Our Thanks To…Susi Taylor, Director of Financial Literacy, New England Federal Credit Union From: Stacey Wood

Susi has been an amazing resource for the Lund Family Center’s residential and community programs. Susi offers her expertise and support for women in access-ing their credit reports and working with them individually in identifying ways in which they can repair and rebuild their credit histories. In addition, Susi has been a co-facilitator for money management and budgeting life skill classes, offered in day programming groups. Susi does a wonderful job in establishing relationships with the women involved in Lund programming. She provides support in a respect-ful and non-judgmental manner, which is greatly appreciated. Susi is an integral part of the support and education that Lund strives to provide for women in our resi-dential and community programs. Susi offers insight and tools that provide women the opportunity to learn and grow and that will support goals they have for them-selves and families.

newsHelping children thrive by serving families with children; pregnant or

parenting teens and young adults; and adoptive families.

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On June 13th, our alterna-tive high school program hosted its annual honoring ceremony that recognizes

students for high school gradu-ation, college participation, and completion of coursework. This was a wonderful day where, among others, we celebrated the accomplishments of four first generation college students who completed their academic year.

The Kit Stone Humanitarian Award was presented to the first ever award recipient, Lindsey Bruzzesi. This award will be given out annually at the Honoring Ceremony, and recognizes a young woman who has taken the opportunities presented to her and made them work for herself, her family, her peers and her community. She should show a commitment to furthering her own education, and demonstrate compassion, kindness and goodwill for others.

Lindsey is a remarkable young woman who has successfully utilized Lund’s services to realize her potential and provide a loving, nurturing environ-

Honoring Ceremony/Kit Stone Humanitarian Awardment for her son Colby. Lindsey is currently attending college for her degree in counseling, working full time to support herself and her son, and serving as a peer substance abuse counselor, all while parenting her son full-time. We were pleased and proud to publicly recognize her accomplishments.

Once the honoring cer-emony was complete, the young women primped for a prom-like dance held that evening. The full team at Moon Studio Day Spa in Shelburne came in to do the women’s hair and makeup. 95XXX volunteered to

DJ and Main Street Landing provided the space. Volunteers helped to prepare food, provide child-care, and donate semi-formal dresses for the occa-sion. This was a nice way to wrap up the academic year and celebrate the accomplishments.

Those wishing to contribute for future Kit Stone Humanitarian Awards should contact Kitty Bartlett at 802-864-7467 or kittyb@lundfamilycenter.org.

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Doing Good One Search at a Time!What if even a fraction of the $20 billion generated by search engine advertisers and online shopping was directed towards helping Lund Family Center help children to thrive?

That is the concept behind GoodSearch.com a new search engine powered by Yahoo! GoodSearch donates 50% of its revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charities designated by its users – in our case, we hope you choose Lund Family Center! GoodSearch works exactly as any other search engine and the pennies add up quickly – just 500 people searching four times a day would earn around $7,300 in a year. Similarly with GoodShop.com, consumers are helping their favorite causes by shopping at hundreds of well known retailers including amazon, Target, apple, Macy’s, Best Buy, Orbitz, Staples and others.

Lund Family Center is registered with the sites, giving you a chance to help us out every time you are online! While doing a search or shopping online, why not raise money for Lund?

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Lund’s Kim Coe Outstanding Professional of the Year

In April, Kim Coe, Director of Residential Programs was given the “Outstanding Professional of the Year” Award at the Kidsafe Award Ceremony. Barbara Rachelson spoke about Kim and her accomplishments at the Ceremony. The following is an excerpt

from her comments.“For Kim, this isn’t a job, but a calling. Her vision, dedication

and commitment to do everything possible to keep children safe and help families to thrive, and her unwavering belief in our clients and staff make her outstanding. At the roof-raising ceremony, describing what the new “home” for Lund would mean, Kim stated:

At Lund Family Center, children will be born substance free and healthy, women will learn self-sufficiency and nurturing parenting. Women will find their inner voice and strength, they will learn to believe as we do, that they are capable of anything and that they and their children deserve and have a right to safety and well-being.

Because of Kim, Lund sees this vision carried out every day. She works long and hard to foster collaboration among all the

different players working with and on behalf of children and fami-lies. She has developed resources to benefit children and families in our community, and across the state. The approach in one of these puts her in the category of pioneer in the field as it involves partner-ing the child welfare and substance abuse treatment systems to work towards collaborative early interventions with families and better permanency outcomes for children.

Kim is also very active on a state-level on behalf of Vermont’s children. She is the past president of the Vermont Coalition of Residential Programs, current president of Vermont Foster and Adoptive Families Association, a foster parent instructor, a foster parent. Kim is also the mother of two wonderful children, very devoted to her family, and of course, a fabulous mentor and col-league to so many at Lund and in the community.

Kim believes that all children have the right to be loved and kept safe. She inspires us to believe in the strength of families.”

Congratulations Kim, and thank you so much for all you do for our women, staff, families and community!

Pioneering Partnership Between Lund and DCF

Child welfare and substance abuse treatment systems are fragmented nationally and in Vermont. Differences in per-spectives and policies between child welfare workers and substance abuse treatment providers, service shortages in

both substance abuse treatment and child welfare systems, and lack of communication and coordination of services that sometimes set competing goals and timelines for families create obstacles to collab-oration. As a result, child well-being and permanency have suffered, as has the effectiveness of parental substance abuse treatment.

Lund Family Center, the Department for Children and Families, and the Vermont Department of Health Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs have been working diligently to address this issue locally. In the fall of 2007, the coalition was awarded a federal grant to strengthen our collaboration. The five year grant focuses on the Burlington DCF Office and Lund’s Residential and Community Treatment program. These programs already work very closely with DCF as many of the young women we serve are involved with or at risk becoming involved with the child welfare system; they may be in foster care themselves or they may be coming to Lund with the goal of maintaining or regaining custody of their child(ren).

Through this new grant, the partners are working to cross train to increase capacity to identify substance abuse as a contributing fac-tor at the beginning of a child welfare investigation in order to get the family appropriate services as soon as possible. In cases of a child welfare investigation where substance abuse is suspected and the risk is too high for the child to remain with the parent unsupervised, Lund Family Center has established two 30 day assessment beds where mothers can come with their child and receive a full substance abuse assessment while being under 24 hour supervision. This helps to decrease family disruption while the investigation occurs. Finally, we are providing increased access to supervised visitation for fami-lies whose children are in custody of the State in order to maximize children’s attachment and minimize children’s and families’ trauma resulting from a separation.

The additional capacity to help Vermont families is exciting. This year, we anticipate providing 250 substance abuse screenings, offer-ing family education for 50 families, and providing 40 days of resi-dential assessment. This will ultimately assure that families impacted by substance abuse have timely access to treatment and services and that the trauma and disruption experienced by the child and family is minimal. This is a great step toward improving Vermont’s child welfare system and its outcomes!

Thanks, Mom!In our work, we come across some wonderful testimonials of love and family. We are pleased to share this one. Project Family has helped to support Binti in parenting her grandchildren and helping them to thrive. This one was written by Megan for

“One major influence in my life is my mom. My mom always influences my decisions and my everyday life. She is a major part of everything that I do. She helps me to make good deci-sions and stay on the right road in life.

My future dream is to be a doctor and without my Mom’s support I wouldn’t know what to do. She always tells me to never give up and believe in myself, because if this is what I really want to do then I can do it. She always tells me that I have what it takes to achieve my dream, all I have to do is try and work hard at it, and most of all I have to want it.

I am so glad that I have such a good caring mom whom I can share everything with. My mom understands everything and is always willing to help me with whatever it may be. She is one of the best moms someone could ever have. When my real mom died, I was 3 years old. My grand mother whom I call mom now adopted me and fought everyday for the longest time to try to get all of us together. My grandmother to me is a hero, because of everything she went through and she never gave up she believed in herself to keep going. My grand mother tries to give everything she has to offer. I don’t know any other word to explain my mom other than wonder-ful and amazing. So she is one of my major influences that I have in my life, and everyday I’m proud to be able to wake up and look at my mom and know she’s by my side all of the time when I need someone the most, I know that I can always count on her.”

ribbon Cutting Ceremony

More than 150 people gathered on May 16th to celebrate the completed renovation and expansion of Lund Family Center’s residential treatment program, which served 125 women and their

107 children in fiscal year 2007. The ribbon cutting also celebrated the half-way point of the capital campaign, which has raised $3.1 of the $6 million goal to-date.

On hand to help cut the ribbon were Lois H. McClure, Vermont Governor James Douglas, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Philip Fiermonte of Senator Bernie Sanders’ office, Lund Family Center capital campaign co-chairs Lisa Ventriss and Phil Daniels, past Lund board chair Jeff Small, Lund Family Center executive director Barbara Rachelson, and House Speaker Gaye Symington. Also assisting were Lee Dore of Dore and Whittier Architecture, and Andrew Martin of Pizzagalli Construction who worked on the project.

During the year-long renovation, the building at 76 Glen Road in Burlington was gutted and a third floor was added to provide residential space for 27 women and their children with the capacity to expand to 30, up from 18 in the previ-ous configuration. The renovation also boasts improved counseling space, enhanced nursing facilities, and develop-mentally-appropriate space for children that will be used for parenting education, play space and supervised visits. The residential treatment program is the only one of its kind in the state, providing substance abuse treatment and mental heath services specifically tailored to women who are preg-nant or parenting.

This move would not have been possible without the support of many generous donors, volunteers and commu-nity members, all of whom were recognized at the ribbon cutting event.

Sign uP FOr LunD’S e-newSLeTTer There are two types of people in this world – those who prefer reading their news online and those who don’t. Lund Family Center is creating an electronic version of our newsletter! This format saves trees and postage, and makes it easy for you to send on to friends. We are not replacing this newsletter, – you will still receive hard copies unless you request otherwise. If you would you like to receive Lund updates and newsletters electronically, email StaciG@lundfamilycenter.org.

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A night At grosse Pointe

Magic was in the air as Lund Family Center celebrated its larg-est fundraiser of the year, A Night at Grosse Point, on June 7th. The setting, the Lake Champlain home of the Hoehl

family, provided an enchanting backdrop for the evening.It was a wonderful gathering of new and old friends to celebrate

Lund Family Center’s work. The highlight of the evening was hear-ing from our special guest speaker, Heidi Kelley. Heidi shared her incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of coming to Lund as a young mother and her path to success. We are truly grateful to Heidi and her family for joining us.

The event was made possible by the generosity of the Hoehl family and lead sponsors Citizens Bank and Pizzagalli Construction Company. Over 300 guests gathered at Grosse Pointe for an eve-ning of marvelous offerings: food, music by Mia Adams and the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, dancing and an exciting raffle and live auction.

Over $70,000 was raised to support Lund’s services to strength-en families. Our thanks to all who attended and helped make this a most memorable event. We extend our special thanks to Jim Crook, our Master of Ceremonies and auctioneer extraordinaire!

A Night at Grosse Pointe Sponsors:

affiliates in OB/GYN

Benoure Plumbing and Heating

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont

Bowl New england

Chittenden Bank

Citizens Bank

Clarke, demas and Baker

Curtis Lumber

dinse Knapp Mcandrews

Fitness Options

Fletcher allen Health Care

Good Health

Gravel and Shea

Hickok and Boardman Group Benefits

HomeInstead Senior Care

Huber+Suhner

Jeff Small, CPa

JMM associates

KeyBank

Loso Janitorial

Merchants Bank

Northfield Savings Bank

Office Quarters

Pizzagalli Counstruction

Randy and Mary Jo Miller

Spruce Mortgage

Td Banknorth

Tina’s Home designs

uPS

Vermont Mutual

Wachovia

women Adopting Project Family

The Women Adopting Project Family fundraiser brought together a sea of women at a festive Lund benefit in June. From twenty-somethings to octogenarians, over 100 women filled the elegant tasting room at the

Shelburne Vineyard to learn about the children, parents, and families involved in foster care in Vermont.

While women sampled Shelburne Vineyard’s offerings and hors d’oeuvres by Lisa Leery of Rocky’s Pizza, Lund Adoption Director Wanda Audette spoke passionately about every child’s right to be part of a loving family. Wanda explained that Project Family is about giving each child in foster care hope … and the chance to live happily with parents who care about them. Montpelier mom Joyce Foster detailed her experience as a foster parent to the crowd. Her transformation from single woman to foster parent to full-time mom was a story of car-ing, commitment and love. Joyce described her challenges and struggles as an adoptive mom and Jason’s successes in school, on the playing field, and at home. Project Family continues to support Joyce in her effort to be the best parent she can be. Jason and Joyce’s story was just one example of the power-ful impact Project Family is having on Vermont children and families. Our thanks to all the local businesses who donated items for the silent auction and to those who attended and sup-ported the event, making a marvelous evening for all involved.

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Furnishings Love seat and chairStuffed chairIndoor, child-safe plants that don’t need a lot of lightCribSmall kitchen appliances

Office Supplies 3” three ring bindersPlastic page protectorsCardstockGlue sticks

LinensTwin blanketsTwin sheetsPillowsTowelsWash clothsCurtains

ToiletriesdeodorantShampoo/conditioner Tampons/pads

KitchenCommercial grade stock pots and bakewareCommercial immersion blenderCommercial salad spinnerCuisinart

CardsGas & Grocery cards

ToysToddler toysarts/crafts – play sand, art smocks, crayons, markers, finger paint, tee shirts, coloring books, glue, playdoughLearning toysPuzzlesNew stuffed animals for adop-tion finalization (Mid-side TY are great!)

BooksHeather has Two Mommies by Leslea NewmanMy New Family: A First Look at Adoption by Pat ThomasABC: A Family Alphabet by Bobbie Combs

TechnologyPhoto printer and paperdigital cameradigital video camera – new or used (in good condition)

Transition Baskets (for women successfully leaving residential) Laundry basketToilet paperPaper towelsSpongeall-purpose cleanerLight bulbsBleach cleanerdiapers – all sizes

Wish ListContact Staci Grove at 802-864-7467, ext: 2001 or stacig@lundfamilycenter.org to coordinate a donation.

getting The word Out About Teen Pregnancy

After a decade of declining, the number of Vermont’s teen pregnancies is on the rise again. Vermont consistently has one of the lowest rates of teen pregnancy in the United States, but that does not mean that the problem doesn’t exist

here. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy $12 million dollars was spent in Vermont to support mothers under the age of 19 and their children, or a cost approximately $1784 to each taxpayer, per teen birth.

Since the beginning of the year, Lund Family Center has gone on over 20 Outreach presentations to local schools and agencies, reach-ing more than 900 students.

FACTS DiSCuSSeD During A TYPiCAL OuTreACH• 72% of teens who give birth are not yet married• Daughters of teen moms are 22% more likely to become teen

moms themselves• Only 1.5% of teen moms will earn a college degree by the age of 30• 48% of teen girls think it might be possible they’ll become preg-

nant in the next 5 years• It costs over $1.4 million to raise a child (education, clothing,

food, etc.)Outreaches bring a real face and story to these statistics. Lund

moms talk about the realities of having children at a young age. A Lund staff member talks briefly about the statistics and Lund Family Center and its programs; mostly, it is the girls’ stories and one-on-one dialogue that drives these presentations. You can see the impact in the expressions on students’ faces. Through encouragement, edu-cation, and discussion, the Outreach Program works to help prevent teen pregnancy, substance abuse, sexually-transmitted infections and to help teens choose responsible decisions and healthy lifestyles.

OverHeArD On A reCenT OuTreACH• If you decide to bring a child into this world – every decision

you make from there on out is centered around that child. It will affect the child’s life in a positive way or a negative way. I’ve seen both of them done. Today I am living more for the positive than the negative, and I thank my higher power for that.

• I am grateful I did come to Lund. Lund has been a saving grace for me. It’s helped me to open my mind to different things. It has given me the opportunity to go back to school…I start college June 16th and I’m excited about that, furthering my education.

For information on coordinating an Outreach for you school or other group, please contact Cristie Manchester at 802-864-7467.

Board Comings and goingsLund Family Center is pleased to report three recent additions to the Board of Trustees and the election of a new slate of officers.

new OFFiCerS Board Chair: eileen Simollardes, Vice President: Barbara Lande Bronfman Treasurer: Sherry Prehoda Secretary: Lynn Brennan Member at Large: Paulette Thabault

We thank Jeff Small, eileen Simollardes, Mary anne Murray, William a. “Chip” Mason, and Lynn Brennan as immediate past President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Member at Large respectively.

new TruSTeeSThomas J. Donovan, Jr. was elected as Chittenden County State’s attorney in November 2006. Prior to being elected, Mr. donovan was an associate with the Burlington law firm of Jarvis & Kaplan. Mr. donovan also served as a deputy State’s attorney in Chittenden County and an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. donovan is a native of Burlington.

Mary Pat Scarpa is Senior Vice President and Manager of KeyBank’s Private Banking Group for the state of Vermont. Her responsibilities include devel-oping the sales culture and managing the execution of the sales process for the team. Ms. Scarpa has 29 years of Vermont based banking experience. Prior to joining KeyBank in 1996, she was Vice President of Chittenden Bank’s Private Banking Group. Ms. Scarpa is an active volunteer for several local chari-table organizations and she lives in Burlington with her family.

Thomas Rugg is an account executive with Hickok and Boardman Group Benefits where he has lead responsibility for medium and large size clients, consulting them on benefit strategy, design, and implementation. Prior to joining Hickok and Boardman in 2001, Tom spent several years in the Washington, dC office of Senator Jim Jeffords and he worked as a lobbyist for one of the nation’s larg-est agricultural associations. Tom served as the Chair of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Health Care Committee from 2004 to 2006 and is an active participant in local roundtable discussions on the topic of consumer-driven health plans.

Lund Family Center thanks retiring Trustees Brian Smith and Linda Magoon for their service.

Ten TiPS FOr PArenTS TO HeLP THeir CHiLDren AvOiD Teen PregnAnCY

1. Be clear about your own sexual values and attitudes.2. Talk with your children early and often about sex, and be specific.3. Supervise and monitor your children and adolescents.4. Know your children’s friends and their families.5. discourage early, frequent, steady dating.6. Take a strong stand against your daughter dating a boy signifi-

cantly older than she is. (Or don’t allow your son to develop an intense relationship with a girl much younger than he is.)

7. Help your teenager have options for the future that are more attractive than early pregnancy and parenthood.

8. Let your kids know that you value education highly.9. Know what your kids are watching, reading and listening to.10.These first nine tips for helping your children avoid teen

pregnancy work best when they occur as part of a strong, close relationship with your children that is built from an early age.

(10 Tips from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and unplanned Pregnancy)

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nurSe SHArOn DeDiCATiOn Patrice deMarco, RN (left), Susan Myers, and Sean donnolla are pictured during a ceremony on June 16th, to remember Nurse Sharon donnola and dedicate the new nursing suite in her memory. The event brought together friends family, students and fellow midwives. demarco is a long-time friend of Nurse Sharon, who also delivered deMarco’s son. Sean donnola is a Sharon’s son, and a graduate of NYu and professional photographer. all who gathered were impressed by the new suite, and grateful for the chance to share stories of Sharon’s work as a nurse here at Lund, personally and in the community.

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Former Executive Director Visits Recently, Sr. Suzanne Moore returned to Lund to visit the newly renovated facility. Sr. Sue started her career first as a Caseworker and then executive director of Lund Family Center. We were excited to share our new program-ming and recently renovated space with an old friend. She was impressed with the new facility, and asked to “congratulate the Board and the Staff for having lived out this interim period well so that dreams could be ful-filled!”

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gardens at glen

There is a saying that “When gardeners garden, it is not just the plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.” It is little surprise then, that Glen Road has seen a number of gardens planted this spring that are now thriving. From the raised gar-

den beds planted and lovingly cared for by the residents to Marty’s Garden – there is evidence of growth in abundance. The raised beds were installed with help from Pizzagalli Construction. The gardens were designed and planted by residents as a part of a series of life skills classes. In two of the beds, residents grow fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers. The third bed is a mini-gar-den for the kids – featuring cherry tomatoes and edible flowers.The first harvest is just starting to come in – and the residents are really enjoying the fruits of their labor! Just to the side of the residence, Marty’s Garden sits – a lovely combination of sun and shade garden, curving pathway and benches for relaxation and reflection. The Lund Family Center staff started the gardens this May. Marty’s Garden celebrates and honors the memory of Marty Hubert, a beloved former staff member and clini-cal supervisor in the substance abuse program. Jesse Bradley, Buffy Caflisch and some friends recently came and helped complete Marty’s Garden and planted roses and flowers in front of the building. It’s really exciting watching the growth – personal, plant and pro-fessional – that is happening at the Glen Road facility.

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