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THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION

2011 Annual Report

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GIRLGIRLGIRLWE ARE THE

EFFECT

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GIRLGIRLGIRLWE ARE THE

EFFECT

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Mariposa wins the fi rst ever Girl Effect Challenge!On December 15th, 2011 The Mariposa DR Foundation won the fi rst ever Global Giving Girl Effect Challenge. Raising over $25,000 from more than 900 donors, we have success-fully earned a spot under the Girl Effect umbrella and a por-tion of the The Girl Effect Fund in 2012. A special thank you to all of our supporters who donated, posted, texted, tweet-ed, spread the word and helped us to win the challenge and Unleash The Leader in a Girl!

What Is The Girl Effect?The Girl Effect is a movement created Nike Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Unit-ed Nations Foundation and the Coalition for Adolescent Girls. It’s about the unique and indisputable potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world. Want to learn more? Visit www.girleffect.org

THE GIRL EFFECT IS ABOUT GIRLS. AND BOYS. AND MOMS AND DADS.

AND VILLAGES AND TOWNS AND COUNTRIES.

The Girl Effect is about helping girls, but it’s also about turning moms, dads, brothers, uncles and cous-ins into girl champions. Girls’ life experiences are affected by the men around them, in both positive and negative ways. Poverty places a heavy burden on many fathers, husbands and sons, because in most societies men are expected to be the major providers in the family. At the same time, girls continue to be raised in households where they are expected to shoulder the burden of household labour alongside their mothers: they spend between 33% and 85% more time on unpaid care work than boys.

Negative or traditional views and stereotypes about gender that exist in the minds of adults and young people around the world are harmful to BOTH girls AND boys. Engaging the entire family in the process is critical to promoting the rights of girls and young women. This is an essential component of our work at The Mariposa DR Foundation. We engage the entire community by creating meaningful partnerships with local schools and other NGOs, encouraging parent involvement in our programs and providing incentives to families so that they make their girls’ attendance at our programs a top priority.

By forming partnerships and connecting social services and benefi ts for the families to a program for girls, we elevate their status in the community, making their health, happiness and safety of the utmost importance to everyone in their homes. We demonstrate that when everyone gets involved in benefi tting girls, it pays off for the whole community.

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HONORARY CHAIRWOMANJacqueline Guzman Mirabal

BOARD OF DIRECTORSJames C. White, PresidentDeborah BouknightChristy Dimos JonesAislinn DoyleJudy GreenbergJessica MitchellCaitlin O’SheaPatricia Thorndike Suriel

ADVISORY BOARDJulia Alvarez Bill EichnerEmmanuel FranjulRichard HansenAndrea RiddleYaneris M. RosaElizabeth ThorndikeMichelle Wucker

DOMINICAN BOARDMaria Elena Gratereaux-DelvaSoranyi LugoClaudia Schwarz

STAFFPatricia Thorndike SurielJessica R. LawsonAlexandra Milian MartinezLee Ann EvansJulia Swijters

Dear Friends,

In the coming years, as we witness entire families pulling themselves out of poverty, they will be standing on the shoulders of our power-ful girls. Girls who have been seen only as dishwashers, folders of laundry, babysitters and cleaners of latrines are now surfi ng, swim-ming, playing volleyball and tennis, and going to school…often. The Mariposa girls are discovering new opportunities everywhere. They are going on fi eld trips, learning marketable skills and serving their community. They are the most valuable resource in their home and the most powerful force for change!

This report highlights some of our grandest accomplishments in 2011. In our second full year, The Mariposa DR Foundation received dona-tions and in-kind support from some 3,000 individuals and institu-tions and invested over $400,000 of resources into our girls, their families and our community. We have attracted brilliant and dedi-cated volunteers from ages 9-95 years old, who come from all over the world. Together we are creating a model that can be adapted in communities worldwide.

Working with adolescent girls is both challenging and rewarding. They are the untapped talent pool for economic reform and the mothers of our future. On behalf of our small, hardworking core staff and our dedicated executive and advisory boards, thank you for being there to help educate, empower and employ the girls of the Dominican Republic. Your support has made a difference.

Sincerely,

James C. White, PhD Patricia Thorndike SurielPresident Founder and Executive Director

Honorary Chairwoman, Jacqueline Guzman Mirabal, with the Mariposa girls at the 3rd Annual Mariposa Chirstmas Fair on Cabarete Beach.

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If she stays in school, remains healthy and happy, gains skills, she will marry later, have fewer and healthier children and earn an income that she’ll invest back into her family. We know that girls are the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. That’s why we’re here. For them, their families and us all.

She is the world’s most powerful force for change.

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MissionEducate and empower girls to create sustainable solutions to end generational poverty.

VisionTo create the model for a holistic girls’ education and empowerment program that can be adopted around the world.

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Our programs offer an integrated approach to educating, empowering and employing girls, where success in one supports and enhances success in the others, cultivating lasting change.

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Our programs offer an integrated approach to educating, empowering and employing girls, where success in one supports and enhances success in the others, cultivating lasting change.

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Our philosophy is grounded in the belief that it takes a holistic approach to make a real difference in the lives of girls. We achieve lasting results through six key focus areas:

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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGField TripsEnvironmental EducationLeadership Development & Job Skills TrainingCommunity Service

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENTIndividual TutoringCommunity Library

School Scholarships & Transportation AssistanceComputer Training

School Uniforms & Supplies

HEALTH & WELLNESSHealth Education & HIV PreventionSportsNutrition & FeedingMedical & Dental Visits

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTPartnerships with Like-Minded Organizations

Improvement of Local SchoolsAnnual Christmas Fair

CABARETE: Responsible Tourism and Investment Guide

SUMMER PROGRAMSArt, Dance, Theatre & CultureAcademic Evaluations & Individual Education PlanningTeam-Building & Empowerment Workshops

INTERNATIONAL AWARENESSStudent Groups & Service Learning Trips

International Volunteer ProgramMarketing Campaigns & Knowledge Exchanges

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MABREIDY, AGE 15: Mabreidy has been with the Mariposas for two years. A fi esty, strong-willed girl, Mabriedy often got into fi ghts and had diffi culty concentrating in school. When she joined the Mariposas back in 2010, our goal was to help her focus her energy into something positive. Hav-ing set foot in a pool only a few times in her life, Mabre-idy began participating in swimming classes taught by vol-unteer Jen Furigay and her children. Within a few weeks Mabreidy was showing incredible potential.

We enrolled Mabreidy in a private competitive swimming program for the school year. Because of the distance to the class, we paid her father, a mototaxi driver, to see to it that she got to practice four days a week. Something amazing happened: Mabreidy became an avid swimmer right before her father’s eyes. After a few months we noticed drastic changes in her behavior as well as improved attendance at school and Mariposa programs. Mabreidy gained self-confi dence and realized that her father really believed in her as a powerful force for change.

Mabreidy’s entire family remains involved in Mariposa. She has a younger sister, Naomi, who actively attends programs as well. Their mother, father and two brothers are true girl champions and local community advocates for The Mari-posa DR Foundation. In 2012 Mabreidy will continue to pur-sue her love of swimming and sport by beginning kiteboard lessons at Laurel Eastman Kiteboarding (LEK).

What does success look like?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2011• Won 1st place in the fi rst ever Nike Girl

Effect Challenge, beating out 53 orga-nizations worldwide and raising over $25,000 from 900 different donors

• Raised and invested over $400,000 in cash, in-kind and pro-bono donations into our girls, their families and our community

• Clocked in over 7,000 hours by more than 80 volunteers

• Provided a state of the art summer program for 54 girls in the Cabarete community in partnership with 15 international and local educators and volunteers

• Hosted student service learning trips for Lawrence Academy, Lakeside School and Miss Porter’s School

• Provided medical and dental visits for every Mariposa girl

• Grew from a full-time employee and volunteer staff of 2 to 11 in less than one year

• Over 6,000 healthy meals served to girls and their families

• Opened up the Mariposa Resource Cen-ter in the Callejon de La Loma neigh-borhood of Cabarete

• Two Mariposa girls graduated from high-school and received scholarships to attend university

• Made the largest investment improving the infrastructure of any public school in Cabarete in 2011

• Created a guide to free and affordable health resources and social services available to the communities across the North Coast

• Collaborated with the entire commu-nity of Cabarete to host the 3rd Annual Christmas Fair

• Expanded both the advisory and ex-ecutive board, welcoming acclaimed author, Julia Alvarez and her husband Bill Eichner as well as Emmanuel Fran-jul, Jessica Mitchell, Aislinn Doyle and Yaneris Rosa

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A Special Thank You!

• To the students of Lakeside School for their POWER Project fundraising campaign for this initiative

• To the Lunapads (www.lunapads.com) team for creating custom kits for Mariposa and their tips and advice

• To the Encargo Group shipping company for delivering our products to the Dominican Republic

• To volunteer Sherry Herdman for creating a sewing program to hand-make Lunapads as well as for mentoring several girls and organizing and teaching sewing workshops

Teenage girls living in poverty often lack affordable menstrual products to manage their periods. If you live on less than a $1 a day, affording sanitary napkins on a monthly basis is out of the question. Girls are missing two to fi ve days of school per month, stay-ing home while they have their period. This means that some girls are missing out on up to 20% of their education in their adolescent years.

Lunapads give girls living in poverty an immediate, essential and sustainable means to remain in school or at work while menstruating. Just $20 will provide a girl with an environmentally friendly, healthy, safe and easy to use kit that can last her for up to fi ve years-giving her a shot at 20% more education!

In April 2011, we distributed Lunapad kits to all the girls and mothers in our program in Cabarete and of-fered an extensive information session on the care and use of these kits. We have been closely moni-

toring the success of the Lunapad project and are pleased to report on the results thus far. MBA student Laura Barceló from Indiana University visited The Mariposa DR Foundation in Cabarete and conducted a satisfaction survey among the users of Lunapads. She found that 70% of the women and girls using the product loved it!

We continue to work very closely with the Mariposa families to ensure that Lunapads make their way into the hands of young girls who are just beginning their journey into womanhood. By providing them early on with this free and long-lasting alternative to disposable menstrual products, we hope to encourage them to see Lunapads as a solution that will allow them in school and complete their education, breaking the cycle of poverty for herself and her family.

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In December 2011 at our 3rd An-nual Christmas Fair in Cabarete, we launched the fi rst issue of CABARETE: Responsible Tourism and Investment Guide. Produced by The Mariposa DR Foundation, this annual magazine is an eye-catching publication showcas-ing what Cabarete, the town in which we live and work, has to offer in a unique way.

Featuring stunning photography by former Peace Corps volunteer Amy Martin, our fi rst issue has been a great success. Showcasing more than 40 lo-cal businesses and partner organiza-tions, it has been endorsed by the Do-minican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism as well as the Puerto Plata Tourism Cluster.

All advertising sales go directly to sup-porting our Girls’ Leadership Program. It is our vision that this magazine will become an annual sustainable fund-raiser for The Mariposa DR Foundation and will create job opportunities in advertising sales for some of our girls. A special thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported the fi rst issue!

Interested in advertising your business? Contact us atpromo@mariposadrfoundation.org

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At The Mariposa DR Foundation we work with entire families. We have been working hard to connect with a strong group of commit-ted parents as part of our programming efforts and we continue to see positive results. Many of the parents participate in Maripo-sa community events such as fl ea market fundraisers and our an-nual Christmas fair, as well as accompany the girls on fi eld trips and various extracurricular activities. By integrating parents into our programs we help them foster stronger connections with their daughters, further enabling parents to be key infl uencers in their daughters’ journey to empowerment.

“I got married at 16. I understand the important work that Mariposa is doing for my daughter so that she can feel empowered to make better choices in her life.”

Orquidea’s daughter, Orianna, has been a part of the Mariposa pro-gram right from the start. Orquidea began volunteering for Mariposa at our 2009 summer program, where she prepared meals and assist-ed in chaperoning fi eld trips. She volunteered again in summer 2010 and 2011, and when we opened the doors to our Mariposa Resource Center in March 2011, Orquidea was right there getting involved in everything she could. As a volunteer mother, Orquidea’s enthusiasm and sincere interest led to a part-time job for her at The Mariposa DR Foundation. She now runs the breakfast program and prepares snacks at the center as well as assists with our nutrition and sports programs. Orquidea most recently began working one-on-one with girls who need extra assistance with literacy and reading. It was her involvement in Mariposa, Orquidea says, that inspired her to continue her own education and return to night school to get her high school degree. Orquidea Garcia, mother of two, active softball player in the local community, night-time student and star Mariposa parent, is a wonderful role model for our girls. Orquidea is a shining example of the many engaged community members and volunteers we have supporting The Mariposa DR Foundation.

Parent volunteer Orquidea Garcia reading to Mariposa girls during story hour

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DONORSIn 2011, together we raised over $400,000 in cash, in-kind and pro-bono donations. Our do-nors’ contributions demonstrate confi dence in our ability to serve the needs of the communi-ties in which we work. We remain committed to being good stewards of our donors’ dollars.

3 Mariposas Montessori would also like to thank all donors who contributed in 2011, listed below.

WAYS OF GIVING1. Send a check directly to The Mariposa DR Foundation at

309 Third Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

2. Make a secure online donation through PayPal on our Web site at www.mariposadrfoundation.org/donate.html

3. Make a gift of stock

4. Make a wire transfer directly to our bank account

*The Mariposa DR Foundation is a US 501c3 not for profi t organization and all donations are tax deductible

We do our best to make sure we thank all of our donors. If your name does not appear in this report please accept our sincere apologies and contact us to let us know at info@mariposadrfoundation.org

$25,000 and UP

Dunn Family FoundationGlobal Giving

$10,000 - $24,999

Deborah & Lon BouknightSt. Deny’s FoundationEdward & Elizabeth Thorndike

$5,000 - $9,999

Global Fund for Children

$1,000 - $4,999

Anonymous (4)Edward & Janet AhlstrandHoward & Melissa BlattKristina CavitClarity Corporate GrowthConstellation Associates LLCLisa Hempstead & Scott MeskinTerrence KellyKiteboarding 4 KidsJoan & Thomas MahonMichael & Sandra MorseHarvey & Janet RossJohn & Celeste Ross

Britt SpackmanJohn Van DineUS EmbassyZuckerman Community Outreach Foundation

$500 - $999

The Aritza FoundationBeyond the BeachCluster Turistico Puerto PlataMaria DecastroPaul & Jennifer FurigayBill & Melinda Gates FoundationMiss Porter’s SchoolBeryle SilvernaleTaylor’s KidzVital Care Reps., Inc.

$100 - $499

Academy School Catalina AlvarezCharles Augustine & Debbi KerrDee BeatonMarty BillingsleyYung Bong & Peggy LimAgnes & Stanley BrooksRobert BrownRoy Campana & Kerry

O’DonnellJackie CollinEileen & Walter ConnorJulie CoronadoMarilyn CouchJohn Dempsey & Mary ScottRachel Deutsch-BruskyCharles E. Dewitt & Janet L. SandersDavid DolphEdwin & Alice DuboseErika Dudley & Richard NeerLaurel EastmanWilliam Ewall & Barbara TumeltyNorman & Doris FineMarie FioramontiHarris & Julianne GalkinLisa & Todd GuynnShelly HoceMatthew Horvat & Susan FineJosie & Rob Key Learning Community Mary Jean KraybillScott & Susan LacyDavid LeeMolly LewisPeter & Stacy LindauJason MahonBetty McCormickChristopher McGowan &

Sandy WangRobin & Christopher MelvinRobert J. MerkleAndrew MeyerGeorge J. & Lara S. MoynihanCecilia MullonMurray J. Esbaugh Contracting Network for Good Lillian NovotnyKerry O’DonnellEileen O’SheaNancy OlsonJuan PerdomoMark Pierce & Kristin Coombs Russell & Tiffany ReidRobert & Gail RodmanLarry R. Rogers JrOsna Bard SensLori & Nathan ShafnerDiana ShawTroy & Katherine SilvernaleRoss SmithRobert & Christina SzpilaOleg P. Urminsky & Andrea VagLisa & Douglas VaheyLisa VerhovekCharles VizinaLindsay & Trevor WestlakeJacquelynn Woodley

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$1 - $99

Anonymous (8) Udodirim AlattaJuana AlvarezElizabeth AndersonDiane AngellElizabeth AnglinBlair ArchambeauMarc ArchambeauPierre ArchambeauDaniel Arnold & Deborah WeaverDavid & Corinne BeckJoshua BeckG. David & Kimberly BeiserStephanie & David BeiserDr. Joy BergelsonLynette & Daniel BertscheCatherine & Addison BraendelTimothy Brown & Jill RiddellJane BuckinghamJohn E. Carlstrom & Mary SiberSarah CassaniAnthony & Antonetta ChristianClifton & Julane ClarkeAnne CovertJared DavisKaren DavisPablo Decastro & Sylvia AnglinJuawanna DervinChristy Dimos JonesDouglas Domenick & Elizabeth JohnsonJulie M & John C DreixlerEldon J. & Valerie EisenachElizabeth Beiser Trust Brodwyn Fischer & Emilio Kouri

Laura FlynnVanessa R. FosterMartin J. & Peggy L. Casey FreidmanMicah Garb & Kathleen FabinyEmily L. GoldsteinJudy GreenbergMohan & Nicole GuptaWayne Hannah IIIPeter Hetzel & Carol SchnabelLeslie HoringCornelia HillHotel El Magnifico Kaiyuan & Jingjing HseeDavid Huguelet & Marie RibylArshad & Jacqueline HusainMariana IngersollStephen M. JacobsteinDouglas & Catherine JaradMichael KennellyJohn F. KerrickDavid Kleeman & Leslie HornigElizabeth KnappFred & Rosalyn KnissTimothy Knowles & Sheila WebbRandall KrosznerBridgid & Michael KyleL’Agence Jerry LatherowDoris LavellJohn Lesniak & Stephanie MitzenmacherF. James Levinson & Louise CochranRosalind LewisStephanie LoDerek LuzimDavid & Shelley Majsterek

Robert & Carol MalnatiJoanna MaysW. Mark & Robin McColloughMichelle McGuireAlexander MelendezJason Merchant & Anastasia GiannakidouPatricia MikesDoriane MillerMathew W. & Lisa Kirchoff MillerLeslie MillerNichole M. MooyoungAnne MorganKaty MoyerDavid & W. Archambeau MunozDan & Raluca NicolaeJanis W. NotzJane Elinor NotzKenan & Karen OnelDeborah Oshry HerzogMaureen E. OwensAngele ParentVasmi PariniLizanne & Stephen PhalenNicolas Polson & Anne GronRichard A. & Charlene H. PosnerEric A. Posner & Emlyn EisenachDianna PrevisTracy & Philip RaoulOscar Rebollo & Suzanne BaumScott & Amy ReifertMarie RibylAudree & John RiddellSusan RohrbackJeffrey & Nathalie RussellDavid & Louise SawatskyJohn & Aileen Schloerb

Mikhael & Bella ShmaltsuyevSusan SigalDr. Jonathan & Tracey SilversteinNanette SlusserJeffrey & Gina SmithKatharyn & William SmithJudith & Steven SoderbergChung SongElenne SongMarc SorressoJames Sowerby & Dierdre ConnellKathryn SparksTheodore & Alyssa StamatakosKerstin StensonRobert & Lindsay StewartDavid StoneMary Beth SullivanKatherine SurmeierMabel SwijtersDr. Shirley Ann TaffelLeanne TerryGopal ThinakaranCathy UphamRobert & Dorothy ValerianChristine VanderwerfNaik-Shrijay & Shrijay VijayanIan H. WatsonDennis & Tiffany Mooyoung WhiteRichard WrightStephan & Mary WyersGeorge & Kathy Blair YatesSocrates ZapataDavid & Marianne ZemilKatie ZiembaZhang Zhongyi & Chunyan Luan

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PROFILES IN GENEROSITY

$500 AND UPAnonymous (3)Deborah BouknightEileen KavanaghGirls For ChangeGreg MitchellJames WhiteJessica Saalfi eldSara CWilliam Curtis

$100 - $499Alix BeeneyAnonymous (8)Barbara DerricoBarbara PrysockBen NormanBerta MatosBonnie NormanBrendan LogueCarla PattonCarly BlairCatherine SteeleCathy PaulChristine DoyleDavid BradfordDavid ChenDavid RathanElizabeth ThorndikeErin PlummerThe Knof FamilyHoward TingJanet Welz-KavanaghJason MatthewsJeanette SaddlemireMiddlebury College StudentsJennifer LoyaJuana Gamero de CocaKaren RosarioKaryn BeallKelly BuschurKen BrownKia StoraKirsy MunozLawrence MasonLeonard & Phyllis LawsonLeslie MillerLinda Fishbaugh

MaryAnn HoadleyMelanie GellerMichael GordonMolly FeldmannPatrick MartinezPatrick WilliamsPaul & Jennifer FurigayPhil DemetrionRobert BrownSandy CurtisSusan BonnetSusan ParkText-to-Give Donation (96)Thomas & Sandra GingVera McLafferty

$10 & UPAnonymous (139)Abdul Hafeed DahmaniAbigail LeatheAce BaileyAdam MarczykAgnes GundAislinn DoyleAketa KapurAkua HammonsAlan LubitzAlbania RodriguezAlbert RosendahlAlberto GeroAlexandra GurasAlexandra RussellAlexandria AlvarezAlexis MahonAlexis NadinAlfred VitaroAlice C L ChurchillAlice HonmanAllison KolstadAlma BucknerAlpha GebreAmanda LawsonAmanda LeeAmanda SciacchitanoAmber BlairAmelia EastmanAmy Forrester

Thank you to our Global Giving donors. We are proud to be part of the Global Giving community.

The Furigay Family

The Furigay family has been volunteering with The Mariposa DR Foundation for the past two years, teaching swimming lessons, making medi-cal visits, bringing supplies and organizing fun ac-tivities for our girls. We’d like to extend a very special thank you to Paul, Jen, Jake, Max, Nick and Sophie for their generosity. The Furigay fam-ily has also organized several classrooms in the US to hold fundraisers and supply drives.

Thom Scheele and Life is Good

Special thanks to Thom Scheele at Caribbean Jake’s in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for do-nating Life is good butterfl y t-shirts. Tom’s dona-tion supplied our girls and volunteers with uni-form shirts for one whole year as well as a few extra to sell to our visitors in the Mariposa Re-source Center. Tom, thank you so much for outfi t-ting all of our Mariposas in 2011!

*GlobalGiving works with a network of highly respected parter organizations that vet and vouch for projects featured on the site. Projects on GlobalGiv-ing must abide by standardized compliance measures.

**GlobalGiving provides us with a donor list alphabetized by fi rst name

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools 4th Grade Class

A special thank you to the students, teachers and parents of the 4th grade at the University of Chi-cago Laboratory Schools for contributing to the Mariposa DR Foundation for the 2011 Global Read-ing Challenge.

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Brian PickettBrian PorembskiBrittania StewartCaitlin O’SheaCaitlin CanfieldCaitlin LaganCaitlin MyersCamilla GardinerCandace AlexanderCandace AmoiaCandace SawyerCarman HillCarol BowenCarol BraunschweigCarol CuyjetCarol MalnatiCaroline AudetCaroline JonesCaroline StaufferCarrie WalshCarrie ChristensenCarrie StearnsCarvallo-Mendoza FelipeCatherine ConleyCatherine CraftsCatherine HarvellCatherine GooldCathy RickerbyCecile LoperCharles CyconCharles OgunroCharmaine YoungChauncey WhitingChelsea HalsteadCheryl ClimieChing Ying LaiChioma DuruChris RaniereChristian CannonChristian PolmanChristina WuChristina McFaulChristine OlaksenChristopher BisignanoChristy DimosCindy RidgwayCindy TrautmannClair WatsonClara MooreClare Barnaby-SmithClaudia EnderClaudia RodriguezColin LacyConstance CurrierCory WeissCristen HallCrystal FilipeCyndi ProvencherCynthia DuncanCynthia MerrillDale Dimos

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Emily WhiteEmma BrewsterEmma SheimanEmmanuel FranjulErica BeeneyErica BrownErin PeotEsteban CabezasEvan TateEve AbramsF J LevinsonFaith DowFrances FarnsworthFrancesca MadisonFrancis GalganoFred HeilizerGabriel BedoyaGabriela CannonGail MorrisonGary SerraoGeorge SchlossbergGeorgia FlynnGeorgia LeshGertrude WootenGilbert KellyGina EarlesGlenda CurtisGlenda PerryGlenn AllenGlenna StricklettGrace SurielGreg BoonstraGwen GreenHaley CaseHarry & Dee RichardsonHarvey SandersHazel JenkinsHeather PenningtonHeather SullivanHector VilaHeidi DormodyHelen LuceHenri BrysonHerb HrebicHien T. DangHilary MacDonaldHilary MillerHollie ArnimHolly BuchananHugh LennonIrene EdwardIrgelkha MejiaIrva GreeneIsabel SkiltonIvy SheimanJ Herynk ThomasJacob RickollJacqueline GoodridgeJaimee MurphyJames Gray

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Joyce MuchanJoyita PoddarJuan Francisco AlmeidaJuan TaverasJudy JonesJudith MillerJudith MurphyJudy Wicker-BriscoeJulia AlvarezJulia HunterJulia SwijtersJulia ZousmerJulie CoonsJulie SelinJulie VanSciverJustin MirandaJustin WeitzJyoti DaniereKasey Wilson-BradyKaren FitchKaren Kaffen-PolascikKaren SilvermanKaren SpearsKaren WelzKarin HantaKarina JensenKate SwartzKatherine ConnollyKatherine SilvernaleKatherine DentonKatherine SwickKathleen BuckleyKathleen RahnKathlin KennedyKathryn HundleyKathryn LeeKathy Ann CalwellKathy Foley-GiorgioKatie CaufieldKatie LamontKatie TobinKayla FriesKelly BankerKelly O’BryanKendall Arthur MorseKendra LeSarKenn YoshizatoKenneth & Maureen HamiltonKenneth RobinsonKerri FrederickKerry Van ShuraKevin HanlonKevin DickKevin HoganKevin MaguireKim HortonKim GilfertKim LongKim NichollsKimberly JamesKJ RasmussenKristen Kilpeck

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Maria del Prado MoyanoMargaret BurnsMargaret GalganoMargaret NuttingMargaret WilkersonMaria AmayaMaria Jose NadalMaria SkiltonMaria WoolsonMarie DonosoMarie JeffsMarie MathiesenMarilyn LeClairMark WilsonMarlene LeeMarta EscotetMartin DittoMartina FajkusovaMary BeckMary Ann JonesMary BerensMary BerghausMary C RossMary Hyland-SmithMary JennyMary LongoMary MeagherMary SchroederMary TabacchiMary-Helen WanatMatt MeyerMatthew HenryMatthew Meyer Matthew OrtonMax BreitmayerMax KnappMax ShakinMax SheimanMegan & Kat LacyMegan BeckMegan MooreMegan OlsenMelanie YoungerMelishea BakerMelissa NelsonMelody LewisMerrilee TuvellMia PearsonMichael CuyjetMichael DoyleMichael KamphMichael Lance NicholsMichael LuzimMichael MorseMichael O’BrienMichael ScatesMichele WuckerMichelle EarhartMichelle Murdock

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Michelle RahnMike CarlsonMike RichmondMimi DoMira ChangMona Kelly Monique RolfsenMorgan RittenhouseMorganne BeckMyrtle BarberNadia EspinozaNadine FischerNancy BankerNancy EvansNaomi EskenaziNatalie LiuzziNejla RoutsongNelly TrejoNicholas MucciNicole BeckNicole DamstetterNicole DiazNicole SlusserNilia T DiazNoelle MiesfeldNubia SolomonOlive ThompsonPascale SeguinPat LuzimPatricia FraserPatricia CaballeroPatricia LynnPatricia RhoadsPatricia SlothowerPatrick KavanaghPatrick O’SheaPatty MutkoskiPaul FeenyPaula SchwartzPauline GlucksonPenny ChewPete RichardsonPeter KavanaghPeter McKennaPetr Bruce MuzikPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramPhilip MichaelPhillip ZukinPriscilla Slocum LacyR. Kit O’SheaRachel GrohRachel Heilizer

Rachel KellyRachel NortonRachel StarkRalph NicholesRandy KielRandy UangRay PavelkaRay PescaroRebecca ColleyRebecca HawkinsRebecca Patterson-MarkowitzRebecca TraceyRed WhiteRegina WonRenee CullinanRhonda SwanRich SheimanRichard BalkiteRichard HansenRick GordonRisa NeedlemanRobert ChaseRobert DriscollRobert HildrethRobert McAvinueRobert PlankenhornRobert PratoRobert ThurstonRobert WohlRoberto VeguezRobin JonesRobin MccolloughRobin PearceRobyn E McDonnellRosalind LewisRuss GarberRussalyn PeersonRyan LaganRyan ShroffSam AntarSam AttenboroughSam VerhovekSamara ShankerSandra CastorSandra LieneckSandra MorseSangeeta BisnathSara MeineckeSara SmithSarah RossSarah BarkerSarah Farnsworth

Sarah LeverseeSarah MacGregorSarah MorseSarah PrattSarah ZaluskiSathyavani SathisanScott MorganScott SardoneScott TobinSean HibbsSeth AsofskyShaila MuljiShannon HurstonSharalyn and David AndrewsSharmaine MoodySharon HesterSheerly AnviSheila AndrusShelby HansenSheri RandSherry HerdmanSheryl GoldbergThe Shroff FamilySimeily RodriguezSinan DinizSiobhan EganSophia CurtisSophie FurigaySophie GardinerSophie MorseSriraj HariStacey BatistaStephanie StetsonStephen ClappStephen JonesSteve HordSteve KarcherSteven GendelSteven GeroSue SanbornSusan DouglassSusan KorytkowskiSusan MillerSusan MinihaneSusan RileySusan RohrbackSusan StevensSusan TurnerSusan YoungsSusy GiddySuzanne DajaniSuzanne HauckSuzanne Siemens

Sydney LawsonTai DuncanTaki OldhamTanya LewisTaryn TiltonTehka BowenTeresa ColombritoTerrence LiverpoolTerri SegoviaTerry ReevesTessa McClaryThaddeus CopelandTheron BrooksThomas CollierThomas JametThomas L. CollierThomas MillerThomas ReyerThomas ScheeleTom GarrettTiffany PlumleyTiffany SargentTimothy FureyTom AbbateUyen HoangValeria HendersonValerie DemongVanessa PerryVanessa WagnerVerity NobleVernon JohnsonVictoria CadavidVidalma FranciscoVilma DelarosaVirginia BukowskiVirginia StetsonVitalina NovaVivian SonnenbergWarren MacdougallWaskar Marmalejos BalbuenaWei LohWhitney TilsonWilbur HendersonWilliam AntoneWilliam EichnerWilliam GatelyWilliam MillerWilliam SkiltonWilliam TownerYaneris RosaYingqi TangYvonia StinsonZoe Kircos

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VOLUNTEERSNothing would be possible without the dedication and hard work of our amazing volunteers. A special thank you to all who donated time and talent to the Mariposas in 2011. The list below are those who went above and beyond, each contributing more than 100 hours to our success!

Anna BankerKelly BankerTehka BowenThe Furigay FamilyAurora GarciaOrquidea Garcia

Sherry HerdmanVictoria JonesColleen KavanaghRebecca MaasAlexis MahonLindsay Martin

Sophie MorseLacey SchroederLaura SelinRia ShroffNelly TrejoJoy Warrick

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321 TakeoffAgualinaAlta Gracia Organc Coffee FarmAmber DuneArt Beads CenterBaretto CaféBeach Box BoutiqueBead It!Bella CaraBlue MoonCabarete Coffee CompanyCabarete Beach HousesCabarete Language InstituteCabarete PulseCasa de Cambio LuisCasa GoetheCasa MamiCentro Medico Cabarete (CMC)Century 21 Juan PerdomoChez ArsenioChichiguaClub MistralConcho LocoDare2Fly

Dick’s BakeryDiveCabareteDominican FishermanEl Magnifi coEncargoPaqEPSExtreme HoteleZe Beach BarFred’s JoyasFriend’sFront Loop CaféGarcia Blanco & AsociadosGordito’s Fresh MexGratereaux Delva & AsociadosGreat Lakes Paddleboards Guzman Ariza Happy SurfHome Key ManagementHotel El Magnifi coIguana MamaInternational School of SosuaK’s Coffee ShopKayak River AdventuresKaiceitos Circus

L’Agence Real EstateLaguna Park HostelLa Tiendita de Lolita LálÁláLaurel Eastman KiteboardingLisa Kirkman Art GalleryMojito BarMonkey JungleNaomi Day SpaNatura CabanaOtra CosaRoyal ResidenceRuth Plaut KindergartenSea Horse RanchSea to Sky AdventureSeguros UniversalSerenadeTip Top ToursUniversal Car RentalVela Villa TainaVoyVoyYamazato

COMMUNITY

Butterfl y wall at Puerto Cabarete Public School in downtown Cabarete Mariposa girls at Kaiceitos Circus School during summer camp

Cabarete-there is no place quite like it in the world. In our community, small acts of kindness go a long way. In 2011, we had 70 local businesses support the work of The Mariposa DR Foundation by contributing funds, supplies, food, space, time and talent. Reaching our goal of eradicating generational poverty will only be possible by engaging the entire community. A heartfelt thank you to all the local businesses that supported the Mariposas in 2011!

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PRO-BONO

IN-KINDThe Banker FamilyAndrea BoliniCarol BowenThe Bowcutt FamilyTehka BowenSkip & Gail CatherAnne CovertBecky D’AndreaChristy DimosDr. AlbaineShawn DumasJeanette DunkeMeghan FairbanksThe Furigay FamilyWillie & Sandra Foehr

Gardi HauckErika JonesAdrian KavanaghEva KnofChristina LittleBecky MaasRobert MartellJill MartinRobin McCulloughSophie MorseCarlos NadalNomad DesignOptica PanoramicaCandace Panchyshyn BerigueteDanielle Pittman

Michelle RahnGenesis ReyesSarah RossMegan SchultzClaudia SchwarzScotiabank CabareteLaura SelinThom SheelePatricia SurielTatianna SurielJulia SwijtersMr. & Mrs. Naurio Tatis VargasPeter & Buffy TooseJoy WarrickJudy Wicker-Briscoe

Shannon AlmonteCoco AngelSheerly AnviLauren BowcuttMilton BoweDarrin BrownKen BrownAymara CopplindAislinn DoyleLaurel EastmanIsabella GaramaniChristian Gillmann

Maria Elena Gratereaux-DelvaElin JayneEva KnofJessica KnofYulia KolesnikLakeside School StudentsLawrence Academy StudentsPhyllis LawsonAlexis MahonAmy MartinJustin MirandaAmanda Orozco

Elsa OrozcoReny PanovaVanessa PorroCarlos Juan RodriguezMinu SadeghiAriselis SantanaElena ScatesKrzysztof SiwinskiEdward ThorndikeJudy Wicker-BriscoeAlexandra WoodWilson Zapete

Special thank you to Peterek & Howse, LLP Certified Public Accountants, Maria Elena Gratereaux Delva & Associates and Nixon Peabody LLP for their

continued pro-bono support of The Mariposa DR Foundation.

Mariposa girls with acclaimed author and Mariposa advisory board member, Julia Alvarez, at the EVEOKE dance performance of In the Time of the Butterflies in Santiago.

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In 2011, The Mariposa DR Foundation’s fundrais-ing far surpassed expectations and we have been able to double the amount of resources allocated to programs this year.

In the year ahead, we look forward to learning even more about serving the needs of girls in our community. We will continue to listen and respond to the ideas and voices of the girls, their families and all who support them. We are dedicated to making 2012 another highly successful year fi lled with inspiring stories and lasting change.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

*Figures include monetary, in-kind and pro-bono contributions

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WORKING TOGETHERAt The Mariposa DR Foundation we work to create con-nections among all valuable community resources so we can ensure that all of our girls’ needs can be addressed. We pride ourselves on partnering and collaborating with local, like-minded organizations and initiatives to cre-ate the threads of cause and effect that will change the course of human lives for those born into poverty.

3 Mariposas MontessoriThe Butterfl y EffectCEPROSHKiteboarding 4 KidsKiters 4 CommunitiesMonkey JungleRuth Plaut Kindergarten and Community CenterParent volunteer reading to students at 3 Mariposas Montessori

Fund Development6%

Administration7%

Programs87%

Founder and Executive Director, Patricia Thorndike Suriel at the 2011 Audacia: Education for Every Girl Everywhere conference in New York City.

* Thank you to L.A.P. Company, Inc. and Paul V. Stearns, CPA for their outstanding work.

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Service learning trips provide a unique op-portunity for students to relate academic experiences to real-life situations and foster a sense of civic responsibility. Additionally, they are a powerful medium for cross-cul-tural exchanges and open new horizons for the students as well as community members working alongside them.

Thank you to all the student and teacher volunteers for your hard work and dedica-tion in 2011.

Compass School

Key Learning Community

International School of Sosua

Lakeside School

Lawrence Academy

Miss Porter’s School

STUDENT GROUPS AND SERVICE LEARNING

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OUR TEAM

In January 2011 we were extremely fortu-nate to add Alexandra Milian Martinez, M.A. (Clinical Psychology) to our team. Alexan-dra comes to us from Centro de Promoción y Solidaridad Humana (CEPROSH), an NGO focused on HIV/AIDS/STD prevention and education based in Puerto Plata, where she continues to run the children’s pro-gram through funding from The Mariposa DR Foundation. Alexandra is an integral part of our team. She conducts regular home vis-its to the families of our girls so that we can stay informed of everything going on in their lives. Alexandra investigates domestic issues and connects girls and their fami-lies with community resources. With her warmth, openness and positive attitude,

Alexandra is a solid mentor and trusted advisor for our girls and their families. Alexandra runs the health and nutrition programs at the Mariposa center, accompanies girls and family members for medical visits, provides confi dential counseling and plays a critical role in the development of our parents’ program.

STAFF PROFILE: Alexandra Milián Martinez, Clinical Child Psychologist

Since our inception just a few short years ago, we have assembled an accomplished team to carry out the mission of The Mariposa DR Foundation. Our board, staff and volunteers consist of experienced educators, professionals and students who bring years of experience in not-for-profi t, social justice and education as well as a dedication to service. Our diverse team brings passion for equity and change, contributing unique talents, insights and perspectives from backgrounds ranging from academia, business, social work, psychology, fi nance, law, organizational development and community outreach. Together we aim to pro-vide responsive programs and services of the highest quality to our girls, their families and the communi-ties in which we work. A highly skilled, energetic and committed group of people drive the success of The Mariposa DR Foundation and we look forward to building our team as we enter our next phase of growth.

Mariposa staff and volunteers at the 3rd Annual Mariposa Christmas Fair on Cabarete beach. Pictured from left to right: Jessica Lawson, Patricia Thorndike Suriel, Julia Swijters, Victoria Jones, Alexandra Milian Martinez, Ria Shroff and Sophie Morse.

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Judy Greenberg’s work and dedication to the children of Cabarete began in 1993 when she partnered with Patricia Suriel to start the fi rst library in town. Judy and her chil-dren, Emma and Jacob, started the supply donation move-ment, organizing classrooms, friends and relatives to do-nate books, pens, paper that they could haul down to the Dominican Republic. Although this is quite normal in Caba-rete now, Judy and her family were the true pioneers of this movement more than 18 years ago. It was Judy that set the example for hundreds of tourists that visit our community each year. Judy is a doer, and one of those people you can always count on. This year Judy is making the transition

from Executive to Advisory Board member of The Mariposa DR Foundation. We are thrilled to have her con-tinued support and sound advice. A truly remarkable woman, we would like to extend our heartfelt grati-tude for all Judy has done over the years to improve the lives of the children of the Dominican Republic.

ABOVE AND BEYOND

THANK YOU!

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Mariposa Co-Founder and Associate Director, Jessica Lawson accepting the Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from Dartmouth College President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, recently elected President of the World Bank.

Written by Jessica R. Lawson & Patricia Thorndike SurielEdited by Christine Crabb, Pete Richardson & Elizabeth Thorndike

Design and Layout by Jessica R. LawsonPhotos by Amy Martin, Christian Gillmann, Staff and Volunteers

This report highlights the work of The Mariposa DR Foundation in the year 2011. More information about our programs can be found at:

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Dear Friends,

2011 was a year of tremendous growth for The Mariposa DR Foundation. We accepted 20 new girls into our program, ran our 2nd annual all girls summer camp, opened a local Mariposa Resource Center and made tremendous strides in strengthening our programs to edcuate, empower and employ girls living in poverty in our community.

The possibilities of what can happen when people from around the world unite continue to amaze me. There are no words to adequately express the gratitude that we all feel for the sup-port and recognition that we received this year. Thank you for making 2011 incredible for The Mariposa DR Foundation and we look forward to working together for many years to come.

With gratitude,

Jessica R. LawsonCo-Founder & Associate Director

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