VCS Foster Grandparent Program - VCS Inc.

VCS Annual Report 2010
Serving Rockland and the Hudson Valley since 1970
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The Starfish Story
By Loren Eisley
One day an old man was walking along
the beach. It was low tide,
and the sand was littered with thousands
of stranded starfish that
the water had carried in and then left behind. The man began
walking very carefully so as not to step on any of the beautiful
creatures. Since the animals still seemed to be alive, he considered
picking some of them up and putting them back in the water,
where they could resume their lives.
The man knew the starfish would die if left on the beach’s dry
sand but he reasoned that he could not possibly help them all,
so he chose to do nothing and continued walking.
Soon afterward, the man came upon a small child on the beach
who was frantically throwing one starfish after another back into
the sea. The old man stopped and asked the child, “What are
you doing?”
“I’m saving the starfish.” the child replied.
“Why waste your time?…There are so many, you can’t save
them all so what does it matter?” argued the man.
Without hesitation, the child picked up another starfish and
tossed the starfish back into the water…
“It matters to this one.”
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Having just completed our fortieth year of continuous service with celebrations and renewed
commitment to the communities we serve, this Annual Report provides us a time to
reflect upon the progress of our past and to make plans for the challenges that we face
going forward. There are times these days when we feel like we are blowing in the winds
of change, so the concreteness of this report grounds us in the substance of the work we do
so well.
Throughout this past year 3,206 people turned to VCS for one to one services - at times of personal
crisis and suffering or perhaps when a family member was troubled.
Who are the people who turn to VCS in their time of need? Of course I cannot tell you their
names but I can tell you that they are your co-workers, perhaps a friend or a relative or someone
you know who lives in one of our close-knit communities throughout the Hudson Valley. They
are grandparents and other relatives who are raising a next generation of children they did not
expect to be caring for, troubled young people who feel threatened in school or in their neighborhood,
battered women in need of the long-lasting support of a volunteer counselor.
All types of people come to VCS: moms and dads from all walks of life, from all parts of the
community who are struggling under the responsibilities of raising a family; independent elders
who are suddenly afraid that they will not be able to care for themselves; veterans who are returning
home after their military service. They are some of our most vulnerable citizens and
some of our most prominent. They are people who are victims or perpetrators, working or unemployed,
living in your neighborhood or in a homeless shelter.
When people come to VCS they are guaranteed compassionate and affordable care that makes a
significant and lasting difference in their lives.
The VCS mission is carried out with a sense of pride and purpose by the VCS volunteer work
force and professional staff. The Board of Directors ensures that people in our community are
provided with the very best counseling and family services and cutting-edge training and workshops
focused on social justice and equality for all - with no exceptions.
The report that follows is a snap-shot of our work and accomplishments in 2010. The greatest
measure of our success lays in the number of individuals, young people and families who look
to us for help and whose lives are changed because we care.
We depend on your continued partnership and financial support to maintain our cautious optimism
in order to care for the needs in our communities.
Thank you.
Deborah Cary Murnion
Executive Director
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Services and Programs
VCS Inc. is a unique non-profit family and community service agency located
in Rockland County New York. Since 1970, VCS has been a leader in
developing innovative programs and delivering services with a pioneering
combination of expert professional staff and specially trained, caring, and
committed volunteers. During 2010, the agency provided a wide range of
services to individuals, families, youth and community groups, including
counseling, mentoring, information, referral and advocacy, and nationally
renowned training and awareness programs in the areas of domestic violence
prevention and social justice.
VCS is dedicated to identifying the gaps in existing social services networks
and responding with accessible and cost-effective programs to help people in
need. The agency also focuses on raising awareness - both locally and on a
national level - of social injustices and on developing programs to address
those issues. As a result, new, targeted programs are continually being
developed as needs are recognized.
Some of the populations served by VCS programs and services include
families in crisis; young people; court-ordered men who batter their intimate
partners; the elderly and their caregivers; lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender
and questioning individuals and their families and allies; immigrants; cancer
survivors; relatives who are caring for the next generation; parents of children
with special educational needs; people with developmental disabilities,
students who need additional assistance with their school work. Professional
populations that are served by and collaborate on agency programs include
schools and school administrators; other social service agencies; public-policy
makers; the courts and the justice system, local, state and national
organizations; elected officials; businesses; and institutions. Agency funding
comes from government grants, donations, fundraising and service fees.
All of the various VCS community services and programs are provided in
Rockland County with selected programs offered in other locations including:
Sullivan County, Orange County, Westchester County, and four boroughs in the
City of New York.
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VCS Counseling and Family Services
Counseling Program
Adolescent Services
Parenting Classes
Divorce Services
Services for Older Adults & Their Families
Relatives as Parents Program and Kinship Care
Mini Academy Program
LGBT Clinical Services
Employee Assistance Program
Vets for Vets
Student Advocacy Program
Culturally Competent Counseling Program with HACSO
Surrogate Decision Making Committee
VCS Community Change Project
Community Commitment to End Domestic Violence
New York Model for Batterer Program
LGBT Affirming Community Services
Social Justice Initiatives
Spring Valley Weed & Seed Coordination
Community Defined Solutions Program
Court Training Improvement Program
Training and Educational Workshops and Institutes
VCS Foster Grandparent Program
Volunteer Recruitment, Training & Supervision
VCS welcomes members of all religious and ethnic communities and works to end
sexism, racism, homophobia and other forms of oppression. VCS is an LGBT affirming
agency. VCS is handicapped accessible.
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Spring Valley Day

VCS Counseling and Family Services
People We Served in 2010
Volunteer Counselors and Student Interns 101
Volunteer Hours 12,121
Clinical Program Clients 1,573
In 1970, VCS began its service to the community by providing a two-pronged approach
to changing lives: recruit, train and supervise volunteers who in turn, provide counseling
services to court-referred clients. Since that time, Counseling and Family Services
has been the cornerstone of the agency, pioneering the innovative use of professionally
trained and supervised lay people to provide counseling for many other people who
suffer from a wide range of serious social problems. The objective of the Counseling
and Family Services programs is to increase the availability of accessible and affordable
counseling services for the entire community.
Geographic distribution of clients in Rockland County:
Ramapo 35%
Stony Point 5%
Haverstraw 13%
Orangetown
Clarkstown 32 %
Orangetown 15%
Clarkstown
2010 Counseling and Family Services Highlights
In 2010 the VCS Counseling and Family Services Department trained and supervised
101 volunteers, including student interns who were fulfilling their course requirements
towards their undergraduate or graduate degrees in fields related to counseling and
social work. All of these volunteers and students provided counseling and family
services to 1,573 people including 368 children and youth. Of the 1, 573 people we
served, there were 539 clients in the general counseling program and 96 people in divorce
services, 90 people in the parent education program, 66 people in the Outreach for
Elders program, 351 people in the Relatives as Parents Program/Kinship Care Program.
We also trained 34 new volunteer counselors and provided 12 student internships.
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Ramapo
Stony Point
Haverstraw

In 2010 the Student Advocate responded to 252 requests for information, referrals and
school advocacy. The program continues to exceed the funded caseload of 40 cases
even though there has been limited outreach and no increase in funding. Parents find
their way to this amazing resource and rate the program as very highly successful on
their parent satisfaction surveys.
VCS continued to administer the Surrogate Decision Making Committee for the New
York State Commission of Quality Care up until November. Along with Rockland
County, the VCS catchment areas included Westchester, Orange Sullivan, Bronx,
Manhattan and Richmond counties. VCS continues to process the highest caseload in
the state for mentally disabled clients in need of invasive medical and dental treatment
but who lack involved family to provide consent.
In 2010, 143 cases were processed.
Monica Barrera, MD
Daria Becker
Andrew Bressner, Esq.
Shannon Carle
Robin Chagares
Lesia Christen
Vincentia Dondero
Elinor France
Alice Kayser
Nora McQueeney
Stuart Mitchell, Esq.
Eileen Murphy
Pat Hayes and Barbara
Gilbert viewing album of
Pat’s 17 years at VCS
2010 Surrogate Decision Making Volunteers needs
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Janet Murphy
Hon. John Murphy
Everett Person
Matthew Rock
Linda Ross
Rebecca Salerius
Juli Schaefer
Jan Tacoronti
Joseph Trachtenberg, Esq.
Jean Ann Zambrano
Thomas Zimmerman
Patricia Zugibe, Esq.
Dennis and Pat Hayes
Viewing greeting card
From VCS Staff

2010 Counseling and Family Services Highlights (continued)
In addition to the usual and on-going program responsibilities, some of the more notable
Counseling and Family Services program highlights include:
We witnessed a significant staffing change when, after 17 years, Pat Hayes, LCSW retired
from her position as Assistant Clinical Director to go off to Florida to be near her children
and grandchildren. Betsy Benjamin, LCSW was promoted to Pat’s position and we welcomed
Rosanne Composto, LMHC who in addition to a wide range of clinical experience,
is a faculty member at Long Island University and had completed her clinical internship
program at VCS for her masters degree.
The United Way of Rockland County awarded VCS a three year community impact grant
along with our collaborator the Haitian American Cultural and Social Organization to
continue our pioneering work to provide culturally relevant mental health services. With the
enormous influx of Haitian immigrants who fled from the ravages of the earth quake in Haiti
in January of 2010, this service became a life-line for many.
The Kinship Care Program continued its highly successful Youth RAPP Group. This group
meets four times per year to engage in topics of interest to young people who are being raised
by a relative other than their biological parent. Attendance is excellent, confirming the value
of the group to the participants.
VCS staff took the leadership in initiating a county-wide anti-hate task force as the result of
several bias related incidents occurring in Rockland. The group
meets monthly at VCS and has become a chapter of “Not in Our
Town” a national group that evolved from the film of the same
name which tells how one town in Montana successfully organized
to stave off hate groups. The Rockland task force engaged
in several community awareness activities and promoted “Not in
Out Town” using this flyer ——————————————>
The Rockland Immigration Coalition – co-sponsored by VCS –
organized the first annual May Rally for immigrant rights in
Spring Valley’s Memorial Park after Arizona passed a new round
of anti-immigrant laws with racist implications. Over 300 people
attended the rally.
The VCS Mini Academy, a Rockland County Youth Bureau sponsored program, held three
workshops during 2010: “If Parents are not together: 10 skills for Handling the Challenge”;
“Cyberspace Bullying”; and “ Undoing Racism”. Each of these topics was initiated out of a
focus group of young people who were asked to prioritize topics of imminent interest to them.
The workshops were well attended.
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Margie Adames-Torres
Cary Adwar
Christina Alamo
Melissa Almenas
Ann Alves
Judith Andersen
Mary Ann Berrios
Jill Bieber
Nellie Blacksberg
Nancy Bowen
Eileen Burge
Anita Caminez
Laurie Campbell
Karen Campbell
Diane Campbell
Kathy Carty
Maryalice Chaifetz
Pam Cinque
Gia Daino
Sanchita Das
Ariel De la Cruz
Gaye Debel
Kathy Decker
Mariella DeLuna
Miriam Deluz
Frank DeToma
Danielle DeVincenzo
Theresa Egan
Phyllis Eisenberg
Barbara Ellman
Johanna Esmay
Iris Febres
Johanny Ferreira
Janet Fischer
Peter Fitzpatrick
Shelia Rees Foster
2010 Volunteer Counselors and Student Interns
Harriet Gardner
Virginia Geerdes
Louis Gilbert
Barbara Gilbert
Mindy Ginsberg
Cheryl Golub
Diedre Guilfoyle
Melissa Harwin
Dennis Hayes
Mary Alice Hohenberger
Kristen Hveem
Stan Hyman
James Ievolella
Pascale Jacotin
Michele Jouacin
Judy Judka
Rhonda Kamen
Doris Katz
Benjamin Kaufman
Ramen Kaul
Johanna Klesh
Lorraine Knabe
Nancy Kupperman
Ian Laidlaw
Sheri Langer
Janet Lassaw
Bari Lewart
Phylly Lieberman
Valerie Lippman
Alexa Malone
Antonio Mareno
Liz Martin
Mirlene Millien
Chana Moses
Linda Mower
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Jean-Max Naissant
Melissa Nielsen-Thomas
Elizabeth O’Hara
Esther Oritz
Everlyn Pacheco-York
Patricia Pauyo
Rolando Perez
Ellen Prager
Myrna Price
Beth Resnick-Folk
Jenny Rich
Suki Robins
Phil Rockfeld
Jose Rodrgiuez
Osnat Ryan
Geraldine Ryan
Stuart Schlamp
Gary Schuller
Raymond Schultz
Steve Seward
Deborah Sheehan
Clifford Stiebeck
Edna Swanson
Alice Taylor
Isabel Valenzuela
Bobby Vance
Emilia White
Laura Wolitzer
Bob Zollner
Receptionist Volunteers
Christine Christian-Roy
Danielle Kupperman
Anne Murphy
Paul Wnorowski

VCS Community Change Project
The Community Change Project is unique to VCS. The services and programs in the
Project focus on providing a critical analysis of the social and political conditions
relating to domestic violence, racism, sexism, heterosexism, bias-related incidents and
other issues of oppression. Overall, the goal is to develop a coordinated community
commitment and response to end all forms of oppression. The sphere of influence
reaches into schools, private and public organizations and agencies and businesses in
Rockland County, the Hudson Valley and throughout the United States. Programs are
offered in three areas central to the VCS mission:
VCS Domestic Violence Program for Men
VCS administered the New York Model for Batterer Programs Domestic Violence
Program for Men in Rockland, Orange and Westchester Counties for the Courts in those
counties. A total of 483 men were ordered to the program by the courts in which they
were convicted of the crime of domestic violence, a total of 60 in-service trainings were
conducted for the staff instructors who facilitated 402 sessions during 2010.
Total percentage of caseload by county:
350
300
250
200
150
100
Barry Goldstein
Candy Pittari
Elena Martinez
Haki Baruti
Maryalice Chaifetz
Phyllis Stewart
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0
2010 2009 2008 2007
2010 Volunteer Instructors needs up-dating
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Rockland
Orange
Westchester
Tony Garnere
Peter Heymann
Alba Torres
Barbara De Vorce
Clara Barbara Speller

For the 15th consecutive year, the National Training Institute entitled New York Model
for Batterer Programs was offered twice during the year. Additional presentations
were made in Anaheim, CA and in Westchester and Orange Counties in New York.
VCS staff organizes, facilitates or regularly attends a significant number of community
efforts towards creating a zero tolerance for domestic violence including the following:
the Spring Valley Collaborative; the Criminal Justice Sub-committees and the Men and
Boys Sub-committee of the Rockland STOP FEAR Coalition.
VCS expanded its collaboration with the Rockland Family Shelter and the Village of
Spring Valley to conduct Court Improvement Training and domestic violence prevention
supported by grants from the US Department of Justice. Additionally, VCS took
on the responsibility of coordinating the Spring Valley Weed & Seed Program, another
program funded by the US Department of Justice.
LGBT Affirming Activities
The 12th year of Gay Pride Rockland was
celebrated during many events leading up to the
all day annual event in June. Monthly community
outreach and educational programs and social
entertainment fundraising events were held to
support the inclusion of LGBTQ individuals and
families into the larger life of the community.
These events included a Battle of the Bands,
LGBT Comedy Night and with the Rockland
Center for the Arts as a co-sponsor, a juried art
exhibit and sale.
Gay Pride Banner
The 2010—2011 Directory of LGBT Friendly Businesses, Services and Community
Organizations, a major resource for the LBGTQ community was once again a major
publication thanks to our many sponsors and advertisers. As well as being in hard copy
the directory is published on the website www.gaypriderockland.org. a carefully
maintained venue that also provides on-going announcements and information
throughout the year.
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Judge Christopher and Friends at
Gay Pride

2010 Gay Pride Planning Committee & Volun-
Jennifer Cancro
Peter Cancro
Travis Tacon
Tommie-ann Tavares
Jaclyn Falk
Gay Pride Rockland 2010
Social Justice Initiatives
VCS is a significant player in the community to raise awareness in the area of
social justice and to promote educational outreach and training to address sexism,
institutional racism, heterosexism and homophobia, and other issues of
oppression. Some of the highlights in this work during 2010 were:
� Facilitated monthly discussion sessions under the title of “Working
Together for Racial Justice”.
� Facilitated the training entitled “Racial Justice Training” for several
county government departments.
� Administered and assisted with the 2½ day training “Undoing Racism”
with the People’s Institute for Survival & Beyond.
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Dustin Hausner
Jade Keena
Ginny Gheerdes
Jonathan Coe
Danielle Osario

VCS Foster Grandparent Program
VCS completed its first full year of operating the Rockland County Foster Grandparent
Program. The program recruits and trains income eligible seniors, 55+, as volunteer
Foster Grandparents and matches them with students who are struggling in school.
During 2010, seventy-two Foster Grandparents volunteered in eighteen educational
programs around the County, working with 1,250 special needs students. The total
number of hours of service added up to 61,831!
The program has many collaborative partners including the Rockland County Board of
Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Rockland Community College, Head Start
of Rockland, West Street Child Care Center and the following school districts: Clarkstown
Central, East Ramapo Central, Nanuet School District, North Rockland Central,
Nyack Unified and South Orangetown Central.
The Foster Grandparent Advisory Board, comprising people who have expertise in
areas of concern to the program (education, senior issues, data collection and
programmatic changes, information on new and retiring volunteers, site updates, etc.)
meets every other month during the academic year, September to June. Two active
Foster Grandparent Volunteers also serve on the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board
conducts an annual program evaluation, an invaluable contribution towards maintaining
accountability and transparency.
Foster Grandparent Program Advisory Council
Rhoda Appel, Susan Ball, Peter Blechman, Bernice Brady, Mildred Colter, Phyllis Eig,
Kathy Galione, Alice Gavin, Jill Halpern, Diana Herlihy, Dorina Maragliano, Pat Petch,
Dolores Reale, Marcia Scheer, John Sullivan, Alice Taylor, Doreen Thompson, Jeanne
Weiner
Throughout the year, staff plans and implements mandatory training programs for the
Foster Grandparent Volunteers in order to increase and hone their skills in the classroom.
Some of the programs provided in 2010 included computer skills, reading and
language skills, assisting children with disabilities, child development and various sitespecific
training focusing on the unique populations in certain sites.
During 2010, staff organized a theatre party, holiday party, start and end of school year
luncheons to which all of the Foster Grandparent Volunteers are invited. The Annual
Recognition Dinner, complete with dancing and awards, is attended by the Foster
Grandparents, the teachers and principals from the schools where they serve and other
friends and elected officials. This is definitely one of the highlights of the entire year!
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Salome Abordo
Maria Alejandro
Jean Arcieri
May Barone
Bernice Brady
Margaret Brown
Aurora Bulusan
Mercedes Burgos
Purificacion (Lola) Cabusi
Frances Calandra
Anne Celli
Grace Chodkowski
Mary Clohessy
Mildred Colter
Corazon Cruz
Harriet Cummings
Theresa Cuoco
Marietta Delduco
Esther DelRosario
Erich Desch
Annette Diskin
Madeline Dorangrichia
Rosita Escobar
Luz Euden
2010 Foster Grandparent Volunteers needs up-
Myrna Faulkner
Iraida Fernandez
Ray Figueroa
Roslyn Foxman
Eileen Frawley
Janet Gaieski
Alice Gavin
Florencia Guerzon
Flora M. Harris
Janie Hawkins
Louise Jenkins
Geneva Joyner
Elizabeth Kamatz
Josephine Kavanagh
Dorothy Kinard
Joan Kunet
Donna Lizzari
Barbara Levine
Iren Lubansky
Harriet Mariani
Eden Mariano
Delois McGill
Gail Miller
Angela Navaha
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Corazon Pidlaoan
John Pictanza
Anthony Reale
Dolores Reale
Gloria Reboton
Bernard Reffsin
Martha Rosas
Deanna Rose
Zelda Rosenberg
Enid Rose
Rosalie Santiago
Francisca Serrano
John Sheehan
Louise Sokota
Marie Squeo
Sadie Taddeo
Elaine Taylor
Sarah Tirado
Perla Tolentino
Maria Valle
Lucille Van Sise
Rosalia Vasquez
Frances Viola
Ada Vuch
Other FGP Volunteers
Susanne Fitzpatrick
Virginia Geerdes
Foster Grandparents
Enjoying their special day

Community Recognition
VCS continues to be recognized in the community for many of its initiatives.
A few of the awards and recognitions received in 2010 include:
� Arts Council of Rockland awarded a Community Grant to support LGBT
events.
� The Chazen Foundation continued its invaluable financial support for
VCS.
� The Avon Foundation awarded a grant to support counseling for victims
of domestic violence.
� Nice Pak/PDI Corporation was the event sponsor for the 2010 VCS Golf
Tournament to Prevent Child Abuse.
Sponsor of VCS Golf
Tournament
Honors and awards received in 2010:
� In May, Gail Golden was asked to be a Marshall in the Haitian Unity
Day Parade. VCS was given an award at the parade for its support of
the Haitian Community.
� In June, Pat Hayes was honored by the VCS Board of Directors at our
annual meeting for her many years of service.
� In June, Gail Golden received an award from the Hudson Valley Chapter
of the New York Civil Liberties Union for her work on behalf of
immigrants.
Golf Planning Committee
Simona and Jerry Chazen Avon Foundation
Award
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Gail Golden
as a Marshall
in the Haitian
Day Parade

Officers of the Board
Steven P. Breen, President
Peggy McCormack, Vice President
Les St. Louis, Treasurer
Wylene Branton Wood, Secretary
Members
Judy Andersen
Scott Auwarter
Simona Chazen
Hal Deutschman
Phyllis Eisenberg
Toni Fallon
Rita Grayson
Jonathan Kupperman
Amy Baldwin Littman
Dennis McGloster
Hal Parker
Sophia Zuniga
2010 Board of Directors
The Honorable Connie Coker: Liaison, Rockland County Legislature
Associate Members
The Honorable Harriet Cornell
Jan Degenshein
Peter Ferber, M.D.
Betty Hedges
Jean Houser
The Honorable Frances Hunter
Lawrence Karnbad
Leonard Lipson, M.A.
George Menken, D.D.S.
The Honorable Howard Miller
Selma Porter, CSW
Thomas Torpey
The Trio of Executive Directors
Marge Lipson, Steve Shapiro, Deborah Murnion
at the 40th Anniversary Dinner
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VCS Board Table at the 40th
Anniversary Dinner

VCS Staff
Executive Staff
Deborah Cary Murnion Executive Director
Phyllis B. Frank Assistant Executive Director
Dr. Gail K. Golden, LCSW Clinical Director
Nancy Rosa Director of Finance
John Sullivan Director Foster Grandparent Program
Staff
Betsy Benjamin, LCSW
Shelly Burns, LCSW
Diane Campbell
Karen Cancro
April Cobb
Joseph Coe
Susanne Fitzpatrick
Vanessa Green
Pat Hayes. LCSW
Ellie Jacobson
Beth Kipperman
Jean Max Naissant
Rosa Serrano-Delgado, CSW
Alice Taylor
Patti Trichon
Diana Wilkins
VCS Staff and Friends at the
40th Anniversary Dinner
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VCS Funding Sources
During 2010, VCS enjoyed funding from many generous private
foundations, corporations and individual donors, as well as the
following contractors:
County of Rockland
National Corporation for Community Service
NYS Commission on Quality Care
NYS Office for the Aging
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Orange County Department of Mental Health
Orange County Department of Social Services
Rockland County Commission on Human Rights
Rockland County Department of Probation
Rockland County Department of Social Services
Rockland County District Attorney’s Office
Rockland County Office for the Aging
Rockland County Youth Bureau
Town of Clarkstown
Town of Orangetown
Town of Ramapo
Town of Stony Point
Town of Haverstraw
United Way of Rockland County
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Mortgage
& Utilities
4%
Public
Contracts
70%
Program
Salaries &
Fringe
Benefits
52%
2010 Income
Fees
9% Fundraising
&
Donations
21%
2010 EXPENSES
Harriet Cornell, Sande & Gary
Lefkowitz, Ellen Jaffee, Connie
Coker, Linda Christopher,
Tom Zugbie & David Freed
at 40th Anniversary Dinner
Fundraising
3% Other
Operating
Expenses
31%
Admin
Salaries &
Fringe
Insurance Benefits
1% 9%

2010 VCS Inc. Donors
Guardian: $10,000 or more
The Chazen Foundation
Partner: $1,000 - $9,999.99
Jo and Peter Baer
Carol Blau
Russ and Judy Carson
Harriet D. Cornell
Toni Fallon
McCormack & Phillips, Esqs.
MidOcean US Advisor, LP
Deborah Cary Murnion
Professional Disposables International, Inc.
Provident Bank
Deborah Reich and Josh Goldberg
Judy and Bill Ryan
Andrew Spring
The Glickenhaus Foundation
The M & T Charitable Foundation
Tischman Speyer Properties
Producer: $500 — $999.99
Joan Balfour and Sol Fried
Georgette Bennett and Leonard Polonsky
Stefany and Simon Bergson
Steven Breen
Buchbinder Tunick & Co., LLP
Care One at Valley
Simona and Jerry Chazen
Nancy and Noah Chivian
Rosanne Composto
Steve Dwork and Barbara Best
Fisher Scientific International, Inc.
Dennis Fleming and Gail Fleur
Phyllis B. Frank
Johanna and Leslie Garfield
GenSpring
Bill Irwin and Martha Roth
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JCC of Rockland
Doris Katz
Laura and Lewis Kruger
Sande and Gary Lefkowitz
Michael Mandel
Ralph Marash
Orange & Rockland
Bernard and Gloria Pomerantz
Red Hat Ladies
Ed Reynolds
Barbara Rosenthal Birnbaum
Barbara Tober
Angel: $250 - $499.99
Advantage: Buyer Realty
Michael and Nelly Arougheti
Atlantic Business Products
Don and Barbara Bermack
Harriet and Leon Bortnick
Kurt Bridges
Mimi Calhoun
Diane and John Campbell
Jeff and Suzy Cantor
Care One at the Cupola and Pine Rest
David Chazen
Kathy Chazen and Larry Miller
Louise Chazen and Sid Banon
Carolyn and Pete DeLisser
Dominican College
Sanford and Isanne Fisher
Ginny Geerdes
Jeffrey and Myra Glaser
Donna and Robert Goodman
Jerry and Carol Halpern
S. Lisa Hayes and Janet Prata
Mimi Hoffman
Hudson Valley Bank

Michael and Barbara Kalvert
Katz Leber CPA's, PC
Helene and Howard Katz
Jeffrey Keahon and Angela Mattei
Richard and Barbara Kohlhausen
Ken Kopelman and Nancy Gold
Amy Baldwin Littman
Ron Longueira
Ron and Peggy McCormack
Margaret McLaughlin and Bert Pepper
George and Audree Menken
Vivian Milstein
David Mocarsky and Ed Borja
Myron Toback, Inc.
Nyack College
Ruth and Robert Oppenheim
L. Harold Parker
Joshua Parker
PC Renew
Rich Com
Elliot and Linda Rifkin
Rockland County Legislature
Rockland Family Shelter, Inc.
Myrna and Ron Ruskin
Geraldine Ryan
Stephen Shapiro
James Shooter
Daniel and Heidi Spitzer
Les St. Louis
Eva Rubin Steen
William and Ellen Taubman
Temple Beth Torah
The Cartridge Depot
Richard E. and Elisabeth Voigt
Corey and Suzanne Weiss
Claire B. Winkler
Wylene Branton Wood
Director: $100 - $249.99
A & T Healthcare, LLC
A New Hope Center
Jeff Adams
Joan Taub and Alan M. Ades
Paul and Mary Adler
Robert Adler
AGI Dermatics
Madhu B. Ahluwalia
All Bright Electric
Allstate Insurance Company - Bardonia Office
Scott Auwarter
Ina Balsamo and Beth Di Stefano
Claudette Banon
Stella Bartels
Brian Beal and Naomi Adler
Helene Benado
Betsy Benjamin
Steven J. Bermack
Blanc Marketing Services
Carol Boxer
Shelly Burns
Anne M. Byrne
Joan Chasen
Sandra Chernick and Michael Hochman
Wendy Chivian
Cigar King
Marcy and Eli Cohen
Crown Janitorial Products
Elizabeth B. Di Stefano
Theresa Egan
Milton Eisenberg
Phyllis Eisenberg
Estelle and Allan Eisenkraft
Johanna Esmay
Barbara and Meyer Feldberg
Fellows, Hymowitz & Epstein
Lisa Ferrante
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Financial Benefits, Inc.
Irvin Fink and Carolyn Fish
Friends of Alex Gromack
Friends of C. Scott Vanderhoef
Friends of Ellen Jaffee
Friends of Harriet Cornell
Friends of Linda J. Christopher
Friends of Michael Maturo
Steven, Denise & Henry Gilbert
George Glick
Gail Golden
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Michael Gould
Arden Greenspan-Goldberg
Gribetz & Lowenberg, PLLC
Betty and Ira Hedges
Debra Hogencamp and Ron Figueroa
Honest Design
Stephen Iger
Jackie the Haircutter, Inc.
Howard and Donna Jacobs
Ellie Jacobson
Chip James
Sandy Kahn
Gloria B. Kam
Ellen Sue Kier
Beth and Edward Kipperman
Christine Klein
Gail and Alan Koss
David and Elaine Kurland
Laeger Metal
Nanette Laitman
Law Office of Composto & Composto
Marge Lipson
Constance Lubeck
Mark Marotta
Dennis McCulley
Dennis McGloster
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Howard Miller
Montalbano, Concon & Frank, P.C.
Steve and Trish Mostecak
Terri Kaye Needle
Sally Neff
Network and Securities Technologies
David Nieves
The Nyack Center
Nyack Hospital
Nyack Tobacco Company
Rick Olezczuk
Adam Parker
Pearland Brokerage, Inc.
Lynn Reynolds
Aviva and Jack Robinson
Rockland Center for the Arts
Rockland Community College
Rockland County Supreme Court
Rockland Family Shelter
Nancy and Jose Rosa
Gail Rosen
Shirley Ross
Richard and Cathy Rothbard
Linda Rothschild
Ann Rothstein
Nancy A. and Evan Selinske
Rosa Serrano-Delgado
James J. Sexton
Sonya and Milton Shapiro
Lynn Sheinkin
Rachel Sheinkin
John Shields
Marta Siberio
Judith Silver
Robert and Lois Silverman
Samuel and Elaine B. Simon
Irving J. and Esther Sloan
Bonnie Stang

Simone Sternberg
Jacqueline Stormes
Studio Barcellona—
"Hair Studio & Gift Gallery"
John J. Sullivan
Summit School
Alice Taylor
Andrew Toriello
Town of Clarkstown
Mary Ann Tozer
Patti and Donald Trichon
Alan J. and Ellen Tuckman
Rhea Vogel
Jen and Rich White
Wiconnect, Inc.
Wine Enthusiast
Richard Wolff
Thomas P. Zugbie
Benefactor: $50 - $99.99
AGI Dermatics
Emil and Rhoda Alter
Joshua Block
Karen Cancro
Center for Sand Play Studies
Maryalice Chaifetz
Joseph Coe
Matthew Deutschman
Expressions Furniture
Susanne Fitzpatrick
Gene Reed, Inc.
General Reinsurance Corporation
H & S Sales and Consultants, LLC
Pat and Dennis Hayes
Rob Hurwitz
Merle Klein
Edith and Norman Kutner
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Minute Man Press
Thomas Moriarty
T. Clark and Esra Munnell
My Buddy-N-Me
Marguerite H. Nelson
Sally E. Sanfield
Marc Silverstein
Debra Tietz
Union Restaurant & Bar Latino
winter wednesday flowers
Yemaya Massage & Wellness Center
Sponsor: $0.01 - $49.99
Howard and Susan Baumgarten
Thelma Beauchemin
Linda and Marvin Belnick
Birthright of Rockland County
Mary Jane Brown
Alexandra Chase
Friends of Thom Kleiner
Lester Goldstein
David Greene
Andrea and Arthur Gruber
Charles J. Heilbronner
Beverly and Robert Houghton
Margaret Ibitokun
Joanna and Michael Landau
Laraia's Cheese Corporation
Judith Librot
Rita L. Lieberman
Stella Lubetsky
Kevin and Ann Nulty
Selma Porter
Prince Financial Advisory
Melissa B. Reimer
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
Santi Express, Inc.
Stuart Howard Schlamp

Linda Schulman
Barbara Stolzenberg
Hannah Tauber
Ramona Vitale
Ruth Wein
Wellpoint Associate Giving Campaign
Paul Wnorowski
In-Kind Friends
Applebee’s
Atlantic Business Products
Avanti Restaurant
AXA Equitable
Barnes & Noble
Marigene and Mark Beherens
Big Apple Jazz Band
Steve Breen
Cigar King
Matthew Deutschman
Dider Dumas Patisserie
Dragonfly Studio
Toni Fallon
Four Paws & a Tub
Gene Reed, Inc.
Ginny Gerdes
In celebration of 40 Years of VCS—
Dick Voigt’s Big Apple Jazz Band
played.
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Pat and Dennis Hayes
Rob Hurwitz
Jewish Federation of Rockland County
Juliet Stewart
L. Harold Parker
Laraia’s Cheese Corporation
Liz Clairborne, Inc.
Lu Shanes
M & T Bank
My Buddy-N-Me
Nyack Tobacco Company
Pearland Brokerage, Inc.
Pickwick Book Shop
Stop & Shop
Richard Skipper
The Cartridge Depot
Union Restaurant & Bar Latino
Vantage Apparel
Velo Bistro Wine Bar
Vogue Salon
The Wine Enthusiast
winter Wednesday flowers
Paul Wnorowski
Yemaya Massage & Wellness Center
*Any omissions are not intentional. We
appreciate all the support we receive.

77 South Main Street
New City, NY 10956
845-634-5729
Please visit our website:
www.vcs-inc.org
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