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Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength A holistic approach to family health

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service

2011 Annual Report

The Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service (LSA), has been helping the underserved, marginalized, and poorest families of East Harlem since 1958. Over the years, we have evolved our multi-service agency to meet the changing needs of this neighborhood—which today remains the poorest in Manhattan.

By keeping our finger on the pulse of this community through research, measured outcomes, caring relationships and key institutional partnerships, we continually enhance the effectiveness of our core programs.

While we offer short-term help to families in crisis or need, whether it’s hunger, domestic abuse or a medical emergency, our long-term goal is to help families grow healthier, stronger and closer together—and able to sustain themselves.

This is what distinguishes LSA Family Health Service from other agencies: We build relationships with families and

offer a holistic array of services—over

time—that address the needs of the

most vulnerable infant, the developing

toddler, the growing school-aged child, the

challenged teen, and the hardworking and

often over-burdened parents.

The wellness of each family member affects that

of the others. So, when even one person is in crisis,

the entire family can become more vulnerable,

and the very bonds that keep them resilient can be

easily fragmented.

That’s why LSA’s programs cultivate physical,

emotional and spiritual wellness and strength in

families that will continue to empower and keep

them together for years to come.

Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength

A holistic approach to keeping families healthy:

LSA 2011 Annual Report 1

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photo: Chasi Annexy

LSA’s theme this year is Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength. What does that mean?

GC It means that helping families stay healthy allows them to become stronger in every dimension of their lives.

RS It’s inspired by the proverb You reap what you sow, and illustrates one of the essential aspects of the Little Sisters’ mission: by giving through service to others, you’ll reap the benefits a hundredfold. By sowing the seeds of health among the families of East Harlem, we all reap the benefits of empowerment and strength. How does LSA’s “holistic” service model differ from that of other neighborhood agencies?

GC Poverty is born of numerous factors, so helping people out of poverty also requires multiple strategies. It’s not education alone. It’s not jobs alone. It’s education AND support to address crises like threatened evictions, hunger, abuse and maltreatment.

RS Absolutely—and different members of a family will need different types of services. LSA can provide so much of what a family might need over time. Sadly, more infants die in East Harlem than in other Manhattan neighborhoods. Why?

GC High infant mortality—along with asthma, obesity, high blood pressure—are some of the physical effects of living in areas of concentrated poverty. Families have few healthy food choices and limited access to quality preventive health care and education—particularly pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. How does LSA address the infant mortality problem?

RS The heart of LSA’s nursing program is the Maternity Outreach program, which includes an Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative. LSA nurses have been helping reduce infant mortality one mother and baby at a time, right in their homes, for decades. It works. Does the health and emotional wellness of the whole family impact infant mortality and maternal health?

GC Families are systems and when something impacts one part of the system it impacts the entire system. A system that’s both physically and emotionally healthy has the internal capacity to care for the system and all its parts.

RS Is it more difficult for a mom to care for her newborn if she’s depressed or ill? Do children suffer developmentally when there are extreme stress burdens on their parents? We know the answer to questions like these is “yes.”

East Harlem is the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan with twice the national and city childhood asthma rates. Why, and how is LSA addressing this problem?

GC Asthma is in part an environmental problem. Many families live in substandard housing with mold, pests, lead paint and other toxins that trigger asthma. Our Environmental Health program continues to combat these conditions, and has made a measurable impact on over 1000 families.

RS And yet the full connection remains a mystery; we hope further research might help us fight this epidemic even more effectively. If you had an unexpected infusion of funds, which programs would you apply them to first?

RS To our in-home health care program, because more visits would have a major impact on families health.

GC I’d put some funding toward our initiative to form worker-owned cooperatives to put people in the driver’s seat of their economic future. Has East Harlem become gentrified? If so, is LSA still relevant?

RS Families who fall outside society’s ‘safety net’ and face severe poverty still live in East Harlem, and suffer from inadequate health care, substandard housing and unemployment. As long as these challenges exist, there’s a need for LSA in this community.

GC Today, 20% of East Harlem housing is public housing. So there will always be families of modest means. It’s also still a gateway community for many newcomers to America, so providing support services to new Americans will remain a part of LSA’s ongoing focus. LSA places a premium on building relationships with families. Why?

RS There’s a history of trust between LSA and the community that’s a critical factor in the effectiveness of LSA’s programs. We can only help if families are willing to walk through our doorway and let us into their homes.

GC We believe relationships matter in improving lives. Relationships heal, relationships build trust, respect and community.

LSA Family Health Service’s

programs directly address

the issues of an East Harlem

neighborhood that stands apart in

ways no community should:

• It remains the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan

• Has an infant mortality rate that’s twice that of Manhattan and three times that of the Upper East Side

• Has a childhood asthma rate that’s roughly twice the city and national rates

• It ranks 3rd highest in unemployment in NYC

• Has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in Manhattan

• 26% of its residents have no health insurance


photo: Chasi Annexy

A Conversation with LSA Board Chair Ralph Sicilianoand Executive Director Gary S. Carter

Photos: LSA/M. Gonzalez

Like other babies born in East Harlem, four-month-old Marcos’s chances of dying before his first birthday are twice the national average and three times that of Manhattan neighborhoods like the Upper East Side. Thousands of at-risk women get no (or late) pre- or post-natal care. That means at-risk newborns also don’t get the special care they need. Luisa Pastrana delivered Marcos by C-section—and there were serious complications that kept her hospitalized. But her three children needed her home while her husband worked. Fortunately, LSA’s Maternity Outreach program brings skilled nurses right into the homes of East Harlem’s pregnant moms and infants, so Luisa could go home. LSA nurse, Sr. Pat Hayes, visited Luisa and Marcos every two weeks, when, at two months, Marcos developed a fever that soared. Luisa recounted, “Sr. Pat got worried and insisted we go to the hospital.” Pat was right; Marcos was hospitalized for a urinary infection, serious ear infections and bronchitis in succession. A blood clot in his lung then needed to be watched carefully. Pat began visiting twice a week, advising Luisa how to care for Marcos until he stabilized.

Luisa had already enrolled her daughter Emily in HBS—which brought both isolated and lonely mom and tot out of their shells, and helped Emily improve speech and developmental delays.

“Little Sisters has made all the difference,” Luisa says with a smile of gratitude. “They give us diapers, food or clothes when we really need them. It’s a huge help.” This year, Emily graduated from HBS after three years in the program.

See the Montero Pastrana family together on page 16.

LSA nurses made 471 post-partum home visits

and 247 Infant Mortality

Reduction Initiative (IMRI)

visits in 2011

“At first, we looked for help in other

places. But no one helps. Only LSA

cares about us when we’re sick.”

Luisa Pastrana

Programs that have helped the Montero Pastrana family since 2009:

AdvocacyFood Pantry

HBS Maternity Outreach/IMRI Vulnerable At-Risk Infants Need Special Care—

and a Healthy Family to Thrive

photos: Chasi Annexy


Eight years ago, staff at The Mt. Sinai Hospital in East Harlem referred Catalina Juarez to LSA Family Health Service because she needed help they couldn’t provide: basic necessities like food, clothing and diapers as well as in-home prenatal nursing care. Complicating matters, Catalina spoke only Mixteco, an indigenous language of Guerrero, Mexico.

LSA may have been the only agency capable of addressing this marginalized family’s array of short- and long-term needs.

After receiving assistance from our Food Pantry and guidance from our Advocacy program (after the family was swindled out of their rent), nurses like Sr. Suzanne Deliee visited Catalina through the first of four pregnancies as part of our Maternity Outreach (MO) program and Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (IMRI). Though Catalina’s husband works hard, the family struggles. And, due to a variety of poverty-related factors such as insufficient nutrition, high levels of stress, substandard crowded living conditions and isolation, all of Catalina’s children were at high risk for delayed development.

Fortunately, LSA nurses referred the toddlers to LSA’s HBS program where, through carefully designed on-site play and social activities and home visits by our trained social workers and home visitors, they stayed on track physically, cognitively and socially.

Greydis, now 2, is on her way to graduating from HBS in 2012, like her three siblings before her. Her mom, Catalina, has achieved literacy and learned to speak Spanish and a growing level of English, thanks to LSA’s Community Adult Ed BENL program. Recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, Catalina is once again being visited by LSA’s nurses to keep her, and therefore her whole family, strong.

See the Morales Juarez family together on page 16.

55% of children missed fewer

school days due to asthma and 64%

had fewer ER visits after a year in the

Family Asthma program

In 2011, 57% of the toddlers in the

Early Intervention program improved,

12% more than in 2010

In the HBS program, 81% of

toddlers stayed on track or improved

developmentally, and 77% of

parents showed better parenting skills

—exceeding our 2011 goals

When Family Hardship Affects a Toddler’s Development, Intervening Early Is Critical

Young Eric Cruz entered our Early Intervention program for developmental delays in 2009. After receiving ongoing therapy, he eventually graduated from our HBS program in June 2011. Today, Eric’s delayed speech has improved and he’s showing a greater openness and ability to interact with others, as well as diminished hyperactivity.

Eric also had to contend with the indoor toxins and pests that often adversely affect health and development in young children in East Harlem. Eric’s mother, Patricia, explained, “We had cockroaches and mold that made Eric’s asthma worse. LSA came and showed us how to get rid of them with non-toxic poisons and cleansers. Eric’s asthma has been practically gone ever since.”

See the Cruz Cando family together on page 16.

Programs that helped the Cruz Cando family since 2008:

Early InterventionEnvironmental Health HBS Maternity Outreach Nursing: Family Asthma

Toxic Indoor EnvironmentsTrigger Asthma and Cause Preventable Delays


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Programs that have strengthened the Morales Juarez family since 2005:

AdvocacyCommunity Adult Education: BENL, ESLEnvironmental HealthFood PantryHBSMaternity Outreach/IMRIMothers’ Support Group

See the Muñoz Medrano and the Ibarra family together on page 16.

By the time children enter school they’ve gained a measure of strength that toddlers and infants don’t yet have, but that strength can be deceiving. Children entering school with delays, or suffering emotionally because of family stress and financial strain, are at high risk of dropping out of high school or never reaching college. Doors can close unforgivingly.

For Carmen, 7, and Carlos Muñoz, 8, LSA has been a supportive presence since—and even before—their births.

Their mother, Babana, saw an LSA flyer at a doctor’s office. At eight months, Carlos showed clear signs of developmental delays and needed occupational, physical and speech therapy. Babana looked to LSA for help. Despite amazing progress, both Carlos and Carmen later struggled in school with learning issues.

For the past four years, the siblings have attended LSA’s Education and Youth program. They receive personal Tutoring and Homework Help after school at LSA, and their creativity has blossomed in the Free Arts program. Each summer, they attend the Reading Academy.

Has it helped? Carlos thinks so. “My math and my reading both got better,” he admits. Carmen adds, “Sometimes after school ends I forget what I learned, and at LSA they help me remember.”

When Babana told them they’d both passed their NYC and ESL exams, Carmen and Carlos literally jumped for joy. “We know how important our education is,” Carmen beamed.

Eric Figueroa’s enrollment in Education and Youth programs like Homework Help and Free Arts has kept him moving forward academically. It also gives him a sense of community while his family copes with the kinds of challenges so many East Harlem families face, including his older sister becoming a teen mom. See her story on page 10.

For the 2010/11 academic year,

Education and Youth program students

had improved scores for reading and

comprehension by 15-20%

“LSA taught me how to complement Carlos’s therapy sessions at home, so every day we made progress. They say they never saw a child improve so quickly as Carlos! Together we made a team.” Babana Medrano

“I like math and when they help me with my homework. At LSA, they taught me that a quarter is 25 cents and a dime is 10 cents. I have fun.” Eric Figueroa, 8

School-Age Children Need Academic and Emotional Support to Keep Doors from Closing on Their Future

Programs that helped the Muñoz Medrano family since 2004:

Community Adult Ed: ESL, ComputerEarly InterventionEducation and Youth: Free ArtsHomework HelpReading AcademyFood PantryHBSMaternity OutreachMother’s Support Group

photos: Chasi Annexy LSA 2011 Annual Report 9

Poised and beautiful Atziri, 17, aspires to be a pediatric nurse. But, for now, she has extra challenges to take on as she reaches for that goal. At 16, Atziri became pregnant. Her pregnancy turned high-risk in her last trimester as she battled serious liver problems that could have killed her unborn child. “I was very scared,” Atziri recalls soberly. After surgery, she became severely anemic and had to be hospitalized.

LSA’s Maternity Outreach program and Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative provided at-home nursing visits to Atziri, averting potential tragedy for this teen mom and her now-healthy baby boy, Daniel.

Atziri wasn’t ready to care for a newborn, but our breastfeeding classes and Mothers’ Support group helped her prepare. Because Atziri’s life changed so rapidly, she also received help from LSA’s Preventive program for anxiety for a while—just as her own mom once sought help from Preventive for depression when she was a new mom.

Atziri now cares capably for Daniel, but she also depends heavily on her mom, Yadira, to care for the infant so she can attend classes and graduate from high school in 2012. There’s much new joy, but also new strain on this close-knit but challenged family. Her brother, Eric, 8, and sister, Shamila, 4, both graduated from LSA’s HBS program, and perhaps little Daniel will, too.

See the entire Figueroa Ibarra family together on page 16.

Vulnerable Teens Facing Adult Realities Depend on Family and Multiple Human Services to Stay on Track

“Little Sisters helped me with whatever I needed. They gave

me clothes when I was pregnant,

and advice about breastfeeding and

how to be a mother.” Atziri Figueroa, 17


Programs that have helped the Figueroa Ibarra family since 2000:

AdvocacyBridges to Hope

Breastfeeding ClassEducation and Youth

HBSFood Pantry

Maternity Outreach /IMRIMothers Support Group

Preventive The Sharing Place Thrift Store

Hispanic teens have the highest birth rate

among all NYC ethnic groups

41% of all Mexicans age 16 to 19 drop

out of school– 32% more than the

NYC rate


Though neither an East Harlem newcomer nor a novice mom, Olufminoyo Nicol found out she still had much to learn. What she learned saved her life.

With five healthy pregnancies and five lively daughters to show for them, Mrs. Nicol welcomed her 6th pregnancy without missing a step in her stride. One day, in her cozy NYCHA* apartment, decorated with photos and mementos from her native Liberia, a friend told her about Little Sisters. So, after delivery, she requested to be referred to us. That proved to be a fortuitous decision.

When her blood pressure spiked unexpectedly, LSA nurse, Fredy Urena, began visiting Ms. Nicol every week to monitor her and her baby. One day, her pressure shot up alarmingly.

When Fredy told her she needed to go to the hospital right away, Mrs. Nicol brushed it off. “I felt fine and had six children who needed me!” she exclaimed. “But Fredy insisted and insisted and wouldn’t stop until I agreed to go. And she was right!” Ms. Nicol learned she could have suffered a heart attack or stroke at any moment.

Fredy began visiting Ms. Nicol every day to monitor her blood pressure and medication, also counseling her on better nutrition and eating habits. Today, Ms. Nicol has lost 45 lbs. and her blood pressure has stabilized. She learned from Fredy that even though she “felt fine,” her blood pressure could have taken her from her newborn son and five daughters in a heartbeat if she didn’t take care of herself.

See the Gomez Valerio and Nicol families on page 16.

When Moms Suffer from Illness or Depression, Whole Families Can Falter. LSA Can Help.

“I feel proud of myself and ready to earn my GED. I spoke only Mixteco and couldn’t write. I hid in my apartment, alone and depressed. Little Sisters gave me a community and a way to learn.” Paola Valerio

Paola Valerio arrived from rural Mexico as a teen, speaking only Mixteco and without any formal education. Since enrolling in LSA’s Community Adult Ed program classes 7 years ago, she has steadfastly studied to learn both Spanish and English while raising her two children. She has completed her elementary school and middle school education and will take the GED exam in 2012. She plans to continue her studies to become a teacher.


*NY City Housing Authority

“If it weren’t for Little Sisters, I wouldn’t be here today, and that is the truth.” Olufminoyo Nicol

Programs that have benefitedthe Gomez Valerio family since 2005:

Community Adult EducationHBSNursing: Maternity Outreach and Family Asthma


Dads Need Support, Training and Options When Work and Financial Pressures Mount

Fredy and Mercé knew each other as children back in their rural Mexican village, but Fredy moved away. They met again after arriving separately in NYC as adults and have been inseparable ever since.

Today, Fredy, Mercé and their daughter, Jazzlyn, 2, have emerged from some dark days of financial and emotional struggle. They reached out to LSA for multi-service support that has turned their lives around in less than 3 years.

After moving to Miami, Fredy lost his job. They had no health insurance and Mercé, now pregnant, had thyroid issues and needed critical maternity care for her high-risk pregnancy. In near desperation they came to East Harlem, where the only housing they could afford was infested with roaches and rats. “It was super disgusting,” Fredy recalls in clear, confident English. In need of food for his pregnant wife and himself, Fredy turned to LSA’s Food Pantry.

That visit changed everything. LSA nurses visited Mercé at home every week during her pregnancy, regularly checking sugar levels for gestational diabetes. Fredy took LSA classes to improve his English and gain computer skills. LSA advocates advised and supported them, even helping them get a bed so they didn’t have to sleep on the floor.

Even so, Mercé, feeling isolated and afraid to go out due to street violence and crime, became depressed. She was referred to our Preventive program, and over time improved with counseling. With new friends she’s met at LSA, she feels like she belongs to a community. Daughter Jazzlyn, 2, attends HBS classes and social worker, Sara, visits their home every other week.

Just a few years after they first visited the Food Pantry, Fredy has become a model for other dads in the community, volunteering at LSA, serving as President of the LSA Parents’ Support Group, helping to form a worker-owned cooperative, and attending socialization and play classes with his daughter and wife.

See the Cruz Salinas family together on page 16.

“The Little Sisters changed our lives so much that we were inspired to overcome—so we could in turn help others who come to LSA.” Fredy Cruz

The Advocacy program served 1,174

individuals in 2011

LSA’s Food Pantry provided food for

4,883 visits

Programs that have helped the Cruz Salinas Family since 2009:

AdvocacyCommunity Adult Ed: ESL, GED, ComputerCommunity Partnership CouncilFood PantryHBSMaternity Outreach/IMRIParents’ Support GroupPreventive The Sharing Place Thrift Store



Nicol Family, page 13Cruz Salinas Family, pages 14-15

Morales Juarez Family, page 6

Gomez Valerio Family, page 12

Figueroa Ibarra Family, pages 9-11Muñoz Medrano Family, page 8

Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strengththrough a holistic, multi-service approach to family health.

Families fare better when they can stay together. LSA’s programs move families beyond their challenges and towards ever stronger and healthier lives.

The stories of the families pictured here have been featured throughout this Annual Report.

Montero Pastrana Family,pages 4-5

Cruz Cando Family, page 7



ADVOCACY AND FOOD PANTRY programs help poor families meet their immediate needs for food and address the longer-term issues that keep people in poverty. We educate our clients about their rights, help them apply to a variety of assistance programs, refer them to other LSA and non-LSA programs, help prevent eviction and offer immigration advice. Every visitor to the Food Pantry meets with a trained client advocate who can personally evaluate their overall needs.

COMMUNITY ADULT EDUCATION provides adult learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them for the labor market, higher-level academics or vocational training. The program offers Literacy/Adult Basic Education (grades 1-9), GED, ESOL, BENL (Basic Education in a Native Language) and basic computer training (CIT).

EARLY INTERVENTION each year treats 275 babies and toddlers (<age 3) demonstrating developmental delays or disabilities, offering skilled team evaluations by a developmental specialist, a social worker, a speech pathologist, and/or physical and occupational therapists. Treatment includes home-based and/or on-site center-based services. We offer expertise in serving new Mexican immigrant groups who speak indigenous languages and have distinctive cultural family dynamics.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH SERVICES offers after-school tutoring and Homework Help, a summer Reading Academy program for underperforming students in English Language Arts, as well as a Girls Mentoring program for East Harlem girls entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade. We also offer educational counseling and information about academic services and community recreational programming.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES was launched in 1997 as the Family Asthma Program to address the high numbers of East Harlem children with asthma. Today we address an even broader range of housing conditions effecting family health

and well-being. Environmental workers conduct home assessments, remediation, hands-on training and advocacy. Our program is unique, since most asthma programs involve only assessment or limited intervention. To date, we have visited more than 1,000 homes, providing advice, education and physical improvements to combat mold and insect and rodent infestations.

HOME-BASED with SOCIALIZATION works with East Harlem families whose very young children (up to age three) are at risk of developmental delays. Through home visits and socialization groups, we focus on supporting parents in the work of raising children, work to improve parent and child communications, track the development of the children, and refer children with suspected developmental delays to other appropriate services.

NURSING, or our Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), provides direct nursing care to up to 100 patients at a time involving over 3,200 home visits a year. Care is provided to acute and chronically ill patients of all ages in their own homes. Although patients are admitted with a wide range of presenting conditions, the program specializes in Maternity Outreach, offering prenatal and postpartum care to mothers and follow-up care to newborns, parenting classes, and a focus on supporting wellness and nurturing relationships.

PREVENTIVE SERVICES and family support program works with approximately 75 families a year to strengthen family functioning and to avoid placement of children in foster care. In addition to a focus on building trusting relationships, key program components include counseling, referrals for specialized treatment, help with parenting and daily life management skills, and follow-up with education, health care, housing, entitlements, and more.

LSA Core Human Service Programs

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2011 Management Report

In 2011, the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., served over 2,600 clients in East Harlem. These clients engaged in over 3,611 program enrollments, representing a 3.5% increase over 2010. Some 22% of our clients were enrolled in two to seven different programs over the course of the year, with a mean of four programs per client, reflecting the deep need for human services among families in East Harlem.

While demand for our services remains strong, the giving environment remains compromised and cuts to Medicaid impacted revenue to our Early Intervention and Certified Home Health Agency. In response, LSA evaluated our current and projected financial positions and set forth a plan to invigorate revenue streams with the goal of strengthening the organization’s fiscal foundation. With a 5-year revenue and expense projection in hand, the board and executive staff formulated a 3-5 year strategic plan, which included several potential revenue growth actions:

• Identifyinguntappedprogramrevenueandearnedincomeopportunities;• Exploringandinitiatingnewandenhancedfundraisingstrategies;• Substantiallyaugmentingourreservefundtosustainuswhileweencourageandestablishnew revenue growth strategies (“The Sustaining Fund”).

In the context of the economic environment in 2011, we understand that it’s simply not enough to say that we do good work; we need to demonstrate it. In 2011, we completed our first full year of an agency-wide, detailed measurement of the impact our programs have on families in East Harlem. This new capacity to measure and articulate outcomes and progress has proved instrumental in solidifying ongoing support of some of our largest and most critical foundation supporters. Further, our partnership on a research project with St. John’s University to demonstrate and increase our agency’s impact offered us highly useful information and perspective. A banner 2011 gala that exceeded projected fundraising goals honored the success of that project and relationship with St. John’s.

Improving and broadening our channels of communication with our stakeholders and increasing our visibility figured as notable priorities this year. With an experienced head of communications on our team, LSA secured press coverage in several top-tier media outlets including The New York Times, the NY Daily News, NY1, CNN Español and the cover story of the nationally distributed Harvard Magazine, among others. This exposure broadened our reach to a new base of potential supporters and represents the beginning of a new strategic outreach effort.

To be sure, LSA continues to face financial challenges due to the weak growth and uncertainty that remain defining realities of the current economy. Even so, LSA achieved an increase in total net assets over 2010, the first such increase since 2007. This success represents the first fruits of our efforts to enhance our strategies and tactics to increase fundraising and earned income over the coming five years.

In 2011, LSA Family Health Service achieved a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the highest awarded.

REVENUE BY SOURCE 2011 2010 AMOUNT % AMOUNT %

SPECIAL EVENTS $442,012 8% $308,071 7%FEE FOR SERVICE & OTHER EARNED 897,280 17% 1,463,204 31%FOUNDATIONS 1,086,801 20% 1,188,300 25%DONATIONS 1,439,115 27% 460,675 10%GOVERNMENT 1,017,133 19% 758,761 16%THRIFT STORE 413,372 8% 375,594 8%INVESTMENT INCOME 92,634 2% 140,733 3%TOTAL $5,388,347 100% $4,695,338 100%

EXPENSES BY SOURCE 2011 2010 AMOUNT % AMOUNT %

PROGRAM $4,171,178 87% 4,290,099 86%MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL 297,061 6% 376,555 8%FUNDRAISING 351,091 7% 339,993 7%TOTAL $4,819,330 100% $5,006,647 100%

NET ASSETS

2009 2010 2011UNRESTRICTED $1,559,118 $1,263,591 $1,907,598 DONOR RESTRICTED 640,795 608,200 533,209 ENDOWMENT 192,300 192,300 192,300 FIXED ASSETS 5,360,320 5,198,777 5,040,354

TOTAL $7,752,533 $7,262,868 $7,673,461

2009 2010 2011

NET ASSETS

FIXED ASSETSENDOWMENTDONOR RESTRICTEDUNRESTRICTED


CORPORATIONSAdministrative Systems Inc.

Aite Group, LLC

Amerigroup Foundation

Andrus on Hudson

Articulate Communications Inc.

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Bank of America

Belson Enterprises

Blue Frog Solutions

Bluff Point Associates

CIEE

Constructomics, LLC

COFCCA

Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

D3 LED, LLC

DBI Construction Consultants

ddm development and services

Ellenoff Grossman and Schole LLP

F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.

Financial Technology Partners LP

Gensler

Peter Gluck and Partners

Hanweck Associates, LLC

Indie Sounds

Innovest

InvestLink Technologies, LLC

2011 Donor List

J.McLaughlin

Ernst & Young LLP

Kings’ Carriage House

J. J. Lally and Co.

Mattone Group LLC

MedTera

Mercantil Commercebank, N.A.

Merrill Lynch, The Payne Group

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Northern Trust Company

N. P. Agency, Inc.

Portware LLC

Prime Time Personnel, Inc.

R.W. Pressprich

Russell Design, Inc.

Seward and Kissel LLP

Smith Sports International, LTD

Stage II Investments LLC

Sumerian

TABB Group

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse and Hirschtritt LLP

Waldorf Risk Solutions, LLC

Wealth Management Systems Inc.

EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONSCatholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York

Church Pension Group

Church of St. Thomas More

Church of the Heavenly Rest

Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes

Dominican Academy

Dominican Sisters of Hope Ministry Trust

Iona Preparatory School

The Jesuits of Fordham, Inc.

St. Joan of Arc Church

The New York Academy of Medicine

Notre Dame School of Manhattan

Religious of the Sacred Heart-10th Avenue Community

Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary

St. John’s University

St. Thomas Aquinas College

FOUNDATIONSAnonymous Family Foundation

The Hannah and Ryan Barry Memorial Foundation

The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc.

The Brennan Charitable Foundation Inc.

The Clark Foundation

Connelly Foundation

The Deerfield Partnership Foundation

The Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation, Inc.

The Sheldon and Marilyn Fireman Family Foundation

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc.

Elsie Lee Garthwaite Memorial Foundation

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Emy and Emil Herzfeld Foundation, Inc.

Hettinger Foundation

The Hyde and Watson Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation

Sidney and Judith Kranes Charitable Trust

The George Link, Jr. Foundation, Inc.

Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation, Inc.

William M. & Miriam F. Meehan Foundation, Inc.

The Theresa & Edward O’Toole Foundation

The Pinkerton Foundation

Robin Hood Foundation

The Kenneth and Hazel Roe Foundation, Inc.

The Schell Family Foundation

Sills Family Foundation

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation

Soaring Apple Foundation

The Sweet Peas Foundation

The Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation


Thank You.

photo: Rosalie O’Connor



IN HONOR OFMartha Andrade

Beth A. Sosin

Pat Barry

Timothy Horsburgh

Dr. Richard Bonforte

Bette Kerr, Ed.D

Phyllis L. Kossoff

Sr. Bea Brennan, RSCJ

Lisa & Michael Brennan

Dava Weinstein and Dorothy Calvani

Norma & Edmundo Flores

Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA

Batya Lewton

Ellen Zaltzberg and Naomi Lichtenstein

CHHA Staff

Dorothy Calvani

James Bernard Cooney

Jean & Bernie Cooney

Patricia Gribbon

Dr. Florence Crawford

Dr. Louise Lisi

Anna Lou Dehavenon

Dr. Dolores O. Morris

Kateri & Scott Depetris

Patricia & William Lamb

Margaret Duffy and Eugene F. Gaughan

Noreen McTeague

Patricia McTeague

Bette & Francis Mooney

Agnes Fitzpatrick

Theresa & Kevin Fitzpatrick

Father Claude Grenache

Derek Swinamer

Liz King

Jeannie & Olivier Trouveroy

Linda Lacchia and Elliott Schulman

Diane Brinkman

Staff of LSA Family Health Service

Marilyn Johnson

Shelly Luff

Sam K. Alfstad

Paula & Tom McInerney

Laura DeRose

Eileen & Jim Gaffney

Heather Mitchell and Darren Eskow

Nancy & Bob Eskow

Renee Eskow

Dave Szuchman and Jennifer Mitchell

Elizabeth Murphy

Mary Helen Jordan

Nieces and Nephews and their Families

Carolyn & Richard Culliton

Marie & Nicholas Peluso

Rose & Ralph Siciliano Sr.

PJM Board of Managers

Susan J. Riley

Ellen Rudley and Neil Fox

Sam K. Alfstad

Ralph A. Siciliano

Margaret Ruley and David Lovett

Maria Velasquez

Gray J. Velasquez

IN MEMORY OFLinda Marie Ariola

Joan Ariola

Maureen E. Burk

Angela & David Duff

Raymond J. Cook

Carol Cook

Dr. Kurt W. Deuschle

Jeanne Magagna Deuschle

Tom Downing

Bette & Francis Mooney

Bill Doyle

Anne Mundell Creed

Anne & John Doyle

Stanley B. Doyle, Jr.

Rev. Margaret Eddy

Rev. Norman Eddy

Jovita Estrada

Read & Read Attorneys at Law

William Joyce

Dr. Carol Joyce

Barbara Kiss Keeler

Margaret & George Magyar

Isabel Maccie

Melina & Raymundo Gonzalez

Alfred W. Murphy M.D.

Elizabeth Murphy

Sr. Mary Patrick Power

Eileen T. Barth

Mary Powers

Anne D. Whalen

Maria Rivadineira

Dorothy Calvani

Gale Scala

George Bardenheier

Linda & Eric Bierrie

Robert A. Cohen

Bernice & George Hantman

Eva Hantman and Dean DiMaggio

Frank M. Falcone

Helen Gwiazdowski

Brooke Janis

Charles L. Nowosadko

Gretchen Bria and Richard Scala

Marie and Giovanni Siciliano


Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Stack

Jo Anne B. Stack

Tilford Thomas

Broome Lawn and Landscape

Wayne Economon

Cheryl & Dan Haag

Joann & Bill Hughes

Mary Lou Johanek

Irene K. Kehoe

Genie & Jack Kramer

The Magnolias

Rosemary & John Mika

Meredith Swaim

Donna & Ronald Worstell

Dolorita F. Wallace

Margaret Browne

Mrs. William D. Powers

“Toot” Louise Welch

Rosemary Siciliano

Arnold Williams

Sr. Claire E. Regan




photos: LSA

INDIVIDUALSJean Ackerman

Will Amos

Martha Andrade

Jason Andrews

Anonymous (5)

Janet J. Arribas

Michael J. Arsham

Benjamin Bankson

Eleanor T. Barba

Tracy & Frank Barnes

Joan & Stephen Barnwell

Pat & Tom Barry

Terri & Tom Barry

Diane Beckman

Nancy & James Beha

Antonia M. Belt

Renate Belville and Allen Fischer

Nancy Benedict

Mary & Albert Berti

Cara M. Biggane

Jan & Bob Billingsley

Cece & Lee Black

Anne Board

Sarah Bond

Maria Matilde de Bonetti

Linda & Richard Bonforte

Neil E. Botwinoff

Marianne & Thomas Bowman

Elizabeth Boyd

Missy & George Boyd

Patricia & Stephen Brennan

Brennan Family

Barbara Brenner and Robert Rosengard

Ursula Brinkmann

Lisa Bromberg

Elvira Broniecki

Catherine Brooks

Elizabeth Brovero

Alice R. Buedden

Mary Burke

Ernest R. Burrell and Alicia Brennan

Mr. Robert L. Cahill Jr.

Dorothy Calvani

Cara A. Campbell

Carol & Stephen Canter

Patricia & Frank Cappelli

Chris Caras

Geraldine Carey

Judith & Russell Carson

Joanne & Christopher Carter

Gary S. Carter

Marie Cartusciello

Joseph Caruso

Genevra B. Casais

Claire & Robert Casale

Mary Chaplin

Jason Chudoba

Eileen G. Clancy

Pat & Richard Clifford

Barbara & John Coffey

Leslie & William Collins

Marion Coolen

Lynn & Leo Corbett

Deirdre Corrigan

Nancy & Joseph Cozza

Laura & Robert Cranston

Florence Crawford

Amelia Crowley

Carolyn & Richard Culliton

Peg & Peter D’Angelo

Emerald E. Daniel

Phyllis A. Darby

Dr. Steven B. David

Victoria M. De Barbieri

Laura & John De Boisblanc

Bonnie Stone and Jack Deacy

Dean Blackman

Philippe Delouvrier

Nina DeMartini-Day

M. Demers

Christie & Anthony DeNicola

Barbara & Benjamin Denihan

Kateri & Scott DePetris

Kristine & James DeRubertis

Linda DeSabato

Jennifer & Theodore DeVenuti

Christina & Jonathan Dever

Meredith R. DiPietro

August A. DiRenzo

Gianne L. Doherty

Sheila & Arthur Doody

Mimi Downing

Marge Duffy and Gene Gaughan

Edmund C. Duffy

Michelle Eacobacci

Marion Ebner

Caroline Ekman

Dorothy & Glen Elfers

Cathy Elofson

Rosemary K. Elson

Darren Eskow and Heather Mitchell

Carol & Paul Evanson

Nancy Ewing

Nick Ferraro

Rebecca & Paul Feuerstein

Alice R. Finley

Linda Stillman and Steven Finley

Alice & Thomas Fleming

Colleen M. Frey

Erin Fuller

Elise & Neil Gabriele

Eileen & Jim Gaffney

Linda & Greg Galdi

Carrie & Tony Maglia

Susan J. Gallaway

Pamela & Timothy Gallivan

Maida Galvez and Ali Mencin

Kristin Garbarino

Paulo Garcia

Elizabeth Garland

Frances & Joseph Garvin

Valerie & John J. Geli

Phyllis B. Gerstein

Mary Ann & Martin Gillan

Kimberly I. Gillespie

The Good Family

William Goodloe, Jr.

Gail & Norman Gordon

Dr. Sheila Gorman

Christine & Robert L. Gorzelany

Trish Gough

Craig D. Griffith

Matthew Haberman

Joanna Hagan and Matthew Rego

Suzanne Halpin

Theodora P. Hamell

Alice Hamilton

Lisa Hansen

Mary Harper Hagan

Jeannette & Stephen Hart

Janice Hentgen

Anne D. Herrmann

Julia & Robert Hert

Martha K. Hirst

Catherine & William J. Honan

Pamela Hubbard

Sr. Jean Hunter

Kristine & Kevin Jandora

Jacques P. Jenny

Marie & Jim Johnston

Catherine Johnston

Susan & Bobby Jones

Carol Joyce and Dick Blood

Marianne & Gary Kahn

Janelle & Michael Kahn

Charles Kaplan

Daniel E. Karson

Peter Kaszycki

Justina & Hayes Kavanagh

Dr. Mary Keane

Carol & Denis Kelleher

Anne Kelly

Lisa & Jim Kelly

Edgar Kenna

Karen Kennedy

Michael Kennedy

Liz King and Paul Farrell

Emily & Keith Kobyra

Marc Krause

Jennifer Krause

Michael Krill

Mona & Robert Krouskoff

Karen & Joshua Kurek

Linda Lacchia and Elliot Schulman

Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA

Claudia & John Lachapelle

Ellen & Dennis Lafferty

Lisa Lahiji

Paula & William Lake

Helen & James Lally

Joanne & Steven Lanza

Lori & Gary Lawrence

Let Lee

Saemi Lee

Wendy Lee and Easton Ragsdale

Sr. Margaret Leonard, LSA

Grace & Todd Leong

Cynthia Levy

Kim & Gregory Licalzi

Sean Lombard

Eddy Lopez and Rosanna Rosado

Michelle & Javier Lopez

Stacy & John Louizos

Helen Lowe

Ursula & Paul Lowerre

Nina Lublin

Karen & Kevin Lucas

Dan Lundy

Kathleen & Clark Lydic

Bently Lyonz

Clarice Ma

Natalia Sacasa

Catherine & Paul Maloy

Monica & Temy Mancusi-Ungaro


To Donate, visit www.littlesistersfamily.org

photo: Chasi Annexy

Betty & Lynn Mangum

Caroline & David Marren

Ellen Marren

Joan & Joseph Marren

Seane & Bernard Marren

Elizabeth T. Marren

Rob Marroco

Mary Ellen & Robert Martin

Nadia M. Martincic

Roberta & Howard Mase

Teresa A. Mason

Michelle & Robert McDermott

Harnet & George McDonald

Kathleen C. McEntegart

Michael McGrath

Rosemarie C. McGrath

Joan & Robert McGuire

Paula & Tom E. McInerney

Susan & Tom J. McInerney

Andrea McInerney

Nancy & Michael J. McInerney

Melissa & Robert McInerney

Joan & John McLaughlin

Marcia McLean and Peter Lasusa

Ivy & Michael Medeiros

Mark Merriman

Patricia Meyer

Linda Micceri

Marie & Thomas Mierswa

Jeanne & Carson Miller

David & Ellen Mitchell

Adriana Mnuchin

Patricia Monahan

Sarah Muller-Robbins

Tracey & Kyle Mumford

Karen & Michael Murphy

Marlena C. Nadler

Frances C. Nater

Anita Negi

William Nelson and Carmelo Lozada

David Nocenti

Mary Novelly

Mary Belle O’Brien

Jane & Ralph O’Connell

Betty & Luke O’Connor

Theresa Olcese

Mary Ellen Oldenburg

Maureen O’Lunney

Yoko Ono Lennon

Eliza Oursler

Amy & Kevin Owens

Nikky & Tony Pacheco

Patty Paine

Dorothy Ann & Alec Pandaleon

Dori Paulino

Elaine & Thomas Peer

Patricia & John Pellegrini

Karyn & Jim Pellow

Margarita Perusquia

Noreen & Martin Petraitis

Susan LeJambre Porcella

Sherri & Marc Powers

Melody & Raymond Ranelli

Patricia & Herbert Rauser

Helen Rehr

Christine & Manny Tirado

Ellen & Jim Riley

Brigid Riley

John K. Robertson

Carolina Rocha

Michele & Jeff Rohr

Rocco A. Roina

Steven Rosandich

Anita M. Roschy

Allison Rosen

Penelope Ross

Scott Rowan

Peter R. Ruiz, MD

Patricia & David Rung

Jamie Russell

Lucia Russett

Cynthia & Bruce Russett

Mary & Win Rutherfurd

Jill Sakowitz

Paul Saltzmann

Elsie Sanchez

Darren & Noreen K. Sankbeil

Pat & Paul Saunders

James R. Scala

Anne Marie Schettini-Lynch

Polly Schonfeld

Victoria Schreiber

Cathleen & Sander Schultz

Maria & Joseph Schwartz

Maxine Seifert and Thomas Small

Melody M. Serafino

Madhu & Hemendra Shah

Jacqueline Shannon and Allan Margolin

Ellen A. Shaw


Ralph A. Siciliano

Rosemary Siciliano

Lea N. Siciliano

Donna Siciliano and Stephen Haug

Linda Jean & Robert Siciliano

Katherine Sieh-Takata

Joan Binstock and David Silvers

Cathleen & Anthony Sinodinos

Claire & Joe Smetana

Brian J. Smith

Nicole & Harrell Smith

Dian & Robert Smith

Marcie & Jeffrey Sohm

Jo Anne B. Stack

Patricia & Jack Stack

Israel Morris Steinwurzel

John Sterling

Margaret L. Stevens

Alice Stock

Joan & Neal Stolleman

Christine & George Stonbely

Tina & Joseph Stonbely

Michael J. Stonbely

Peter Stonbely

Simonne Stone

Robert Swanton

Steven M. Sweeney

Betty Taller

Sandra & Michael Tannenbaum

Julia Tanner

Emilia & Randolph Taylor

William Thomas

Karin Thurmon and Carl Ringwald

Audra Tiner

Doreen & Laurence Tiner

Mary & Peter Tobin

Kyle Toman

Leslie & Walter Tomenson, Jr.

Joseph G. Tucker

Nora B. Tulchin

Mark A. Tuttle

Stacey Usiak and Oscar Fernandez

J. Stephen Vanderwoude

Lisa & Jose Vargas

Mary & Mike Vavroch

Gilbert Vazquez

Robin & Paul Vermylen

Mary K. Vinton

Jonathan Waldvogel

Kathleen & Stratford Wallace

Joanne Walsh

Justin Warshowsky

Richard Wender and Renni S. Altman

Beth & John Werwaiss

Ann D. Whalen

Carolyn & William Wheatley

Susan & William J. Whelan

Gabrielle & Robert Wile

Bryan & Dineen Willats

Janet Williams

Ryan Wood

Katy Zack

Brian Zaro

Jennifer Zieba

Margaret L. Zwiren

MATCHING GRANTSAIG

Altman Foundation

IAC

JPMorgan Chase and Co.

Morgan Stanley

Mutual of America Foundation

New York Life Foundation

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Prudential Foundation

UBS


To Donate, visit www.littlesistersfamily.org


PUBLIC SUPPORTEFAP - Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Bank of New York)

EFSP - Emergency Food and Shelter Program

HPNAP - Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program

Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City

New York City Administration for Children’s Services

New York City Council

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development

TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Bank of New York)

The Manhattan Borough President

United Way of New York City

IN KINDApollo Theater Foundation, Inc.

Arthur Avenue Cigars

Baby Buggy

Batya Lewton

Bronx 4U CAPS

The Brookdale Foundation Group

The Buckley School

Catholic Charities

Church of the Heavenly Rest

Church Pension Group

City Harvest Inc.

Claremont Preparatory School

Columbia Secondary School

Convent of the Sacred Heart Upper School Campus Ministry

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Heart Program

Convent of the Sacred Heart, CASA Program

Epiphany Church

Food Bank of New York City

Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal

Free Arts

Stella & Sierra Good

Harlem United

Janet Havilchuck

Horace Mann School

Huggies

IHOP Restaurant Support Services

Jaffe & Asher LLP

Just Food Inc.

KIND

Legal Aid Society

Leo Burnett New York

Macmillan

Mariandale Retreat Center

Marshalls

Materials for the Arts

Most Valuable Kids

Mount Sinai Medical Center

The National Diaper Bank Network

Nightingale Bakery

Notre Dame High School

Nourishing NYC

Rosalie O’Connell

P.S. 112

P.S. 6

The Pajama Program

Robert F. Kennedy School

Robin Hood Foundation

Roundhill Church

Madhu Shah and Hemendra Shah

Maura Sheridan

Dr. Alan Spizman

St. Augustine Church

St. Luke’s Church of Whitestone, NY

St. John’s Bread and Life

St. Monica’s Church

St. Thomas More Church

Today Show

UN Partnership Bureau

The Walt Disney Company

Ellen Zaltzberg and Naomi Lichtenstein

AUCTION ITEM DONORSAsphalt Green

Avalon Day Spa

Ballet Hispanico

Lillian Barry

Pat Barry

CeCe Black, Whidden Black and Co.

Blue Man Group

Bradford Renaissance Portraits

Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn Cyclones

Caramoor Center

David Chapman

Chelsea Piers

Joe Cozza

Cuisinart

Maureen Cushing

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Meredith DePietro

Neil Gabriele

Lori Goldberg

Joann Guerrieri

Lila Horn

Intermix NYC

J.McLaughlin

Karen Kennedy

Ary Khatchikian

Elizabeth King and Paul Farrell

King’s Carriage House

Kramer Portraits, New York

The Late Show with David Letterman

Kim LiCalzi

The Linen Shop

Louis Licari Salon

Stacy & John Louizos

LSA Friends

Mandarin Oriental

Manhattan East Auto Repair

The Marriott Marquis

Nadia Martincic

Tom & Paula McInerney

Montauk Yacht Club/Lloyd Van Horn

Murray’s Cheese

Museum of Modern Art

NBC Universal Jimmy Fallon

New Victory Theater

New York Sports Clubs

Paper Mill Playhouse

Pindar Vineyards

The Renaissance Time Square Hotel

Amy Salinger

School of Cards

School Zone Publishing Co. Inc

Spectacular Design Group LLC

Christine & George Stonbely

Stratton Mountain Resort

Bob Swanton

SYMS Clothing

Tea and Sympathy

Robert Wile

Brian Zaro


To Donate, visit www.littlesistersfamily.orgphoto: Rosalie O’Connor

photo: Chasi Annexy

photo: LSA

LSA Officers and Board of Directors

Ralph A. Siciliano, Esq.Chairperson Nadia M. MartincicSecretary Patricia R. BarryRichard J. Bonforte, M.D.George H. Boyd IIIBarbara Brenner, Dr. PHJoseph V. CozzaScott DePetrisMargaret DuffyWilliam A. GoodloeRobert J. Gorzelany, Esq.Marianne Maguire KahnElizabeth KingSr. Susanne LachapelleWendy D. LeeSr. Margaret A. LeonardCynthia LevyStacy H. LouizosUrsula LowerrePaula G. McInerneyMaxine SeifertBrian S. SmithRobert SwantonKarin ThurmonAudra TinerJoseph G. Tucker

Founding MemberWilliam J. Doyle(1940-1993)

Executive DirectorGary S. Carter, LCSW

DONATEHelp struggling East Harlem families live healthier, stable and economically promising lives by supporting LSA Family Health Service’s programs:

www.littlesistersfamily.org646.672.5200 ext. 278

GET INVOLVEDFacebook: Facebook.com/LSAFamilyHealthServiceTwitter: @LSA_EastHarlemYouTube: YouTube.com/LSAFHSWeb: www.littlesistersfamily.orgVolunteer: [email protected]

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc. 333 E. 115th St., New York, New York 10029



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Our Mission

The Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., founded in 1958, is a non-profit, community-based organization working with the families of East Harlem to address the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual dimensions of family health.

Our programs, offered at our center in East Harlem and in the homes of the families we serve, are designed to empower those who have the least access to the basic necessities of life in the conviction that the entire community grows when individuals and families are affirmed in their own dignity.

Sowing Wellness, Reaping Strength

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc.333 East 115th StreetNew York, NY 10029

P. 646.672.5200 x278

www.littlesistersfamily.org

Please donate by mail, online at www.littlesistersfamily.org, or call 646.672.5200

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