Class of 2016-2017

Annual Update

2016-2017

Board of Trustees Board President

This year we sent 71 wonderful children to preschool, giving them a better chance to lead happier, more productive lives. We know this from the numerous studies about the far reaching effects of attending preschool for less advantaged children, but far better, we know

it by speaking with parents of our children and former Preschool Advantage alumni.

When I say ‘we’ I truly mean we. You are part of the amazing Preschool Advantage community bounded by the belief that every child deserves a chance at success.

As donors, we are decision makers at charitable foundations and corporate philanthropy programs, preschool students who contribute spare coins to a jar, parents of alumni, small business owners, philanthropists, and those who simply said yes to a friend. We give our money, our time, our office furniture, our vacant office space, and whatever else is needed.

As ambassadors, we spread the good news about Preschool Advantage to our Facebook friends, bosses, co-workers, employees, neighbors, those who might need our assistance and those who can help Preschool Advantage.

As part of an army of more than 100 volunteers, we evaluate our preschools to monitor quality, comb over applications, and interview families so we can help the most deserving, monitor our finances, invest our endowment, ensure accounta-bility on our audit committee, meticulously plan and implement every detail to ensure our events run flawlessly, and do whatever it takes.

I want to say to each of you — congratulations, great job, and let’s do even better this year. We have ambitious goals to make major increases in the number of children we serve. How are we going to do it? Together!

Thank you,

“Special Thanks” to Our Major In-Kind Sponsors

Eugene Huang

Robert Peterson School Psychologist (Retired)

Dianne Robinson Teacher (Retired)

Phil Rosenbach Berman Rosenbach

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Rick Thoeni

STAFF Molly Dunn Executive Director

Catherine Chaffee Development Director

FOUNDERS Jill Lasser

Stuart Lasser

PAST PRESIDENTS Andrew S. Bluestone Barbara Demarest

Steve Emr

Robert Steidlitz Susie Schub

Robert Ward

Cindy Weiss

Our gratitude to outgoing Board member Matthew DiQuollo

Eugene Huang - President Wiley, Malehorn, Sirota & Raynes

Adrienne Kirby - Vice President

Bette Simmons - Vice President County College of Morris

Ray Hawkins - Treasurer AEPG Wealth Strategies

Gail Reuther - Secretary Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning Center

Mark Cardone ConnectOne Bank

Jorge Delgado KPMG, LLP

Anne De Silva

Christina Dorando Cresthill Academy

Denise Lanza Morris County Park Commission

Karen Lombardo KHL Consulting, LLC

Yvette Long ASPIRE/Platinum Minds

Joshua Mackoff Real Estate Appraiser

Vincent Maffucci Merrill Lynch

Beth Marshall Executive Home Care

Ginger Michaels Licensed Clinical Social Worker

ConnectOne Bank County College of Morris Lisa Fleming Kristin V. Hayes Normandy Real Estate Partners

Northern NJ Alumni Club of Pi Beta Phi

Novartis

Michael Raynes

Vision Creative Group

Our Students

One of the most rewarding experiences at Preschool Advantage comes when we are able to help a family that is truly experiencing a crisis, causing them personal and financial challenges, with no other source of help.

In 2014, one particular fami-ly found themselves in exact-ly this situation. They had recently learned that their second child, Sienna, was suffering from a rare form of cancer and needed to engage in a clinical trial in New York City. At that point, the family was just beginning to experience the stress of this trauma on their lives, along with the financial impact as Sienna’s mom reduced her working hours to deal with the situation (including time spent traveling to NYC several times a week for treatments.) With the emotional impact affect-ing the entire family, it was very important for their oldest child, Thomas, to be in school with other children, but financial pressures were making this a remote possibility. At the suggestion of our partner preschool, The Presbyterian Church Nursery School, the family applied for assistance from Preschool Advantage for Thomas.

Preschool Advantage offered Thomas placement at the Presbyterian Church Nursery School in Morristown where he enjoyed many hours just be-ing a child. He has since moved on to second grade at Bee Meadow School, and enjoys reading and

learning. He is very inquisi-tive and curious, and a top-performing student in his class. His favorite activities are technology, electronics, and all sports.

Thankfully, after three years of surgeries and treatments, Sienna is in remission, but will continue PT and OT for several years. With Preschool

Advantage assistance, she also attended the Pres-byterian Church Nursery School. Sienna’s teacher noted, “It was so important that she continue with nursery school so that she could focus on normal daily activities, and not just visits to the doctor.” Sienna is active in athletics, focusing on gymnastics and swimming. According to her proud parents, she is a very responsible child, looking out for her sib-lings and helping at home. This fall she will join Thomas at Bee Meadow Elementary School. The family is still very much a part of the Presbyterian Nursery School community, with their two younger children currently attending the school.

“We are extremely grateful to Preschool Advantage for providing our children the opportunity to attend preschool during these difficult financial times,” said their parents. “It is our hope that our children are best prepared to engage in the academic challenges ahead in elementary school as a result of attending preschool. Thank you, Preschool Advantage, for making this possible.”

Each year a dedicated team of Preschool Advantage volunteers reviews all of the family applications. It’s a challenging yet fulfilling labor of love. The reward is attending

the annual orientation and meeting all of our wonderful students and their families.

Featured Alumni Story: Thomas & Sienna

Family Orientation

Ada Budrick Child Care and Learning Center

Children On The Green

Children’s Circle at St. Andrew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

El Primer Paso

Jefferson Child Care & Education Center

Joyful Noise Nursery School

Little People’s Academy

Madison Montessori School

Morris Plains Cooperative Play School

Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning Center

Mountain Lakes Country Day School

Rainbow Montessori School

School of St. Elizabeth

St. John’s Nursery School

The Frances & Herbert Brody Preschool of Temple B’Nai Or

The Nursery School of the Presbyterian Church

The Palmer School

The Preschool Place & Kindergarten

The Westmont Montessori School

Union Hill Church Preschool

Partner Preschools 2016-2017

Union Hill Church Preschool of Denville will be the honored partner preschool at the 2017 Turning Leaves Benefit. Preschool Advantage is celebrating eight years of partnership with Union Hill Church Preschool. Director Jill Head has developed a great school that impresses the School Committee each and every visit.

Featured Partner Preschool

Thanks to all of our partner schools for your contributions to Preschool Advantage for discounted

tuition (including before and after school care) and for the additional support provided to our

families throughout the year. We are fortunate to be able to call you our partners!

Preschool Place students proudly display the “Change for Children” they collected and donated

to Preschool Advantage with, from left, Carol Rubnitz, Director of Preschool Place,

Molly Dunn, Preschool Advantage Executive Director, and Enid Edelson, School Committee member.

Our Partner Preschools

Union Hill offers Denville and surrounding communities a high-quality early childhood pre-school program

focused on developing each child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive abilities. They offer programs for 21/2 -year to 4-year olds, with new programs for 2017, including transitional kindergarten

and kindergarten enrichment. For the 2017-2018 school year, Preschool Advantage is pleased to fund five children at Union Hill Church Preschool.

The 2017 Turning Leaves Benefit will be held at the Westin Governor Morris Hotel in Morris-town on Thursday, October 19th at 6pm. Please join us for this annual celebration of those who continue to support our mission.

22nd Anniversary Golf Invitational

Volunteer Bob Ward presents a prize

Haley Barron, our summer intern, tackles everything from marketing to the storage room

Turning Leaves Committee

Carolyn Simpson, Ann Feld, Dianne Robinson, Marci Kaputkin, and Judy Pierce prepare baskets

for the silent auction (not pictured: Anne De Silva, Adrienne Kirby and Denise Lanza)

Laura Gregoire is volunteer extraordinaire, assuring that

the office runs smoothly

Without our many volunteers, it would be impossible to accomplish what we do with just three full-time staff members. We recognize that our volunteers

not only give their time; they give of themselves, and they even reach into their pockets to help complete

projects. We are beyond grateful!

Our Dedicated Volunteers

Elizabeth Agacinski Emi Arner Felicia Angus Rubin Argueta Luis Barrera Rosales Haley Barron Bernie Briand Alex Borchard Marlene Caprio Betiana Caprioli Jose Castillo Escobar Caroline Cianciara Erin Clifford Cheryl Crisp Barb Demarest Anneke Demarest Matt DiQuollo Ashlie Doucette Enid Edelson Ann Feld

Laura Gregoire Rich Hauser Matt Higgins Beth Hennessy Liz Huang Madeline Huang Laura Jennings Deb Kalish Marci Kaputkin Jill Lasser Stuart Lasser Erica Lengyel Caroline Lubow Jessie Lubow Leslie Magnus Judy Martinez Janet McMillan Cindy Mejia Chris Michaels Maggie Milite

Casia Molina Natalie Munguia Steve Neville Jennifer Odendahl Rakhi Parikh Julie Peterson Judy Pierce Maria Quigley Kiara Quigley Michael Raynes Antonia Richard Alissa Rizzie Sandy Roethel Mark Roffman Tammy Rosenthal Lorraine Salvo Mark Schussel Celeste Sharer Kenneth Sierra Caceres Carolyn Simpson

Joe Slinsky Pixie Smith Len Smith Janice Sokol Jim Sonneborn Emely Sosa Suzanne Thoeni Sarah Thorpe JoAnn Tiefau Donnella Tilery Uta Totten Allison Trethaway Lucia Velasquez Robin Vlamis Yorgi Vlamis Bob Ward Kim Wentworth Lawrence West Dave Yoon

Mother Nature took front and center, moving our 21st Annual Golf Invitational event to July 17th, when 82 golfers enjoyed a gorgeous day at the newly-renovated Morris County Golf Club in Morristown.

With test-of-skill contests sprinkled throughout the course, the golf portion of the day ended with a shoot-out at Hole 18 for those who qualified. Winner Bob Morin took home $500! The winning team was a singles foursome: Rick Thoeni, Darius Matousek, Matthew Mirett, and Jim Lynch. Congratulations to all! The Silent Auction offered exciting

golf packages at some of the most prestigious golf courses in the state. Our 50/50 Raffle offered a limited number of tickets at $100 each. The event was a huge success, raising enough money at this event to send over 15 children to preschool for a full year. Mark your calendar for next year’s Golf Invitational, taking place on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. You will not want to miss this!

21st Annual Golf Invitational

Shoot-out Contestants

Turning Leaves 2016 Funded 13 Children to Attend Preschool!

Last year’s Turning Leaves Benefit Dinner honored longtime corporate supporter, PNC, and gave special recognition to The Shelley Kutikoff Memorial Scholarship Fund/The Family of Shelley Kutikoff, and partner preschool, Rainbow Montessori School of Madison.

“We have been proud to provide financial support to Preschool Advantage for many years under PNC Grow Up Great,” said Joe Whall, Senior Vice President at PNC. “Extensive research indicates that the return on investments in high-quality early education and school readiness initiatives are significant and long lasting; impacting our children, our society, and the health of our economy for generations to come.”

Richard Kutikoff shared, “Looking back at a very difficult time for myself and Shelley’s entire family, we were so pleased we had the foresight to establish this fund. It keeps both Shelley’s memory alive and helps so many children get a head start for the rest of their lives.”

Turning Leaves Celebration Thursday, October 19, 2017

6 o’clock pm The Westin Governor Morris Hotel

2 Whippany Road Morristown, NJ 07960

You’re invited to a lively evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a sit-down dinner and silent auction filled with many unique prizes, at our annual Turning Leaves Benefit Dinner. This event is a key source of funding for preschool student tuition, and an opportunity to honor those who have been instrumental in advancing our mission. Preschool Advantage is delighted to honor former Board President and tireless volunteer, Robert Ward, and longtime financial supporter, Mike Salerno of Salerno Duane Auto Group, for their generosity to the

children in our com-munity. Also being recognized are our partner preschool Union Hill Church Preschool in Denville, and former board member, James McNamee, in memoriam.

Our Events

50/50 Winner Dave MacLean is presented with a check for $10,500!

Each year, Preschool Advantage receives applications from an amazing group of families, all trying to do the best for their child under often very difficult circumstances. Their commitment to giving their children the best start in life is always inspiring. Placing the calls to advise them that they will be receiving tuition assistance is one of the most rewarding things that our volunteers get to experience, even if tears are often involved! Here are some first-hand expressions of thanks we received this year from families truly grateful for the gift that has been given to them thanks to the generosity of our wonderful donors.

“Jill” is thriving. I have seen such positive changes in her education and personal growth. So grateful for Preschool Advantage!

I feel truly blessed to be part of this program. My daughter is very fortunate to have this experience, and Rainbow Montessori makes it even more special. I have high hopes for her academically.

“Sasha” has developed beautifully this year. She has many great friends and is genuinely excited about school and learning new things. The Preschool Advantage program has helped our family tremendously in allowing us to send our 3 kids to school at once!

I am so blessed to have my child become part of a program that has helped him with all his child development. We have seen so much growth. He is more expressive and very independent.

“I make a donation to Preschool Advantage for the outstanding program that you operate for

our youth. Such a needed program, thank goodness our town has you. Bless you all.”

Our Families

I would like to thank you for helping me give my daughter the opportunity to be able to go to preschool. I don’t think I could have done it without you all. It costs so much these days for kids to get an education. I appreciate the program. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

Without Preschool Advantage it would be impossible for “Juliana” to attend school. Thanks to this opportunity she is more ready for Kindergarten.

It has been very important for me and my child that she attend the preschool program because it has helped her learn a lot. And it is good she gets to work with other children and especially to learn a lot of English.

“Amy” has developed beautifully this year. She has many great friends and is genuinely excited about school and learning new things.

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Valedictorian ($15,000+) Mr. & Mrs. Rajiv De Silva Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hawkins The PNC Foundation Founders ($10,000 to $14,999) Hyde & Watson Foundation New Jersey Monthly William E. Simon Foundation, Inc. Mr. Len Smith & Ms. Molly Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Finn Wentworth Philanthropists ($5,000 to $9,999) Anonymous Charles Emil Thenen Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Delap Fiera Capital Inc. First Energy Fournier Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Gordon Mr.& Mrs. Jon Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Huang Mr. & Mrs. S. Dillard Kirby Lyrical Asset Management LP Normandy Real Estate Partners, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nosofsky Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation Mr. & Mrs. James Pohlman Robert & Joan Dircks Foundation, Inc. Vanech Family Foundation Wiley Malehorn Sirota & Raynes Mr. & Mrs. Gil Zweig Benefactors ($2,500 - $4,999) Arch Insurance Group Inc. Atlantic Realty Budd Larner, PC Chubb & Son Mr. Kevin Coakley & Ms. Judy Pierce Community Foundation of New Jersey ConnectOne Bank Mr. & Mrs. James Covello Mr. & Mrs. Christina Dorando Mr. & Mrs. Hanif Ebrahim Mr. & Mrs. Jan Kaputkin Kristiansen Family Charitable Fund Mr. Stuart Lasser

Our Donors Ms. Karen Lombardo Mr. Joshua Mackoff Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Michaels Mr. Hector Mislavsky & Ms. Judy Martinez NFP Mr & Mrs. Mark O'Keeffe Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ranger Mr. & Mrs. John Rathgeber Mr. Brian Robins Salerno Duane Auto Group Shelley Kutikoff Memorial Scholarship Fund Dr. Leslie Skurla & Mr. Henry Seelbinder The Bank of America Charitable Foundation The Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. and

Ruth S. Hennessy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Thoeni The Timothy McCollum Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Georgios Vlamis Professors ($1,000 to $2,499) Mr. & Mrs. Tom Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Carl Badenhausen Mr. Joseph Baker Bayer Mr. Keith Behrens Mr. & Mrs. Grosvenor Blair Brandes Maselli Architects Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Briand Cresthill Academy LLC Mr. & Mrs. David Demarest Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Feld Florin Family Foundation Inc Mr. & Mrs. Gates Hawn Ms. Irene Hsu Investors Bank Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson W. Kirby Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. Ms. Jill Lasser Mr. Vincent Maffucci Mr. & Mrs. Ashish Parikh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Peterson Mr. Boris Vuchic & Ms. Suzanne Purdy Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Quick Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rosenbach Rotary Club of Madison Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sinzer Mr. & Mrs. Darrin Sokol Mr. Carl Teschemacher

Nisivoccia LLP Ms. Patricia O'Rourke Rainbow Montessori School Mr. James Raphalian Regional Personnel Partners LLC Ms. Gail Reuther Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rizzie Mr. & Mrs. Charles Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Rothman Ms. Susan Schott Mr. & Mrs. Barry Schub Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman LLP Mr. Michael Silber Dr. Bette Simmons Mr. & Mrs. James Sonneborn The Public Theater Toyota of Morristown Ms. Donna Weinberg Mr. & Mrs. Norman Worth Mr. Paul Wu Sponsors ($250 to $499) AMA Consulting Engineers Atlantic Health System Mr. Jason Beyersdorfer Ms. Alexandra Borchard Brown Dog Builders, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Buteux Mr. & Mrs. Mark Cardone Citrin Cooperman Connell Foley LLP Mr. & Mrs. James Corrigan County College of Morris Mr. & Mrs. Brian Delle Donne Mr. & Mrs. John Doucette Mr. Wilfredo Fernandez Mr. & Mrs. Steven Giordano Mr. & Mrs. John Hellstrom Ms. Tracey Ibsen Mrs. Sue Idleman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Karsian Kevin Crouse Audio Design Ms. Kate Tomlinson & Mr. Roger Labrie Ms. Jenna Melzer & Mr. Henry Larner Ms. Mary Lasser Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Levy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Libman Dr. Mary LoFrumento Ms. Yvette Long

Professors ($1,000 to $2,499) (con’t.) The Center For Client Retention The Provident Bank Mr. & Mrs. Dean Vanech Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ward Water Island Capital, LLC/The Arbitrage Funds Mr. & Mrs. David Welsh Associate Professors ($500 to $999) Alden Vose Foundation American Economic Planning Group, Inc. Andrew Gaffney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael Angus Anonymous Dr. Joseph Arvay Ms. Julie Baron Mr. Todd Berko Berman Rosenbach PC BNY Mellon Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Breaks Mr. & Mrs. Juan Casiano Church of St. John on the Mountain Communication Devices Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Horace Corbin Mr Frank DeSantis Ms. Sally Epstein Mr. & Mrs. Gary Faccenda Mr. Andrew Fingerhut The Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Gervasi Gladstone Design, Inc. Mr. Elliot Grover Hidden Pond Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Hyland Mr. John Mudgett & Ms. Kristine Johnson Dr. & Mrs. John Knightly Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lacey Ms. Sapna Lalla Mr. & Mrs. Robert LeBuhn Dr. Jory G Magidson & Caren Frankel Beth Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McMillan Mrs. Patricia McNamee Merck & Co. Merck Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Micera Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Morreale Murphy Law Firm LLC Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Neville

Our Donors

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Sponsors ($250 to $499) Longo Electrical-Mechanical, Inc Kerry McCooey Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Morin MPI Mt. Olive Child Care & Learning Center Ms. Sally Muscarella Mr. & Mrs. John Norton Nursery School of the Presbyterian Church Mr. Justin Picciano Prestige Auto Repair LLC Mr. & Mrs. Donald Quigley R. F. Enderley Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Farhad Rafizadeh Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Salvo Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Schaenen Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Gary Shor Mr. Joseph Slinsky Ms. Caroline Smith Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Snook The Sinzer Agency LC Top Coat Flooring, LLC Ms. Michelle Z. Towers True Leaf Kitchens Mr. Harry Valentine Vantage Sport Psychology Weiss Capital Management Mr. Joseph Whall Wyndham Hamilton Park Mr. Ho Kyung Yoon Advocates ($100 to $249) All County Rental Center, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie J. Armour, Jr. Ms. Terry Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bergeman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bintinger BNI Network Ms. Julie Bosworth Mr. Jeff Boyer Mr. George Brinley Mr. David Buckwald Mr. & Mrs. William Burke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bush Mr. Kevin Butler Mr. Gregory Caburis Mr. Robert Casey

Centanni Law Firm Hsing Chang Children on the Green Mr. & Mrs. Steven Colin Justyn D. Comer Linda Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Peter Dannenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Charles Delayo Mr. & Mrs. Anthony DellaPelle Mr. Jake Derricks Mrs. Rosanne DeTorres Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Diemar Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dubow Mr. & Mrs. Michael Duda Ms. Christina Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Egan Mr. Richard Eger Ms. Kristin Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Esman Mrs. Heather Evans Mrs. F. M. Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Gary Fisch Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fowler III Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Frelinghuysen Dr. & Mrs. Martin Ganek Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Gateman Mrs. Maria Gendelman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gesualdo Mr. Brian Giovinazzi Global Data, LLC. Goldman Sachs Mr. Eliot Goldstein Mr. Bill Gressner Mr. Philip Grosse Ms. Maureen Hall Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hawkins Ms. Kristin Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Michael Head Mr. David Helmer Mr. & Mrs. Steven Helterman Mr. & Mrs. Michel Hidalgo Mr. & Mrs. C.Y. Huang Mr. Moly Hung Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Robert Iverson Mr. Peter Izzo Ms. Deborah James Jefferson Child Care & Education Center Ms. Merle Johnson

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Advocates ($100 to $249) (con’t.) Mr. & Mrs. Fuzzy Karlak Masashi Katayama Ms. Alexandra Kilduff Ms. Myongsu Kong Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kudwitt Mr. & Mrs. William Lalor Mrs. Sharon Landgraf Ms. Margaret LaPre Mr. & Mrs. Marc Lasky Mr. Paul Leale Mr. & Mrs. Paige L'Hommedieu Lindamood-Bell Ms. Michellyne MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Gordon MacInnes Mr. & Mrs. Dave MacLean Madison Montessori School Mr. & Mrs. William J. Marino Mrs. Priscilla Marks Mr. Martin Matousek Mr. James McCreedy & Ms. Maureen Pavely Dr. & Mrs. Thomas McDonnell Ms. Leeanna McGuire Mr. & Mrs. William McMahon Mr. & Mrs. Kevin & Meredith McNamara Mr. & Mrs. David Mead Mr. Robert Mellman Mr. Michael Mullen & Ms. Lydia Nadeau Mr. Michael Miller Mr. & Mrs. Rainer H. Mimberg MK Divino Interiors, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Michael Morchower Mountain Lakes Country Day School Mr. & Mrs. Eric Muchmore Mr. & Mrs. W. Robert Mudge Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Mulcahy Mr. Jesse Munoz Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Murray Ms. Christine Myers Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Mr. & Mrs. Basil O'Connor Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oosting Mr. & Mrs. John Orth Mr. & Mrs. Alan Painter Pam Fischer Consulting Mrs. Lisa Paragano Ms. Jill Pastore

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Petrone Mr. & Mrs. Terry Pigott Mr. & Mrs. Greg Pine Mr. & Mrs. Kimberly Pistner Mr. Robert Plishka Mr. Joseph Principe Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Raynes Mr. Michael Raynes Ms. Joanne Rega Restaurant Serenade Ms. Kate Robinson Mr. Mark Roffman Mr. & Mrs Michael Rogers Mr. & Mrs. David Rosenthal Ms. Samantha Rothman & Mr. John Douglas Hankin, Jr. Ms. Stacy Russo Mr. Peter Saulnier Mr. Mark Schussel & Ms. Joanne Summer Mrs. Jean Seavey Mr. & Mrs. Michael Seidel Mr. & Mrs. Ramesh Sharma Mr. & Mrs. Alden M. Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Simon Mr. David Smith Mr. & Mrs. Martin Sokoloff Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Stamelman Mr. Edward Starace Ms. Marian Stern Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Supron Mr. Maxwell Thoeni Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Trethaway Mr. Dennis Walsingham Mr. & Mrs. R. Wayne Walters Mr. Jason Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Julian Wells WithumSmith+Brown, PC Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Wai Wong Mr. Scott Yoder Ms. Megan Young Friends ($1 to $99) Ms. Ashley Banks Mr. & Mrs. John Barr III Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Beh Best Gift Idea Ever Boutique 161

Mr. & Mrs. John Burns Ms. Jan Cantillo Mr. Todd Horowitz & Ms. Carol Levine Ms. Shannon Corcoran Ms. Nancy Curtis Mr. Dean Dent & Ms. Anita Spivey Ms. Clemmie Engle Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fettweis Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Giacin Dr. Gary Karlin & Ms. Jane Zamost Kate Spade & Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael King Mr. & Mrs. Robert Krueger Ms. Laura Lampron Mr. & Mrs. Marco Levoyer Market Taverne Mr. Christopher Martin & Ms. Anita Hotchkiss Ms. Rita McCleary Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGlynn Ms. Glenys Merejo Pediatric Potentials Ms. Phyllis Principal Mr. Thomas Reitmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rubinetti Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schlosser Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Schwarz Mr. & Mrs. James Shepard Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Sheppard Mr. Albert Simmons Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Stern Mr. & Mrs. Donald Tansey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Toner Ms. Ann Torno Mr. & Mrs. Carl Wallach Mr. & Mrs. Robert Williams Willow Street

our vision All children are able to attend a quality preschool

our mission To provide tuition for eligible children to attend our partner preschools

our core values Empowering

Build a foundation for children to succeed regardless of circumstances Provide critical support for families during challenging periods

Impact Level the playing field for children without other quality preschool options Build stronger, safer, and more productive communities

Compassionate Empathize without judgment for the myriad of difficult choices families face Understand the barriers culturally diverse families face within our community

Integrity Remain true to the mission Conduct a transparent and fair selection process

Our Vision, Mission and Core Values

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2016 Finances: Revenues General ......................... $ 420,007 Investment .................... $ 65,000 Total Revenues ............. $ 485,007 Expenses Program ........................ $ 378,727 Operating ...................... $ 62,011 Fundraising ................... $ 38,791 Total Expense ............... $ 479,529 Net Assets .................... $ 1,042,537

Preschool Advantage 2016-2017 Report Card

Total Students: 71 Age: 3-year-olds: 33

4-year-olds: 38

Average income: $43,500