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Adult Literacy LeagueAnnual Report

2011

t a b l e o fCONTENTS

1 President’s Report 2 Treasurer’s Report

3 Statements of Financial Position 4 Executive Director’s Report

5-8 Our Year in Pictures 9-12 Friends of Literacy

13 Board of Directors

It has been my honor and pleasure to serve as the President of the Adult Literacy League Board of Directors in 2011. It has been another year of strong programmatic growth amidst the on-going economic climate that impacts our students as well as our agency. Despite the difficulties, we

have continued to provide the highest quality of service to increasing numbers of adults and families. Our board has provided great leadership and support, and the number of community friends, partners and supporters continues to grow.

Near the end of the year, our staff and volunteers held the annual student recognition event – a wonderful multi-cultural potluck held at our office and attended by nearly 100 of our students. It is one of the most rewarding things we, as board members, get to do each year – have the opportunity to celebrate our students’ success. It was exciting to share with them the educational milestones that they have passed on their way to becoming better workers, citizens, and parents. For many of them, this is a second chance for success and it has taken great courage and commitment. For others, it may be the only chance they have ever been offered.

That is why the Adult Literacy League has been here since 1968, and why we continue to prosecute our mission: to develop readers to build a strong and literate community.

Leslie Golden, Esq. Valencia College

PRESIDENT’S r e p o r t

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The Adult Literacy League’s Board and the Planning & Finance Committee that oversees fiduciary matters for the League, had key strategic objectives this year and we were successful in meeting them. We increased the number of donations and the overall funds raised, including some significant new grant awards from Heart of Florida United Way and Orange County Government – Citizen’s Review Panel. We were able to successfully manage cash throughout the year and increase our overall revenue, while keeping expenses under budget.

We have provided our 2011 Statement of Financial Positioning provided by our auditor. A complete copy of our audit and/or 990 IRS Tax return can be sent electronically upon request.

Marcos Rubert Banking Professional

TREASURER’S r e p o r t

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s t a t e m e n t s o fFINANCIAL POSITION

December 31, 2011 and 2010

ASSETSCash - unrestrictedCash - temporarily unrestrictedUnconditional promises to givePrepaid expensesContributions receivableProgram service fees receivableInventoryBeneficial interest in assets held by Community Foundation of Central Florida, Inc.Assets held for saleProperty and equipment, net

Total assets

LIABILITIESAccounts payable and accrued expensesDeferred revenue

Total liabilities

NET ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily unrestrictedPermanently restricted

Total net assets

TOTAL LIABILITIESAND NET ASSETS

2011$ 10,693

47,608149,257

31421,550

7,78210,419

10,508

12,7256,762

$ 277,618

3,755

33,550 $ 37,305

182,70547,60810,000

$ 240,313

$ 277,618

2010$ 47,303

46,08372,112

31418,580

- 10,912

11,282

12,72515,217

$ 234,528

7,597

-

$ 7,597

170,84846,08310,000

$ 226,931

$ 234,528

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If it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, I hope these pictures give you the best idea of the wonderful accomplishments of our program participants throughout 2011. Here are some of the 1,800 adult students who received

instruction and a few of the 550 children and parents who are reading more and learning more at home together thanks to the Adult Literacy League. More than 400 active volunteers made a difference in 2011, and we thank and congratulate them all.

Joyce Whidden Executive Director, Adult Literacy League

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S r e p o r t

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OUR YEAR i n p i c t u r e s

Ron Schorsch, a dedicated volunteer with the Adult Literacy League, received the “2011 Community Quarterback Award” from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his exceptional work as a tutor and interviewer. He logged nearly 1,000 volunteer tutoring hours in 2011 to help our students’ improve their reading and writing skills. Schorsch also volunteered 10 hours a week to interview and enroll prospective students into the program, showcasing a true desire

to help adults improve their literacy skills.

In December, students gathered to celebrate their successes during ALL’s annual Holiday Student Party. The event featured a potluck where students shared unique dishes from their

native countries. In 2011, we served students from 55 different countries including Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Vietnam and Ukraine.

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The Read to Me! Book Club served over 500 low-income preschool children and their parents in 2011, more than doubling the amount of families served in previous years. The program’s success is largely due to the loyal support from individual donors and organizational support from several funders including the Orlando

Magic Youth Foundation, Disney Helping Kids Shine Grants and the City of Orlando through the Mayor’s Matching Grant Program.

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ALL’s summer events included the 5th Annual Max Starks Youth Football Camp at Lake Highland Preparatory School. The event, hosted by Pittsburgh Steelers

offensive tackle Max Starks, attracted more than 400 children from Parramore and featured several NFL football players. ALL Executive Director Joyce Whidden spoke

on the importance of family literacy to parents in attendance.

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New York Times best-selling author Carl Hiaasen mesmerized a sold-out crowd with his wit and style at the 4th Annual Reading between the Wines presented by Bank of America. The event featured delicious

food, fine wine and an incredible silent auction and raised over $70,000 for literacy in Central Florida.

The Young Lawyers Section of the Orange County Bar Association hosted the 2nd Annual Lawyers for Literacy Spelling Bee at the DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando

Downtown in October. Sixteen teams took center stage in a fierce, yet fun competition that ended in a tie with Lowndes, Drosdick, Kantor and Reed and the Young Lawyers Section. The event raised over $30,000 for adult and family literacy programs at the

Adult Literacy League.

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F R I E N D S o f l i t e r a c y

We thank these individuals for making new pledges in 2011 to make monthly recurring gifts and multi-year annual gifts:

LITERACY CHAMPIONS - $5,001 TO $15,000Leslie and Eric Golden

LITERACY ADVOCATES - $500 TO $5,000Terri and Wayne Chastain Amy DeYoungShannon Owens-GreenIan SchneiderJanel StephensDavid WeaverJoyce and Chris Whidden

LITERACY FRIENDS - $1 to $499William MillerDianne and Tim RandolphBernice SoudersMarilyn Sullivan

Contributions Received from January 1st through December 31, 2011

LITERACY LEADERS - $15,000 AND ABOVEHeart of Florida United WayOrlando Magic Youth FundEdyth Bush Charitable Foundation

Dollar General Literacy FoundationFlorida State Department of EducationWalt Disney World – Helping Kids ShineBarbara SweatBond FoundationOrange County Government – Citizens Review Panel

LITERACY CHAMPIONS - $5,001 TO $15,000Bank of America FoundationChelsey G. Magruder FoundationCity of Orlando – Mayor’s Matching Grant

LITERACY ADVOCATES - $500 TO $5,000Accredited Surety & Casualty Co.Entertainment Industry Foundation – WDWWarren and Augusta Hume FoundationSeaWorld Parks & EntertainmentPublix Super Markets Charities Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A.St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church FoundationBlue Cross and Blue Shield of FloridaDarden Restaurants, Inc. Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires, P.A.

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OUR YEAR i n p i c t u r e s

Pamela and Steve BrandonTampa Bay Buccaneers Melissa and Phil SubletteOrlando Magic Youth FoundationLowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.M&I BankDavid WeaverAkerman Senterfitt LLPMateer & Harbert, P.A.Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. Grey and Michael BinfordFirst Book – OrlandoHeidi and Darren BedellMayanne Downs, Esq.Roberta and William VoseSandra and Erich BlosseySonny’s Franchise CompanyBurr & Forman LLPCarlton Fields, P.A.Hightower & Partners, P.A.Ustler Group of CompaniesOrange County Bar AssociationBank of America in honor of Bob Brown Elizabeth KingsburyCentral States Enterprises, Inc.Anthony ColandroDatawise, Inc.—Kate Kinsley, Ph.D.Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley, & Dunlap, P.A.Foley & Lardner LLP

GAI Consultants, Inc.Holland & Knight LLPJ. William and Mary Helen Straker Charitable FoundationKirkconnell, Lindsey, Snure, & Ponall, P.A.Maitland Rotary ClubAllen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.Rotary Club of Winter ParkTampa Orlando Pinellas Jewish (TOPS) FoundationWal-Mart FoundationWFTV – Channel 9/WRDQ - Channel 27Winter Park ConstructionDonna and Paul CurasiTrudi and Steven BissingerTravistock FoundationMelissa IslerOUC – The Reliable OneIKEA – OrlandoAngela StrombergAlana and Matt BrennerMedge ParcilyJane and Matt ImfeldRuth Jayson-PolkGail and Jim DowningM. Katie PortaFidelity Charitable Gift FundLynn LarsonDemetra GrayGwen Hughes

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Heartsong Cookies LLCU.S. Legal SupportLisa and Bill WarrenJoanne SerrosNicole and Rick CaronShelby FeinbergFirst Choice Reporting & Video ServicesGellerRagansBrendan Lynch, Esq. Heather McPhersonSchwab Charitable FundShutts & Bowen LLPVital Care Charitable Foundation, Inc.WEC Scholarship & Endowment Fund

LITERACY FRIENDS - $1 to $499Central Florida Paralegal Association; O’Ann and Patrick Christiansen; Groupon; Sean Christiansen; Mari Robyn Jones; Pamela Murray; Nancy and Christopher Curry; FOX Sports Florida/Sun Sports; Meredith Level; Osceola County Friends of the Library; Westgate Resorts Foundation; Combined Federal Campaign; Brooke Myers; Sharon and Joe Hartman; Sallie Pins; Eleanor and Keith Ackermann; Julie and Greg Edwards; Altrusa International of Orlando/Winter Park; CRAVE Restaurant; Karen Hawkins; Marilyn Sullivan; The Resource Connection; Michele and John Cooper; KPMG LLP; Nancy Lahey; Florida Citrus Sports Foundation; Rita Fontanez; Florida State Employees Charitable Camp; Teresa Kolb; City Cab Company of Orlando; Mears Transportation; Izzie and Gary

Berkson; David Collis; Alan Schmadtke and Christie Davis; Christie Erwin Donnan; Debra Gaynor; Diana M. Griffin; Darlyn and Brad Kuhn; Harriett Lake; Rena Langley; Mara Levitt; Ryan Young; Amy Iennaco; Susan Madara LMT; Shelley J. Claudin; Adam Zern; Mary Ng; Ashley Britt Ellis; Janine Smulyan; Katherine and Daniel Vaccaro; Bergen Co. Charitable Flex Fund; Katie Farmand; Cristin Julian; Acer Legal Resources; Anderson-Devitt Foundation Inc.; Susan Averill; Dick Batchelor Management Group—Dick Batchelor; Carol Egolf; Steve Hancock; Sharlan and David Eng-Wilmot; Carol Flicker; Thomas R. Herbert; Aaron Jennings; Susyn Kitner; Todd Ludington and Jeffrey Lurie; Martha I. Lundberg; Jonathon Miller; Julie Murphy; ProServe USA; Sara Rotbart; Jan Weems; Zacco & Associates Reporting; Services; Peter J. Zinaich; Lisa and Mick Lochridge; David Cross; Camelia S. Gurley; Maria Ruben; Mary H. Meeker; Melinda Wimbish; Jean Leonard; Gail and Michael Agor; Grace Appleby; Linda and Jim Berko; Barbara and Thomas Boroughs; Cathy Carpenter; Jennifer Crews-Wilson; Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida; Karen Hodson; Honeywell Mediation; Susan Klinck; Val Landry; Courtney Milford; Valerie Oberaitis; Douglas Pafford; Royellen M. Wehrle & Michael Moore; S-E-A, LTD; Marie Shumilak; Robert Squillaro; Christopher Stoddard; The Woman’s Club of Winter Park; Donna Wyatt; Mary Recchia Brown; Barbara Barati; Christina and Joel Buntin; Donna and Howard Smith; Leslie and William Doster; Phyllis Gail Wirtz; Melissa Benyola; Mary Ann Boardman; Mitz Oates; O.C. Tanner; Carmen L. Richards; GE United Way Campaign; Rob Learman;

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Jakita Allen; Jennifer Leyva; Jane and Allan Clayman; Ron and Pamela Jones; Irma Keys; Nick Leo; Faye MacDowell-Gonzalez; Robert Whitehouse; William and Kathleen Oakley; Rebecca and Tom Yeaman; Henry Abbott; Diana and Thomas Andrews; Chad C. Binette; Brant Bittner; Carol Brinati and Randy Means; Nancy A. Cooper; Lori Dandrea; Robert Davis; Frank Dean; Megan and Nathan DeVault; Paul Dillon; Lisa and Matt Donnelly; Loretta and Raffee Ellis; Suzanne Eustache; Southern Fruit Distributers FD; Fifth Third Bank; Mark Guberman; Karla Haynes; Henry He and Hyejung Kook; Mary Ann Helsel; Kathleen Johnson; Martha Kirby; Robert Leblanc; Jeanette G. Leinbach; Carol Long; Celita Luse; Jackie McQuilkin; Jamie Moses; Esther Myers; Laura Oliver; Ruth Patrick; Wanda J. Russell; Diane L. Sandquist; Ron Schorsch; Snack Time Vending; Terri and James Spoonhour; Deborah and Garrit Toohey; Russell Troutman; Shirley and Robert Waggoner; Donald A. Weir; Foy and Chet Winsor; Cecilia Galbraith; Ellen Titen; John Marshall; Ryan Gates; Margarita de Jesus; Lacey Zinser; Phyllis Corkum; Jane Heneghan; Sharon Lyons; Kathleen McCorvie; Richard O’Brien; Tico Perez; Kathryn and Marcos Rubert; Darlene Siegel; Melissa Abrahamson; Jo Ann Brown; William Miller; Diane Korna; Just 1 Book; Lesslee Cornelius; Rose Hutchinson; Civilia Morgan; Jackie Trudeau; JoAnn and Gerald Bloom; Paula Braden; Karen Buchan; Thomas Farnsworth; Stephen Fleming; Christopher Hayes; Ruth Heine; Hill, Rugh, Keller, & Main; Suzanne and Christopher Hill; Kimberly Honnell; Erin Farrel Hyltin; Angelo Intravaia; Carolyn Wilkie-Greenberg; Meredith Karazin; Charles Kulmann; Lawrence S. Gendzier

& Deborah Kwasman Gendzier; Mary Lo; John Marshall III; Ann and Jack McElroy; Beth W. McGahan; Mike Peed; Tim O’Toole; Shannon and John Porras; Rachel Reuscher and Keith Haugdahl; Ashley Rosenthal; Ruth Schorsch; Sally L. Searcy; Susan Storma; Urban Life Management; Russell Wetherington; Peggie Yu; Network for Good—Drew Clayton and Raymond Stephens; Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf; Lisa Bergqvist; Mary Hardaway; Mark Thompson; Mary MacLellan; Shawn Bartell; Lynea Gallagher; Iman Latson; Dorothy M. Miracle; Chanel A. Mosley; Rosalyn J. Ram; Margaret “Maggie” Teal; Ezekiel Campbell; Carol Foglesong; Sandra Goodwin; Jay McGirt; Sherry Abbott; Martha Haynie; Robert Jenkins; Yolanda Lander; Heather Smith; UPS—Anonymous Donor; Dorothy M. Abelson; Matthew Douglas Armstrong; Stuart Bernstein; Jess Brown; Lois Brown; Barbara Buchele; James “Dug” R. Duggan; Susan Evans; Linda Franks; Ron Jackson; Brian Liden; Irene McNutt; George Reels; Raymond L. Reynolds; Linda Rosecrans; Carolyn S. Ruhe; Nanelle D. Russ; Henrietta Sebag; Lisa Taylor; Bernard Weintraub; Gina and Dave Solomon; Kum Ok Baker; Mercedes C. Bigelow; Lawrence Bruno; Joseph Cius; Vicente D. Freire; Melanie Griffin; Lisa Hickman; Alyson Innes; Patricia and Frank Johnson; Brian M. Kracht; Barbara Louv;Ruth E. Sprous; Stewart Ross; Allstate Giving Campaign; Jack Litteral; Cyrille Francois; Carolyn Gardner; Paola Lopez; Lorraine DeYoung; Eithne Clarke; Veronica Gomez; Priscilla D. Huffman; Prentice Leonard; Leah C. Nash; Leigh Torbin; Jolline Sully; GoodSearch; James Simmons III; Arianna Valente-Johnson

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2 011 B OA R D o f d i r e c t o r s

PresidentLeslie Golden, Esq.

Valencia College

TreasurerMarcos Rubert

CNL Bank

Vice PresidentS. Brendan Lynch, Esq.

Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor, & Reed

SecretaryJessica KeppleFifth Third Bank

BOARD MEMBERS

Heidi Bedell, Starwood Vacation Ownership

Sandra Blossey, Ph.D. Community Volunteer

Rick Caron, Esq., Foley & Lardner, LLP

Sean Christiansen, Ph.D., UCF

Amy DeYoung, Orlando Health

Suzanne Eustache, ALL Student

Shannon Owens Green, Orlando Sentinel

Mari Jones, St. Cloud Regional Medical Center

Morgan Knezovich, OUC – The Reliable One

Mary Ng, Darden Restaurants

Dianne Randolph, Community Volunteer

Todd Robley, MBA Candidate, Rollins College

Ian Schneider, Flippers Pizza

Peggie Yu, KPMG