2020 Spring Banquet Booklet

Miss our Virtual Banquet? Watch online at: 2020 www.KeystoneOpportunity.org/rsvp The mission of Keystone Opportunity Center is to help community members in need by offering a comprehensive array of social services that educate, encourage and empower them to become self-sufficient. Phone: 215.723.5430 www.KeystoneOpportunity.org 104 Main Street P.O. Box 64183 Souderton, PA 18964 Keystone Opportunity Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization, donations to which are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Keystone’s official registration and financial information may be obtained from the PA Department of State by calling 800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. 26

STAFF Arlene E. Daily, Executive Director Education Susan Clauser Szilvia Szekely Director of Education Tutor Coordinator Paula Berg Barry Schwartz Janet McBride e-Data Analyst High School Equiv. Cord. Student Advisor Food Insecurity Services Cindy Dembrosky Arlin Delp Chris Farley Food Pantry Manager Food Pantry Coordinator Mobile Pantry Coordinator Homelessness Prevention and Services Stephanie Flamer Robyn Milgram Director of Housing Stability Programs Bucks County Rapid Rehousing Case Manager Ashley Bittner Linda Chaplin Montgomery County Housing Stability Coach Manager of Community Assistance Matt DiGiandomenico and Supportive Programs Montgomery County Housing Stability Coach KOC’s Housing Units John Matlack Chris Farley Montgomery County Housing Locator Affordable Housing Manager Fundraising & Communications Malcolm Friend Alan Raisman Director of Resource Development Manager of Advancement Technology Table Sponsors E. Richie Aichele IV Technology Consultant  Bernardo Wealth Planning  Detweiler, Hershey & Associates Finance  Penn Valley Church  Zion Mennonite Church Marguerite Baker Alix Allen Bookkeeper Accounting Staff Reception Susan Clemmer Lauren Steffie Receptionist Receptionist 2 25

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trish Sneddon, CSA, CLTC - President Financial Services Representative, Everence Financial Rev. Kathryn Andonian - Vice President Rector, Church of the Holy Spirit Suzanne B. Cressman - Secretary Firm Administrator, Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. Tracy Voce - Treasurer Manager / CPA, Detweiler, Hershey & Associates P.C. Lucy Sharp, Esq. - Immediate Past President QNB Bank (retired) Lou Ann Eader James G. Lare, Esq. Director, Global Regulatory Affairs Partner Merck & Co. Lare Law Firm Randall S. Floyd John Lyon Chief of Police Insurance Industry (retired) Telford, PA Keystone Opportunity Center Tracy Fretz Ed Rosario Compliance and CRA Specialist Procurement Lead—Americas Univest Financial Corporation Wirecard North America Cathy Hoath Robert Zukowski Director, Regulatory Affairs International Vice President / Branch Manager Merck & Co. QNB Bank John Garis - Director Emeritus President John Garis Homes, Inc. Nancy Gingrich - Director Emeritus President Total Equestrian Enterprises Ruth Walter, GRI - Director Emeritus Associate Broker Bergstresser Real Estate 24 3

A message from our Executive Director 23 THANK YOU for supporting the clients of Keystone Opportunity Center in this difficult year! Everyone at Keystone is committed to continuing to serve our fragile clients throughout this pandemic. To do so, all departments--food, housing and education--have completely changed the way our services are provided. Our food pantry made the massive switch to providing pre-packed, contactless home deliveries at the height of the pandemic, while our no-registration Fresh For All mass food distribution switched to pre-packed boxes delivered to vehicles. Our instructors, trying to help people get better jobs, have had to overcome the challenge of engaging and instructing students online instead of in person. Our housing team has had to provide remote case management with clients, even as people who had never faced homelessness before found themselves in unstable housing. But we are up to the challenge! We've broken records in food delivery since March. We've launched new types of client assistance. We've developed new methods of teaching. Those who can, have supported Keystone in recent months. For that, we thank you. But some of our government funding streams have been cut, and not all our donors are in the same position as they were last year. So, we ask you to be as generous as you can. Whether that's a check or a prayer, we are grateful for anything you can offer. TOGETHER we can do anything! Arlene E. Daily Executive Director 4

Special Thanks Banquet Event Team Michele Belair Ellen Jamison Danielle Beldham Esther Miller Naman Parikh Nancy Colon Greg Perlman Meghan Defrancesco Haley Tobias Ginny Vandenberg Joe Depolo Ruth Walter Tina Gallagher Deane Werley Kylie Harrington Cindy Whitehouse Sharon Hood Donna Huff 22 5

Thank you to our sponsors! 21 Presenting Sponsors Diamond Level Platinum Level 6

Thank you to our sponsors! Gold Level Silver Level Bronze Level 20 7

KEYSTONE SERVICES AUCTION FOOD - $50 With each pledge of $50 towards our Food Pantry, you are helping to ensure that people have nutritious food on their plates. The more you pledge, the more people can access food programs like the summer food program for children who won’t get school lunches, choice options giving clients the dignity of selecting foods their families enjoy, and special holiday ingredients that everyone needs but aren’t in government packages, such as butter. How many $50 pledges will you make tonight? HOUSING - $50 With each pledge of $50 towards our Homelessness Services programs, you are helping to get people who are experiencing homelessness into safe housing. The more you pledge, the more people can access housing programs like emergency shelter that gets people off the streets, rapid rehousing that moves people into safe rental units so they can focus on changing their lives, and permanent supportive housing which provides increased case management to people at the greatest risk due to disabilities. How many $50 pledges will you make tonight? EDUCATION - $50 With each pledge of $50 towards our Education programs, you are helping people attend classes that will help them move from a survival job to a living wage. The more you pledge, the more people can access programs such as high school equivalency so they can earn their diplomas; English as a Second Language so they can drive, work and shop; and Citizenship Preparation so they can pass their exam and exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen and achieve their American dream. How many $50 pledges will you make tonight? GENERAL SUPPOT - $50: With each donation of $50 towards Keystone's operations, you are helping Keystone offer a comprehensive array of social services that educate, encourage and empower people to become self-sufficient. Keystone Opportunity Center is housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, and educating adults and families in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Your donations of $50 will help support Keystone's great- est need. How many $50 pledges will you make tonight? Move the arrows up and down to make multiple donations of $50.00 to support Keystone's operations. Donations will go to Keystone's greatest need. How many people will you help tonight? Please give generously. 8 19

E. Richard Aichele III Corporate Partner Award Penn Valley Gas To express honor and respect for E Richard Aichele III, the Executive Director of Keystone Opportunity Center from 2010 to 2017, Keystone Opportunity Center has decided to honor a corporate partner which is making a major difference in the commu- nity through Keystone Opportunity Center. This award—unlike all others awards—is for significant overall support of Keystone’s programs of food, housing and education, enabling the organization to do things in the community that it could not otherwise have done. Penn Valley Gas has been a strong partner of Keystone Opportunity Center for more than a decade. Their continued support over this time has allowed Keystone to help children, adults and families in our shared community. With their support, Keystone Opportunity Center houses the homeless, feeds the hungry and educates adults and families in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. Recently, Penn Valley Gas saw the impact that Covid-19 had on our community and wanted to step up. When Covid-19 hit, Penn Valley Gas knew that Keystone’s clients would be impacted. From children out of school, adults out of work and the possibility that families could not pay bills, Penn Valley Gas asked how they could help Keystone’s clients. In addition, with the chance that donations would decrease, Penn Valley Gas helped fill that void. 18 9

Champion of Housing MYSTERY BOXES Zwingli United Church of Christ Purchasing a mystery box is a wonderful way to surprise yourself with a gift card. Zwingli United Church of Christ has partnered with Keystone for more than twenty Valued at $25, each mystery box contains a gift card or gift cards valued at that amount years. They were our first partner in our Interfaith Hospitality Network, they provide a or more! Support Keystone by purchasing one or more, but don’t open them just yet! continual stream of volunteers and donations that help us accomplish our mission, and We have a big reveal before we end the banquet. they participate annually in SleepOut For Hunger And Homelessness. Each week, congregants from Zwingli United Church of Christ faithfully provide Thank you to the following donors for contributing gift cards for our mystery boxes. maintenance help in our office or our housing properties. Two dozen properties owned or managed by Keystone provides low-cost housing to more than 100 individuals each Backyard Beans Coffee Company Lipkin & Sons Bakery year. As a landlord, Keystone must fix any issue that arise, but would not be able to BAM Homemade Freezer Meals Love Obsessed afford all these repairs if it were not for the great volunteers from Zwingli who assist Belle Mariposa Spa Mill Keystone each week with labor, tools and dedication. Chamber of Commerce of Greater Modern Male Barbershop Zwingli also sends a youth group to participate in SleepOut, an educational event for Montgomery County Moyer youth in our community. Each fall, youth groups spend 12 hours experiencing what life CoCo Nails & Spa Nourish Kitchen & Catering is like for the less fortunate. They eat from a soup kitchen, participate in educational Curtin & Heefner Olce Pizza Grille activities, and sleep outside in tents, cardboard structures, or cars to experience Edible Arrangements Penn Taproom poverty, hunger and homelessness. Family Heritage Gift Shop Playa Bowls Floral & Hardy Reb Lobster 10 Franconia Heritage Banquet and Rony’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Conference Center Rose Group Franconia Square Café & Market Sapori Restaurant and Pizza Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Schilling Barber Shop Steakburgers Ten Thousand Villages Frox The Energy Station Family Restaurant Giant The Weimer Group Hollywood Nails Salon & Spa Walmart Hometown Family Restaurant West Main Diner Jesse’s Barbecue Yantze Lederach Tea Room 17

LIVE AUCTION 11 1. Five Tickets to Disney World: Take your family to experience the magic of Walt DIsney World in Florida with five tickets. Expire March 11, 2022. (Donated by All For Good) 2. Elegant Dinner Party in Your Home: Award-winning Executive Chef Fred Duerr from Rising Sun Inn will prepare a four-course meal for 6-8 people in your home at a mutually agreed upon time. (Donated by Rising Sun Inn) 3. Foursome of Golf at Indian Valley Country Club: Play one of the premiere private golf courses in the area with four of your friends in a beautiful setting right here in Souderton. Carts are included. (Donated by Indian Valley Country Club) 4. Hand Painted Wooden Cheese Wheel Box: Hand painted Souderton Park scene on traditional wooden cheese wheel box. (Donated by Maryan Daily) 5. Overnight in Philly: Enjoy the sights and sounds of Philadelphia with a one night stay in a superior room with valet parking. Not valid for holidays or blackout dates. Expires May 31, 2021. (Donated by Ritz-Carlton) 6. Pie Every Other Month: Enjoy homemade pie every other month for one year, delivered to a location around the Indian Valley in Pennsylvania. If your home is located in the Indian Valley, your pie can be delivered to your house. (Donated by Alma Y others) 16

Champion of Food 15 KMRD Partners Food insecurity in this region is a challenge that we must meet. Each year, an astounding 25% of the children in the Souderton Area School District are on the free or reduced lunch list. Every year, families struggle with providing food not only during the school year, but during holidays and celebrations as well. KMRD Partners brings their employees together to give back during the holiday season. Instead of gifts for their clients, KMRD Partners purchases more than 500 lbs of ham and donates it to Keystone’s Food Pantry. This food is given to our clients each holiday season so they can enjoy a festive meal at home like any of us. Their donation is part of more than 300,000 lbs of food given out to 800 families throughout the year. When Covid-19 hit, Keystone realized that their commitment to clients could not suffer. Keystone switched to a home delivery service of food, and until recently invited clients back to the Pantry to receive their groceries delivered to their cars in the parking lot. The holidays won’t be the same as years before, but clients will still enjoy a festive meal thanks to the employees at KMRD Partners. 12

Champion of Neighborhood Mobilization Champion of Education A&T Subaru Rotary Club of Souderton-Telford and A&T Subaru has been awarded the Champion of Community Mobilization because their Rotary Club of Harleysville approach to helping community members in need is to engage the entire community in that work. Keystone Opportunity Center has been selected by A&T Subaru’s to be their Members of Rotary clubs collectively and individually invest their time and money into local Share the Love recipient for seven years. Every purchase of a new vehicle gives improving their communities. They are great supporters of Keystone Opportunity Cen- community members an opportunity to make a donation to Keystone without spending ter in many ways, including running food drives, volunteering in all of our programs, and any of their own money. Donations come from Subaru of America, dealership owner working as teams to renovate our low-income rental units. Recently, the Harleysville Jeff Allen, and sometimes even the employees. This has generated significant support Rotary, along with the Souderton-Telford Rotary, worked together to submit a joint ap- for the clients of Keystone throughout the years. plication to the Rotary Foundation to help fund one of our ESL programs. In addition, A&T Subaru hosts food drives and car shows that benefit Keystone's cli- ents. Their Fill the Car food drives allow employees and clients to drop off food at A&T Our education programs help people prepare for better jobs so they can become more that they deliver to our Food Pantry. The Car Shows bring in hundreds of individuals to self-reliant. We help people get their High School equivalency diploma, learn English, view antique and new Subaru models, while raising money to support Keystone's pro- and prepare for the Citizenship exam. And when we struggled to fund one of our ESL grams. programs, Rotarians stepped in, because that's what Rotarians do. A&T Subaru is a wonderful partner to Keystone Opportunity Center, mobilizing the community to Share the Love. 14 13