May 22, 2012
Lund Mother’s Day Bike Ride Photos
Photos by Cat Cutillo and Julie Richards
Thank you to the 450 participants, including 300 riders, who came out on Mother’s Day for Lund’s 4th Annual Mother’s Day Bike Ride! It was a HUGE success and with your help Lund raised more than $61,000 to support our work of strengthening children and families. Remember, fundraising continues until June 30th so there’s still lots of time! http://bike.lundvt.org
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April 10, 2012
Easter Egg Hunt Behind Bars – WCAX video
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April 2, 2012
Lund Heart of the Community Awards
Photos and Story by Cat Cutillo/Lund
Lund celebrated the innovative and enduring contributions Sherry Prehoda, Leslie Halperin and Carol Stone have made to the community during the first Lund Heart of the Community Awards, which took place March 29th at the Burlington Country Club.
Sherry Prehoda has been a CPA for 20 years and is a partner at JMM & Associates in Burlington. Prehoda is a member of the Burlington Rotary Club, Burlington Business Association, Women Business Owners Network and has been a member of Lund’s Board of Trustees for more than 10 years. She previously served on the boards of the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington, Board of Accountancy and Vermont Society of CPA’s.
“No one could be more deserving than Sherry of this award. She has done so much for Lund and our community. She is one of the kindest people I know,” said Lund’s Executive Director Barbara Rachelson.
March 15, 2012
From the Executive Director
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”–Karl Barth
When former board member, Jim Pizzagalli called me and said he heard we were looking for space and Pizzagalli properties was putting their building on the market, Jeff Small, Bob Robinson and I eagerly went to look at it. We knew right away we had found the perfect second site for Lund. Just a brisk 12 minute walk from Glen Road, this building would be just the spot to be the new home for Lund’s child care center, high school, adoption services, parent child center community services and our business and development offices. The ability to have our so many of our programs under one roof, the green space, the windows, the space, the proximity to the bike path is incredibly exciting. We knew this could be our new second site. And, when I realized we would be on “Joy Drive” I could not think of a more fitting address.
I knew from the renovation and expansion of Glen Road to expect that finding the right place takes time. Several of our programs have been in temporary space for over 8 years. We moved out of Glen Road and sublet the Democracy For America space. Great neighbors, but unfortunately not great space for the type of work we do.
Our child care center and school for pregnant and parenting women went from being in a basement at Glen Road, which flooded so frequently that we had blue tarps over our computers in our computer lab in our school to being a interim rental space down route 7. Here we have 30 babies and toddlers who are growing and developing and young mothers who are working hard to finish high school, many going on to college, and often they are first generation college students.
Magic and hard work happens every day in spite of the space we are in.
This campaign is not just about a new building, but about the people and the life changing work that happens at Lund every day.
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March 8, 2012
Lund’s 50 Joy Drive Capital Campaign Groundbreaking
A big THANK YOU to the more than 100 friends and supporters who joined us this past Monday, March 5th, to kick off our Capital Campaign with Honorary Co-Chairs Governor Howard Dean and Governor James Douglas and Co-Chairs Melinda Moulton and T.J. Donovan.
Thanks to all of you who were also there in spirit. Your friendship and support makes our work possible.
We’re thrilled to share photos below and Jack Thurston’s coverage of the event for NECN and WPTZ here.
We invite you to learn more about Lund and our 50 Joy Drive Campaign by visiting our new website which we’ve recently launched thanks to Eternity Web, Harvey|Severance and Linda Allen.
We also invite your engagement in our work and this campaign.
Stay tuned for more photos that will be posted to facebook throughout the week thanks to Photographers Alison Redlich, Julie Richards and Cat Cutillo.
Photo by Alison Redlich
Photo by Alison Redlich
Photo by Cat Cutillo
Photo by Alison Redlich
Photo by Julie Richards
Photo by Cat Cutillo
March 7, 2012
Employee of the Quarter: Alex Brady
Story and Photo by Cat Cutillo/Lund
Alex Brady wins Employee of the Quarter for his incredible work going above and beyond his regular job duties. Brady managed all of the Holiday Giving, working weekends and evening to raise $105,000 worth of gifts for families in need this past year.
“Brady spent countless hours organizing Holiday Giving and made himself available for gift drop offs on the weekends as well when it was most convenient for donors. He is always open to helping other departments, even when his duties fall outside his typical job,” wrote a co-worker in their nomination.
He also participated in Santa Night to raise money for Lund, helped out at the Glen Road Holiday Party, coordinated and spoke at the four films at Main Street Landing, attended a Saturday fundraising event called Boloco’s 12 Days of Giving and participated in PINS Sunday at Charlotte Congregational Church.
“Brady has made a significant impact on the agency in many ways, but arguably his most notable impact has been how approachable he is. It makes a huge difference to work with someone who goes out of his way to make everyone feel comfortable and at the same time is willing to take on others’ work when they need help. He is a true team-player,” wrote a co-worker in their nomination.
Joining the impressive circle of past winners has made this award all the more special for Brady.
“I was in complete shock and so honored to be recognized for my achievements last quarter. I know its always a very competitive award because we have such great staff here at Lund and I know the people who have won it in the past have just gone above and beyond, so its great to be recognized with those past winners.”
He says receiving the award has made him want to work even harder.
“It definitely motivated me to continue to work hard and it has given me that extra sense of accomplishment. I want to continue to work hard for this agency because I know that I am valued here. That’s something everyone should feel,” says Brady.
February 2, 2012
Denyse Conant’s Legacy
Story and Photo by Cat Cutillo
For what would have been Denyse Conant’s 54th birthday, her best friend, Kim Jennings, sister, Daphne Dulude, and nieces set out to donate 54 stuffed animals to the children at Lund. They well surpassed their goal, delivering close to 150 toys.
“Denyse was like the older sister I wish I had,” said Kim Jennings, Denyse’s friend who organized the collection. “It made sense to reach out to Lund because the kind of work [Lund does] was so close to Denyse’s heart. She understood the value of strong family connections, and was passionate about children—in fact, I think she adored them more than anyone I know.” Read the rest of this entry »
February 1, 2012
New Staff at Lund
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- Caryn Ewbanks, Residential Counselor
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- Joanna Berger, Kids A Part Community Case Manager
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- Rebecca Leggett, Residential Counselor
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- Elsa Tietje, Early Childhood Education Childcare Teacher
January 27, 2012
From the Executive Director
2012 is going to be an exciting year for us and we want to share with you 12 action items Lund has in store for the New Year:
January—New look, New Website: We’ve already unveiled our new logo thanks to the incredible work of Lund’s Branding Committee led by Lisa Pizzagalli, Aimee Marti, Sara Byers and Maurine Gilbert with design expertise offered by Harvey|Severance, including a change from doing business as “Lund Family Center” to “Lund.” We will be launching our new website very soon with the help of Eternity Web, Linda Allen and Harvey|Severance. Stay Tuned!
February: February 9th Lund staff and board members are participating in Common Good Vermont’s Nonprofit Day at the Statehouse. Did you know that nonprofits make up 18.7% of Vermont’s Gross State Product annually or that the total annual revenue of Vermont’s nonprofit sector is 4.6 billion dollars? (Statistics from Vermont Community Foundation). Not only do nonprofits help make Vermont a special place they also play a large role in Vermont’s economy!
