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Alexis Herman
Remarks to Horizons Initiative
DRAFT
Boston, Massachusetts
DRAFT
April 9, 1994
Virtually every major city in the United States confronts a
homeless problem today. Whether it be the streets of Boston or
those of the nation's capital, the homeless problem continues to
grow.
Many of us have become callous to the problem, intent to
brush by the many cold, hungry and needy men, women and children
who we see on the streets. We have resigned ourselves to see the
homeless as permanent fixtures in our urban landscape, and as a
permanent demographic category in the United States.
In the last twelve years, Americans have watched with dismay
as the number of homeless people on the streets increased
drastically despite many local, state, and national efforts to
solve the problem, which only seems to be getting worse as
thousands of men, women, and children -- more than ever before --
are taking to the streets to find food and shelter.
In order to come to grips with the homeless problem, we must
first understand it. Homelessness is not a condition -- it is
the result of mental illness, drug abuse, disability, or simply
hard times. The problems that drive people into the streets are
complex and persistent. They cannot be solved by a hot shower or
a square meal.
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Tens of thousands of homeless -- no one knows the exact
number for sure -- disappear from our country's outreach programs
every day. If we really want to help these people, then we must
identify and address the problems that made them homeless in the
first place.
Today, as the Clinton administration attempts to tackle the
many problems facing our country, close attention is being paid
to the plight of the homeless in America.
The Clinton administration has taken several steps -- both
direct and indirect -- to help solve this country's homeless
problem. First, on a national level: more than 1.6 million new
private sector jobs were created in 1993, and the number of jobs
is increasing at the fastest rate in the last four years.
President Clinton has also signed the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 1993, extending unemployment benefits for
up to 26 weeks for victims of the recession. The act provides $4
billion in emergency unemployment compensation to approximately
1.9 million unemployed American workers.
The Clinton administration has also fully funded the special
food supplemental program for Women, Infants, and Children,
increasing average participation by 300,000 families.
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Other legislation and programs, such as the Family and
Medical Leave Act, the Family Preservation and Support
Initiative, and the Child Immunization plan, have all worked to
keep American families together and make their lives happy and
healthy. But we realize that there are many who slip through the
cracks of the system. That's why the Clinton administration has
begun to tackle the homeless problem head on as well.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under
the direction of Secretary Henry Cisneros, has especially been
working to make a change. The approach HUD has developed with the
strong support of President Clinton addresses a broad range of
needs including psychiatric care, substance abuse counseling,
training, housing and jobs. But HUD cannot do this alone -- it
requires the assistance of local authorities and agencies -- such
as the Horizon Initiative -- to truly make a difference.
For the last six months HUD has been working closely with
other federal agencies, community advocacy groups, and local
governments -- including Congress and the other Cabinet
Departments on the "DC Initiative," and has earmarked $20 million
in federal funds for the program.
The D.C. Initiative will do a number of things to combat the
homeless problem in the District.
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First, it will shift the focus on homeless assistance from
simply getting people off the streets to solving the problems
that put them there in the first place. The Initiative will also
help them make the transition from the streets to shelter and
finally to permanent housing.
Second, it will require the homeless to take responsibility
for themselves. The homeless must agree to accept the services
offered to them and strive to become self-sufficient.
Third, it will seek to end the use of public spaces by
homeless persons as residences.
Fourth, it will increase affordable housing for low income
District residents and develop a fair and effective mans of
allocating those housing units.
The D.C. Initiative will not be just another Washington
bureaucracy, however. Perhaps one of its most important features
is the fact that it will be coordinated and implemented by a new,
public-private entity that will bring together government
agencies, community based non-profit organizations and the
business community.
But why talk about the federal government's efforts to solve
the homeless problem in Washington, D.C.? How do any of these
programs effect the homeless here in Boston or the other cities
across America?
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The answer is that the D.C. Initiative's success is critical
to the entire country. If we can't combat homelessness on the
streets of the nation's capital, then how can we ever hope to
achieve success elsewhere. What's more, the DC Initiative will
offer a new formula and a new guideline on how to deal with the
problem.
In the meanwhile, much needs to be done -- in Boston and in
other places across the country. The work of the Horizons
Initiative is vital to the effort, most importantly because this
organization focuses on one of the facets of homelessness that is
often overlooked or ignored: Homeless Children.
Among the homeless population, homeless children are the
most understudied group. There are thousands of young people in
America who are homeless, and it is through no fault of their
own. Some families are unable to provide children with a safe,
nurturing environment due to problems related to crime, poverty,
or illness. Other families are caught in an inter-generational
cycle of illegal substance abuse, academic failure, or
unemployment.
As a result, homeless children find themselves not only
bereft of a warm place to sleep and enough food to eat, but many
of these helpless victims have their childhood stripped away.
The work of Horizons Initiative has been important because
it attempts to give these children back their childhood.
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In Boston, and in most major cities in the United States,
approximately seventy five percent of the homeless population is
families, most of which consist of single mothers and their
children.
For most of these children, child care and educational
opportunities are not available to them because they have not yet
reached school age. What's more, they are so often moved from
place to place, from shelter to shelter, from soup kitchen to
soup kitchen, that their emotional and social growth are often
hindered.
Horizons Initiative's programs have been instrumental in
getting to the heart of the problem and focusing on the future of
our country -- our children. The Playspace Program, for example,
which provides appropriate play materials, space and guidance for
children, is vital to helping the homeless children of Boston
live a normal childhood, even if they don't have a normal home.
Once again, let me emphasize that organizations like the
Horizons Initiative are vital to the homeless population across
America. Only with the help of these organizations that manage to
keep the hope and the spirit of homeless children alive will
President Clinton and our administration be able to effectively
combat the homeless problem and ultimately conquer it.
The children of our country are the hope of our future. Last
year, the Clinton Administration initiated a number of programs
that will improve the life, welfare, and education of children in
the United States.
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Law enforcement today is probably more important to more
Americans than it has ever been in the history of our country,
and President Clinton has made a commitment to making our
communities safer. In the last three decades, violent crimes have
increased three hundred percent. Over the last three years, a
third of Americans have either had themselves or someone in their
family victimized by violent crime. If this is the environment in
which our children live, how can there be any hope for their
future and the future of our country?
The President realizes the seriousness of the crime problem
in America. His crime bill would put 100,000 more police on the
streets of our country and mobilize resources to fight drugs and
crime in our nation schools.
The President has also worked to reform our country's
educational system -- to make the United States the best
educated country in the world. Without proper education, our
children will not have the proper foundation on which to build
their lives. Ultimately, we will not have a proper foundation on
which to build our country. That's why the President signed the
Student Loan Reform Act of 1993. Not only will the Act reduce the
cost of loans and save $3 billion over the next five years. More
importantly, it will make college more affordable for students
across America. Other programs, like the President's Goals 2000
program, will help set tough, world class academic and
occupational standards and will give our teachers and students
the tools they need to meet them.
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Last, but certainly not least, the President's efforts on
health care reform are vital to all Americans -- most especially
children. That's why the President has introduced the Health and
Security Act of 1993, which is a comprehensive reform plan that
guarantees comprehensive health coverage for all Americans.
Every year fewer and fewer Americans get to choose their
doctors. We're paying more money for less care. Right now, the
insurance companies call the shots. They decide who's covered and
who's not. Our administration is dedicated to promoting a health
care system that everyone can rely on.
Unless these programs are implemented -- crime, education,
and health care reform -- then our country cannot move forward.
More importantly, our children will not have the proper
environment in which to live, learn, and prosper. They will lack
the tools and basic needs necessary to make them into the leaders
of tomorrow.
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In his State of the Union Address, the President said," Let
us take away their guns and give them books. Let us overcome
despair and replace it with hope. Let us, by our example, teach
them to obey the law, respect our neighbors, and cherish our
values. Let us weave these sturdy threads into a new American
community that can once more stand strong against the forces of
despair and evil because everybody has a chance to walk into a
better tomorrow." Let us give our children that chance to walk
into a batter tomorrow. Together we can make a difference. With
the help of Horizons Initiative and other groups like it around
the country, we can give our future back to our children.
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April 15. 1994
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Thank you, Theo McIntyre [Metlaskatla Tribe Head Start
director in Alaska].
I'm pleased to be with you in Louisville for the 21st
National Head Start Association Annual Training Conference.
Many of you have seen the hit movie Aladdin -- I'm sure your
children have -- over and over and over.
For many children and families, you are like the Genies that
make wishes come true. Thanks to you, children in our Head Start
programs get health screenings and life-saving immunizations.
Thanks to you, they are provided a warm, nurturing environment --
where they can learn and grow and feel secure. And, thanks to
you, their parents and families become more involved in their
lives.
You are what a caring society is all about -- offering
opportunity where there is potential, and providing hope where
there is hopelessness.
The Clinton Administration shares your commitment to our
children and our future. That's why, in a very tough budget
year, we've made rock-solid commitments to children and families.
President Clinton has proposed a 21 percent increase in Head
Start funding for FY 1995. That's a 45 percent increase since he
took office.
We've proposed a 19 percent increase in child care for
working families.
And a 28 percent increase for infant immunizations.
I know that you play a vital role in increasing immunization
rates by making sure your children are vaccinated. Rut as we
embark on a historic immunization campaign, I challenge you to
reach out to families with younger children who may not be
getting the shots they need.
The President has led us in developing a continuum of
targeted efforts aimed at helping children and families. And at
the same time, we are embarking upon a larger agenda to provide
opportunity and socurity to all Amoricane -- which translates
into big gains for children.
This means major initiatives like health care reform,
welfare reform, and the crime bill.
All of which greatly impact Head Start families, so it is
critical that Head Start plays a role in each of them.
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Take violence prevention, which is a major part of the crime
bill. Recently, I visited a Chicago program called Rainbow House
that trains families and Head Start staff in violence prevention.
One little boy at Rainbow House learned how to prevent
family violence from occurring. When his mother was about to hit
him, he reminded her, "You can't do that, my bedroom is a
violence-free zone."
His mother had attended the program with him, and she called
upon her own new coping skills to find a better way to discipline
her child. That's what I call a successful program -- and that's
what prevention, and Head start, are all about.
I applaud you for bringing conflict resolution into your
programs -- and T urge you to keep doing more. And, because
prevention is the centerpiece of the Health Security Act, you
also have an important role to play there.
For years, your programs have taken a pro-active approach to
health -- providing children with health screenings,
immunizations, and referrals to doctors and dentists.
The President's health care plan will mean now clinics in
underserved areas -- we will need you to make them a part of your
referral network -- and we will need you to educate parents about
how to use the new health services available to them and their
children.
Head Start is also a part of our efforts to transform our
broken-down, counterproductive welfare system.
It inspires me that you've recruited almost one-third of all
your employees from among Head Start parents -- many of whom were
on welfare. These are important entry-level job opportunities
that we need you to continue to offer to parents.
And, we will need you to share with us your experience in
launching low-income parents into secure, rewarding jobs.
Head Start ties in with every item on our domestic agenda.
And your programs function the same way in communities -- tying
together resources for families, bringing hope to children, and
empowering parents to lift Chemselves out of poverty.
I was very pleased to see that the Gainesville Head Start
program was featured recently on a television show about
empowering families. They've developed a great new program that
pools health, social, and educational services into a family-
centered "one-stop shop." Under one roof, d parent can earn a
GED, explore job training programs, see a doctor or nurse, and
learn to read, AS well as enroll their children in Head start.
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And that's what llead Start is all about: Comprehensive
services. Empowerment. Support for the entire family.
This is an historic time for all of us who have made Head
Start the nation's pre-eminent early childhood development
program. We're about to turn 30, and we've started doing some
very grown-up things.
Last January, it was really exciting to announce the
reauthorization request -- joined by eight members of Congress --
four Democrats and four Republicans. They had all come to the
table with the Clinton Administration to develop a remarkable
Head Start bill.
And, I'm pleased that this bill successfully glast passed through
the Senate Labor and Human Resources committee on Wednesday -- a
major step toward becoming law.
Many of you made valuable contributions to the
Reauthorization effort by testifying before the joint senate and
House hearing and I'd like to thank you for your work.
We can all be proud of what we've accomplished through the
Reauthorization. It sets high quality standards for all
programs. It underscores the need for appropriate staffing
levels and training requirements. It supports local choices
about the kinds of services that work best for families and
communities. And, it proposes comprehensive services for some
low-income families with children under three years old.
As we design these services, we're building on the success
of our migrant Head Start programs, our parent and child centers,
and our comprehensive child development projects -- all of which
already are serving families with children under three.
The Rcauthorization was a landmark bipartisan moment in
American social policy -- now we need to work together to make
sure that it becomes law.
All of you are leaders in your communities: together, we
all must lock arms to lead Head Start into the 21st Century.
And this means looking in the mirror. We must closely
examine every program and insist on the highest quality in every
single one. Nothing less will do.
I know that you're as committed to quality as I am.
You've all read the Advisory Committee's report, and you
know how important it is that we pull together and launch an
effort to implement its recommendations.
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The report recommends three key steps -- sort of like
Aladdin's three wishes. And, as the appointed Genies, it's up to
us to make this wish list come true for our children.
First, we need to forge new partnerships. To serve our
children well, we have to do a more thorough job of linking Head
Start with the schools, WIC, AFDC, and other programs.
Second, we need to make Head Start accessible for more
children and families. This means offering more full-year, full-
day programs to meet the needs of parents who work or are
training for work. It also means looking at ways to serve more
families who have younger children who would benefit from Head
Start. And, it means extending Head Start to more of the
children who are eligible for the program, but can't attend
because funding is not high enough to serve them.
Third, and most important, in everything we do, we have to
insist on excellence and an ethic of continuous improvement.
Make no mistake -- I know that many programs are up to par,
but T also know that across the country, quality is uneven. I
want you to take this as my personal mandate. We all need to
take a look at:
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How well we are managing our program and our money.
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Whether the staff is trained well enough to keep up with
changing times.
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How effectively we are reaching mothers and fathers.
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Whether classrooms, playgrounds, and facilities are in
excellent condition -- and if they onhanoe the community.
Every single person involved with Head Start has the power
to make a program better.
Let me tell you about a Head Start teacher who made a
difference in Winona, Missouri. One day, she overheard a man on
the street giving directions to the Head Start center. The man
caid, "It's that dingy building with all the junk in the yard.'
The teacher was so angry that she mobilized a major clean-up
effort. She led a team that removed garbage, planted trees and
bushes, and painted the building and playground equipment.
Now the site is clean and tidy -- reflecting Head Start's
pride from the inside to the outside.
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Wc can all do this. Like Aladdin, when he took flight on
his magic carpet -- and saw the world from a whole new angle --
we can all take a fresh look at the services we provide children:
the facilities, the teaching, the activities, the meals, and even
the games the children play.
We can all ask, "Are we doing enough? Is our program worthy
of our children?"
Together, we will preserve and strengthen the great
tradition of Head Start that has enhanced the lives of 13 million
children and their families since 1965.
It won't be as easy as rubbing Aladdin's lamp, but together
we will be the Genies that make our children's dreams come true.
Best wishes for a successful conference. Thank you.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1994
*REMARKS BY
DONNA E. SHALALA
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF HEAD START
WASHINGTON, D.C.
*THIS TEXT IS THE BASIS OF SECRETARY SHALALA'S ORAL REMARKS.
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Thank you for coming.
I want to recognize the leadership -- Democrat and
Republican -- Senate and House -- on this critical issue.
Thank you Senator Kennedy. Senator Dodd. Senator Kassebaum.
Representative Ford. Representative Martinez. Representative
Goodling. And Representative Molinari.
This is a remarkable group of leaders.
This bipartisan group of Congressional members showed a true
commitment to America's littlest citizens.
In advance of logislation being submitted, they sat down at
a table with this Administration, worked out their differences,
and came up with a remarkable Head Start bill that puts America's
children first.
This is the first time in recent memory that this has
happened. And I thank you.
I'm sure future generations of scientists, policy makers,
and perhaps a future Senator or House member, will one day thank
you, too.
The President's budget, with a $700 million dollar increase
for Head Start, bolsters a long bipartisan tradition of support
behind our nation's most successful pre-school and family support
program.
This bipartisan group builds on the President's strong
commitment. They have developed a new contract to serve
America's most needy children.
They rigorously reviewed the recommendations of the
bipartisan Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and
Expansion, led by our own Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary of
the Administration of Children and Families.
And these leaders agreed with the Advisory Committee that
quality must be the guiding principle as we strategically plan
for the future and for the expansion of Head Start.
They agreed that there must be flexibility in local
communities to meet the different needs of families
Whether
these families live in rural or urban areas
Whether they need
fulltime or all year-round services.
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And these leaders agreed that some programs must meet the
needs of very young children, those who require extra help to
have a fighting chance for a head start in life.
Let me emphasize why I believe Head Start is on the cusp of
a new era of greatness. An era of renewing the American dream
for millions of American children.
For the first time, this bill ensures that past performance
of every Head Start program will be a factor in receiving future
expansion funds.
The bill contains tough new provisions that define the
expanded quality standards for every Head Start program.
Grantees will be held accountable for reaching these
standards -- and they will lose their funding if they fail to
correct their deficiencies.
To help our grantees meet these standards -- this bill has
new provisions to enhance the development and training of Head
Start staff.
This is critical. We must remember that Head Start relies
on the skills of more than one hundred thousand front-line
teachers, counselors, and managers.
It's these employees -- these loving and caring adults --
who establish positive relationships with Head Start children and
their families.
These Congressional leaders also agreed on the strategic
plans to smoothly and efficiently expand Head Start.
This proposed legislation allows Head Start more flexibility
to design the scope of services, including whether programs
operate all day or all year.
This flexibility is important in an era when most parents
work, go to school, or participate in job training.
By coming together now, by endorsing the Head Start
reauthorization bill, and by stressing its emphasis on quality
and its tough provisions on those who don't measure up, these
Congressional leaders are coming through on a 29-year-old
commitment to our nation's disadvantaged children.
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1. EVENT: The Horizons Initiative 5TH Annual Benefit Gala_
2. DATE: April 9, 1994
3. TIME: 6:00-11:00 pm
4. LOCATION: John F. Kennedy Library, Dorchester, MA
5. PURPOSE: Event is main fundraiser for organization each year.
6. BACKGROUND: Organization runs programs for homeless children
and their families.
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PARTICIPANTS:
350-400 community leaders
8. PRESS PLAN Public service announcements to local media, i.e.
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DRESS: Semi-formal
radio, +.v., newspapers
10. WEATHER: Could be 40°, could be 60°; could be raining
11. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: 6:00-7:00 tour of museum 8:00-9:30 dinner and
7:00 - 8:00 : cocktail reception
speakers and awards
12. THEME OF PROGRAM: Helping Hands for Homeless Children 9:30-11:00,desset dancing and
13. COMMENTS:
14. CONTACT: (Indicate daytime and home numbers of lead
contact and alternate)
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Joan Donahue: h: 235-9952
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THE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
Alexis Herman, Director
(202) 456-2930
Fax (202) 456-6218
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Number of Pages (Including Cover)
To
Sue Heilman
Fax Number
6175778967
office Number
Date
2/14/94
From
Ruby moy
COMMENTS
Pix enronte
Corporate Office
D
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51 Morgan Drive
Norwood, Massachusetts
EA417-7693580
02062
30
617-769-913
December 28, 1993
Ms. Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President, Director of Public Liaison
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20006
Dear Alexis,
I hope your holiday was a special retreat and that you were able to get a day's break in the action.
With the advent of the new year upon us, I thought we could start planning your visit to Boston. I know
there are a lot of happenings in Washington right now, and your broad-based responsibilities make many
requirements of your time. However, if you feel like leaving it all behind for a day, I would love to host
you here.
I have been looking forward to taking you on a tour of the city and introducing you to some key
individuals whom you would be interested to meet, who are involved in promoting women in the
workplace. It would also give me an opportunity to show you one of The Horizons Initiative Playspaces
in action at one of the Boston area shelters.
If you have some time available in January, I will keep my schedule flexible to arrange a date.
I'll give you a call next week to see what your calendar looks like. I've enclosed a recent article so you can
see some of the exciting things happening at Domain.
I send you my warmest wishes for the New Year.
Sincerely,
Judy Judy George
Chairman & CEO
II
IF YOU ARE LIKE MOST ENTREPRENEURS,
CREATIVITY SPARKED YOUR COMPANY'S
INITIAL SUCCESS. HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO KEEP THAT ENERGY FLOWING?
On the
Creative
Edge
BY DONNA FENN
Y
ou've done it. Those months of tinkering in your
garage have finally paid off. Your new and im-
proved widget is taking the market by storm.
The idea, sublimely conceived and flawlessly executed, has
earned you the reputation of creative genius, master inno-
vator, entrepreneur on the leading edge.
Then the months begin to pass; the company grows. One
morning you wake up to a life filled with paperwork, ac-
countants, lawyers and insurance agents-even the federal
government. This isn't quite what you had in mind when
you put your name on the door a year ago. Now what?
WEBB CHAPPELL FOR PROFIT
The challenges are formidable: Growing a company while
working to sustain a creative vision can be frustrating.
"I used to think that asking for help was a sign of weakness," says Domain Inc. founder and
president Judy George. Now she delegates more and says, "Sales have skyrocketed."
Take, for example, Nancy Battista DiStefano, president of Po-
value message that I never let come out," she recalls. She over-
modoro Fresca (fiscal year [FY] 1993 sales: $500,000), a suc-
came her initial resistance and gave Berman carte blanche to
cessful gourmet pasta-sauce maker in Millburn, N.J. Five
begin staging promotional events, such as private sales. "He
years ago, DiStefano ignored those who said her sauce could
took what creativity I had and turned it into a value-added re-
never be mass produced because she used hand-chopped
source," she says. "Since then, sales have skyrocketed."
fresh tomatoes instead of cooked, processed ones. DiStefano
the innovator proved them wrong and went on to build a suc-
It's all in the medium
cessful business. But now, as the company has grown, so have
Experts who study entrepreneurial creativity believe that
DiStefano's responsibilities, and she has less time for the kind
when companies fail to remain innovative, it's rarely individ-
of creative thinking that launched her company.
uals who are to blame, but rather the climate of the organiza-
tion. "It's like a Petri dish," says Goodman. "If you don't
ust recently, she toyed with the idea of adding
have a medium at the bottom, nothing is going to grow." The
J
pasta to her growing product line. Rather than
right environment not only fosters creativity among employ-
create her own pasta, she went to Brooklyn to talk
ees, it can also free the founder to do what he or she does
to a company that she'd heard about. "Their pasta
best. The principle applies even to the smallest organizations.
looked great," she recalls. "I was
thinking about packaging, making
EMPLOYEES ARE PAID TO
all the plans-I was ready to close,
the deal. And then I realized that I
hadn't even tasted the product. Well, the pas-
ACCOMPLISH THINGS,
ta was terrible-to think we almost put our
name on it. I really learned my lesson." DiSte-
fano had stepped back and stopped herself
NOT TO AVOID MISTAKES.
from making a classic entrepreneurial blun-
der: giving in to the temptation of a quick, easy solution just
Reuben Ebrahimoff, is co-owner of New York City-based
to keep the business moving.
Brilliant I.D.E.A.S., a diamond-jewelry design and manufac-
turing firm. His company has just 15 employees, but it is de-
Share the vision
liberately organized for maximum creativity.
"The most important starting point for an entrepreneur
"There's an environment here where I can walk around
is a really in-depth analysis of where the company and the
and be a radar dish for ideas," says Ebrahimoff. "My role
individuals want to be in five years," says Jon Goodman,
and function is to be creative." He can do this because his
head of the Entrepreneur Program at the University of
perfect complement-his brother Ari-runs the business.
Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. She's referring
"He's 'Mr. What Is,' and I'm 'Mr. What Could Be,' he ex-
to a five-year business plan, and while that may sound like
plains. Ari takes care of finances, oversees the manufactur-
an unusual requirement for a company seeking to cultivate
ing process and coordinates shipping, while Reuben keeps
creativity, it's essential. "Creativity cannot exist in an envi-
a keen eye on market trends, conceives ideas for new prod-
ronment of rigidity," she says. "Conversely, anarchy rarely
ucts and pursues customers. Like Reuben Ebrahimoff,
leads to creativity. Creativity does have to be harnessed."
Richard Brock has little patience for the operational de-
That's just the point. "The challenge is to allow entrepre-
mands of his computer-software company, Atlanta-based
neurs to remain the keepers of the overall vision while creat-
Brock Control Systems (FY '93 sales: $23 million). "When
ing opportunities for others in the company to put their fin-
you get involved in things that you don't do well, it's like
gerprint on portions of the vision," says Bob Krinsky, a
someone put a flash bulb in front of your eyes," he says.
partner with IdeaScope Associates, a San Francisco,
"You need freedom from the things that blind you." Brock's
Calif.-based management consulting firm. But sharing the
solution? He hired a company president so that he could
vision requires a willingness to relinquish power, which is
focus on what he does best: developing new markets,
not easy for many entrepreneurs. "I used to think that asking
meeting customers and conceiving broad company goals.
for help was a sign of weakness," says Judy George, presi-
But for a company as large as Brock Control Systems, just
dent of Boston-based Domain Inc. (FY '93 sales: $30 million),
getting someone to mind the store wasn't enough. Brock
a 15-store upscale furniture chain. "Then I learned that it's re-
wanted to build a company where employees were encour-
ally a sign of strength, and that changed my whole life."
aged to take calculated risks and where judgment was val-
In Domain's early stages, George was the sole creative
ued over compliance. Says Brock, "There are two types of
force in her company, but as the organization began to
mistakes: the things you do wrong and the bad decisions you
grow, she realized "I could either stay small and get locked
make, as opposed to the things you don't do and the deci-
into controlling everything, or I could let go." George did
sions you don't make." He prefers the first type. Employees,
not mind sharing the operational responsibilities-it was
he believes, are paid to accomplish things, not to avoid mis-
an area she found cumbersome anyway. "When I saw that
takes. That philosophy inspires employees to pitch new ideas
I had to let go of the vision to other people, I spent many
without fear of failure and has resulted in at least three new
sleepless nights," she recalls. "But when I did let go, I
projects in the past year and a half: a vendor referral pro-
found that some of my employees had ideas that were
gram, an electronic brochure and a company newsletter.
even better than mine. I was humbled."
A case in point: For years, George flatly refused to do any
Empower employees
promotional advertising because she felt it would cheapen the
The prescription for managing creativity sounds a bit like
company's image. But Bob Berman, her new general mer-
a pitch for employee empowerment-a trendy concept that
chandise manager, was convinced otherwise. Berman, one of
many business owners dismiss as just another fad. But con-
six new managers hired by George two years ago, "felt we
sider this: John Eggers, manager of the Entrepreneurial Lead-
were giving off an exclusive image and that we really had a
ership Program at the Center for Creative Leadership, in
8
Greensboro, N.C., has just completed a study analyzing spe-
The company also holds regular brainstorming sessions in
cific skill sets required by entrepreneurs at various stages of
which employees are encouraged to toss out any and all
business growth. As organizations mature, says Eggers, bu-
ideas-however crazy they may sound. But there are strict
reaucracy tends to become its own end, limiting the entrepre-
ground rules: "Everyone has to defer judgment," says Kelley,
neur's ability to recognize new information and, in turn, sti-
"and they have to build on the ideas of others." This process
fling the creative output of the company. "The challenge for
blurs ownership of ideas so that "several people can come
the entrepreneur is to create a structure that allows growth
away from a meeting thinking an idea was theirs." As for
but also encourages challenging the bureaucracy so that the
structure, a hierarchy can't get much flatter than IDEO's. Job
organization stays flexible," says Eggers. "In really successful
titles are eschewed in favor of job descriptions, and all au-
companies, creativity and responsibility are delegated, and
thority is temporary. Today's project leader may report to a
the people become the organization, not just the entrepre-
new group head when his or her previous task is completed.
neur." Eggers says his research clearly documents that entre-
The system has paid off-IDEO has been profitable from day
preneurs who do this successfully have higher growth rates
one, and employee turnover is nearly nonexistent.
than those who cling to authority.
So how do you organize your company to maximize cre-
DEO's structure won't work for every company.
ative output? "Companies in which there are rigid hierarchies
"But even when people hold different positions in
are not companies that will be known for creativity," asserts
a hierarchy and are responsible for some chain of
USC's Goodman. "By its very nature, creativity is serendipi-
command, at an operational level they can still
tous; it's a function of an environment." Frank Ryder takes this
operate in teams," says Goodman. Consider Ruth
principle to extremes. His Arab, Ala.-based company, Ryder
Owades, for example. Five years ago, Owades
International Corp. (FY '93 sales: $20 million), develops prod-
founded Calyx & Corolla (FY '92 sales: $10 mil-
ucts, ranging from angioplasty systems for balloon catheteriza-
lion) in San Francisco and revolutionized the cut-
tion to automobile headlamps, for Fortune 500 companies. But
flower business by forging strategic alliances with growers
unlike traditional research and development firms, the compa-
and Federal Express, cutting out both wholesalers and dis-
ny works on speculation and makes its profits by retaining
tributors and ensuring that customers received fresher flow-
ownership of patents and actually manufacturing the products
ers. Every year, Owades reinvents her business. "At the
it designs. So it's critical for the firm's engineering staff to
beginning of every fiscal year, we start over and ask our-
come up with working prototypes within days.
selves what we can do better in the coming year," she says.
Ryder has conceived the ultimate creative environment:
The process begins with Owades and her management team,
His company is situated in three reproduction ante-bellum
but the responsibility trickles down to all 35 employees.
mansions perched on 190 mountain-top acres surrounded
"We're passing down the edict to look for new solutions,"
by forests, seven stocked fishing lakes, bike paths and pic-
Owades says. "Our employees know that the groping-and-
nic areas. It isn't all aesthetics, however. At the heart of Ry-
learning strategy is okay because they've seen the manage-
der's organization is a very loose company structure (the
ment team do it." Owades notes that the company recently
horizontal organizational chart that hangs on the cafeteria
developed their technology to link directly with Federal Ex-
wall places no one at the bottom of the totem pole). "We
press from the moment an order is taken and that "some of
look for people with a proven track record, then put them
the fine points of the way we set up that linkage came from
in an environment that allows them to flourish," says
the order takers."
Ryder. "We will reshape the organization quickly to suit
the abilities of the individual."
Stepping back
Like Richard Brock, Owades constantly is reassessing her
yder detests meetings and keeps them to an ab-
own responsibilities, delegating authority so that she can di-
solute minimum; gives everyone a private, work-
rect her energy where it's needed most: toward the company's
space with state-of-the-art equipment; and hands
relationships with its growers and Federal Express. She thinks
out bonuses based on total company profits, not
her ability to do that has strengthened the company's grower
on individual patents developed. "I don't want
network and has led to more sophisticated computer linkage
them to focus just on their own areas," says Ryder.
with Federal Express. Likewise, Judy George says that since
"They have to understand their connection to the
she turned over the reins to her new management team, she's
rest of the organization. They have to be cognizant
had time to focus on new-business development, such as sell-
of the vision." While Ryder himself holds hundreds of patents
ing her furniture through a television shopping network and
worldwide and is a formidable creative force, he has learned
exploring the possibility of a joint venture with an overseas
to step back. "I'm a cheerleader and a coach," he says. "It
manufacturer. As for Richard Brock, his constant face-to-face
means I have to stand in their shade sometimes, but there's
contact with customers inspired him to make his software
nothing wrong with that." Ryder's company generates at least
"environmentally independent," meaning that it will run
one patent a month.
across a wide variety of platforms. He believes the change
David Kelley, president of IDEO Product Development (FY
gives him a strategic advantage in a marketplace where his
'93 sales: $16 million) in Palo Alto, Calif., has also evolved an
competition's products run on proprietary programs.
effective strategy for keeping his product-design company
And sauce maker Nancy DiStefano? She has a new
on the leading edge. A veteran of large-organization corporate
group of business partners who attend to operational mat-
culture, Kelley was determined to build a company that valued
ters while she rolls up her sleeves in the kitchen. She's still
ideas rather than process. According to his brother Tom,
looking for a pasta, by the way. Only this time, she's plan-
IDEO's marketing manager, the company was founded on the
ning to comb both international and domestic markets for a
principle that creativity can be taught-under the right condi-
product that's worthy of the Pomodoro name. "And if we
tions. "You need to keep the organization from getting dys-
don't get it right, then we won't do it," she says. "That's the
functional," he says. "So we keep people in small groups of
way we did it in the beginning, and that's what we're going
about 40, where they feel they can still make a difference."
back to." B
From : DOMAIN
PHONE No. : 617 769 9130
Jan. 07 1994 3:53PM P01
Facsimile Cover Sheet
To: Ruby Moy
Company: Office of Public Liaison
Phone: 202 456 2930
Fax: 202 456 6218
From: Lisa Larkin
Company: Domain
Phone: 617 769 9130
Fax: 617 769 3580
Date: 01/07/94
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Comments:
From : DOMAIN
PHONE No. : 617 769 9130
Jan. 07 1994 3:54PM P02
Corporate Office
D
C
M
A
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N
51 Morgan Drive
Norwood, Massachusetts
02062
617-769-9130
January 7. 1994
Ms. Ruby Moy
Office of Public Liaison
The White House
Via Fax: (202)456-6218
Dear Ruby,
I would like to request to have a copy of Alexis Herman's bio faxed to my attention at Domain A
colleague of mine from The Horizons Initiative would like to send Ms. Herman a proposal. My fax
number is (617)769 3580.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Sincerely
Bisa
Lisa D. Larkin
Public Relations
Aprila
MI
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
Alexis Herman, Director
(202) 456-2930
Fax (202) 456-6218 2983
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
Number of Pages (Including Cover)
2
To
Suzanne Heilman
Fax Number
6175778967
Office Number
6172524362
Date
2/11/94
From
Ruby Moy
COMMENTS
Ms Herman accepts. Please fill
out questionnaire in great detail
Thank promptly. you for returning Some
Ruby
*
subject to President's request
qher time
NE
THERE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
Alexis Herman, Director
(202) 456-2930
Fax (202) 456-6218
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
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Number of Pages (Including Cover)
TO
Cheryl Mills
Fax Number
61647
Office Number
67900
Date
2/11/94
From
Ruby may
**********
COMMENTS ***********
Rer our Conversation
this snowy day.
JANE HARMAN (508)653-9902
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Boston
TO: RUBY MOY
FR: JANE HARMAN (508) 653-9902
RE: MS. HERMAN'S BOSTON ITINERARY - HORIZONS INITIATIVE 4/9-10
DT: 3/30/94
You should receive Ms. Herman's airline tickets today via Federal
Express.
I hope the revised itinerary meets with your approval. Ms. Herman
is scheduled to speak after the main dinner course is cleared,
while coffee is being served.
I know that you and I have to talk about her speech. I understand
you received a confirmation letter asking Ms. Herman to speak
about the plight of homeless families in this country. Let's talk
about what you need us to do in this regard.
I left messages with Deloras Handy (Brown?) at WGBH-TV. I will
follow up with her.
It appears that the tour of the family shelter will be perhaps one
of our only times for press. I will keep you and Flo McAfee
posted in this regard.
Again, thank you for your help.
JANE HARMAN (508)653-9902 2135417736
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PROPOSED ITINERARY:
THE HON. ALEXIS M. HERMAN - SATURDAY, APRIL 9 -
SUNDAY APRIL 10, 1994
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS GUEST SPEAKER
THE HORIZONS INITIATIVE BENEFIT GALA DINNER
Saturday, April 9:
11:00 am:
USAIR Flight #674 departs National Airport (see
itinerary)
12:25 am:
Flight arrives Logan Airport
Ms. Herman will be met in the terminal by Judy
George, Nkere Udofia and Sue Heilman. They will
accompany Ms. Herman throughout the day and will
provide all transportation requirements.
1:00 am:
Ms. Herman tours Horizons Initiative Playspace at
local family shelter (tba - press photo op)
2:00 pm:
Arrival/check-in/lunch at:
The Copley Plaza Hotel
138 St. James Avenue
Boston MA 02116
(617) 267-5300
(617) 267-7668 - fax
3:00-3:30 pm
Press interviews in hotel (tba)
4:00-5:30 pm:
Pre-event reception:
The Library Bar (in hotel)
approx. 15 guests (will supply
guest list)
7:15 pm:
Depart hotel for J.F.K. Library Horizons Initiative
Dinner and Benefit
7:30 pm:
Arrive J.F.K. Library
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2-2-2-2
7:30-7:45 pm:
Cocktail reception at library
8:00-8:30 pm: Dinner served
8:00 pm:
Welcome /opening remarks by Mark Edwards, Master of
Ceremonies
8:30-8:40 pm:
Overview of organization, plan for evening - Mark
Edwards
8:40-8:50 pm:
Video presentation
8:50 pm:
Mark Edwards introduces Ms. Herman
8:50-9:05 pm:
Ms. Herman speech
9:05-9:25 pm:
Awards presentations
9:25-9:30 pm: Horizons Initiative staff, volunteer recognition
9:30 pm:
Dancing begins
11:00 pm:
End
Return to hotel is at Ms. Herman's convenience
Sunday, April 10:
9:00 am:
Hotel departure to Logan Airport
10:00 am
USAIR flight # 457 departs Logan Airport
11:36 am:
Flight arrival at National Airport
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Judy George:
(o) (617) 769-9130 (h) (617) 696-3580
Sue Heilman:
(o) (617) 252-4362 (h) (617) 492-7543
Nkere Udofia:
(o) (617) 720-4829
Mark Edwards:
(o) (617) 860-7707 (h) (617) 863-1907
Jane Harman: (media) (508) 653-9902
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JANE ROCKWELL HARMAN
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TELEFAX COVER LETTER
TO THE ATTENTION OF: RuBy moy
COMPANY/DEPARTMENT : OFFICE OF Puslic LiAlson
NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLUDING COVER): 4
RECEIVING TELEFAX NUMBER: 202-456-2983
SENDING DATE: 3/2/30
FROM:
Jane Harman
*MESSAGE*
Thank jm Ruby !
117 PLEASANT STREET I SOUTH NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS 01760
TEL: (508) 653-9902 FAX: (508) 651-8854
April 9, 1994
il Plo for remarks
The Horizons Initiative
6-11p
BOSTON
February 4, 1994
Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President
FEB I 6
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20062
Dear Ms. Herman:
After speaking with your assistant Ruby, I am writing to confirm your engagement on
April 9, 1994 at The Horizons Initiative's Fifth Annual Benefit Gala, which will be held
at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA from 6:00pm until 11:00pm. Enclosed
you will find a copy of the invitation which is being mailed this week to about 4,000
households in the Boston area.
We are very excited and honored that you will be the featured guest at our event. We
expect 350-400 people to attend the evening affair, including local business leaders and
politicians. Judy George and Nkere Udofia of Domain Furniture have spoken so highly
of you to us, and other members of our Board of Directors are familiar with your work
in the fields of business, human resources, and diversity management.
As a representative of the Clinton Administration, we are looking forward to your
comments on the plight of homeless families in this nation. In Boston, there are close to
500 homeless families, with more than 1000 children. Our programs are designed to
serve the developmental needs of these otherwise neglected children, as well as to
provide educational and occupational opportunities for their parents, usually single
mothers. We envision our programs as models for other cities and regions.
Please let me know what arrangements should be made for your arrival at the JFK
Library on April 9. We will be glad to help out in any way that we can. I will contact
your office again as we approach the date of April 9.
Thank you again for your support of our mission.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Suganne Heilman
Herlman
Co-Director
enc.
One Kendall Square
Building 200
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone 617 / 252-4362
Facsimile 617 / 577 -8967
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January 5, 1994
Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President, Director of Public Liaison
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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1994
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Dear Ms. Herman:
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I am writing on behalf of The Horizons Initiative, the only organization in
Massachusetts focused exclusively on the needs of homeless children, which I believe
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has been introduced to you through a wonderful supporter of ours, Judy George. She
and one of our Board of Directors, Nkere Udofia, met with you a month or so ago and
discussed our programs and services for homeless children and their families.
We are a non-profit, charitable organization, and have an annual fundraising event
planned for this coming April 9, 1994. We would like to invite you to this event, and
would be honored if you would speak to our audience about the importance of childcare
services and programs for homeless children, from your own personal perspective as
well as a representative of the Clinton Administration's interest in this area. We are
confident that your presence at our benefit event will add to the evening's appeal to our
constituency, therefore adding to its success. The proceeds of the event will help us
accomplish our goal of opening the first full-time childcare center for homeless children
in Boston, the Community Children's Center.
Our program is the first of its kind in this area, and possibly in the country. As the
enclosed materials describe in further detail, our programs are not only about the
important job of early intervention in the lives of the most disadvantaged children in
America, but also, and equally important, about their parents, usually single women,
breaking out of the cycle of homelessness and poverty in which they are otherwise
trapped.
We have heard great things about you from Judy George, (who, by the way, sponsored a
fantastic event for us this past fall), and hope that you will be available to help our
efforts. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Jugaave Helman
Suzanne Heilman
Co-Director
enc.
One Kendall Square . Building 200 . Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone 617 / 252-4362 Facsimile 617 / 577 -8967
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
18-Feb-1994 08:58am
TO:
Ruby G. Moy
FROM:
Cheryl D. Mills
Office of the Counsel
SUBJECT: Horizons Iniative
It would appear to me that Alexis properly could speak to Horizons
Iniative. If they pay for her travel, she must complete a
non-federal source form, in addition to a TA, at least 5 days
before traveling. As always at events that are also
organizational fundraisers, Alexis may not request donations nor
may she solict other support for the organization. 5 C.F.R.
2635.808 (a) (3).
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SENDING DATE: 3/28
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*MESSAGE*
Thank jm Ruby !
I need to square
This avay before
you leave.
117 PLEASANT STREET / SOUTH NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS 01760
TEL: (508) 653-9902 FAX: (508) 651-8854
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TO: RUBY MOY
FR: JANE HARMAN (508) 653-9902
RE: MS. HERMAN'S BOSTON ITINERARY - HORIZONS INTIATIVE APRIL 9-10
DT: 3/28/94
Please see proposed enclosed itinerary. Of course we are flexible
and want to make sure this proposal meets with your approval.
I do not know the customary procedure for arranging flights.
Is
OPL/pays
this something we do, or will you arrange the flights? Is it
usual that your office provides a budget for airfare or are we
expected to cover this cost? Please let me know as soon as
possible.
I also need to know more about Ms. Herman's BOSTON GLOBE
interview, especially time, topics, reporter and projected length
of interview.
Thank you for your help with this. Needless to say, we are
looking forward to Ms. Herman's visit.
JANE HARMAN (508 )653-9902 2135417736
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ITINERARY:
THE HON. ALEXIS M. HERMAN - SATURDAY, APRIL 9 -
SUNDAY APRIL 10, 1994
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THE HORIZONS INITIATIVE BENEFIT DINNER
USAIR Flys every
hour
Saturday, April 9,
9 am:
Flight departs National Airport
10:30 am:
Flight arrives Logan Airport
Ms. Herman will be met in the terminal by Judy
George, Nkere Udofia and Sue Heilman. They will
accompany Ms. Herman throughout the day and will
provide all transportation requirements.
11:00 am:
Ms. Herman tours Horizons Initiative Playspace at
local family shelter (tba - possible press photo
op?)
12:00 pm:
MS. Herman tours Horizons Initiative Community
Children's Center site (St. Margaret's Hospital,
Dorchester)
1:00 pm:
Lunch (location tba)
2:00 pm:
Arrival/check-in at:
The Copley Plaza Hotel
138 St. James Avenue
Boston MA 02116
(617) 267-5300
(617) 267-7668 - fax
2:30-3:30 pm Press interviews in hotel (tba)
4:00-5:30 pm: Pre-event reception:
The Library Bar (in hotel)
approx. 15 guests (will supply
guest list)
530-7
Rest
5 pm:
depart hotel for 6-7 pm J.F.K. Library tour (if
desired)
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2-2-2-2
6:45 pm:
depart hotel for J.F.K. Library Horizons Initiative
Dinner and Benefit
Spinpromptly
7:00-11:00 pm: Dinher, speech, etc. (will supply event format)
Return to hotel is at Ms. Herman's convenience
Sunday, April 10:
7:00-9:00 am:
Breakfast
9700-10:00 am - 11
Press interview in hotel (tba) >
11:00 am:
Depart for airport (transportation provided)
12:00 pm:
Flight departs Logan Airport
1:30 pm:
Flight arrives National Airport
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Judy George:
(617) tba
Sue Heilman:
(617) tba
Jane Harman: (media) (508) 653-9902
The Horizons Initiative is dedicated
to providing programs and services
for homeless children.
The Horizons Initiative, an independent non-
profit organization, was founded in 1988. The
organization began as an idea of the creators of
Bright Horizons Children's Centers, a work-site
childcare corporation. Since then, several pro-
grams have been developed and implemented to
enrich the lives of homeless children in the
Greater Boston area.
The Horizons Initiative is the only organization in
Massachusetts that focuses exclusively on the needs
of homeless children. Because we work with fami-
lies, state agencies, shelters, advocates, educational
experts, and private sector child care providers, we
can bring many different types of expertise and
understanding to bear on the problems faced by
homeless children.
The Horizons Initiative is entirely supported by
charitable gifts from individuals, corporations,
and foundations.
Special thanks to those
who donated their ser-
vices for this brochure:
Board of Directors
Steve Mooney
Josh Bekenstein
Freya Bernstein
Walter Silver
Photographers
Roger Brown
Phyllis Cater
helping hands
Merrill Corporation
Joan Donahue
Mark Edwards
Printer
Michael Eisenson
Cha Rosenbaum
Matthew Epstein
for homeless children
Scott Wilson
William Fonvielle
Jane Harman
Designers
Gale Hunt
Anne Hurwitch
The families at
Just-A-Start,
Linda Mason
Anne Rollins
Family House Shelter
Don Steiner
Nkere Udofia
and
Kyle Upton
Susan Whitehead
Cambridge
Salvation Army
The Horizons Initiative
One Kendall Square, Building 1500
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Childcare Program
Executive Directors
Telephone (617) 252-4362
helping hands
for homeless children
6/93
Printed on Recycled Paper
Sue Heilman
Pamela Mann
Programs of The Horizons Initiative
Homeless in Boston
Playspace Program
Boston, like many cities nationwide, has experi-
enced an alarming increase in the number of
This program provides age-appropriate materials
homeless families in the last decade. In Boston, 75
and equipment for playrooms in family shelters so
percent of the homeless population is families,
that the children there receive the important stim-
most of which consist of a single mother with two
ulation and education that occurs during play. We
or three children. More than 51 percent of these
develop the Playspaces collaboratively with the
shelter residents and staff who create their own
children are under the age of 6, and therefore are
not yet eligible for public school education. There
rules and procedures for using the Playspaces. To
are rarely any other childcare opportunities avail-
date, Playspaces have been equipped in six family
able to them, and therefore they are not receiving
shelters in greater Boston through the efforts of
the learning opportunities necessary for later
The Horizons Initiative, and three more are
school and community success. In addition, the
planned during the coming year.
transitory nature of shelter living, compounded by
the lack of space and support can often compro-
Playspace Volunteer Network
mise their emotional and social growth.
The Playspace Volunteer Network provides trained
In order for the parent in this situation to move
and highly motivated individuals to play with
toward social and economic self-sufficiency, she
homeless children in the family shelters on a regular
must have the time available for counseling, job
basis, thereby providing the children with impor-
training, education, and whatever other programs
tant developmental and educational experiences.
are necessary to enable her to break out of the
cycle of poverty and hopelessness in which she is
Each year The Horizons Initiative recruits, trains
otherwise trapped. In many cases, childcare can
and places over 100 volunteers as Playspace
make this possible for her.
Activity Leaders, who make a commitment of a
few hours a week for at least six months. We hold
several training sessions each year for prospective
volunteers, as well as ongoing training and sup-
port sessions for active volunteers.
Community Children's Center
Due to open in 1994, the Community Children's
Center will be the first childcare center in Boston
8%
specifically for homeless children and their fami-
13%
lies. This center will be professionally-staffed to
serve up to 45 children each weekday, full-time,
from the age of 6 months to 6 years. It will be
28%
located in Dorchester where the highest concen-
tration of family shelters is found.
In addition to providing high-quality childcare for
the children, the Community Children's Center
Ages of Homeless Children
0-5 yrs
will support the parents of homeless children
in Massachusetts 1990
" Play is the way a child learns
through educational programs and counseling
6-12 yrs
Statistical information
about his world."
leading to social and economic self-sufficiency as
compiled by the
13-15 yrs
Massachusetts
well as enhanced child-rearing abilities.
Department of Education
16-18 yrs
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
The Horizons Initiative
Capital Fund Drive
for the
Community Children's Center
A Comprehensive Program
for Homeless Children and their Families
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE NEED
2.
THE HORIZONS INITIATIVE
3.
THE COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER
4.
The Community Children's Center Advisory Board
5.
The Location
5.
A Model Program
5.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
7.
CAMPAIGN NEEDS
8.
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET
9.
TABLE OF GIFTS
10.
NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
11.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
12.
1
THE NEED
Play is important to
The Horizons Initiative, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1988,
every child, because play
is one avenue in which
is seeking funds to establish the Community Children's Center, an innovative,
children learn about
comprehensive childcare center for families who are homeless in the Boston area.
their world and about
themselves. Homeless
Boston, like many cities nationwide, has experienced an alarming increase in
children often miss out
on that very important
homeless families in the last decade. In Massachusetts, the majority of the homeless
part of growth and
population consists of families, usually a single mother with two or three children,
development.
the majority of whom are under the age of 6. Currently, there are approximately
Dr. Jean Cibarowski,
1,200 homeless children in the Boston area, 700 of whom are living in emergency
Children's Hospital,
family shelters. Half of these children are too young to attend public schools and have
Boston, MA
no other childcare opportunities available to them. They are not receiving the
learning opportunities necessary for later school and community success. The
transitory nature of shelter living, compounded by the lack of space and support that
help develop a whole healthy child, compromises the emotional and social develop-
ment of homeless children.
The research on the effects of homelessness on children consistently suggests that
these children desperately need the stimulation, nurturing and stability that can be
offered through high-quality childcare. For example, the 1982 High/Scope
Foundation's Perry Pre-School Study concluded that the cost of providing high-
quality childcare to disadvantaged children before they reach school age is one-
quarter the cost to society of the remedial and punitive programs that they will
require later in life if they have not received these early services; a dollar invested now
will save four dollars later spent on rehabilitation programs. In addition, a needs
assessment conducted by the Horizons Initiative staff in 1992 concluded that less
than 10% of children under the age of 6 in family shelters in Boston had access to
childcare of any kind, and more than 75% of the parents expressed a desire to have it.
Just as important, the parents of these children need the time necessary for accessing
permanent housing, job training, education, parenting skills training and counsel-
ling, which together can enable them to thrive and move toward social and economic
self-sufficiency. Childcare can be the critical piece that allows parents to move
forward, breaking the cycle of poverty and hopelessness that may have trapped them
for generations. In addition, these parents need a structure which provides support-
ive social services without requiring physical travel to the many different agencies
presently involved in providing referrals and services.
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THE HORIZONS INITIATIVE
The Horizons Initiative began providing programs and services for homeless families
It would be hard to
in 1990 through its two on-going programs, the Playspace Program and the
imagine that society
could find a higher yield
Playspace Volunteer Network.
for a dollar of investment
than that found in
Recognizing the need for play areas in family shelters, many of which had no room
preschool programs for
its at-risk children.
dedicated for the many children who were residing there, The Horizons Initiative has
created Playspaces in six area family shelters; several more are planned in the coming
Committee for
year. This program involves the parents in the process of creating a fully-furnished,
Economic Development,
Investing in Our
developmentally appropriate playroom for their children - allowing them to gain a
Children, 1985
sense of empowerment and accomplishment as they create a special place for their
own and others' children.
Realizing that Playspaces are only as valuable as the interactions that take place in
them, The Horizons Initiative created the Playspace Volunteer Network. The
Horizons Initiative has trained, placed and supervised more than 250 individuals
who make a six-month commitment to work and play with children in area family
shelters. Currently there are approximately 75 Horizons Initiative Playspace Volun-
teers interacting with children in thirteen family shelters every week.
Through these ongoing programs, The Horizons Initiative has provided significant
benefits for the children and invaluable services for their parents; parents need time
apart from their children each week during which they can prepare for housing
appointments, get ready for interviews, study for GED courses, and in general regain
their motivation and energy for the challenges they face. In addition, our trained staff
and volunteers, directly and indirectly, pass on helpful parenting skills through role-
modelling while they are with the children, as well as during the development of the
Playspaces, in which the parents are very involved.
The programs and services which have been developed and implemented by The
Horizons Initiative are invaluable to homeless families and ultimately help them
achieve and maintain stable, long-term housing, increase their skill and income
levels, and gain more control over their lives. The success of these programs has
shown that access to full-time childcare can be the single most important factor in
enabling these children and their parents to achieve long-term stability. The
Community Children's Center will serve this important and vital need for families
facing the crisis of homelessness.
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THE COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S
CENTER
Developing preventative
The objectives of the Community Children's Center are to:
programs that address
homeless preschoolers'
potential difficulties
Provide safe, affordable, high-quality childcare for homeless families.
early makes sense from
Provide opportunities for the parents of the children in attendance for
both a financial and
education, job training, parenting skills training, all leading to economic
ethical viewpoint.
Children who have
self-sufficiency.
received appropriate
early care are more
The Community Children's Center will be designed initially to serve 45 children each
likely to escape the
frustration, pain and
day, Monday through Friday, from 8:00am until 6:00pm. Children will be recruited
possible damage
and enrolled from at least seven existing emergency family shelters in the Boston area.
associated with medical,
The childcare center will be organized around three age groups, one area for 7
emotional or educational
difficulties later on in
infants, two areas for 18 toddlers, and one area for 20 pre-schoolers.
life.
Each classroom will be professionally staffed with an adult-to-child ratio meeting or
Dr. Ellen Bassuk,
President, Better Homes
exceeding the Mass. Office for Children guidelines, which ranges between 1:4 and
Foundation, 1993
1:10, depending on the ages of the children. In addition, parents will be required,
as possible, to make a commitment to spend some time in the classroom on a regular
basis. Trained volunteers and student interns will consistently augment the staffing.
Two Family Advocates will also be on-staff, on-site on a daily basis to provide
counselling, referrals and support to the parents while their children are in the
childcare center. Special programs designed to meet their needs will occur in the
Parent Resource Room, such as GED classes, job readiness workshops, parenting
skills workshops, and others. Training to work as apprentices in the Community
Children's Center classrooms will also be an important opportunity for many of these
parents.
The family's average length of involvement with the Community Children's Center
is expected to be 15 months, consisting of an average stay of 9 months in a family
shelter followed by up to six months of continued care in the Community Children's
Center after the family moves to permanent housing.
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The Community Children's Center Advisory Board
For nine months the
infant grows in the
womb. At the end an
The Horizons Initiative has developed the concept of the Community Children's
x-ray shows the small
Center through a long-standing collaborative process involving emergency shelter
but developed body quite
bent over on itself and
staff, currently and formerly homeless parents, childcare providers, members of The
cramped; yet so very
Horizons Initiative's Board of Directors and staff, and other individuals with
much has happened -
professional expertise in the needs of homeless families. This collaborative group has
indeed, a whole new life
has come into being. For
become the Community Children's Center Advisory Board, and has met regularly for
some hundreds of
more than eighteen months to develop this project. The Advisory Board will continue
thousands of American
to meet prior to and after the Community Children's Center is operational.
children that stretch of
time, those months,
represent the longest rest
ever to be had, the
The Location
longest stay in any one
place.
The Community Children's Center will be centrally located in the Uphams Corner
Robert Coles,
neighborhood of Dorchester, the area of Boston with the highest concentration of
Uprooted Children
emergency family shelters. The site, chosen after a six month search of the area, is
currently a wing of a building on the campus of St. Margaret's Hospital. This site will
be vacated during the summer of 1993, and will be leased to social service agencies
focusing on the needs of women and children at risk.
A Model Program
The Community Children's Center will be the only one of its kind in Boston, and one
of very few in the nation. As such, we hope that it will serve as a model for others in
the future. Although Head Start programs and other agencies provide some slots for
homeless children, there are no other programs available to homeless families which
serve the range of ages (infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers) which we will serve, for
the range of days and hours (every weekday 8am-6pm). At the same time, we will
uniquely provide services to the parents on-site through our Family Advocates and
collaborations with other social service agencies.
The Horizons Initiative's Board of Directors includes the founders of Bright Horizons
Children's Centers, which operates more than 50 high-quality work-site childcare
centers across the United States. They are experts in the field of early childhood
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Although the Commu-
development. This close affiliation will help to ensure that the Community Children's
nity Children's Center
Center is of the highest quality.
will be focused on the
children, it will also be
about helping their
We plan to constantly evaluate this model, and document its effectiveness over time,
mothers break out of the
in order to maintain the highest quality of service, as well as to share our experiences,
cycle of poverty so that
they can feel empowered
both positive and negative, with other providers locally and nationally.
and productive. They
will be able to make an
enormous leap in their
lives - from feeling
hopeless to feeling
hopeful.
Dr. Jean Cibarowski,
Children's Hospital,
Boston, MA
Homelessness is not hopelessness.
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
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CAMPAIGN NEEDS
Initial Expenditures for Renovation and Equipment
$250,000
First Year Operating Costs- 100%
360,000
Second-Seventh Year Operating Costs - 50%
1,090,000
$1,700,000
The other 50% of operating costs in years 2 through 7 are projected to come from
federal and state sources and annual fund drives.
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COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET
SALARIES
$250,000
Center Director (1)
Teachers (8)
Assistant Teachers (3)
Family Advocates (2)
TAXES/FRINGE
$50,000
RENT/UTILITIES
$34,000
TRANSPORTATION
$10,000
INSURANCE
$2,000
TRAVEL
$1,000
OFFICE SUPPLIES
$1,000
PAPER GOODS
$3,000
EQUIPMENT
$1,000
FOOD
$4,000
PHONE
$2,000
TRAINING/RECRUITING
$1,000
EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES
$1,000
TOTAL
$360,000
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TABLE OF GIFTS NEEDED
GOAL $1.7 MILLION
# OF GIFTS NEEDED
$ RANGE
$ TOTAL
2
$150,000
$300,000
2
$100,000
$200,000
6
$50,000
$300,000
14
$25,000
$350,000
30
$10,000
$300,000
50
$5,000
$250,000
TOTAL:
104 GIFTS
$1,700,000
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NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
Community Children's Center Facility (1)
$150,000
To underwrite the major renovations for this program
Playground (1)
75,000
To create an age-appropriate and durable outdoor
learning and playing environment.
Classrooms (5), Parent Resource Room (1), and Common area
25,000
To ensure that each room in the Center is
developmentally-appropriate and well furnished
Teachers fellowships (10)
10,000
To ensure that each teaching position is permanently
funded
Family Advocate Fellowships (2)
10,000
To ensure that high-quality case management services are
provided to each family involved in the CCC
"Sponsor-a-child" fellowships (45)
5,000
To ensure that 45 homeless children each day can receive
the stimulation and nurturing that they need.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Josh Bekenstein, General Partner, Bain Capital
In 1984, Mr. Bekenstein helped start Bain Capital, a Boston-based private equity
investment firm. He serves on the Board of Directors of several public and private
companies. Prior to Bain Capital, Mr. Bekenstein was a consultant at Bain &
Company, where he worked on strategic consulting projects for Fortune 500 clients.
He received a masters degree in business administration from Harvard Business
School and a bachelors degree from Yale University.
Freya Bernstein, Senior Counsel, RECOLL Management Corporation
Before joining the legal department of RECOLL Management Corporation, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Fleet Financial Group, Ms. Bernstein practiced law for
eight years with the firm of Rubin and Rudman. She previously held positions at
various levels of government including Director of Licensing for Mental Health
Services for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and Director of
Program Planning and Budgeting for the Cambridge Community Action Agency. Ms.
Bernstein has a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, a masters
degree in public administration from New York University, and a bachelors degree
in American Studies from Brandeis University.
Roger Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Bright Horizons Children's Centers
Mr. Brown co-founded Bright Horizons in 1986 and has served as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer since that time. Prior to the founding of Bright Horizons, he
was Co-director of the Save the Children relief and development effort in Sudan and
has worked on the border of Thailand with Cambodian refugees for CARE and
UNICEF. Mr. Brown is the author of Rice, Rivalry and Politics: Managing Cambo-
dian Relief, a book that examines the management of emergency relief efforts. Mr.
Brown serves on the board of the Child Care Action Campaign. He is a graduate of
the Yale School of Management and Davidson College.
Phyllis B. Cater, Vice President of Human Services, Morgan Memorial Good-
will Industries, Inc.
Ms. Cater oversees Goodwill's Human Services programs in Boston and surround-
ing areas. A human services provider in the Boston community for the past 20 years,
she is the former Executive Director of the Mattapan Community Health Center and
Director of Member Services for the Neighborhood Health Plan. Ms. Cater currently
serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for both the Dorchester/ Mattapan
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Community Mental Health Center and the Cambridge YWCA. She received a
bachelors degree in sociology/psychology from UMass Boston and a masters degree
in social planning from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.
Joan H. Donahue, Financial Planner, IDS Financial Services
Ms. Donahue consults with individuals and businesses as a financial planner for
IDS, an American Express company. Prior to IDS, she was Vice President of
Marketing at D.C. Heath Publishing, a Raytheon company. There Ms. Donahue
helped develop and implement educational programs in the U.S. and overseas. She
has also taught elementary school and worked in mathematics and science curricu-
lum development. Ms. Donahue received a bachelor of science degree from the
University of Kansas and a master's degree from the University of Missouri.
Mark Edwards, President, Image Presentations, Inc.
Mr. Edwards founded Image Presentations, Inc., one of the country's leading
marketing communications companies specializing in recruiting and fundraising
communications for educational institutions. For fifteen years, Image Presentations
has worked with over 100 independent schools, colleges and universities. Mr.
Edwards is a member of Harvard University's Advisory Council on Shareholder
Responsibility, and a member of the New England Committee of the NAACP/Legal
Defense and Educational Fund, and a member of the Board of Overseers of the
Handel and Haydn Society. He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard
College.
Michael Eisenson, Managing Partner, Aeneas Group, Inc.
For the past seven years, Michael Eisenson has co-managed a $1.4 billion portfolio
of private equity investments for the Harvard University endowment at Aeneas
Group, a subsidiary of the Harvard Management Co., Inc. Previously, he was a
member of the Boston Consulting Group, where he was involved in developing
strategy and organization design recommendations for major international corpora-
tions. Mr. Eisenson serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of public and
private companies. He is a graduate of Williams College and received law and
management degrees from Yale University.
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Matt Epstein, Partner, Goulston & Storrs
Mr. Epstein practices commercial real estate development and financing law for
this Boston-based law firm. He is also a corporate board member of the Massachu-
setts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Mr. Epstein is a graduate of
Harvard College. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School as well as a
master's degree in social and political science at Emmanuel College, Cambridge,
England, while serving as the Harvard Scholar.
William H. Fonvielle, Vice President, The Forum Corporation
Mr. Fonvielle provides consultation and training to the senior management of large
organizations, helping them improve quality, establish performance measures, more
effectively gather and analyze information, and become customer-driven. Previ-
ously, he has served as vice president of consulting for Goodmeasure, Inc., in
Cambridge, Mass., director of public affairs for the Denver Regional Council of
Governments, and president of Communicon, Inc., a Chicago-based advertising
agency. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Shimer College and a master's degree
in management from Yale University.
Jane Harman, Public Relations Consultant
Ms. Harman is a freelance public relations consultant who specializes in media
relations and event formulation and production. Her consulting business focuses
primarily in the non-profit sector. Ms. Harman is a graduate of Boston University.
Gale Hunt, L.I.C.S.W.
Ms. Hunt is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, who is now raising her
three sons. She worked as a psychotherapist in a private practice in Brighton, Mass.,
and at a local community mental health center. From 1987 to 1992, Ms. Hunt served
as President of the Board of Directors of the Interface Foundation, Watertown, Mass.
She also serves on the Board of the Family Center in Somerville, Mass., and is a
member of the Threshold Foundation, in California. Ms. Hunt is a graduate of
Simmons School of Social Work and Hollins College.
Anne L. Hurwitch, Retail Consultant, Gorden Brothers
Ms. Hurwitch is a retail consultant for women's apparel stores. Formerly, she
marketed and promoted sales and special events for Hurwitch Bros., a women's
clothing store in Wellesley, Mass. Ms. Hurwitch serves as President of the Newton
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Country Day School's Alumnae Association, and is a member of the Horizon House
and the Rivers School Parents' League. She received a bachelor of arts degree from
Maryville University.
Linda Mason, President, Bright Horizons Children's Centers
Ms. Mason is President and co-founder of Bright Horizons, which operates high-
quality worksite childcare centers. Prior to Bright Horizons, she was Co-Director of
Save the Children's emergency program in Sudan, serving 400,000 famine and war
victims. Along with Roger Brown, Ms. Mason wrote the book, Rice, Rivalry and
Politics, an analysis of their experiences in the refugee camps on the Thai/Cambodian
Border during the Cambodian relief operation. She has also worked as a business
consultant for Booz, Allen and Hamilton, in New York and Paris. Ms. Mason is a
graduate of the Yale School of Management and Cornell University, and is a recipient
of the Boston Jaycees' Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award.
Anne Rollins, Retired Education Professional
After dedicating more than 24 years to education at Lasell College, Ms. Rollins
recently retired as director/teacher of the Child Study Center in Newton, Mass. She
has served on various educational boards in Newton and Wellesley, including the
West Suburban Nursery School Assoc. (WSNSA), Newton Early Childhood Assoc.
(NECA) and the FACE Day Care Center, as well as the New England College
Laboratory Schools. Ms. Rollins is an active alumnae and serves as a member of the
Lasell Board of Management, and a corporator to the Lasell College Board of Trustees.
She received an associates degree in Early Childhood Education from Lasell College
and a bachelor's degree in special education from Framingham State College.
Donald Steiner, President, Cornerstone Capital Group
Mr. Steiner is a co-founder of Boston Capital Ventures, a Boston-based investment
management firm. He has recently formed the Cornerstone Group to acquire and
merge companies in the areas of direct marketing, home shopping and specialty
retailing. Prior to Boston Capital Ventures, Mr. Steiner was Vice President of New
Business Development at the Gillette Company, Boston, Mass. He is a graduate of
Rutgers University and the Harvard Business School.
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Nkere Udofia, Vice President of the Aeneas Group, Inc.
Mr. Udofia works as a senior investment officer at Aeneas Group, Inc., the private
investment affiliate of Harvard University and also serves as a member of the board
of directors for several private companies. Prior to joining Aeneas in 1989, he was
employed by Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati, and Boston Consulting Group in New
York. Mr. Udofia is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a
graduate of Harvard Business School.
Kyle Upton, Investment Administrator and Senior Consultant, Harvard Univer-
sity Office of Human Resources Retirement Programs
As primary liaison for the University and four investment company vendors, Ms.
Upton advises faculty and staff regarding their retirement related investment
decisions and administers the University's retirement plans. Previously, she worked
for Scudder, Stevens and Clark, a national investment services firm. Ms. Upton
chaired the Parent Fund and Understanding Handicaps Committees, and co-chaired
the Class One Gift Committee at Milton Academy. Ms. Upton received a masters
degree in business administration from Babson College and a bachelors degree from
George Washington University.
Susan Whitehead, Attorney at Law
Ms. Whitehead has a private practice in Boston. Prior to that, she spent six years
in the New York City legal system, primarily in criminal prosecution, and worked for
the ACLU in Jackson, Miss. Ms. Whitehead is Vice-Chair of the Board of the
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT; a member of the Visiting
Committee for the MIT Biology Department; a member of the Visiting Committee of
the Duke University Medical Center and a Board Member of the Planned Parenthood
League of Massachusetts. She received a bachelor of science degree from Cornell
University and a doctor of law degree from Cordozo School of Law.
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EastWest Travel Inc.
47 Eliot Street
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Attn: Dottie
Dear Dottie:
Enclosed is the unused tickets for Alexis M.
Herman to Boston on April 9.
Due to circumstances beyond her control, she
was not able to travel.
Sincerely,
Ruby G. Moy
Executive Assistant
cc: Jane Harman
Enclosures
June 2, 1994
EastWest Travel Inc.
47 Eliot Street
South Natick, MA 01760
Attn: Dottie
Dear Dottie:
Enclosed is the unused tickets for Alexis M.
Herman to Boston on April 9.
Due to circumstances beyond her control, she
was not able to travel.
Sincerely,
Ruby G. Moy
Executive Assistant
CC: Jane Harman
Enclosures
JANE HARMAN (508 653-9902 213541736
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TO: RUBY MOY
FR: JANE HARMAN (508) 653-9902
RE: MS. HERMAN'S BOSTON ITINERARY - HORIZONS INITIATIVE 4/9-10
DT: 3/30/94
You should receive Ms. Herman's airline tickets today via Federal
Express.
I hope the revised itinerary meets with your approval. Ms. Herman
is scheduled to speak after the main dinner course is cleared,
while coffee is being served.
I know that you and I have to talk about her speech. I understand
you received a confirmation letter asking Ms. Herman to speak
about the plight of homeless families in this country. Let's talk
about what you need us to do in this regard.
I left messages with Deloras Handy (Brown?) at WGBH-TV. I will
follow up with her.
It appears that the tour of the family shelter will be perhaps one
of our only times for press. I will keep you and Flo McAfee
posted in this regard.
Again, thank you for your help.
JANE HARMAN (508)653-9902 2135417736
P.03
PROPOSED ITINERARY:
THE HON. ALEXIS M. HERMAN - SATURDAY, APRIL 9 -
SUNDAY APRIL 10, 1994
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - GUEST SPEAKER
THE HORIZONS INITIATIVE BENEFIT GALA DINNER
Saturday, April 9:
11:00 am:
USAIR Flight #674 departs National Airport (see
itinerary)
12:25 am:
Flight arrives Logan Airport
Ms. Herman will be met in the terminal by Judy
George, Nkere Udofia and Sue Heilman. They will
accompany Ms. Herman throughout the day and will
provide all transportation requirements.
1:00 am:
MS. Herman tours Horizons Initiative Playspace at
local family shelter (tba - press photo op)
2:00 pm:
Arrival/check-in/lunch at:
The Copley Plaza Hotel
carol
138 St. James Avenue
Boston MA 02116
(617) 267-5300
(617) 267-7668 - fax
3:00-3:30 pm
Press interviews in hotel (tba)
4:00-5:30 pm:
Pre-event reception:
The Library Bar (in hotel)
approx. 15 guests (will supply
guest list)
7:15 pm:
Depart hotel for J.F.K. Library Horizons Initiative
Dinner and Benefit
7:30 pm:
Arrive J.F.K. Library
JANE HARMAN (508)653-9902 2135417736
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2-2-2-2
7:30-7:45 pm:
Cocktail reception at library
8:00-8:30 pm: Dinner served
8:00 pm:
Welcome /opening remarks by Mark Edwards, Master of
Ceremonies
8:30-8:40 pm:
Overview of organization, plan for evening - Mark
Edwards
8:40-8:50 pm: Video presentation
8:50 pm:
Mark Edwards introduces Ms. Herman
8:50-9:05 pm: Ms. Herman speech
9:05-9:25 pm:
Awards presentations
9:25-9:30 pm: Horizons Initiative staff, volunteer recognition
9:30 pm:
Dancing begins
11:00 pm:
End
Return to hotel is at Ms. Herman's convenience
Sunday, April 10:
9:00 am:
Hotel departure to Logan Airport
10:00 am
USAIR flight # 457 departs Logan Airport
11:36 am:
Flight arrival at National Airport
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Judy George:
(o) (617) 769-9130 (h) (617) 696-3580
Sue Heilman:
(o) (617) 252-4362 (h) (617) 492-7543
Nkere Udofia:
(o) (617) 720-4829
Mark Edwards:
(o) (617) 860-7707 (h) (617) 863-1907
Jane Harman: (media) (508) 653-9902
JANE HARMAN (508)653-9902 2135417736
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
Alexis M. Herman, Director
PHONE: (202) 456-2930
FAX: (202) 456-6218
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The Horizons Initiative
MASS,
January 5, 1994
Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President, Director of Public Liaison
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Speak,
1994
Washington, DC 20062
yes
per
Dear Ms. Herman:
Amer
I am writing on behalf of The Horizons Initiative, the only organization in
Massachusetts focused exclusively on the needs of homeless children, which I believe
1/24/97
has been introduced to you through a wonderful supporter of ours, Judy George. She
and one of our Board of Directors, Nkere Udofia, met with you a month or so ago and
discussed our programs and services for homeless children and their families.
We are a non-profit, charitable organization, and have an annual fundraising event
planned for this coming April 9, 1994. We would like to invite you to this event, and
would be honored if you would speak to our audience about the importance of childcare
services and programs for homeless children, from your own personal perspective as
well as a representative of the Clinton Administration's interest in this area. We are
confident that your presence at our benefit event will add to the evening's appeal to our
constituency, therefore adding to its success. The proceeds of the event will help us
accomplish our goal of opening the first full-time childcare center for homeless children
in Boston, the Community Children's Center.
Our program is the first of its kind in this area, and possibly in the country. As the
enclosed materials describe in further detail, our programs are not only about the
important job of early intervention in the lives of the most disadvantaged children in
America, but also, and equally important, about their parents, usually single women,
breaking out of the cycle of homelessness and poverty in which they are otherwise
trapped.
We have heard great things about you from Judy George, (who, by the way, sponsored a
fantastic event for us this past fall), and hope that you will be available to help our
efforts. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Juganne Herlman
Suzanne Heilman
Co-Director
enc.
One Kendall Square
Building 200
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone 617 / 252-4362 Facsimile 617 / 577-8967
helping hands
for homeless children
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April 9,1994
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The Horizons Initiative
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BOSTON
February 4, 1994
Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President
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The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20062
Dear Ms. Herman:
After speaking with your assistant Ruby, I am writing to confirm your engagement on
April 9, 1994 at The Horizons Initiative's Fifth Annual Benefit Gala, which will be held
at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA from 6:00pm until 11:00pm. Enclosed
you will find a copy of the invitation which is being mailed this week to about 4,000
households in the Boston area.
We are very excited and honored that you will be the featured guest at our event. We
expect 350-400 people to attend the evening affair, including local business leaders and
politicians. Judy George and Nkere Udofia of Domain Furniture have spoken so highly
of you to us, and other members of our Board of Directors are familiar with your work
in the fields of business, human resources, and diversity management.
As a representative of the Clinton Administration, we are looking forward to your
comments on the plight of homeless families in this nation. In Boston, there are close to
500 homeless families, with more than 1000 children. Our programs are designed to
serve the developmental needs of these otherwise neglected children, as well as to
provide educational and occupational opportunities for their parents, usually single
mothers. We envision our programs as models for other cities and regions.
Please let me know what arrangements should be made for your arrival at the JFK
Library on April 9. We will be glad to help out in any way that we can. I will contact
your office again as we approach the date of April 9.
Thank you again for your support of our mission.
Sincerely,
Juganne Suzanne Heilman
Halman
Co-Director
enc.
One Kendall Square Building 200 . Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone 617 / 252-4362 Facsimile 617 / 577 -8967
helping hands
for homeless children
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The Horizons Initiative
May 1993 Benefit
Community Children's
A Great Event
Center Update
news update
The Community Children's Center will be
August 1993
Volume 4 Issue 2
"What a fantastic night!" Comments like this
a first-of-its-kind comprehensive childcare
were echoed again and again from the 300 fes-
center for homeless children and their
tive supporters who gathered on May 1 at The
families. The Community Children's Center
1993 Volunteers
Message from the
Children's Museum for The Horizons
will provide full-time childcare services for 45
Initiative's Fourth Annual Benefit.
homeless children
of the Year
Co-Directors
three months to six
One of the most rewarding aspects of our
Each year, The Horizons Initiative presents an
work is the excitement of watching a child
years in age. At the
award to a volunteer who has shown out-
same time, this child-
grow and make major achievements in
standing dedication and commitment as a
care center will offer
his/her development. This excitement is
Playspace Activity Leader, at one of the area
also a part of any parent's experience, as
on-site programs and
family shelters. This year The Horizons
well as the experience of our Playspace
opportunities for the
Initiative honored two exemplary volunteers
Volunteers, who work with children who
parents of the enrolled
with the Volunteer of the Year Award.
are homeless. These children go through
children including the
Mary Cappadona, a volunteer at Lifehouse
major developmental milestones during
time necessary for
shelter in Dorchester, has been involved with
the time they are living in family shelters.
accessing permanent
The Horizons Initiative for nearly two years.
housing, job skills
Many children learn to sit up, walk and talk
Mary says that she looks forward to interact-
during their time in the shelter, and to
training, GED pro-
ing with the children each week, and that her
make important choices for themselves.
grams, child develop-
experience at the shelter has truly helped her
ment classes and coun-
The Horizons Initiative-formerly The
to identify with the homeless situation. Peggy
Horizons Fund-has experienced this
seling. A center of this
Smith, Lifehouse shelter staff, emphasizes
exciting growth and development process
magnitude and scope is
Arnold Hiatt, chairman of the Stride Rite
how much the children enjoy Mary's compa-
itself over the past few years. Originally
not available anywhere else in the country.
Foundation, accepts the Second Annual Horizons
ny. "The children don't know whether it is
conceived by and temporarily housed in
Initiative Award for his community service work to
Plans for the Community Children's
Friday or Monday, but they always know
the Bright Horizons Children's Centers
benefit disadvantaged children and their families
Center have been finalized over the past few
what day Mary is coming," Smith said.
at The Children's Museum in Boston
corporate headquarters, while it took its
months. Through regular meetings with the
first few steps, The
Community Children's Center Advisory
The evening featured The Horizons
Horizons Initiative
Board-which includes many family shelter
Initiative's audio visual production, "A
moved into its own
staff-a referral and selection process has
Chance To Play". This eight minute presenta-
been established, and an evaluation model
space a year ago. Now,
tion offers a stirring inside look at the enor-
as of July 1, 1993, this
has been designed. Options for GED pro-
mous impact that The Horizons Initiative's
former child has
grams, career training and placement ser-
playspaces, and the volunteers who staff them,
emerged with a new
vices, and parenting skills programs are
have in 15 Boston area family shelters. Other
identity, and as the
being explored.
evening highlights included the presentation
Active fundraising has begun. We official-
only organization in
of the Second Annual Horizons Initiative
Massachusetts focused
ly launched a Capital Fund Drive on May 1,
Award to Stride Rite Foundation Chairman
exclusively on the
1993. To date, $250,000 in pledges have been
Arnold Hiatt, in recognition of his many years
needs of homeless
made to the Community Children's Center.
of community work to benefit disadvantaged
children.
Our goal is to have $600,000 pledged before
children and their families. The Volunteer(s)
The "fund" name
opening the center, and we hope to have
of the Year Awards went to Cathy Bryant and
came from the first
reached this number by late Fall, with the
Mary Cappadona-Mary was unable to be at
opening then slated for the Spring of 1994.
and Cathy Bryant (bottom, right)
program of the orga-
the event (see separate article).
nization, which aimed
We look forward to the day we can actu-
With encouragement from The Horizons
Ato provide scholarships to low-income
ally open the doors to this childcare center
Initiative's volunteers, guests participated in
working families for childcare services.
and provide these valuable and much need
"playing" with some of the museum's on-site
ed services to children and families who
After a brief attempt at this ambitious goal,
exhibition activities. Entertainment was pro-
homeless in Boston.
the organization chose a new direction,
vided by WSSH Radio disc jockey Bob
and has operated shelter-based programs
Bronson, who lured many onto the dance
1994 Event
now for two years: the Playspace Program
floor as the evening progressed. A proverbial
and the Playspace Volunteer Network.
Committee Recruiting
smorgasbord of foods from around the world
"Fund" was no longer appropriate; thus
was provided by East Meets West -one of
New Members
the "Initiative" was born. The largest "ini-
Boston's top caterers.
This year's annual event, which
tratives planned by the organization to
The gala evening nettedimore,than,
May 1 at the Children's Museum
date,the Community Children's Center-a
$20,000, which will be usedito
enormous success! We raisedimore
comprehensive program for homeless chil-
Horizons Initiative's programs
$20,000 in donations to help-fund
their families-is already receiv-
This year's event was organized
grams and services. The Horizons
great support from the community,
chaired by Joan Donahue and
Initiative's Event Committee begunes
look forward with much anticipa-
Other event committee membersincl
planning for next year' s spring
ationito its opening in Dorchester in less
Barbara Eisenson, Cindy Farner, Beth
seeking new members to become
hasbeen a Playspace
than a year.
Halpert, Karen Langweber, Lynn Palmer,
Annel
with
planning
Activity Leader for
In our work to provide these valuable
Rollins, Susan Thonis and Mary Anne
members
dedication
programs for children who are homeless,
Many thanks, again, to all who attended
smaller be
of the shelter. In addition
we appreciate the nurturing and stimula-
the event, participated in its planning, and
We
shelter,
tion that The Horizons Initiative receives
most importantly to those who gave a dona-
dinvite any The Horizons Initiative
organized and completed
from its friends and supporters.
tion that will help us continue the innovative
House
enjoy organiz
These are essential to our continued
and much needed services The Horizons
advertising and to contribute
experience hasitaught
growth and development!
Initiative is able to provide. Hope to
your talents
and and has generally
all again next year!
beenivery Italso has been very
your
Thai ou all.
greetify
ther an enthusiastic
continue working
event
Horizons Initiative. We are
helping hands for homeless-children
have rinvolvement and dedica
thisitype of commitment and true
Board of Directors
Staff
Newsletter
devotion that makes both Mary and Gathy
Josh Bekenstein
Jane Harman
Sue Heilman
Volunteer of the Award
Freya Bernstein
Gale Hunt
Pamela Mann
Roger Brown
Anne Hurwitch
Co-Directors
Phyllis Cater
Linda Mason
Liz McLaughlin
Joan Donahue
Anne Rollins
Development Assistant
Mark Edwards
Don Steiner
Elissa Shore
Michael Eisenson
Nkere Udofia
Volunteer Coordinator
Matt Epstein
Kyle Upton
Bill Fonvielle
Susan Whitehead
The Horizons Initiative's (THI) Program Locations
Here's How You Can Help
Shelter Name
# of children
Playspace
Active THI
Us Continue To Help Others
built by THI
Volunteers
The Horizons Initiative is a non-profit, tax exempt organization which is funded entirely by
Boston Family Shelter
13
Yes
charitable donations from individuals, corporations and foundations. We truly appreciate the
The Brookview House
17
Yes
Yes
generosity of all of those who give what they can to support our programs for homeless children.
Cambridge YMCA Family Shelter
14
Yes
Enclosed is my tax-deductible donation of $
CSR Family Shelter
21
Crossroads Family Shelter
20
Yes
Name:
Families in Transition
30-40
Yes
Address
Family House Shelter
30
Yes
City:
State.
Zip.
Harbor Me Shelter
Yes
Phone Number:
Hildebrand Family Self Help Center
8
Yes
Just-A-Start House
10
Yes
Yes
Special occasion donations are a lasting way to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, to
Lifehouse Shelter
10
Yes
Yes
recognize a promotion or retirement, or to honor the memory of a friend or relative while
Project HOPE
16
Yes
providing essential funds for The Horizons Initiative.
Second Step
5
Yes
Yes
My Gift is:
In honor of
In memory of
Sojourner House
10
Yes
Name:
St. Ambrose Family Inn
26
Yes
Occasion:
Women's Lunch Place
12
Yes
Please Send Acknowledgement to:
Information is accurate as of July 1, 1993.
Progress
Name
Address:
City:
State:
Zip
News of Note
Council,
comprised
be
assisting
with
the
the
article featuring information new Sojourner House'in oxbury,
The Horizons Initiative programs and setting Playspace
vices was published in the July runby The Children's Services of Roxbun
issue
of the
Newton
TAB
and
the
July
issue
of
the
Cambridge
TAB.
Steve
Shapiro;
president
of
American
Learning Expeditions, Inc: organizes
The Boston Garden management has
international travelers to stay in people's
chosen Horizons Initiative to one homes the community, and has donated
the
beneficiaries
of
three
annual
portion
of
the
-held the Garden including: two open - - hank you American Learning
shouse events Play on Parquet and Bruins Expeditions!
skating event; and aWBCN concert
Rock
of
Boston.
Horizons
hosted Volunteer Appreciation
New Playspace at Second Step Shelter in Newton. This Playspace was created by The Horizon's
Domain Furniture will belhosting holi- Night" dinner and entertain
Initiative in conjunction with Second Step residents. Many of the toys were donated by area families,
day event to benefit The Horizons Initiative the esplanade.
including a large toy drive coordinated by the Lasell College Child Study Center.
on November 21, in the Chestnut volunteers, The Horizons Initiativ
An
array.
of
activities
including
charcoal
and shelter staff, met the agoon on
Holiday Greetings from
December Toy Store
and caricatures by
esplanade
delicious
The Horizons Initiative
Benefit; Add it to Your
Kentertainmentby
thanks
Shopping List
tasty treats provided The theme &
everyone
who
attended
concert
Send a holiday greeting to your friends
willibe the importance of home
to-make
the
and family and make a donation to a
No Kidding!, a toy store in Brookline, fre-
Polaroid Corporation employees,will AIDS 101
great cause at the same time. The
quently hosts "Friday Night Funds" at the
working
with T
he
Horizons
Initiative
about.AIDS
awareness
Horizons Initiative Holiday Cards will be
store. All purchases between 6-9 p.m. on
August to complete a series of staff training August our
available for purchase in September.
Friday nights throughout a
exercises. The Employee Owners Influence
This year's cards will
particular month are
of course reflect our
totalled and the organiza-
new name, with the
tion pre-chosen for the
Thanks For
front cover sporting
month receives a donation
Volunteer
Your Support!
festive holiday colors.
of five percent of the
Inside, the cards will
night's sales. Store owner
Recruitment
The Horizons Initiative is very grateful to all
of the individuals who have made contribu-
be blank for personal-
Judy Cockerton has cho-
Next Volunteer Training will be offered
ized notes, and infor-
tions during the past year. In addition, we
sen The Horizons
on September 22 and 28 in the evenings.
mation about The
have been very fortunate to receive gifts from
Initiative to be the
Call Panela Mann or Elissa Shore for
the following list of corporations, founda-
Horizons Initiative will
December recipient of
an application today!
tions and organizations:
be printed on the back.
"Friday Night Funds"
Holiday card mar-
SEASONS
just in time for the
Call today!
Arthur Arthur
Merck Family Fund
keting efforts will be
Athenaeum Group
Merrill Corporation
OREETINGS
Christmas and
252-4362
Bright Horizons
Norwest Ventures
expanded by making
Hanukkah holidays!
Children's Centers
Ocean Spray
them available at several
No Kidding!
Canadian Women's Club
Pilgrim Church
Boston area retail
also hosts "Pass It On!", where kids can
Wish List
Ceridien
Polaroid Corporation
stores-start looking for them in the Fall.
donate or give their old toys, books and
Charles Engethard
Price Waterhouse
We also hope to broaden the holiday card
If anyone is interested in donating the follow-
Foundation
games away to other less fortunate kids,
St Paul's of Boston
motif to include note cards for all occa-
ing items, we would be most appreciative:
Environments
who aren't able to buy new toys or don't
St. Peter's Church
sions throughout the year.
one cube refrigerator
First Parish of Lincoln
in Weston
have any of their own. The toys must be in
Hallsmith-Sysco
Beat the holiday rush and order your
one desktop laser printer
Testa. Hurzwitz
good-to-new condition, and must have all
Hand in Hand
and Thibeault
- two to four desk chairs on rollers
cards early! Please contact us if you are
of the appropriate parts or pieces.
Hunt Family Foundation
W.B. Mason Company
interested in displaying cards at your place
Remember to join us at 19 Harvard
In-kind donations are also welcome. Many peo-
Edward Hutton Foundation
Wellesley Congregational
of business as well. Cards will be available
Street in Brookline on December 3rd, 10th,
ple have organized toy drives for our programs,
Image Presentations
Church
at The Horizons Initiative office in
and this is a great way to help. Please note that
George B.H. Macomber
Work/Family Connections
17th, 24th and 31st. Happy Holidays!
Company
September, call 252-4362.
toys and books that are donated to us need to be
Massachusetts Financial
in NEW condition.
Services
The Horizons Initiative
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U.S. POSTAGE
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PAID
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July 13. 1993
Giving kids place to play
Horizons Fund helps homeless preschoolers
Pamela Mann and Sue Heilman. co-directors of The Horizons Fund for homeless children.
By Marge Hiatt Bernstein Special to the TAB
CAMBRIDGE-The small room in the basement of
Lifehouse in Dorchester is active with toddlers
inspecting toys. It may be the site of any child-care
have full-time jobs but have made a
program. where a
weekly commitment to the homeless
warm friendly teacher
"They face a higher risk
children at Lifehouse to show them
helps children learn and
there are adults they can count on.
have fun until it's time to
of failure in the future if
Creating a play space for young
go home.
children in homeless shelters is one
But these 2-year-olds
they don't get support
goal of the Cambridge-based non-prof-
won't be going home
when playtime is over.
early. Homeless children,
it organization the Horizons Fund.
whose executive director is Newton
They are part of
who have little or no
resident Pamela Mann. a former Peace
Boston's estimated
Corps volunteer in the Dominican
1,200 homeless children
stability, seldom develop
Republic.
under age 18. and they
Half of Boston's homeless children
live in a shelter - one
any self-esteem or sense
are under age six, according to Mann.
room for each family,
and a bathroom, kitchen.
of trust in others."
They are children of poverty, and since
they're preschoolers. they don't
living room and play
- Pamela Mann. executive director
receive any services. "They face a
space for common use.
higher risk of failure in the future if
Their teachers are
they don't get support early," says
trained volunteers who
Mann.
HORIZONS
FROM PAGE 16
"Homeless
children, who
own rules for
have little or no
using the play
to the community. Mary Cappadona. a volunteer at Dorchester's
stability, sel-
spaces."
Lifehouse shelter for the past two years. is a budget analyst for
the state Joint Labor and Management Committee. She likes
dom develop
Benefit to kids
playing, reading and doing arts and crafts activities with the tod-
any self-esteem
and parents
dlers, who often have been shunted from one place after another.
or sense of trust
Affiliated
And, says Cappadona. hugging 2-year-old Anita and her little
in others."
through mutual
brother, Julio. "it's a good change from doing Senate budgets
Through the
board members
today."
efforts of
with Bright
But it's not only the children who benefit from the Horizons
Mann. co-direc-
Horizons - a
Fund programs. Mann explains that the parents need to break out
tor Sue
work site child-
of the cycle of poverty but cannot leave the shelters without
Heilman and a
care program in
some type of training and a job. To accomplish this, they need
board of 18
which both
some kind of child care. Often mothers - there are rarely single
young business
Mann and
fathers in shelters just need some time for themselves. Or
and profession-
Heilman have
teenage mothers with babies under age 2 may be working toward
al executives,
their own
a high school diploma and are desperate for child care.
the Horizons
preschoolers -
Probably the most ambitious objective of the Horizons Fund
Fund has estab-
the non-profit
is literally on the drawing board now, Mann says. Thanks to an
lished six fur-
Horizons Fund
architect friend of the organization, plans are ready for a unique
nished play
provides train-
community children's center to open in 1994 in a wing of
spaces in home-
ing for play space volunteers.
Dorchester's recently closed St. Margaret's Hospital. The center
less shelters -
More than 70 working pro-
will provide daily child care for 45 homeless children ages 6
a seventh is
fessionals, business execu-
months to 6 years from Boston area shelters as well as compre-
underway -
tives, college students and
hensive services for their parents. Only 12 programs that serve
with involve-
parents have attended train-
the same needs currently exist nationwide, says Mann.
ment from the
ing sessions and made a
An already formed advisory board for the center includes rep-
parents who
commitment of one session a
resentatives from Children's Hospital. the state Department of
live there. "We
week for at least six months
Education. Boston Public Schools, Wheelock and Lesley col-
read the situa-
to young homeless children
leges and other social service agencies.
tion first and do
from Dorchester to
The Horizons Fund already has pledges of a quarter of a mil-
just what resi-
Somerville. The program is
lion dollars for the community children's center, and the organi-
dents of each
run in conjunction with the
zation has applied for federal funding through the McKinney
individual shel-
state Department of
Act. which supports programs for the homeless.
ter want." says
Education.
A capital campaign is now underway, but, Mann says, "Until
Mann. "And we
Mann says most volun-
we have $600,000 in our hands, we can't turn the shovel [to dig
encourage them
teers want to give back
the new center]. And every month we're not open, we're wasting
to create their
something
time."
COMPLIMENTARY COPY
1992
Parents' Paper
CHILD CARE FOR THE HOMELESS GETS A BOOST
FROM THE KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA,
the hungry belly of Ethiopia and the poverty
pockets of the Dominican Republic came a
vision for the homeless children of Boston:
Recruit volunteers to help create an environ-
ment that's nurturing, stimulating and safe.
Give them a play space they can call their own,
while their mothers (or fathers, more rarely)
try to get back on their feet.
It was a vision seen by Bright Horizons
founders Linda Mason and Roger Brown after
their return from relief work in Cambodia and
Ethiopia. It was a vision implemented by
Pamela Mann after her work with the Peace
Corps in the Dominican Republic.
And it is a vision that
has now, two years later,
been rewarded with a
seed grant of $50,000 for
PHOTO BY LINDA HAAS
a community child-care
center. The money gives
The Horizons Fund, a
Volunteer teacher Karen Amodeo reads to LaClea Fields and Celia Duarte as Jamal Clayton looks on at
charitable affiliate of
the child care facility at the Lifehouse shelter in Dorchester.
Bright Horizons, theop-
portunity to plan a
unique center that
would build on
grassroots community
support and reach out
to homeless families and
families at risk.
The grant provides the
With components linked to health care and
social services, "it would cater to all ages," says
opportunity to plan a
Mann. The Horizons Fund, which uses avail-
able shelter space for child care, now can start
child-care center that would
a capital fundraising campaign, Mann adds.
She is looking for a building to renovate in
build on community support
and reach out to homeless
BY FAITH KUHNS
families.
THE BOSTON PARENTS' PAPER
MARCH 1992
Dorchester's Upham's Corner, an area that has
CHILD CARE FOR HOMELESS-
room suite." Then, her brow furrows as she
no less than five homeless shelters. The center
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19
remembers that her family is not expected to
has already been endorsed by Rep. Nelson
Mann says. "It's an integrative process with
have an apartment until 10 months after com-
Merced, D-Dorchester, and Ed Grimes, direc-
the residents and staff. We ask them what
ing to Lifehouse. "Maybe I can store it in my
tor of Upham's Corner Health Center.
they'd like to see for their children."
aunt's basement."
Mann, who is executive director of The Ho-
In the basement of the Lifehouse shelter in
"I'll decorate it with Waldo," she says refer-
rizons Fund, which sponsors play spaces for 11
Dorchester a poster, drawn by resident par-
ring to a Where's Waldo book given to her by
homeless shelters, has already assembled a
ents, hangs on the wall. It states, among other
Judy Cohen, house placement coordinator. "Or
program planning task force that represents
rules, that there shall be time out for misbehav-
maybe Barbie. Barbie on one wall, Waldo on
such organizations as the Massachusetts De-
ior, and that equipment should be used with
the other." She picks up a small plastic sports
partment of Education, Boston Children's Hos-
respect so that it lasts.
car. "My Porsche," she announces.
pital, Wheelock and Lesley colleges, Project
A few feet away, a little girl named Shemeka
Mann later notes that, "homeless children
Weave (creating careers for the homeless), Mas-
plays marble checkers with a volunteer. She's
have the same dreams as other kids do."
sachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, the Edu-
had to stay home from school today, while her
When volunteers, like Karen Amodeo, can
cation Development Center and Head Start.
mother is in college. But Shemeka is not sitting
give these children the special attention they
Currently there are
in front of the television, compiling an impos-
crave, they blossom. Amodeo is a graduate
only a handful of child-
sible wish list from toy advertisements. In-
student in elementary education at Wheelock
care centers for the
stead, she has spent the morning drawing car-
College, and drives from Natick two mornings
homeless nationwide,
toons of herself and her caregiver, and playing
a week to volunteer. She says that her usual
including one run by the
strategic board games.
charges are preschoolers. On her first day, she
Salvation Army at the
Encouraged, she begins talking about her
watched 10 children under age 6 by herself.
Cambridge YMCA.
hopes for the future. "I'm going to get a bed-
"It gives me experiences with children that
Mann is trying to draw
on "the best aspects of
these other centers to
createa model program
to serve Boston."
Her pattern of getting
the community in-
volved in launching
want to gain experience working with chil-
child-care projects
dren, or get more educated about working
grows out of her development work in the
Mann is looking for a
with the homeless. All volunteer out of the
Peace Corps. It has proven successful in re-
goodness of their hearts. Many work other jobs
cruiting, training and placing 60 volunteers in
building to renovate in
full time or are students."
shelters from Dorchester to Somerville, and in
The hitch with using volunteers, is that
creating shelter play spaces with residents' input.
Upham's Corner, an area
turnover is high. Mann asks her two-day
"I look for involvement from the residents,"
trainees to commit themselves to three months
with no less than five
of service. She plans to start another training
CHILD CARE FOR THE HOMELESS-
session in March. Her greatest manpower need
CONTINUED ON PAGE 39
homeless shelters.
"is to recruit more daytime volunteers."
"We especially need people in the morn-
ings," says Amodeo, who often works that
I wouldn't have otherwise," she says. "I was an
shift by herself.
accountant before I started the graduate pro-
Donations are also welcome and The Hori-
gram, so this is a great experience."
zons Fund is now looking for volunteers to
All this on a budget of $50,000. Mann credits
help throw an annual black tie benefit ball at
a generous response to her volunteer recruit-
the Prudential Skywalk in May. Call 617-577-
ing.
8020 to find out how you can help.
"The majority of our volunteers are profes-
sionals," she says. "Over 50 percent have had
Faith Kuhns is a free-lance writer and mother of
child-care or educational experience. Some
two in Arlington.
Boston Sunday Globe
AUGUST 4, 1991
Volunteers work to ease plight of homeless children
By Phyllis Coons
GLOBE STAFF
The 2-year-old from Haiti spent
most of his time sitting listlessly in
the corner at the homeless shelter.
He had not responded to any of the
volunteers' efforts to make friends.
He hadn't even cried or fought back
when other children pushed him off
the stool he was sitting on.
But when a volunteer arrived
with his guitar and cajoled a 4-year-
old girl to sing a song in Creole, the
boy suddenly stood up and began
clapping his hands.
Most of the breakthroughs aren't
as dramatic at the 12 shelters where
people of all ages are starting to
work in a new Preschool Volunteer
Network. But day by day, volunteers
are starting to make friends with the
homeless children who do not have
the security or the structure in their
lives that homes and schools provide.
In a new venture started by the
Horizons Fund. a Cambridge chari-
table organization, and the Mass-
achusetts Department of Education,
early childhood specialists have
trained 35 volunteers to work with
homeless children under age six in
12 shelters in the Boston area.
By helping children play, they
become a friend to youngsters who
have no homes and teach them that
there are people they can count on.
Learning by playing with the
same adults every day offers some
hope and continuity to children who
fear that nothing is going to last. say
GLOBE STAFF PHOTO WIGGS
the social workers who run the shel-
Volunteer Michael Sinsheimer watches over Jamellah Newton and her brother, Cajo, in a playroom at the Cambridge YWCA's homeless shelter.
ters.
Volunteers pledge to stay on the
job for at least six months. By taking
Jamellah Newton. punished him by
much as I should.
celebrated her second birthday at
police and warning them 'You are
care of children in shelters. they give
repeatedly snatching his glasses be-
"I have written checks for char-
the Salvation Army center.
going to get kicked out if you make
the children's mothers. who have no
cause she wanted him to pay more
ity, but the Preschool Volunteer
too much noise."
homes, the feeling that there are
attention to her dancing. But by the
Network is an opportunity to deal
Need for housing
The children are willing to skip
people to turn to. people who will
time he left, Sinsheimer says that it
consistently in a meaningful way
"There is no way that I can
breakfast to get into the playroom
play the roles of neighbors and
was a great feeling when Jamellah's
with an ongoing problem and help
change the world these mothers are
first, adds Sister Jon. yet they have
friends.
two little brothers, Cajo and Daisho,
kids that need attention and self-es-
living in," said Olem. "All I can do is
learned to look out for younger kids.
"Mothers call or come in crying
both tried to jump into his arms at
teem," he said.
to take them where they are and
A 2-year-old knows enough to close
and falling apart, desperate because
the same time.
About 25 children under six
show them some of the skills to navi-
the door right behind her so that ba-
they have been told that they have to
The 31-year-old volunteer has a
spend their mornings in nursery
gate their way to a better life."
bies won't crawl out of the play
get out of where they have been liv-
son, Jacob, 2, and seven nieces and
school classes run by Michelle Olem
ing," says Sister Jon Julie Sullivan.
nephews, so he knows what it takes
director of the Salvation Army's day
At Project Hope in Uphams Cor-
room.
the child life advocate at Project
to keep toddlers feeling challenged.
ner, where she works every morn-
If children are new and they feel
care program for homeless children
overwhelmed, they make their own
Hope in Uphams Corner who runs
He also knows how lucky he is to
on Massachusetts Avenue in Cam-
ing, Amy Feinstein finds her volun-
space by putting a blanket over ata-
the playroom.
have a challenging job himself. as
bridge. High school volunteers help
teer job "one of the most rewarding
ble and hiding under it.
"A shelter has failure written all
vice president of a dental supply
to feed them hot lunches before they
things I've done," although she has
over it," says Sister Jon, a former
go back to the shelters where they
been a camp counselor and has a
"It often takes a year for a moth-
firm. and one that is flexible enough
narochial school teacher. "Most
to allow him to share his time and
live.
paid job marketing books. A French
er to find a place to live, says Sister
mothers feel a tremendous sense of
energy with children who have lost
"We see people severely wound-
and English major at the University
Jon. "Even when she gets a Section
8, a housing subsidy, she still has to
guilt to be there with their children.
their homes.
ed by life who need support," says
of Massachusetts at Amherst. she
find a place that she can afford and
although they may be there because
Olem. "The mothers come to a wom-
says. "Project Hope is a wonderful
wait for an inspector to check it out
of events beyond their control such
Meaningful help
en's group to share their problems.
place to work, but I agree with my
as fire, lost jobs, divorce. ill health,
A dozen preschoolers share their
Stress is a constant, and violence
boss, Sister Jon Julie, that there are
and then for the landlord to conform
to regulations."
ibusive treatment or a whole cycle
space with social worker Kate Dare-
seems to be taken for granted."
better solutions than putting home-
Sister Jon thanks Feinstein for
if misfortunes."
Williams and Sinsheimer.
Mothers picking up children in-
less people in shelters."
helping her with the dozen children
At one shelter run by the Cam-
"Homelessness is a big problem
clude one from Barbados with a
"Families need housing, not war-
who live at the shelter. Another five
oridge YWCA, business executive
and I wanted to do what I could in
blind 2-year-old daughter, a grand-
ehousing," says Sister Jon. "Kids
or six come in for the day while their
Michael Sinsheimer admits that he
terms of where my strengths are,"
mother from Haiti with a listless tod-
love to play house. Sometimes when
mothers are earning their high
felt awkward when he started volun-
says Sinsheimer. "For a while, I
dler, and a battered mother from
you get up close, you hear one telling
school equivalencey diplomas.
'eering. One of the liveliest children,
have taken and not given back as
Brazil with 8 daughter who had just
others that someone is calling the
"The mothers need your help as
AUGUST 4. 1991
Volunteers work to ease plight of homeless children
'All I can do is
show them some of
the skills to navigate their way to a
better life.'
MICHELLE OLEM, on the students' mothers
much as the kids," she says. "They
"Older sisters help us with the in-
are exhausted enough to want to
fants," adds Gaudette. "People don-
sleep for weeks after all they have
ate money to take the kids on field
been through."
trips. A lot of the families are here
because their families broke up and
Training efforts
for economic reasons. Rents are too
Welfare pays about $90 a day for
high in Boston even for people who
each family living in a shelter, said
are working."
Robert Wakefield, director of hous-
Michelle Linnehan, former direc-
ing for the department. "We took
tor of the office for education of
care of nearly 3,000 families this
homeless children at the state De-
year in the shelters run by welfare,"
partment of Education, Horizons ex-
Wakefield says, "but there are a lot
ecutive director Pamela Mann, and
more in shelters run by other agen-
child psychologist and pediatrician
cies and charitable organizations.
Dr. Jean Ciborowski of Children's
Lack of decent housing is a major
Hospital give training to volunteers
problem. Volunteers helping at the
at Horizons.
local level make a tremendous differ-
"To me the Preschool Volunteer
ence, but the best shelter system is
Network is helping to create a stron-
no substitute for decent housing."
ger safety network around these
At the Crossroads Shelter, in
homeless children," says Ciborowski.
East Boston where volunteer Mar-
"I am impressed by the enthusiasm
garet Carr, a public accountant, and
and commitment of these men and
social worker Tina Gaudette, take
women to children who need compe-
care of 25 children, Carr says, "the
tent adults in their lives. These chil-
job could be intimidating, but Hori-
dren need to learn how to make
zons gave us very sound training.
choices, they need to have affection
They prepared us to help children
and to be listened to. These children
learn and have fun while they are do-
have an incredible need for support."
ing it."