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1 TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY & CONSTITUTION SOCIETY LEADERSHIP GIVING2009-2010 THANK COMMITMENT IS OUTSTANDING. As members of the CONSTITUTION and TOCQUEVILLE Societies, you are leading the way to create real, lasting change in our communities. Your gifts to the United Way Community Campaign help provide the building blocks for a better life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and a safety net of health and human services for all of us. When you contribute to the United Way Community Campaign, you are doing more than helping one person at a time.

2 You are changing systems to help us all. When you reach out a hand to one, you influence the condition of all. That s what it means to LIVE United Way Community Campaign gratefully acknowledges CONSTITUTION and TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY members who advance the common good by directing their gift to United Way Community Investment. When we combine all of our gifts together, we achieve more significant Investment supported programs are monitored by experienced volunteers who ensure that dollars are wisely invested to get results for people, and effective management, governance, and financial accountability standards are upheld.

3 By choosing Community Investment, you are getting the most out of your charitable of children in quality childcare programs supported by United Way Community Investment gained skills they need to succeed in kindergarten, such as counting and literacy 750 people got jobs through job placement or training programs supported by your gifts to Community 4,000 women received free mammograms through programs supported by your generous 2009, more than 250,000 people were served by programs supported by your gifts to Community Investment through the United Way Community CHANGE The impact you make through United Way1 CONSTITUTION SOCIETY 2009-2010 From Victim to SurvivorFor Rowena, the sexual abuse began when she was a toddler and continued throughout her childhood.

4 Rowena was forced, at a very young age, to endure not only the trauma of sexual abuse, but also the emotional abuse and blame inflicted by her parents. She suffered flashbacks and nightmares for years. Many years after the abuse began, she picked up a flyer about Sexual Assault Crisis Service, a program of the YWCA of New Britain supported by contributions to Community Investment through the United Way Community Campaign. After one particularly difficult night, Rowena called the SACS crisis hotline. With help from SACS, Rowena gained the strength to build a better life for herself. She completed her associate s degree and became a sexual assault crisis counselor, aiding others in their recovery.

5 She is now pursuing a degree in social work so she can help others who have been abused to prevent the cycle of abuse from continuing. Rowena was honored in June with the 2010 United Way Community Campaign Courage Award, established in 1994 to recognize an individual who has triumphed over adversity through a program supported by your gifts to Community and WorkingWhen Ron* from Hartford called United Way 2-1-1, he was looking for relief from his energy bills. The financial stability call specialist referred Ron to the Winter Protection program, and he was able to receive enough assistance to keep his family warm through the winter.

6 Through further assessment, the call specialist learned Ron was seeking employment and did not have health insurance for his family. She connected him to the 2-1-1 HUSKY Infoline and helped him through the application process until his family received coverage. She also referred him to several career fairs, and as a result of one of the fairs, Ron found a job working full time. Thanks to your gifts to Community Investment, which support 2-1-1 and the financial stability call specialist, Ron is working toward financial independence. Getting Her Life BackShortly after Mrs. P., a Russian immigrant, moved to Glastonbury to live with her son and daughter-in-law, she was in a bad car crash.

7 She landed in the hospital with a broken pelvis, no primary care physician, and no health insurance to help with the cost of hospitalization and rehabilitation. To complicate matters, Mrs. P. was diagnosed with diabetes. With bills mounting and no one to care for her when she was released from the hospital, Mrs. P. turned to VNA Health Care Inc., a home health and hospice care provider supported by your gifts to United Way Community Investment. Mrs. P. needed to learn how to care for her diabetes, and she needed physical therapy to regain the ability to walk. The road to recovery was slow, but Mrs.

8 P. can now walk with a cane, go up and down steps, help with small chores around the house and manage her diabetes through proper diet and insulin. Mrs. P. is happy to be alive and credits VNA Health Care and United Way for helping her get her life , left, accepts the 2010 United Way Community Campaign Courage Award. She is joined by Sandra Wilkos, of Sexual Assault Crisis Service. Read Rowena s story, at left.*Name has been changed for purposes of confidentiality. 2 UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 2009-2010 l Membership MilestonesUnited Way CONSTITUTION SOCIETY 20-Year MembersKatharine ArmstrongJames F.

9 BrewiJoyce & Harold BuckinghamChris & Kim ByrdHoward & Sue CarverGeorge DavidEd & Eileen DempseyRosanne Druckman & Larry ScherzerMr. & Mrs. John J. GaffneySarah & Jim GobesRobert & Darlene HermannKohn-Joseloff FoundationKarl J. KrapekJames & Pamela LonsdaleRobert & Stacy MaleckiThomas F. McCormack & Melissa HicksPamela & John MeehanBobi Molchan & Wayne HolcombeLouis & Rhoda ObermeierJeff & Sue PaytonAgnes S. & William R. Peelle, & Judith PerkinsJim & Janice RobbSusan & Joseph Sappington, MDRichard ScheuchNancy & Bill TrachselSusan & Eliot WilliamsLynn & Bev WillseyPaul & Joyce ZimmermanOne donor who wishes to remain Way CONSTITUTION SOCIETY 15-Year MembersDiana & Bob AnnonEric & Lisa BesmanEric & Lynn BisighiniKathleen BromageMr.

10 & Mrs. George CasparFred A. Cazel, Sandra & Arnold Chase Family FoundationThe Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family FoundationLinda K. CrookshanksKurt & Gaile DembeckRay DimmockJane & Larry DiSciaccaMichael & Genevieve DoodyPaul Eddy & Elizabeth NormenRichard & Georgia FeigelHoward & Sandra FromsonAugusto & Nancy GautierBruce & Ranee GiffordDonna & Robert HobbsMr. & Mrs. Russell HunterR. J. & Bridget KeadySusan & Robert KinneyKim & Bill KivelaBarbara KrierRobert & Stephanie LightfootRobert & Carol LindbergStephen & Susan LindseyRobert & Andrea LinzJohn & Arlene LloydThe Mathews FamilyThe Katharine K.