I am not homeless.
And I am not hopeless.
I am empowered.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters • Annual Report • Fiscal Year 2010–2011
II am
am ready
ready to leave the streets.
I am ready to work hard
and change my life.
And Bridge is here for me
every step of the way.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters has been providing life-changing—
and often life-saving—services for homeless and at-risk youth for
more than 40 years. We welcome and celebrate the strengths and
accomplishments of our clients and support them in achieving
productive and independent adulthood marked by healing, hope,
and a secure home.
• medical and dental care and street outreach
• transitional day program
• counseling and substance-abuse services
• education and training program
• transitional living program
• maternal group home
• runaway services
• emergency youth shelter
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medical and dental care and street outreach
I am healthy.
“
I first visited Bridge in June. I came here in need of
a safe place, as I was escaping a domestic violence
situation. I have just moved into my own place on
Beacon Hill with a roommate.
When I first came to Bridge, I used the services at the
Transitional Day Program and then began to see a
counselor every week. Soon after, I visited the nurse
practitioner here. It’s so easy to get care at Bridge, and
it’s free—which was so important when I had no health
insurance. The nurse helps me get my medicine, and I
got my flu shot because she is here. She also connected
me with a primary care doctor at the Sidney Borum Jr.
Health Center, and I now get regular medical care with
my doctor there. My health is improving.
Liz took advantage of the free medical care at Bridge, and the
nurse practitioner connected her with a primary care doctor.
Bridge’s mobile medical van provides
free medical services, referrals, health
education, and information to youth
on the streets of Greater Boston. Bridge
provides free medical and dental care at its
main facility in downtown Boston.
d In 2010, the Bridge medical van made
2,249 contacts with youth ages 18 to 24.
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I am studying criminal justice at Bay State College. I
want to help kids in the juvenile court system, not just
let them get locked up. I founded and am president of
the Gay-Straight Alliance at Bay State. I am working to
get an office for the Alliance on campus, and a workstudy student to staff it, so it can serve as a safe space
and source of information for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/
transgender/queer population at school.
Another of my goals is to become a public speaker and
activist for people without a voice, for those who are
underprivileged. I want people to truly believe that they
can ‘change their stars.’ That you don’t have to be where
or what you came from.
For right now, I rely on myself, but someday I may let
someone in. I want to have a family. When I came to
Bridge, I felt like a human being for the first time in a
long time.”
—Liz, 23
“
Bridge Over Troubled Waters offers
me a service that I can’t get elsewhere
because of my situation. It’s good to
know that somebody cares. If it weren’t
for Bridge, my mouth would be
unhealthy and I would probably have
lost some teeth, because I can’t afford
dental care. I don’t even have a place
to live.
When I was a kid, I had high hopes for
my life. I never thought it would be
like this. But you can’t get discouraged;
you have to keep trying. Everybody
has a purpose; everybody is here for a
reason. You can’t let bad situations get
the best of you.
I’m working on my GED, and I hope to
get into the service, maybe the Army.
When I get back on my feet, I’m going
to try to help people as much as I can,
because I know what it is to suffer and
to need.”
—Joseph, 23
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters dental clinic offers comprehensive dental
examinations, screenings, digital X-rays, cleanings, and basic restorative
treatment under the supervision of a licensed dentist. The services are provided
by volunteer faculty and students from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and community providers.
Street outreach is the backbone of Bridge and usually the first point of contact with
runaway and homeless youth on the streets and in adult shelters. Street outreach workers
provide survival resources and referrals, with the hope that clients will come to Bridge for
additional services.
d Street outreach workers made 955 contacts with homeless and high-risk youth on the
streets in 2010.
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the heart speaks
Where I’m From
I’m from the pain of my sister’s and my own past.
I’m from the Latin culture, the unity of one another.
I’m like a white rose, pure, gentle, soft outside
But inside, full of thorns all over, and sorrow.
I’m like the eagle, strong and willed. Looking
Down from the mountain tops at how far I
Have made it.
I come from a Christian religion culture of
My ancestors, mother, father, and family tree.
I am from a big family who is very close
And helps one another.
I was told as a child: be strong, be a survivor
As a lion is in his kingdom.
I am from God, His Child, His helper.
I come from rice and beans as a Latin culture.
Betrayed and lied to as a teenager.
Proud to say I became a beautiful red
Rose, full of color, joy, laughter and barely
Any thorns left.
—Raquel
Where I’m From
I am from a tropical island, from rice & beans & sugar cane.
I am from warm temperatures and cool breezes.
I am from the dirty markets of Haiti.
I am from a family that cooks together & fights together.
From Clairzie, Pierre & Aman, my grandmother.
I am from the gossip and the loud shrieks.
From where just a look can put you in line and the belt…
I am from a religious mom, but me not so much.
I am from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti & fried plantains and fried pork.
From a culture where people turn into animals and voodoo.
I am from the country that first gained their independence – 1804.
—Alexandra
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transitional day program
I am not hungry.
“
I spent most of my life between my parents’ and my
grandmother’s homes. I left both places in 2005 after my
mother committed suicide. My father had her strung
out on drugs and was pimping her out in our house. I
remember walking many blocks to my grandmother’s
house at 3:00 am as a young child to avoid what was
going on at my house.
After leaving, I spent the first two weeks at the Pine Street
Inn before I learned about Bridge. At Bridge, I found a
welcoming staff and people willing to help me. The case
managers made me feel safe and motivated me. It was a
family-like atmosphere.
From 2006 to 2010, I worked at Harvard Business School
catering for events. I had my own place to live. But when
I was laid off in 2010, and after my unemployment
stopped in mid-2011, I became homeless again. Now
I’m working at a café on the Northeastern campus and
just secured a home. I’ve already finished three years
of college in business management, and now that life
is settling down again, I plan to resume pursuing my
degree. My big dream is to open up and own a place like
Bridge someday.
I have an eight-year-old daughter. Having been raised
in a house of violence and neglect, at first I wasn’t sure
how to raise a child. But finally, I followed what was in
my heart and learned to be a good dad. I think I’m a kind
and gentle person. My grandmother and my twin sister
have been a wonderful, consistent presence in my life. I
call my grandmother every day.
On October 2, 2011, my father died. My anger died with
him. I was the last one to view the casket; then I closed it.”
—Anthony, 24
Anthony takes advantage of the services offered in Bridge’s
Transitional Day Program.
The Transitional Day Program brings
chronically homeless youth off the streets
and into the agency, offering meals, showers,
laundry facilities, daily lockers, and jobsearch assistance. It also serves as the entry
point to other Bridge services, including
counseling, education, job training, and
housing placement.
d In 2010, 207 youth participated in the
Transitional Day Program.
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the heart speaks
Where I’m From
Where I’m From
I am from a family, from the love and the hate.
I am from the pain that evolves into joy.
I am from the dirt roads, the ground is filled
With diamonds.
I am from the hard work and dedication
And the prayers to God.
From hope for my brother, sister, and father.
I am from eating rice with your hands and
Carrying everything on your head.
From don’t be hard-headed and don’t tell lies.
I am from Africa.
I am from West Virginia and cornbread and rice.
From the hiding out from mom and dad with
My brother.
—Tamba
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I’m from basketball.
I’m from the streets of Wilcock.
Where babies cry, mothers cry
And teens die.
I’m from death in my family,
Where that separates us instead
Of pulling us closer together.
I’m from going back and forth to jail
Where you have to fight day and night
To survive on the unit.
I’m from one sister and two brothers
Who I love a lot.
I’m from a mother who left behind four
Beautiful kids.
I’m from up all night listening to the
Sounds of the street guns going off,
Dogs barking.
I’m from spending quality time with my
Brothers and sisters, going out shopping,
Out to eat, and to the movies.
I’m from waking up smelling breakfast
On the table every morning—breakfast sausage,
Bacon, scrambled eggs, grits, and homemade
Biscuits.
—Sherome
counseling and substance-abuse services
I can talk to someone.
“
I stopped attending my public high school in 11th
grade. Up until then, I had been in special education
classes, which had 10 students per classroom. The
school decided in 11th grade that I was academically
ready to join the mainstream classrooms, which
averaged 30 students per class. I have social anxiety
disorder and cannot handle being in large groups of
people. I also have several health issues resulting from
my weak immune system. I got nervous and sick and
stopped going to school.
But I didn’t want to stop my education. My mom told
me about Bridge, and I came here in 2009 to enroll in
the GED program. I’m now preparing to test for the last
of the five GED tests to graduate. At first I was shy, but
everyone at Bridge made me feel welcome. People were
kind. I like it here.
A few months ago, I started using the Bridge counseling
program every week. My counselor makes me feel
comfortable and is a great help to me. It’s so nice to have
someone to talk to when I’m having a problem. Bridge
provides a warm environment, and there is nothing
better than that.
My home life is happy, and I am grateful to be here in
this world, to learn, to grow, and to be alive. I’m grateful
for my mother, who was able to raise four kids alone.
I want to be known as someone who will help a friend
in need. I think I’m a great listener and an awesome
friend. I also love to write children’s poetry, and I plan
to go to college to become a massage therapist.”
—Bryanna, 19
Bryanna comes to Bridge for weekly counseling, as well as
GED classes. “It’s so nice to have someone to talk to when I’m
having a problem,” she says.
Bridge’s licensed counselors provide longand short-term substance-abuse counseling,
personal and emotional counseling, traumainformed treatment, family counseling,
crisis counseling, and referrals.
d In 2010 1,624 youth received Bridge
counseling services.
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the heart speaks
Where I’m From
I am from Alabama, from college
Football and great friends.
I am from the army-based home.
I am from the dry trees, and the
Dirt roads.
I am from Theresa and Bruce,
From the Mitchells, Sykes, and
Dunn family.
I am from the well-mannered and
Respectful family.
From learning and listening.
I am from a Democratic family that
Really likes politics.
I am from Augusta, GA, and chicken and
Fries.
From the drug abuse, the mess, and
The sickness.
I am from love and care.
—Ashlei
Where I’m From
I am from dysfunction, from heavy mascara and eyeliner.
I am from fighting with my little brother. I am from quiet
neighborhoods and apple trees. I am from me and my
sister fighting over clothes, and me rebelling against my
mother’s wishes. I am from arguments and laughter. I am
from quotes like “you can do anything you set your mind
to” and “in order to go somewhere you never been you
have to do something you never did.” I am from Boston,
MA and pasta and steak. From my uncle’s lock-up life
without parole and my grandmother’s death, a neverforgotten soul. I am from LOVE.
—Ebony
d In fiscal year 2011, 226 youth took part in GED classes, and 35 earned their GED; 201
attended workforce-development classes, and 68 obtained jobs; and 36 youth entered college
or job-training programs.
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education and training program
I am going to college.
“
I began going to Bridge in 2008. This is my third time
coming back to work toward my GED. I’m excited to
start testing for my GED soon. I don’t want to be another
statistic of someone dying from living on the streets.
I’m pursuing my education at Bridge because the
public high school wasn’t working for me—too many
distractions, too much peer pressure, and not enough
help. Here I have found that everyone has the same goal:
to better themselves. I have made friends here, and most
importantly, nobody judges me. I receive one-on-one
help when I need it. The resources at Bridge are fantastic!
I was taken from my parents when I was seven. I grew up
in the custody of DCF and lived in residential programs,
foster families, and group homes. I was a great student
from kindergarten until 8th grade. And then it all
changed. I dropped out of school in 10th grade. At age
18, I moved 50 miles away with a girlfriend, who then
kicked me out. Without an education, employment, or
anyone to turn to, I became homeless. If you don’t have a
good place to sleep at night, how can you face the future?
When you have to live day by day, wondering where you
are going to rest your head at night, how can you make
progress? Nobody should have to go through that.
I am now living with my mother. I don’t hold any
grudges, as life is too short. I am a direct care counselor at
the Home for Little Wanderers group home in Roxbury,
where I spent part of my childhood.
Next, I want to go to college to study to become a child
therapist. I want to work with disadvantaged kids and
help them heal. I also want to get married and have a
family of my own someday. I look forward to being there
for my children.”
—Luis, 20
Luis is planning his future, thanks to the education and jobtraining programs at Bridge. In addition to GED classes, he is
enrolled in the highly selective Teen Empowerment program,
which provides job-readiness skills.
Bridge’s Education and Training Program
provides flexible scheduling, self-paced
study, and tutoring, as well as individualized
and group instruction to youth at every
grade level. Bridge’s college and career
counseling provides one-on-one assistance,
employability workshops, and support for
youth moving into college or careers.
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transitional living program
I have a place to live.
“
I have been living at Bridge’s Transitional Living
Program for six months. When I was 14, I left my
mother’s home because we didn’t get along. I went into
DCF custody and lived in a group home for a year. Then
I lived in five different foster homes until I moved back
into my mother’s house when I was 17.
A year later, I had to leave because I had a fight with
my brother and the police got involved. At that time, I
had only one option: to move in with my father in his
two-bedroom apartment in East Boston. I had to sleep
on the couch because he was a pimp, and he had his six
girls living there too.
Amber counts on Bridge’s Transitional Living Program to keep
her safe and help her plan her future.
The Transitional Living Program provides a
home to young men and women who need
support while completing their education
and building skills for independence.
Through group and individual counseling,
residents learn how to set goals and work
toward them.
d In fiscal year 2011, 58 homeless youth
received housing and services through the
Transitional Living Program.
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I needed to get out of that toxic environment, so I
followed a former counselor’s advice to reach out to
Bridge Over Troubled Waters. I had to wait for a bed
for two or three months after going through the intake
process. While waiting, I spent as little time as possible
at my father’s. Without Bridge, I would still be at my
father’s place. One of the counselors at Bridge, Richard
Brunson, is one the very few people I can count on.
Despite all of my transitions, I graduated from high
school on time. It was a struggle, but I did it, and I’m
proud of myself. In 2009, I had surgery at Children’s
Hospital for throat cancer; thankfully, it’s in remission.
I am now working in the kitchen at Shaw’s and will start
culinary school in January. I have already written my
own recipe book.
My dream is to own a restaurant someday. I want to
have my own home and a family and just be happy. I
want to walk through life comfortably, without feeling
like I am walking on eggshells.”
—Amber, 19
maternal group home
“
My son, Xavian, and I have been living at
the Bridge Maternal Group Home for eight
months. I was raised by a single mother, with
five children plus my son in a two-bedroom
apartment. Food went quickly. We were raised
to be very responsible at a young age. As I got
older, there were more and more arguments at
home. I wanted to raise my son in a different
environment, so I took a big leap and left
home. I’m proud of my good sense to take
calculated chances.
I became pregnant with Xavian when I was 15.
I was judged harshly but was determined not
to become another stereotypical high-schooldropout teenage mother. I stayed the course in
school and graduated on time with a B average.
I aimed for A’s, but it was just too much with my
son. I took advantage of every resource offered
Iesha and her son, Xavian, are living in Bridge’s Maternal Group Home
to me—clothing, nutrition classes, parenting
while waiting for affordable housing. “Bridge provides me with a safe,
positive environment to raise my son,” says Iesha. “I’m grateful for that.”
classes, and in-school day care. Xavian escorted
me to the prom—we wore matching purple outfits.
I’m so proud of my son. He’s very smart. I see every
opportunity as a chance for him to learn—I read to him
in bed, in the bathtub, on the train. I also teach him
morals and values.
People say I am too nice, but that’s who I am. I don’t
think life treated me so bad that I should be tough or
pessimistic. I work 40 hours a week at a smoke shop
in Roxbury, and I’m enrolled in Project Hope, a jobtraining program in health care work. I think this is a
good jump for my future.
Life is falling into place as it should. For now, Bridge
provides me with a safe, positive environment to raise
my son, and I’m grateful for that.”
—Iesha, 20
Bridge’s Maternal Group Home provides
housing and support to pregnant and
parenting women and their children,
giving young mothers the opportunity to
live among their peers while learning the
life skills necessary to successfully manage
and sustain their own households and raise
healthy children.
d In fiscal year 2011, 16 women and 18
children lived in the Maternal Group Home.
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the heart speaks
Where I’m From
I am from babies crying,
From people talking on the
Phone loud and family
Barbecues. I am from sandy
Beaches and hot weather.
I am from the Red Line.
I am from Christmas dinners,
From Maria, Antonio, and Erica.
I am from going to people’s
Houses to eat and cry when
Someone dies. From if you want
People to respect you, you must
Respect yourself. I am from
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
I am from Boston and Cape Verde.
From Cachupa and Cansha, and
My cousin getting shot in the head
By his cousin. I am from
My parents getting a divorce
When I was five, leaving my
Mom to raise me and my
Three sisters on her own.
—Anonymous
Where I’m From
I’m from reality, from laughing and
Crying.
I am from the chaos.
I am from the bean, the coffee.
I am from cooking and short tempers.
From my sister and my mother and bells.
I am from the arguing and laughter.
From my dad moving away, and getting
Kittens.
I am from opening Christmas presents.
I am from Brigham and Women’s, and
Collard greens & fried chicken.
From driving to Indiana, the long car ride,
And the grandfather.
I am from Mattapan.
—Joanna
Where I’m From
I am from Boston, from Dorchester and the OHP projects.
I am from the terrible neighborhood.
I am from the broken window, the drug dealer.
I am from fighting with my mom and “no.”
From Monique and Rodney and Cindy.
I am from the scattered family and trying to make it on my own.
From doing things on my own and being responsible.
I am from no religion.
I am from Lynn and where Thanksgiving food items represent our family.
From I haven’t seen my brother and sister in 7 years.
They only think about themselves.
I am from a good family when I was 10 years old, when I was younger. —Rodney
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Where I’m From
I’m from the City.
From Lights and Taxis.
I’m from the Chaos.
I’m from the Noise, the Havoc.
I’m from Religion and Brave.
From the Independent and Strong.
From Faith and Courage.
I’m from Prayer!
I’m from Puerto Rico,
The Heat and Tropics.
I’m from the Daring.
I’m from the Sneaking out and getting stuck on the train at 2 am
I’m from the Trying to get a stranger to buy you Liquor!
I AM…
BOLD!
—Lesmith
Where I’m From
I am from Heaven, from the
Earth and the land.
I am from the street, the
plant of my day.
I am from a family that
Protects me and my life
From the street and from
Other bad families and from
The HATERS out there.
I am from the life of
Good and my mother. I am
From Lowell and the hospital.
I am from Buddhism. I
Am from wishes from above
And the temples.
From the thirty-one first born of my
Life. My family struggles with
Food and money. I’m from
My mother and father.
I’m from Lowell and now
I’m from Boston.
—Linda
runaway services
Bridge provides support and services to runaway youth and their families and is the primary
responder for calls to the National Runaway Switchboard for the Boston area.
The cost per youth for each of Bridge’s programs is far less than the cost to keep youth in
the criminal justice system, where many of them may end up if they do not receive services.
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the heart speaks
Where I’m From
I am from tragedy, from crack corners and gun shots.
I am from the streets.
I am from the weed plants, the dead trees, and cloudy skies.
I am from cookouts and bad habits, from ORA Gibson and J.R. Young.
I am from drug dealers and nerds.
From ignorance as a young man and pity as a grown man.
I am from Boston, MA – oxtails and rice.
From the struggles, the heartache, and the passion.
I am from the hood and this will not change until I’m dead and gone.
—Tracey
Where I’m From
I am from heartache, from pain and abuse.
I am from the darkness.
I am from the touch of a hand that isn’t mine, and the neglect of anyone to notice.
I am from being torn and separation. From Betty, Peter, & Mary.
I am from the tendency of a loved one to sweep under the rug what shadows dance at night,
and what shadows are even ignored in the light.
From secrets and indecency.
I am from the Baptist. The hope of a new life, not a dormant one.
I am from the south and pot roast with white rice.
From the pair of eyes that burn through my soul and torment my future.
I am from the struggle of forgiveness.
I am from what can no longer be recovered, and a past I just want to bury and forget.
—Shannon
d Since it opened in July 2011, the Emergency Youth Shelter has served 65 youth. Of those,
15 have successfully transitioned to independent living.
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emergency youth shelter
I am safe.
“
I came to the Bridge shelter this past August. I was in
DCF custody from the time I was 15 until I was 18. My
mother kicked me out of the house when I was in 8th
grade when I confronted her after I found her live-in
boyfriend’s crack pipe in the bathroom ceiling. At that
time, my sister was 13 and my brother was 14.
I went to a close friend’s house, but then I found out
that my mother accused me of running away and there
was a warrant for my arrest. Someone told me if I didn’t
turn myself in, they would take my sister and brother.
So I was placed in a DCF foster home. I was being
constantly relocated and eventually had to drop out of
school because I couldn’t keep up with the transitions.
My father was in my life sporadically, but he held
prejudices against me because of my dark skin color,
which is like my mother’s. My father and two younger
siblings have lighter skin color, and therefore he treats
them with more respect. My dad has a bad temper too. I
witnessed him putting bruises on my little brother’s face.
I am trying to find employment but I don’t yet have my
GED. I am constantly searching for a job and am always
putting in applications. I like to work with my hands.
If I didn’t have Bridge, I would be couch surfing and
then eventually sleeping outside. I like the people at the
Shelter. Everyone knows who I am. I’m friendly, and
I like to dance. Music keeps me calm. And I run the
Boston Common in the morning for exercise.
I long for a nice decent job, an apartment to myself, and
to have a little fun—nothing extreme. I have confidence.
I have a lot to do. I know that step by step I will get up
to a good place in this world.”
—Malcolm, 18
Malcolm is staying at the Emergency Youth Shelter until he
gets back on his feet.
The Emergency Youth Shelter takes young
adults directly off the streets and provides
them with a safe bed and seamless access
to Bridge services. Many are in school or
working; others take advantage of Bridge’s
job-training and education programs. All
have started saving money in anticipation
of the time they will obtain permanent
housing.
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donor honor roll
We are grateful.
Bridge deeply appreciates the generosity of our many wonderful donors and volunteers, who sustain our mission and
make our work possible. We acknowledge with gratitude donations made to Bridge Over Troubled Waters received
during fiscal year 2010–2011, from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.
transforming lives
($50,000 or more)
The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation Inc.
BNY Mellon Community Partnership
Clough Capital Partners LP
Gloria and Charles Clough
Ann Marie and Richard F. Connolly Jr.
Bob and Rita Davis
Highland Street Foundation
The Hyams Foundation
Oak Philanthropy (UK) Ltd.
Putnam Investments
Red Sox Foundation
Mabel Louise Riley Foundation
Skanska USA Building
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and
Merrimack Valley
Yawkey Foundation
restoring trust
($25,000–$49,999 )
Robert and Michelle Atchinson
Doug and Diana Berthiaume
BNY Mellon New England Corporate Affairs
Boston Scientific Foundation Inc.
James and Kristin Canty
Jack and Eileen Connors
Covidien
Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP
Anne and Charles Gifford
Kevin and Gunilla Gorman
Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
The Ludcke Foundation
Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch
Thomas J. Martin
Meditech
Peter and Sarah Monaco
Jeff Moore and Barbara Southcote
Partners HealthCare Systems Inc.
Perpetual Trust for Charitable Giving
James and Gail Radley
Robert and Laura Reynolds
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
developing potential
($10,000–$24,999)
Richard and Jean Barrett
Nancy and Martin Beaulieu
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cayer and Family
Charles Sanders Trust
Citigroup Global Markets
Citizens Bank Foundation
Credit Agricole CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets
Zenas and Susan Crocker
Jim and Bev Donovan
Mary Baldwin Dunn
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Paul and Sandra Edgerley
Christopher and Jean Egan
Thomas and Barbara Feller
The Flatley Foundation
The Four Seasons Hotel
Franklin Square House Foundation Inc.
Robert Friede
Charles and Karen Gadbois
Genzyme Corporation
Stephen and Carol Geremia
Nancy and Craig Gibson
Grousbeck Family Foundation
Harvard Pilgrim Health Center
James and Doris Hearty
Highland Capital Partners LLC
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos
Michael and Nina Hughes
Karen Kames and Christopher S. Gaffney
Krupp Family Foundation
Liberty Mutual Group
Linde Family Foundation
Joan and Tim Litle
Ronald Logue and Kathleen McGillcuddy
John A. McNeice Jr.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo PC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Northern Trust Bank
NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation
Osiris Investments Partners LP
The Parthenon Group
Project Bread Walk for Hunger
Putnam Associates Inc.
William E. Schrafft and Bertha E. Schrafft
Charitable Trust
Renee and James J. Skeffington Jr.
Staples
State Street Corporation
Suffolk Red and Blue Foundation
Susquehanna Financial Group LLP SIG
encouraging hope
($5,000–$9,999)
The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
Bank of America
The Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation
Mike and Lee Bell
The Bennett Family Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Robert and Hester Brooks
Bushrod H. Campbell and
Adah F. Hall Charity Fund
CBS-TV
Ciari Enterprises LLC
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Cogan Family Foundation
Devin and Erin Condron
The Howard C. Connor Charitable
Foundation
John Cooper
Demoulas Foundation
Robert Donovan
Eastern Bank
The Feinberg Family
Foundation M
Daniel and Lisa Gallagher
John and Cynthia Gallagher
John W. Henry Family Foundation
INVESCO
Kim and Charlie Jacobs
Kirsten and Jack Johansen
Gordon and Tania Kluzak
Barbara A. Manzolillo
McCarter & English
Andrew Negrelli and Jessica M. Gifford
Peter and Marie-Louise J. H. Palandjian
Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation
Bob Pfeifer
Mary and John Power
William and Rebecca Power
Adrienne and Steven Principe
Reebok International
Elizabeth Ross and
William O’Reilly Jr.
Bonnie and T. A. Rosse
William Saltonstall
Heather and Jeff Swartz
Scott Taylor and
Laura Hodges Taylor
William Teuber
The TJX Foundation Inc.
Michael and Rose Trethewey
Jason and Kathryn Vaillancourt
friends ($1,000–$4,999)
Anonymous (3)
Robert and Rachel Anderson
David and Sibley Barrett
Stephen L. and Louise A. Berry
BIP Crude
Joseph and Jayne Blute
Joshua Boger and Amy Schafer Boger
Boston Evening Clinic Foundation
Boston Field Giving Program
Boston Red Sox
Michael and Kathy Boudett
Michael Breen
Bobby Brooks
The Brown Charitable Foundation
Stephen and Sheila Brown
Daniel Buoniconti
Dorothy P. Burstein
Christopher and Susan Callahan
Cambridge Community Foundation
John Y. Campbell
Jeffrey Cayer
Herb Chambers
David and Nicole Chang
David Chilinski and Wendy Prellwitz
Kenneth and Virginia Colburn
Commonwealth of Mass Employees
Charitable Campaign/COMECC
Margaret A. Congleton
Michael Corrado
Joseph M. Cronin
Alison Cross
Ted Cutler
Melissa and Gilbert Dailey
Henry and Carolyn Darnell
Charles Deary
Mr. Delucia
Document Technologies
Missy and Jere Doyle
Draper Laboratory
The Drew Company Foundation/Drew
Company Inc.
Mark S. Edwards
The Elliott Family
Elaine Epstein and James Krachey
Matt Epstein
John and Sheila Feeney
Fidelity Investments
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fireman
The Fuller Foundation Inc.
Peter Gallagher
Rob Giacchetti
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift
Company
Stephanie and Tom Greene
Mouhamed Gueye
Stuart Haber and Ellen Matathia
Margaretta Hausman
Beth and Bob Healey
Roy and Clare Heffernan
Daniel E. Hogan Jr. Charitable Foundation
IBM Employee Services
Carlton and Elisabeth Jackson
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Elise and Brian Kelley
Terry Kennedy
Rohit and Theresa Khanna
Jeff and Donna Knight
Bryan and Stacy Krause
Karen and Steven Krichmar
Joseph and Jane Kringdon
Wallace M. Leonard Foundation
Seth Lieberman and Julie Wingerter
Duane F. Lucia
Mark Luppi and Patricia M. Keenan-Luppi
Sheila Lyons
Royall and Valarie Mack
Mary Ellen and Peter Maich
Carmine and Beth Martignetti
Sheilah and Mike McCauley
Jeffrey McCormick
Laura McTaggart and Thomas Nolan
Alice Megna
Suzanne Moot
Greg and Tracey Morzano
Brian T. Moynihan and Susan Berry
Edmund and Jennifer Murphy
Natixis Global Asset Management
Sarah and Jeff Newton
Jane and John Nickodemus
The NSTAR Foundation
Maurice and Linda O’Connor
Katherine and Joseph O’Donnell
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Oedel
Susan Okie Bush
David and Mary Beth Orfao
Oxford Fund Inc.
Patriots Trail Girl Scout Council Inc.
Troop 3536
Anne and Kevin Phelan
Lorraine Pierce
Michael and Deborah Porter
Princess and Dolls Foundation
Lori and Jerome Rappaport Jr.
Bob Reardon
Michael and Barbara Reich
Dick Reilly
Brian Rivotto
Vivek and Julia Samnotra
Robert and Margot Sanoff
Sawyer Charitable Foundation
Carol Sawyer Parks
Dan and Nancy Scheerer
Karl and Deborah Schwiegershausen
Dr. and Mrs. R. Michael Scott
James Skeffington Sr.
David and Wendy Sloane
Anne G. St. Goar
Paul Stanzler and Marjorie Cohen Stanzler
Staples Foundation for Learning
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward Jr.
Paul and Katherine Stuka
Sheri and Rick Tibbetts
William and Kathleen Truscott
Eleanor Uddo and Richard Feigenbaum
Arthur and Inge Uhlir
Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford
Ravi and Kim Venkataraman
Amy Woods and Humberto Gil
William and Julie Yandow
bridge ($1–$999)
Anonymous (38)
1 Trick Pony LLC
Jesse and Amy Abair
Abbott Fund
Laurel Abbott
Christine Abboud
David P. Adams
Joseph and Mary Adams
Mark and Donna Alarie
Marlene Alderman
Nancy Aleo
Anthony Alesi
Charlotte Allan
Steven and Malwina Allen
Tom and Carole Allen
Miriam S. Alpert
Peter Alpert and Rebecca Drill
Josh and Kimberly Altschuler
Kara Amara
Donald and Sherry Amaral
Albert G. Amodeo
Elaine Anderson
Edwin and Marilyn Andrews
Donna Antonelli
JoAnne and Marty Applestein
Aptima’s Matching Gifts Program
Marylou Arcuri
Jonathan and Joy Arm
Chris and Eleanor Armstrong
Christine Armstrong
Richard Arnoldi
John and Jamie Atkins
Steven J. Atlas and Lestra M. Litchfield
John and Jane Attanucci
Alan Axelrod
Yalcin Ayasli
Redmond and Noelle Aylward
Diana G. Bacci
Sheldon and Kelli Bacon
Elliot Badgley Foundation
Fred and Mary Bailey
Patricia Baker
Robert P. Ball
Jonathan S. Bamel
Victor Banford Agbodoe
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Bank of America United Way Campaign
Robert Banzett
Paul Barnes
Joseph and Frances Baron
Cynthia M. Barr
Suzanne Barrett
Joseph R. Barrie
Marilyn M. Barron
Margaret Barry
Maria Bartlett
Steedman Bass
Margaret and Richard Batchelder
Eugenie Beal
Jeffrey Beard and Elizabeth Myska
James and Susan Beck
Robert Beck
Linda K. Becker
Krissy Bedell
Louis S. Belknap
Bellwether Community Credit Union
Alan Bender
Tara Bennet
Susann C. Benoit
Mary D. Bens
David and Cynthia Bentzion
Bergmeyer Associates Inc.
Jeanne Berlew
Peter Bernett
Ida Bershad
Donald and Ann Berwick
Matthew and Heidemarie Besen
Kathleen Bird
Mark and Marian Bireley
H. Jean Birnbaum
D. Scott Birney
Linda C. Black
Joan Blackwell
Helen E. Blevins
Joanne M. Blinn
Jacob and Nancy Bloom
Wayne Bloom
Katherine E. Bock
Emilia Bockley
Louise Borda
Mary Virginia Borkowski
Boston College Chaplaincy
Boston Common Visitors Information
Center
Boston University
Anne Botelho
Roderick J. Boucher
Ruth Bourget
Richard Bowe
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowen
Pauline A. Bowers
Richard Bowker and Mary Elizabeth Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyea
Linda F. Boyer
Edward and Pat Boylan
Leonard W. and Kathleen A. Boyle
John and Mary Ann Boynton
Adele Bozza
Thomas and Judith Bracken
Katharine L. Bradbury
Jean M. Bradley
Courtney S. Brady
Margaret Bratschi
Claude W. Brenner
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc. United
Way Campaign
Robert Alan Bridges
Thomas J. Brien
James and Elizabeth Bright
Maryann E. Brink
Ronald and Carol Brodeur
Gilbert Brodsky
Barbara Brown
Brown Brothers Harriman
Edna Brown
Myles A. Brown and Judy Garber
Roberta T. Brown
Brad Buchbinder and
Andrea Gold Buchbinder
Alison Buchsbaum
Margaret Buckley
Patrick and Dayna Buckley
William and June Buckley
Donna Buletti
Lindsay Bullock and Aaron Form
Mr. and Mrs. Lalor Burdick
Jacqueline M. Burgio
John and Gail Burke
Mary P. Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Burneika
Dennis and Kim Burns
Virginia Burns
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Why I Support Bridge
Anne and Chad Gifford at the opening of the
Emergency Youth Shelter. Anne cochaired the
Shelter Fundraising Committee with Gloria Clough.
“When I first heard about plans for the shelter at Bridge,
I wanted to become involved. The final ‘hook’ for me was
learning that between 35 and 40 percent of homeless kids
are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, a population that
I care deeply about. It is tremendously satisfying to know
that these kids, as well as other at-risk youth, have a safe
and nurturing place to stay while getting their lives back
on track.” —Anne Gifford
annual report 2010–2011
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Margaret A. Bush
Claricia Cabral
Mary C. Cahalane
Phillip R. Cahill
Robert and Anne Calabresi
Bridget Callahan
Philip and Mary Ann Callas
Bob and Geraldine Cameron
Rosemary E. Campbell
David and Aleta Cane
Cans For Charity
Robert F. Capalbo
Michael Cappellano
John Cappucci
Karyn Carafell
John Carey and Harriet S. Carey
Richard and Joan Carey
John Carlow
Karen Canfield Carnali
Ann Marie and William Carrabino
Megan Carroll
Noah and Kate Caruso
Kay W. Case
Robert Case and Osla De Figueiredo-Case
Tamara Case
Gerald F. Casey
Norine Casey
Ronald G. Casty Foundation
Catholic Daughters of America
Windy and Michael Catino
Michael and Theresa Cerullo
Robert Chabot Jr.
Margaret Chambers
Robert and Virginia Chapin
Phil Chapnik and Rachel Freed
Arsen and Marie Charles
Chase Family Foundation
Edward Chazen and Barbara Gross
Adrienne Cheda
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Cherkasly
David Cherson and Marion Bloch
John and Kirsten Chervinsky
Brian F. Chiango
Elaine Choi
Freddy A. Cicerchia
Jessica Clark
Mrs. Kim Clark
Catherine Clay
Faith Clements
Bill Clendaniel
William A. Clifford
Brian and Barbara Clifton
Larry and Kitty Cloud
Chuck and Gabriela Clough
Carolyn Cohen
Don and Helen Cohen
Donna Cohen
Linda and Norman Cohen
Mildred Cohen
Gary Coken
Anthony and Sherry Colella
Catherine Coleman
E. Collins
John C. Collins Jr.
Joseph and Suzanne Collins
Julieann Collins
Carol Collura and Norman H. Margolus
Community Economic Development
Assistance Corporation
Concord Lumber Corporation
Congregational Church of Weston
David and Randi Conley
John Connell
David Connelly and Elaine Carmichael
Helen M. Connelly
Frank and Carol Connolly
Charlotte Connor
Daniel and Sara Connor
John and Carol Connors
Julia F. Connors
Keith M. Connors
Maureen Conroy
Jane Consalvi
Nancy R. Cook
Paul C. Coolidge
Nancy Cooney
Bernard and Constance Cooper
Patricia and Peter Cooper
Peter and Leslie Cope
Peter T. Cope
Pamela Coravos and Garrett Stuck
Dorothy and Mary Corlett
Carolyn Corzine
Patricia E. Costello
Daniel Coughlin
Jeremiah C. Coughlin
Richard and Barbara Coughlin
Arthur Coury and Mary Judith Howie
Tara Cousineau
Anne Covino Goldenberg
Barbara L. Cox
Terry and Barbara Cracknell
Ken and Nancy Crasco
Mark Craven
Bruce Creditor
Theresa Crespi
George Crombie Jr.
Thomas and Patricia Cronin
Nancy and Kennedy Crouse
Harold S. Crowley Jr.
Joseph Cunningham and Susan Schieb
Ronald and Joan Curhan
Patricia Currie, Justin Foley, and Camie Foley
Mary D. Curtiss
Sally Cutter
John and Jane Daisy
Elizabeth M. Daly
Andre and Marilyn Danesh
Anita E. D’Angio
Danversport Yacht Club LLC
John R. D’Aprile
Ann Davies
Christopher and Cheryl Davin
DeMane A. Davis
James Davis and Toni Profetto
Rich and Mary Davis
Daniel and Nancy Days
Francis and Alexis Dearing
Hugh J. and Mary B. Deery
Francis A. De Felice
Louis J. DeFeo
Robert C. Delaney
Thomas and Jill Delbanco
Mrs. Elisabeth Dell
Lorraine M. DeLucia
Richard and Mia Demeis
Cheryl A. Demeo
Elaine De Mers
Pierre and Roberta Demers
Robert DeMont
Susan Denecke
John and Sue Denley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. DeSimone
Gerard Dever
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Daniel and Adell Devlin
Michael A. Devney
Dawn Dexter
Judith E. Diamond
Marguerite I. DiBlasio
Laura Dickerson
John and Carol Dickison
Sandra R. Diener
Robert J. Diettrich
Milton and Carol Dietz
Mrs. AnnMarie DiFraia
Gellestrina Di Maggio
Mark and Laura Dinapoli
Grace Disciullo
Michael and Debra Distler
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
Sheila and Edward Doctoroff
Patrick and Andrea Doherty
Joseph and Karen Dolan
Mary Louise Donovan
Theresa A. Downey
Dennis and Virginia Doyle
Frances Doyle
Gregory W. Doyle
John and Dolores Driscoll
George and Shari Duane
John and Winifred Duane
Joan and Kenneth Duchi
James and Sharon Duda
William and Jean Duddy
June Duggan
George Duguay and Sonia Ensins
Frank M. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. James Dunn
Maureen and David Dupont
Agnes E. Durrigan
Carol Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eaton
William and Paula Ebben
Roberta Edwards
Albert Ehrenfried
Janice E. Ellis
David and Frances Elovitz
F. Robert and Henrietta R. Else
Anne Elvins
Christine A. Ely
David & Margaret Engel Family Foundation
Stephen and Sharon Engler
Peter and Peggy Enrich
Eileen and Elliot Entin
Barbara Epstein and David Caplan
Joanna Epstein
Richard and Patricia Erickson
Fred Erlich and Ray Molly Goldberg-Erlich
Paul and Mariam Ezust
Helen C. Fagan
William. J. Fagan
Shannon Fahey
Amir H. Farhat
Eileen T. Fay
Norma E. Fedele
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Feldman
Robert Feldmann
Judith and John Felton
Norma Fenochietti
Luis Fernandez-Herlihy
Augustino and Lorraine Ferrara
Dorothea M. Ferry
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Alan and Gail Fields
David and Leslie Fine
Roselle Fine
Tim Finnerty
Christine R. Fiorello
The First Congregational Church in
Stoneham
The First Lutheran Church of Boston
Susan Fish
Dean and Janet Fisher
Meryl and Neil Fisher
Lorraine Fitzpatrick
Karen D. Flaherty
Marcia Flaherty
Thomas Flaherty
Elizabeth Flammio
Richard Flanagan
Carol Flavell
Dorothy Fleischman
Nancy L. Fliesler
Martin and Helen Flusberg
Russell and Marie Flynn
David and Maureen Foley
Kimberly Foley
Brian C. Foote
William and Christine Forman
Shirley M. Forrester
Felix and Alberta Forte
Malcolm and Jean Foster
Edward A. Fox
Robert C. Fox Jr.
Don Foxworthy and Sharon A. Siwiec
Regan Fradette
Mary Roberta Frates
Dave Frederick
Patricia Freedman and Lynn Girton
Joseph J. Freeman
Judith L. Freeman
Marjorie H. Freeman
Paula Freiburger
Fresh Pond Trust
Howard Friedman and Sherry S. Leibowitz
William and Gertrude Furdon
Edwin Furshpan
Charles and Marguerite Gager
Dolores (Dee) Galacki
Alphonse and Bridget Galdes
John S. Gale
Patricia Gallagher
Steve I. Gallant
Joan Gallivan
Jeffrey S. Gandel
Rita J. Garufi
Susan E. Gaspar
Kathleen Gass
Kate and Morrie Gasser
S. M. Gedwiser and Ellen Hertzmark
Mary Ellen Geer
Marianne R. Germano
Ronald and Kathleen Gerwatowski
Richard and Marianne Giangregorio
David and Patricia Gibbons
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gibbons
Rosalie M. Giglio
Grace Gillis
Marlyn Mackey Gillis
Janet Gissen
Give with Liberty
Robert and Sandra Glassman
Michael Glover and Jessica Mols
Robert and Anne Goble
Edward Goggin and Judith Foster
Vivian Golan Weisman
Ron and Jenny Golay
Mark B. Goldberg
Edward and Joanne Goldstein
Lorraine Goldstein
Jay Gondelman
David and Elizabeth Goodhart
Kenneth H. Goodman
Marie D. Gormalley
Karen and Michael Gorton
Ruby B. Gould
Spencer A. Gould
George and Anne Grady
Charles and Suzanne Grecco
Mark Greco
Peter and Elizabeth Green
Harvey and Jane Greenberg
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Greenberg
Howard L. Greenspan
Jason Gregerman
Richard and Jean Grenham
Marcia N. Grey
Solomon D. Grey
Alexander and Charles Gricus
Joseph M. Grilli
Diane M. Grondin
Mimi Grosser
Lisa M. Grossi
Robert and Carolyn Grulich
Michelle Guertin
Michael and Anne Marie Gulino
Joan Gumbleton
Natalie Zinn Haar Foundation
Carolyn and Jonathan Haber
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hainsworth
Mayre Hammond
Hancock United Church of Christ
Dean and Robin Hanley
Kevin D. Haran
Brian and Edythe Harkins
Raymond and Patricia Harlan
Elizabeth Harris
Neville Harris
Steven F. Harris
Shirley Harrow
Peter and Cristina Hartshorn
Athena Hartwell
Harvard University Employee Giving
George and Louise Hauser
Joanne McCoy Haussermann
Daniel J. Hawkins and Carolyn M. Moss
Juliana Hayden
John Hayes
Douglas and Edith Hazleton
James P. Healey
John and Zully Hedreen
Kathleen M. Hegarty
Andrew and Barbara Heidkamp
Alan Hein and Katherine Page
Ramon and Luz Hernandez
John and Dorothy Herzog
Elizabeth Chapman Hewitt
Philip and Ann Heymann
Howard Hiatt
William Ted Highberger Jr.
John and Ann Hill
Jay L. Hochberg
Wilma Hockett
Joe Hodgkins
Nergish Hodiwala
Richard and Beverly Hoffstein
Andrew, David, and Janet Holden
Arthur and Betsy Holden
Deborah and Nicholas Holland
Alan and Rhonda Hollander
Peter D. Holmes
Edith M. Holway
Stephen and Patricia Hoover
Kathleen Hopper
Elizabeth and Douglas Horan
Lawrence and Rita Horgan
S. Dean and Barbara Horman
Marie Hosang
Fiora M. Houghteling
Susanne C. Howard
Patricia Howe
Raymond Hoyt Jr.
Amanda Hubbard
Peter Hubbard
Nina Vitale Huber
Georgia Huenefeld
Emily Hughes
Joan Hulme Perera
Susan and John Hunt
Walter and Valerie Hunt
John Hurley and Anne Goggin
Charles and Shirley Hurwitz
Ryan Hutchins
Lauren Ann Hutchinson Pond
Merle Hyman
Louis A. Iannaccone
IcyBay Slade Gorton & Company
Diane Imrey
Salvatore and Ann Ingeneri
Instrumentation Laboratory
Jacob and Elaine Israelsohn
Nia and Jeanne Jacobs
Daniel and Alison Jaffe
Joseph and Carol Jankowski
W. H. Jarvis
Calvin and Patricia Jenkins
Joan Jennings
Walter Jennings
Ellen M. Jennison
Stephen and Barbara Jesi
John Hancock Financial Services Inc.
Matching Gifts
John Nagle Co.
Gail D. Johnson
Gloria E. Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Richard A. Johnson
Robert H. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Jones
Janice E. Joyce
John Joyce
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Judge
Ashok Kamal
Kathleen S. Kane and Neil D. Helme
Michael Kane and Ruchira Das Gupta
Sarah Kantor
Elizabeth A. Karpati
Patrick Kasianchuk
Gerald and Barbara Katz
David Kauder
Michael Kazenel and Susan Caplan
Jeannette and David Keefe
Joan Keefe
Russell and Elaine Keene
Patrick and A. Patricia Keeney
Robert Keller
Kathleen A. Kelley
Diana C. Kelley
Mary T. Kelly
Dona and Michael Kemp
Justin M. Kennard and Mary Ferrise
Janice C. Kenneally
Joan C. Kennedy
Jessica and Sean Kenney
W. S. Kenney Co. Inc.
Katherine L. Kenny
Mary Kent
Marie Keough
Robert and Carol Kessler
Beth and Jack Kettell
Patricia Killeen
Charles and Barbara Killian
Meghan Killian and Britt Backhaus
Francis and Alice Kilmurray
Kevin and Eloise Kinch
Jim Kinlan
Paul and Claire Kirby
Cheryl Kirkman
Ernest E. and Constance Kirwan
Gary and Rosemary Klein
Kathy Kneeland
Ehud Koch
Edward and Margaret Koehler
Anthony J. Koenig
Rainer and Paula Kohler
Constance C. Kokubo
Mary Kolesar
Rabbi Neil Kominsky
Lauren Komp
David Kornetsky and Beth Siegel
Richard J. Kos
Carol Kosicki
Tom and Paula Kosman
G. Paul Kowal and Alan Greenfield
Kathryn M. Kowalski
Alvin and Barbara Krakow
Thomas and Linda Kraus
Peter Kreiner and Carol Marsh
Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
John and Cynthia Kulig
Michael Lacey
Mary E. Lally
Joseph and Claire Landrigan
Mark and Linda Landsberg
Anne Marie Lane
Stephen Lane
Joan Langsam MacDonald
Margaret C. Lannon
Harris and Laura Lappen
Harvey and Lorraine Lappen
William and Sheryl Lasala
Jean Laterz
Walter and Joanne Laut
Michael and Caren Lawee
Sue and Bill Lawler
Vincent and Lisa Lawler
Barbara Leaf
Richard Learman
Joan M. Lebel
Russell R. Leblanc
William and Laura Lebow
Gail F. LeClerc
Karen Lee
William J. Leen
Thomas Lehrer
Howard M. Leibowitz
Rebecca Leong and Mark Drews
David S. Levine
Heidi A. Lewis
Liora Liberman Gates
Harold Lichtin
Susan J. Lincourt
E. Lind
Margaret Ross Link and David Link
Eleanor Lintner
John and Natasha Lisman
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Why I Support Bridge
Sheila Feeney was moved to become a donor after she
visited Bridge for the first time.
“At Bridge, the dedicated, determined staff use their
resources to educate, encourage, and enlighten a
population that might otherwise be forgotten. Bridge
shows its clients the road out of homelessness by offering
support and guidance at every turn. The many success
stories demonstrate that the counselors understand the
needs of the young people they serve and will truly move
heaven and earth to help each individual. Boston is a
better city because of Bridge.” —Sheila Feeney
annual report 2010–2011
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Little
Elliot and Lenore Lobel
William Lockeretz
Hans and Herta Loeser
Lola Tortola
Earle and Ruth Lomon
Bridget Lonergan
Carol Lorente
Vincent and Kathryn Lorusso
Daniel and Maria Loughman
Margaret Lourie
Paul and Mary Lou Lovecchio
Beth T. Lowd
I-ling Lu
Enid Lubarsky
Richard J. Luise
Marilyn and Robert Lund
Kevin and Mary Ellen Luttrell
William J. Luzaitis
Ann Marie and John Lynch
Francis Lynch and Sally Mapp Walker
George Mabry
June B. MacCarone Living Trust
Mrs. Frederick MacCormack
Ellen M. MacDonald
Peter and Mary MacDonald
Kirsten and Chris Macina
Rashida Mack
Neil and Florence Mackie
Tom Madaras
John and Barbara Madden
Timothy and Barbara Maher
William and Susanne Maher
A.M. Mahoney
Brian E. Mahoney
Robert and Gail Mahoney
Joseph and Charlene Malek
Bernard C. Maloney
Jack Manning
Mr. and Mrs. Manning
Peter Mark and Lynn Goldsmith
Stephen G. Marks and Mary Ellen Ehrenreich
Mike Marreffino
Thomas and Jane Martin
Richard A. Martinelli
Howard and Clara Marton
Thomas and Eva Marx
Ruth Matz
James and Mary Maxymillian
Mary McAdam and Virginia Wilder
Bruce and Loretta McCabe
Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCabe
Mary Anne McCann
Daniel M. and Christine M. McCarron
Harris G. McCarter and Linda Morgenstern
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. McCarthy
T. and Pamela McCarthy
Danny McCloskey
Richard and Wendy McCluskey
Robert McCusker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. McDonald Jr.
Reta E. McFadden
Margaret McGetrick Horkings
Mary Jane and Brad McGill
William McGirr
Kathleen McGrath
Brad McGrill
Pam McIntyre
Dorothy I. McKenna
Catherine McLaughlin
Francis and Clare McLaughlin
Mrs. Moira E. McLaughlin
E. and J. McLellan
Gerald L. McLeod
Robert McMahon
John McManama
Roderick and Kathleen McNeil
Lynn M. McWhood
Frank Mead
Paulette Meiselas
Anna Melilo
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mellone
James William Melloni
Paul and Mary Menton
Nancy Meredith
The Merlino Family
Lawrence Merrill
Sarah E. Mersch
Michael J. Merten
Reeva Meyer and Wayne Welke
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Aaron and Marilyn Miller
Judith Miller
Mary E. Miller
Myron Miller
Susan Miller
Tilda and Peter Mitsakos
Fay Judith Mittleman
Dr. Mobasherat
Gertrude Moffat
Anthony and Linda Monaco
Rick and Lynne Montross
David A. Moon
Barbara and Gail Moore
Francis Moran
Gordon and Eleanor Moran
Jacqueline Moran
David and Gilda Morelli
Linda S. Morgan
Marcia L. Morgan
M. E. Morgen
Mrs. Lucy R. Morris
Michael Morris
Elizabeth Morrison
Richard and Marian Morrison
Tom Morrison
Mary Moskowitz
John and Anne Moynihan
David and Caroline Mudd
Mary M. Mullarkey
Peter A. Mullin
Arthur W. Murphy
Mrs. J. Murphy
Louise M. Murphy
Margaret M. Murphy
Nancy Murphy
Timothy and Betty Murphy
Leonard Murray
Lyn and Jack Myers
Mary Napoli
Carl and Valerie Narsasian
Constance E. Nehila
Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay
Leslie Nelken
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Nelson
Karen Nelson
NetScout
Network for Good
Margaret A. Neumann
Robert W. Neumann
Roslyn V. Neustadt
Kathryn A. Neville
Scott and Alice Newell
Gladys Newman
Norman C. Nicholson Jr.
Rosemary B. Nicholson
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Bernard Niedermeyer and Joanne Hidaka
Thomas Niedermeyer
Ronald H. Nix
Nuchine Nobari
Thomas W. Nolan
Katherine Northern
David and Beverly Norton
John J. Norton
Robert and Harriet Noyes
John and Linda Nunes
William Nuzzo
Anne B. O’Brien
Kerry O’Connell
Renu and Michael O’Connell
Hillary and Dan O’Connor
Neal and Joanne O’Connor
Dierdre M. O’Donnell-Griswold
Marilyn F. O’Kane
Helen G. O’Leary
Marguerite Oliva
Lillian and Craig Olmsted
Owen and Leslie O’Neil
Nancy O’Neill
Suzanne O’Neil Jones
Norman and Adele Oppenheim
Oracle Corporation
Christopher O’Reilly
Barry and Karen Oshry
Howard Ostroff and Heidi Fieldstone
Richard O’Sullivan
William and Jane E. O’Toole
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ouellette
J. Owen and Lee Todd
Loren Owens
Rebecca Pagliazzo
Peter and Janice Palica
Linda Palmer
Mary and Diane Palombi
Michael and Judith Panaro
Karen and Michael Panos
Diane and Chuck Pappalardo
The Parish of Sacred Heart
Robert and Kathleen Parlee
Philip Parsons
Robert and Jacqueline Pascucci
David and Adrienne Paskind
Santo P. Pasqualucci
Edith Paster
Stanley and Phyllis Patkin
Daniel Pawlak
Susan Pazzano
Ann Peck
Richard and Tonya Peck
Joanne Peckarsky
Mr. and Mrs. Girolamo Pellegrini
Ernest and Josephine Peltier
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Nicolas and Evangelia Perhanidis
Lucy Perkins
Mary-Louise Perkins
William and Rose Perry
Anne C. Peters
Robert S. Pfaffmann and Lisa M. Haabestad
Kate Phelps
John Piccione
Walter and Doris Pienton
John and Polly Pike
Warren and Kathleen Pinches
Pioneer Investments
Irwin and Gloria Pless
Francesco Politano
Mario and Immaculate Ponziano
Brian and Emily Popolizio
Donald F. Port
Deborah Posin
Marvin B. Poster Memorial Fund
Harry Potter and Betty Waxman
James Powers
Patricia A. Powers
Powers Family
Robert Pratt and Victoria Brennan
Patricia M. Prawlucki
Doris L. Prendiville
Betsy Price
George and Phyllis Procter
W. Thomas Pye
Johanna Quinlan
Kathleen A. Quinlan
Irving & Charlotte Rabb Fund
Morris Rabinowitz and
Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz
Phil and Carla Rabinowitz
Roy Rafuse
Philip and Patricia Ragnio
Michael and Debra Raizman
John and Jean Rampino
Mrs. Lucy Rapperport
Paul and Pamela Raskin
Alan L. Rathgeber
Ronald S. Ratney
John E. and Barbara E. Rattigan
William and Katharine Reardon
Ron Rechnitz
Paul and Marjorie Recinos
Thomas C. Reed
Suzanne Reed Kidder
Clifford and Karen Reid
James E. Reilly
Dr. and Mrs. Jerald L. Reisman
Jan and Michael Reiss
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Renehan and Family
John Renner
Molly Resnick
Raymond and Florence Revers
William Rhodes and Susan Atwater Rhodes
John and Maria Riccio
Norman and Jeanne Richards
Maureen Richichi
Kim Richlin
Kathleen Ripp and Matthew Walko
Peter Riskind and Carolyn Gayle
Richard R. Rivard
Mr. and Mrs. George Rizzo Jr.
Martin and Nancy Robb
Gary Roberts
Mona J. Roberts
Mimi Robins
The Roches
Pamela Rodes
Bernard and Brenda Rodrigues
Raquel Rodriguez
Cheryl Rodriguez-Philip
Jill Roff
Lynn J. Rogato
Mrs. J. K. Rogers
Joseph V. Roller II
Daniel Roseman
Betty Lou Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Rosen
Peter and Femke Rosenbaum
Donald Rosenfeld
Daniel and Carol Ross
Helene S. Ross
Ann S. Rossini
Steven and Margaret Mary Rothmann
Marie T. Rotti
Philip J. Rouse
Edmond and Bertha Rousseau
William and Kathleen Rousseau
Patricia Ruane and Elizabeth Griffin
Richard and Karen Ruben
Matthew Ruel
Mary J. Rupert
Alice L. Russell
John and Margaret Russell
Matthew J. Russo
Michael Russo
Elizabeth Ryan
Marie Ryan
Paul and Barbara Ryan
Phillip Saines
Saint Joseph Parish
Saint Michael’s Parish
Donna M. Salem
David J. Salomon
Aliza Sandberg
Michael and Maryla Sandberg
Margaret Sandin and Kristen Bjork
Katelyn Sankus
William and Pamela Sartorelli
Barbara Scanlon
Christopher Scharff and Fay Deavignon
Paul R. Schell
Cynthia Schliemann
Esther Schlorholtz
William H. Schmidt
Schwartz/Leamon
Kenneth Schwartz and Susan Helft Schwartz
Philip and Susan Schwarz
Jeff Schwotzer Giving Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Scimone
Sandra Scott
John W. Sears
Matthew Seccombe
Second Parish in Hingham
Ilse and Rolf Seichter
The Seifert Family
Gregory and Christina Seiler
Maria Sekula
Richard Semple and June Roberts
F. Serafin
Joanne M. Seymour
Mercedeh Shahbodaghi
Anne K. Shaner
Mark and Judith Shankman
Amy and Mike Shanler
Christopher Shaw
Barbara E. Shea
Judith Shea
Charles J. Sheehan
Aiandra Sheffield
Ann and Michael Sherman
Donna K. Sherman
Katherine Sherwin
Baba and Lisa Shetty
Alvin A. Shiggs and Maria A. Quiroga
Glenn and Marianne Shippee
Arthur and Jane Shores
Samuel Shubrooks Jr.
Stanley and Susan Shuman
John Silber
David Silva and Mary Kurtz
Richard and S. Nancy Simches
Michael W. Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Simons
Betty Singer
Kerry C. Skehan
Ulla Slonicki
Bette L. Slovin
Seymour Small and Joan Rachlin
Debby and Rick Smith
Frances M. Smith
J. D. Smith
Jonathan Smith
Raoul and Mary Smith
Irving and Edith Smolens
Mark Snyder
David and Diane Snydman
The Society of King’s Chapel
Mrs. William J. Somerville
Edward H. Sonn
Mary Ann and Robert Souza
Norman and Ruth Spack
William Spaulding
Frank and Kathy Spellman
Margaret Hayes Spellman
Lauren O. Spickler
James and Luci Spinale
Nancy Spinney
Stuart and Ronda Spitzer
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sprague
Betty St. Clair Hardy
St. Edward Parish
St. Francis Xavier Parish
St. Jerome’s Church
David and Tina Stafford
George W. Stairs and Anna T. Green
John J. Stanton
Star of the Sea Parish
Anne Starr and Marc Norvig
State Street Matching Gift Program
Cathy Stern and Ann L. Hartstein
Frederic C. R. Steward
Nat Stillman
David W. Stirling
M. Stirling
James and Miriam Stoddard
Doris Strahan
Elizabeth A. Strain
Myles and Lise Striar
June Strojny
Jeffrey S. Strom
Philip and Krimhilde Suchan
Detlev Suderow and
Ellen Beth Lande-Suderow
John and Nadine Suhrbier
Mr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit
Anne Sullivan
Barbara E. Sullivan
Evelyn Sullivan
James and Jane Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
Pam and Jim Sullivan
Patricia Sullivan
Robert and Florence Sullivan
Sue and David Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sullivan
Andrew M. Sum
Rebecca Summers
Scott Surette
Roger and Tracey Swaine
Helen Swainson
Kimberly L. Sweet
Bruce Sylvester
Joseph Szymanski
John and Glenda Tabaczynski
Alexander G. Taft
Catherine and Anthony Takazawa
Richard Talkov and Susan Davies
Mary Mae Tanimoto
Doris M. Tanner
Stephen and Carla Tassinari
Regina W. Tate
Peter A. Tatian
David Taylor
Irene Taylor
James and Anne Taylor
Kennie Taylor
Rhys Thomas
Mary Lou Thornburg
Dimity A. Thornton
Daniel and Karin Thurman
Ronald Tiberio
Mary and Ted Tierney
Herbert S. Tobin
Roger G. Tobin
Tammy Tobin
Gregory Todd and Georgia Derr
John and Rosemarie Tomasino
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Toohill
Marion G. Toomey
Leo and Mary Topjian
Kate and Jim Tracey
Rose Mary Trainor
Timothy and Janet Trask
Mrs. Emma Jane Trembly
Claudia Trevor-Wright
Thomas Tribuna
Daniel Trickett
Leo and Susan Troy
Cornelia Trubey
Elaine and Carmen Turano
Robert P. Turnan
Victor and Mary Tyler
Anne Umansky
United Church of Christ in Canton
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc.
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
William Vachon
Geoffrey T. Valentine and Stephanie Gardner
Claunett Valliere
William G. Van Aken
George and Rita Vanasse
Kea Van Der Ziel
Anne Louise C. Van Nostrand
Laura T. Varas
Robin and Antoinette Verdier
Mr. and Mrs. Armand Viscosi
Julie Vogel
J. Richard Vyce
Walter J. Waldron
Sara Walker
Elizabeth Wallace
Brendan Walsh
Phillip J. Walsh
Ted Walsh
Laura Walters
Ray K. Warburton
S. Waters
William J. Webber and Joan G. Howland
Chris and Naiying Weigand
Marybeth F. Weilandt
Alan and Edith Weinberg
Roy B. Weinberg and Nina L. Coil
Joseph G. Weinman
Charles and Glenna Weiss
Gerard P. Welch
Jean Wellington
Wellington Management Company
Matching Gift Program
Abbey Wells
David W. Werner and Mary Francis Gitto
Steven Wetzner
Rita Whelan
Ron and Paula Whelan
Alec White
Linda White
Maryjane Whiton
Bill and Mary Ellen Whyte
Ashley Wickham
Regina B. Wiedenski
Alex Wiedmann and Evelyn Cassara
Atheline Wilbur Nixon
Susan and James Wilcox
Joseph D. Wilhelm
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Wilkinson
Barbara A. Williams
Eleanor Williams
James Willing
Charles and Carol Wilson
Anjanette Wilson-Lopresti
Kathleen and Dana Winikates
Donald Y. Winn
Bettina and Stephen Winter
Gregory Winter
Janet Wolbarst
Harriet Wollman
Women’s Society of the Harvard Epworth
Methodist Church
Linda Wondrack
Maurice K. Wong
Woo Family Fund
Charles and Miriam Wood
Charles Wright and Lynn Hughes
Peter and Mary Ann Wright
G. Joseph Wrinn Jr.
Barbara Wymer
Nicholas and Kathleen Ypsilantis
Geraldine and William Yuhas
Janice and Shemsi Zaganjori
Florence Zaleskas
Barry and Roberta Zallen
Louis Zand and Lynn Holden
James S. Zeoli
Robert M. Zimmerman
Peter Zuromskis
gifts in memory of
In fiscal year 2010–2011, Bridge Over
Troubled Waters received donations in
memory of the following individuals:
Joanne Annand
Christopher D. Burke
Edward F. Cole
Joseph DiCarlo
Thomas Dillon
Gladys Flaherty
Edward Greenberg
Pasquale “Tony” Jesi
John Lally
Barbara and Harold Lowe
Malcolm McDonald
Gerald McMahon
Nicholas Mead
Eugene Megna
Frank O’Connell
Thomas O’Connor
Brian Pazzano
Louis C. Peracchi
Patricia and Robert Redmond
John Roscillo
James E. Ruane Sr.
Maybeth Sonn
Vivian Szabo
Doris and Arrigo Tassinari
Karl E. Whelan Jr.
Bob White
Bridge acknowledges with deep
gratitude the extraordinary
impact of our hundreds of
dedicated volunteers and
donations of gifts in kind. This
generosity allows Bridge to
provide the breadth of services
that keep youth safe and give
them hope for a bright future.
annual report 2010–2011
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financial summary, fiscal year 2011
Revenues
Private Grants and Contributions
Government Contract Revenue
$2,820,163
1,225,200
Donated Revenue
151,412
Interest and Other
480,716
total revenue
$4,677,491
Expenses
Programs$2,263,180
Administration
484,172
Fundraising
539,138
total expenses
$3,286,490
fy11 revenues
Interest and Other 10%
Donated Revenue 3%
Private Grants and Contributions 60%
Government Contract Revenue 27%
fy11 expenses
Fundraising 16%
Programs 69%
Administration 15%
22 bridge over troubled waters
board of directors
Michael Hughes, MD, President
Cape Cod Hospital
Royall M. Mack Sr., Vice President
Finance Executive, Retired
Elisabeth Jackson, Treasurer
Director of Finance, Summer Advantage USA
Elizabeth C. Ross, Esq., Clerk
Attorney, Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Patrick M. Buckley
Vice President, RBJ Real Estate
Daniel Buoniconti
Partner, Foster & Eldridge LLP
Gloria L. Clough, RN, CS
Psychotherapist, Concord Counseling Service
Henry L. Darnell
Associate Vice President, Quality Assurance,
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Carol W. Geremia
President, MFS Institutional Advisors Inc.
Mouhamed Gueye, PharmD, MBA
Senior Medical Science Liaison,
Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Genentech
Ann Murphy
Senior Vice President, O’Neill and Associates
William F. Power
Managing Director, Citi Markets & Banking
Barbara Whelan, CSJ
Cofounder, Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Back row, from left: Henry L. Darnell, Michael Hughes, Royall Mack, Patrick Buckley, and Daniel Buoniconti. Front row:
Barbara Whelan, Elisabeth Jackson, Elizabeth Ross, Ann Murphy. Not pictured: Gloria L. Clough, Carol Geremia, Mouhamed
Gueye, William F. Power.
annual report • fiscal year 2010–2011 23
from the executive director
Welcome to Bridge Over Troubled Waters. I hope you were moved by the stories you
read in this annual report and the exceptional accomplishments of these young people,
just as we are moved by the youth we meet every day to carry out our work. Bridge
transforms lives by fostering safe, supportive, and encouraging relationships, providing
Boston’s most vulnerable youth an environment in which to thrive and grow.
Our work is made possible by the wonderful generosity and support of our many
dedicated donors and volunteers. We are deeply grateful for their kindness and
compassion. Their belief in the value of our work nurtures us every day. We know how lucky we are to
have them standing with us in our mission to improve lives, one young person at a time.
There is a place for you at Bridge. We welcome your heart, your hands, your time—and especially your
financial support. The need is great. The stories you read here are only a sample of the thousands of stories
that live in the hearts of young people across the city. They may be suffering when they come to Bridge;
they may be overwhelmed or dealing with trauma. But once they are here, they know that this is a place
they can count on, a nonjudgmental, safe, caring place—perhaps the first such place they’ve ever known.
We invite you to learn more about Bridge. Visit us. Spend some time here. See for yourself the impact of our
programs. I believe you will be touched by the courageous spirits of the young people here who are empowered
to move forward with hope and strength. We look forward to seeing you at Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
Robb Zarges
Bridge Over Troubled Waters is
grateful to Michael Hughes for his
14 years of volunteer service.
Mike began his affiliation with Bridge in
1997 as a volunteer doctor on the medical
van. As his interest in the organization
grew, he joined the Board of Directors, on
which he has served for the past eight years. As president of
the Board, he successfully led Bridge into a new era of serving
increased numbers of youth with a growing array of programs.
Bridge has benefited tremendously from Mike’s leadership over
these past several years, and we move ahead stronger than ever
thanks to his guidance and support.
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2010–2011 annual report
A publication of Bridge Over Troubled
Waters Communications
editing and design
Jan Reiss
photography
All photographs copyright Janet Wolbarst,
www.janetwolbarst.com, except:
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www.donnaknightphotography.com
pages 3, 19, 23, 24 (Hughes): Jan Reiss
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Karin Wilcox Cassel, Director of Development
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Change
I was a dirty rotten scoundrel of a person.
I remember I left my brothers hurting.
I heard my mother was a female dog.
I saw gunshots, then a slight fog.
I worried about my family and friends.
I thought that this life I was living would never end.
But, I want to change.
I am a funny, bright, exquisite person.
I think life would be better if we all were working.
I need to finish school and live my dreams.
I try to be consistent about what I do and mean.
I feel like a lion stuck in a tree.
I forgive myself for who I used to be.
Now I can change.
I will be the best of best.
I choose to be myself over the rest.
I dream that one day cars will fly.
I hope I live enough just to try.
I predict that I will create something great.
I know I will make it to that place.
I will change.
— Tracey
d Since its founding in 1970, Bridge Over Troubled Waters has helped more than 80,000
runaway and homeless youth leave the streets and achieve self-sufficiency. During the past
year, Bridge served 2,520 homeless and at-risk youth; of those, 1,821 were new clients.
I am proud
of who I am.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
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