2009 Annual Report: Thirty - Mazzoni Center
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thirty<strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong><br />
<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>
our mission<br />
to provide quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBt-focused environment,<br />
while preserving the dignity and improving the quality of life of the individuals we serve.<br />
thirty<strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong><br />
<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Board of Directors<br />
July 1, 2008 – June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Kenneth oakes, President<br />
Michael Wolf, MD, Vice President<br />
Kelly Harris, Treasurer<br />
rajnish S. Dave, Secretary<br />
rev. Carol r. anthony<br />
troy Cassel<br />
Mark Coyne<br />
russell Harris, MD<br />
adam Whitney Meyers<br />
Sheila Peopples<br />
Stacy rosemarin<br />
Jimmy J. ruiz, MD<br />
Jayden Sampson<br />
Paul Scoles, MD<br />
Beth Shandor, Do<br />
Michael Sweeney<br />
about the cover: the thirty year history of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> includes many significant<br />
developments in the fields of LGBt health and HiV / aiDS care, treatment, and<br />
prevention. But none of these contributions would be possible without the hard work<br />
and dedication of our most prized resource: our people.<br />
Pictured (l to r): Walter Lear, MD; a “live” enactment of our “Lucky Stiffs” safe sex ad campaign;<br />
Peter <strong>Mazzoni</strong>, MD; our “SEX” HIV prevention campaign; 1987 March on Washington; ribbon-cutting<br />
of the first LGBT Community Health <strong>Center</strong>, 2002 ; <strong>Mazzoni</strong> in lights, atop the PECO Energy Building.<br />
Below: <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> employee staff picnic, <strong>2009</strong>
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<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
From the Board President 2<br />
From the executive Director 3<br />
Family & Community Medicine 4<br />
Behavioral Health Services 6<br />
Care Services 8<br />
Ctr/StD Services 10<br />
Prevention Services 11<br />
transgender Services 12<br />
Development & Marketing 13<br />
audited Financial Position 14<br />
Funders & Donors 15
from the board president<br />
2 :: thirty<br />
One of my last official duties as Board President of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>,<br />
was a real honor and privilege for me; i met with the staff, and thanked them for their work.<br />
of all the great experiences i have had during these past two years as president, interacting with<br />
these fine representatives of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> has been the most rewarding. these remarkable young<br />
men and women have each made a conscious decision to dedicate their profession to the service<br />
to others. each of you reading this report - our supporters, donors, funders, patients, clients,<br />
and friends - are all part of the fabric of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>. You choose to share your talents and<br />
resources because you believe in its mission. or you come to us, in need of the services and<br />
support we offer, and you appreciate the professional and quality care for which <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is known. Whatever<br />
your reasons, or whichever portal you entered, you have undoubtedly come into contact with one, or a number of the<br />
amazing, selfless staff members who are in place, ready to assist you.<br />
each of the more than 75 full-time staff members has, (to paraphrase Gandhi) immersed himself or herself<br />
in the service of others and, one hopes, discovering within each one’s self an expanded capacity to care.<br />
now, you may ask, what does this have to do with our annual report? all that you will read in the pages that follow<br />
could certainly not happen without the generous support of our donors and funders. nor would it matter, were it<br />
not for the pressing needs of our patients and clients.<br />
i ask that you read these narratives through the prism of our staff members here at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
absent the professional and compassionate care offered by the providers and staff of Family and Community Medicine<br />
practice, thousands of members of our constituencies might go without health care. Were it not for our dedicated social<br />
workers, hundreds more might be lost in a sea of red tape and bureaucracy, their health hanging in the balance. our<br />
open Door mental health and substance abuse counselors provide firm ground and surer footing to those in need of<br />
it. our outreach, prevention, and testing staff arm those accessing these services with the knowledge and tools to keep<br />
themselves healthy. the food bank and housing team do more than provide food and shelter; they give them hope.<br />
as i started to write this final address as president, i thought i would write that it has been a great honor to serve as<br />
the leader of this board. But in retrospect, i would rather close by confessing that it has been a humbling experience,<br />
standing side-by-side with staff and fellow board members, working towards a common goal.<br />
thank you for allowing me this honor, and for being part of the <strong>Mazzoni</strong> family.<br />
Ken oakes<br />
President, Board of Directors<br />
“The best way to find yourself<br />
is to lose yourself in the service of others. ”<br />
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi
from the executive director<br />
This year <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> marks thirty years of service to our<br />
communities. We began this year-long dedication, appropriately enough, during this year’s<br />
season of Gay Pride, rolling past the crowd-lined streets of Philadelphia, proudly heralding this<br />
achievement to our community.<br />
two months later, we followed up that heady celebration with a more serious-minded<br />
retrospective exhibit, detailing the development, not only of this organization and the health<br />
and wellness services we have been providing to our community for three decades, but also, in<br />
broader terms, the development of the LGBt health movement.<br />
i am proud of how much we have accomplished, while at the same time energized by the task before us.<br />
in the three decades since the founders of Lavender Health put forth a set of goals for LGBt health, we have addressed<br />
the clinical needs of our community; we responded to the gap in health education; and we have forayed into research.<br />
We continue to make progress on the needs of our community, and slowly, but gradually, we are making inroads in<br />
the provision of services for women, even as we look to enhance and expand them in the future.<br />
We have also gone beyond the framework of our founders – our provision of transgender services has created a new<br />
benchmark for quality. our youth services afford young people the opportunity to develop leadership skills, and<br />
become adults in a supportive and positive environment. our HiV services, for which there wasn’t even an inkling<br />
of need in 1979, now surpass all standards of quality. in the thirty years since, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> has earned a highlyregarded<br />
reputation as a provider of these services, known and respected for our comprehensive case management,<br />
food, and housing programs for people with HiV/aiDS.<br />
i am not sure if our founders could have imagined such a strong, vibrant organization, with over 75 employees,<br />
emerging from the small, volunteer-driven, effort they initiated. i am certain, however, that they are impressed by<br />
the result.<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s stature today as the pre-eminent health authority for the region’s LGBt communities is, in large<br />
part, due to the dedicated employees, volunteers, and board members, past and present, and of course, due to the<br />
generous support of our donors and funders. to all of you i say “thank you,” for your work, your support, and your<br />
confidence. i look forward to the next thirty years with excitement and pride, for i know that this organization will<br />
continue to exceed the expectations placed before it.<br />
nurit Shein<br />
Executive Director<br />
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When the original<br />
founders of Lavender Health,<br />
the agency which spawned PCHa, and later, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>,<br />
convened their initial planning meetings more than 30 years<br />
ago, they envisioned a holistic approach to gay and lesbian<br />
health care, including clinical services for StD’s, sensitive<br />
gynecological care for women, as well as general health care.<br />
But could they have imagined the level of sophistication<br />
and professionalism that exists today at our thriving medical<br />
practice, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Family and Community Medicine?<br />
the close of Fiscal Year 09 marked our first full year in our<br />
gleaming new facility at 809 Locust Street. During that time,<br />
our medical practice saw over 3,800 unduplicated clients,<br />
an increase of nearly 1,000 over the previous year. Using the<br />
standard definition of “active patient” to mean having had a<br />
doctor’s visit within the past 3 years, we can extrapolate that<br />
we currently have almost 5,000 unduplicated clients under<br />
our care.<br />
our new facility has provided the practice with the necessary<br />
room to grow. Whereas our former location at 1201 Chestnut<br />
Street had two regular, and two make-shift exam rooms, 809<br />
Locust boasts eight state-of-the-art, fully- equipped examination<br />
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In 2002, city health officials and <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
board and staff gathered to cut the ribbon on the first<br />
Community Health <strong>Center</strong>, an LGBT-specific practice<br />
and the first of its kind in Philadelphia.<br />
&<br />
family community<br />
rooms, including a procedure room. the improvement in the<br />
physical plant of the health practice cannot be overstated as<br />
a factor in its growth. in FY 2008, we were averaging 400-<br />
500 patient visits per month, whereas we are now seeing close<br />
to 900 patients per month. We added another full-time nurse<br />
practitioner this year, complementing and enhancing the<br />
diversity of our health care team and reflecting of the diversity<br />
of the communities we serve.<br />
Just who are these communities that make up our patient base?<br />
While the predominant group is gay males, women do make<br />
up nearly a quarter of our patient population, half of whom<br />
identify as lesbian or bi. twenty percent of our clientele are<br />
transgender, a fact that might surprise the original founders.<br />
While the articles of organization, drafted back in 1979,<br />
made no accommodation for our transgender brothers and<br />
sisters, the ensuing decades have brought about dialogue and<br />
increased understanding, and trans folk are now recognized as an<br />
integral part of our organization, and the community at large.<br />
of course, the founders could not have foreseen the huge<br />
part HiV and aiDS would play in our medical practice, and<br />
the agency as a whole, because thirty years ago there was no<br />
epidemic. today, approximately 10% of our patient base is<br />
HiV-positive, but make up nearly 30% of patient visits. our
medicine<br />
HiV-positive patients have come to know <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
FCM as providing the gold standard in HiV care, and we have<br />
incorporated CDC guidelines for HiV testing into routine<br />
care. By providing on-site medical case management, helping<br />
patients to navigate insurance, secure housing, and providing<br />
them with referrals to other support services and overall<br />
coordination of care, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> helps to ensure that<br />
our HiV+ patients remain in care. Knowing one’s HiV status,<br />
continuing in care and adhering to medication regimens is the<br />
path toward maintaining health and quality of life.<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s medical practice has instituted new efficiencies<br />
into its delivery of care, which accounts in part for the nearly<br />
forty percent increase in patient volume over the previous<br />
year. But whereas in this day of managed care, where the term<br />
“efficiency” is often a euphemism for quick, peripheral office<br />
visits and a “get ‘em in, get ‘em out” mentality, our team of<br />
providers has a reputation for a caring, considered approach to<br />
health care that continues to attract new patients through our<br />
doors, at a rate of 50 –100 new patients per month.<br />
the horizon looks bright, as we continue to launch new<br />
initiatives and services. We are adding a staff nutritionist for<br />
our HiV-infected population. We have launched adolescent<br />
programming, a medical “safety net” for young, often uninsured<br />
Today, in our new facility at 809 Locust Street, we are helping<br />
populations previously overlooked, with technologies unimagined when the<br />
agency was founded in 1979. Here, Medical Director Robert Winn, MD,<br />
uses laser technology on a transgender patient.<br />
patients. We perform laser hair removal at greatly reduced costs<br />
to transgender patients, adding immeasurably to their sense<br />
of self-esteem and well-being. and we recently received an<br />
aaCo-funded grant to develop a referral base for dental care<br />
for our HiV positive patients.<br />
Many of our patients have insurance, which we take as a<br />
testament to the fact that we are attracting new patients who<br />
have the means to make the choice to receive care at <strong>Mazzoni</strong>;<br />
many others are uninsured, and <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> welcomes<br />
them also, remaining true and focused on our mission to<br />
provide quality, compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay.<br />
this mix of insured, and uninsured, from varied socioeconomic<br />
backgrounds and circumstances, provides evidence that <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> is becoming the health care provider of choice for all of<br />
the Philadelphia region’s LGBt and HiV/aiDS communities.<br />
thirty :: 5
ehavioral health services<br />
one of the very first documents authored by the founding members<br />
of Lavender Health established six interrelated “components” which, in combination, form a multi-disciplinary approach to improving<br />
the health and well-being of the region’s LGBt populus.<br />
of those six tenets, one expressly speaks to the need for each<br />
individual to take personal responsibility for his or her own<br />
health and well-being. as the founders saw it, this component<br />
entails (among other things) understanding the importance of<br />
establishing positive human relationships, as<br />
well as finding strategies to overcome challenges<br />
posed by sexually transmitted diseases, and the<br />
stigma that often accompanies them.<br />
Learning to cope with societal pressures and<br />
biases, and to overcome impediments such<br />
as drug and alcohol dependency, was also<br />
recognized as an essential part of an individual’s<br />
path to physical health and wellness.<br />
While the founders did not expressly call for the<br />
creation of mental health services, the concepts<br />
outlined above, and the complex interrelationship among them,<br />
are at the core of much of the work presently conducted in <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong>’s open Door Counseling Program. Common issues<br />
brought into therapy by open Door clients include the desire to<br />
develop intimacy and to form positive healthy relationships; with<br />
family, with partners and with oneself.<br />
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then, as now, drug and alcohol dependency can create an obstacle<br />
for some in our community. about 20% of our open Door clients<br />
are seeking drug and alcohol treatment for themselves; however,<br />
alcohol and drugs also play a central role in many of our clients<br />
lives and manifest in relationships with friends,<br />
partners and family who struggle with abuse<br />
and dependency. through our comprehensive<br />
behavioral health services, open Door seeks<br />
to help clients identify and explore patterns of<br />
Last year our Open Door Counseling<br />
program provided over 4,000 hours of<br />
individual, couples and family therapy,<br />
as well as group support, to more than<br />
550 clients.<br />
dependency and many other related issues.<br />
then, as now, sexually-transmitted diseases,<br />
and the social stigmas that can accompany<br />
them, can impact on an individual’s sense of<br />
self-esteem, and effect one’s ability to seek and<br />
maintain healthy relationships. But today, with<br />
HiV, the stakes are considerably higher, and the accompanying<br />
stigmas can be devastating.<br />
twenty-eight percent of our open Door client population is HiVpositive,<br />
a nearly 8% increase over the previous year. obviously, an<br />
individual’s HiV status, and the real-world implications a positive<br />
status can have on one’s psyche, and his or her relationships, is a<br />
recurring and relevant theme in therapy. open Door therapists
espond to this need via individual counseling, as well as group<br />
support. our HiV and recovery groups are among the most<br />
frequented support groups within open Door.<br />
Perhaps the single most significant development in open Door this<br />
year is a new project called REACH (Recovery Empowerment<br />
and Community Health). this program, funded by a major<br />
new grant by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health<br />
Services Administration) seeks to expand capacity by tapping<br />
into high risk populations of gay and bisexual men, with a<br />
particular focus on communities of color, by addressing drug and<br />
alcohol use and sexual health. this program distinguishes itself<br />
from traditional outpatient services through its use of peers to<br />
engage men in dialogue about their health, as well as its emphasis<br />
on “pre-treatment” – getting the client “ready” to enter treatment<br />
on his terms and timetable. this program met and exceeded its<br />
goals in terms of its start-up and provision of assessments and<br />
treatment, and most importantly, began “reaching” a segment of<br />
our community that does not traditionally seek treatment.<br />
our open Door program continually operates at capacity, with<br />
(unfortunately) a waiting list for new clients. We view this as<br />
both a testament to the quality of services we offer, as well as an<br />
indicator of the pressing need for culturally competent behavioral<br />
health services for the LGBt communities.<br />
Our REACH program is an innovative new approach to treatment utilizing<br />
“peer engagement specialists” who recruit prospective clients into<br />
pretreatment and treatment services via various social networking strategies.<br />
Three members of the REACH team, pictured above, at a community event<br />
with our Mobile Testing Unit.<br />
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care services<br />
in 1979, the men and women who came together to form an organization to<br />
improve the health of gays and lesbians had no notion of the calamity called aiDS that was<br />
about to befall an entire generation. thus, they couldn’t imagine the skyrocketing need for social services by those infected by HiV that<br />
would follow the onset of this terrible disease.<br />
in 1990, Philadelphia Community Health alternatives initiated case management services, helping its clients navigate the bureaucracy<br />
and red tape to facilitate and ensure access to publicly available social services. in 1989, PCHa opened its regional Food Bank,<br />
providing supplemental groceries and nutritional support to our clients with aiDS diagnoses.<br />
today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s Care Services department provides case management services to over 1,000 clients, and provides groceries to<br />
nearly 1,400 individuals.<br />
Case Management<br />
our Case Management program continues to be a leader in the<br />
provision of quality case management services in the Philadelphia<br />
region. as a result of our exceptional services, the Philadelphia<br />
Department of Public Health, aiDS activities Coordinating<br />
office (aaCo) this past year awarded an additional four case<br />
managers to our program, for a total of fifteen full-time employees.<br />
Following a “medical case management” model, our staff assist<br />
clients in scheduling and attending their medical appointments,<br />
resulting in a 95% attendance rate for medical appointments.<br />
Studies show that HiV/aiDS clients who strictly adhere to their<br />
medical regimen demonstrate more positive health outcomes.<br />
our case managers are also highly trained in assessing clients’<br />
eligibility for Medical assistance or other insurance, removing<br />
a major barrier to receive care. ninety percent of our case<br />
management clients now have health insurance.<br />
other services include mental health and substance abuse referrals,<br />
treatment adherence counseling, assisting with housing, and<br />
vocational rehabilitation referrals.<br />
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Each holiday season, our staff collects and distributes hundreds of toys and winter<br />
coats to provide for the children of many of our case management clients.<br />
in august of 2008, we expanded our case management services<br />
by staffing two full-time case managers on-site at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Family & Community Medicine. Paralleling the services we<br />
provide at our main location, MCFCM case managers provide<br />
a wide range of services to our HiV+ client population who<br />
receiving their primary care from <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
Fiscal Year <strong>2009</strong> was a transitional and rebuilding period for<br />
adolescent Care Services at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, and providing<br />
services to 71 youth. Groundwork was laid for the introduction<br />
of adolescent “Drop-in” hours, exclusively for those in the 13 – 24<br />
year old age bracket, to begin in FY10.<br />
our Care Services department also instituted LGBt case<br />
management at MCFCM in FY09, designed to meet the medical<br />
and psychosocial needs of HiV negative LGBt clients. there is<br />
a heavy emphasis on trans-specific case management services, as<br />
research continues to point up the multiple barriers to care faced<br />
by transgender individuals.
Food Bank<br />
Since it was first instituted 20 years ago, our regional HiV Food<br />
Bank has served thousands upon thousands of aiDS-diagnosed<br />
individuals in the Philadelphia region. it continues to play a vital<br />
role in maintenance of healthy lifestyles, as a source for providing<br />
supplemental groceries, and nutritional support. in FY09, we<br />
distributed more than 8,400 bags of groceries. in addition to<br />
our regular client base, 75 households received emergency (onetime)<br />
food bank referrals, an increase of 29% over the previous<br />
fiscal year. these clients are not eligible for on-going services, but<br />
present with immediate food needs. this significant increase is<br />
due to citywide closings and/or restrictions by community-based<br />
and church-based soup kitchens and food banks.<br />
Housing<br />
our Housing Subsidy program continues to be the gold-standard<br />
in housing assistance in the Philadelphia region for persons with<br />
HiV/aiDS. the efficiency and effectiveness with which we<br />
manage this program was again recognized by the city’s office<br />
of Housing and Community Development with the award of<br />
an additional fourteen units in FY09, bringing to 76 the total<br />
number of households to whom we are providing services, and<br />
housing 105 individuals. additionally, our housing counselors<br />
work in close collaboration with our medical case managers,<br />
ensuring that our homebound tenants get help managing their<br />
medical needs, including obtaining coverage and accessing health<br />
care. at the close of FY09, our Housing Subsidy program stood<br />
poised to be awarded a contract for an additional forty slots for the<br />
upcoming fiscal year, an increase of nearly 50%, and the addition<br />
of a housing counselor to our team. this new award conveys the<br />
level of trust and confidence placed in <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> by the<br />
City to effectively manage this program.<br />
Last year Dennis Coyne, our Regional HIV Food Bank<br />
manager, helped to hand out more than 8,400 bags<br />
of groceries to our HIV/AIDS clients, helping to<br />
supplement their nutritional needs.<br />
Today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />
Care Services department provides case<br />
management services to over 1,000 clients, and<br />
provides groceries to nearly 1,400 individuals.<br />
thirty :: 9
ctr/std services<br />
Screening for sexually transmitted diseases was among the<br />
services first offered when the agency was instituted. Volunteers would go into the city’s bathhouses<br />
and provide screenings to help reduce the spread of syphilis, gonorrhea, and other StDs.<br />
thirty years later, we are still providing that service,<br />
and so much more. of course, the landscape was<br />
altered dramatically with the onset of a mysterious,<br />
deadly illness affecting gay men shortly after<br />
Lavender Health opened its doors. the (mostly<br />
volunteer) workers quickly learned they needed<br />
to adapt to the new circumstances. in 1984, the<br />
HiV virus was discovered, and was determined to<br />
be the cause of this “gay plague,” quickly earning<br />
the nefarious status of “epidemic.” one year later,<br />
PCHa opened the first “alternate test Site” in<br />
Pennsylvania, on St. James Street, and began<br />
providing the newly-developed HiV antibody test.<br />
Much of the technology has changed, and has<br />
vastly improved over the past three decades. But<br />
getting tested and knowing your HiV status was<br />
then, and continues to be now, the critical first step<br />
in preventing the spread of HiV, and maintaining<br />
a healthy lifestyle.<br />
Medical research has since discovered the links<br />
between HiV and other StDs, and the increased<br />
susceptibility for transmission of one, when the<br />
other is already present. as a result, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />
testing department has stepped up its provision<br />
of StD screening, particularly among high risk<br />
individuals. the <strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention (CDC) reports that new cases of syphilis,<br />
which disproportionately affect MSM, are at their<br />
highest levels in more than a decade. as a response,<br />
in addition to increased screening, our street teams<br />
and web-based intervention efforts have increased<br />
their outreach efforts.<br />
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From top:<br />
In 1985, PCHA opened the first<br />
“Alternate Test Site” in Philadelphia,<br />
at this location on St. James Street.<br />
So busy and crowded was this site,<br />
that overburdened HIV counselors<br />
had to walk clients around the block<br />
to give them their test results privately.<br />
Our testing capabilities have changed<br />
dramatically, utilizing modern<br />
technologies like rapid testing, and<br />
new modes of delivery, such as our<br />
mobile testing unit.<br />
this past year, our Ctr/StD department<br />
tested more than 5,200 individuals for HiV,<br />
with an overall positivity rate of 2.1 percent. a<br />
consistent, and troubling trend is the significantly<br />
higher positive rate (54%, up from 47% in the<br />
previous year) among MSM (men who have sex<br />
with men) of color. While accounting for just<br />
over a third of our testing pool, they account<br />
for 49% of positives. We tested more young<br />
people this year than last (11% increase), and<br />
uncovered an alarming statistic of 37% increase<br />
in positivity rate over FY08, mostly among<br />
african-american MSM. this number, while<br />
deeply troubling, confirms for us that at least<br />
we are reaching these young people and getting<br />
them into treatment.<br />
Services like our mobile testing unit are useful<br />
in helping us to identify and locate some of<br />
those hard-to-reach, at-risk populations. rather<br />
than wait for them to come to us, we proactively<br />
go to them; where they live and congregate, in<br />
some of the inner-city neighborhoods where<br />
resources are more scarce, and social stigmas<br />
surrounding HiV persist. additionally, we find<br />
that in many communities of color, there also<br />
persists a nagging homophobia. this has resulted<br />
in the phenomenon known as the “down low,”<br />
whereby men who identify as straight, still have<br />
sex with other men. this “down low” behavior<br />
“hides” more than the sex taking place, however.<br />
it can also “hide” the transmission of HiV.
prevention services<br />
the founding members of<br />
Lavender Health agreed that<br />
an informed community is<br />
key to a healthy community,<br />
and thus enumerated Health education as one of the six<br />
tenets in working to improve the health and well-being of the<br />
LGBt community.<br />
in FY09, our Prevention Services Department provided<br />
outreach, education, counseling and support to LGBt and<br />
questioning Philadelphians, through a variety of approaches.<br />
The Collective, a partnership program with GaLaei (Gay and<br />
Lesbian Latino aiDS education initiative) and aSiaC (aiDS<br />
Services in asian Communities) which focuses on communities<br />
of color, had over 20,000 face-to-face street outreach contacts,<br />
and conducted nearly 300 counseling sessions.<br />
our Community Health Education program held 200<br />
workshops with 3,500 middle and high school students<br />
participating. new in FY09 was an LGBt Parenting<br />
Collaborative, which provided more than 25 workshops to<br />
almost 300 parents and children, dealing with issues such<br />
as communication, sexuality and gender, and relationship<br />
building.<br />
our Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) group level intervention<br />
is currently in year 2, and we’re happy to say this program is<br />
growing, successfully reaching young MSM of color and<br />
providing them with critical health information and strategies to<br />
change behaviors around sex, relationships and HiV prevention.<br />
in FY09, 3MV held 84 workshops and retreats, reaching more<br />
than 1,200 young men of color, a crucial demographic as we<br />
have seen the highest rates of HiV infection in this group.<br />
our affiliations with the “ballroom” community has proven<br />
an effective way to tap into this group of young men.<br />
Clockwise from top-left:<br />
A safe sex poster from the 80’s grabs<br />
the audience’s attention with this<br />
“in your face” message.<br />
Group level interventions, like the<br />
3MV retreat pictured above, are an<br />
altogether different approach about<br />
educating, and ultimately changing<br />
or modifying, risky behaviors.<br />
Lavender Health founders never<br />
could have imagined spreading safe<br />
sex messages in this way, but online<br />
messages and interventions have<br />
proven and efficient and effective<br />
means of reaching audiences.<br />
another effective means of educating our LGBt communities,<br />
(and one surely not foreseen by our founders thirty years ago) is<br />
the use of Social networking websites. MySpace.com, twitter,<br />
and Facebook have proven efficient and effective means of<br />
reaching the internet generation.<br />
Finally, our Ally Safe Schools Program and LEAD are helping<br />
to create safe spaces in the Philadelphia public school system,<br />
through special trainings for adults to become “allies” of<br />
LGBtQ youth, as well as the creation of Gay-Straight alliances<br />
(GSa’s), and by developing leadership skills for LGBtQ and<br />
allied youth, with specially tailored seminars, workshops, and<br />
facilitated group discussions at Philadelphia’s first annual GSa<br />
Leadership Summit (LeaD).<br />
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transgender<br />
services<br />
a reading of the articles of organization of Lavender Health points<br />
up a glaring omission. there is no mention, of our transgender<br />
brothers and sisters. With the exception of a very few, highlypublicized<br />
cases of transsexuals, there was very little public<br />
discussion of the transgender issues, and certainly nothing coming<br />
close to a transgender movement.<br />
In the ensuing years, however, a grassroots<br />
trans movement has sprung up, and today,<br />
transgender communities are recognized as an<br />
integral part of the dialogue of LGBT heatlh.<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> offers an array of trans-specific services, including<br />
medical, psycho-social, and educational. Many of these services are<br />
provided by staff members, some of them transgender themselves,<br />
who are highly trained to the issues specific to the transgender<br />
experience.<br />
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Dr. Lisa O’Connor, <strong>2009</strong> PTHC Keynote speaker, is a respected<br />
former faculty member of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New<br />
Brunswick , NJ. Today, she operates her own family practice, where more<br />
than 95% of her patient base identifies as trans.<br />
today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is recognized, both within the trans<br />
community and outside of it, locally and nationally, as a leader in<br />
the field of transgender health. <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> annually hosts the<br />
largest transgender health conference in the nation, the Philadelphia<br />
trans-Health Conference. Last year, over 1,500 people attended<br />
this three-day conference, including health care providers,<br />
mental health providers, educators, social workers, advocates and<br />
community members. Many of the course offerings are accredited<br />
by Jefferson Medical College, an esteemed insititution of medical<br />
education. and it draws the top people in the field as keynote<br />
speakers and presenters, as well as attendees.<br />
While the founders of Lavender Health did not envision anything<br />
like the PtHC, this national conference certainly falls within the role<br />
of educating providers about LGBt issues, which was something<br />
they were clear about as a primary goal of Lavender Health.
&<br />
in 1980, Lavender Health, the precursor<br />
to <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, received its first<br />
government revenue, a $15,000 grant from the<br />
<strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control and Prevention to advance LGBtspecific<br />
health issues.<br />
development marketing<br />
a few years later, the newly-named PCHa was the beneficiary<br />
of the first of what would become a long string of fundraisers;<br />
local singer-songwriter, performer and activist tom Wilson (now<br />
Wilson-Weinberg) and tommy avicolli performed a cabaret to<br />
raise badly-needed funds to help the agency care for those infected<br />
by the new “gay plague.”<br />
For the next three decades, government contracts, foundation<br />
grants, and individual donations have become the backbone of our<br />
funding streams. Signature events, like 2008’s L Word in Philly,<br />
provide unique opportunities to engage longterm<br />
donors while introducing new friends<br />
to the <strong>Center</strong>’s mission to provide health<br />
and wellness services. the L Word in Philly,<br />
featuring members of the cast and the show’s<br />
creator, was an enormous success, netted over<br />
$70,000 in revenues, and attracted more than<br />
500 attendees – some of whom were hearing<br />
about <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, and our services,<br />
for the first time. the event coincided with<br />
the launch of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s Women’s<br />
Programs and Services.<br />
Hundreds of individuals, couples, and families supported <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
by giving over $35,000 through their employee contribution<br />
campaigns and through the United Way. Corporate support<br />
from Citibank, Walgreens, Comcast, Bank of America, and<br />
Lincoln Financial Group provided additional support to build<br />
the infrastructure of <strong>Mazzoni</strong>’s expanding services. Foundation<br />
and grant funds from the William Penn Foundation,<br />
Susan G. Komen Foundation, and from the Pennsylvania<br />
Department of Economic and Community Development<br />
successfully improved the programmatic efforts this year. equally<br />
amazing were the contributions that reached<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> directly from individuals, couples,<br />
and families. almost $60,000 was granted<br />
directly from individuals, with 250 new<br />
supporters last year.<br />
The L Word in Philly, featuring members of<br />
the cast and the show’s creator, was<br />
an enormous success!<br />
Perry Monastero recently joined the<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> family as our new<br />
Director of Development and Marketing.<br />
once again, house parties and annual<br />
fundraisers convened by <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />
friends and supporters raised not only funds,<br />
but awareness, and introduced new people<br />
to the <strong>Center</strong>’s work, as well. this year, Boys<br />
in the Country, Strike! Against AIDS, Night<br />
of a Thousand Friends, and Cabaret at the<br />
Cloister all provided greater visibility and financial backing to<br />
the <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
the Board of Directors and staff deeply appreciate all of the<br />
support from each person, institution, company, organization,<br />
and funder that contributed to <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> last year.<br />
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statement of<br />
audited financial position<br />
Year ending June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Revenue and Other Support<br />
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Unrestricted restricted total<br />
Government Contracts $ 4,738,568 $ -- $ 4,738,568<br />
third Party Billing 644,580 -- 644,580<br />
Fundraising 313,285 43,348 356,633<br />
other income 92,259 -- 92,259<br />
Subtotal $ 5,788,692 $ 43,348 $ 5,832,040<br />
Net Assets Released from Restriction<br />
Total Revenue & Other Support<br />
Expenses<br />
$ 122,500 $ (122,500) --<br />
$ 5,911,192 $ (79,152) $ 5,832,040<br />
Program expenses $ 5,000,125 -- $ 5,000,125<br />
Support Services 778,136 -- 778,136<br />
total expenses $ 5,778,261 -- $ 5,778,261<br />
Change in Net Assets<br />
Net Assets as of July 1, 2008<br />
Net Assets Thru June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />
$ 132,931 $ (79,152) $ 53,779<br />
$ 953,826 $ 246,652 $ 1,200,478<br />
$ 1,086,757 $ 167,500 $ 1,254,257<br />
Where does the money come from?<br />
Government Contracts 80%<br />
third Party Billing 11%<br />
Fundraising 7%<br />
other 2%<br />
Where does the money go?<br />
Care Services 30%<br />
Prevention & education 29%<br />
Behavioral Health 15%<br />
Medical Services 13%<br />
administration 11%<br />
Development 2%
thank you<br />
<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is an affiliate of<br />
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.<br />
SePa Donor # 2304, Delaware Donor # 7591<br />
to our donors *<br />
$50,000 +<br />
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office (AACO)<br />
<strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control & Prevention<br />
City of Philadelphia - Department of Human Services<br />
City of Philadelphia - Department of Public Health<br />
City of Philadelphia - Office of Housing & Community Development<br />
Family Planning Council / Circle of Care<br />
Pennsylvania Department of Health<br />
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)<br />
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services<br />
William Penn Foundation<br />
$25,000 to $49,999<br />
School District of Philadelphia<br />
Susan G. Komen For The Cure (Philadelphia Affiliate)<br />
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania & Delaware<br />
$10,000 to $24,999<br />
AIDS Fund<br />
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS<br />
Mel Heifetz<br />
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation<br />
Pennsylvania Department of Economic & Community Development<br />
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging<br />
The Philadelphia Foundation<br />
$5,000 to $9,999<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Connelly Foundation<br />
Jenny Myers<br />
Linda Pelullo<br />
United Way - Anonymous (200+)<br />
Woody’s - Michael Weiss & Billy Weiss<br />
Michael Wolf, MD<br />
* this list reflects the generous support of our donors and funders for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
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$2,500 to $4,999<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Comcast Corporation<br />
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund<br />
Jimmy J. Ruiz, MD<br />
Un iversity of Pennsylvania -<br />
Beck Initiative<br />
$1,000 to $2,499<br />
Mitze Amoroso<br />
Anonymous (1)<br />
Bank of America<br />
Early Night Out<br />
Al icia Fasciocco<br />
& Health Advocate. Inc.<br />
Stephen R. Lee<br />
Liberty Belle Invitational<br />
Tom Morea<br />
Megan Murphy<br />
Joanna Pang<br />
Svetlana Permiakova<br />
PHILABUNDANCE<br />
Jayden H. C. Sampson<br />
Nu rit Levi Shein<br />
& Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell<br />
Michael Sirohi<br />
Wharton Graduate Association<br />
John J. Wilcox, Jr.<br />
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$500 to $999<br />
David Adamany<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Al Besse<br />
J. Blaine Bonham, Jr.<br />
Todd Boschetto<br />
David Cannell<br />
Nicholas & Debbie Chaban<br />
Scott Conking<br />
Mark Coyne<br />
Avi Eden<br />
Steve Elkin<br />
David Ertz<br />
Michael F. Fink<br />
Joel & Lucy Huff<br />
Michael Mallinger<br />
Lee Mallon<br />
Ron Powers<br />
Jeff Price<br />
Stacy Rosemarin<br />
Andrew Rouse<br />
Stir & Lucky Lounge<br />
Ro bert J. Winn, MD<br />
& Christine Caputo Winn<br />
Fern Zenia<br />
$250 to $499<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
Biff Bartron & Aaron Buda<br />
Autumn Bayles<br />
Robin Beideman<br />
Ma rk H. Blecher, MD<br />
& Lary Aasheim<br />
Regina Byrne<br />
Timothy Cabrey<br />
Ennis Carter<br />
Gloria Casarez<br />
Victoria R. Chubb<br />
Rajnish Dave<br />
William C. Davidson<br />
Councilman Frank DiCicco<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Emrich<br />
Allen Fred Fielding<br />
Janet Finegar & Jon Sher<br />
Wendy Freeman<br />
Jeff Goldman<br />
Herman Greener<br />
& Vincent Kellit, Jr.<br />
David Hall<br />
Kelly Harris & Gina Smith<br />
James Jay Hoelz<br />
George Horan<br />
Joanne Johnson<br />
Sandra Kaufman<br />
Pe arline Kendells-Moore<br />
& Martha Mae Cruel<br />
Melissa Klein & Neysa Nevins<br />
Mi chele Komito<br />
& Abbe Foreman<br />
Ma lcolm Kram<br />
30 YEARS OF & Mark LGBT Zwanger HEALTH<br />
Hosted Special Events<br />
“Boys in the Country” – Michael Sweeney & Steve Betts<br />
“Cabaret at the Cloister” – Russell Harris, MD & John Casavecchia<br />
“Night of a Thousand Friends” – Kelly Harris & Gina Smith<br />
Fr ed LaValley<br />
& John Whitenight<br />
Charles & Claire Levi<br />
Alecia Manley<br />
Jacqueline Marchwinski<br />
James & Thais McNeal<br />
David McShane<br />
Linda Miniscalco<br />
Tim Moir & Rob Taglieri<br />
Shirley Morcom<br />
Clark Morrell<br />
Kristy Owen<br />
La ura Pritchard<br />
& Patty Inacker<br />
Suma Reddy<br />
Louis Reinholz, Jr.<br />
Corie Romano<br />
Elissa Sachs-Kohen<br />
Ronald & Elaine Sandmeyer<br />
Ha rley J. Saxby<br />
& Gerald Haley<br />
Marty Sellers<br />
David Shelfo<br />
Michelle Simon<br />
Margot Stein & Marian Klotz<br />
Glenn Sykes<br />
Un iversity of Pennsylvania<br />
Institute for<br />
Contemporary Art<br />
Rita Urwitz<br />
Jeffrey Vanschenkbrill<br />
Richard White<br />
Carole Yamin<br />
James Zangrilli<br />
Lisa Ziemer<br />
$100 to $249<br />
Glen Abrams<br />
Yasemin Agatan<br />
Rhonda Akkerman<br />
Suzanne Albert<br />
Joshua C. Allen<br />
John M. Allen<br />
Pauline Lee Allen<br />
Vincent Allen<br />
Pamela Anderson<br />
Theresa Andrews<br />
Anonymous (5)<br />
Re v. Carol Anthony<br />
& Nancy Lowell<br />
David & Margaret Arena<br />
Sandra Arnold<br />
Carol Arroyo<br />
Wendy Arters<br />
Allison Avellino<br />
Patrick Bader<br />
Denese Bailey<br />
Charles Baird<br />
Michael M. Baker<br />
Diane Baldwin<br />
Marianne Barbaro<br />
Martina Barbour-Pustinsky<br />
Elizabeth Baronofsky<br />
Steve Berner<br />
Cynthia Best & Joan Zeller<br />
William J. Best<br />
William Biskup, Jr.<br />
Kenneth Black<br />
Andrew & Amy Blackstone<br />
Deborah Blair<br />
Margaret Blendulf<br />
Bl ue Cross<br />
Marketing Department<br />
Diane Bolger<br />
Edwin Bomba<br />
Bernard Bondi<br />
Loriann Brock<br />
Karen Brodsky<br />
Tracy Buchholz
Allison Buehler<br />
Richard & Barbara Buehler<br />
Bret Carberry, II<br />
John Carr<br />
Peter & Norma Carter<br />
Melissa Cazes<br />
Jeffrey Chaban<br />
Lisa Chosed<br />
Christ Church<br />
Cynthia Closs<br />
Meegan Coll<br />
Casey Cook<br />
Romilda Crocamo<br />
Thomas Cropp<br />
Rene Crystal<br />
Mark Cullison<br />
Lolita Curtis<br />
Christopher D’Amanda<br />
Ch eryl Defulvio Conrad<br />
& Dennis Conrad<br />
Suzanne DeMelia<br />
Christina DeVirgiliis<br />
Romulo L. Diaz, Jr.<br />
Wilhelm Dingler<br />
Jay M. Donner<br />
Keith Doughty<br />
Paul Dradransky<br />
Tom Duffin<br />
Robin Durand<br />
EC A - Philadelphia Gay<br />
Bowling League<br />
Stephen Elwell & Kate Judge<br />
Elizabeth Evans<br />
George Evans III<br />
Ronald Falcon & Chad Klasna<br />
Dennis Fee & Stephen Carlino<br />
Sandra & Michael Feite<br />
Alex Felmeister & Jason Giordano<br />
Nina Ferrara<br />
Stacia Fischer<br />
Lisa Fiume<br />
Hawley Fogg-Davis<br />
Mara Francisco<br />
Jessica Franklin<br />
Ra lph R. Franks<br />
& William F. McLaughlin, Jr.<br />
Diane Fronckowiak<br />
Domenic Gallelli<br />
Tobey Geller<br />
Terry Geyer<br />
Elicia Gonzales<br />
Ng Grace<br />
Kevin Grafton<br />
Jonathan & Cheryl Green<br />
Judith Greenberg Wolff<br />
Tina Grello<br />
Sherri Grice<br />
Sandra Griswold<br />
Jeff Guaracino<br />
Marjorie Gumayagay<br />
Craig Hamilton<br />
Sean Hanratty<br />
Shana Harris<br />
Kathryn Harrison<br />
Stacey Hart<br />
Kimberly Henry<br />
Je ffrey Herman<br />
& Chokchai Niamkongkit<br />
Stacey Hinson<br />
D.J. Hollister & Todd Shaner<br />
Susan Holmes<br />
Lee A. Hopkins<br />
Michael Howett<br />
Diana Hsu<br />
Nick Ifft<br />
Dr. Mindy Jacobs<br />
Leanna Johannes<br />
Michael L. Johnson<br />
Daniel Monti<br />
30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />
David & Francine Kasen<br />
Daniel Keller & Buster Smith<br />
Margaret Kelly<br />
Betty Jane Kienzle<br />
Erin Killough<br />
James King, Jr.<br />
Todd Kirkes<br />
Kevin Knubel<br />
Kristen Kovacs<br />
Karen Kulp<br />
Donna Kusnierczyk & Ginger Witmer<br />
Marnie Lambert<br />
Stephen Landstreet<br />
Irene Landy & Michele DiPietro<br />
Patricia Lawlor<br />
Malcolm Lazin<br />
Catherine Libertz<br />
Michele Lipkin<br />
Alexandria Lloyd<br />
Patrick Logue<br />
Jim Lonsdale<br />
John P. Lutz<br />
Cletus Lyman<br />
Stephen Maffei<br />
Robert Magnes & Stuart Cades<br />
Marisa Mango<br />
David Marcolla<br />
Melissa Margera<br />
Danielle Marino<br />
Cynthia Marks<br />
James H. Mason, Jr.<br />
William Mason, Jr.<br />
Brian S. Mattes<br />
Megan McDonald<br />
Charlene McGovern<br />
Linda McGuire<br />
Jeanne McIntyre<br />
Karina I. McIntyre<br />
Karen McNamara<br />
Allen & Liliian Menkin<br />
Donna Mercado<br />
Adam Meyers<br />
Donald Millinger<br />
R. Perry Monastero<br />
Julia Moon<br />
Judy Morrissey<br />
James & Joyce Moskovitz<br />
Michael Murtha<br />
Jenny Myers<br />
Sharon & Anthony Natalini<br />
Hayden Nelson-Major<br />
Douglas Nightengale<br />
Brendan Nolan<br />
Erica Novak<br />
Brian Oakes<br />
Dolores Orem<br />
Ken Oyer<br />
Tim Panaccio<br />
Thomas Parent<br />
John Partridge<br />
Lin Pawlyk<br />
Linda Pelullo<br />
Gilberto Pereira, MD<br />
Laura J. Petticrew<br />
Edward Pinka<br />
Frank Pittner<br />
Joseph Pratko<br />
Elizabeth Pritchard<br />
Michael S. Protevi<br />
Anita Radix<br />
Eric Reid & Thomas Kitson<br />
Gerard Rementer<br />
Ralph J. Riviello, MD<br />
Richard Roberts<br />
Jeanette & Robert Rogers<br />
Jessica Rothschild<br />
Elizabeth Rothwell<br />
MB Russo<br />
Joanne Saponare<br />
Grace Scarloss<br />
Lisa Schafer<br />
Renee Schokowitz<br />
Walter B. Schubert, Jr.<br />
Paul Scoles, MD & Andres Paternoster<br />
Diane Scollo<br />
Leslie Scott<br />
Judith Seldin-Cohen<br />
Erica Serine<br />
Jeffrey Shablin & Yul Giraldo<br />
Cory Shaw<br />
Brian Shook<br />
Yin Siew<br />
Joanne Silva<br />
Lee Simerman, MD<br />
Phyllis Simirglia<br />
Thomas Smith<br />
Thomas M. Smith<br />
Mark Smith & Frank Hoffman<br />
Cheryl Smith<br />
Heather Snodgrass<br />
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Aracely Somoza<br />
Dianne & Stephen Spragale<br />
Sandra Stabler<br />
Kerri Stinger<br />
Susan Stouder<br />
Brian Straka & Michael Ballas<br />
Kerri Strike<br />
Ellen C. Sullivan<br />
Jo Surpin<br />
Lori Swanson<br />
Mark Sweeney<br />
Leonette Tanguay<br />
Tia Torrey<br />
Michelle Tracy<br />
Doug Venzie & Chris Lawler<br />
Catherine von Reyn<br />
James Wallick<br />
James Bradford Warnock<br />
Tara Warsavage<br />
Karen Weaver<br />
Richard Webster<br />
Lauren Weinberg<br />
Evan Weiner, MD<br />
Suzanne Welsh<br />
Holly Wexler<br />
Trey Wilson<br />
Thomas Wisnewski<br />
James Witek, MD<br />
Bruce E. Yelk<br />
Elizabeth Young<br />
Paul Yu<br />
Anthony Zacchei<br />
William Zackey<br />
Lynn Zewitlin<br />
Rachel Zimmerman & John Boyko, Jr.<br />
18 :: thirty<br />
$99 and under<br />
Erika Aaron<br />
Action Builders & Remodelers<br />
Manish Agarwal<br />
Brynn Airey<br />
Timothy Akeria<br />
Jonathon Alberstadt<br />
Jeffrey Aldi<br />
Susan Allen<br />
Dirk Allen<br />
Stuart P. Alter<br />
Margaret Amodei<br />
Fred Anderson<br />
Anonymous (72)<br />
Willie & Maudie Anthony<br />
Michael Antinucci<br />
Judith & David Applebaum<br />
Candice Archibald<br />
Yvette Arnold<br />
John Arrowood<br />
Shannon Ashberry<br />
Julie K. Assis<br />
Peter Atherton<br />
Joe Audi<br />
Mikaelyn Austin<br />
Kory Aversa<br />
Laurence Bach<br />
Norman Bach & Paul George<br />
Alisa Baer<br />
30 Robert YEARS Baker & Jimmy Calnan OF Herbert LGBT Brueckner HEALTH<br />
Harry Balkenhol<br />
Pa ul Ballentine<br />
& Scott Meixeill<br />
Archita Banerjee<br />
Denny Barnett<br />
Ivana Batinic<br />
Dean R. Beckett<br />
Mindy Beecher-Marcoux<br />
Gary Belneau<br />
Dana Benito<br />
Kerry Berenato<br />
Christopher Bergen<br />
Karl Bernhard<br />
Jay Bernstein<br />
Stephanie Bird<br />
Joe Bisti<br />
Craig R. Blackman<br />
Johanna Blackmore<br />
Luke Blair<br />
Timothy Blake<br />
Dave Blanch<br />
Natalie Blasco<br />
David Bolduc<br />
Christopher Bolotor<br />
Br andon Lisa Bond<br />
& Jim Lutz<br />
Alex Bonilla<br />
Cherina Booker<br />
Paul Booth<br />
Rhonda Bowman<br />
Eleanor Boyle<br />
Tanina Bradley<br />
William Hayes Brady<br />
Mary Brakz<br />
Robert Brano<br />
Alexis Brauner<br />
Robert Bray<br />
Ty Brennan<br />
Michael Bressi<br />
Linda & Joseph Bretschneider<br />
Renee Bridges<br />
Stephanie Brill<br />
Jaime Bronson<br />
Derrick Brown<br />
Thomas Bryant<br />
Shawn Burke<br />
Frank Calabrese<br />
Hector Calderon<br />
Jimmy Calnan & Rob Baker<br />
Salvatore Caminito<br />
Raymond Cancio<br />
Pat Capelli<br />
Dominique Cardamone<br />
Pete Cardie<br />
Can John Carfi<br />
Steven Caristo<br />
Shanyia Carter<br />
Dana Carter<br />
Rosaria Caruso<br />
Jenny Casagrande<br />
Kristin Caspar<br />
William Castillo<br />
Thomas F. Cavanaugh<br />
Joseph & Miriam Cerra<br />
Mitchell Chanin<br />
Anna Chappelle<br />
Bill Chlebowski<br />
Jong Choi<br />
Matthew Christy<br />
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James P. Clarey<br />
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Christina Closs<br />
Edward Cohen<br />
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Lisa Concord<br />
Kristen Connors<br />
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Carlos Cortinas<br />
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Basil Cugliari<br />
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Stephen Dalton<br />
Desiree D’Ambro<br />
Joseph D’Amore
Catherine Darin<br />
Virginia Sheha Daughety<br />
Christine Davies<br />
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Douglas Decker<br />
Jody Dehart<br />
Christian Deleo<br />
Nicholas Della Vella<br />
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Frank DeLuca<br />
James M. Demus<br />
Charles Denning<br />
Donna Dever<br />
Delorice Diggs<br />
Toni DiLang<br />
Jenn Dion<br />
Daryl Dixon<br />
Dixon Dixon<br />
Stephanie Dougherty<br />
Chrsitopher Dougherty<br />
Audry M. Dowd<br />
Charles R. Dowdy<br />
Chris Downing<br />
Albert Drulis, Jr. & Scott Silber<br />
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Carol Drumtas<br />
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Patricia Dunne<br />
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Paul H. Durante<br />
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Er ic Engelhart<br />
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Jason D. Evans<br />
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Karen Farrell<br />
Tracey Farrigan<br />
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Daniel Filoramo<br />
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Barbara Fiorella<br />
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30 Abbe YEARS Fletman & Jane HinkleOF<br />
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Lucy Kenney Folger & Richard Folger<br />
Latosha Ford Robinson<br />
Elizabeth Forman<br />
Robert Forrest<br />
Michael J. Foster<br />
Tracy Foster<br />
Deborah Francesco<br />
Michael C. Franceschini<br />
Michael Franco<br />
Lee Frankel<br />
Kathy Fraser<br />
Melanie Fratanduono<br />
Tanya Frederick<br />
Joseph Freedman<br />
Donald Friedman, MD<br />
Heather Frost<br />
Rodney W. Fultz<br />
Felicia Gabardi<br />
Yvette Gabardi<br />
Diane Galeone<br />
John J. Gallagher, Jr.<br />
Norma Gannon<br />
Vanessa D. Gantt<br />
Christy Garrett<br />
Kevin Gatto<br />
Christina Gaughan<br />
Steve Gdowik<br />
Kathryn Geraw<br />
Amin Ghaziani<br />
Vanessa Gibson-Cooper<br />
Michael Giessmann<br />
Constance & Patricia Giordano<br />
Henry A. Gladstone, Esq.<br />
Angela Glodowske<br />
Thomas Golabeck<br />
Randy Goldberg<br />
Seth Goldman<br />
Robert Goldman<br />
Ryan Goldner<br />
Alejandro Gonzales<br />
Cheryl & Leroy Gonzales<br />
Elaine Gooden<br />
Leslie & Lois Gordon<br />
Allan Graham<br />
Matthew Gravel<br />
Carole & John Greenauer<br />
Richard Gribble<br />
Steve Grillo<br />
John Grillone<br />
Michael Timothy Gritt<br />
Marjorie M. Groeling<br />
Paul J. Grossman<br />
Charlie Gurrera<br />
Reed Gusciora<br />
Marlene Haines<br />
Shanna Halpern<br />
Wa yne Hamilton<br />
& Michael Weinkowitz<br />
Keith Harris<br />
Rose Hartle-Barnhart & Paul Barnhart<br />
Christine L. Hartwell<br />
Jennifer Hartz<br />
Charles Head<br />
Michael Heath<br />
Brian Helsdon<br />
Joy & John R. Henderson, Jr.<br />
Kristy Henner<br />
Jonathan Herbst<br />
Dean Hersh<br />
Brian Hewitt<br />
Geoff Hewitt<br />
Allison Hindman-Harvey<br />
John J. Hirniak<br />
Kate Hodges<br />
Risa J. Holland<br />
John E. Holohan<br />
Jodi Holopirek<br />
Christopher P. Horrocks<br />
Michael Huber<br />
Michael Hughes<br />
Ian Hungate<br />
Dr. Ann Hussein<br />
Lisa Iannamico<br />
Katie Ingersoll<br />
Jodi Ippolito<br />
Ma rgaret A. James<br />
& R.L. James, DDS<br />
Mr. Anthony J. Jarman<br />
David Jefferys<br />
Jonathan Jellen<br />
Sharon Johnson<br />
Susan A. Johnson<br />
Marie Johnson<br />
Leora Jones<br />
Velda E. Jones<br />
Michael Jones<br />
Lia Jones Allan & Elizabeth House<br />
Gerald Kaloi<br />
Chris Kaltalo<br />
Melissa Kanjian<br />
William Kapfer, Jr. & Eric Scott Baker<br />
Esther Kaplan<br />
Craig Kapp<br />
James Katsaounis<br />
thirty :: 19
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Quinn Keeley<br />
Jessica Kegelman<br />
Wilma Denise Keith<br />
Annette Kelly<br />
Chris Kemplsky<br />
Michele Kennedy<br />
Adam Kerns<br />
Kimberly Kersey<br />
Dr. Keith M. Kershner<br />
Aidan Key<br />
Valerie Khmelnitsky<br />
P.A. Kirkner<br />
Dorothy Kirschner<br />
Rachael Klaus<br />
Karen Klaus<br />
Virginia Kleinert<br />
Andrew Klink<br />
Pamela & Basil Klipa<br />
Wayne Knaub, II<br />
Candace & Charles Knoll<br />
Kenneth Knowlton<br />
Despina Kontos<br />
Lisa Koury<br />
Joseph Kovacs<br />
Mrs. E. Kringer<br />
Kimberly Kunda<br />
Noa Kuzma<br />
Lindsey Cecelia LaBella<br />
James Ladson<br />
Steven Lafferty<br />
Steven Laird<br />
H. Lamaina<br />
Michael Lamonaca<br />
Terri Lane<br />
Richard L. Lang<br />
Jim Lattanzi<br />
Michael C. Lazenka<br />
Joyce Y. Lecato<br />
Albert Lee<br />
Ma rk S. Lenard<br />
& Frederick Lopez<br />
Dane Levens & Drew Desky<br />
Moyan Levine<br />
Tameka Lewis<br />
20 :: thirty<br />
Theodore Lewis<br />
Timothy Lewis<br />
Chris Lewis<br />
Sharon D. Lewis<br />
Re becca Lieberman<br />
& George Smee<br />
Fred Linge<br />
Teresa Loehrs<br />
Denise Lofaro<br />
Jennifer Logue<br />
Amanda Lopez<br />
Rob Lord<br />
Michelle Lotter<br />
Ryan Lovett<br />
Mark Loving<br />
Deborah Lowenstein<br />
Hugh Luck<br />
Stormy Lundy<br />
Julie Lynch<br />
Malcolm MacGregor<br />
Lauren K. Macnee<br />
Susan Mahanor<br />
Erin Malinowski<br />
Kim Malone<br />
Marcy Mancini<br />
Carly Marcoux<br />
Steven Margolies<br />
AnnMarie Marranzini<br />
Mr. Joseph M. Martenczuk<br />
Ju anita Martinez<br />
& Frank Torre<br />
J. Morrin<br />
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Marvin Levine & Norma Finkelstein<br />
Sonia Massey<br />
David Mathias<br />
Joseph Matthews<br />
Ryan Mattis<br />
Todd E. May<br />
Gerard Mayer<br />
Daniel Mazen<br />
Andrew & Dolores <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />
Mark McCabe<br />
Andrew L. McClain<br />
George McClarin<br />
Michelle McCurdy<br />
Garrod McFadden<br />
Kristi McGhee<br />
Patience McGonigle<br />
Marty & Caroline McGuire<br />
Letonia McKnight<br />
Margaret McManus<br />
Antoinette V. McTamney<br />
Joanne McTamney<br />
Scott Meixell<br />
Phillip Mendelsohn<br />
Ruth Menkin<br />
Ann Falbo Menkin<br />
Josephine Mercer<br />
Christopher Messina<br />
Patrick Meyerle<br />
Linda & Randy Miller<br />
Edward H. Mills, Jr.<br />
Joseph Mingari<br />
Geraldine Minichiello<br />
Samuel Mink<br />
Vinny Mirabile<br />
Scott Mirenda & Brian Hewitt<br />
April Miszler<br />
Donald Mark Mitchell<br />
Marc Mittman<br />
Heather Moday<br />
Louis Monaco<br />
Dawn Moody<br />
Jeff Moore<br />
Gaylon Morris<br />
Jonathan Morrison<br />
Liza Moscovice<br />
Elicia A. Mourani<br />
Ana Moyer<br />
Chris Mueller<br />
Barbara Mulckhuyse<br />
Gloria Munoz<br />
Tim Murdaugh<br />
Sara Murphy<br />
David Murphy<br />
Paul Murphy<br />
John Murtha<br />
Mr. Kurt A. Mutschler<br />
Michelle Myerson<br />
Andrea Narcisi<br />
Gordon Nebeker & Mustafa Noor<br />
Carol Nelson<br />
Michael Kevin Newman<br />
Erika Newton<br />
George Nickett<br />
Alexander Noether<br />
Erika Norkaitis<br />
Ken Oakes & Ed Rice<br />
Greg Oehme<br />
Tom O’Grady<br />
Priscilla Okemwa<br />
Sally Oliveri<br />
Barbara Bringhurst Osada<br />
Donna Ostroff<br />
Dr. Bill Pace<br />
Anthony Padilla<br />
Brandon Palermo<br />
Cara Palladino<br />
LeVerne Palmer<br />
Dayna Palmieri<br />
Jennifer Pardi<br />
Melissa Parks<br />
Priscilla Parshall<br />
Monique Parsley<br />
William Partridge, Jr.<br />
David Pascale<br />
Jordan Pascucci<br />
Andres Paternoster<br />
Vicki Patterson<br />
Margaret Pendino<br />
Cherry Perry<br />
Dennis Petrone<br />
Milo Petty<br />
Ellyn Phair<br />
Michael Phillips<br />
Cindy Phillips<br />
Karen Pigg<br />
Allison Pollack<br />
Erica Pollock<br />
Ri chard Pollock, Jr.<br />
& Francis Matherly, Jr.<br />
Linda Pongonis<br />
Robert T. Ponzini
Jill Poretta<br />
Daniel Porto<br />
Richard Potter<br />
Carmella & June Poutlish<br />
Janeen Priano<br />
Anne W. & H. David Prior<br />
Gloria Prusakowski<br />
Sherita M. Ragins<br />
Greg & Debbie Rand<br />
Matthew Ray<br />
Andrea Rayner<br />
Gladys Ream<br />
Daniel Reese<br />
Dana Reinhold<br />
Catharine Rice & Vince Delagarde<br />
Brad Richards<br />
Tifphane Riley<br />
Ian Rimerman<br />
Bill Rimmey<br />
Ralph Ritter, III<br />
Joan Rivera<br />
James J. Roberts<br />
Jill A.R. Roberts<br />
Caryn Robinson<br />
Esther Rock<br />
Timothy Rock<br />
John Roddy & Jim Lattanzi<br />
Rene Rodriguez-Rivera<br />
Cynthia Rogers<br />
Abby Romberg<br />
Adrianna Rooney<br />
Alexa Roop<br />
Dorilona Rose & Michael Kay<br />
Nan Rosner<br />
Victor Rossi<br />
Tom Rouse<br />
David Rowley<br />
Louise Rubalow<br />
Maria Ruggiero<br />
John Ryan<br />
Jesse Salazar<br />
Mark Sandberg<br />
Marion Sands<br />
Nicholas & Stephanie Santella<br />
Stanley Santiago<br />
Brent Satterly<br />
Susanne Scarano<br />
Amy Scarano<br />
Jane Scarano<br />
Brian Schatz<br />
Erica Schilling<br />
Ed ward J. Schmitt<br />
& Anita M. Schmitt<br />
Ruth Scholl<br />
Karen Schubert<br />
David Schwartz<br />
Jay L. Segal<br />
Jo hn Sentman, Jr.<br />
& Margaret Sentman<br />
Laila Servance<br />
Andrea Shapiro<br />
Geoff & Krissy Shatz<br />
Gary Shevin<br />
Ann Sholly & John Wellenbach<br />
Terry Shuntich<br />
Marie Simpkins<br />
Eva Singer<br />
Sofia M. Sirak<br />
Jesse E. Sisco<br />
Sara Skinner<br />
Ashley Smith<br />
Thomas R. Smith<br />
Lynne Smith<br />
Barry Smith<br />
Benjamin Smoak<br />
David J. Snyder<br />
Evan Urbania<br />
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P. Solari<br />
Tami Sortman<br />
Joseph A. Southerland<br />
Ricky & Patricia Sozio<br />
Sal Spirito<br />
St . Joseph’s University<br />
Lady Hawks (basketball)<br />
John Stahl<br />
John Stern & Melissa Dribben<br />
Regina Stevens<br />
Shiona D. Stewart<br />
J. Stephen Stines<br />
Stephen Stoltz<br />
Jeanne Stuardi<br />
Keith J. Suez<br />
Scott Sutherland<br />
Adrianne Suwald<br />
Ali Tabibzadeh<br />
Stephanie Takaragawa<br />
Alonda Tann<br />
Bonnie Taraschi<br />
Leah L. Taylor<br />
Darryl Taylor<br />
Stacy L. Teel<br />
Diane & Robert Temkin<br />
Robert M. Temko<br />
Joseph & Jane Teti<br />
Randall Therssen<br />
Darlene Thomas<br />
Tanya A. Thompson<br />
Dean R. Thompson<br />
Lisa Thor<br />
James Thornton<br />
Corinne Thornton<br />
Maria Tierman<br />
Sherrill Tittermary<br />
Janet Toole<br />
Gabriette P. Toussaint<br />
Trans Health Conference<br />
Thomas Truchel<br />
Janice V. Truitt<br />
Dr. Tramble T. Turner<br />
Kol Tzedek - Rabbi’s Fund<br />
Bryan Ulishney & John Kadash<br />
Rodney VanNesse<br />
Matt Varrato<br />
Edgar Vega<br />
Rey Velasco<br />
Steven Vishio<br />
Erica Vitale<br />
Krisine Vliet<br />
Marie Vought<br />
Cecilia Wagner<br />
Richard Waldo<br />
Jane Wallace<br />
Deborah Washington<br />
Marianne Watson<br />
Zeenat Watts<br />
Nancy Webb<br />
David Weed<br />
Devon Werner<br />
Anne & James Wesler<br />
Sheryl Westcott<br />
Annette Whaley-Fowler<br />
Bill Whalon<br />
Linda Whitehill<br />
Wlliam T. Whiting<br />
Lori Whyte<br />
Diane Widdop<br />
Jennifer Wiley<br />
Ms. Shakia M. Williams<br />
Nicole Williams<br />
Malik Wilson<br />
Adrian Wimberly<br />
Rebecca Winters<br />
Suzanne Wirth<br />
Lorraine Witts<br />
Dawn Wolfe<br />
Alison Wortman<br />
Mallory Wright<br />
Allan David Wyche<br />
Jason C. Wynn<br />
Valarie Yaeckel<br />
Dean Yanchulis<br />
Amy Yax<br />
Chris Yencer<br />
Bryon Yoder<br />
Helen Yost<br />
Jason Yovandich<br />
Karen Zajick<br />
Anthony Zamparelli<br />
Jamie L. Zarrella<br />
Michele & Michael Zezima<br />
thirty :: 21
30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />
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