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Celebrating 25 Years of Service

The North East Community Center seeks to build a healthy, caring, responsive and welcoming community for all who live and visit here.

SEPTEMBER 2015

North East Community Center

2 NORTH EAST COMMUNITY CENTER: 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, September 2015

Congratulations

to NECCfor 25 years of service to the

community and to the skilled and

dedicated staff who implement its

important programs and serve

the people who need them each

and every day.

Sherrell Andrews & Rob Kuhbach

NORTH EAST COMMUNITY CENTER: 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, September 2015 3

Le� er to the Community ....................... p. 3

Wendy Curtis, Guiding the Way ........p. 4

Alex Baker, 2nd Generation Staff ..... p. 5

Melissa Landon, NECC Alumna ..........p. 6

Elias Andrade, NECC Alumnus ............ p. 7

Karen Kisslinger, Mentor ........................p. 8

Timeline .................................................................p. 10

Gertrude O’Sullivan, Catalyst ...........p. 14

Jennie Poidomani, Behind the Scenes ........................................ p. 15

Amy Truax, New Face .................................p. 16

2014-2015: Funders and Donors ....... p. 17

Financials .............................................................p. 19

Programs and Services ...........................p. 20

NECC 25th AnniversarySEPTEMBER 2015

Designed by James Clark, edited by Anna Clune©2015 Northeast Community Council, Inc.

Le� er To The CommunityDear Friends and Supporters of NECC,

Twenty-fi ve years ago, a group of people came together to try to make a diff erence. Teenag-ers were ge� ing into trouble and not fi nding

their way to college and jobs. Elderly people were isolated and unable to get to the doctor or grocery store. Big local employers were waning, leaving people without work. But then, as now, Millerton was also full of people willing to help each other and lend a hand.

In this report to the community, you’ll read about Wendy Curtis and Sam Busselle, two citi-zens who thought that even a small village like Millerton needed and deserved a community cen-ter where people could get help and fi nd things to do. You’ll hear from Melissa Landon, who was a teenager during NECC’s early years and enjoyed the vibrant off erings here in the 1990s.

You can read about how Karen Kisslinger helped found the Millerton Farmers Market in 2007, and how Elias Andrade discovered his love of cooking as a teen intern there and is now well on his way to a career in the culinary arts. And you’ll meet some of NECC’s extraordinary and dedicated staff , who devote countless hours, creativity and love to serving everyone from the youngest children to the frailest seniors, and everyone in between.

We’ve come a long way in 25 years, and as we launch into our next 25, we have some big ques-tions to answer. Where can we fi nd enough space to support the programs we have now and those

Farm and Food Intern Sarah Bevill with Jenny Hansell at the 2015 Chef and Farmer Brunch.

Staff , 2014-2015Jenny Hansell, Executive Director

Jennie Poidomani, Administrative Director

Anna Clune, Director of Grants and Contracts

Amy Truax, Development Coordinator

Jan Brooks, After-School Program Director

John Mahoney, After-School Assistant Director and Childcare Supervisor

Betsey McCall, Farm & Food and Teen Programs Director

Sara Ugolini, Teen Program Director (2014)

Monte Stone, Transportation Coordinator

Shanna Barney, Transportation Coordinatorand Food Access Program Assistant (2014)

Alex Baker, Administrative Assistant, After-School Program Coordinator and Summer Camp Co-Director

Sara Campbell, Teen Program Coordinator

Lauren Astor, Family Support Facilitator

Geoff Saavedra, Family Support Assistant

Taryn Cocheo, Client Advocate and Farmers Market Manager

Erin O’Halloran, Farmers Market Manager (2014) and Summer Food Service Coordinator

Juliana Kreta, After-School Program Assistant

Theresa Fallon, After-School Program Assistant

Mark Stonehill, After-School Program Assistant

Shawnna Cawley, Teen Program Assistant

Anita Singh, Farm and Food Education Assistant

Lauren Hirtle, Food Access Program Coordinator

Amy Dagge� , Americorps Navigator and Summer Food Service Coordinator (2014)

Kristen Pederson, Food Access Program Coordinator

Sheila DePaola, Americorps Navigator and Summer Food Service Coordinator

Jenn Chang, Americorps Navigator

Maria Aloe, Americorps Navigator

Board of Directors 2014-2015OFFICERS

Sherrell Andrews, Chair; Vice Chair 2014-2015Kristen Panzer, Chair 2014-2015

Christine Bates, Vice Chair; Treasurer 2014-2015Leslie Mackenzie Go� lieb, Treasurer

Kimberly Downey, Treasurer 2014-2015Diane Zimmerman, Secretary

DIRECTORSJon Arnason

Taryn Cocheo Kimberly DowneySven Humphrey

Willliam McGinnEleanor Nurzia

Mimi RamosLisa Straus

we’ll develop in the future? Can we do more to combat some of the most diffi cult challenges our community faces? Can we do more to partner and collaborate with other groups near and far?

With your help, we’ve come this far, and with your help we will solve those challenges and the many others that will surely come our way.

Thank you, Jenny Hansell, Executive Director

North East Community Center51 South Center Street, P.O. Box 35

Millerton, NY 12546Phone: (518) 789-4259 • Fax: (518) 789-9279

www.neccmillerton.org

Millerton Elementary School5833 South Elm Avenue

Millerton, NY 12546 • Phone: (518) 592-1399

ADVISORY BOARDJoe Rinaldi

and Louise Lindenmyer, Co-chairsIrene Banning

Samuel BusselleSusan Caufi eldWendy Curtis

Elizabeth GilmoreRobert Kuhbach

Katherine MartucciHelen Scoville

Daniel SternbergBill Suter


GUIDING THE WAY, 1991Wendy CurtisAdapted from a Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation profi le

Wendy Curtis was in tran-sition, and so was her adopted hometown of

Millerton, New York. It was 1991. Wendy had just

retired from 16 years at Vassar Col-lege, where she had been Assistant Dean of Studies and then ran the Vassar Art Gallery. Her father had recently died, her mother would soon require care and, before long, her three children would be pursuing careers in medicine and education. Meanwhile, in Millerton—where Wendy had se� led 20 years earlier with her husband John, a physician—the gap between the “newly arrived” from New York City and long-time residents was widening.

“The two traditional means of employment—farms and the two large state institutions—were going out of business,” she said. Both the Harlem Valley State Hospital and the Wassaic Devel-opmental Center, once among the largest government employers in Dutchess County, were closing or downsizing, leaving many out of work.

At the urging of a friend, Sam Busselle, Wendy leapt into local aff airs by running for public offi ce. “I thought, ‘I’m sure to lose,’ which I did, thank heavens,” Wendy said, laughing. “But I knew it would give me a be� er feeling for the community.” What she learned shocked her. Unemployment was widespread. Young people had nowhere to go once school let out. Drug abuse was common.

While the challenges were multiplying, most social services were operating out of faraway Poughkeepsie, and some skep-tics in the community regarded public assistance for anyone but the elderly as a handout. This was especially troubling to Wendy, who had studied at the Columbia University School of Social Work.

When Sam launched a council to address the needs of teens and senior citizens, Wendy had a bold suggestion. This new cause would need a face. “Not just people, but a place. A community center,” she said about fi nding the fi rst home for the North East Com-munity Center. “We leased an old

barn, but when it burned as the result of an electrical problem in a neighboring company, Sam located the building on South Center Street.” NECC moved in around 1994.

Wendy devoted time and en-ergy to NECC for much of its fi rst decade, serving as board chair from 1997 to 2000. She continues to this day as a donor and member of the Advisory Board, a council of community leaders who support NECC fi nancially and with their expertise and guidance.

Through Wendy’s later board membership at the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, where she founded the North-east Dutchess Fund, Dutchess County residents can support what Wendy describes as “land use, social services, education and arts—all of the things that make for a community.” All along, she’s been guided by and has acted on her core beliefs.

“If we’re to live together suc-cessfully,” she concluded, “we must understand that you must give as much as you take.”

“If we’re to live together successfully, we must understand that you must give as much as you take.”

51 South Center Street circa 2002.After-school program, today: Second grader with Hazel Grace the reading dog.


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2ND GENERATION STAFF, 1990-2015Alex Baker, Utility Infi elder

After-school craft time for 2nd and 3rd graders.

Though he is only 30 years old, Alex Baker has a history with NECC that goes back farther

than just about anyone else’s—in fact back to the Center’s very be-ginnings.

In 1990, when Alex was 5, his fa-ther, Edward Baker, became NECC’s fi rst Program Director. A play-wright, Ed Baker used role playing to help teenagers and adults work out domestic confl icts and issues like substance abuse. His three years at NECC marked the begin-ning of NECC’s long tradition of using innovative methods to address serious problems. Ed also organized recreational events, like basketball games at the Millerton Elementary School, for clients and staff .

In those days, the Center shared an offi ce with an architect on North Center Street. Alex recalls his dad saying that he was the “director of half a room and a soda vending machine.” But NECC grew steadily and moved to its current home on South Center Street in 1994. By then, Ed Baker had gone on to become a college professor in New York City.

In 2007, Alex was working at a Salisbury business. He had a customer, Kelly Rolo, who brought her son to NECC programs and was also on the Board of Directors. Kelly recommended that he apply

for an opening in NECC’s after-school program. Soon, Alex found his passion — working with young children — and he has been with NECC ever since.

At the NECC After-School Con-nection, Alex, a Program Coordi-nator, has responsibility for the well-being of 15 second and third graders from 2:30 pm to 6 pm. He works in a team led by Jan Brooks (Program Director) and John Mahoney (Assistant Director) that serves 100 Webutuck students in grades K to 8.

Alex explains that the people who work in the after-school program are creative and talented in many diff erent fi elds, but they are united by a common philoso-phy about working with youth. They look for the strengths and gifts of every child and give them opportunities to excel in those areas. “My goal is to help younger children discover what it is they love to do,” he said, “whether it’s art, science, sports, or being a

good friend.”Things keep evolving at the Cen-

ter, and this year Alex has taken on many new responsibilities. In January, he became Administrative Assistant in NECC’s offi ce, while keeping his after-school position, and in July he and Sheila DePaola codirected a vibrant new summer program for kids ages 5 to 12.

Alex credits his mother, Caro-line Guerra, for teaching him that communication is a much more ef-fective strategy than punishment. Alex also learned from Caroline, who is from Cuba, about the chal-lenges Spanish-speaking residents face when seeking services in an English-speaking world. Alex fi nds it especially gratifying to help Latino parents.

Over the years, Alex added, he’s been called on to fi ll staffi ng gaps in nearly every program NECC off ers to children and teenagers, including our Teen Leadership

Team and Community Partnership with Schools and Business. In base-ball, a sport Alex loves, the person who can play all the positions is called the “utility infi elder.” At the North East Community Center, that skilled and fl exible person is Alex Baker.

“We try to open up avenues for kids to succeed at the things they love and become the people they want to be.”

“Empty Bowls” ceramics fundraising project, an after-school club at the Junior High; Program Assistant Maya Mortman is at far left, Webutuck Technology Teacher John Roccanova is at far right.


What would we do without the North East Community Center?

NECC is an essential community resource and we are proud to be supporters.

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Melissa Landon grew up in Millerton and went to school at Webutuck.

“Wendy Curtis [one of NECC’s founders] encouraged me to get involved with the Center’s Travel-ing Troup,” Melissa says, “and I started when I was 15 in the sum-mer of 1994.” NECC had just moved into its new building on South Center Street, and there wasn’t much there yet — no decks in the back yard, no playground. “The Traveling Troup had transitioned into a job training program for teens that involved placement one

NECC ALUMNA, 1994Melissa Landon

to two days a week with a local business. I worked for Crispina ff rench, a textile artist who made ragamuffi n dolls, blankets, and other cool stuff out of repurposed wool sweaters. The other teens in the program were from all over,” Melissa recalls, “from Pine Plains, Amenia, Wassaic, Dover.”

“The next summer I was back at the Center, helping develop pro-gramming for and run the sum-mer day camp with the director at the time, Sandy Greve,” Melissa said. She continued to work at the Center after school while in high

school and summers. During the school year, Melissa worked along-side Liz Faulker to host groups a few evenings per week where teens participated in discussion forums and wrote and performed plays.

She recalls Jam-Ins, hosted at the Center by local musicians to encourage teens with all ranges of talent to play music together. “I even got the courage to get up and sing once,” remembers Melissa. “I did ‘The Dog and the Bu£ erfl y,’ by Heart.”

She left for college in 1997, but came back during summers to run the day camps and assist with administrative duties. The Center was alive with creative programs. Ageless Art, run by Karen Cul-breth, a£ racted people of, well, all ages. “I was a good student and fast learner and NECC provided a forum for me to learn how to put knowledge into action.” Melissa relates. “It was the fi rst place I was given real responsibility, and my values were shaped by people who cared so much and did their best with what they had. And it was just a fun time.”

“Melissa was one of the fi rst people I met when I came here

“I was a good student and fast learner and NECC provided a forum for me to learn how to put knowledge into action.”

in 2001,” recalls NECC Executive Director Jenny Hansell. “She came in and off ered to volunteer for the summer. I was just ge£ ing my bearings, and she knew everything and everyone.”

Melissa believes that her career as a professor of engineering—she teaches at the University of Maine—was shaped by her time at NECC. “I already loved science, but at NECC I learned to love service, teaching, and sharing knowledge with others.”

Trip to Merrill Sindler’s farm, 1997.

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Elias Andrade got his fi rst “taste” of being a chef at the Millerton Farmers Market.

He was 15 and in his fi rst year in NECC’s Farm and Food Education program. He asked if he could make a dish his mother brought from their native Ecuador. It was a hit.

The Farm and Food Education Program is part of the Community Partnership with Schools and Busi-ness, NECC’s work skills training program for teenagers. “Farm and Food” interns—10 each summer—staff the Millerton Farmers Market

TEEN PROGRAM ALUMNUS, 2009Elias Andrade

and work at local farms. They also create their own brand of food products, like jam and pesto, and sell them at the market.

Elias was in other NECC pro-grams, like the Teen Team and the Marathon Project. But being a Farm and Food intern was espe-cially important to him because it inspired his career in the culinary arts.

“We got to work with the farm-ers, taste the produce, and see how it’s made,” he said. “We cooked the produce ourselves, too. It was very infl uential for me, because I was

just learning to cook profession-ally then. I got to see where the ingredients came from and learn fi rst-hand how much work goes into growing them. And I learned that it makes a big diff erence if you care about your product.”

Elias was the fi rst Farm and Food intern to demonstrate cook-ing techniques using fresh, local ingredients at the farmers market. (Many others have followed in

his path.) He later worked in the kitchen at Pastorale in Lakeville, Connecticut—a job he was able to get using the skills he’d learned at NECC.

Now 21, Elias will complete his training at the Culinary Institute of America with a concentration in Wine and Beverage this December. The Culinary Institute has given him some fabulous learning op-portunities, including trips this year to California for a wine pro-gram and Spain for a cuisine and culture tour. Elias’s career goal is to become a hotel Food and Wine Manager, and he is going to be exceptionally well prepared for it.

Elias off ers a shout-out to Sara Ugolini, NECC’s teen program di-rector during his time here. “Sara was a very good infl uence,” he said. “She put a lot of energy into caring for me and the other kids.”

“I got to see where the ingredients came from and learn fi rst-hand how much work goes into growing them. And I learned that it makes a big diff erence if you care about your product.”

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Elias with the Marathon Project in 2009

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The Millerton Farmers Market has become one of the most visible, colorful markets in

Dutchess County. It’s an outlet for more than twenty farmers and producers and a joyful gathering place for residents, weekenders and visitors to meet and greet, listen to a diff erent band every week, and stock up on specialty items, from goose eggs to chorizo sausage to vegan Indian food, alongside the freshest fruits and veggies in the Hudson Valley.

It’s hard to imagine a time when Millerton didn’t have a farm-ers market, but eight years ago, Karen Kisslinger saw a need and an opportunity. As an acupunctur-

NECC MENTOR, 1990s-2009Karen Kisslinger and the Millerton Farmers Market

ist, herbalist, organic gardener, poet, po� er, singer and medita-tion teacher, Karen, the wife of physician Rob Dweck, had been nurturing and nourishing the community for many years. In the late 1990s, she ran a program at NECC called “Partners for Chil-dren,” which is how I met her. I wasn’t working here yet. I was just a young mom with a baby, looking

for a place to go and meet oth-ers like me. I read about Karen’s program in this newspaper and found a community of women in-terested in fi nding healthful ways to raise our families. (I still have Karen’s recipe for lentil cookies and it’s pre� y good!)

Years later, Karen came to see me and suggested that NECC should start a farmers market in town. I had worked for the New York City Greenmarkets before moving upstate, so I had an idea of what it might entail. I agreed on one condition: we fi nd a way to incorporate teenagers into the market so they could learn about farming and get work experience. Karen and I went to see a local expert in farmers markets, who advised us that Millerton wasn’t big enough to sustain a market and that we should just do it as an educational program and not expect too much.

Agreeing to ignore the “expert” advice, Karen and I went ahead. We got permission from the Methodist Church to use their parking lot. Karen recruited the fi rst six farmers, including Dom Palumbo of Moon on the Pond, who continues with us today, and musician Charlie Keil to sit on the hillside and play trombone. We hand-painted signs and stored them in the Simmons Way barn every weekend.

The market was a hit right away. We extended the initial six weeks to eight, and the next year we went for 12. Karen sold plants from her garden, herb and rasp-berry tea, her ceramics and her “Time to Relax” CDs. From the very earliest years, we collected leftover produce at the end of the

market to donate to local food pantries. And we engaged teens in helping the farmers at their stands and visiting the farms to work, whether it was weeding at Sol Flower, making pickles at Adamah in Falls Village or tend-ing to the chickens at Dashing Star Farm.

Karen died a few years ago, after the cancer she’d fought suc-cessfully years earlier returned. I think she’d be really proud of how her vision has blossomed. Ten teens spend the summer in the Farm and Food Education Program and two others work year round at the market. We give fresh produce to food pantries in three towns and to local families at the holidays. More than a few young farmers got their start sell-ing at the Millerton Farmers Mar-ket, and we’ve helped launch two markets in Amenia, on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons.

Karen gave me many gifts. Her raspberry canes thrive in my garden. Her po� ery graces my shelf. Her acupuncture skills helped me through a diffi cult pregnancy. And her vision and generosity created a truly lasting gift to all of us.

— Jenny Hansell

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From the very earliest years, we collected leftover produce at the end of the market to donate to local food pantries. And we engaged teens in helping the farmers at their stands.

Tamara Mijatovic, Farm and Food Program Coordinator, with interns Javon Moore and Davion Wright at Sol Flower Farm.

The Karen Kisslinger FundAfter Karen’s death, her family established The Karen Kisslinger Fund for Healthy Living to continue her legacy of health in body, mind, spirit, and community. Once the fund has grown an endowment, it will grant yearly scholarships to students who have demonstrated an interest, skill, and passion for the healthy living practices Karen taught about and lived by. Information can be found at www.karenkisslinger.com.


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1988 Sam Busselle organizes local community members to discuss the challenges facing Millerton and Northeast, and the Northeast Community Council is born.

1989 The Care Car, one of NECC’s earliest programs, is created to help seniors with their transportation needs. The first dispatcher is volunteer Dolores Phillips.

1990 NECC is officially incorporated and sets up shop in Millerton, adopting North East Community Center as its informal name (it sticks). The “Summer Seed” drug-prevention program, funded by the United Way and led by Bev Arndt and Kathleen Thompson, begins. Playwright Ed Baker joins as program director.

1992 The Traveling Troupe Peer Mediation program, funded by the Berk-shire Taconic Community Foundation, enacts scenes of crisis and conflict and role-plays their resolution.

1994 NECC moves to 51 South Center Street, its long-term home, thanks to a generous donor and “Get Centered” fundraising campaign.

1998 Partners for Children, led by Karen Kisslinger and Kim Capellaro, offers healthy parenting advice.

2000 Caroline McEnroe takes on leadership of the Senior Exercise pro-gram at NECC. The program is still going strong today.

2001 Jenny Hansell, who previously worked for Sesame Street and Cre-ative Arts Workshops for Kids in New York City, joins NECC as Execu-tive Director. The annual Family Arts Festival is launched.

2002 The “Raise the Roof” enrichment program for middle-school stu-dents in the Webutuck district opens, led by Joan Johnsen.

2003 Tom Lint, volunteer at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, invites NECC to join the Community Partnership with Schools and Business, a new teen jobs program. To date, the program at NECC has provided work experiences to more than 220 teenagers.

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2004 A New York State Advantage grant awarded to NECC enables us to expand the after-school program to serve grades K to 8.

2005 NECC’s Teen Team Leadership Program, a peer-support and com-munity-service youth group, is created. Originally intended to prevent youth from joining gangs, the program now enables the group to go on dozens of educational and recreational trips each year.

2006 NECC begins using space at the Millerton Elementary School; the after-school program is renamed “NECC After-School Connection.” Free tax preparation starts at NECC. Hundreds of people get their taxes done by IRS-certified volunteers each year.

2007 The Millerton Farmers Market is launched by community volun-teer Karen Kisslinger. The Teen Team travels to New Orleans for a week of Alternative Spring Break community service.

2008 NECC participates in the Marathon Project, a running program for youth and adult mentors sponsored by the Council on Addiction, Prevention and Education (CAPE). In October, NECC’s group of run-ners participates in the Philadelphia Marathon.

2010 The Webutuck School Garden is created through a partnership with the school district. The Chef and Farmer Brunch makes its debut.

2011 Spring for Sound, an annual, all-day event that celebrates music and community, is created by Board members Kristen Panzer and Mimi Ramos. The festival now takes place throughout the village, with 50 performances and 1,000 a�endees.

2012 Dial-a-Ride bus service for six towns is launched in January. In July, the free summer lunch program begins. Now called the “Lunch Box,” it served more than 5,000 breakfasts and lunches to children in North East and Amenia in 2015.

2013 The USDA funds a comprehensive survey of food security in north-east Dutchess. NECC staff and volunteers gather data on the food needs of our most vulnerable residents.

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Congratulations on 25 years North East Community Center!

The story of NECC is the story of people who have a passion to help others and who won’t

take no for an answer. At NECC, those people may be volunteers, staff , or community residents with an urgent need or important idea.

They can also be funders who focus on directing donations to solve problems. Two of NECC’s most important programs came about because one keen-eyed and determined funder, Gertrude O’Sullivan of the Foundation for Community Health, saw a need and thought the Community Cen-ter was best suited to address it.

Northeast Dutchess Transit Dial-a-Ride became a reality because of Gertrude’s encouragement and advocacy. NECC had provided transportation since its inception: the Care Car is a volunteer-driven service that takes elderly people to the doctor’s and other essential

NECC CATALYST, 2009-2015Gertrude O’Sullivan

places. It was the Center’s very fi rst program when NECC was still a small council of concerned citizens. When Dutchess County cancelled public transportation in northeastern Dutchess County in 2009, Gertrude assembled a task force to discuss the issue and then initiated a study to determine how best to meet the need. Con-sequently, she encouraged NECC’s Executive Director to apply for funding to launch a new service. When the transportation grant was obtained, the Foundation provided matching dollars.

Now, Dial-a-Ride serves six towns—North East/Millerton,

Amenia/Wassaic, Dover, Washing-ton/Millbrook, Stanford and Pine Plains — fi ve days a week, with on-demand, curb-to-curb service. “I saw that NECC had a great track record as a reliable and caring or-ganization,” Gertrude said, “Even though Dial-a-Ride was a larger program than they had under-taken before, I was confi dent that they’d do a great job."

Not long after Dial-a-Ride was underway, Gertrude had another idea. She had noticed that the Webutuck school district had an unusually high number of chil-dren who qualifi ed for free or reduced-price lunch—over 60%, one of the highest rates in the county. To help provide food in the summer, New York State provides funding for a free summer food service program. Again, Gertrude brought together the right people

to discuss the issue and then en-couraged, nudged, urged NECC to apply for the grant. The program was launched in 2012, and now the Summer Lunch Box serves more than 5,000 free meals in July and August to children in Millerton, Amenia and Wassaic.

To volunteer for the Lunch Box or Care Car, or learn more about how to get a ride, call (518) 789-4259.

“I saw that NECC had a great track record as a reliable and caring organization. Even though Dial-a-Ride was a larger program than they had undertaken before, I was confi dent that they’d do a great job.”

Gertrude O’Sullivan and Jenny Hansell at the launch of Dial-a-Ride in 2012

Monte Stone, NECC’s Transportation Coordinator, driving the Care Car.NECC’s transportation services will expand in 2016.


Thank you for 40 summers on Main Street

Millerton!

Jennie Poidomani, NECC’s Ad-ministrative Director, handles things—like payroll, benefi ts,

and personnel policies—that are central to serving our staff . She is also NECC’s chief fi scal offi cer and the coordinator of its AARP Tax Aide Program.

Jennie came to NECC 10 years ago, a couple of years out of Bos-ton University, where she majored in Linguistics. She worked in the Center’s after-school program for a year but happily accepted the chance to manage the offi ce when it was off ered to her. The man-agement position has given her the chance to learn and grow—as NECC itself has grown—over the years.

Finance, labor law, and health insurance are three subjects that Jennie has become familiar with in her time here. “The big chal-lenge is keeping up with chang-

BEHIND THE SCENES, 2005-2015Jennie Poidomani

ing laws and practices,” Jennie said. To stay current with fi nan-cial procedures, Jennie earned a certifi cate in Not-for-Profi t Accounting and Governmental Reporting at New York University.

Four years ago, Jennie took on the job of Local Coordinator and instructor for the AARP Tax Aide site at NECC. Each fall, she a� ends IRS trainings that bring her up to date with changes in tax law. She recruits volunteer preparers and oversees their training. Then, dur-ing tax season, from February 1 to April 15, she and the volunteers meet privately with residents and prepare and fi le their federal and state income tax returns, free of charge.

The tax program’s benefi ts

to our community are huge. In 2015, Jennie and four dedicated volunteers—Edie Greenwood, Sara Campbell, Connie Burks, and Sarah Stevens—fi led 335 tax re-turns that brought back $554,000 in refunds and Earned Income Credits to community residents. “Filing your returns with us has many advantages,” Jennie said. “First, it’s free, so you aren’t pay-ing a fee to a for-profi t preparer. Then, the Center’s open all year, not just during tax season, so if someone has a problem after a return is fi led, I’m here to help them solve it.” Jennie also pointed out that NECC volunteers are pas-sionate about the work they do, so clients get interested, personal-ized service.

Jennie said that she fi nds it very fulfi lling to be a supporting player to all the good work NECC does in the community. “If being the person who pays the bills makes it possible for our staff to help people,” Jennie said, “I’m happy to be that person.”

“If being the person who pays the bills makes it possible for our staff to help people, I’m happy to be that person.”


My son Jacob and I started coming to the North East Com-

munity Center when he was about two. I was a single mom looking for fun things to do with Jacob, and I saw a fl yer for a playgroup at the Community Center. I thought we’d give it a shot. When we did, we found a welcoming second home.

We started with Mom’s Morning Out on Monday mornings. I would drop Jacob off at the Center at 10 am, then run errands and occasionally even take a moment to sip tea with friends at Harney’s . . . . Sometimes I would just stay at the Center, hang out with the staff —John Mahoney and Cindy Snow—and play with the chil-dren. This NECC program was a really nice experience because it gave Jacob the chance to meet other kids and me, a fi rst time mom, a chance to catch my breath and relax. John and Cindy were so full of love, pa-tience, and sound advice about toddlers that I dubbed them the “child whisperers.”

Because Mom’s Morning Out was such a good experience, I signed us up for Growing Together on Friday mornings. Jacob and I would go every week. During the fi rst hour, we’d play and socialize with other parents and children. For the second hour, parents would go to another room, fi nd a spot on the couches, and chat. The li� le ones would continue playing and eat snack under the watchful eyes of John and Cindy. The grownups would talk about parenting challenges like bedtime, how kids push our bu� ons, and relationships with life coach Lauren Astor. There were moms, dads, and occasionally grandparents or nannies. I enjoyed the mix of people and made lasting friend-ships.

When I started going to the Community Center, I was

NEW FACE AT NECC, 2015Amy Truax

transitioning from being a stay-at-home mom to having a full time job. Coming to NECC helped me navigate the many unique changes that children bring to our lives. I greatly appreciate the friendships and support we received from NECC’s Growing Together Pro-gram and Mom’s Morning Out.

In January 2015, I joined the NECC staff as Develop-ment Coordinator. My job is to create awareness about the programs that NECC off ers and strengthen support within the community for them. It’s now my pleasure and honor to help ensure that NECC remains a resource for other families. Knowing that families have ac-cess to these fantastic services is tremendously rewarding. It’s a great job.

— Amy Truax

“John and Cindy were full of love, patience, and sound advice about toddlers.”

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GRANTS, FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

Central Hudson Gas & ElectricCommunity Foundations of the

Hudson ValleyDyson FoundationGeorge Garretson Wade TrustHarney and Sons Fine TeasEd Herrington, Inc.Hudson River Bank & Trust Co.

FoundationM&T Charitable FoundationMillbrook Tribute GardenPlymouth Hill FoundationRheinstrom Hill Community

FoundationSalisbury Bank & Trust Co.Sharon HospitalThanksgiving Foundation

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Community Development Block Grants

Dutchess County Department of Planning and Development

Dutchess County Division of Public Transit

Dutchess County Office for the Aging

Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board

Dutchess County Youth ServicesNYS Advantage After-SchoolNYS Department of Health, Child

and Adult Food Care ProgramTown of AmeniaTown of DoverTown of NortheastTown of StanfordVillage of Millerton

OTHER FUNDERSArts Mid-HudsonEastern Dutchess Rural Health

NetworkEmpire Justice CenterThe Millbrook Garden ClubUnited Way of the Dutchess-

Orange Region

DONORSAnonymous (3)Chip and Maureen AckermanNicholas AdamsNiharika Singh AdhupiaJames AdlerMoshe Adler and Ellen Kerr AdlerKatherine AfzalAgway Millerton Co-opJudith Ahrens and Doug KramerAlexander-Downey Family FundJeanne Allen and June HeckelmanKathleen AloanHanna AmonNikole AmonSherrell Andrews and Robert

KuhbachSteven ArestyJon and Sytske ArnasonAscendant ComplianceLauren Astor and Arthur MoshlakJack and Irene BanningMal and S. Ann Barasch

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FaulknerDaniel and Nancy BriggsDaniel and Nancy BrownDonald and Rose BrownDonald Brown and Susan

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ReinertKenneth DanielRichard DavisRichard and Nancy Davis

Willem and Marion de VogelBrian DeanCozzy DeBernardoDavid DeferrariDelehanty Stock Farm Jessica DerrJoyce DevereauxJo Ann DieffenbacherAntonia DiFrancescoMa� DilleyElizabeth DobrwadoTracey Donner and Doug FinchJennifer DowleyKimberly DowneyErica DoyleChelsea DraperConstance DuHamelKenneth and Georgeanna

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CrawfordMarian and Milton FergusonMichelle Ferraro and Kathleen

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GuntherSally Gu�macherRobert and Carol HaabHair ModernAlison HaleWilliam HalpinChristof Hamm and Vera

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Saluting SAM BUSSELLE and WENDY CURTIS, Founders

SHERRELL ANDREWS, ChairJENNY HANSELL, Executive Director

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and Thomas NorbetSteff an Stern and Alexandra LevyWilliam and Susan SteinhausDan Sternberg and Deborah CooperSarah StevensEdward Stillman

Michelle StoneCorina StonebanksWendy StonerLisa Straus and Ron AfzalJulian and Betsy StraussWilliam SuterCarol and Mark SwansonDivya SymmersGrace SzymanskiFrieda ThompsonLauren TragerEsther TrakinskiBreanne TrammellKristin TrautmanLyndsey TravisNatalie TreadwellRobert Tro� aTherese Tro� erAmy TruaxCarissa UniteJeanne VaneckoRicardo VarelaLillian Varela-CerroneNina VeronesiLaurie WadsworthStephen WaiteBe� y WalshKenda Parker WardKatie WarnerJane Waters and Peter CaldwellHenry and Lola WeberWebutuck Teachers AssociationLisa WeinsteinBourne WelshWilliam J. Cole AgencyAlice WoodRebecca WuenscherRobert and Alice YoakumMary YoungBryson Zanghi-ClarkMurray and Martha Zimiles

Financial Statement as of September 30, 2014Full fi nancials available at our website, www.neccmillerton.org.

Functional Statement of ExpensesPROGRAM SERVICESYouth and Teen programs (43%)......................................................................348,059Family Support/Advocacy (6%) ....46,222Community and Senior Services (22%) ....................... 179,381Public Service and Community Events (1%) ..................... 8,128

SUPPORTING SERVICESFundraising (6%) ................................. 45,071Management and General (22%) ........................................181,320

Balance SheetAssets: ...................................................... 447,516Liabilities: .............................................. 94,790Net Assets: .............................................352,726

Revenues: ............................................ 830,798Expenses: ............................................... 808,181

Net Cash Flow: .......................................22,617

Ways to Give to NECCIf you are interested in estate planning or other ways to support NECC, please contact Amy Truax at (518) 789-4259 ext. 149 or [email protected].


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FAMILY SUPPORTMom’s Morning OutGrowing Together

YOUTH AND TEENSNECC After-School Connection NECC Summer ConnectionCommunity Partnership with Schools and Business Teen Team Leadership Program

NORTHEAST DUTCHESS TRANSITDial-A-RideCare Car

FARM AND FOODMillerton Farmers MarketFresh Food PantryFarm & Food Education Program (part of CPSB)Summer Food Service Program

AARP TAX AIDE SITEFree Tax Preparation

CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

SENIOR EXERCISETwice Weekly Free Class

EVENTSChef and Farmer BrunchSpring for SoundMusic at the MarketMillerton Artisan Fair

IN PARTNERSHIPCatholic Charities: Immigration

CounselingCommunity Action Partnership

of Dutchess County: Client Advocacy

Dutchess Community College: High-School Equivalency and ESL classes

Dutchess One-Stop: Employment Assistance

Hudson River Housing Maternal and Infants Services

Network: Health Insurance

North East Community CenterPrograms and Services 2015

Mom’s Morning Out: Geoff Saavedra, Family Support Assistant, with a toddler.

Jenn Chang, AmeriCorps Navigator, codirected the Summer Food Service Program — and designed the decal on the delivery truck — in 2015.

For more information, call (518) 789-4259 or go to www.neccmillerton.org

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