Supporters
The Vermont Achievement Center is supported by a diverse group of philanthropic, public and community organizations, and private individuals that are committed to helping families succeed. Our supporters provide valuable resources, financial support and expertise that not only helps extend our efforts but also helps strengthen our community.
If you are interested in supporting the Vermont Achievement Center, download the following donation form. If you have any questions, call 802-775-2395 extension 103.
VAC Celebrates More than 80 Years of Service to Children and Families:
Please Support our Mission and Support Your Community
Your support of Vermont Achievement Center ensures VAC is there for the thousands of families in Rutland County who need us the most. Your support ensures that our programs and services continue to instill the life skills and knowledge families and children need to be successful, and lead healthier and more productive lives.
Whether you support our Annual Campaign, programs, facility improvements, or support us through our fund raising events, your investment will have a positive impact on those we serve.
Thank you for your generosity that allows us to continue our shared mission.
Rosie Piontek
(802) 775-2395 ext. 2103
2015 Honor Roll of Donors
VAC acknowledges the following donors and volunteers for their contributions during the Fiscal Year 2015 (7/1/2014 to 6/30/2015). Thank you for your generosity and support. Please forgive us if we have erred or missed your name.
Council of Leaders
Gifts of $10,000 or More
Alderman’s Toyota
Alice Bucklin Fund Trust
Dorothy Grow Kraft Foundation
Estate of Elizabeth Miller
Order of Eastern Star Vermont
Toyota Dealer Match Program
Vermont Agency of Education, Early Education Initiative Grant
Founders Society
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
27th VAC Gala Dinner Dance & Auction
General Electric Volunteer Foundation
Achievement Circle
Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999
Autism Awareness Month at VAC
Berkshire Bank
Rev. & Mrs. Frederick Buechner
Ms. Lorraine Dansereau
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Henderson
Mr. William Hurd, Jr.
Mount Laurel Foundation, Inc.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Rutland County Snowmobilers
Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd.
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Shields
United Way of Chittenden County
Vermont Community Foundation,
Edwards Child Care Scholarship Fund
Vermont Eastern Star Home
Vermont Store Fixture Corp.
Futures Guild
Gifts of $500 to $999
Ms. Christine Carrara & Mr. Matthew Wilson
Mr. Chip Paison & Ms. Joan Gamble
Mr. Samuel Groom
Hannaford Brothers Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Harvey
Heritage Family Credit Union
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Hyde
J. P. Carrara & Sons, Inc.
Kinney Pike Insurance
Ms. Sibyl Kirby
Lake Sunapee Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald N. Lazzaro
Rutland Pharmacy
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Ms. Hazel M. Thompson
Vermont State Employees Credit Union
Honors Club
Gifts of $100 to $499
Mrs. Natalie Aborn
Richard Amadon & Frances Traverse
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Ankuda
Mrs. Anne M. August
Dr. & Mrs. Roger D. Baker
Ms. S. Carol Bam
BD Cybergrants
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Beauchamp
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Belock
Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Bender
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brittain
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Bromley
Mr. John A. Bryson
Mr. Real Champagne
Ms. Gloria Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Coleman
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Colin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Conway, II
Mr. & Mrs. Jasper W. Covey
Mrs. Ana A. Cumming
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dean
Dean’s Auto Service
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Densmore
Dr. & Mrs. Michael R. Dick
Mr. Jon R. Eggleston
Mr. Robert J. Farnum
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Gallivan
Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Graham
Ms. Beth Tofel-Grehl
Mr. & Mrs. Steele T. Griswold
Mr. & Mrs. Luther F. Hackett
Dr. & Mrs. Carleton R. Haines
Dr. & Mrs. David Hassebroek
Mr. & Mrs. Arlyn Hawley
Mr. & Mrs. Chris B. Heald
Mr. & Mrs. John Herriman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Horner
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hotchkiss
IBM
Mr. Hans Johnson & Ms. Carol LaBrecque
Joy Wah, Inc.
Mrs. Blanche B. Kelley
Mr. Bradford Kelley & Ms. Eileen Shannon
Dr. & Mrs. Donald L. Kinley
Dr. & Mrs. Keith N. Knapp II
Knights of Columbus #6816
Dr. & Mrs. A. Paul Krapcho
Ms. Susan Lamay
Lavalley Building Supply
Mrs. James T. Lea
Mrs. Edith Mach
Mr. & Mrs. Steven E. MacKenzie
Mr. Howard A. Manosh
Dr. & Mrs. Greg C. Maurer
Mr. & Mrs. James T. McCabe
Mr. Gregory McHugo & Mrs. Mary Conrad
Dr. Dean McKenzie & Dr. Cheryl McKenzie
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. R. John Mitchell
Mr. Claude J. Morin
Marvin & Sue Neuman
Mr. Russell Newton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Noble
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. O’Brien
OMYA Industries
Mrs. Charles A. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Marcel Piette
Poultney United Fund
Dr. & Mrs. James N. Rademacher
Ms. Suzanne Redden
Mr. & Mrs. James Reddy
Ms. Shirley M. Reid
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Reuther, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Robertello
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rose
Rutland Area Vehicle Enthusiast
Ms. Kim Ryder
Mr. Morton T. Saunders
Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Smid
Dr. Donald A. Smith
Ms. Tara Smith
Ms. Nuraini Tanjung & Mr. Ross Schifo
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Taylor
The Aloha Foundation-Camp Lanakila
The Pharmacy
Mr. Harmon F. Thurston
Travel Inn
Union Church of Proctor
Atty. John B. Webber
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wennberg
Dr. & Mrs. D. Billings Wheeler
Mr. & Mrs. David Whitmore
Ben & Becky Wisell
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Woodbury
Mrs. Polly P. Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Glen L. Yates
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Yates
Atty. & Mrs. John Zawistoski
Council of Friends
Gifts of $1 to $99
Mr. Larry A. Abbott
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Ackerman
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin P. Alderman
Mrs. Joan B. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Philippe R. Alston
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Ammel
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Earl Backus
Mr. & Mrs. W. Spencer Baker
Mr. Donald J. Balch
Mr. Richard C. Bartholomae
Mr. & Mrs. Fred K. Baser
Ms. Elsie F. Beard
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Beatty
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Bedard
Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Bender
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus C. Benson, Jr.
Mrs. Cicely Bernard
Mrs. David S. Bigelow
Mr. W. Scott Blanchard
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Bolton
Mr. & Mrs. Guy G. Breault
Mr. & Mrs. Dale C. Briggs
Mrs. Donna M. Brileya
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Brindle
Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Broughton
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Butler, Jr.
Mrs. & Rita M. Calkins
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Calter
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Caron
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Chiabrandy
Ms. Diane Clain
Mr. & Mrs. Terry M. Clifford
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Colton
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Colvin
Mr. & Mrs. Leon L. Corse
Mrs. Nancy T. Couch
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Crevier
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Crowther
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Cull
Mrs. Cornelia Daamen
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Daigle
Dr. & Mrs. Francis J. D’Auria
Mr. & Mrs. Willem I. DeGroot
Mr. & Mrs. Bradford H. Denny
Mr. & Mrs. Ellis C. Derrig, Sr.
Mr. Dennis Devereux
Ms. Barbara L. Douglass
Mrs. Constance E. Dufresne
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Fagan
Mr. Alvin Fellows
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Feltus
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence L. Ferson
Mrs. Ruth Fish
Mr. Edward J. Foster
Mr. Robert F. Fredette
Mr. Theodor H. Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Garrow
Mrs. Priscilla D. Gates
Mrs. Barbara J. Ghia
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Gibson, III
Mrs. Winona Gilman
Mrs. Ruth R. Gjessing
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Glendenning
Mrs. Frances E. Gluck
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence E. Gochey
Mr. & Mrs. Azel S. Hall, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth N. Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Harvey, III
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hazen
Mrs. Coleen Heaslip
Mrs. Stephania Heleba
Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Hewes
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Hike
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey E. Horner
Mr. Lee B. Houghton
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Hudson
Mrs. Alfred W. Ibbetson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Irons
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Jacob
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Jagodzinski
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Jenkins
Mrs. Ruth E. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Kahle
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kaplan
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon R. Kelly
Atty. & Mrs. A. Jay Kenlan
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Kenney
Ms. Paula Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Knox, Jr.
Mr. Michael J. Ladd, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Ladd
Mrs. Lois Lafreniere
Mrs. Barbara LaMonda
Mrs. Alice Lamson
Mr. & Mrs. Fernand Lanoue
Mr. & Mrs. Jody H. Larson
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Leamy
Ms. Bette Ann Libby
Mr. & Mrs. Denis F. Lyster
Mrs. Beatrice MacFarland
Mrs. Lorraine Magoon
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Maloy
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. Mangino
Mrs. Margaret B. Marsh
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Martel
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Matthews, III
Dr. & Mrs. Greg C. Maurer
Hon. & Mrs. Francis B. McCaffrey
Mrs. Charles E. McClallen
Mr. Gregory McHugo & Mrs. Mary Conrad
Mr. & Mrs. William McNamara
Mrs. Dorothy F. Merrill
Mr. & Mrs. W. David Merrill
Mr. Lawrence R. Miller
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Milne
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest H. Miner
Mr. Jeff Minns
Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Morey
Miss Ellen Moritz
Mrs. Evelyn M. Nickerson
Mr. & Mrs. Guy E. Nido, Jr.
Mr. Richard B. Norcott, Jr.
Mr. Floyd E. North
O’Brien Brothers Agency
Ms. Bette L. O’Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Kuno E. Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad H. Ormsbee
Ms. Beverly A. Osterberg
Ms. Emily H. Packard
Mrs. Grace A. Papp
Dr. & Mrs. Gary D. Parker
Mrs. Marlene R. Patch
Mrs. Ione Paul
Pearle A. DeGroot Trust Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer R. Peck
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Peloquin
Mrs. Audrey C. Penniman
Mr. & Mrs. Arden R. Peplau
Mrs. Irma R. Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Pettengill
Ms. Joan C. Phalen
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Phalen
Mrs. Charles A. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Pierce
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Pippin
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Plunkett
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Richards
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Rose
Mr. Henry L. Roy
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sabino
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Schermer
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Shaw
Mr. & Mrs. Julian S. Sheres
Mrs. Phoebe M. Siemer
Mrs. Joseph Sinitsky
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar L. Smith
Ms. Susan L. Smith
Mr. Willard F. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Spaulding
Mr. & Mrs. Neal E. Strong
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Taggart
Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Tedesco, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Thomas
Dr. Robert E. Tortolani
Mr. & Mrs. B. Albert Trono
Mr. & Mrs. Morris G. Tucker
VFW Auxiliary Post #648
Mr. Alan D. Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Walsh
Mr. John B. Wing
Mr. Sanford Witherell & Ms. Margaret Camara
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Woodbury
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Woods
Mr. & Mrs. George Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Albert G. Wurzberger
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Zimmer
Gifts-In-Kind
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Carris
Cascades Lodge
Jen Dattoli
Mrs. Donna Fiske
Gill’s Delicatessen
Hannaford Brothers Co.
Hubbardton Forge
Peter Huntoon
J. P. Carrara & Sons
Paula Kearney
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Dr. Cheryl McKenzie
Ms. Ellen Moritz
Mr. Michael Russo
Ms. Barbara Sprague
Rutland Area Farm & Food Link’s
The Vermont Country Store
Ben Wisell
Anne Zawistoski
Memorial Gifts
Given in Memory of:
Ronald & Paul Amadon
Abelio Amor
Helen Ankuda
Katy Sue Bedor
Alice Dansereau
Dale & Elizabeth Dwyer
John R. Garnett
Joseph Gluck
Emmett Hausslein
Samuel F. Heleba
Ashley Hess
Linda Hill
Lloyd “Pete” Kelley
Joey Lafreniere
Clifton Lamson
Joan Ann Lorman
David McKee
Charles & Evelyn Monroe
Kimberly Rose O’Brien
Hildreth L. Patch
Lloyd “Bill” Perry
Tyler Stocker Reuther
Hazel Kory Rockow
Emily Sheldon
Gifts in Honor of:
Samuel Groom
Volunteers
July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
Tyrelle Appleton
Charles Barker
Ashley Bathalon
Robin Carey
Christine Carrara
Lenny Clark
Kelsey Clements
Ryan Cummings
Jane Cretella
Jen Dattoli
Sister Shirley Davis
Mitch Frankenberg
Albert Galfetti
General Electric Volunteers
Mitch Golub
Samuel Groom
Benjamin Harvish
Tennille Hayden
Arthur Hetzel
Ann Hunt
Eric Louttit
Patrick Maher
Jan McCullough
Beth McKee
Eric McKee
Kyle Milligan
Eric Niles
Kirk Shields
Glen Traverse
Rodney Ward
Jeffrey Wennberg
RSVP Volunteers;
Ruth Baker
Fern Bradder
Ethel Drew
Blanche Kelley
Irene McCarthy
Ellen Mortiz
Jack Roberts
Andrea Ryan
Betty Tatro
June Tinney
Joe Watson
Marylyn Watson
27th Gala & Auction Volunteers;
Paula Kearney
Audrey Knapp
Christie Knapp
Cathy Louttit
Freddie Monder
Diane Northrup
Becky Wisell
Anne Zawistoski
College of St. Joseph’s Intern Program
Green Mountain College Intern Program
Green Mountain Foster Grandparents, Rutland
Thank you to the many volunteers who donated their time and shared their expertise and kindness with our children, families and staff during fiscal year 2015. VAC appreciates your time and effort on behalf of those we serve, and we are grateful for your help!
