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Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength A holistic approach to family health
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service
2011 Annual Report
The Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service (LSA), has been helping the underserved, marginalized, and poorest families of East Harlem since 1958. Over the years, we have evolved our multi-service agency to meet the changing needs of this neighborhood—which today remains the poorest in Manhattan.
By keeping our finger on the pulse of this community through research, measured outcomes, caring relationships and key institutional partnerships, we continually enhance the effectiveness of our core programs.
While we offer short-term help to families in crisis or need, whether it’s hunger, domestic abuse or a medical emergency, our long-term goal is to help families grow healthier, stronger and closer together—and able to sustain themselves.
This is what distinguishes LSA Family Health Service from other agencies: We build relationships with families and
offer a holistic array of services—over
time—that address the needs of the
most vulnerable infant, the developing
toddler, the growing school-aged child, the
challenged teen, and the hardworking and
often over-burdened parents.
The wellness of each family member affects that
of the others. So, when even one person is in crisis,
the entire family can become more vulnerable,
and the very bonds that keep them resilient can be
easily fragmented.
That’s why LSA’s programs cultivate physical,
emotional and spiritual wellness and strength in
families that will continue to empower and keep
them together for years to come.
Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength
A holistic approach to keeping families healthy:
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LSA’s theme this year is Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength. What does that mean?
GC It means that helping families stay healthy allows them to become stronger in every dimension of their lives.
RS It’s inspired by the proverb You reap what you sow, and illustrates one of the essential aspects of the Little Sisters’ mission: by giving through service to others, you’ll reap the benefits a hundredfold. By sowing the seeds of health among the families of East Harlem, we all reap the benefits of empowerment and strength. How does LSA’s “holistic” service model differ from that of other neighborhood agencies?
GC Poverty is born of numerous factors, so helping people out of poverty also requires multiple strategies. It’s not education alone. It’s not jobs alone. It’s education AND support to address crises like threatened evictions, hunger, abuse and maltreatment.
RS Absolutely—and different members of a family will need different types of services. LSA can provide so much of what a family might need over time. Sadly, more infants die in East Harlem than in other Manhattan neighborhoods. Why?
GC High infant mortality—along with asthma, obesity, high blood pressure—are some of the physical effects of living in areas of concentrated poverty. Families have few healthy food choices and limited access to quality preventive health care and education—particularly pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. How does LSA address the infant mortality problem?
RS The heart of LSA’s nursing program is the Maternity Outreach program, which includes an Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative. LSA nurses have been helping reduce infant mortality one mother and baby at a time, right in their homes, for decades. It works. Does the health and emotional wellness of the whole family impact infant mortality and maternal health?
GC Families are systems and when something impacts one part of the system it impacts the entire system. A system that’s both physically and emotionally healthy has the internal capacity to care for the system and all its parts.
RS Is it more difficult for a mom to care for her newborn if she’s depressed or ill? Do children suffer developmentally when there are extreme stress burdens on their parents? We know the answer to questions like these is “yes.”
East Harlem is the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan with twice the national and city childhood asthma rates. Why, and how is LSA addressing this problem?
GC Asthma is in part an environmental problem. Many families live in substandard housing with mold, pests, lead paint and other toxins that trigger asthma. Our Environmental Health program continues to combat these conditions, and has made a measurable impact on over 1000 families.
RS And yet the full connection remains a mystery; we hope further research might help us fight this epidemic even more effectively. If you had an unexpected infusion of funds, which programs would you apply them to first?
RS To our in-home health care program, because more visits would have a major impact on families health.
GC I’d put some funding toward our initiative to form worker-owned cooperatives to put people in the driver’s seat of their economic future. Has East Harlem become gentrified? If so, is LSA still relevant?
RS Families who fall outside society’s ‘safety net’ and face severe poverty still live in East Harlem, and suffer from inadequate health care, substandard housing and unemployment. As long as these challenges exist, there’s a need for LSA in this community.
GC Today, 20% of East Harlem housing is public housing. So there will always be families of modest means. It’s also still a gateway community for many newcomers to America, so providing support services to new Americans will remain a part of LSA’s ongoing focus. LSA places a premium on building relationships with families. Why?
RS There’s a history of trust between LSA and the community that’s a critical factor in the effectiveness of LSA’s programs. We can only help if families are willing to walk through our doorway and let us into their homes.
GC We believe relationships matter in improving lives. Relationships heal, relationships build trust, respect and community.
LSA Family Health Service’s
programs directly address
the issues of an East Harlem
neighborhood that stands apart in
ways no community should:
• It remains the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan
• Has an infant mortality rate that’s twice that of Manhattan and three times that of the Upper East Side
• Has a childhood asthma rate that’s roughly twice the city and national rates
• It ranks 3rd highest in unemployment in NYC
• Has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in Manhattan
• 26% of its residents have no health insurance
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photo: Chasi Annexy
A Conversation with LSA Board Chair Ralph Sicilianoand Executive Director Gary S. Carter
Photos: LSA/M. Gonzalez
Like other babies born in East Harlem, four-month-old Marcos’s chances of dying before his first birthday are twice the national average and three times that of Manhattan neighborhoods like the Upper East Side. Thousands of at-risk women get no (or late) pre- or post-natal care. That means at-risk newborns also don’t get the special care they need. Luisa Pastrana delivered Marcos by C-section—and there were serious complications that kept her hospitalized. But her three children needed her home while her husband worked. Fortunately, LSA’s Maternity Outreach program brings skilled nurses right into the homes of East Harlem’s pregnant moms and infants, so Luisa could go home. LSA nurse, Sr. Pat Hayes, visited Luisa and Marcos every two weeks, when, at two months, Marcos developed a fever that soared. Luisa recounted, “Sr. Pat got worried and insisted we go to the hospital.” Pat was right; Marcos was hospitalized for a urinary infection, serious ear infections and bronchitis in succession. A blood clot in his lung then needed to be watched carefully. Pat began visiting twice a week, advising Luisa how to care for Marcos until he stabilized.
Luisa had already enrolled her daughter Emily in HBS—which brought both isolated and lonely mom and tot out of their shells, and helped Emily improve speech and developmental delays.
“Little Sisters has made all the difference,” Luisa says with a smile of gratitude. “They give us diapers, food or clothes when we really need them. It’s a huge help.” This year, Emily graduated from HBS after three years in the program.
See the Montero Pastrana family together on page 16.
LSA nurses made 471 post-partum home visits
and 247 Infant Mortality
Reduction Initiative (IMRI)
visits in 2011
“At first, we looked for help in other
places. But no one helps. Only LSA
cares about us when we’re sick.”
Luisa Pastrana
Programs that have helped the Montero Pastrana family since 2009:
AdvocacyFood Pantry
HBS Maternity Outreach/IMRI Vulnerable At-Risk Infants Need Special Care—
and a Healthy Family to Thrive
photos: Chasi Annexy
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Eight years ago, staff at The Mt. Sinai Hospital in East Harlem referred Catalina Juarez to LSA Family Health Service because she needed help they couldn’t provide: basic necessities like food, clothing and diapers as well as in-home prenatal nursing care. Complicating matters, Catalina spoke only Mixteco, an indigenous language of Guerrero, Mexico.
LSA may have been the only agency capable of addressing this marginalized family’s array of short- and long-term needs.
After receiving assistance from our Food Pantry and guidance from our Advocacy program (after the family was swindled out of their rent), nurses like Sr. Suzanne Deliee visited Catalina through the first of four pregnancies as part of our Maternity Outreach (MO) program and Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (IMRI). Though Catalina’s husband works hard, the family struggles. And, due to a variety of poverty-related factors such as insufficient nutrition, high levels of stress, substandard crowded living conditions and isolation, all of Catalina’s children were at high risk for delayed development.
Fortunately, LSA nurses referred the toddlers to LSA’s HBS program where, through carefully designed on-site play and social activities and home visits by our trained social workers and home visitors, they stayed on track physically, cognitively and socially.
Greydis, now 2, is on her way to graduating from HBS in 2012, like her three siblings before her. Her mom, Catalina, has achieved literacy and learned to speak Spanish and a growing level of English, thanks to LSA’s Community Adult Ed BENL program. Recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, Catalina is once again being visited by LSA’s nurses to keep her, and therefore her whole family, strong.
See the Morales Juarez family together on page 16.
55% of children missed fewer
school days due to asthma and 64%
had fewer ER visits after a year in the
Family Asthma program
In 2011, 57% of the toddlers in the
Early Intervention program improved,
12% more than in 2010
In the HBS program, 81% of
toddlers stayed on track or improved
developmentally, and 77% of
parents showed better parenting skills
—exceeding our 2011 goals
When Family Hardship Affects a Toddler’s Development, Intervening Early Is Critical
Young Eric Cruz entered our Early Intervention program for developmental delays in 2009. After receiving ongoing therapy, he eventually graduated from our HBS program in June 2011. Today, Eric’s delayed speech has improved and he’s showing a greater openness and ability to interact with others, as well as diminished hyperactivity.
Eric also had to contend with the indoor toxins and pests that often adversely affect health and development in young children in East Harlem. Eric’s mother, Patricia, explained, “We had cockroaches and mold that made Eric’s asthma worse. LSA came and showed us how to get rid of them with non-toxic poisons and cleansers. Eric’s asthma has been practically gone ever since.”
See the Cruz Cando family together on page 16.
Programs that helped the Cruz Cando family since 2008:
Early InterventionEnvironmental Health HBS Maternity Outreach Nursing: Family Asthma
Toxic Indoor EnvironmentsTrigger Asthma and Cause Preventable Delays
photos: Chasi Annexy
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Programs that have strengthened the Morales Juarez family since 2005:
AdvocacyCommunity Adult Education: BENL, ESLEnvironmental HealthFood PantryHBSMaternity Outreach/IMRIMothers’ Support Group
See the Muñoz Medrano and the Ibarra family together on page 16.
By the time children enter school they’ve gained a measure of strength that toddlers and infants don’t yet have, but that strength can be deceiving. Children entering school with delays, or suffering emotionally because of family stress and financial strain, are at high risk of dropping out of high school or never reaching college. Doors can close unforgivingly.
For Carmen, 7, and Carlos Muñoz, 8, LSA has been a supportive presence since—and even before—their births.
Their mother, Babana, saw an LSA flyer at a doctor’s office. At eight months, Carlos showed clear signs of developmental delays and needed occupational, physical and speech therapy. Babana looked to LSA for help. Despite amazing progress, both Carlos and Carmen later struggled in school with learning issues.
For the past four years, the siblings have attended LSA’s Education and Youth program. They receive personal Tutoring and Homework Help after school at LSA, and their creativity has blossomed in the Free Arts program. Each summer, they attend the Reading Academy.
Has it helped? Carlos thinks so. “My math and my reading both got better,” he admits. Carmen adds, “Sometimes after school ends I forget what I learned, and at LSA they help me remember.”
When Babana told them they’d both passed their NYC and ESL exams, Carmen and Carlos literally jumped for joy. “We know how important our education is,” Carmen beamed.
Eric Figueroa’s enrollment in Education and Youth programs like Homework Help and Free Arts has kept him moving forward academically. It also gives him a sense of community while his family copes with the kinds of challenges so many East Harlem families face, including his older sister becoming a teen mom. See her story on page 10.
For the 2010/11 academic year,
Education and Youth program students
had improved scores for reading and
comprehension by 15-20%
“LSA taught me how to complement Carlos’s therapy sessions at home, so every day we made progress. They say they never saw a child improve so quickly as Carlos! Together we made a team.” Babana Medrano
“I like math and when they help me with my homework. At LSA, they taught me that a quarter is 25 cents and a dime is 10 cents. I have fun.” Eric Figueroa, 8
School-Age Children Need Academic and Emotional Support to Keep Doors from Closing on Their Future
Programs that helped the Muñoz Medrano family since 2004:
Community Adult Ed: ESL, ComputerEarly InterventionEducation and Youth: Free ArtsHomework HelpReading AcademyFood PantryHBSMaternity OutreachMother’s Support Group
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Poised and beautiful Atziri, 17, aspires to be a pediatric nurse. But, for now, she has extra challenges to take on as she reaches for that goal. At 16, Atziri became pregnant. Her pregnancy turned high-risk in her last trimester as she battled serious liver problems that could have killed her unborn child. “I was very scared,” Atziri recalls soberly. After surgery, she became severely anemic and had to be hospitalized.
LSA’s Maternity Outreach program and Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative provided at-home nursing visits to Atziri, averting potential tragedy for this teen mom and her now-healthy baby boy, Daniel.
Atziri wasn’t ready to care for a newborn, but our breastfeeding classes and Mothers’ Support group helped her prepare. Because Atziri’s life changed so rapidly, she also received help from LSA’s Preventive program for anxiety for a while—just as her own mom once sought help from Preventive for depression when she was a new mom.
Atziri now cares capably for Daniel, but she also depends heavily on her mom, Yadira, to care for the infant so she can attend classes and graduate from high school in 2012. There’s much new joy, but also new strain on this close-knit but challenged family. Her brother, Eric, 8, and sister, Shamila, 4, both graduated from LSA’s HBS program, and perhaps little Daniel will, too.
See the entire Figueroa Ibarra family together on page 16.
Vulnerable Teens Facing Adult Realities Depend on Family and Multiple Human Services to Stay on Track
“Little Sisters helped me with whatever I needed. They gave
me clothes when I was pregnant,
and advice about breastfeeding and
how to be a mother.” Atziri Figueroa, 17
photos: Chasi Annexy
Programs that have helped the Figueroa Ibarra family since 2000:
AdvocacyBridges to Hope
Breastfeeding ClassEducation and Youth
HBSFood Pantry
Maternity Outreach /IMRIMothers Support Group
Preventive The Sharing Place Thrift Store
Hispanic teens have the highest birth rate
among all NYC ethnic groups
41% of all Mexicans age 16 to 19 drop
out of school– 32% more than the
NYC rate
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Though neither an East Harlem newcomer nor a novice mom, Olufminoyo Nicol found out she still had much to learn. What she learned saved her life.
With five healthy pregnancies and five lively daughters to show for them, Mrs. Nicol welcomed her 6th pregnancy without missing a step in her stride. One day, in her cozy NYCHA* apartment, decorated with photos and mementos from her native Liberia, a friend told her about Little Sisters. So, after delivery, she requested to be referred to us. That proved to be a fortuitous decision.
When her blood pressure spiked unexpectedly, LSA nurse, Fredy Urena, began visiting Ms. Nicol every week to monitor her and her baby. One day, her pressure shot up alarmingly.
When Fredy told her she needed to go to the hospital right away, Mrs. Nicol brushed it off. “I felt fine and had six children who needed me!” she exclaimed. “But Fredy insisted and insisted and wouldn’t stop until I agreed to go. And she was right!” Ms. Nicol learned she could have suffered a heart attack or stroke at any moment.
Fredy began visiting Ms. Nicol every day to monitor her blood pressure and medication, also counseling her on better nutrition and eating habits. Today, Ms. Nicol has lost 45 lbs. and her blood pressure has stabilized. She learned from Fredy that even though she “felt fine,” her blood pressure could have taken her from her newborn son and five daughters in a heartbeat if she didn’t take care of herself.
See the Gomez Valerio and Nicol families on page 16.
When Moms Suffer from Illness or Depression, Whole Families Can Falter. LSA Can Help.
“I feel proud of myself and ready to earn my GED. I spoke only Mixteco and couldn’t write. I hid in my apartment, alone and depressed. Little Sisters gave me a community and a way to learn.” Paola Valerio
Paola Valerio arrived from rural Mexico as a teen, speaking only Mixteco and without any formal education. Since enrolling in LSA’s Community Adult Ed program classes 7 years ago, she has steadfastly studied to learn both Spanish and English while raising her two children. She has completed her elementary school and middle school education and will take the GED exam in 2012. She plans to continue her studies to become a teacher.
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*NY City Housing Authority
“If it weren’t for Little Sisters, I wouldn’t be here today, and that is the truth.” Olufminoyo Nicol
Programs that have benefitedthe Gomez Valerio family since 2005:
Community Adult EducationHBSNursing: Maternity Outreach and Family Asthma
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Dads Need Support, Training and Options When Work and Financial Pressures Mount
Fredy and Mercé knew each other as children back in their rural Mexican village, but Fredy moved away. They met again after arriving separately in NYC as adults and have been inseparable ever since.
Today, Fredy, Mercé and their daughter, Jazzlyn, 2, have emerged from some dark days of financial and emotional struggle. They reached out to LSA for multi-service support that has turned their lives around in less than 3 years.
After moving to Miami, Fredy lost his job. They had no health insurance and Mercé, now pregnant, had thyroid issues and needed critical maternity care for her high-risk pregnancy. In near desperation they came to East Harlem, where the only housing they could afford was infested with roaches and rats. “It was super disgusting,” Fredy recalls in clear, confident English. In need of food for his pregnant wife and himself, Fredy turned to LSA’s Food Pantry.
That visit changed everything. LSA nurses visited Mercé at home every week during her pregnancy, regularly checking sugar levels for gestational diabetes. Fredy took LSA classes to improve his English and gain computer skills. LSA advocates advised and supported them, even helping them get a bed so they didn’t have to sleep on the floor.
Even so, Mercé, feeling isolated and afraid to go out due to street violence and crime, became depressed. She was referred to our Preventive program, and over time improved with counseling. With new friends she’s met at LSA, she feels like she belongs to a community. Daughter Jazzlyn, 2, attends HBS classes and social worker, Sara, visits their home every other week.
Just a few years after they first visited the Food Pantry, Fredy has become a model for other dads in the community, volunteering at LSA, serving as President of the LSA Parents’ Support Group, helping to form a worker-owned cooperative, and attending socialization and play classes with his daughter and wife.
See the Cruz Salinas family together on page 16.
“The Little Sisters changed our lives so much that we were inspired to overcome—so we could in turn help others who come to LSA.” Fredy Cruz
The Advocacy program served 1,174
individuals in 2011
LSA’s Food Pantry provided food for
4,883 visits
Programs that have helped the Cruz Salinas Family since 2009:
AdvocacyCommunity Adult Ed: ESL, GED, ComputerCommunity Partnership CouncilFood PantryHBSMaternity Outreach/IMRIParents’ Support GroupPreventive The Sharing Place Thrift Store
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Nicol Family, page 13Cruz Salinas Family, pages 14-15
Morales Juarez Family, page 6
Gomez Valerio Family, page 12
Figueroa Ibarra Family, pages 9-11Muñoz Medrano Family, page 8
Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strengththrough a holistic, multi-service approach to family health.
Families fare better when they can stay together. LSA’s programs move families beyond their challenges and towards ever stronger and healthier lives.
The stories of the families pictured here have been featured throughout this Annual Report.
Montero Pastrana Family,pages 4-5
Cruz Cando Family, page 7
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ADVOCACY AND FOOD PANTRY programs help poor families meet their immediate needs for food and address the longer-term issues that keep people in poverty. We educate our clients about their rights, help them apply to a variety of assistance programs, refer them to other LSA and non-LSA programs, help prevent eviction and offer immigration advice. Every visitor to the Food Pantry meets with a trained client advocate who can personally evaluate their overall needs.
COMMUNITY ADULT EDUCATION provides adult learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them for the labor market, higher-level academics or vocational training. The program offers Literacy/Adult Basic Education (grades 1-9), GED, ESOL, BENL (Basic Education in a Native Language) and basic computer training (CIT).
EARLY INTERVENTION each year treats 275 babies and toddlers (<age 3) demonstrating developmental delays or disabilities, offering skilled team evaluations by a developmental specialist, a social worker, a speech pathologist, and/or physical and occupational therapists. Treatment includes home-based and/or on-site center-based services. We offer expertise in serving new Mexican immigrant groups who speak indigenous languages and have distinctive cultural family dynamics.
EDUCATION AND YOUTH SERVICES offers after-school tutoring and Homework Help, a summer Reading Academy program for underperforming students in English Language Arts, as well as a Girls Mentoring program for East Harlem girls entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade. We also offer educational counseling and information about academic services and community recreational programming.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES was launched in 1997 as the Family Asthma Program to address the high numbers of East Harlem children with asthma. Today we address an even broader range of housing conditions effecting family health
and well-being. Environmental workers conduct home assessments, remediation, hands-on training and advocacy. Our program is unique, since most asthma programs involve only assessment or limited intervention. To date, we have visited more than 1,000 homes, providing advice, education and physical improvements to combat mold and insect and rodent infestations.
HOME-BASED with SOCIALIZATION works with East Harlem families whose very young children (up to age three) are at risk of developmental delays. Through home visits and socialization groups, we focus on supporting parents in the work of raising children, work to improve parent and child communications, track the development of the children, and refer children with suspected developmental delays to other appropriate services.
NURSING, or our Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), provides direct nursing care to up to 100 patients at a time involving over 3,200 home visits a year. Care is provided to acute and chronically ill patients of all ages in their own homes. Although patients are admitted with a wide range of presenting conditions, the program specializes in Maternity Outreach, offering prenatal and postpartum care to mothers and follow-up care to newborns, parenting classes, and a focus on supporting wellness and nurturing relationships.
PREVENTIVE SERVICES and family support program works with approximately 75 families a year to strengthen family functioning and to avoid placement of children in foster care. In addition to a focus on building trusting relationships, key program components include counseling, referrals for specialized treatment, help with parenting and daily life management skills, and follow-up with education, health care, housing, entitlements, and more.
LSA Core Human Service Programs
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2011 Management Report
In 2011, the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., served over 2,600 clients in East Harlem. These clients engaged in over 3,611 program enrollments, representing a 3.5% increase over 2010. Some 22% of our clients were enrolled in two to seven different programs over the course of the year, with a mean of four programs per client, reflecting the deep need for human services among families in East Harlem.
While demand for our services remains strong, the giving environment remains compromised and cuts to Medicaid impacted revenue to our Early Intervention and Certified Home Health Agency. In response, LSA evaluated our current and projected financial positions and set forth a plan to invigorate revenue streams with the goal of strengthening the organization’s fiscal foundation. With a 5-year revenue and expense projection in hand, the board and executive staff formulated a 3-5 year strategic plan, which included several potential revenue growth actions:
• Identifyinguntappedprogramrevenueandearnedincomeopportunities;• Exploringandinitiatingnewandenhancedfundraisingstrategies;• Substantiallyaugmentingourreservefundtosustainuswhileweencourageandestablishnew revenue growth strategies (“The Sustaining Fund”).
In the context of the economic environment in 2011, we understand that it’s simply not enough to say that we do good work; we need to demonstrate it. In 2011, we completed our first full year of an agency-wide, detailed measurement of the impact our programs have on families in East Harlem. This new capacity to measure and articulate outcomes and progress has proved instrumental in solidifying ongoing support of some of our largest and most critical foundation supporters. Further, our partnership on a research project with St. John’s University to demonstrate and increase our agency’s impact offered us highly useful information and perspective. A banner 2011 gala that exceeded projected fundraising goals honored the success of that project and relationship with St. John’s.
Improving and broadening our channels of communication with our stakeholders and increasing our visibility figured as notable priorities this year. With an experienced head of communications on our team, LSA secured press coverage in several top-tier media outlets including The New York Times, the NY Daily News, NY1, CNN Español and the cover story of the nationally distributed Harvard Magazine, among others. This exposure broadened our reach to a new base of potential supporters and represents the beginning of a new strategic outreach effort.
To be sure, LSA continues to face financial challenges due to the weak growth and uncertainty that remain defining realities of the current economy. Even so, LSA achieved an increase in total net assets over 2010, the first such increase since 2007. This success represents the first fruits of our efforts to enhance our strategies and tactics to increase fundraising and earned income over the coming five years.
In 2011, LSA Family Health Service achieved a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the highest awarded.
REVENUE BY SOURCE 2011 2010 AMOUNT % AMOUNT %
SPECIAL EVENTS $442,012 8% $308,071 7%FEE FOR SERVICE & OTHER EARNED 897,280 17% 1,463,204 31%FOUNDATIONS 1,086,801 20% 1,188,300 25%DONATIONS 1,439,115 27% 460,675 10%GOVERNMENT 1,017,133 19% 758,761 16%THRIFT STORE 413,372 8% 375,594 8%INVESTMENT INCOME 92,634 2% 140,733 3%TOTAL $5,388,347 100% $4,695,338 100%
EXPENSES BY SOURCE 2011 2010 AMOUNT % AMOUNT %
PROGRAM $4,171,178 87% 4,290,099 86%MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL 297,061 6% 376,555 8%FUNDRAISING 351,091 7% 339,993 7%TOTAL $4,819,330 100% $5,006,647 100%
NET ASSETS
2009 2010 2011UNRESTRICTED $1,559,118 $1,263,591 $1,907,598 DONOR RESTRICTED 640,795 608,200 533,209 ENDOWMENT 192,300 192,300 192,300 FIXED ASSETS 5,360,320 5,198,777 5,040,354
TOTAL $7,752,533 $7,262,868 $7,673,461
2009 2010 2011
NET ASSETS
FIXED ASSETSENDOWMENTDONOR RESTRICTEDUNRESTRICTED
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CORPORATIONSAdministrative Systems Inc.
Aite Group, LLC
Amerigroup Foundation
Andrus on Hudson
Articulate Communications Inc.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Bank of America
Belson Enterprises
Blue Frog Solutions
Bluff Point Associates
CIEE
Constructomics, LLC
COFCCA
Cryo-Cell International, Inc.
D3 LED, LLC
DBI Construction Consultants
ddm development and services
Ellenoff Grossman and Schole LLP
F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Financial Technology Partners LP
Gensler
Peter Gluck and Partners
Hanweck Associates, LLC
Indie Sounds
Innovest
InvestLink Technologies, LLC
2011 Donor List
J.McLaughlin
Ernst & Young LLP
Kings’ Carriage House
J. J. Lally and Co.
Mattone Group LLC
MedTera
Mercantil Commercebank, N.A.
Merrill Lynch, The Payne Group
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Northern Trust Company
N. P. Agency, Inc.
Portware LLC
Prime Time Personnel, Inc.
R.W. Pressprich
Russell Design, Inc.
Seward and Kissel LLP
Smith Sports International, LTD
Stage II Investments LLC
Sumerian
TABB Group
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse and Hirschtritt LLP
Waldorf Risk Solutions, LLC
Wealth Management Systems Inc.
EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONSCatholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
Church Pension Group
Church of St. Thomas More
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
Dominican Academy
Dominican Sisters of Hope Ministry Trust
Iona Preparatory School
The Jesuits of Fordham, Inc.
St. Joan of Arc Church
The New York Academy of Medicine
Notre Dame School of Manhattan
Religious of the Sacred Heart-10th Avenue Community
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary
St. John’s University
St. Thomas Aquinas College
FOUNDATIONSAnonymous Family Foundation
The Hannah and Ryan Barry Memorial Foundation
The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc.
The Brennan Charitable Foundation Inc.
The Clark Foundation
Connelly Foundation
The Deerfield Partnership Foundation
The Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation, Inc.
The Sheldon and Marilyn Fireman Family Foundation
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc.
Elsie Lee Garthwaite Memorial Foundation
The Heckscher Foundation for Children
Emy and Emil Herzfeld Foundation, Inc.
Hettinger Foundation
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Sidney and Judith Kranes Charitable Trust
The George Link, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation, Inc.
William M. & Miriam F. Meehan Foundation, Inc.
The Theresa & Edward O’Toole Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
Robin Hood Foundation
The Kenneth and Hazel Roe Foundation, Inc.
The Schell Family Foundation
Sills Family Foundation
The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation
Soaring Apple Foundation
The Sweet Peas Foundation
The Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
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Thank You.
photo: Rosalie O’Connor
photo: Rosalie O’Connor
photos: Chasi Annexy
IN HONOR OFMartha Andrade
Beth A. Sosin
Pat Barry
Timothy Horsburgh
Dr. Richard Bonforte
Bette Kerr, Ed.D
Phyllis L. Kossoff
Sr. Bea Brennan, RSCJ
Lisa & Michael Brennan
Dava Weinstein and Dorothy Calvani
Norma & Edmundo Flores
Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA
Batya Lewton
Ellen Zaltzberg and Naomi Lichtenstein
CHHA Staff
Dorothy Calvani
James Bernard Cooney
Jean & Bernie Cooney
Patricia Gribbon
Dr. Florence Crawford
Dr. Louise Lisi
Anna Lou Dehavenon
Dr. Dolores O. Morris
Kateri & Scott Depetris
Patricia & William Lamb
Margaret Duffy and Eugene F. Gaughan
Noreen McTeague
Patricia McTeague
Bette & Francis Mooney
Agnes Fitzpatrick
Theresa & Kevin Fitzpatrick
Father Claude Grenache
Derek Swinamer
Liz King
Jeannie & Olivier Trouveroy
Linda Lacchia and Elliott Schulman
Diane Brinkman
Staff of LSA Family Health Service
Marilyn Johnson
Shelly Luff
Sam K. Alfstad
Paula & Tom McInerney
Laura DeRose
Eileen & Jim Gaffney
Heather Mitchell and Darren Eskow
Nancy & Bob Eskow
Renee Eskow
Dave Szuchman and Jennifer Mitchell
Elizabeth Murphy
Mary Helen Jordan
Nieces and Nephews and their Families
Carolyn & Richard Culliton
Marie & Nicholas Peluso
Rose & Ralph Siciliano Sr.
PJM Board of Managers
Susan J. Riley
Ellen Rudley and Neil Fox
Sam K. Alfstad
Ralph A. Siciliano
Margaret Ruley and David Lovett
Maria Velasquez
Gray J. Velasquez
IN MEMORY OFLinda Marie Ariola
Joan Ariola
Maureen E. Burk
Angela & David Duff
Raymond J. Cook
Carol Cook
Dr. Kurt W. Deuschle
Jeanne Magagna Deuschle
Tom Downing
Bette & Francis Mooney
Bill Doyle
Anne Mundell Creed
Anne & John Doyle
Stanley B. Doyle, Jr.
Rev. Margaret Eddy
Rev. Norman Eddy
Jovita Estrada
Read & Read Attorneys at Law
William Joyce
Dr. Carol Joyce
Barbara Kiss Keeler
Margaret & George Magyar
Isabel Maccie
Melina & Raymundo Gonzalez
Alfred W. Murphy M.D.
Elizabeth Murphy
Sr. Mary Patrick Power
Eileen T. Barth
Mary Powers
Anne D. Whalen
Maria Rivadineira
Dorothy Calvani
Gale Scala
George Bardenheier
Linda & Eric Bierrie
Robert A. Cohen
Bernice & George Hantman
Eva Hantman and Dean DiMaggio
Frank M. Falcone
Helen Gwiazdowski
Brooke Janis
Charles L. Nowosadko
Gretchen Bria and Richard Scala
Marie and Giovanni Siciliano
Rose & Ralph Siciliano Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Stack
Jo Anne B. Stack
Tilford Thomas
Broome Lawn and Landscape
Wayne Economon
Cheryl & Dan Haag
Joann & Bill Hughes
Mary Lou Johanek
Irene K. Kehoe
Genie & Jack Kramer
The Magnolias
Rosemary & John Mika
Meredith Swaim
Donna & Ronald Worstell
Dolorita F. Wallace
Margaret Browne
Mrs. William D. Powers
“Toot” Louise Welch
Rosemary Siciliano
Arnold Williams
Sr. Claire E. Regan
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INDIVIDUALSJean Ackerman
Will Amos
Martha Andrade
Jason Andrews
Anonymous (5)
Janet J. Arribas
Michael J. Arsham
Benjamin Bankson
Eleanor T. Barba
Tracy & Frank Barnes
Joan & Stephen Barnwell
Pat & Tom Barry
Terri & Tom Barry
Diane Beckman
Nancy & James Beha
Antonia M. Belt
Renate Belville and Allen Fischer
Nancy Benedict
Mary & Albert Berti
Cara M. Biggane
Jan & Bob Billingsley
Cece & Lee Black
Anne Board
Sarah Bond
Maria Matilde de Bonetti
Linda & Richard Bonforte
Neil E. Botwinoff
Marianne & Thomas Bowman
Elizabeth Boyd
Missy & George Boyd
Patricia & Stephen Brennan
Brennan Family
Barbara Brenner and Robert Rosengard
Ursula Brinkmann
Lisa Bromberg
Elvira Broniecki
Catherine Brooks
Elizabeth Brovero
Alice R. Buedden
Mary Burke
Ernest R. Burrell and Alicia Brennan
Mr. Robert L. Cahill Jr.
Dorothy Calvani
Cara A. Campbell
Carol & Stephen Canter
Patricia & Frank Cappelli
Chris Caras
Geraldine Carey
Judith & Russell Carson
Joanne & Christopher Carter
Gary S. Carter
Marie Cartusciello
Joseph Caruso
Genevra B. Casais
Claire & Robert Casale
Mary Chaplin
Jason Chudoba
Eileen G. Clancy
Pat & Richard Clifford
Barbara & John Coffey
Leslie & William Collins
Marion Coolen
Lynn & Leo Corbett
Deirdre Corrigan
Nancy & Joseph Cozza
Laura & Robert Cranston
Florence Crawford
Amelia Crowley
Carolyn & Richard Culliton
Peg & Peter D’Angelo
Emerald E. Daniel
Phyllis A. Darby
Dr. Steven B. David
Victoria M. De Barbieri
Laura & John De Boisblanc
Bonnie Stone and Jack Deacy
Dean Blackman
Philippe Delouvrier
Nina DeMartini-Day
M. Demers
Christie & Anthony DeNicola
Barbara & Benjamin Denihan
Kateri & Scott DePetris
Kristine & James DeRubertis
Linda DeSabato
Jennifer & Theodore DeVenuti
Christina & Jonathan Dever
Meredith R. DiPietro
August A. DiRenzo
Gianne L. Doherty
Sheila & Arthur Doody
Mimi Downing
Marge Duffy and Gene Gaughan
Edmund C. Duffy
Michelle Eacobacci
Marion Ebner
Caroline Ekman
Dorothy & Glen Elfers
Cathy Elofson
Rosemary K. Elson
Darren Eskow and Heather Mitchell
Carol & Paul Evanson
Nancy Ewing
Nick Ferraro
Rebecca & Paul Feuerstein
Alice R. Finley
Linda Stillman and Steven Finley
Alice & Thomas Fleming
Colleen M. Frey
Erin Fuller
Elise & Neil Gabriele
Eileen & Jim Gaffney
Linda & Greg Galdi
Carrie & Tony Maglia
Susan J. Gallaway
Pamela & Timothy Gallivan
Maida Galvez and Ali Mencin
Kristin Garbarino
Paulo Garcia
Elizabeth Garland
Frances & Joseph Garvin
Valerie & John J. Geli
Phyllis B. Gerstein
Mary Ann & Martin Gillan
Kimberly I. Gillespie
The Good Family
William Goodloe, Jr.
Gail & Norman Gordon
Dr. Sheila Gorman
Christine & Robert L. Gorzelany
Trish Gough
Craig D. Griffith
Matthew Haberman
Joanna Hagan and Matthew Rego
Suzanne Halpin
Theodora P. Hamell
Alice Hamilton
Lisa Hansen
Mary Harper Hagan
Jeannette & Stephen Hart
Janice Hentgen
Anne D. Herrmann
Julia & Robert Hert
Martha K. Hirst
Catherine & William J. Honan
Pamela Hubbard
Sr. Jean Hunter
Kristine & Kevin Jandora
Jacques P. Jenny
Marie & Jim Johnston
Catherine Johnston
Susan & Bobby Jones
Carol Joyce and Dick Blood
Marianne & Gary Kahn
Janelle & Michael Kahn
Charles Kaplan
Daniel E. Karson
Peter Kaszycki
Justina & Hayes Kavanagh
Dr. Mary Keane
Carol & Denis Kelleher
Anne Kelly
Lisa & Jim Kelly
Edgar Kenna
Karen Kennedy
Michael Kennedy
Liz King and Paul Farrell
Emily & Keith Kobyra
Marc Krause
Jennifer Krause
Michael Krill
Mona & Robert Krouskoff
Karen & Joshua Kurek
Linda Lacchia and Elliot Schulman
Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA
Claudia & John Lachapelle
Ellen & Dennis Lafferty
Lisa Lahiji
Paula & William Lake
Helen & James Lally
Joanne & Steven Lanza
Lori & Gary Lawrence
Let Lee
Saemi Lee
Wendy Lee and Easton Ragsdale
Sr. Margaret Leonard, LSA
Grace & Todd Leong
Cynthia Levy
Kim & Gregory Licalzi
Sean Lombard
Eddy Lopez and Rosanna Rosado
Michelle & Javier Lopez
Stacy & John Louizos
Helen Lowe
Ursula & Paul Lowerre
Nina Lublin
Karen & Kevin Lucas
Dan Lundy
Kathleen & Clark Lydic
Bently Lyonz
Clarice Ma
Natalia Sacasa
Catherine & Paul Maloy
Monica & Temy Mancusi-Ungaro
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Betty & Lynn Mangum
Caroline & David Marren
Ellen Marren
Joan & Joseph Marren
Seane & Bernard Marren
Elizabeth T. Marren
Rob Marroco
Mary Ellen & Robert Martin
Nadia M. Martincic
Roberta & Howard Mase
Teresa A. Mason
Michelle & Robert McDermott
Harnet & George McDonald
Kathleen C. McEntegart
Michael McGrath
Rosemarie C. McGrath
Joan & Robert McGuire
Paula & Tom E. McInerney
Susan & Tom J. McInerney
Andrea McInerney
Nancy & Michael J. McInerney
Melissa & Robert McInerney
Joan & John McLaughlin
Marcia McLean and Peter Lasusa
Ivy & Michael Medeiros
Mark Merriman
Patricia Meyer
Linda Micceri
Marie & Thomas Mierswa
Jeanne & Carson Miller
David & Ellen Mitchell
Adriana Mnuchin
Patricia Monahan
Sarah Muller-Robbins
Tracey & Kyle Mumford
Karen & Michael Murphy
Marlena C. Nadler
Frances C. Nater
Anita Negi
William Nelson and Carmelo Lozada
David Nocenti
Mary Novelly
Mary Belle O’Brien
Jane & Ralph O’Connell
Betty & Luke O’Connor
Theresa Olcese
Mary Ellen Oldenburg
Maureen O’Lunney
Yoko Ono Lennon
Eliza Oursler
Amy & Kevin Owens
Nikky & Tony Pacheco
Patty Paine
Dorothy Ann & Alec Pandaleon
Dori Paulino
Elaine & Thomas Peer
Patricia & John Pellegrini
Karyn & Jim Pellow
Margarita Perusquia
Noreen & Martin Petraitis
Susan LeJambre Porcella
Sherri & Marc Powers
Melody & Raymond Ranelli
Patricia & Herbert Rauser
Helen Rehr
Christine & Manny Tirado
Ellen & Jim Riley
Brigid Riley
John K. Robertson
Carolina Rocha
Michele & Jeff Rohr
Rocco A. Roina
Steven Rosandich
Anita M. Roschy
Allison Rosen
Penelope Ross
Scott Rowan
Peter R. Ruiz, MD
Patricia & David Rung
Jamie Russell
Lucia Russett
Cynthia & Bruce Russett
Mary & Win Rutherfurd
Jill Sakowitz
Paul Saltzmann
Elsie Sanchez
Darren & Noreen K. Sankbeil
Pat & Paul Saunders
James R. Scala
Anne Marie Schettini-Lynch
Polly Schonfeld
Victoria Schreiber
Cathleen & Sander Schultz
Maria & Joseph Schwartz
Maxine Seifert and Thomas Small
Melody M. Serafino
Madhu & Hemendra Shah
Jacqueline Shannon and Allan Margolin
Ellen A. Shaw
Rose & Ralph Siciliano Sr.
Ralph A. Siciliano
Rosemary Siciliano
Lea N. Siciliano
Donna Siciliano and Stephen Haug
Linda Jean & Robert Siciliano
Katherine Sieh-Takata
Joan Binstock and David Silvers
Cathleen & Anthony Sinodinos
Claire & Joe Smetana
Brian J. Smith
Nicole & Harrell Smith
Dian & Robert Smith
Marcie & Jeffrey Sohm
Jo Anne B. Stack
Patricia & Jack Stack
Israel Morris Steinwurzel
John Sterling
Margaret L. Stevens
Alice Stock
Joan & Neal Stolleman
Christine & George Stonbely
Tina & Joseph Stonbely
Michael J. Stonbely
Peter Stonbely
Simonne Stone
Robert Swanton
Steven M. Sweeney
Betty Taller
Sandra & Michael Tannenbaum
Julia Tanner
Emilia & Randolph Taylor
William Thomas
Karin Thurmon and Carl Ringwald
Audra Tiner
Doreen & Laurence Tiner
Mary & Peter Tobin
Kyle Toman
Leslie & Walter Tomenson, Jr.
Joseph G. Tucker
Nora B. Tulchin
Mark A. Tuttle
Stacey Usiak and Oscar Fernandez
J. Stephen Vanderwoude
Lisa & Jose Vargas
Mary & Mike Vavroch
Gilbert Vazquez
Robin & Paul Vermylen
Mary K. Vinton
Jonathan Waldvogel
Kathleen & Stratford Wallace
Joanne Walsh
Justin Warshowsky
Richard Wender and Renni S. Altman
Beth & John Werwaiss
Ann D. Whalen
Carolyn & William Wheatley
Susan & William J. Whelan
Gabrielle & Robert Wile
Bryan & Dineen Willats
Janet Williams
Ryan Wood
Katy Zack
Brian Zaro
Jennifer Zieba
Margaret L. Zwiren
MATCHING GRANTSAIG
Altman Foundation
IAC
JPMorgan Chase and Co.
Morgan Stanley
Mutual of America Foundation
New York Life Foundation
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Prudential Foundation
UBS
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PUBLIC SUPPORTEFAP - Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Bank of New York)
EFSP - Emergency Food and Shelter Program
HPNAP - Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program
Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
New York City Administration for Children’s Services
New York City Council
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Bank of New York)
The Manhattan Borough President
United Way of New York City
IN KINDApollo Theater Foundation, Inc.
Arthur Avenue Cigars
Baby Buggy
Batya Lewton
Bronx 4U CAPS
The Brookdale Foundation Group
The Buckley School
Catholic Charities
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Church Pension Group
City Harvest Inc.
Claremont Preparatory School
Columbia Secondary School
Convent of the Sacred Heart Upper School Campus Ministry
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Heart Program
Convent of the Sacred Heart, CASA Program
Epiphany Church
Food Bank of New York City
Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal
Free Arts
Stella & Sierra Good
Harlem United
Janet Havilchuck
Horace Mann School
Huggies
IHOP Restaurant Support Services
Jaffe & Asher LLP
Just Food Inc.
KIND
Legal Aid Society
Leo Burnett New York
Macmillan
Mariandale Retreat Center
Marshalls
Materials for the Arts
Most Valuable Kids
Mount Sinai Medical Center
The National Diaper Bank Network
Nightingale Bakery
Notre Dame High School
Nourishing NYC
Rosalie O’Connell
P.S. 112
P.S. 6
The Pajama Program
Robert F. Kennedy School
Robin Hood Foundation
Roundhill Church
Madhu Shah and Hemendra Shah
Maura Sheridan
Dr. Alan Spizman
St. Augustine Church
St. Luke’s Church of Whitestone, NY
St. John’s Bread and Life
St. Monica’s Church
St. Thomas More Church
Today Show
UN Partnership Bureau
The Walt Disney Company
Ellen Zaltzberg and Naomi Lichtenstein
AUCTION ITEM DONORSAsphalt Green
Avalon Day Spa
Ballet Hispanico
Lillian Barry
Pat Barry
CeCe Black, Whidden Black and Co.
Blue Man Group
Bradford Renaissance Portraits
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Cyclones
Caramoor Center
David Chapman
Chelsea Piers
Joe Cozza
Cuisinart
Maureen Cushing
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Meredith DePietro
Neil Gabriele
Lori Goldberg
Joann Guerrieri
Lila Horn
Intermix NYC
J.McLaughlin
Karen Kennedy
Ary Khatchikian
Elizabeth King and Paul Farrell
King’s Carriage House
Kramer Portraits, New York
The Late Show with David Letterman
Kim LiCalzi
The Linen Shop
Louis Licari Salon
Stacy & John Louizos
LSA Friends
Mandarin Oriental
Manhattan East Auto Repair
The Marriott Marquis
Nadia Martincic
Tom & Paula McInerney
Montauk Yacht Club/Lloyd Van Horn
Murray’s Cheese
Museum of Modern Art
NBC Universal Jimmy Fallon
New Victory Theater
New York Sports Clubs
Paper Mill Playhouse
Pindar Vineyards
The Renaissance Time Square Hotel
Amy Salinger
School of Cards
School Zone Publishing Co. Inc
Spectacular Design Group LLC
Christine & George Stonbely
Stratton Mountain Resort
Bob Swanton
SYMS Clothing
Tea and Sympathy
Robert Wile
Brian Zaro
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LSA Officers and Board of Directors
Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq.Chairperson Nadia M. MartincicSecretary Patricia R. BarryRichard J. Bonforte, M.D.George H. Boyd IIIBarbara Brenner, Dr. PHJoseph V. CozzaScott DePetrisMargaret DuffyWilliam A. GoodloeRobert J. Gorzelany, Esq.Marianne Maguire KahnElizabeth KingSr. Susanne LachapelleWendy D. LeeSr. Margaret A. LeonardCynthia LevyStacy H. LouizosUrsula LowerrePaula G. McInerneyMaxine SeifertBrian S. SmithRobert SwantonKarin ThurmonAudra TinerJoseph G. Tucker
Founding MemberWilliam J. Doyle(1940-1993)
Executive DirectorGary S. Carter, LCSW
DONATEHelp struggling East Harlem families live healthier, stable and economically promising lives by supporting LSA Family Health Service’s programs:
www.littlesistersfamily.org646.672.5200 ext. 278
GET INVOLVEDFacebook: Facebook.com/LSAFamilyHealthServiceTwitter: @LSA_EastHarlemYouTube: YouTube.com/LSAFHSWeb: www.littlesistersfamily.orgVolunteer: tgough@lsafhs.org
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc. 333 E. 115th St., New York, New York 10029
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Our Mission
The Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., founded in 1958, is a non-profit, community-based organization working with the families of East Harlem to address the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual dimensions of family health.
Our programs, offered at our center in East Harlem and in the homes of the families we serve, are designed to empower those who have the least access to the basic necessities of life in the conviction that the entire community grows when individuals and families are affirmed in their own dignity.
Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc.333 East 115th StreetNew York, NY 10029
P. 646.672.5200 x278
www.littlesistersfamily.org
Please donate by mail, online at www.littlesistersfamily.org, or call 646.672.5200