatesville Campus • CONCERN
Treatment Unit for Boys - Lehighton
Campus • Charlie Brown’s Steak-
house • Design By Valerie • Jean Dietrich • Diana L. Ebeling-
Fitzgerald • Fraser Advanced Information Systems • Kathy
Frederick • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates • Elizabeth Haig •
Heeby’s Surplus • Glenn and JoAnn Hillegass • IHOP • Mike
Korenich and Rose Slegel • Dennis and Tonya Klemmer • Kuts
and Karats • Kutztown Hobos • Kutztown University Alumni
Association • LANtek • Barbara Lattemann • Jane Longazel •
Roger Longenecker • Jean Marderness • Heather Mengel •
Linda Mertz • Susan Messner • MetLife • Kimberly Miller •
Stefanie Nester • Cindy O’Neil • One of a Kind by Jet •
Outback Steakhouse • Paula Plageman • Basil Scott • Art and
Hope Silverman • Shady Maple Smorgasbord • Sorrelli Jewelry
• Drew and Rebecca Stichter • Jay and Shane Stichter • Kevin
Stichter • Nira Stichter • Shelly Stichter • TC’s Food & Spirts,
Inc. • Russ and Eileen Walters • Weaver’s Ace Hardware •
Sandra Weidner • Nancy Weikert • Weis Markets, Kutztown •
Bill Wilson • Jeff and Jane Zettlemoyer
Golf Tournament
Corporate Sponsors: JAGCO, Inc.- Premier Sponsor
• bmc (Beard Miller Company) - Champion’s Brunch and
Hospitality Hut Sponsor • Haldeman Ford Lincoln Mercury of
Kutztown - Hole-In-One Sponsor
Special Prize Donors: Glenn J. Hillegass • Rosemary
F. Slegel • P & M Girolamo • R & J Fehr
Hole Sponsors: Aluminum Building Products, Inc. •
Boyer’s Food Markets • CONCERN’s Board of Directors •
Conrad Siegel Actuaries • Cope Floor & Wall Covering •
Custom Closet Systems, Jeff Banks • East Penn Manufacturing
Company, Inc. • Exide Technologies • Gallicchio & Buchanan
• Haldeman Ford Car Sponsorship • Highmark Blue
Shield • LANtek • Scott & Stefanie Nester • RJS Properties •
Stevens & Lee LLP • Jack Tibbetts & Nancy Weikert • Wachovia
• Weaver’s Ace Hardware/Douglassville Ace Hardware
Bid for Kids Silent Auction Donors: AAA of
Reading/Berks • American Male Salon • Auto Spa of
Wyomissing • Baja Beach Tanning Club • Bear Creek
Mountain Resort • Bella Jules • Berkleigh Golf Club • Bistro
614 • Buckingham Valley Vineyards • Butter Valley Golf Port •
Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom • Godfrey’s Goggle
Works • Gold’s Gym • Golf Tec • Green Pond Country Club •
Hair on the Avenue • Hot Shots • Unique Photography Institute
of Contemporary Art • Iron Pigs of Lehigh Valley • Lords
and Ladies Salon • Paul and Marcia Moll • Olde Homestead
Golf Club • Ozzy’s Sports Fun Center • Philadelphia Eagles •
Philadelphia Flyers • Reading Coffee Roasters • Reading
Country Club • Reading Phillies Baseball Club • Sand Castle
Winery • She • Southmoore Golf Course • Split Rock in the
Poconos • Willow Street Pictures, Inc. • Winedown Cafe •
Linda Zogas • Power Yoga & Message Therapy
Photography Sponsor: Zettlemoyer’s Digital Impressions
Additional Gifts: Mike Korenich • Miller Keystone Blood
Bank • Mutual of America
Ad Book Sponsors: Ben Baker, MS • Conrad Siegel
Actuaries • Cope Carpet Interiors • Coverall Cleaning Concepts •
Effective Graphic Solutions • Exide Technologies • Fiore’s •
Fraser Advanced Information Systems • Goldart Jewelry Ltd. •
Grand Central Taproom • Hatfield Quality Meats, Inc. • Heck
Brothers • Dick Henry, Realtor • Hopewell Nursery • Kutztown
University Athletics • Lessel & Company, PC • Marilyn Monath •
National Penn Investors Trust Company • Nationwide Insurance
& Financial Services • Dr. Richard Shanaman, DDS • The
Silverman Family • Rosemary F. Slegel • Top Shelf Closets • TSI
Zone • United Document Destruction & Storage • Weston
Bakeries • Wheel Collision Center • Zettlemoyer’s Digital
Impressions

CONCERN’s Special Needs Fund is used
to enhance the quality of life of children in
care by enabling them to participate in many
of the traditional experiences of family and
community life and to meet expenses of unusual
and extraordinary needs that are not covered
Special Needs Fund category descriptions:
Education including tutoring costs, college
application and testing fees, summer school,
vocational education courses and materials, class
trips, senior expenses, GED testing fees, college
courses and school activities.
Camp includes summer camps, sports camps,
scouting camps and special needs camps.
Recreation covers the cost of sports equipment,
participation in sports activities, scouting and
other youth programs.
Lessons including music, dance, karate, art,
swimming, cheerleading and gymnastics lessons.
Personal Care Kits consist of duffel bags
containing personal care items such as a towel,
wash cloth, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, a comb
under traditional funding sources. Proceeds from
CONCERN’s fundraising activities, including
direct mail solicitations and special events are
placed into CONCERN’s Special Needs Fund
unless otherwise specified.
The Special Needs Fund was distributed during the 2008-2009 fiscal year as follows:
Education $21,810.54
Camp $18,604.75
Recreation $14,729.60
Medical/Dental $8,605.67
Lessons $6,862.84
Other Needs $2,784.32
LifeBooks $2,507.60
Personal Care Kits $0*
Total spent $75,905.32
Total Requests: 692
* A two-year supply of Personal Care Kits had been purchased the previously fiscal year.
and brush, and tissues. These kits are given to
clients when they enter care.
Medical/Dental includes the costs of eye care
and eyeglasses, dental services and exams,
immunizations, prescriptions, physical exams
and hearing aid accessories (costs over and above
Medical Assistance).
Other Needs includes client work-related items,
Christmas gifts and individual items not covered
by any of the above categories.
LifeBooks are not just scrapbooks or memory books,
but books that chronicle the details of children’s
lives most of us take for granted, including
information about birth parents, siblings, foster
parents, caseworkers, religion, heritage, ethnicity,
academic achievement, recreational activities,
photographs and much more.
Special Needs Fund
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We recognize the following
donors for their generous support
of CONCERN during the past
fiscal year (July 2008 – June
2009). Now and in the future,
these contributions give
CONCERN the means to
provide better service to abused
and neglected children and
to families in need.
Ambassador ($1,000 and up): bmc (Beard Miller
Company LLP) • Bon-Ton, Wyomissing • Breidegam Family
Foundation • East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. •
JAGCO, Inc. • Josh Early Candies
Guardian ($500 to $999.99): The Anderson Children’s
Foundation, Inc. • Becker’s St. Peter’s Lutheran Church •
Bon-Ton, Allentown • Bon-Ton, York • Business Computer
Solutions, Inc. • Drinker Biddle & Reath • William and Linda
Epes • Mr. Robert Gafney • Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Hillegass •
James and Donna Kasenga • Rosemary McGuinness • Scott
and Stefanie E. Nester • Sovereign Center, Reading • Ms.
Suzanne Virgilio • Nancy Weikert and Jack Tibbetts • Ms. Pat
Windas
Protector ($250 to $499.99): B Braun Medical Inc. •
Ms. Heather Berger • Mr. & Mrs. Carroll J. Bitting • Boscovs
• The Children’s Clinic of Wyomissing • Christ Evangelical
Lutheran Church • Mr. & Mrs. Doug Colby • CONCERN’s
Greater Berks Regional Office • Conrad M. Siegel, Inc. •
Cope Carpets • Effective Graphic Solutions • Mr. David E.
Eidle • Exide Technologies • Mrs. Joan Ferguson • Friendly’s
Restaurant, Reading • Mr. & Mrs. Jerre Gehris • Gertrude
Hawk Chocolates • Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Glass • Mr. & Mrs.
Jeffrey Green • Ms. Susan Hageman • Kellogg’s • Mike
Korenich and Rose Slegel • Kutztown Hobos • Kutztown
Optimist Club • Longswamp Lions Club • Mr. and Mrs. Louis
S. Martel, III • Teresa M. Mercurio, M.D. • Mutual of America
• Ms. Monique Peters • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Plageman • Dr.
and Mrs. Basil Y. Scott • Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Silverman • Cody
S. Smith • Mr. & Mrs. James Snyder • Mr. Kevin Stichter • Mr.
& Mrs. Russell Walters • Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Zettlemoyer
Advocate ($100 to $249.99): Mr. Craig Althouse • Aluminum
Building Products, Inc. • Amazon.com • Andre Farms •
Anonymous • William and Janet Banks • Banks Construction
Friends of
• Dr. Kenneth L. Baumert • Joseph Scott and Linda G. Becker
• The Beiters Family • John L. Biesz • Blandon Lioness Club
• Mr. & Mrs. John Borchelt • Bowers Lions Club • Mr. & Mrs.
Kelly Boyer • Boyer’s Food Markets, Inc. • Dr. & Mrs. Colin
Branton, DMD • Bucknell University • Cloister Wash and Lube
• Coverall Cleaning Concepts • Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Diefenderfer,
Jr. • Paul and Elizabeth Dombrosky • Mr. & Mrs. James E.
Donaghy • Mr. & Mrs. Francis Driscoll • Ms. Rebecca M. Duh
• Mr. Robert Dyckman • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Erb • Mr. & Mrs.
Nelson D. Eyer • Fleetwood Grange • Mr. & Mrs. Gary Fogel •
Amy Folk • Anthony and Phyllis Disher Fredericks • Friess Associates
of Delaware • Mr. & Mrs. George Fritz • Gallicchio &
Buchanan • Mr. & Mrs. James Gearhart • Mr. & Mrs. Michael
Gillman • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Girolamo • Goodsearch • Mr. &
Mrs. James R. Gregg • Ms. JoAnn Hale • Ms. Bambi Harmon
• Gerard and Christine Helinek • Mr. Richard L. Henry
• Mr. & Mrs. Barry Hess • Mr. George Hess • Highmark Blue
Shield • Ms. Mary Beth Hughes • Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Keffer •
Mr. & Mrs. Marlin Kerchner • Kiwanis Club of Buffalo Valley
• Mrs. Teresa Kleinfelter • Mr. & Mrs. David Knudsen • Mr. &
Mrs. David Kratz • Mr. & Mrs. Boyd A. Kreglow, CPA • Dennis
and Sandra Kuhns • LANtek • Landis Corvettes & More • Bill
and Barbara Lattemann • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Lessel • Ms.
Marianne Lieberman • Dr. Bruce McClure • Ms. Linda Mertz •
Michael A. Caschera Productions • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Monath
• Ms. Virginia W. Moyer • Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Muir • Mr. Ken
Natoli • Mr. Tim Olver • Orchard Pump and Supply Co., Inc. •
Mr. Eric Parker • Mrs. Mary V. Pendleton • Pennside Presbyterian
Church • Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Officers •
Playworld Systems • Paul Pontius • Mr. & Mrs. John Potts •
RJS Properties • Donald and Joan Rapp • Redner’s Markets,
Inc. • John Reininger • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rye • Thomas and
Alice Sewell • Ms. Kimberly Seymour • Richard H. Shanaman,
DDS • The Mark Shanaman Family • John and Pamela
Shields • Michael S. Shuman, D.M.D., PC • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin
Smith • Ms. Deborah Smith-Craine • Mr. Larry Smucker •
Attorney Allan L. Sodomsky • David and Weatherly Sokol •
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Starace • Gene and Janet Stees • Stevens
& Lee LLP • Dr. Robert D. Sutherland • Top Shelf Closets &
Cabinetry, Inc. • The Towne Tavern Inc. • The UPS Store •
Ms. Darlyn Unger • Mrs. Marguerite C. Veil • Wachovia • Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Walter • Mr. and Mrs. William E. Walter • Mr.
Scott A. Wasilewski • Weaver’s Ace Hardware • Mr. Warren
C. Weidman • Wheel Collision Center • Ms. Audine Williams
• Mr. Peter D. Wolfe • Wrigley’s Office Supply • Mr. & Mrs.
Donald Zimmerman • Mr. Floyd Zimmerman • Mr. & Mrs. David
D. Zinkler • Zion Moselem Lutheran Church • Ms. Elaine
Zugarek

Friend (under $100): Mr. Ralph S. Adam • Mr. Ray Albert
• Mr. Rick Alvarez • Ms. Florence Applebaum • Mr. August Arnold
• Mrs. Jeanette Aulenbach • Mr. & Mrs. Dick Bainbridge
• Bastian Tire and Auto Centers • Mr. & Mrs. Terry Bauer • Mr.
& Mrs. Lee Becker • Ward and Linda Becker • Mr. G. Thompson
Bell • Ken and Pam Berg • Mr. & Mrs. John Bergen •
Berks Surveying & Engineering, Inc. • Ms. Jeannette Bewley
• The Reverend Elaine Bogert • Ms. Melissa Bojan • Mr. Dan
Boop • Mr. John Bower • Christopher & Susan Branton • Ms.
Helen Breter • Mr. & Mrs. Jospeh Brockmeyer • Mrs. Carrie
Brouse • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown • Buckno Lisicky and Co.
• Ms. Rachel Burket • Ms. Linda Butts • CONCERN Adoption
and Permanency Department • Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cantafio
• Mr. & Mrs. Scott Care • Ms. Lesley Carlson • Ms. Angela
Carmello • Mr. & Mrs. Ron Caseman • Chima Inc. • Ms. Eda
Cofield • CONCERN’s Lehigh Valley Regional Office • Ms.
Pam Cooper • Mr. William C. Cooperman • Ms. Annie Coyle
• Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cunningham • Lewis and Sandra Dake,
Jr. • Marc and Teri Dakuginow • Mr. Bill Dalton • Dreux and
Erin Daumer • The Rev. & Mrs. Rudolph David • Ms. Nickie
Dawson • James and Audrey DeLong • Mr. John F. Dierolf,
Jr. • Clyde and Brenda Dietrich • Ms. Violet Dietz • Mr. Matt
Diggan • District Justice Gail Greth • Ms. Karen Dixon • Mr.
& Mrs. Daniel F. Downing • Mr. & Mrs. Fred Dreese • John
and Perma Dreibelbis • Mark and Janine Dreibelbis • Dryville
Hotel • Ms. Sharon Duguid • Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Duh • Ms.
Stacy R. Duh • Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Dutt • Mr. Gary Eberly •
Mr. Buddy Eisner • Ms. Susan Ellefson • Mr. Allen Emmons
• Jacob F. and Zona G. Engle • Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Evans
• Charles and Sandra Fabian • Ms. Lauri Farr • Mr. & Mrs.
Terry Faul • Ms. Melissa Faulkiner • Mr. & Mrs. Rick Fehr •
Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Filstein • Mr. & Mrs. Luther Fink, Jr. • Mr.
& Mrs. Giuseppe Fiore • Fiore’s Family Restaurant • First
Presbyterian Church • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fisher • James
and Bonita Flannery • Robert and Deborah Flicker • Ms. Kim
Floyd • Ms. Pauline Fluke • Mr. & Mrs. Pete Franey • Fraser
Advanced Information Systems • Kathy Frederick • Mr. & Mrs.
Joshua Frey • Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Fritch • Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fritz
• Kenneth and Denice Fulmer • GOLDART Jewelry Ltd. • Mr.
James B. Geiger • Mr. James R. Geiger • Ms. Julie Geiger
• Mr. Frederick D. Gerhard • Ms. Gail Gerono • Ms. Cyndi
Gilbert • Jodie Glossick • Mr. & Mrs. Evans Goodling • Grand
Central Tap Room • Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gratias • Mr. Larry
Greene • H&R Block • Richard and Grace Haas • Ms. Elizabeth
J. Haig • Mr. & Mrs. James Hall • Hamburg Area High
School • Hamburg Grange #2103 • Wayne and Marie Hamm,
Jr. • Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Hammer • Ms. Aimee Hannan • Mr. Scott
Harmon • Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Harner • Dr. Richard and Deborah
Hatch • Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Hayes • Ms. Nicole Hayes • Heck
CONCERN
Brothers, Inc. • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Henry • Ms. Sylvia Herman
• Mr. Jeff Herr • Mr. & Mrs. Roger Hertz • Gloria and Lisa
Hetrick • Mr. & Mrs. William Hillanbrand • Mr. Dean Hirneisen
• Mr. Jasper Ho • Daniel and Elaine Hoch • Mr. & Mrs. Lester
Hoch • Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Hood • Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hope •
Hopewell Nursery • Ms. Geraldine A. Houp • Mr. & Mrs. John
S. Huemmrich • Ted Hughes • Cathleen Hulver • Dr. and
Mrs. William Jennings • Mr. & Mrs. Nils Johnson • Ms. Janice
Johnson • Douglas and Andrea Jones • Ms. Anna Katsarides
• Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kauffman • Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kauffman •
Ms. Cindy Kerkeslager • Mrs. D. LaRue Kieffer • Randy and
Linda King • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Klemmer • Martin and Helene
Knapp • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kohler • Ms. Joanne Kratochvil
• Mr. Kalyan Krishnan • Mr. & Mrs. David Kristula • Sylvia S.
Krott • Mr. & Mrs. John Kuhns • Ms. Mae Kunkel • Mr. & Mrs.
Paul Kunkel • Kutztown University Athletics Department • Ms.
Barb Larson • Richard and Gloria Law • Lessel & Company,
PC • Mr. Lloyd L. Levin • Ms. Delores Loner • Mr. Dennis
Loner • Ms. Jane M. Longazel • Dr. & Mrs. Roger Longenecker
• Robert and JoAnn Loose • Gordon and Jeanne
Luckenbill • Ms. Lynn Macadangdang • Mr. Owen Mahn • Ms.
Gina Manidis • Ms. Cathleen Marengo • Steve and Sandra
Matsick • Ms. JoAnne Matty • Mr. & Mrs. Timothy McGee •
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McGraw • Ms. Jemma A. McGuinness •
John and Judy Mehltretter • Charles R. and Ruth M. Messner
• Ms. Sharon Meyer • Mr. & Mrs. David Miller • Mr. & Mrs.
Larry Miller • Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Miller • Mr. Tom Miller • Ms.
Patti Mittleman • Mr. Luke Morris • Mr. Michael Morrone • Ms.
Karen S. Moser • Ms. Beth Moss • Mr. Chris Moyer • Mr. &
Mrs. Lloyd Moyer • Ms. Elizabeth Moylan • Robert and April
Munoz • Mr. Kyle Murphy • Thomas and Dana Murray • Ms.
Mary Nagel • Mr. Richard W. Nagel • Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Nagle
• Kevin Nash • Nationwide Insurance & Financial Services,
Mertztown • Mr. & Mrs. James H. Noll • Mr. & Mrs. Mark
Nord • Paul and Marie North, Jr. • Mr. & Mrs. Steve O’Neil •
Mrs. Lorna Ogilvie • Mr. & Mrs. Denis Pancoast • Shirley J.
Peiffer • Mrs. Jane Percival • Peter Brothers Meats • Donald
and Jerilyn Peters • Ms. Susan C. Phillips • Boyd and Joan
Pick • Ms. Carol Pietruch • Mr. & Mrs. Jim Potts • Helen S.
Powell • Ms. Sandra Probst • Mr. Daryl S. Radcliffe • Miss
Emma Rahn • Ralph Elia’s Auto Body Shop • Ms. Christa
Readinger • Clinton and Jane Refsnyder, Jr. • Merrill and
Elizabeth Ressler • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Rieger • Mr. & Mrs. Eldon
Rohrbach, Jr. • Tom, Martha and Louise Roth • Larry and
Paulette Ruppert • Mr. Mike Sabo • Sacred Heart Church •
Salon 2000 • Mr. & Mrs. Scott Sandman • Ms. Allison Savoy
• Schappell Hardware • Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scheirer • Mr. &
Mrs. William Scheirer • Mr. & Mrs. Carl Schlegel • Donald and
Barbara Schlosser • Mr. Jason Schuchard • Mr. & Mrs. Albert
Seeley • James and Sandra Sellers • Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Sena
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• Stacy Shannon & Kim Webster • Bruce Shaw, Esq. • Mr.
Tom Shelnutt • Elton and Mary Sherman, Jr. • Ms. Dennise
M. Shinn • Shirk Excavating • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Silliman •
Mr. Derek Slaughter • Mr. Eugene Smith • Eleanor Snyder •
Mr. & Mrs. John Spess, Jr. • Jack and Karen Sprenkle • Mr. &
Mrs. Floyd Stauffer • Mr. & Mrs. Feryl Stein • Mr. & Mrs. Drew
Stichter • Nira Stichter • Stoney Creek Rentals • Ms. Karen
Stopper • Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Straube • Sunsweet Growers,
Inc. • Mr. Kyle Surridge • Susquehanna Bank • Ms. Cheryl
Sylvernale • TSI Associates, Inc. • Teamsters Local #429
• The Times News, Inc. • Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Tuerk • Mr.
Herbert C. Ulrich • United Document Destruction & Storage •
Mr. Justin VanFleet • Mohini Venkatesulu • Mr. & Mrs. David
Wagaman • Kraig and Judy Wagaman • Mr. Jay Walker • Mr.
& Mrs. John Weaver • David and Bonnie Weeast • Mr. & Mrs.
Larry Weidner • Dr. Sandra Weidner • Mr. & Mrs. Timothy
West • Stan and Nancy Wetzel • Mr. Donald White • Mr. &
Mrs. Donald Williams • Ms. Narcisa Williams • Dr. & Mrs.
Erwin Wolf • Women of ELCA • Women’s Lifecycles, P.C. •
Mr. Doug Wood • Mr. & Mrs. James Wright • Mr. & Mrs. Carl
Wuchter • Yohn Family • York Regional Office • Mr. & Mrs.
Moses Zimmerman
Federated Campaigns: Combined Federal Campaign/Lancaster
County • Combined Federal Campaign/
National Capital Area • Combined Federal Campaign/N.E.
Pennsylvania • Combined Federal Campaign/Philadelphia
Area • United Way of the Capital Region - Harrisburg • United
Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley • United Way of Greater
Union County • United Way of New York • United Way of
North Penn • United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Grant Makers: Colonial Oaks Foundation • Dolfinger-
McMahon Foundation • The Kistler -Tiffany Foundation •
Morgan Stanley Foundation • Sam’s Club, Exton • Sam’s
Club, Scranton • Sam’s Club, Temple • Sam’s Club,
Whitehall • Sam’s Club, Willow Grove • C.W. & Marjorie
J. Schrenk Family Foundation • Wachovia Foundation •
Wal-Mart, Dickson City • Wal-Mart, Elverson • Wal-Mart,
Lewisburg • Wal-Mart, Mill Hill • Wal-Mart, Pittston • Wal-
Mart, Temple • Wal-Mart, Whitehall • Wal-Mart, Wyomissing
• Wal-Mart, York • The Willow Grove Foundation
Matching Gifts: The Prudential Foundation Matching
Gifts Program • Saint-Gobain Corporation • Verizon
Foundation
In Kind Gifts: AAA East Penn • AAA of Reading/Berks •
Acorn Market • Ms. Ellen Adams • Ms. Kristie Adams • Air
Products and Chemicals, Inc. • Airport Diner • Allegheny
Evangelical Lutheran Church • Alleghenyville Grange No.
2065 • Mr. Craig Althouse • American Federation of Teachers
• American Girl • American Male Salon • Ms. Patty Amin • Mr.
& Mrs. Edward Anastasia • Ms. Jayne Anderson • Ms. Pearl
Anderson • Mr. Roger Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Spiro
Apostolou • The Arena Stage • Ms. Maggie Arentz • Ms.
Nancy Arnold • Assembly of God Church • Auto Spa of
Wyomissing • Ms. Jackie Azbill • B & M Provision Co. • Baja
Beach Tanning Club • Ms. Jenn Banks • Ms. Corinne Bascelli
• Bear Creek Mountain Resort • Ms. Erin Beebe • Bella Jules
• Ms. Belinda Bergstresser • Berkleigh Golf Club LLC • Ms.
Mary Bermingham • Ms. Esther Bingaman • Bistro 614 • Ms.
Alison Blankenbiller • Ms. Michele Blood • Blue Ridge
Communications • Ms. Suzanne Bodor • Ms. Karen Bolus •
Boy Scout Troop #505 • Herbert and Jean Breitegam • Ms.
Bev Breniser • Mr. & Mrs. Mark Brieske • Ms. Sherri Brinker •
Trevor and Amy Britton • Mr. & Mrs. Preston Broadhurst •
Ms. Gail Brockman • Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Brown • Brown and
Brown • Larry Brubaker • Ms. Lori Bruno • The Bruno Family
• Buckingham Valley Vineyards • Ms. Laura Burns • Mr. Dave
Burton • Butter Valley Golf Port • Ms. Dorothy Cairns • Mr. &
Mrs. Mark Cameron • Mr. & Mrs. James Campbell • Ms. Lois
Carl • Ms. Cindy Catagnus • Ms. Gail Champlin • Charlie
Brown’s Steakhouse • John and Lori Chernich • Dan and
Julia Christ • Ms. Nicole Cincinnati • Cinergi Salon/Spa • Ms.
Mary Beth Cinfici • Ms. Juana Cintron • Citadel Federal
Credit Union • Mr. & Mrs. Doug Colby • Mr. Mike Coller • Mr.
& Mrs. Jose Colon • Ms. Sheree Combs • Ms. Patricia
Conklin • Ms. Stephanie Conrad • Costco Wholesale •
Crayola • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cressman • Ms. Angela Crouse •
CVTSA • Mr. & Mrs. Tony Damkowski • Dan’s Camera City •
Ms. Shelly Davis • Mr. & Mrs. Steve Davis • Ms. Melissa
Dean • Karen DeJarnett • Colleen DeLong • Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Demchyk • The DePue Family • Design By Valerie •
Ms. Roberta DeVough • The Diebolt Family • Ms. Debbie
Dietrich and Family • Ms. Wanda Dietz • Ms. Rana Dimmig •
Mr. Anthony Dompkowski • Dorney Park and Wildwater
Kingdom • Ms. Angela Drupp • Ms. Belinda Edwards • Mr.
and Mrs. Don Ellis • The George Engebretsen Family • Kim
and Harry Erdman • Esbenshades Garden Centers • Ms.
Regina Esmont • Evangelical Hospital • The Everlines Family
• Ms. Jessica and Kelsey Fair • Mr. Jay Farmer • Ms. Joan
Fasig • Ms. Ruth Fegley • The Dave Fegley Family • The
Steve Finke Family • First Presbyterian Church • Ms. Carol
Fisher • Ms. Diana Fitzgerald • The Flanagan Family •
Fleetwood Beverages, Inc. • Ron and Sandy Fluck and
Family • The Focht Family • Mr. Scott Franckowiak • Fraser
Advanced Information Systems • Ms. Amanda Freed • Ms.
Lorie Geist • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates • Giant Foods • Ms.
Claire Gibney • Mr. Tom Givler • Godfrey’s • Ms. Beverly
Goetz • Ms. Jane Goetzman • Goggle Works • Gold’s Gym •
Golf Tec • GPU Energy • Ms. Daphne Grant • Green Pond
Country Club • Mr. John Grim • Mark and Ruth Grounard •
Mr. & Mrs. John Grube and Family • Mr. John Gruber • Hair
on the Avenue • Ms. Jennifer Hartline • Ms. Ruth Hausen •
Ms. Linda Hayes • Heeby’s Surplus • Ms. Sue Hepner • Rod
and Kathleen High • Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Hillegass • Troy and
Vicky Hillegass • Ms. Karen Hoffman • Dr. Jay Holthus • Mr.
and Mrs. John Holton and Family • Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hope •

Hope Lutheran Church • Mr. & Mrs. Luther Hornburger • Hot
Shots Unique Photography • Ms. Marilyn Houghton • Ms.
Denise Huber • Ms. Mary Beth Hughes • Ms. Marisa Hunsicker
• Ms. Kirsten Hyde • IHOP • Ms. Michelle Ingram •
Institute of Contemporary Arts • Iron Pigs of Lehigh Valley •
Brenda James • Ms. Victoria Jenckes • Douglas and Andrea
Jones • The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. • Just Born •
Ms. Laura Kaplus • Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kauffman • Ms. Sheri
Kauffman • Ms. Donna Keglovits • Ms. Cathy Kehs • Charles
and Bettie Kelchner • Ms. Eileen Kelly • Ms. Elaine Kendrick
• Kerchner Family • Ms. Sally Ketter • Ms. SuEllen Ketterer •
Ms. Jean Kline • Ms. Randy Kline • Ms. Angie Knarr • Mr. &
Mrs. Jack Knebel • The Koch Family • Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Kohler • Mike Korenich and Rose Slegel • Ms. Heather
Kostival • Ms. Michele Kostival • Ms. Ann Kraras • Jim and
Linda Kreider • Ms. Sherri Kreisher and Family • Ms. Tara
Krow • Ms. Rachael Kuhn • Kuts and Karats • Kutztown
University • Ms. Brenda LaCombe • Landis Corvettes & More
• LANtek • The Larkin Family • Law Offices of Merow and
Jacoby • Mr. & Mrs. William Layton • Ms. Christa Leh •
Lehighton Lions/Lioness Club • Ms. Marlene Leiby • Ms.
Alycia Lenart • Mrs. Michelle Lenhart • LensCrafters,
Whitehall • LensCrafters, Wyomissing • Ms. Ali Levan • Mrs.
Janet Levan • Ms. Susan Levengood • Linda’s Power Yoga &
Massage Therapy • Ms. Jane Longazel • Lords and Ladies •
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Loughry • Lowe’s • Ms. Lisa Loyo • Greg
Maack • Ms. Molly Maack • Ms. Denise Magalotti • Ms.
Valerie Maginnis • Main Street Inn Bed and Breakfasst • Ms.
Ruth Malone • Malvern School of Downingtown • Malvern
School of Frazier • Ms. Brandi Marderness • Jean Marderness
• Mr. & Mrs. Frank Maurek • Mr. & Mrs. Steve Mautner •
Ms. Jennifer Mazaika • MBR Construction Service Inc. •
Robert and Virginia McCarty • Ms. Alexis McClain • Mr. &
Mrs. Andrew McClelland • Ms. Liz McCurley • Mr. and Mrs.
Derek McElwain • Ms. Majorie McGarry • Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph McGee • Ms. Linda Mertz • Dr. William Messersmith •
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Messner • MetLife • Metropolitan Management
Group • Cherie Mierzejewski • Mr. & Mrs. Brian Miller •
Ms. Erma Miller • Mary Miller • Ms. Melanie Miller • Miller
Keystone Blood Center • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Moll • Mom’s Club
of Chaddsford • Mom’s Club of Oley Valley • Moms Club of
Douglassville • Moms Club of Douglassville-West • Mr. &
Mrs. Robert Monath • Ms. Jasmyn Moore • Ms. Karen Moser
• Ms. Michele Moser • Cheryl Moyer • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph
Moyer • Ms. Lauren Moyer • Mr. & Mrs. Mike Moyer • Ms.
Lynne Muir • The Murphy Family • Ms. Chrissy Murray • Ms.
Mary Beth Myford • National Penn Bank • The Naugle Family
• Ms. Barbara Nester • Ms. Anne Nigrini • Mr. Daryl Nissley •
Ms. Sue-Ann Norian • Dr. Normington and Staff • Mr. & Mrs.
Steve O’Neil • The O’Neil Family • Olde Homestead Golf
Club • Ms. Sylvia Oldham • Oley Women’s Club • One Of a
Kind by Jet • Osram Sylvania Glass Technologies • Outback
Steakhouse • David and Naomi Owen • Ozzy’s Sports Fun
Center • Pajama Program • Pappa V. Pizzeria • Ms. Kim
Parfet • Paul Frederick Menstyle • Ms. Karen Paull • Penn
State University Book Store • Pepsi-Cola • Ms. Barbara
Perfect • Peter Brothers Meats • Craig Peters • Ms. Kirsten
Peterson • The Philadelphia Eagles • Philadelphia Flyers •
Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips • Ms. Sharon Phillips • Mr. & Mrs.
Peter Pietra • Mr. Chris Pinchak • Mrs. Tara Powell • PPL •
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP • Ms. Kendra Quigley • Mr. &
Mrs. Barry Ramer • Ms. Crystal Rauenzahn • Reading
Coffee Roasters • Reading Country Club • Reading Phillies
Baseball Club • Reading Royals • Ms. Christa Readinger •
Michael Reagan • The Ream Family • Ms. Sarah Reed •
Reiff’s Greenhouse • Ms. Robin Reinkemeyer • Ms. Debra
Reppert • Ms. Joan Reppert • Richmond PTA • The Rohrbach
Family • Gloria Rossi • Ms. Cynthia Rothermel • Kelly
Ryan and Family • Salvation Army • Joseph Samolewicz •
Sand Castle Winery • Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Sanders • Ms. Anne
Santorelli • Mr. Jeff Schaeffer • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schaeffer
• Lisa Schaeffer • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schaeffer • Andrew
and Karen Schaeffer & Family • Ms. Jean Schell • Ms. Helen
Schellenberger • Ms. Kiki Schlatterer • Ms. Betty Schroeder •
Paul and Rosie Schwambach • Ms. Cheyanna Scott • The
Sebastian Family • Ms. Geri Seidel • Mr. & Mrs. Cory
Seiverling • Shady Maple Smorgasbord • Ms. Julia Sharer •
She • Ms. Joan Sher • Short’s Tastie Pastries • Shugar
Family • Sight & Sound Theatres • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Silliman
• Mr. Myron Silverman • Ms. Penny Skelton • Mr. & Mrs.
Evan Slotter • The Smeltz Family • Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Smith •
Ms. Jenna Smith • Mr. Mark Smith • Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Snyder • Sodexho • Sorrelli Jewelry • Southmoore Golf
Course • Ms. Elaine Spangler • Jim and Lucille Spangler •
Split Rock in the Poconos • Sports Authority • St. Paul’s UCC
• Ms. Nancy Steelberg • Mr. & Mrs. John Steinle • Shelly
Stichter • Mr. & Mrs. Trevis Stoudt • Ms. Amanda Stump •
Ms. Sue Summers • Ms. Mary Surgeoner • Surgical Institute
of Reading • TC’s Food & Spirts, Inc. • Teamsters Central PA
• The Thomas Family • Ms. Judie Thompson • The Thompson
Family • TJ Maxx • Louella Tobias • Ms. Betsy Tollin •
Trinity Lutheran Church • The Troxel Family • Ms. Faye
Trump • Gladys Turner • UNAMI Lady’s Auxillary Group •
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania • Ms. Heidi Valick
• Vargeson’s Sure Fine Market • Ms. Gretchen Velk • Mr. &
Mrs. David Verrill • Ms. Joann Vogel • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis
Vough • Dick and Jean Wagner • Walgreens • Ms. Angie
Walker • Mr. James Waring • Weaver’s Ace Hardware •
Wegman’s • Weis Markets • Mr. & Mrs. Scott Weitzel • Mr. &
Mrs. Timothy West • Ms. Ann White • White Palm • Mr. &
Mrs. Dennis Willman • Willow Street Pictures, Inc. • Mr. Bill
Wilson • Winedown Cafe & Winebar • Ms. Beth Wittman •
Laurence and Sharon Wolf • Ms. Melissa Wolfe • Wrigley’s
Office Supply • Mr. & Mrs. Cam Yanero • Ms. Mary Ann
Yarnell • Yocco’s • Yohn Family • Ms. Pamela Yost • Mr. &
Mrs. Dave Yourkawitch • Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Zettlemoyer • Mr. &
Mrs. Justin Zettlemoyer • Bud and Margaret Zimmerman •
Zion Spies Lutheran Church
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Those who remember others as they remember
our children in need.
In Honor of
All God’s Children
Grandchildren of Heather Berger
Owen David
Great Grandchildren of Sylvia Herman
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Longenecker
Amanda Rice
Lillian Walter
Rachel Wolff
In Memory of
Marguerite Adams
Ralph Ardolino
Carl E. Blank
Alexander Brockmeyer
Sally Jean Prann Carter
Vivian I. DeBlasse
Nathaniel Jason Deitzel
Lori Dunkle
Dana L. Folk
Parents of Wayne and Marie Hamm, Jr.
Ralph W. Kieffer
Dr. Kermit Kistler
Ronald Patrick Kum
George McGuinness
Ann and Frank Mercurio
Juanita Miller
Helen B. Phillips
Parents of Elton and Mary Sherman, Jr.
Lester C. Snyder
Stephen Walter
We have made
every attempt to
ensure the
accuracy of
our donor list.
If you discover an
error, please
accept our
apologies and
notify us at
(610) 944-0445
so we may
correct our
records.

Planned Giving
Planned Giving programs are designed to
give individuals the opportunity to make a
gift that will create a legacy for themselves,
while at the same time allow a charitable
organization to continue its mission for
many years to come. Since planned gifts
are given from a donor’s life assets rather
than through earned income, they require
“planning” and are often transmitted to
a nonprofit organization through a legal
instrument such as a will or trust.
All of the following planned giving
vehicles can have significant income tax
implications. Please note CONCERN
is not engaged in rendering legal or tax
advisory service. For advice and assistance
in specific cases, services of an attorney,
accountant or other professional advisors
should be obtained.
Bequests
A bequest for the benefit of
CONCERN may be included in
the body of your will, or through
a codicil (an amendment to your
will), or your revocable living
trust. Please use CONCERN’s
legal name of “CONCERN
– Professional Services for
Children, Youth, and Families”
when naming CONCERN as
a beneficiary. You also may
designate how your bequest should
be used.
Gifts of Life Insurance
For those of even modest means,
gifts of life insurance policies are
a way to make a substantial legacy
gift to CONCERN. Gifts of life
insurance can be made naming
CONCERN as the irrevocable
owner of the policy. This option
can literally cost “pennies on the
dollars” and provide a significant
donation to CONCERN, while
allowing a donor to make a
substantially larger charitable gift
than would otherwise be possible.
Gifts of Retirement Plans
Using retirement plans such as
IRAs and 401k and 403b accounts
can provide a meaningful and
lasting gift to CONCERN. Due
to the potentially harsh estate
and income tax treatment of
retirement plan benefits, the cost
of using retirement plan accounts
as a gifting vehicle can be lower
than using other types of property.
Gifts of Appreciated
Securities
Stocks or shares in a mutual
fund are donated to CONCERN
through our designated brokerage
account. Gifts of appreciated
securities to CONCERN are
usually more advantageous than
giving cash. If a donor gives
appreciated securities held longer
than one year, the donor can
deduct their full market value
regardless of what the donor
originally paid for them, assuming
the donor itemizes on their tax
return.
Outright Gifts of Tangible
Personal Property
Tangible personal property is
broadly defined in the tax code as
any property, other than land or
buildings, which can be seen or
touched. Examples include works
of art, antiques and collections
such as stamps, coins, sports
memorabilia, etc. This gifting
option is often best for those
where these possessions are no
longer intended for their use or have
become a burden to maintain or
insure.
Gifts of Real Estate
Real estate including commercial
or residential property, rental or
vacation properties, farmland,
or undeveloped land can reap
significant tax benefits by
making planned gifts. First the
donor identifies real property to
be donated, then CONCERN
evaluates the property to determine
if it falls within its Gift Acceptance
Policy, and finally the donor has the
property appraised to establish its
fair market value.
Life Income Gifts
Life income gifts, or gifts that
permit a donor to retain a benefit,
can include a charitable gift
annuity, charitable remainder trust,
charitable remainder annuity trust,
pooled income fund, and charitable
lead trust. The benefits can include
income payments for your life and
the life of your spouse (or someone
else), should you choose. Due to
the complexity of these planned
giving vehicles, it is recommended
that you consult with the services
of an attorney, accountant, or other
professional advisors.
For more information about these
gift options or any of CONCERN’s
other fundraising activities,
please contact the Development
Department at 610-944-0445 or
800-562-1427.

Contact Information
Corporate Office
One West Main Street
Fleetwood PA 19522-1350
(610) 944-0445
Fax (610) 944-8834
www.concern4kids.org
Greater Berks
One West Main Street
Fleetwood PA 19522-1350
(610) 944-0445
Fax (610) 944-1195
Wyomissing Branch
1120-B Hobart Avenue
Wyomissing PA 19610-2063
(610) 371-8035
Fax (610) 371-8038
Lehigh Valley
90 South Commerce Way, Ste 300
Bethlehem PA 18017-8611
(610) 691-8401
Fax (610) 691-0647
Maryland
10003 Derekwood Lane, Ste 200
Lanham MD 20706-6314
(301) 429-2370
Fax (301) 429-2374
Northeast
829 Scranton-Carbondale Hwy
Eynon PA 18403-1020
(570) 876-3800
Fax (570) 876-5726
Southeast
49 Easton Road, Ste 202
Willow Grove PA 19090-3201
(215) 654-1963
Fax (215) 654-9749
Regional Offices
Susquehanna Valley
60 North Eighth Street
Lewisburg PA 17837-1446
(570) 523-1297
Fax (570) 524-4752
Wellsboro Branch
62 Plaza Lane
Wellsboro PA 16901-1766
(570) 724-7142
Fax (570) 724-6771
Life Skills Institute
228 Russell Avenue
Williamsport PA 17701-3824
(570) 326-6425
Fax (570) 326-6535
CONCERN Treatment Units
for Boys
Coatesville Campus
1225 West Lincoln Highway
Coatesville PA 19320-1858
(610) 384-8733
Fax (610) 380-1704
Lehighton Campus
560 Country Club Road
Lehighton PA 18235-9740
(570) 386-2990
Fax (570) 386-5125
Counseling Services
Greater Berks
22-24 North Franklin Street
Fleetwood PA 19522-1350
(610) 944-0445
Fax (610) 944-1196
Wyomissing Branch
1120-C Hobart Avenue
Wyomissing PA 19610-2063
(610) 371-8035
Fax (610) 685-2679
Lehigh Valley
90 South Commerce Way,
Ste 300
Bethlehem PA 18017-8611
(610) 691-8401
Fax (610) 691-0647
Susquehanna Valley
434 Market Street, Ste 205
Lewisburg PA 17837-1493
(570) 522-0990
Fax (570) 522-0971
Wellsboro Branch
62 Plaza Lane
Wellsboro PA 16901-1766
(570) 724-7142
Fax (570) 724-6771