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www.HartfordBusiness.com • November 13, 2018 • GIVING GUIDE • Hartford Business Journal 13 ABOUT US Year established: 1985 Annual revenues (most recent fiscal year): $3,496,500 Total number of employees: 15 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) All of Connecticut TOP FUNDING SOURCES State of CT Department of Housing: 35% State of CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 13% US Department of Housing and Urban Development: 10% United Ways: 11% Synchrony Financial: 7% CCEH represents a coalition of agencies, businesses, faith-based communities and individuals committed to ending homelessness in Connecticut. Our collective goal is to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in our state. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Every year, 1,000 families in our state enter the shelter system, yet homelessness is typically preventable for families. Donate to the be homeful project, CCEH's campaign to end family homelessness in Connecticut. Funds you donate will provide one-time emergency assistance to help a local family remain housed rather than enter the shelter system. The average cost of keeping a family housed is $1,000. FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES Be homeful for the holidays! Hold a Paddington™ "bear- raiser" this holiday season. Your business can join the fight against homelessness by signing up to hold a "bear-raiser" drive. For very $25 your team raises, we will gift a Paddington™ plush bear, book, or blankie in your honor to a child in shelter. Order your "bear-raiser" kit today! The best part is, thanks to underwriting by the Connecticut Realtors® Foundation and Citizens Bank, every dollar you raise provides emergency assistance that helps a family remain home rather than enter shelter. The more bears your company raises, the greater, your impact! VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES • Become a member. CCEH membership is open to businesses who are passionate about ending homelessness. Membership is $20/month. • Sign up to participate in the Point-in-Time Count or Youth Count this January. These annual censuses of the homeless population provide an opportunity for your office to learn about homelessness firsthand. • Engage your children in learning about homelessness. Visit behomeful.org/Paddingtons- marmalade-challenge to learn how your child's school could win a visit from Paddington himself! Acting CEO Mary Ann Haley President Catherine Zeiner YWCA of Greater Hartford Vice President Belinda Arce-Lopez CHD/Adult Mental Health Treasurer Catherine MacKinnon Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford, Inc. Secretary Omar Kouatly Northeast for Microsoft Jeff Anderson Always Home Tanya Barrett United Way of CT Alison Cunningham Columbus House, Inc. Peter DeBiasi Access Community Action Agency David R. Fay The Bushnell Louis Gilbert ImmaCare Inc. Dionna Glover Hospitality Center Shelly Saczynski Carl Schiessl Connecticut Hospital Association Jeff Walter JLW Associates Catherine Zall New London Homeless Hospitality Center The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness 257 Lawrence Street, Hartford, CT 06517 | 860-721-7876 www.cceh.org; www.behomeful.org OUR MISSION: The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with members and communities throughout the state, creates change through leadership, advocacy, and building the capacity of members and the field to respond to environmental challenges. Our collective mission is to prevent and end homelessness in Connecticut. BOARD OF DIRECTORS T he Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness is a remarkable partner for businesses seeking to show their commitment to ending homelessness for individuals and families across the state of Connecticut. We are proud to support CCEH's meaningful work and encourage other companies to play a role in the fight to end homelessness this holiday season. Lisa Maass , Citizens Bank Connecticut Market Executive (Left) Daley Moving helps transport gifts to locations around the state. (Center) Volunteers from CT REALTORS® and Citizens Bank deliver bears to shelters. (Right) Companies hold Paddington "bear-raiser" drives to raise bears, books, and blankies for children in shelters.