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20112012 Annual Report

The Early 20112012 Annual Report Literacy Resource Center for Southern Arizona

Dear Friends, Make Way for Books (MWFB) has been raising awareness and offering early literacy services in Tucson for nearly 15 years. I couldnt be more grateful for all of the many board members, staff, volunteers and supporters who have joined us along the way. In 20112012 we have provided educational opportunities and resources to over 25,969 children, their parents, and early childhood educators throughout Pima County. This annual report highlights the tremendous impact that MWFB has made in our community. The fact is that sharing books with young children as soon as they are born really does change lives. Research shows that the single most significant factor influencing a childs early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to prior to beginning kindergarten. Young children without books in their homes are at a disadvantage in developing the essential reading readiness skills to be successful in school and later in life. Currently in Pima County, more than 40% of 4th grade students are reading below grade level. The state actually calculates future prison bed space based on 4th grade reading scores. Therefore, effectively preparing young children for school helps to ensure that our community will thrive. The quality of MWFB services is well-known in the early childhood community. A growing waiting list exists for our programs. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. You will be helping us to share more stories and change more lives! With gratitude, Mary Jan Bancroft Executive Director

Mission

Our mission is to foster and support the love of reading in children from birth to age five. MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS provides a full continuum of early literacy education, programs, and resources to make reading an important and enjoyable part of families lives. Our highest priority is to serve families with young children and early childhood professionals in under-served areas of Tucson and southern Arizona.

Vision

Our vision is that all families and educators in our community will provide meaningful shared literacy experiences for the young children in their lives. As a result, all children will enter school with the necessary skills to be successful and will be inspired and motivated by a life-long love of books and reading.

Full-time Staff Diane Altieri Mary Jan Bancroft Karina Barrentine Kristina Burdine (Started July 9, 2012) Julie Friberg Monica Farmer Natalia Phillips-Portillo Rebecca Rodgers-Kombol (Started July 16, 2012) Abigail Smith April Turner Jenny Volpe Part-time Staff Nel Hennessey Rita Olsen Violeta Phillips Frances Romero

Board of Directors Gina Macaluso, M.L.S., C.P.M, President Iliana Reyes, Ph.D., Vice-President Donie Gignac, M.L.S., Secretary Brian Sonnleitner., B.S., Treasurer Steve Brong, M.B.A., Immediate Past President Paul D. Bancroft, Esq. Jennifer J. Stewart, M.B.A. Dee Ann Sakrison, M.L.S. Julia Lindberg, Ph.D. Wayne Peate, M.D. Martin Fox, Ph.D., Ed.S. (not pictured) Carol Paradise Tornow, Ph.D. Tara King-Taylor, C.P.A.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Thanks to MWFB our center has received such wonderful support and helpful tools to teach children. Center Director

Education
Nearly 400 early childhood educators benefited by participating in MWFB literacy workshops. 584 teachers received on-going literacy consultation. MWFB Early Literacy Consultants worked with these teachers and their children throughout the year. MWFB hosted 21 Family Literacy Nights at preschools and child-care centers serving 837 children. Families received more than 900 free books to take home and keep.

Parents love that they can take home books to share with their children. We had a family thank us because they dont have any books at home. Early Childhood Educator

Resources
MWFB placed nearly 6,000 multicultural picture books in 82 child-care settings. Families checked out 16,044 books!

This year, more than 5,200 children had access to high-quality, age-appropriate books in their child-care classrooms.

Through the Reading is FUNdamental program, preschool children took home 6,335 books to keep and add to their home library.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Over the course of the year, the children have not only gotten more interested in books, but they have developed some serious reading readiness skillsthey are predicting, drawing conclusions, making connections, and can retell the story. Its very exciting! MWFB Storytime Volunteer Colette Price

The children look forward to the weekly visits from the storytime readers. We have really enjoyed having the volunteer readers. They make the stories come alive for our children! Center Director

Storytime Volunteers
Forty trained storytime volunteers read books aloud weekly to approximately 800 children at 41 preschools and child-care centers. 10Year Plus Volunteers Maureen Bike13 yrs Pat Mackey13 yrs Sheila Wolf11 yrs Marie Graninger11 yrs Dee Ann Sakrison10 yrs 5 to 10Year Volunteers Sue Smith9 yrs John Ross8 yrs Marsha Schull8 yrs Cheryl Ridgley8 yrs Arthur Goldberg6 yrs Jennie Merkle6 yrs 15 Year Volunteers Judy Parker4 yrs Rose Ann Essig3 yrs Liz Benham3 yrs Kay Spencer3 yrs Derek Schull3 yrs Freda Johnson2 yrs Mary Roberts2 yrs Barbara Arissa2 yrs Colette Price2 yrs Audrey Cione2 yrs Rhoda Babis1 yr Danielle DePorter1 yr Andi Sanes1 yr Newest Volunteers Violetta Phillips Lyndsie Dwyer Julie Huynh Suzy Hunt Rita Pollak Lucy Unger Charl Maynard Susan Reynolds Janet Castillo Gail Franklin Nat Franklin Abby Smith Joanne Lachney Zoe Dowd

FAMILY LITERACY
I love books! Knuffle Bunny is my favorite book. Alexis, a 4-year-old receiving MWFB Family Literacy services

Education and Resources

Fifty in-home support specialists attended the MWFB Reading with Your Baby workshops and distributed 955 MWFB Early Literacy Kits to families in Southern Arizona. 4,582 families attended the Story Town Annual Family Literacy Festival and other community events where MWFB facilitated literacy activities and gave away books to children. MWFB Blue Book Houses were placed at 15 social service agencies where children were invited to choose books to take home and keep.

Kenneth was never able to sit still long enough to read a story. But now we read together every day. Every night before bed he says, book! and we read together. His favorite book is Splash. Sometimes during the day he will bring me a book and well stop what were doing and look at it together. Helena from Arcadia Park on her son who participated in the MWFB RAR Program

Sixty families attended weekly MWFB Raising A Reader (RAR) family literacy sessions and books were given to children to keep. The Book M.A.G.I.C (Making a Giant Impact on Children) train-the-trainer program was presented to 30 parent educators from 8 family support agencies. More than 2,500 children and parents experienced the magic of sharing books and doing fun literacy activities together this year. This year, more than 8,000 books were given out at Family Literacy programs and events.

DONORS

Will you help change a life?

Your gifts make it possible for Southern Arizonas most vulnerable children to start kindergarten ready to read and to succeed in life. $100 puts 30 new books into the hands of children. $500 supports 20 at-risk parents with early literacy kits. $1000 provides early literacy education for 50 preschool teachers. $2000 establishes a preschool library. $10,000 puts an entire literacy program in two preschools. Every gift, no matter the size, helps Make Way For Books reach another child.

You can make your gift in 3 ways:

ONLINE BY CREDIT CARD Go to www.makewayforbooks.org and click on donate CREDIT CARD BY PHONE Call Make Way For Books (5207212334) CHECK Mail your check to Make Way for Books (3955 E. Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, AZ 85712) Ask about making a Tribute Gift in honor or memory of someone special in your life. For additional information visit: www.makewayforbooks.org or call: 5207212334. Make Way For Books is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax deductible as provided by law. Thank you!

Donations Received: July 1, 2011June 30, 2012

IN KIND DONORS
Ned and Pat Mackey Emily Meschter Frank and Eleanor Nelson PICOR Charitable Foundation Jerry and Colette Price Larry and Bonnie Rogge Richard Rowley Mary and Andrew Sanchez Ric and Debbie Scripps Side By Side Foundation Bruce and Jennifer J. Stewart United Way Of Tucson and Southern Arizona

Carole Adler Olivia Alicea Alphagraphics Cecilia Alter Barbara Arissa Paul and Mary Jan Bancroft John and Maureen Bike Rosemarie Chavez Bonnie Cunningham Martin and Maureen Fox Nat and Gail Franklin The Gila Gang Debbie George Bob and Marie Graninger Juanita Havill Sarah and Emma Howard Ruth Kneale Barbara Luna Mansfeld Middle SchoolStudent Council Lee Anne Mitchell Modular Mining Systems, Inc Kirsten Morales Our Mother Of Sorrows School Judy Parker Wayne Peate and Lynn Struthers-Peate James and Violeta Phillips Drew Sanders and Emily Phy Rita Pollak Alexis Powers Jay and Andi Sanes Valley of The Moon Mary Wong Pat Young

EDITORS PICKSContributed 5 or more years

Carole Adler Anonymous Michael and Betsy Boxer Abbott and Jean Davis Edwin and Carole DeLuna LaVonne Douville and Chet Hedden Randy and Alan Engstrom Richard and Jane Evans Donie Gignac John Gonzales Bob and Marie Graninger Ral and Ramona Grijalva James and Mary Ellen Kelaher Carl Kuehn and Wendy Gamble Martin and Ann Lapidus Gina Macaluso Duncan MacDonell Frank and Janet Marcus Dennis McLaughlin Ken and Carol Mead Don and Joan Miller Pitu Mirchandani Judi Moreillon and Nick Vitale Wayne Peate and Lynn Struthers-Peate Delores Ray Andy and Cheryl Ridgley Rachel Robles Jim and Dee Ann Sakrison Jay and Andi Sanes Craig and Jane Schorzman Derek and Marsha Schull Eliot Spalding Foundation Ethel and Susan Staley Harry & Marjorie Stewart Foundation The Stocker Foundation Target Donald and Elissa Tempkin The Wreckettes Richard White Bill Wilkes and Sue Smith Mark and Helene Woodhams

CLASSICSContributed 10 or more years

Altrusa International, Inc. of Tucson John and Georgia Bancroft Bancroft Law John and Maureen Bike Bobi Borenstein Eloise Clymer Duke and Janet Corley Judy Corneveaux Marilyn Burnson Donald and Helen Carson Thomas and Amanda Castillo Jeff and Myndi Clive BBVA Compass Bank Shelagh Engstrom Betty Feinberg Dave and Laurie Ingram Edgar Jenkins Lawrence Lippert

DONORS

LATEST BESTSELLERS

Stephanie Aaron Perisha Adapa Marissa Alcorta Len and Diane Altieri Martha Anderson Ellinor Angel Barbara Arissa Rhoda Babis Carolyn Bancroft Art 4 Moore Fund of Tides Foundation James and Roberta Barg Lauren Barker Karina Barrentine Gerry and Charlene Bates Jim Benefield Sue Bernas LeeAnn Blankenship Tom and Barbara Bloom Renee Bonilla Mathew and Jennifer Bouton Arch and Laura Brown Donald and Marjorie Caughey Dave and Shannon Chandler Rudrani Chatterjee Julie Chenoweth Child & Family Resources Juile Christy Russell Clanagan Reid and Holly Clark Mike and Leslie Cohen Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Ken and Barbara Cowan Bonnie Cunningham David Dameron Forest Davis Bethany Davis Regina Dixon Mary Ann Dobras Lisa Dodge Arthur and Eleanor Droegemeier John and Anne Duffy Becky Duncan

Ephibian Jacinta Esquer Robin Fabiano Thomas & Marjorie Trujillo Farmer Fiesta Bowl First Things First First Things First Family Support Alliance Don and Charlene Fisk Raymond Foster Martin and Maureen Fox Nat and Gail Franklin Bob and Carol Friberg Damarice Galindo Norman and Meg Gittinger Gudrun Godare Jeff and Ellyn Gold Arthur and Ann Goldberg Peg Hartman Juanita Havill Richard and Susan Heintz Liane Hoffsmith Cheryl Houser Sheila Hugunin Susan Lowell Humphreys Suzy Hunt Laurie Huxsol Doug and Adwoa John Brian Johnson Freda Johnson Kearin Kasper Melissa Keane David and Barbara Kelly Benson & Agnes Maina Kiarie Jodie Koerner John and Donna Kolberg Dick and Helen Kraft Sharon Krimmel Stacy Kroh Patricia Kucharski Christine Kurkierewicz Matt Landon and Julie Friberg Jay and Patti Laux LeCroy & Milligan Associates, Inc

If we have omitted your name, please accept our apologies and be sure to let us know!

Sarah Levis Libraries Limited Inc. Julia Lindberg Literacy For Life Coalition Little Dipper Enrichment Center Long Reality Cares Foundation Matthew Lukacs Aneesh Manohar & Elizabeth Jenkins Michelle Marsh Cheryl McCurry McDonalds Southern Arizona Janice McGinnis Scott R. Meyer John Wesley Miller and Lorraine Drachman Marlee Millman Lori Minor Peter and Anne Morgan Jessala Muraco Raymond and Kathy Naylor New Life Day Care Linda North Diane Paine Wendy Palmer Reynaldo Parker Dave and Mary Parnell Jack Petersen James and Violeta Phillips Mimi Phillips Natalia Phillips-Portillo Emily Phy and Drew Sanders Elda Pineda Rita Pollak Bruce and Sherri Porterfield Alexis Powers Charline Profiri Patrick Quinn Mary Anne Mayer Redmond Sue Reed and Victor Stevens Mary Riordan Amber Roberts Lynn Rogalsky Star Romero Roth Family Foundation

Patricia Salgado Paul and Becky Sandall SCF Arizona Jennifer Schneider Andy and Jennifer Scripps Vicki Seppala Jennifer Short Ralph and Ingeborg Silberschlag The Rockefeller Foundation Matching Gift Program Janice Simons Willian Sisco & Jeanne Landdeck-Sisco Cherryl Smith Tim and Carol Smith Mike and Florence Solan Brian and Nicole Sonnleitner Diane Spencer Ioana Squires St. John on the Desert John and Ilona Stadheim Staples Foundation for Learning Inc Betty Stauffer Stone Canyon Community Foundation Georgette Stromenger Joan Stunz Sundt Foundation Sunshine School Karen Taha Esther Taylor Pat and Georgina Tom Allan and Diane Tractenberg Tucson FoundationsMulcahy Foundation Isnira Vega Bill and Brenda Viner Lacey Voirin Bruce and Beverly Wagner Walmart Foundation Welcome Club Northwest Serani Wijesinghe Sharonda Williams Aaron Woolever Linda Wright Susana Yensen

TRIBUTES

In Honor of
Alana Spireby Janice Simons Andi & Jay Sanesby Jeff & Ellyn Gold Arthur Goldbergby Roth Family Foundation Bancroft Lawby Diane Spencer Christina Caldwellby Nat & Gail Franklin Dee Ann Sakrisonby Bonnie Cunningham Dee Ann Sakrisonby Reid & Holly Clark Dee Ann Sakrisonby Mary Ann Dobras Derek & Marsha Schullby Donald & Marjorie Caughey Dr. Mark Seneseby Jay & Andi Sanes Esther Taylorby Ned & Pat Mackey Jennifer Silberschlagby Ralph & Ingeborg Silberschlag Kymani Tomby Pat & Georgina Tom Liz Harrisonby Anonymous Marisa Pizzutoby Rita Pollak Mary Jan Bancroftby Bruce & Beverly Wagner Natalia Phillips-Portilloby James & Violeta Phillips Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby Dave & Laurie Ingram Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby Randy & Alan Engstrom Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby Ken & Barbara Cowan Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby Jim & Dee Ann Sakrison Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby Andy & Jennifer Scripps Paul & Mary Jan Bancroftby John & Georgia Bancroft Paul Bancroftby John & Georgia Bancroft Paul Bancroftby John & Ilona Stadheim Veronika Holmbergby Bonnie Cunningham Victoria Zavasnikby Rita Pollak

In Memory of
Barbara Awerkamps Motherby Jay & Andi Sanes Beverly Jenkinsby Mary Riordan Beverly Jenkinsby Frank & Janet Marcus Donald A. Eagleby Bob & Carol Friberg Doug Wehrenbergby Linda North Ed Gignacby Donie Gignac Emily Salmenby Norman & Meg Gittinger Jeff Greenby Bill & Brenda Viner Lillian Nezby Jim & Bobbie Barg Marjorie Stewartby Harry & Marjorie Stewart Foundation My Parentsby Dennis McLaughlin Norman Peateby Wayne Peate & Lynn Struthers-Peate Opehlia S. Reed, Librarianby Sue Reed & Victor Stevens Caloway Thomas Borensteinby Bobi Borenstein Patricia Baileyby Bruce & Jennifer J. Stewart Rosalie G. Smithby Bill Wilkes & Sue Smith Sydney Theresa Clanaganby Russell Clanagan

FINANCIALS

20112012
Administrative $80,210 13%

Fundraising $32,643 5%

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Programs $528,186 82% Earned Revenue $9,225 1%

Expenses

Gifts in Kind $136,769 21%

Individual Contributions $51,874 8% Grants $447,318 70%

Income

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