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YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2001-2002 Annual Report

We believe that when women thrive, families thrive.
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At the YW, we believe that we all need help from friends, family and communities.
Our core belief is that all women must be served.
We believe in the power of helping women and girls achieve their potential.
We believe that our courageous history inspires our future.
At the YWCA we live what we
believe.
We believe in helping
women, children and families
believe in their ability
to help themselves–
we have for 125 years and we always will.

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2001-2002 Annual Report
Barbara Engel
directed the rape and
domestic violence crisis
services at the Loop
Center from 1978 to
1988 when paid staff
expanded from two to
14. She was responsible
for working with other
organizations to change
rape laws and attitudes
within the criminal justice
system in order to better
prosecute offenders in
Illinois. Under her
direction, the YWCA
also started the first antirape
public awareness
education for teens in
Chicago schools.
“The YWCA was the
central program that
responded to survivors
of sexual assault. We
were overwhelmed by
the need. But we never
lost sight of the need
to also change social
attitudes, because
rape was both
acceptable and invisible
at the same time.”
Barbara Engel
Rape Survivor A model was used in the photograph
on the right to protect the privacy of the survivor.
Nita struggled to escape a childhood of poverty,
earned a bachelor’s degree and had a good job. Then
she had an emotional breakdown and began abusing
drugs and alcohol. She had never resolved issues
resulting from repeated sexual abuse as a child that
had prevented her from growing up emotionally.
“I was never satisfied within myself. I worked
myself into a frenzy. I had an emotional breakdown and
began living a very poverty-stricken life again. I got to
the point that I knew that drugs and alcohol weren’t
helping me, either. My recovery process actually began,
at the age of 48, when I sought out help at the YWCA.”
A belief that women’s health is important
Women’s health has been a concern of the
YWCA from its beginnings. In the early 1970s, the
YWCA translated that concern into rape crisis services.
We were one of the first organizations in the country to
publicly acknowledge the devastating effects of rape
and the consequences of not seeking counseling.
Today we counsel approximately 9,000 adult and child
survivors a year through free, confidential services.
Many of the adults are survivors of child sexual abuse.
Counseling for sexually abused children was
expanded with the opening of the YWCA RISE
Children’s Center, which specializes in counseling
children from three to 17 years of age.
Sexual violence prevention education programs are
based primarily in public schools and serve more than
60,000 children a year. These programs help children
as young as five say no to “bad touch” and help teens
reduce their risk of sexual violence.
Despite the publicity about clergy child sexual
abuse, sexual violence continues to be a mostly taboo
subject. For the YWCA, the largest provider of rape
crisis services in Illinois, this continues to present an
enormous public education challenge.
The YWCA led me out of the shadows into the light. I’m now learning how to live life on my terms as
an adult instead of as a victim.
I believe

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2001-2002 Annual Report
Adrienne
Hudson grew up in the
Ida B. Wells housing
complex when it was a
mixed-income area and
the King YWCA was a
youth activity center with
dances, 4-H activities,
basketball and roller
skating. In the 1970s,
government policy
brought changes to Wells
as many of the working
families were forced to
move out. When the King
YWCA became exclusively
a child care center
in 1985, Hudson returned
as its director until 2000.
Today the center serves
children from three to 12
years of age.
“My biggest goal was
to make the child care
center at Ida B. Wells
into a high quality
preschool. No matter
what the income, our
children deserved to
have a safe, healthy
and nurturing environment
where they
could learn and bridge
into elementary school.”
Adrienne Hudson
Kim Valach’s two children, Emily, 8, and Reyna, 3, are
enrolled in the YWCA Northside Child Development
Center.
“I don’t make a lot of money and the money I do
make, I try to give my children the best that I can,
saving for college. It’s just such a reassurance knowing
my children are in a safe place where the teachers are
giving and nurturing.
The YWCA gives me an opportunity to let them
have early childhood development at affordable prices.
I wouldn’t be able to work if it wasn’t for the YWCA.
I’m just so grateful.”
A belief in all children, all families
The YWCA has always believed in the long-lasting
benefits of giving all children a nurturing environment.
Families without sufficient financial resources may
need additional support in order to give their children
child care that promotes early childhood development.
The majority of working YWCA families receive
subsidized child care.
Some families have other needs as well. A single
mother may have to manage tight finances with a
hectic work schedule that leaves her little energy or
time for her children. The expansion of YWCA Head
Start programs in the past few years has given teachers
and parents better tools in working with children and
understanding their developmental needs.
Other YWCA services help families by increasing
the availability of quality child care, especially among
home-based providers who care for infants and
toddlers. We train more than 2,000 providers annually
in Chicago and the suburbs. The YWCA Child Care
Resource and Referral works with families and
employers in DuPage and Kane counties to help
several thousand families a year find appropriate
child care.
The challenge before us is to make sure all children
have access to quality child care.
I believe
I know that the YWCA teachers are instilling the same values that I would at home. They nurture
my child the way I would. They comfort my child the way I would.

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2001-2002 Annual Report
“Our first project was a Loren Watson, 11 years old, has spent eight years in
summer day camp the child care, preschool and Future Leaders after-
which brought together school programs at the Harris Center. Future Leaders
African-American teens has helped this straight A student improve her math
from the West Side of and science and join in physical education activities
Chicago and white she doesn’t get in school. She met Chicago fashion
teens from DuPage. designer Barbara Bates at a Harris youth event and
I could see how has worked for her the past two years.
having a core group “At Harris, we learn to make our own decisions at
of women to work times when there’s nobody else to help us. We learn
on creating the camp the best thing to do when you’re in trouble or you did
Jane Heckman,
would answer a question
that many of them posed:
How could we be part of
the civil rights solution
something wrong, you want to tell someone.”
A belief in women’s leadership
The YWCA has always had programs to encourage
a community organizer, instead of part of the young women to develop their potential. Today, we are
saw a need in 1965 to problem? The camp renewing our commitment to girls by developing and
provide a “hub” for became a model for expanding programs designed especially for them. We
suburban women in fast- fostering family inter- are helping them develop leadership skills, strengthen
growing DuPage County action and friendship their self-esteem and emulate role models. Other
communities. Many between city and
programs, such as prevention education, help both
women felt isolated from suburban teens.”
girls and boys resist risky behavior.
each other and from the Jane Heckman
Throughout our history, women have looked to the
burning issues of the
YWCA for leadership on issues that affect them.
day—civil rights, women’s
We are particularly sought out as experts on matters
rights and the Vietnam
related to our programs—working to stop the sexual
war. Heckman founded
violence that can ruin lives, advocating for quality child
what is now the DuPage
care and for making it universally accessible, and
YWCA for 21 years.
fighting against the racism that diminishes all of us.
We continue to explore ways to help people
understand the impact of racism and find positive
ways to combat it. Each year we team up with the
Human Relations Foundation of Chicago to present
an educational forum organized around the YWCA
National Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism.
I believe
an educational forum organized around the YWCA
National Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism.
Coming Coming to the the YW YW has has made made me me think think a lot lot about about what what I want want to be be when when I grow grow up. up.
It It makes makes my my self-esteem self-esteem go go up up very very high. high.

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2001-2002 Annual Report
Message from the Board President
and Chief Executive Officer
The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago’s 125th anniversary, celebrated this past year, provided an opportunity to
reflect on a remarkable history of fighting for women’s rights. The beliefs of our founders remain as inspirational
today as ever—all women have the right to build the skills, self-image and independence that will enable them to
support themselves and their families. Our supportive services help women turn these rights into opportunities
and reflect our mission to empower women and eliminate racism.
As we embarked on a strategic planning process in the fall of 2001, we boldly stated our goal to become
“Greater Chicago’s recognized leader for the empowerment of women and a driving force for racial justice by
2008.” We determined that we would strive for excellence in all that we do. We defined our program concentration
in three areas: child care services, sexual assault services and youth programs. We have embarked on a plan to
incorporate an anti-racism component in all programs.
In moving toward a balanced budget, we consolidated management costs by eliminating three district director
positions at the end of 2001. This enabled us to create a youth development director position in order to
strengthen and increase positive programs for children and teens.
Over the past two fiscal years covered by this report—2001 and 2002—we hired master teachers to improve
the education component of child care programs that serve low-income families. Parents and community
representatives elected to the newly formed Policy Committee give us valuable insight into our child and family
development program. YWCA Child Care Resource and Referral services for families in the DuPage and Kane
Counties expanded services with a new satellite in Aurora.
We opened the YWCA RISE Children’s Center in September 2000. It is devoted solely to counseling children
who are sexually abused and offers services in four languages.
In response to the growing Latino populations in Chicago and DuPage County, we increased child care and
sexual assault services in Spanish. We expanded community-based sites for sexual assault counseling through
agreements with other agencies and adapted our education programs to community requests. For example, in
DuPage County, violence prevention educators worked with schools to develop policies on bullying and sexual
harassment. In the south suburbs, youth education programs at community sites emphasized building self-esteem
and reducing risky behavior.
These services and programs address some of the most critical and unmet needs of women and children. All
originate from the belief that when women thrive, children and communities thrive; and all women will thrive only
when racism is eliminated. — June 30, 2002
Toyia V. Hemingway
Board President
Judith B. Diamond
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago Agency Information
Executive Offices
180 N. Wabash Ave.
Ste. 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312.372.6600
Fax 312.372.4673
www.ywcachicago.org
Center Locations
Loop
YWCA Women’s Services
180 N. Wabash Ave.
Ste. 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312.372.6600
South
YWCA Harriet M. Harris
Center
6200 S. Drexel Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
773.955.3100
Child Development
Center
773.667.0014
YWCA Englewood
Satellite
641 W. 63rd St.
Lower Level 34-35
Chicago, IL 60621
773.783.1031
YWCA Roseland Satellite
28 E. 112th Place
Chicago, IL 60628
773.995.3700
YWCA Coretta Scott
King Child Development
Center
436 E. 39th St.
Chicago, IL 60653
773.538.0212
YWCA RISE Children’s
Center
300 S. Ashland Ave.
Ste. 301
Chicago, IL 60607
312.733.2102
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North
YWCA Korean Center
5901 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Unit F
Chicago, IL 60646
773.763.4635
YWCA Northside Child
Development Center
5244 N. Lakewood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
773.271.6120
West/Northwest
YWCA Lawndale
Outreach Services
3333 W. Arthington
Ste. 150
Chicago, IL 60624
773.265.9500
YWCA Logan Square
Satellite
3853 W. Fullerton
Chicago, IL 60647
773.862.3100
YWCA Westside Child
Development Center
5080 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60644
773.379.1177
Child Care Provider
Services
773.921.5645
South Suburban
YWCA South Suburban
Center
320 W. 202nd St.
Chicago Heights, IL
60411
708.754.0486
YWCA Crestwood
Satellite
13333 S. Cicero
Crestwood, IL 60445
708.396.7399
DuPage
YWCA DuPage Center
739 Roosevelt Road
Building 8, Ste. 210
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630.790.6600
Child Care Resource
and Referral
630.790.3030
YWCA Addison
Child Development
Center
301 S. Swift Rd.
Ste. A
Addison, IL 60101
630.629.2533

YWCA MISSION STATEMENT
The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago is a not-for-profit membership organization
affiliated with the YWCA of the U.S.A. The association provides direct services to
meet the changing needs of women and their families and advocates for public
policies to empower women and eliminate racism in order to improve the quality of
their lives.
ONE IMPERATIVE
To thrust our collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and
by any means necessary.
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
180 N. Wabash Ave., Ste. 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312.372.6600 Fax 312.372.4673
www.ywcachicago.org

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2002 Annual Report

Accomplishments
of the Year
Strategic Planning
Asix-year strategic
planning process began
in the fall with input from
the Board, staff and volunteers.
The goal is to
provide quality programs
while maintaining financial
health and to advocate
on issues important to
women. The plan consolidates
programs into three
major areas: youth development,
child care and
sexual assault services.
To increase operational
efficiency, the three district
director positions in
Chicago, DuPage and the
south suburbs and the
small adult day care program
were eliminated.
The cutbacks on January
1 affected about 5 percent
of staff without
disrupting services. Jill
Newsom, former director
of south suburban services,
was named to the
new position of Youth
Development Director.
Youth Programs
Staff expanded the
curriculum-based youth
programs offered at the
YWCA, in community
groups and in schools.
These programs vary from
a few hours to year-round
involvement with youths.
In the south suburbs, girls
were introduced to economic
literacy and were
paired with mentors.
Both girls and boys
attended programs for
leadership as well as
pregnancy and substance
abuse prevention.
The Future Leaders
after-school program,
headquartered at the
Harris Center, concentrated
on tutoring, life skills
and prevention education.
Girls looked at future
career goals and got
involved in community
service projects. A record
200 children attended the
summer youth camp,
which included science,
math, cultural enrichment
activities, community
service and leadership
development.
The Young Parents
Program at the Harris
Center added activities
that helped teens better
understand themselves,
their relationships and
parenting. The Adopt-a-
Dream component paired
six teens with families in
a 12-week discussion and
sharing project. A summer
weekend camp
brought African-American
teen mothers together
with those from a Latino
youth group. YW young
mothers created an
African-style quilt as part
of the Field Museum’s
Kente community collaboration
project.
Child Development
At the four YWCA
child care centers with
Head Start programs,
newly appointed coordinators
worked with
families and child care
teachers to help them
better meet the comprehensive
needs of the
children. Clifford the Big
Red Dog presented free
books to children at a
Harris Center family event
that highlighted parent
involvement in the early
literacy curriculum.
Staff and parents from
all centers and child care
services were actively
involved in the successful
statewide effort to maintain
the state subsidy
program, which enables
low-income working parents
to afford child care.
Their efforts culminated
in a spring trip to talk
directly to legislators
in Springfield.
The King Child
Development Center,
located within the Ida B.
Wells housing complex,
received a new playground
in August. It was
built by the housing community
and KaBOOM!, a
playground construction
group that pairs corporations
and nonprofits.
Child Care Resource
and Referral (CCR&R)
works to support and
strengthen the child care
system in DuPage and
Kane counties through
parent and home-based
provider education,
increasing the number of
child care providers and
advocating for quality
child care. In October, the
CCR&R hosted a public
forum to discuss the
state’s proposed five-year
plan to ensure that all
preschoolers have access
to early learning opportunities.
The CCR&R child care
subsidy program served
nearly 2,300 families a
month and helped 116
families apply for KidCare,
the state health insurance
program for pregnant
women and children from
low-income families.
Crisis Intervention and
Prevention
RISE Children’s
Center served nearly
350 sexually abused
children and family members,
a twofold increase
over the previous year.
The increase was possibly
due to funding for additional
counselors. A
permanent counseling
office was opened at the
Harris Center to provide
services on the South
Side. RISE anticipates
doubling its caseload in
the coming year.
The Loop Center’s staff
of 25 represents the
largest sexual assault
service center in Illinois.
The center operates the
Chicago Rape Crisis
Hotline and satellites in
Logan Square and
Lawndale. It doubled the
number of support groups
for sexual assault survivors
and the number of
sexual assault prevention
programs in schools,
which included culturally
specific programs for
Asian students. The
in-school art therapy
program, which works
with individual students
who have witnessed
violence, could not fulfill
the growing number of
requests for counseling.
Counseling was established
on a part-time
basis to meet needs in
the Uptown community.
The Chicago hotline
handled more than
1,500 calls, a 25 percent
increase over the previous
year. Hotline staff believe
that after 9/ll more people
felt comfortable in asking
for help in dealing with
trauma.
During the summer of
2001, the YWCA Harris
Center, along with its
Englewood and Roseland
satellites, was one of the
key community groups
that spoke out about the
series of bus stop rapes
terrifying women on the
South Side. Staff and volunteers
joined other
groups in quarterly
“Taking Back Our
Humanity” marches to
generate community support
to help keep women
and children safe and to
educate the community
about the impact of rape.
Counseling services at
the DuPage Center
responded to the county’s
number-one health
problem for women—
depression—by
combining traditional
therapy with holistic services
that help women
deal with stress. The nonmedical
approach brings
women together once a
week for yoga, strengthening
exercises and
meditation. The center
sponsored a five-day
conference to better prepare
law enforcement,
first responder and rape
crisis professionals to
work with sexual assault
victims. A special June
workshop helped people
“wounded by clergy sexual
misconduct.”
Prevention educators
presented workshops
throughout the state to
help schools write comprehensive
policies on
bullying and harassment
in order to prevent
tragedies like the one at
Columbine High School.
DuPage Center educators
have been conducting
education programs on
bullying for parents,
teachers and children
since 1986.
The South Suburban
Center expanded its sexual
assault counseling to
a victim’s significant
others and added counseling
for general anxiety
and stress-related reactions.
The latter focus
grew out of the center’s
participation in Moving
Past Trauma , a national
program of the YWCA of
the U.S.A. and Pfizer, Inc.
The program trains professionals
who work with
trauma victims and educates
the public about
post-traumatic stress
disorder. The ENCORE plus®
cancer awareness education
program referred
nearly 100 medically
underserved minority
women for cancer
screenings.
The Korean Center
operates our only domestic
violence program.
Counseling and educational
outreach efforts
address the cultural
stigma and misunderstanding
surrounding
domestic violence within
the Korean- American
community. For the first
time, the center trained
social workers and law
enforcement personnel to
help them better understand
the ramifications
of culture on domestic
violence survivors in the
Korean community.
Racial Justice
Racial profiling as
it affects women was
the theme for the YWCA
National Day of Commitment
to Eliminate Racism
luncheon. The YWCA
Anti-Racism Committee
chose the complex topic
in response to our post-
9/11 world. A pre-lunch
panel of experts was
followed by keynote
speaker Shirley Jahad,
an award-winning news
correspondent at WBEZ-
FM, Chicago Public
Radio. Afterwards, the
Chicago Human Relations
Commission’s Truth in
Action/Chicago Works
show covered our antiracism
program.
The committee continued
to present the
anti-racism trainings
required of all YWCA staff
and worked on plans to
incorporate anti-racism
components into all programs.
YWCA staff and
teens from area high
schools jointly presented
a Teaching Tolerance
curriculum to more than
a hundred children. The
South Suburban Center
collaborated with other
organizations and business
on the annual Hands
Across the Southland
Unity Day.
Advocacy and Public
Awareness
YWCA experts took
advantage of opportunities
to publicly address
issues affecting women
and children through coverage
in major local print
and electronic media and
in USA Today.
We responded to the
clergy child sexual abuse
news story by calling for
the Illinois legislature to
add clergy to the list of
state mandated reporters
of child sexual abuse. It
was the second time in
recent history that the
YWCA had supported
such an effort. Ultimately,
the legislature did not
support mandating clergy
to report all incidences of
child sexual abuse. The
DuPage Center’s Safe
Worship Program provided
a model for helping
houses of worship reduce
the risk of sexual abuse
and help parishioners be
more sensitive to the
needs of survivors.
During national Sexual
Assault Awareness Month
in April, the YWCA spearheaded
a successful effort
by rape crisis centers to
distribute “Stop Rape” flyers
at Chicago CTA
stations. The media
reported on that event
and our 125th Anniversary
Celebration during
Women’s History Month
in March.

Programs and Services
we believe in the power of services
Women’s Services
Counseling
Adults and Children 2,117
Crisis Hotlines/Information and Referral 15,735
Young Parents Program 132
Support Groups 305
Moving Past Trauma 97
Prevention Education
Community Education
(adult sexual assault prevention) 5,078
Advocacy
Hospital and Court 1,733
Professional/Volunteer Training Seminars 2,906
Youth Programs
Violence Prevention Education
Rape/Domestic Violence
Prevention for Teens 27,504
Child Abuse Prevention for Children 30,867
Family Safety and Violence Prevention
Education at Neighborhood
Resource Centers 1,076
Youth Development
Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
Prevention/Leadership/Economic Literacy 2,246
Future Leaders/Summer Camp 200
Child Care Services
Child Development Centers 546
Home-based Child Care Network 123
Child Care Resource and Referral 5,730
IDHS Subsidy Program 4,373
Child and Adult Food Program 1,850
Provider Training 4,947
126
6,799
2,117people
counseled
15,735
Total Number of Lives We Touched 107,954 *
Community Services
ENCORE plus Cancer Screening 156
Senior Adult Day Services 19
Legal Information Service 91
Women’s Weekend 52
Anti-racism Training 71
*Person may have received multiple services.
volunteer hours
years of commitment
rape hotline calls

Awards
The YWCA of
Metropolitan Chicago’s
LeaderLuncheon is the
area’s original and most
prestigious tribute to
career women. It reflects
the YWCA’s commitment
to create and support
opportunities for leadership
and power for
women and girls.
Under the leadership
of luncheon chair
Martha McGuire and
Circle of Friends chair
Andrea Robertson, vice
president and treasurer
of R.R. Donnelley, the
October 2000 luncheon
raised an unprecedented
$650,535.
2001 YWCA LeaderLuncheon
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Business
Diane Swonk
senior vice president and chief economist
Bank One Corporation
Communications
Mary A. Mitchell
columnist and editorial board member
The Chicago Sun-Times
Education
Dr. Salme Harju Steinberg
president
Northeastern Illinois University
Over a hundred
corporate women volunteered
to contribute their
time and resources to the
Circle of Friends fundraising
efforts.
we believe in the power of women
Entrepreneurship
Sona Wang
co-founder and general partner
Inroads Capital Partners
Professional Volunteer
Marion Simon
life director
Lincoln Park Zoo
Since 1972,
LeaderLuncheon has
honored 183 women who
represent Chicago’s most
distinguished women.
2001 Racial Justice Award
For promoting racial justice and working toward the
elimination of racism.
The Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow
co-pastor, Vernon Park Church of God and board
chair, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
The Racial Justice Award was created in 1991 to
underscore the YWCA’s One Imperative to eliminate
racism.
Financial Statement
Statement of Unrestricted Revenue,
Functional Expense and Net Assets* Fiscal year ended June 30
Dollars in thousands 2002 2001
Support and Revenue
Government Fees and Grants $ 10,030 $ 9,300
United Way of Chicago 450 450
Other United Way 322 313
Other Public Support 1,477 2,390
Program Service Fees, Rentals and Sales 722 716
Membership Dues 2 6
Miscellaneous 58 67
Interest and Dividend Income 646 632
Net Realized and Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Investments (376) (508)
Gains Used (Retained) for Operating 700 132
Total Support and Revenue $ 14,031 $ 13,498
Functional Summary of Expense
Program Services
Child and Adult Day Care Services $ 4,588 $ 4,661
Counseling and Support Services 2,219 1,380
Community Development and Organization 220 213
Information, Referral and Linkage 1,998 1,742
Research and Advocacy 503 583
Supplementary Education 1,197 1,363
Physical and Social Development 878 803
Employment Services 0 306
Total Program Service Expenses 11,603 11,051
Support Services
Fundraising, Marketing and Membership 741 808
Administration 1,687 1,639
Total Expenses $ 14,031 $ 13,498
Net Assets
Unrestricted Land, Building and Equipment $ 1,246 $ 1,477
Board Designated Investments 4,684 5,152
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 477 399
Permanently Restricted Net Assets 8,491 9,407
Total Net Assets $ 14,898 $ 16,435
*A complete set of audited financial statements is available upon request.

Donors
The YWCA of
Metropolitan Chicago
wishes to recognize
these donors whose support
during fiscal year
July 1, 2001 to June 30,
2002 helped maintain the
excellence of our services.
We also want to
recognize and thank the
many donors under $50.
$50,000 AND OVER
Bank One Corporation
Chicago Community Trust
Exelon Corporation
Household International
LaSalle Bank
United Way of Chicago
$25,000 - $49,999
The Alfred Bersted Foundation
Central DuPage Health
CNA Financial Corporation
Community Memorial Foundation
Dominick’s Finer Foods, Inc.
Edward Hospital & Health
Services
Exchange Club of Naperville
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Harris Bank
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
United Way of Addison
United Way of Glen Ellyn
United Way of Naperville
United Way of North DuPage
United Way of South DuPage
United Way of Wheaton/Carol
Stream
$15,000 - $24,999
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Corn Products International
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue
Marsh, USA
Mercer
The Northern Trust Company
Quaker Food and Beverages
R.R. Donnelley
Sara Lee Corporation
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
United Way of Hinsdale
United Way of Lombard/Villa Park
$10,000 - $14,999
The Aberdeen Charitable
Foundation
Alberto-Culver Company
Bank of America
The Barker Welfare Foundation
The Boeing Company
Chapin May Foundation of Illinois
FMC Technologies
Cheryl A. Francis
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Harris Family Fund
i Light Technologies
KPMG
Lands’ End
JoAnn S. Lilek
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Winston & Strawn
World Travel Partners
United Way of Elmhurst
United Way of South Prairie
$5,000 - $9,999
Abbott Laboratories
ACCO Brands
AIG Insurance Companies
Altheimer & Gray
Anonymous
Aon Corporation
Banco Popular
Bank of Ireland Asset
Management
Barclay’s Global Investors
Cheryl Beebe
Bernstein Investment Research
and Management
Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP
William Blair and Company
BorgWarner
Burrell-Laurent Company
CB Richard Ellis
Chapman and Cutler
The Cleveland Foundation
Firstar/US Bank
Marshall Field’s
Meyer Family Foundation
Elizabeth S. Mitchell
The Nalco Foundation
Walgreen Co.
Herbert C. Wenske Foundation
United Way of Chicago Heights
United Way of West DuPage
$1,000 - $4,999
Adventist Health System
American Express Tax and
Business Services
Anonymous
Ariel Capital Management
Elizabeth Batchelder
Francis Beidler Charitable Trust
Eleanor Chapman Beidler
Foundation
Boston Consulting Group
Burger King
Business Logic Corporation
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Charles Schwab Corporation
Foundation
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Sun-Times
Citicorp
Clune Construction Company
Critchell Miller & Petrus, Inc.
Judith B. Diamond
College of DuPage
David and Linda Dykstra
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
Equis Corporation
Cheri Erdman
Ernst & Young LLP
Terry Ethier
Carla Jane Eyre
First Presbyterian Church of
Wheaton
Fleet Capital Leasing
Gardner, Carton & Douglas
Geneva Community Chest
Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare Society
Glen Ellyn Rotary
Cliff and Mary Gower
Elizabeth S. Graettinger
Margot S. Graettinger
Marguerite D. Hark
Harley-Davidson Financial Services
Linda Heagy
Human Relations Foundation
Kimberly Hunter
IBM Corporation
Jenner & Block
Douglas and Beth Johnson
The Johnsson Group
Jones Lang LaSalle
Diana J. Joseph
Christine Kelly
Kemper Insurance Companies
The Kenwood Group, Inc.
Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker,
Levin, Tominberg, Inc.
Loop Capital Markets, LLC
Lynch, Jones & Ryan, Inc.
The Eddie Mahe Company
Manufacturers Bank
Margeotes/Fertitta & Partners, Inc.
Janis E. Marley
Maritza Marrero
McDonald’s Corporation
McGladrey Contract Business
Services
Martha McGuire
Mesirow Financial
Molex Incorporated
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Trust Illinois West Region
Nuveen Benevolent Trust
Nuveen Investments
Parson Group LLC
William and Carol Partington
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Ryerson Tull
Nancy Schimmel
The ServiceMaster Company
Mary Catherine Sexton
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom
Stein Roe & Farnham
Deborah E. Stevens
Donna Streibich
Suburban Service League
S.W. Anderson
Teamwerks
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Tellabs
Travelers Property and Casualty
Group
Tribune Company
Trust Company of Illinois
Trustmark Insurance Company
UBM, Inc.
United Way of South Cook/Harvey
United Way of South Holland
United Way of St. Charles
US Bank
David J. Vitale
Well Woman Coalition of DuPage
Patricia R. Willard
Willis, Stein & Partners
Women’s Association of the Union
Church of Hinsdale
Zurich North America
$500 - $999
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Christine Albright
American Family Mutual Insurance
Company
Argonne National Laboratory
Azteca Foods, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becky II
Bowne of Chicago, Inc.
Margaret Butler
Cole Taylor Bank
Community Bank of Wheaton/
Glen Ellyn
Crain’s Chicago Business
David G. Crumbaugh
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Janet Doyle
Dugan & Lopatka
The DuPage Community
Foundation
DuPage Unitarian Universalist
Church
DuPage County Board
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, Inc
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish,
Naperville
Howard Esser, Inc.
First Congregational Church
Friends of Linda Laurich
Amy Gabriel
Marie M. Graul
Greater Illinois Title Company
Kathleen Green
Ann Grube
Paul Guenzel
Toyia V. Hemingway
Illinois Lincoln Series-Marylou
Crane
Donna Jansen
Kirkland & Ellis
John Klosowski
Gerald Kreuger
Law Firm of Sullivan, Taylor &
Gumina
Michael D. Levin
Liberty Mutual Group
Littelfuse, Inc.
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Alicia R. McCray
Ann L. McGill
Naperville Junior Woman’s Club
Nicor Gas
Donald J. Reid
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Martha S. Schauss
Society for Information
Management
Chris P. Stefanos Associates
Judith A. Thorp
Wayne Township
United Parcel Service
United Way of Alsip
Bonnie Wheaton
Wheaton Franciscan Services
Wheaton Franciscan Sisters
Wheaton Junior Woman’s Club
Richard and Linda Worcester
Pearl A. Zager
$100 - $499
Nancy Abshire
Barbara Adelman
Donna Amidon
Helen Ang
Anonymous
Ashton Hayes Group, Inc.
Carol Asselmeier
Molly Baltman
Bank of America Foundation
Lesli Barger
Teri Barnett
Kate Berley
Beverly Bishop
Timuel D. Black
Maryanne Bobosky
Stephen S. Bowen
Betty Bradshaw
Keri Brennan
Mary Brevard
Marianne Brousard
Dorothy Brown
Patricia Brozowski
Cynthia Buddington
Valerie Burke
Linda Carroll-Evans
Karen G. Centner
Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
Chicago State University
Chicago Urban League
Sung Choi
City of Naperville
City Staffing
Sonya Clifford
Deborah Cline
Lynn Colby
Michelle L. Collins
Edward J. Condon
Colleen K. Connell
Peggy Connolly
Nicollette G. Conway
Mary Ann Cronin
Lori Crosley
Susan Crowder
Lucinda S. Daniels
Anne M. Davis
Susanna Davison
Mary Louise Day
Mary DeJonge
Patricia P. DelGrande
Donna Dhein
George and Diane Dirksen
Edward S. Donnell
Saundra T. Dougherty
Mary Doyle
Chris Dudley
Karen Duffy
Easter Seals of DuPage County
Edelman PR Worldwide
Betty F. Elliott
Susan V. Ende
Margaret Everhart
Ewha Women’s University
Alumnae
Barbara Eychaner and Thomas
Richardson
Katherine Faber
Mary Faydash
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Martin Fishleder
Jan Fitzsimmons
David S. Foster
Kathleen Gallo
Carol Gavin Althoff
Nancy Gardner
Susan Gately
Genesis House
Cecille Gerber
Sammer Ghouleh
Valerie Giardini
Isabelle Goossen
Ron Gorski
Karen L. Graham
Kathleen J. Green
Helen Gum Westlake
Kathy Gurvey
Lisa N. Wilhelm Haag
Donna Haddad-Conopeotis
Hamill Family Foundation
Hetty Harlan
Harmer Associates, Inc.
Rita Harvard
Carolyn Healy
Jane Heckman
David S. Heller
Stanley Heller
Edwin and Marion Hempel
Kimberly Hogan
Marie Hollein
Carolin Hong
Laurene Horiszny
Rose Houston
F.B. Hubachek
Illinois Hospital Association
Margaret F. Jackson
Martha Johnson
Christine Jones
Sharon Jones
Constance Jordan
Loretta Karkhoff
Kathryn Karsh
The Keller Family Foundation
Kay Kendall
Kforce Professional Staffing
Candace King
Jack and Virginia Kneupfer
Gerald A. and Karen A.
Kolschowsky Foundation, Inc.
Debbie Koopman
Alfred and Dorothy Kugel
Foundation
Stephanie Kushner
Mercedes A. Laing
George Larkin
Jon Laurich
Linda Laurich
Winnie Leathers
Kyung Lee
Mary Ann Leeper
Loewenberg & Associates, Inc.
David B. Love
The Lucas Group
Sylvia Luchini
Major, Hagen & Africa, LLC
Joan E. Massaquoi
Alicia McCray
Danielle McDonald
David McGowan
Susan McHabcheb
Dana M. Mikstay
JoAnne Miller
Virginia Monroe
Winston and Irene Moore
Cynthia Mungerson
Charlotte Mushow
National City Bank of Michigan/
Illinois
Helen M. Nelson
Ann Nerad
Dawn Clark Netsch
Diana Nicholas
Ellen Noth
Oak Brook Bank
Christine O’Brien
Glen F. Ofenloch
Linda P. O’Hare
Amy L. Osler
Outreach Community Ministries
Elise Parsons
James J. Patterson
Jennifer Peach
Arlene Perry
Alice M. Peterson
Alice Phillips
Phi Delta Kappa MU Chapter
Linda Pieczynski
Patricia Plodzeen
Jeanne Pokorny
Carla M. Pondel
Jean Rapala
Hedy Ratner
Hanna Rees
Amy A. Ripepi
Roosevelt University
The Royal Group
Sandy Sapa
Clarence Schawk
Nancy Scheurwater Hunter
Nell Schneider
Marilyn Schnell
Patricia L. Sharpe
Margaret Shontz
Rose L. Shure
Shure Brothers Incorporated
Joan W. Simon
Marion Simon
Barbara Smith
Bernadette M. Soens
Ellen F. Solomon
St. Charles Mother’s Club
Noreen D. St. Lawrence
Cora Statman
Staubach Midwest
Isabel C. Stewart
Laura Stone
Charmaine S. Stradford
Terry and Judy Stratman
Ella D. Strubel
Margaret Tarpey
Sidney Tate
Christina M. Tchen
Lisa Thornton
Glenette Tilly Turner
Mark Toledo
Mary Tworek-Tupper
United Way of University Park
Gale Vance
Herbert A. Vance
Everett and Joyce Van Der Molen
Village of Addison
Mary Eleanor Wall
Darwin Walton
Leslie J. Weiss
Elizabeth Whitlow
Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
Paul and Sharon Wussow
Julie H. Young
YWCA of Lake Forest
Evelyn Zerfoss
$50 - $99
Anne G. Abernathy
Mary S. Allan
Joanne H. Alter
Mary Kay Bendis
Susan Berry
Aileen Blake
Rick Bogaard
Elizabeth H. Brentz
Patricia Broughton
Janean Cherry
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chang Choi
Patricia M. Crull
Susan Mary DeSanto
William A. Foster
Sherry B. Goodman
Adarsh Grover
Nathalie Grue Markovits
Mary Ann Hagerty
Reolia Harriel
Nancy Laethem
Janis V. Licuanan
Lois Livezey
Beatrice C. Mayer
McCormick Tribune Foundation
Mary A. Mitchell
Ruth Moscovitch
Carol Moseley Braun
Michelle Myers
Barbara O’Malley
Okju C. Oh
Joan Parrott-Sheffer
Planned Parenthood
Madeline Rich
Stephanie Roberston
Russell Sinkler
Mary Beth Skowronski
Adelbert Spaan
Nancy Stern
Susan Straus
Sandra Van Gilder
Margot Wallace
IN-KIND DONATIONS
Adler Planetarium
Alberto-Culver Products
Alliant Foods
American Baby Basket
Austin Child Care Provider’s
Network
Bottomless Closet
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Children’s Museum
Chicago Opera Theatre
Chicago White Sox
Chili’s
Cracker Barrell
Department of Human Services
Car Seat Program
Dixie Kitchen
Eli’s Cheesecake
ETA Theater
The Field Museum of Chicago
Hasbro Charitable Trust
Heart & Soul Magazine
Honey Magazine
Jays Potato Chips
Jewel
K-Mart
Kane County Cougars
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Lamaza Baby Magazine

Donors YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago 2002 Board of Directors
Leema Khan
McDonald’s
Monique Caradine Kitchen
Nestlé
New Parent Magazine
Newsweek Magazine
Order from Horder
Power 92.3/Hammond
Reggio’s Pizza
Shedd Aquarium
Southwest Airlines
Subway
Thrifty Dry Cleaning
Tony and Tina’s Wedding
Toys R Us
Shirley Ward
Warehouse Direct
Burt Weinman
White Castle
Sharon Williams
Woodlawn Lutheran Family
Services
Wynn Transportation
YouthNet 3rd District
GIFTS GIVEN IN TRIBUTE
In Honor of Margot Graettinger
Elizabeth Graettinger
In Honor of YWCA Harriet M.
Harris Center
Juanita Davies
In Honor of Marjorie Nolan
Cathryn Jenkins
In Honor of Audrey Peeples
Betty F. Elliott
Ella and Richard Strubel
In Honor of Marion Roberts
Lucille Boysaw
In Honor of Salme Steinberg
Dr. Helen C. Ang
In Honor of Donna Streibich
Jeff Andreasen
In Honor of Sona Wang
Jamie and Andrea Selonick
GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORY
In Memory of Marguerite Hungate
Deborah Scott
In Memory of Anthony Peeples
American Civil Liberties Union
of Illinois
Phyllis Apelbaum
Dr. Evonne F. Blakey
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowers
Gloria Bromberg
Melvin and Theresa Bryant
Sung Choi
Community Renewal Society
State Representative Barbara
Flynn Currie
Bernie Dahlin
Kevin Davis
Myrna J. Deckert
Lucius C. Earles, M.D.
Evelyn M. Ebbert
Susan V. Ende
Patricia A. Engels
Gail and David Etkin
Lynn B. Evans
Mark and Ann Feldman
Susan Fincke
Thea K. Flaum
Trudy Smith Fuselier
Barbara B. Glass
Margot and John Graettinger
Deborah A. Henderson
Hodes Family Foundation
Nancy J. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Jordan
Jack Jucewicz
The Kenwood Group
David and Winifred Leathers
Margaret P. MacKimm
Maya Marzullo
Eleanor J. Miroslaw
Isobel and Earl Neal
Glen M. Ofenloch
Annie W. Petty
Poughskeepie Day School
Barbara L. Provus
Ismail Rasas
Desiree Rogers
Maricela Romero
Jennifer A. Shoub
Bruce F. and Francine Stark
Deborah and Douglas Stevens
Frieda Stevenson
Donna Streibich
Cynthia and Reid Suttles
The Chicago Network
Maria Tolkiewicz
Maxine and Daniel Tropp
Richard B. Turner
Melissa W. Walker
Dennis Winkler
Joan Miller Wood
YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
YWCA of Madison
Carolyn Zachary
Hanan Zayid
Helen H. Zell
GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Chicago Department of Human
Services
Chicago Public Schools
City of Chicago Community
Development Block Grant
DuPage County Board
DuPage County Community
Development Block Grant
DuPage County Community
Development Commission
DuPage County Health
Department
DuPage Housing Authority
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Illinois Child Care Resource &
Referral Association
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual
Assault
Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority
Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services
Illinois Department of Commerce
and Community Affairs
Illinois Department of Human
Services
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Illinois Department of
Rehabilitative Services
Illinois Department on Aging
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois Violence Prevention
Authority
The Ounce of Prevention Fund
South Suburban Community
Development Block Grant
BENEFICIAL TRUSTS AND BEQUESTS
Alice Reed Barnes
Clifford W. Barnes
Jep J. Dau
Bernice Knight
Alonzo C. Mather
Alban B. and Edna B. Nixon
Leona Richardson
Marie K. Remien
Mary F.S. Worchester
While every effort is made to
ensure the accuracy of donor
records, errors occasionally occur.
If your name has been omitted,
misspelled or misplaced, please
accept our apology and contact
the Development Office at
312.762.2757 so that we may
correct our records.
President
Toyia V. Hemingway
Vice President
Alicia R. McCray
Vice President
Maritza Marrero
Treasurer
JoAnn S. Lilek
Assistant Treasurer
Lisa Wilhelm Haag
Secretary
Donna Streibich
Members
Nancy Aque
Jaki Becker
Cindy C. Burrell
Cynthia K. Cuyjet
Saundra T. Dougherty
Carla Jane Eyre
Kristin R. Finney
Margot S. Graettinger
Christine N. Kelly
Winifred F. Leathers
Alexis MacDowell
Janis E. Marley
Martha McGuire
Karen Parkhill
Wynona Redmond
Irene M. Reed
Judith A. Thorp
Patricia R. Willard
Julie H. Young
Design
Birkdesign Inc.
Copywriting
Susan Fincke
Produced by
The YWCA Development and Communications Department
Chief Executive Officer
Judith B. Diamond
President’s Advisory
Council
Paul Fisher
Cheryl Francis
Karen Parkhill
Deborah Stevens
Auditors
Blackman Kallick
Bartelstein, LLP
300 S. Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
360 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 800
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312.762.2757 Fax 312.372.4673
www.ywcachicago.org