Annual Report, p.6

2010 Grants Received The Arts Program funded by a private grant Chittenden Bank/Peoples Bank-Special Olympics Woodstock Learning Trust-General Operations Ottauquechee Health Foundation-Exercise, Diet and Nutrition Windham Foundation United Way Vermont Department of Developmental Disabilities Glad Rags Lawrence and Mary Rockefeller Foundation Mascoma Savings-Fitness Vermont Community Foundation

In-Kind Gifts 2010 Fred Thompson Norm and Dail Frates Gilles Bussod Bev Lewis Tita Manice Bob Peeler Norm Frates Sr. Debbie and Dan Ennis Michael and Lucille McCarthy Nancy Anderson Amy Labarron and Kevin Taft Diane Cummings Kevin Laski Patrick Crowl Woodstock Elementary School Susan and Bill Copeland Martha McNealus Katie Merrill Tim and Barbara Sult Lindsey, Bonnie and Richard Sargent Kim And Peter Vollers Doug Reed and Sonya Parriott The Masonic Lodge Woodstock Police Department Ron and Pam Jaynes Jamie Hock and Meredith Bjork Betty Anne McGuire Candi and Ken Gammill Margaret Flad Dennis Shillen Meme and Hank Savelberg Yvonne Frates Mary Lee Gail Dougherty Brielle Finer Susan Perry Clay Kanzler Norm Frates Sr. Sharon and Paul Rigali Ron and Pam Jaynes Ron and Pam Jaynes Elaine Geyer Jim Sadwilth The Dana House Helen and Emmett Norton Eldon Thompson RiverBend Nursery Dail Frates   Norm Frates Jr. Shauna Dow

Thank you for reading our Annual Report 2010.  If you would like to become a part of Zack’s Place through volunteer opportunities, holding a Dine Around Event, volunteering for the Turkey Trot or you have an interesting program that you think our participants might like please give us a call.

Sincerely,

Dail Frates
Zack’s Place

Zack’s Place Mission Statement

ZP is a community enrichment center.  Their mission is to empower people with special needs to express themselves through art, music, dance, and athletics while developing lifelong bonds of friendship.  For disabled children and young adults, school is the primary source of social and intellectual stimulation.  However, for this particularly vulnerable population, the twenty-second birthday marks the abrupt end of public school services and the beginning of an uncertain and often lonely adulthood.  With few options for working parents and guardians, once gregarious graduates find themselves languishing in the isolation of their homes.  Bonds of friendship weaken, physical and mental skills atrophy, and opportunities for artistic self-expression dwindle. Zack’s Place offers these programs Monday through Friday from 11AM-5PM at no cost to the participants and their families.