2015 Year in Review
Annual Report
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
HARING CENTER
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CONTENT
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Letter from Ilene Schwartz
Features
4
6
11 Years of Partnership
The Best Reward
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9
Financial Summary & Our Impact
11
Calendar of Events
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Auction Sponsors
Dear Haring Center Community,
It’s school time again at the Experimental Education Unit and students
young and old fill the hallways of the Haring Center. Our new students, birth
through kindergarten, are in the classes of the EEU. Our bright graduate
students are taking their places in the viewing booths and classrooms to
answer the questions and deepen the research in early childhood education
and developmental disabilities. It is an exciting time at the Haring Center!
Your support makes it possible for inclusive education to continue its
movement in bringing children of all abilities together, supporting all families
and preparing future teachers to create inclusive communities within their
classrooms. We had another extraordinary year thanks to your generosity.
This year, the Haring Center’s annual auction raised the necessary $600,000
to keep the doors open to the Experimental Education Unit (EEU).
Dr. Kathleen Meeker recently joined the EEU faculty in the UW College of
Education and she is now working with the Haring Center — conducting
research through the Applied Research Unit (ARU), training through the
Professional Development Unit (PDU), and working in the classrooms at
the EEU. She specializes in professional development systems for early
childhood professionals, innovative web tools for evidence-based practices,
and practical strategies for promoting social-emotional competence in
young children with and without special needs. Join us for the Fall DUBS Talk
(Develop Understand Build) at the Haring Center to hear more about
Dr. Meeker’s work.
In 2014, the Haring Center’s PDU entered into an exciting partnership with
Washington State’s Department of Early Learning through the Early Achievers
program. The purpose of Early Achievers is to improve the quality of childcare
and early learning programs. Through this $1 million grant, PDU staff are
implementing ongoing coaching and training to support early learning
professionals, thereby providing the highest quality individualized teaching
for children with special needs and challenging behaviors to ensure their
successful inclusion. Already, this specialized training and support through the
Early Achievers program is reaching over 58,000 children in Washington.
In the coming year, we will launch our Campaign for Inclusion. I invite you
to join us as we lead the movement for inclusion to create a world where all
children learn, play and grow together. The Haring Center’s annual auction will
be an opportunity to support the Haring Center today, while the Campaign for
Inclusion is an opportunity to support the Haring Center forever.
Please enjoy the articles in our inaugural annual stewardship report. I hope
you learn something new about the research, training and service happening
here every day. I hope you continue your support of inclusive education — in
your classroom, your community or through supporting the Haring Center.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Ilene Schwartz
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Ilene Schwartz
Director of the Haring Center
11 YEARS OF
PARTNERSHIP
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From humble beginnings, the Haring Center’s partnership with Whole
Foods Market has blossomed into a relationship that extends far beyond
significant financial support.
Back in 2004, an employee at the company’s Roosevelt Square location asked if Whole Foods Market might donate a
gift basket to the annual auction supporting the Experimental Education Unit, which their child attended at the time.
Grant Daisley, Whole Foods Market associate marketing coordinator,
said the request sparked the store to look deeper. After meeting
with EEU staff, the company decided to not only provide a gift
basket, but donate much of the food for the gala. Within a couple
years, it was donating all food and mixers, valued at approximately
$25,000 annually.
In addition to financial support, Daisley noted the children of several
Whole Foods Market team members have attended the EEU.
“They see the impact of the EEU first hand,” Daisley said. “It’s
important for our team members to support that work and they are
our best ambassadors to get the word out to customers.”
At 11 years and counting,
Whole Foods Market’s
partnership with
the Haring Center is
its longest running
community partnership
in the Pacific Northwest.
Whole Foods Market’s support grew even stronger in 2010 with the launch of its reusable bags featuring
artwork created by EEU children. Each spring, students create artwork for the bags, which are sold at the
company’s seven Seattle area stores.
“The fun thing for us is we don’t just sell the bags, we celebrate them,” Daisley said. “Our team members look
forward to them. They become a collectible item and we have customers buying them every year.”
Over the past five years, bag sales have generated more than $84,000 to support the EEU’s Healthy Living
program, which provides free, healthy meals to students.
“The first step to a good learning environment is good, healthy food,” Daisley said. “And for us it’s always about
the food — good, healthy, nutritious, sustainable food. So being able to give back to a school and promote
development and learning is a perfect fit with our mission.”
At 11 years and counting, Whole Foods Market’s partnership with the Haring Center is its longest
running community partnership in the Pacific Northwest.
“We have a tremendous appreciation for the many people who are touched by the Haring Center,” Daisley said.
“We value standing up to support that work.”
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THE
BEST REWARD
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Erin Greager fell in love at first sight.
Standing in the classroom where she would soon work, seeing the children play with one another,
she knew the Experimental Education Unit was the right place for her.
“I hadn’t spent much time around kids with autism and it was fascinating to meet these young people who had
so much potential,” Greager said.
Her first assignment upon joining the EEU in 2003 as a classroom aide was to work one-on-one with
a 4-year-old boy.
“He had a really funny, quirky sense of humor,” she said. “If I was able to make him laugh about something,
I could get him engaged in the materials and get him on track.”
Today, Greager is one of the school’s head teachers, working with 14 children on the autism spectrum.
“One of my favorite parts of this job is supporting families so they can see the successes their kids are having,”
she said. Each milestone — going potty on their own, making friends, talking for the first time — is rewarded
with smiles or tears of joy.
“That’s the best reward,” Greager said. “Our families are working so hard. It’s incredibly motivating for me to
get to know them, be a part of their journey and see how much our children can accomplish.”
One of my favorite
parts of this job is
supporting families
so they can see the
successes their kids
are having.
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Financial Summary — Fiscal Year 2015
66+34
1+86+94
EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION UNIT FUNDING SUMMARY
Experimental Education Unit................................$2,736,010 (66%)
Gifts & Discretionary.............................................$1,394,534 (34%)
TOTAL REVENUE............................................ $4,130,544 (100%)
EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION UNIT EXPENSES
Salaries & Benefits .................................................. 3,386,765 (86%)
Other Contractual Services.......................................... 348,813 (9%)
Supplies & Materials..................................................... 180,600 (4%)
Auxilary (Contracted Services, Travel,
Equipment, Tuition) ..................................................... $36,865 (1%)
Total Expenses................................................. 3,953,043 (100%)
Our Impact
$0
Cost to families for EEU
educational services.
1360
Number of education
professionals receiving
intensive training
every year through the Haring Center.
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6000
Families benefiting from a single
graduate student trained at the
Haring Center over the course of
her/his career.
THE HARING CENTER AUCTION BENEFITING
THE EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION UNIT
2015 Sponsors
Corporations and Foundations
Katie & Drew Zwiebel
Anna & John Sie Foundation
Leslie & Bill Vollbracht
Charles Lafitte Foundation
Linda & Boo Song
Carol Ann Neiman Charitable Trust
Lisa & David Gurry
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Maureen & Joel Benoliel
Prime Team Partners
Nancy Simon & Mark Igra
Servco Foundation
Pam Klein-Farrow & Robert Farrow
Whole Foods Market
Rebecca & John Peterson
W Seattle
Susan & Chuck Armstrong
Individual Sponsors
Sydney Shapiro &
Dara Khosrowshahi
Anonymous
Alex and Dan Swanson
Alison & Kirby Winfield Jr.
The Bruell Family, Stephany Bruell
& Beau Sadick
Alyssa Kreider & Bill Sunderland
Lisca Borichewski & Thomas
Thompson
Tangerine & Thyme
Briana & Michael Finch
Wanda & Ron Crockett
Twinkle Shine Photography
Clara Chan & John Morton
In-Kind Sponsors
Colleen & Charlie Mills
AA Party Rentals by Cort
EEU Dad’s Group
Ashley Vos Photography
Gail & Manlio Vecchiet
Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Co.
Lynn & Howard Behar
Food Fairy Seattle
Fund The Future
Ilene Schwartz & Steven Posalski
Heritage Distilling Co.
$1,000 and up Donors
Arlene & Jay Tenenbaum
Hillard’s Beer
Alex & Dan Swanson
Jennifer & Brian Fung
Jet City Pizza
Alison & Kirby Winfield Jr.
Jennifer & Michael Hyde
Old Stove Brewing Co.
Allison & Greg Enell
Pecado Bueno
Alyssa Kreider & Bill Sunderland
Experimental Education
Unit Auction Fund
Precept Wine
Anne Henderson
Schilling Cider
Annie Gleason & John Hilton
This fund provides discretionary
funds to support the annual EEU
auction.
Sprinkles & Sweets
Briana & Michael Finch
Star Rentals
Carly & Josh Thaler
Stokes Auction Group
Cecile & Reese Lindquist
Ways to give
haringcenter.org/give
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Two Mountain Winery
W Seattle
Whole Foods Market
Wild Ginger
Colleen & Charlie Mills
Fund The Future (continued)
$1,000 and up Donors
Dana Vollbracht
Juliet & Stephen Roger
Mary Anne McGillivray
Deb McCutchen & E. Ed Taylor
Kate & Mike Vaughan
Mary Bridget & Thomas Pehl
Dr. Gary H Schwartz
Kathleen & Jack Kindred
Michelle & John Mudrock
Elizabeth Lindquist
Kathleen & Keith Hallman
Mimi & Ken Smith
Gail & Manlio Vecchiet
Kathleen & Michael Ang-Lee
Mindy & Russ Katz
Ilene Schwartz & Steve Posalski
Katie & Steven King
Nancy Simon & Mark Igra
Inge Andressen
Katy & Aaron Brooks
Nicole & James Schmidt
Janet & John Morse
Kee Chang
Pamela Keenan Fritz & Gary Fritz
Janice & Evan Kreider
Kenneth Hasselbach
Pat Suarez
JD & Chris Guillot
Kimberly & Scott Anderson
Patricia & Ryan Schroeder
Jeannine & Dino Christofilis
Kris Holden & Hal Russell
Rachel & Kurt Schulenburg
Jennifer & Brian Fung
Kye Soon Hong & Eric Vigesaa
Rebecca Petersen & John Peterson
Jennifer & Mike Hyde
Kyl Dinsio & Jason Trump
Russ Sach
Lan Nguyen & Edward Tran
Shari Bitcon
Lauren Feaux & Jose Oglesby
Staci & Dan Foster
Laurie Snyder & Mitch Eide
Steven Hensel & Patrick Jennings
Linda & Boo Song
Sue Murdoch & Don Oxorn
Lori & Timothy Devore
Susan Sandall & Tony Williams
Lucia & Richard Chung
Tom & JessicaHuges
Mako & Simon Guest
Wanda & Ronald Crockett
Marcia Ellis & Peter Morse
Yoojin & John Lee
Mary & Jeff Seifred
As of June 30, 2015
Haring Center Board Members
Chuck and Susan Armstrong
Pam and Gary Fritz
Staff
Anne and Jeff Blackburn
Ken Hasselbalch
Ilene Schwartz
Stephany Bruell
Jennifer Hyde
Jennifer and Brian Fung
Alison and Kirby Winfield, Jr.
Aparna Prasad
Katie and Drew Zwiebel
Director of the Haring Center
Chris Matsumoto
Principal of the Experimental
Education Unit
Advancement Staff
Brigette Yates
Haring Center Associate Director
of Advancement
Eric Lawson
Assistant Dean of Advancement,
College of Education
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Erin Oest-Larsen
Stewardship and Events Manager
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
A. Rodrigues Trust
Charles & Colleen Mills Sr.
AA Party Rentals
Chihuly Studio
Ada Healey & Regina Hall
Christine & J. D. Guillot
Al Chaffee & Mary Raschko
Christopher Robin and Friends, LLC
Alan & Jane Macpherson
CleanScapes
Aliraza & Shahina Piyarali
Colleen Terpening
Alison & Kirby Winfield Jr.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Allison & Gregory Enell
Craig Wicks & Cinthia Portugal
America for Bulgaria Foundation
Dan & Alexandra Swanson
American Endowment Foundation
Dan Nansel
American Seafoods Group LLC
Dana Vollbracht
Andrew & Chandra Mullenix
Daniel & Staci Foster
Andrew & Katie Zwiebel
Daniel Webb
Anna & John J. Sie Foundation
Dara Khosrowshahi &
Sydney Shapiro
Intermec Foundation
Deborah McCutchen &
M. Edward Taylor
Jack & Judy Glantz
Anne Henderson
Annie Gleason & John Hilton
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous GIfts-Friends
Aparna Prasad & Sekhar Putcha
Ashley Vos Photography
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Sunderland & Alyssa Kreider
Bishop Fleet Foundation
BlackRock, Inc.
Bobbi Moody
Brant Oelschlager & Anne-Marie
Amies-Oelschlager
Donald & Marylynne Zwiebel
Donald Oxorn & Susan Murdoch
Edwin & Diane Spaunhurst
EHI Real Estate Advisors
Elizabeth Lindquist
Eric Hayashi & Kristen Boeckmann
Eric Vigesaa
Ethan Stowell Restaurants
Fidelity Investments Char Gift Fund
Gail & Manlio Vecchiet
Gary Schwartz
Brittney Lee
Gavin & Susan Woods
Carol Ann Neiman Char. Lead
Annuity Trust
Harlan Hile & Zhengming Tang
Catherine O’Leary & Seth Zeichner
Heritage Distilling Company
CenturyLink
Ilene Schwartz & Steven Posalski
Harry S. Kawabe Memorial Fund
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Ways to give
Haring Center Fund
for Inclusion
This fund provides unrestricted
support unrestricted support
to the model early childhood
programs at the Haring Center.
At the director’s discretion, funds
will be used to provide assistance
where it’s most needed to ensure
children continue to receive
high-quality, innovative social,
emotional, and academic early
intervention services.
haringcenter.org/give
Isenhower Cellars
Jack & Kathleen Kindred
Janice Kreider
Jason Trump
Jay & Arlene Tenenbaum
Jeannine Navone & Constantinos
Christofilis
Jeffrey & Mary Seifred
Jeffrey & Tracy Brown
Jennifer & Brian Fung
Jennifer Rohr
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Joe Rogoff & Susan Hirsch
Joel & Maureen Benoliel
John & Janet Morse
John & Michelle Mudrock
John & Rebecca Petersen II
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE (continued)
John Morton
Microsoft Corporation
Servco Foundation
Joshua & Carly Thaler
Myndee Ronning
Seven Hills Winery
Judith & Wilbur Jurden Jr.
Nancy Simon & Mark Igra
Silke Johnstone
Kate Vaughan
National Academy of Education
Katherine & Aaron Brooks
Nicole & James Schmidt
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide
Kathleen & Michael Ang-Lee
Nicole McNichols
State of Washington
Kathryn King
Pamela & Gary Fritz
Stephanie Turner
Kayla Ferguson-Naber
Patricia & David Simon
Stephen & Frederica Sulzbacher
Kee Chang
Patrick Suarez
Stephen & Juliet Roger
Keith & Kathleen Hallman
Paul Donnelley & Shari Bitcon
Steven Hensel
Kenneth & Marleen Alhadeff
Paula & Richard Wesley
Susan Armstrong
Kenneth & Mimi Smith
Pecado Bueno
Susan Sandall & Anthony Williams
Kenneth Hasselbalch
Terra Blanca Winery
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
Peter A. & Marion W. Schwartz
Family Foundation Trust
Kris Holden
Precept Wine
The Seattle Foundation
Lan Nguyen
Prime Team Partners
The Westin Hotel & Resorts
Laura Mattox & Paul Taegel
Qwest Communications
International, Inc.
Thomas Thompson & Lisca
Borichewski
Rachel & Kurt Schulenburg
Timothy Seifert & Sonya Erickson
Raven Morgan
Tom & Jessica Hughes
Rebecca Petersen
Two Mountain Winery
Rebecca Weinhold & Britt Piehler
Tyler & Thy Moriguchi
Reese & Cecile Lindquist
University of Washington
Reynvaan Family Vineyards
University of Washington
Richard & Lucia Chung
W Seattle Hotel
Margaret Holton
Robert Farrow &
Pamela Klein-Farrow
Whole Foods Market
Marian & Andrew Kensler
Ron Hicks
Marian Rhoades
Ronald & Wanda Crockett
Mark Bruell
Ways to give
Russell & Mindy Katz
Mary & Thomas Pehl
Russell Sach
Haring Center
Endowment for Inclusion
Mary McGillivray
Ryan & Patricia Schroeder
Masako & Simon Guest
Salesforce.com
Meredith Birkmeyer
Sarah Tien
Michael & Briana Finch
Schilling Cider
Michael & Jennifer Hyde
Scott Anderson
Laura Snyder
Lauren Feaux & Jose Oglesby
Leonetti Cellar LLC
Leslie & Bill Vollbracht
Linda & Boo Song
Liz Pipkin
Lori DeVore & Timothy Devore
Marcia Ellis & Peter Morse
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The Charles Lafitte Foundation
Yoojin & John Lee
This fund supports the
advancement of research,
training and services delivery for
individuals and families impacted
by developmental disabilities.
haringcenter.org/give
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The
Golden Age
For Inclusion
Saturday, May 14, 2016
EEU Auction
2016
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Erin Oest-Larsen
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Stewardship and Events Manager
Principal, Experimental Education Unit
erinol@uw.edu
ctm@uw.edu
Research Opportunities
Training and Professional Development
Jennifer Fung, Ph.D.
Julie Ashmun, M.Ed., BCBA
Assistant Director, Applied Research Unit
Director, Professional Development Unit
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