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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Home<br />
Improvements<br />
Building Healthier Homes. And Stronger Families.
<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Improving Homes—Ours and Theirs.<br />
If you’ve ever undertaken a home improvement<br />
project, you know the work can be challenging.<br />
And that the rewards are well worth the effort.<br />
At <strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong>, we have been making<br />
home improvements every day since opening our<br />
doors in 1970. In the traditional sense of the term,<br />
we physically maintain the Huck <strong>House</strong> shelter<br />
in order to provide teens with a safe, comforting<br />
place to turn when they need it most.<br />
But we go far beyond offering shelter to teens in<br />
crisis. In fact, our biggest ‘home improvements’<br />
actually occur in the homes of our clients. Through<br />
our programs—Crisis, Transitional Living, Youth<br />
Outreach, and Family Support—we work to give<br />
all teens a safe and supportive home life.<br />
Sometimes that means putting a family back together<br />
after a crisis.<br />
Other times, it means providing ongoing support<br />
to help families stay ahead of their problems and<br />
avoid future crises.<br />
And sometimes it means helping a transition-age<br />
teen set up a home of her own.<br />
Whatever the situation, the staff at Huck <strong>House</strong><br />
strives to give all teens the resources and support<br />
they need to establish the best possible home. In<br />
FY<strong>2012</strong>, we made significant progress toward<br />
that goal. We invested not only in renovating our<br />
physical structure, but also in overhauling our<br />
programs and service delivery methods to better<br />
address the home life issues of all teens in need.
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Because of our home improvements this past year,<br />
teens and families in our community now have:<br />
• Access to a remodeled, handicap-accessible<br />
bathroom in the shelter<br />
• Structured learning, skill-building, and physical<br />
fitness opportunities while staying in the<br />
shelter<br />
• More relevant, effective assistance for achieving<br />
housing, financial, and health and wellness<br />
goals<br />
• Ongoing support to prevent reunified families<br />
from facing future crises<br />
• Outreach where it’s needed most—in schools,<br />
at local hangouts, and on the streets<br />
As you read more about this year’s home improvements<br />
on the following pages, we’re confident<br />
you’ll agree that the efforts—and the investments<br />
made by so many individuals and organizations—<br />
are truly paying off.<br />
On behalf of the hundreds of at-risk, transitionage,<br />
and in-crisis teens whose homes you helped<br />
improve this year, we hope you will renew your<br />
support in <strong>2012</strong>. And allow Huck <strong>House</strong> to continue<br />
making home improvements—in every<br />
sense of the word.
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Table of Contents<br />
Crisis Program ...............................................................page 2<br />
Transitional Living Program ........................page 5<br />
Family Support Program...................................page 8<br />
Youth Outreach Program .................................page 11<br />
Scholarship Program ..............................................page 15<br />
Donor List ...........................................................................page 18<br />
Financials ..............................................................................page 24<br />
Board of Directors .....................................................page 25
<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Crisis Program<br />
Strengthening our shelter. Inside and out.<br />
A safe alternative to the streets.<br />
The Crisis Program provides a temporary, safe,<br />
and supportive place to call home when teens<br />
need it most. A teen may be running from a dangerous<br />
or difficult situation at home. Or he may<br />
find himself without a home. Whatever the circumstances,<br />
teens can find a warm bed and a hot<br />
meal within our walls. Just as important, they can<br />
find the support they need to return to a better<br />
life at their own homes.<br />
So much more than an emergency shelter, the<br />
Crisis Program is committed to improving the<br />
situations that cause teens to run in the first place.<br />
Through one-one-one, group, and family counseling<br />
sessions, Crisis Counselors work with teens,<br />
their families, and callers to our Crisis Hotline, to<br />
address problems at home and find safe solutions<br />
that meet all family members’ needs.<br />
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FY<strong>2012</strong> Focuses and<br />
Improvements<br />
During FY<strong>2012</strong>, both our physical shelter and<br />
the programs offered within its walls received<br />
a makeover. By providing a more comfortable,<br />
more structured, and more productive experience<br />
for kids in crisis, we empowered teens to work on<br />
the skills needed to reunite with their families and<br />
improve their lives at home.<br />
Shelter Renovations<br />
Building on improvements begun in 2011, Huck<br />
<strong>House</strong> continued to renovate our 100+-yearold<br />
shelter with a focus on addressing structural<br />
issues and making the space more welcoming<br />
and comfortable. Thanks to funding provided<br />
by American Electric Power Foundation, Nationwide<br />
Insurance Foundation, Osteopathic<br />
Heritage Foundation, Limited Brands, Huntington<br />
Bank, Smoot Construction, the City of<br />
Columbus, Cahill Construction, Shremshock<br />
and Brickman Landscaping and the <strong>Huckleberry</strong><br />
<strong>House</strong> Board Fund, we were able to execute quality<br />
renovations that will withstand heavy use for<br />
years to come.<br />
Renovations included:<br />
• Restoring and repairing the building’s exterior<br />
• Expanding both the girls’ and boys’ bathrooms<br />
• Doubling the size of the kitchen<br />
• Completely remodeling the dining room<br />
• Adding a handicapped-accessible bathroom on<br />
the first floor<br />
Health, Wellness, and Community Involvement<br />
Huck <strong>House</strong> partnered with Columbus Recreation<br />
and Parks to make physical fitness a part of the everyday<br />
experience at the shelter. Huck <strong>House</strong> also<br />
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Improvements cont.<br />
worked closely with other community organizations<br />
that graciously volunteered their time and facilities.<br />
Teens toured the Wexner Center and attended various<br />
performing arts events. They participated in a hip-hop<br />
dance class at the Central Community <strong>House</strong>. Thanks<br />
to these and other experiences, teens explored their interests<br />
and engaged in positive activities that enhanced<br />
their wellbeing and sense of community belonging.<br />
Learning and Skill Building<br />
The Crisis Program expanded the variety of daily educational<br />
sessions and group activities available to teens<br />
in the shelter. These structured activities promoted<br />
general learning, helped teens develop specific skills,<br />
and gave them opportunities to process their feelings.<br />
Session topics ran the gamut from current events,<br />
culture, and geography, to healthy relationships, anger<br />
management, self-awareness, and positive communications.<br />
24/7/365 shelter and support<br />
539 youth served<br />
2,105 nights of emergency shelter<br />
41 referrals<br />
75% of teens returned home<br />
93 Safe place partnerS<br />
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Transitional Living Program<br />
Healthier, happier homes of their own.<br />
Teaching teens to live independently.<br />
Some teens can’t go home. They may be homeless.<br />
Or they may face family problems, such as<br />
violence or drug abuse, that make it unsafe for<br />
them to return to their former homes. Through<br />
the Transitional Living Program, Huck <strong>House</strong><br />
helps transition-age youth establish homes of<br />
their own.<br />
Beyond securing four walls and a roof, Independent<br />
Living Mentors work one-on-one with the<br />
teens in the program to help them set and achieve<br />
financial, health and wellness, education, parenting,<br />
and employment goals. Through the Transitional<br />
Living Program, transition-age youth develop<br />
the independent living skills they need not only to<br />
survive, but to thrive.<br />
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FY<strong>2012</strong> Focuses and<br />
Improvements<br />
This past fiscal year, Huck <strong>House</strong> renovated the<br />
Transitional Living Program to more effectively<br />
engage transition-age youth. By better connecting<br />
and relating with these youth and addressing their<br />
specific needs, the program focused on breaking<br />
the cycle of generational poverty and helping teens<br />
succeed not only at finding a house, but at making<br />
a successful home.<br />
Financial Coaching<br />
Independent Living Mentors received training<br />
on a financial coaching approach that focuses on<br />
connecting and relating budgeting and financial<br />
lessons with teens’ real life situations. The coaching<br />
is tailored to each teen’s personal values and<br />
preexisting attitudes toward money. Coaches<br />
worked with teens to make minor budgeting/<br />
money management adjustments one at a time<br />
and to celebrate and build on each small achievement<br />
along the way. Through this approach,<br />
teens gained confidence in their money management<br />
abilities and were more successful at adopting<br />
and applying sound financial practices.<br />
Health and Wellness<br />
Beyond financial health, the Transitional Living<br />
Program focused on the physical and mental<br />
well-being of the teens in the program. Health<br />
and wellness initiatives promoted physical fitness,<br />
combated isolation and depression, and instilled<br />
a sense on community in youth by introducing<br />
them to community resources.<br />
Physical Fitness<br />
The Eldon and Elsie Ward Family YMCA generously<br />
donated 24 free memberships to Transitional<br />
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Living Program participants. Through Huck<br />
<strong>House</strong>’s partnership with the YMCA, our teens had<br />
access to personal trainers and various fitness opportunities,<br />
including a weekly cardiovascular class.<br />
Primary Care Physicians<br />
Transition-age youth in the program received<br />
assistance with finding primary care physicians<br />
and scheduling and keeping appointments. Using<br />
PCPs helped reduce dependence on emergency<br />
room care and improved the quality of healthcare<br />
the teens received.<br />
Parenting Skills<br />
Many transition-age youth have their own young<br />
children. This year, the program once again offered<br />
a parenting track to emphasize and teach<br />
essential parenting skills for raising and enjoying<br />
children.<br />
10 PARTICIPANTS GRADUATED<br />
FROM HIGH SCHOOL<br />
or obtained ged<br />
SERVED 53 TRANSITION-AGE TEENS<br />
18 MONTH PROGRAM<br />
22 TEENS OBTAINED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS<br />
23 TEENS GRADUATED<br />
80% OF GRADUATES SECURED<br />
PERMANENT HOUSING<br />
4 GRADUATES ENTERED COLLEGE<br />
5 OBTAINED NEW JOBS<br />
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Family Support Program<br />
Reunified families. Happier homes.<br />
Ongoing support for long-term stability.<br />
All families have problems. And sometimes, those<br />
problems can tear families apart, causing teens to<br />
run to a friend or relative’s house, to shelter like<br />
Huck <strong>House</strong>, or worse, to the streets.<br />
Following a crisis, trauma, or other family problem,<br />
the Family Support Program works hard to<br />
put families back together—and keep them that<br />
way. Through family and individual counseling<br />
conducted at the Huck <strong>House</strong> or in the family’s<br />
home, the Family Support Program offers ongoing<br />
support to teens and families in need. This<br />
continuum of care helps teens and their families<br />
get to the root of problems that cause teens to<br />
leave home and find solutions that can improve<br />
and sustain a better home life for every member of<br />
the family.<br />
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FY<strong>2012</strong> Focuses and<br />
Improvements<br />
This year, the Family Support Program focused on<br />
providing long-term services to teens coming to the<br />
Huck <strong>House</strong> through the Crisis and Youth Outreach<br />
Programs. By continuing to support these teens<br />
following a crisis and involving their families in the<br />
process, Huck <strong>House</strong> helped families make longterm<br />
positive changes to prevent future problems<br />
and decrease return visits to the crisis shelter.<br />
Ongoing Services for Shelter and Street Teens<br />
The Family Support Program provided services<br />
to more teens entering the Huck <strong>House</strong> through<br />
the Crisis Program and Youth Outreach Program<br />
than ever before. Counselors worked to establish<br />
relationships with teens and to conduct family<br />
sessions during their time at the shelter. All clients<br />
were encouraged to continue receiving services<br />
through the Family Support Program.<br />
Support for a Wide Variety of Family Problems<br />
Counselors helped teens and families with problems<br />
including school problems, substance abuse,<br />
housing issues, mental health issues, coming out<br />
problems, and immigration and assimilation difficulties.<br />
Counselors and case managers worked<br />
with teens and families to identify strengths, develop<br />
coping skills, and change negative behaviors.<br />
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FY<strong>2012</strong> Focuses and<br />
Improvements cont.<br />
Assistance for Transition-Age Youth<br />
Family Support Program counselors worked with<br />
teens in the Transitional Living Program and<br />
recent program graduates to help them make a<br />
more successful transition to independent living.<br />
By helping these teens address mental health,<br />
substance abuse, and other issues, the counselors<br />
helped them overcome barriers to living successfully<br />
on their own.<br />
139 FAMILIES RECEIVED COUNSELING<br />
20 FAMILIES RECEIVED<br />
HOME-BASED INTERVENTIONS<br />
50% OF CRISIS PROGRAM AND YOUTH OUTREACH<br />
PROGRAM TEENS ENTERED THE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM<br />
(UP FROM 18% IN 2011)<br />
74% OF CLIENTS REPORTED<br />
IMPROVEMENT IN FAMILY<br />
FUNCTIONING<br />
73% of CLIENTS REPoRTED<br />
A DECREASE IN FAMILY PROBLEMS<br />
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Youth Outreach Program<br />
Helping outside of our home.<br />
Taking our services to the streets.<br />
Teens don’t have to come to Huck <strong>House</strong> for the<br />
help they need to improve their lives. Huck <strong>House</strong><br />
will go to them. Through a patient, persistent<br />
approach, the Youth Outreach Program connects<br />
with kids on their turf—at schools, community<br />
centers and playgrounds, shopping centers, and on<br />
the streets. The Youth Outreach Program is the only<br />
local program that brings counseling services and<br />
support directly to teens in need to help them improve<br />
situations at home, at school, and in their lives.<br />
Youth Outreach counselors work with teens to<br />
address family, school, employment, and housing<br />
problems. They distribute literature, health and hygiene<br />
packets, and food and drink items. And they<br />
connect at-risk young people with resources in the<br />
community that can help them resolve their problems<br />
and lead healthier, happier lives.<br />
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FY<strong>2012</strong> Focuses and<br />
Improvements<br />
This past year, the Youth Outreach Program concentrated<br />
on strengthening relationships with at<br />
risk-youth as well as with community stakeholders<br />
and advocates for teenagers and young adults. By<br />
enabling young people in need to take advantage<br />
of the help available to them, the Youth Outreach<br />
Program empowered troubled teens to take charge<br />
of their situations, work things out at school and at<br />
home, and stay off the streets and out of crisis.<br />
Positive Youth Development Model<br />
The Youth Outreach Program bases its efforts on<br />
the theory of Positive Youth Development, which<br />
believes that with guidance and support from caring<br />
adults, all young people can grow up healthy<br />
and happy. Following this model, counselors<br />
worked with youth to identify their individual<br />
strengths and apply those strengths to problem<br />
areas, such as school issues or trouble at home. By<br />
helping youth recognize their unique capabilities,<br />
the Positive Youth Development Model empowered<br />
youth to leverage existing strengths to enhance<br />
all areas of their lives.<br />
Housing for Transition-Age Youth<br />
More and more transition-age youth are faced<br />
with the problem of homelessness. By continually<br />
seeking out and strengthening its housing-related<br />
connections, the Youth Outreach Program helped<br />
transition-age youth find housing of their own<br />
and offered support to these teens during their<br />
time of transition.<br />
Bullying and Violence Prevention<br />
Because of the prevalence of bullying within our<br />
schools and communities, the Youth Outreach<br />
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Program tailored a large percentage of its presentations<br />
to this pressing topic. Huck <strong>House</strong> partnered<br />
with seven high schools to implement Peer<br />
Mediation Models, empowering young people to<br />
speak out against violence, to become invested in<br />
their own safety and the safety of their peers, and<br />
to serve as leaders in their schools.<br />
Community Events<br />
Flip the Script Rebel Movement<br />
Youth Summit—June 22, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Rebel Runaway Prevention Event—<br />
November 23, 2011<br />
Established three years ago, the Flip the Script<br />
Rebel movement offers a safe and supportive<br />
environment for teens to rebel against problems<br />
in their schools and communities, such as vio-<br />
lence and peer pressure. Huck <strong>House</strong> held its third<br />
annual Rebel Youth Summit in June. Themed<br />
‘Building Peace by Piece,’ the summit attracted<br />
176 young people and gave them a platform to<br />
explore their feelings, speak their minds, and take<br />
charge of their futures. Huck <strong>House</strong> also held<br />
a small scale Rebel event in November to bring<br />
awareness to Runaway Prevention Month.<br />
Commit to the Dream<br />
January 16, <strong>2012</strong><br />
In collaboration with the United Way, Huck<br />
<strong>House</strong> hosted this small community event to advocate<br />
for adult mentors and explore the barriers to<br />
becoming a mentor for a young person in need.<br />
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Improvements cont.<br />
Find Your Voice<br />
April 24, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Huck <strong>House</strong> partnered with COSI to assist with<br />
an annual event that speaks out against child<br />
abuse and gives youth the chance to express their<br />
feelings about abuse through art.<br />
Youth Violence Think Tanks<br />
Program counselors participated in two charter<br />
school-sponsored youth think tanks dedicated to<br />
exploring and finding solutions to the problem of<br />
youth violence.<br />
Eastmoor High School All Girls Summit<br />
The Youth Outreach Program supported the local<br />
summit dedicated to empowering young girls<br />
to achieve their dreams.<br />
TARGETED AT-RISK YOUTH AGES 12-22<br />
13,596 YOUTH<br />
CONTACTS MADE<br />
2,507 HOURS OF YOUTH OUTREACH CONDUCTED<br />
897 HOURS OF STREET-BASED<br />
INDIVIDUAL<br />
CASE MANAGEMENT LOGGED<br />
522 OUTREACH RUNS MADE<br />
69 NEW INDIVIDUAL CASE OPENED<br />
17 COMMUNITY EVENTS<br />
HOSTED OR SUPPORTED<br />
123 IN-SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> Scholarship Program<br />
Improving teens’ futures.<br />
Making educational goals possible.<br />
A good education is the gateway to a successful<br />
future. The <strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> Scholarship Program<br />
makes it possible for Huck <strong>House</strong> youth to<br />
pursue the educational goals they set in our programs,<br />
giving them the foundation they need to<br />
launch careers and build successful lives and homes<br />
of their own.<br />
In FY<strong>2012</strong>, <strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> administered<br />
$7,000 in scholarship funds to four deserving<br />
youth to help finance college and other educationrelated<br />
expenses. The scholarship program helped<br />
remove the financial barriers standing between<br />
these youth and their future dreams.<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> Scholarships and<br />
Recipients<br />
William R. McNamara Scholarship<br />
Established in 2000, the William R. McNamara<br />
scholarship provides two scholarships per year<br />
to teens participating in Huck <strong>House</strong> programs.<br />
Scholarship winners can renew their scholarships<br />
each year.<br />
Recipients:<br />
Shamara Abraham<br />
Shamara was homeless when she first came to<br />
Huck <strong>House</strong>. Thanks to the support she received<br />
through our programs and the financial assistance<br />
from her scholarship, today, she’s a freshman at<br />
Kent State University and has made great strides<br />
toward building a successful future.<br />
Torae Coleman<br />
With help from her scholarship, Torae is attending<br />
Columbus State. In addition to studying, she<br />
is also working two jobs to help further her financial<br />
goals. Torae is very determined to make her<br />
dreams a reality.<br />
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Recipients cont.<br />
The Soltis/Homer Scholarship Fund<br />
Established in 2008, the Soltis/Homer Scholarship<br />
Fund awards scholarships annually to deserving<br />
young women to give them a great start<br />
toward future accomplishments.<br />
Recipients:<br />
America Fown<br />
America hopes to have a future career in healthcare.<br />
To achieve her goals, she applied her scholarship<br />
funds toward State Tested Nursing Assistant<br />
(STNA) courses.<br />
Tiffani Spence<br />
Tiffani is a current Huck <strong>House</strong> client. She will<br />
use her scholarship funds toward tuition at Columbus<br />
State, where she will begin classes in<br />
Winter 2013.<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> Contributors<br />
Individuals<br />
<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> is grateful to the individuals<br />
and organizations that helped make all our home<br />
improvements possible this year.<br />
James & Claudia Abrams<br />
Leslie Adamski<br />
Nicholas and Mallory Aliff<br />
George Anderson<br />
Maria and Mark Armstrong<br />
Margret Ashbrook<br />
Susan Ashbrook<br />
Stephanie and Jeffery Augenstein<br />
Shay Bacak Myers<br />
Sarah Baker<br />
Clare Balombin<br />
Tracee and Fall, Ebnu Black<br />
Karen Blickley<br />
Eric & Anne Murray Bode<br />
Mandi Bragg<br />
Nityshea Brown<br />
Gregory Buchanan<br />
Janaya & Patrick Burke<br />
Scott Buzinski<br />
Mimi Chenfeld<br />
Jon Chester<br />
Mary Nell Cleary<br />
Brian Clemans<br />
Beverly Cooper<br />
Bill Cooper<br />
Kelley Crace<br />
Sheena Crawford<br />
Hugh & Janet Davies<br />
Susan Dent<br />
Steve DeVoyd<br />
Douglas and Ann Dodson<br />
Thomas Dole<br />
Tara Drennen<br />
Chris & Misty Eaton<br />
J. F. & Patricia Ann Fehn<br />
Linda Fleming-Willis<br />
Shanikka Flinn<br />
Lane and Lauren Flood<br />
Michael & Barbara Folmar<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> Contributors cont.<br />
Individuals<br />
Hazen Gheith<br />
Jaclyn Ghiloni<br />
Jerry Gilliland<br />
Allison Gonya<br />
Sue Green<br />
Tracy Hanley<br />
Robert and Pamela Hardin<br />
Theresa Harris<br />
Wendy Hart<br />
Michelle Hartway<br />
Chris Hayes<br />
Gail Heller<br />
Kristie Hollinger<br />
Kelly Hunter<br />
Gregory Jackson<br />
Shawntee Jackson<br />
Karen Kidd<br />
Cara King<br />
Madeleine Knill<br />
Desiree Kovacs<br />
Dave Kraft<br />
Bernard La Londe<br />
Jeannette LaFors<br />
Martha Lichtensteiger<br />
Gena Lindsley<br />
Mark & Merri Jo Linton<br />
Charlesie Love<br />
Gail Lowe<br />
Charles Manofsky<br />
Audrey Mathews<br />
Karla McCoy<br />
Charles McGuigan<br />
Ellen McLauren<br />
Teresa McWain<br />
Cynthia Mercer<br />
Steve and Coleen Miller<br />
William Miller<br />
Elise Mills<br />
Albert Minor<br />
Maria Mone<br />
Gina Moorer<br />
Beth Morvay<br />
Craig Murdick<br />
Gerri Muroski<br />
Julie& Jonathon Mutter<br />
George & Joyce Leahy Needham<br />
Dennis & Patricia Obyc<br />
Shawn & Tamara O’Flynn<br />
Pamela & John O’Grady<br />
Lindsay Osborn<br />
Michael & Kathy O’Sullivan<br />
Charles Owens<br />
Joseph and Sara Patchen<br />
June Patterson<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> Contributors cont.<br />
Individuals<br />
Laurence Pesyna<br />
David Petree<br />
Rick Pfeiffer<br />
Jean Pitman<br />
Malcom & Nancy Porter<br />
Rebecca Pratt<br />
Mary Quick<br />
Susan Ragan<br />
Steven Reinhart<br />
Anthony Ruberg<br />
Jessica Rugh<br />
Jane Saliaris<br />
Rhonda Salsbury<br />
Wayne Schick<br />
Mathew Schreiber<br />
Chrissy and Chris Scott<br />
Icylene Scott<br />
Elizabeth Secrest<br />
Eugene Shats<br />
Alexandra Shinhearl<br />
David Shouvlin<br />
Peter Shuler<br />
Brian & Margaret Slate<br />
David Small<br />
Amity Smith<br />
Craig & Ingrid Smith<br />
Lewis Smoot<br />
John and Andrea Snoble<br />
David Soltis<br />
Janet Soltis<br />
Paul Soltis<br />
Nicole Stevens<br />
Lori Stuart<br />
Mark Swanson<br />
William Tate<br />
Dave & Tammy Tebben<br />
Olga Tebben<br />
Joseph & Jane Trapp<br />
Edward & Joanne Turner<br />
Ed Uhlman<br />
Annie & Michael Upper<br />
Beverly Walpole<br />
Daniel & Karen Wander<br />
Robert & Sandra Wentz<br />
Katie Wernz<br />
Alex Westerfelt<br />
Rebecca Westerfelt<br />
Vivian Westerfelt<br />
W. D. & Maureen Wright<br />
William Young<br />
Nicholas & Martha Zeyen<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> Contributors cont.<br />
Organizations<br />
Columbus Women’s Club, Inc.<br />
Anonymous<br />
A T & T<br />
Abbott Laboratories Fund<br />
AEP<br />
Benelvolent Women’s Group<br />
BMW Financial Services<br />
Bricker & Eckler<br />
Cardinal Health Foundation<br />
Columbus Foundation<br />
Columbus Medical Association<br />
Foundation<br />
Comfest<br />
Community for New Direction<br />
Crowe Horwath LLP<br />
Discover Financial Services<br />
Brower Insurance Agency, LLC<br />
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants<br />
Congregation Tifereth Israel<br />
Rabbis Discretionary Fund<br />
Cooper State Bank<br />
Fire Systems Professionals<br />
Give with Liberty<br />
Greater Columbus Arts Council<br />
Human Service Chamber<br />
Huntington Bank<br />
Indianola Presbyterian Church<br />
King Ave United Methodist Women<br />
KPMG<br />
Leipzig Haus<br />
Limited Brands Foundation<br />
Lions Sightsavers, Inc.<br />
Mattlin Foundation<br />
McGraw-Hill Companies<br />
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.<br />
OH-INS, LLC<br />
Osteopathic Heritage Foundation<br />
Outlook Media<br />
Perio, Inc.<br />
PNC Bank<br />
Scott W. Schiff & Associates Co., LPA<br />
See Kids Dream<br />
Smoot Construction<br />
SS&G Financial Services, Inc.<br />
T. I. S., Inc.<br />
The Motorists Insurance Group<br />
The Presbyterian Church<br />
Twin City Federal<br />
UW Of Central Indiana, Inc.<br />
UW Of Southeastern Pennsylvania<br />
UW Of The Greater Dayton Area<br />
WorkPlace Development<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> Contributors cont.<br />
In-Kind Individuals<br />
Nancy Anderson<br />
Susan Ashbrook<br />
Bruce Brown<br />
Scott Buzinski<br />
Amy Jo Cummings<br />
Joe D’Amico<br />
Steven Driver<br />
Andrew Ebbeskotte<br />
Steven Fields<br />
Jennifer Grant<br />
John Gurney<br />
Pam and Joe Hardin<br />
Paula Harrick<br />
Jeremy Holbrook<br />
Sheryl Lampock<br />
Lynda Leclerc<br />
Martha Leichenstieger<br />
Sara Leonard<br />
Jeannie Mackowiak<br />
Alan Molnar<br />
Bruce Murray<br />
Fallon O’Brien<br />
Mary Jane Quick<br />
Chris Scott<br />
Eugene Shatts<br />
Tanya Shatts<br />
Pete Shuler<br />
Polly Sinesi<br />
Jay Stanforth<br />
Linda Strap<br />
Laurie Von Earndt<br />
Becky Westerfelt<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> Contributors cont.<br />
In-Kind Organizations<br />
2checkout.com<br />
AMC Lennox<br />
Andersons<br />
Apple Bottom Gang<br />
Arena Grand Movie Theatre<br />
Ballett Met<br />
Brickman Landscaping<br />
Brower Insurance<br />
BW3<br />
Cajun Kitchen<br />
Campus Outreach<br />
Champion Clothing<br />
Childrens Theatre<br />
Cirque de Soliel<br />
Colerain Elementary<br />
Columbus Area Broadcasting<br />
Common Wealth Sandwich Bar<br />
COSI<br />
Creative Art<br />
Crew<br />
Crime and Punishment<br />
DeSales High School<br />
Donatos<br />
Emerson Network & Power<br />
Girl Scouts<br />
Hamilton Parker<br />
Hilton Hotels<br />
Import <strong>House</strong><br />
Indian Oven<br />
King Ave Methodist Church<br />
KOBO<br />
KPMG<br />
Leibert<br />
Limited Brands<br />
Magic Mountain<br />
Marylyn Browns office<br />
Noodles<br />
Oak Creek Elementary<br />
OCSEA<br />
OTP Printing<br />
Outlook Media<br />
Owens Group<br />
Papa Johns<br />
Payless Shoes<br />
Skashank Redemption<br />
SS&G<br />
The Venue<br />
Tools in my Box<br />
Trabue School<br />
Vorys Seamore & Pease<br />
Weenies<br />
Wendys<br />
Wexner Art Center<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Financial Information<br />
Revenue <strong>2012</strong><br />
Grants $1,823,613<br />
United Way 224,756<br />
Medicaid 466,895<br />
Purchase of Services<br />
and Discretionary Funding 63,716<br />
Contributions 143,516<br />
Interest and Dividend Income 38,825<br />
Net Loss on Marketable Securities (55,497)<br />
Total revenue $2,705,824<br />
Expense <strong>2012</strong><br />
Transitional Living Program $887,656<br />
Crisis/Shelter Program 796,616<br />
Home-based intervention 62,844<br />
Counseling 172,807<br />
Youth Outreach Program 329,569<br />
Scholarship 3,956<br />
Fundraising 88,111<br />
Administration 198,107<br />
Total expense $2,539,666<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Board of Directors<br />
Officers:<br />
President<br />
Pete Shuler<br />
Crowe Horwath LLP<br />
Vice President<br />
Chuck Manofsky<br />
NAI Ohio Equities<br />
Secretary<br />
A. Lori Stuart<br />
Crowe Horwath LLP<br />
Treasurer<br />
Paul Soltis<br />
Confluence Technologies<br />
Board Members:<br />
Shanikka Flinn<br />
Children’s Hunger Alliance<br />
Teresa McWain<br />
American Electric Power<br />
Jeannie Mackowiak<br />
Franklin County Public Defender<br />
Maria Mone<br />
John Glenn School of Public Affairs<br />
Jim Abrams<br />
Taft/<br />
Necol Russell-Washington<br />
NRW Law Office<br />
Karen Blickley<br />
Nationwide Insurance<br />
Craig Smith<br />
Scott W. Schiff & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />
Maria Armstrong<br />
Bricker & Eckler LLP<br />
Lane Flood<br />
KPMG LLP<br />
Bill Miller<br />
KPMG LLP<br />
Polly Sinesi<br />
Limited Brands<br />
Chaz Hixen<br />
Career Max<br />
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<strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>House</strong>, Inc.<br />
1421 Hamlet Street<br />
Columbus, Ohio 43201<br />
Administration: (614) 294-8097<br />
Fax: (614) 294-6109<br />
24 Hour Crisis Hotline: (614) 294-5553