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building the possibilities 2008 annual report

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  • Platinum Medallion for gifts above $5,000 • Sue & Steve Alexander • BrightHouse • Harold C. & Jacqueline F. Bladel Foundation, Inc. • Sandra & Richard Carlson • The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center • Grapevine Communications Int’l., Inc. - Advertising Agency • Annette J. Hagens Memorial Foundation • Halfacre Construction • The Patterson Foundation • The Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation • SunTrust Bank • W.G. Mills, Inc. • WWSB-ABC 7

    Gold Medallion for gifts between $2,500 & $4,999 • The GTR Foundation Inc. • Sarasota Magazine • Scene Magazine • Sun-N-Fun RV Resort • SunHydraulics

    Silver Medallion for gifts between $1,000 & $2,499 • Andrick & Associates • Harold Carnegie Apisdorf & June E. Apisdorf Charitable Foundation, Inc. • Bouchard Insurance • Carl Abbott FAIA Architects/Planners PA • Colonial Bank • Comcast • Timothy Downey • Carolyn Garvey • Community Foundation of Sarasota County • Katarina & Neil Hornung • Knox Family Foundation • Law Offices of Connie Mederos-Jacobs, PA • Bobbi & Wilfred Lorry • Betty & Norman Menell • Morgan Stanley • Lee & Robert Peterson • Eileen Scudder • Anne-Marie Tardif • Susan Thomas

    Bronze Medallion for gifts up to $999 • Geraldine Aaron • Peter Abbott • Richard Akerberg • Aetna Foundation, Inc. • AIG Matching Grants Program • Aladdin Ward Electric & Air, Inc. • John M. Albritton • Mary Ammirato • Angelotti/Rosenberg Financial Group • Anonymous • Argosy University • ArtisTree • Jewel & Myron Ash • Brenda Asher • Rita & John August • Laurel Baerveldt • Gwendolyn Baker • Bank of America • Charles Bastin • Teresa & Jose Luis Basurco • Caroline & Bill Beall • Elsa Beckerman • Pamela Beehler • Kathryn & David Beesley • Dianne Belk • Dorothea Bellissimo • Lenore Benderly • Andrea Bennett • Nancy & David Bergman • Joan & Robert Biller • Randi & Robert Birenbaum • Mauri & Neil Blefeld • Lucia Blinn • Julie & David Boch • Susan Brainerd & Alan Quinby • Joan Breiner • Phillip Brooks • William Broughton • Rebecca & Arthur Buchanan • Marlynn Buczynski • Byron Family Corporation • Mollie & Ronald Cardamone • Grace Carlson • Sandra & Roy Carlson • Elza Carroll • Carol Carter • Heather Chapell • Susan Chapman • Charm Beauty Salon, Inc. • Elaine Charyn • Vicki Ann Chatley • Diane Chechik • Children First • Mary & Edward Ciccarelli • Lori Clark • Christine & Frederick Clary • Arlene Cohen • Sue Collard • Jane Collins-Hastings • Colonial Life • Nicole Converse • Katherine Copeland • Robert & Beatrice Cornelius • Carol-Ann & John Corrigan • Jim Corrigan • Susanne Costa • Mariana Cotten • William Crockett • Lu Cross • Judith Cuppy • Racine & Leonard Cutler • Davidson Drugs • Rick DeFuria • Al Derenches • Zita & Milford Desenberg, Jr. • Kimberly & Al Desmarais • Dex Imaging • K.C. Diffenderfer • Delores & Dick Dobbyn • Linda Doery • Thomas Doherty • Margo & Thomas Dolan • Fay Donaldson • Maxine Donohoo • Saralyn Dorrill • Dos Imaging • Frank Drake • Judith & Victor Driskell • Ellyn Drummond • Fritz Drybrough • Margaret & Thomas Duffek • Michele Dunbar • Larry Dunklee • Monica Durakis • Encore Motorcars of Sarasota • Katherine Evans • Micki Evans • Ann & Stephen Fabirkiewicz • Larry Face • Susan Fasoldt • Nancy Feehan • First United Methodist Church • Frederick Fisher • Josephine Fisher • The Florida Center for Child & Family Development • Florida Power & Light Company • Essey Foley • Rosellen & Peter Forte • Franklin Electric • Fraternal Orders of Eagles #2756 - Ladies Auxiliary Social Fund • Frederick Derr & Company, Inc. • Kelly & Stephan French • John Fricke • Emily & Ira Friedland • Beatrice Friedman • Marilyn Gerkin • Gladstone Management Corporation • Janet Gold • Susan Goldstein • Janice & James Gotch • Carol Green • Carol B. & Jules Green • Jim Greer • Sylvia Gross • Tana & Thomas Gruss • Halcyon Consulting Group, LLC • Susan Halsey • Harris Bank • Tanya & Jon Hart • Ruth & Arthur Hattler • Ralph Heath • Charles Henry • Susan Herd • Bill Hetherington • William Hewitt • HJB Properties • Jan Holmes • Barbara Horowitz • Kellee Houser • Felder Thomas Houser, III • HRH Insurers, Orlando • Judith & James Hunder • Tonya Hunter • Jeanette & Wallace Hyde • Insignia Bank • Charlotte & Jonathan Isaacs • Ivy Ventures • J.E. Charlotte Construction Corp. • Jackson & Associates General Contractors • Mae Jackson • Francine Jacobs • Christine Jennings • Edward Johanson • Dave Johnson • Barrie Johnson • Carolyn Johnson • Cathie & Roger Johnson • Gail Johnson • Gerald Kaplan • Joan Kapper • Gladys Kauffman • Beatrice Kaufman • Gerald Keane • Rebecca & William Kelly • Laura Kiely • Kirkwood Presbyterian Church • Jon Kleiber • Alice Kondrat • Ruth Kopel • Lynne Koy • Rosemarie Krugh • Laverne Kuttner • Lancaster & Eure, P.A. • Deborah & George Lang • Deborah Larkin Kramer • Sadie & Sol Laufer • Anita Laurie • League of Women Voters • Lower Merion & Narberth • Josephine Lecks • Verna Leppert • Donna Lerman • LexJet • Tamara & James Ley • Virgene Loeffler • Leslie Loftus • Myril Love • Ruth & Andrew Maass • Carol Maher • Manatee Community College Student Government • Kimberly Manooshian • Marcus Lewis Enterprises, Inc. • Patrick McArdle • Rebecca McDonough • Pamela & W.D. McGinnes • George McGonagill • Denyse & Thomas McHugh • Lydia & Larry McIntire • McIntyre Ewell & Strammer • Cynthia McMullin • Meadows Ladies Craft Group • Ora Mendels • Sue & John Michael • Janice Michaels • Dorothy Middleton • Maureen & Paul Milano • Dr. Lawrence A. Miller • Marlene Minzey • Carol Miroff • David Mitchell • Patricia Moffitt • Mary Mohr • Joy Mooney • Judy & Robert Mowers • Evelyn Moya • Cynthia & Kevin Murtagh • Marilyn & Irving Naiditch • Jerry Newberry • Sheila Nitzberg Kartoz • NM Cooling & Heating • Carol Noah • Iwona Norberciak • Art O’Connor • Adrian Olivo • Olson Liggett Drugs • Maryrose & Kevin O’Neil • Marlene & Lawrence Ornston • Steven Osterweis • Paradise Family Healthcare • Virginia & Stuart Peltz • Physician’s Group-Dr. Gary Kompothercas • Robert Piper • Planned Parenthood of Southwest & Central FL, Inc. • Joseph Popson & Lorraine Fox • Betty-Ann Porrazzo • Carol Poteat-Buchanan • Presbyterian Women - Trinity Presbyterian Church • Presbyterian Women of Church of the Palms • Presbyterian Women of Northminster • Presbyterian Women of Siesta Key Chapel • Presbyterian Women of the Community Presbyterian Church • Ellen & Michael Pries • Jessie Pries • Jennifer Prime • Eileen & Michael Prisco • Rebecca Proctor • Professional Benefits, Inc. • Florence & Saul Putterman • Ramey Insurance, Inc. • Alice Rau • John Reeder • Susan & Murray Renfrew • Richardson Kleiber Walter • Margaret & Charles Robbins • Flori Roberts • Susan Robinson • Caterina & Joshua Rosen • Lynne Ross • Rona Ross • Karen Rushing • Blanche Rutman • Alyce Safian • Mike Saoud • SaraMana • Sarasota Baptist Church • Sarasota Ford • Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation • Arthur Sarney • John Scalzi • Jacqueline & John Scarsella • Richard Schaefer • Patti & Norm Schimmel • Elaine Schlanger • Gary Schmidt • Harold Schneider • Betty Schoenbaum • Allen Schulman & Associates • Lois Schulman • William B. Schwartz • Capt. George Scott • Senior Home Companions, Inc. • Mary Anne Servian • Dawn Sharp • John J. Shea • Kathryn Shea • Joan & James Sheridan • The Sicking Family • Siesta Key Chapel • Janet Silberstein • Nageba Silverberg • Angeleta Sloan • Joyce & Richard Solo • Lorna Stall • Louise Stewart • Scott Stoothoff • Kathleen & Stanley Straube • Don Stuart • Camille & John Sullivan • Lisa & William Temple • TheZenith • Emilee Thorton • Marjorie Tick • Tidewell Hospice & Palliative Care • Taylor Tollerton • Karen Tranter • Beverley Underwood • United HealthCare • United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church • United States Awning Co. • Unum • Genevieve Vaida • Jean & Walter Vallee • Vamo United Methodist Church • Margarete & Paul Van Antwerpen • Venice Isle Home Owners, Inc. • Jessica & Vince Ventimiglia • Veronica Foster R.Ph. • Viable Services • Diana Vytell • Paula Wakeland • Wallace Welch & Willingham, Inc. • Emily Walsh Parry • Ken & Sandi Warner • Nancy Watson • Jane Webb • Edy Weinberger • Phyllis Werber & Matthew Ruch • Conni & Steve Wheeler • Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen • Virginia Williams • Alice Williams • Wm. G. Selby & Marie Selby Foundation • Donna & Raymond Wolski • Gary Wright • Sally Yanowitz • Mindy Yarling • Patricia Yarranton • Mary Zabin • Trudy & Mitchell Zakin • Janice Zarro • Ellen Zoller • Caroline Zucker

    First Step depends on the individuals, businesses and foundations whose gifts help us make the most of our resources. We gratefully acknowledge all annual donors as members of the First Step Medallion Society.

    This list includes donations received between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Every effort was made to ensure accuracy. If an error has been made, please accept our apology and call 941-552-2476 with the correction. Thank you.

  • Dear Friends,

    The story of First Step is a story of people – individuals who turn to us when they are determined

    to make a change in their lives. Their successes are many – their stories are inspirational.

    As the region’s leader in providing non-profit addiction recovery and prevention programs,

    First Step approaches each day with a hopeful outlook similar to our most successful clients.

    Despite challenges that result from the near-epidemic rate of substance abuse in our

    community and the alarming cuts in funding that we have been forced to absorb, First Step

    is imagining a future with a new and expanded residential treatment facility to better serve

    the thousands of individuals who will pass through its doors. We are pleased to use this

    Annual Report to provide a glimpse of where we are heading.

    However, there is work to do before we get there. In 2008, more than 12,000 individuals

    were served by First Step’s programs. More than 200 babies are living a healthier life thanks

    to their moms’ participation in our Mothers & Infants program. Dozens of men and women

    who suffer from an addiction as well as a psychiatric condition such as schizophrenia have

    learned that it is possible to find relief from both – thanks to their will and the help of our

    highly trained staff. Every day we witness the remarkable determination of individuals who

    find the courage to overcome life’s challenges.

    All of this is made possible through the leadership of our Board of Directors, the dedication

    of our staff and the help of our many community friends. We are grateful for your support.

    Thank you.

    David J. Beesley, MPH

    President & CEO

    November 2008

    president’s letter

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  • Dear Friends,

    As we celebrate First Step’s 40th anniversary, we continue to be inspired by our mission

    to prevent and treat alcohol and drug addictions. Every day, we are struck by the spirit,

    tenacity and absolute will of the people we serve. Their determination is unstoppable…

    for a more secure, stable existence … and most importantly, for a different future than what

    their life has offered.

    We look to the future and invite you to join with us as we imagine the possibilities – of a

    community that recognizes addiction for the public health care crisis it is, and of public and

    private donors who understand that high quality and compassionate addiction treatment

    must be a funding priority.

    In the late ‘60s, First Step was founded as a storefront counseling center. Today, we envision

    a future that includes building a new residential center. Despite current uncertainties in the

    economy, we have little choice – the demand for treatment continues to grow, our space is

    limited and our clients deserve the very best we can offer them.

    The questions seem obvious: If not First Step, who? If not now, when? The answers depend

    on you. Our donors have always been important to us. You are critical to our success – please

    generously answer our call for help with Building the Possibilities: The Campaign for First Step.

    Thank you.

    Sincerely,

    Gerald B. Keane, Esquire

    Chair, Board of Directors

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    Treatment taught me a lot of lessons: life skills, perseverance, determination, and not giving up no matter how

    bleak things look. You just dust yourself off and get yourself back on track. It does not matter that the odds are

    against you – you have to want to succeed.

    Gerald B. Keane, Esquire Chair

    Lynne D. Ross Vice Chair

    Richard Carlson Secretary

    Patty Moffitt Treasurer

    Peter Abbott

    William Balkwill

    John Lambie

    Dr. Lawrence Miller

    Dr. Kevin O’Neil

    Alan Quinby

    John Scalzi

    Mary Anne Servian

    board of directors

    First Step prevents and treats alcohol and drug addictions and associated disorders.

    We foster fully functioning, productive individuals by offering a full array of services in

    partnership with our community.

    our mission

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    Living free of alcohol and drugs.

    Making loved ones proud.

    Facing each day with courage.

    Accepting life on life’s terms.

    Changing the public’s perception on addiction.

    Transforming the lives of thousands.

    Meeting our community’s needs.

  • now more than 50 years old — is held together more by love and band–aids than by

    concrete and steel. It is too small, too old and too debilitated to offer continued haven

    for the hundreds of individuals annually who seek treatment for their disease.

    Our clients… your family, friends and our community deserve better.

    Join us as we begin Building the Possibilities: The Campaign for First Step.

    Though the shaky economy has given us pause, this project is the right thing to do and

    it must be done now. Collectively, we will gather our resolve and resources to ensure

    that we provide an environment designed to support and sustain recovery.

    “Always bear in mind that our resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

    ~ Abraham Lincoln

    With your help, we will all succeed.

    First Step’s Residential Center...

  • Our Residential Center, located on North Washington Boulevard in Sarasota, is a 13,000 square-foot facility for men and women

    involved in one of four intensive treatment programs. Occupying what was once a 1950s era roadside motel, the Residential Center

    is known for its comfortable, non-institutional environment – credited by both clients and staff as critical to the recovery process.

    Building the Possibilities: The Campaign for First Step will build a new Residential Center in collaboration with government,

    community leaders, corporate and individual donors. A best-practice approach will integrate addiction treatment programs with

    transitional housing, job training and employment. The result will be a model program focused equally on an individual’s addiction

    treatment, sustained recovery and successful return to the community.

    The project will be built in several phases, beginning in the spring of 2009. With an estimated price tag of $8 million, the 35,000

    square foot first phase will increase the Center’s treatment capacity from 75 to 90, include transitional housing, expand clinical and

    counseling space, provide health, wellness and recreational facilities, a campus gathering space, kitchen and dining facilities, as well

    as indoor and outdoor contemplative and garden areas. According to the US Green Building Council, First Step’s new Residential

    Center will be the first LEED-certified addiction recovery center in the nation.

    Fortunately, First Step owns the property adjacent to its existing Residential Center and the site will be the home of the project’s first

    phase. When construction is done and phase one is ready for occupancy, the existing motel facility will be demolished and subsequent

    phases of construction will begin in that location. They will include additional capacity for individuals seeking treatment, administrative

    offices and commercial space intended to enhance First Step’s ability to generate revenue to support its programs and services.

  • L E G E N D F L O O R p L A N S F I R S T S T E p O F S A R A S O TA

    Dining Room

    Campus Gathering Space, Includes 50 Person Group Room

    Kitchen & Associated Offices + Storage

    Mechanical Room

    Clinical Services

    Medical Records/Residential Administration

    Affordable Rental Housing

    Tech Station

    Housekeeping

    Residential Client Room

    Residential Common Room

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  • Building the Possibilities: The Campaign for First Step offers our friends and donors a variety of naming opportunities, including

    the most significant ones listed below. We will be pleased to help you identify a recognition opportunity that is appropriate to your

    interests and level of support. All donors will be listed on a prominently placed Donor Wall.

    The Campus $2,500,000

    The Residential Center will be the sum of many parts. As with the Betty Ford Center, upon completion, First Step will be known as one

    of the country’s premier facilities. The campus will proudly bear the name of the project’s most generous benefactor.

    Clinical and Counseling Center $1,500,000

    The center of the recovery effort, the facility’s third floor will house the counseling rooms, clinical staff offices and meeting rooms.

    Four Residential Houses $500,000 each

    Designed to perpetuate the homelike environment of the existing facility, four distinct residential houses, each with room for 15-18

    individuals, will include multiple bedrooms and baths plus a shared common room.

    Campus Gathering Space $350,000

    The heart of the community, the 160 seat multi-purpose space, will provide room for all-campus programs and activities designed to

    promote rehabilitation and an environment of care.

    Dining Room and Kitchen $300,000

    The state-of-the-art kitchen will provide the community’s meals and the dining room will serve as a place of fellowship.

    Central Plaza $250,000

    At the hub of the Residential Center, the Central plaza will bridge the facility’s interior and exterior spaces.

    Retreat $250,000

    Recognizing the importance of contemplative space to the healing process, the Retreat will provide a quiet place for meditation and

    spiritual renewal.

    Serenity Garden $150,000

    Enhanced with native landscaping, the Serenity Garden will provide a lush outdoor environment for clinicians, clients and family

    members to meet.

    Major Priorities and Naming Opportunities

    For more information, please contact the Development Office, First Step of Sarasota

    1970 Main Street, 5th Floor, Sarasota, Florida 34236 • 941-522-2476 • www.fsos.org

  • } Met the challenge of providing exceptional

    service and care while maintaining a

    delicate balance between public funding,

    community support and client fees in a

    financially turbulent year.

    } Offered Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)

    for more than 100 law enforcement officers,

    emergency room and mental health profes-

    sionals on using the Marchman Act and the

    Addictions Receiving Facility with individuals

    experiencing a substance abuse crisis.

    } Advocated successfully for renewal

    of Sarasota County’s Local Options

    Sales Tax and allocation of $5 million

    of surtax revenue toward the cost of a

    new addiction treatment facility, including

    transitional housing.

    } Expanded access to treatment for

    individuals living in Manatee County with

    the opening of a new Outpatient Services

    office in Bradenton.

    } Became the sole provider of the

    Sarasota County DUI Court and

    partnered with the court system to

    provide substance abuse treatment for

    offenders in the 12th Judicial Circuit.

    } Expanded our continuum of care with the

    addition of 18 affordable sober housing

    units to aid in the successful transition of

    graduates of substance abuse treatment

    programs back to their communities.

    } Celebrated the birth of the 211th baby to a

    clean and sober mom receiving treatment

    in the Mothers & Infants program.

    highlights of the year

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    My wish is for people to look within their

    families and their communities to know

    that addiction isn’t pretty but it’s real

    – and people do recover. People do not

    have to suffer in silence. There is hope,

    help and healing.

  • Adult Detoxification

    Adult Outpatient Counseling

    Anger Alternatives Programming

    Assessment and Referrals

    Case Management

    Co-occurring Diseases Program

    Court-Mandated Offender Programs

    Crisis Counseling

    Crisis Stabilization

    Drug Court

    DUI & Drug Services

    Early Intervention

    Family Reunification Services & Support

    G.E.D. Preparation

    Halfway House

    Homeless Care

    Individual and Group Therapy

    Marchman Act Referrals

    Parenting Classes

    Prevention Programs

    Psychological Counseling

    Residential Recovery Programs

    School-Based Prevention and Intervention Services

    Senior Outreach

    Sober Housing

    Substance Abuse Education

    Therapeutic Communities

    Transitional Planning

    Workforce Readiness

    Youth Outpatient Counseling

    services

    Central Florida Behavioral Health Network

    Florida Department of Children and Families

    Florida Department of Corrections

    Gulf Coast Marine Institute

    Sarasota County

    The Florida Center for Child and Family Development

    United States Probation Office

    United Way of Sarasota County

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    First Step provides services under contracts funded by the following:

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  • In FY08, First Step served a total of 13,889 individuals including 5,391 in substance abuse recovery programs and 8,498 in community-based prevention and education programs.

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  • Sandy Seidman – a special friend and donor

    First Step 2009 Annual Appeal

    Name(s) __________________________________________________

    Address __________________________________________________

    City, State, Zip ______________________________________________

    Phone _________________ Email _____________________________

    Gift Amount $ _________________

    Payment Type ® Check ® Visa ® MC ® AMEX ® Discover

    Name on Credit Card _________________________________________

    Credit Card Number ________________________ Exp. Date _________

    _____ I have included First Step in my will._____ Please send information on including First Step in my will or estate plans.

    A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Affairs by calling toll-free 800-435-7352 within the State of Florida. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the State.

    Please complete and return this form to: Development Office, First Step of Sarasota1970 Main Street, 5th Floor Sarasota, FL 34236 Or, visit www.fsos.org to donate online.

    Sandy Seidman, former First Step Board member and founding chair of the annual Caring Hearts

    Luncheon, lost her battle with cancer in February, just days before this year’s event. Although Sandy

    is greatly missed by her friends and family, her spirit for providing opportunity for others lasts.

    Having lived for 30 years in Sarasota, Sandy touched countless lives through her support of

    area organizations that assist women and children. She was introduced to First Step by her

    good friend, Dick Dobbyn, then treasurer of the Board of Directors. Soon after, while serving on

    the Board herself, Sandy began to focus her energies on Mothers & Infants, a special residential

    program for pregnant women struggling with addiction.

    The Caring Hearts Luncheon was Sandy’s vision - a way to provide support to the Mothers

    & Infants program, an effort she championed for several years. In 2007, First Step created

    the Sandy Seidman Second Step Fund, a scholarship program for women graduating from

    Mothers & Infants, as a way to honor her contributions. Thanks to Sandy’s dream and the

    fund named in her honor, more than $100,000 has been raised to support the Mothers &

    Infants program and the moms who benefit from it.

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    Administrative Offices 1970 Main Street, 5th Floor Sarasota 34236

    Special Services Center & Addictions Receiving Facility 1726 18th Street Sarasota 34234

    Residential Center 4613 N. Washington Boulevard Sarasota 34234

    Outpatient Offices 1750 17th Street, Suite J-2 Sarasota 34234

    6497 Parkland Drive, Suite P Sarasota 34243

    2210 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 10 Venice 34293

    819 N. Mills Avenue, Suite E Arcadia 34266

    Family Services Center 1750 17th Street, Suite K-2 Sarasota 34234

    Court Services 2075 Main Street, Suite 2 Sarasota 34237

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