2006 Report to

the Community

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Report to the Community

2006

and

VISION

A world where people with disabilities are fully included. Empowering people with developmental disabilities to enrich their own lives through our services.
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Dear Reader, The past year ends on a high note: Melwood is serving an all time high number of 2160 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Melwoods numbers can be best appreciated when one remembers that 70 percent of people with disabilities are unemployed or under-employed, and in Maryland there are 15,000 on a waiting list for services. The years good news continues: Melwood signed its biggest contract ever, for all custodial work at the U.S. Naval Academy, employing approximately 150 people. We signed an agreement with the PGA to hold the Melwood Prince Georges County Open golf tournament, part of the PGA Nationwide Tour, starting in May 2007. We established a Melwood Career Development Center in Montgomery County and found a surprisingly strong interest in families sending kids without disabilities to Melwoods inclusive summer camp in Charles County. As we look forward to the year ahead we are guided by an updated Strategic Plan, with bold goals to become an even better provider of individualized services for many more people with disabilities, ever enriching our workforce and building on our already very positive public image. We also plan for a smooth transition as a new President/CEO takes the helm for the rst time in 40 years. A book detailing the four Earl Copus decades at Melwood, A Journey of Empowering Individuals with Disabilities, will provide joy and encouragement for families of loved ones with intellectual disabilities, inspiration and useful entrepreneurial tools for social services organizations, and continued motivation for the ne work of our international colleagues. As always, read this report with pleasure. You are Melwood.

MISSION

and

PRESIDENT/CEO

VALUES

Commitment to People, Quality, Initiative, Teamwork, Stewardship, Innovation, Integrity

the

Douglas H. Lemmonds Melwood Board Chairman

Earl Copus Melwood President/CEO

of our

2006 will be remembered as a year of milestones for Melwood. It was the year that the number of persons served passed the 2000 mark, as Melwood made plans for many more. An intense and meticulous Strategic Initiative plan came to completion after thousands of hours of research and analysis. Two historic agreements were signed, one in Annapolis that created Melwoods biggest contract ever, another with the PGA that authorized the Melwood Prince Georges County Open. Melwood made bold plans for new sources of revenue. The new Enterprise Services Division seeks to diversify income as its Vehicle Donations Program operates a new nationwide network allowing donations from 43 states. The new External Relations Division launched presentations and tours

Melwood workers offer dependable service at more than 60 sites in the Washington D.C. region, including the Naval Academy.

Milestones

Melwood

Growing Employment
Melwood offers employment for more than one thousand people with disabilities at more than 60 sites, including more than 40 federal contract sites throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Positions at prestigious sites such as FBI Headquarters, Goddard Space Flight Center and the Smithsonian Museum are provided through the Javits-WagnerODay Act. This legislation provides opportunities for the federal government to contract with organizations like Melwood for needed services and commodities. Melwood contract workers continue to win awards and recognition on their jobs. Impressive Professionalism Among the 150 workers at Melwoods biggest contract site, the U.S. Naval Academy, are Melvin Stiney and Larry Coley. Mr. Stiney has appreciative fans along the corridors he cleans each day at Nimitz Hall. Im incredibly impressed by his professionalism said Research Policy Analyst Debra Hughes. Melvin is reliable and responsible, and he calls everyone by their titlemister, miss, doctor. Marine Corps Major Henry Brown adds, Melvin is one of the most conscientious workers I have ever known. He is dedicated, thorough, task-oriented and professional. Melvin offers one more valuable contribution, says Ms. Hughes. He has an incredible grasp of sports news. If youve missed the sports wrapup over the weekendask Melvin! Larry Coley has been at the site since opening day in September, 2005. Since then, hes had a chance to show some demanding people just what Melwood workers can do. An evaluation on work at LeJeune Hall by a Navy lieutenant contains this entry: I am most happy with Larry, the man that keeps this place looking good and runs the entire crew here. He continually goes above

for people who want to learn more about Melwood, and who will hopefully offer active support. Most important, Melwoods assistance helped weave more and more people into their communities, taking part in job training, employment, residential living and recreation and travel. A new Melwood Alumni Association is turning special attention and resources toward an emerging need: a program for longtime Melwood workers looking for active social lives after proving themselves for many years in the workplace.

Above left: Earl Copus announces the new tournament at the beautiful Country Club at Woodmore. Left: Melwood Alumni visit Chincoteague, Virginia

Larry Coley, Above and beyond.

and beyond what is asked of him and never hesitates when I ask for something to be done. The report goes on to say Larrys entire crew considers LeJeune to be their building, taking great pride in how it looks. Project Manager Robert Tucker, named NISH East Region 2006 Custodial Project Manager of the Year says, Larry and Melvin are extremely hard workers, dedicated and conscientious. Pluseveryone likes them!

A Dream Comes True Melwood custodial worker Essie Jackson makes friends with the right people. At the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, she made friends with Inez Banks-DuBose. Essie services my ofce, said Ms. Banks-DuBose. One day she told me she was interested in home ownership. Ms. Jackson was talking to the right person. As HUDs Director of the Ofce of Departmental Operations and Coordination, Ms. Banks-DuBose knows quite a bit about programs that help dependable, dedicated workers like Essie to achieve their dreams. We had a workshop to help employees at HUD to

own their own homes, Inez remembers. I asked Essie if she had attended, and she said she didnt bother. I asked her why not? A number of Melwood consumers own their own homes, and Essie was on the road to joining their ranks, although the road was a lengthy one. She didnt know how long the process would be, said Ms. Banks-DuBose. After nine months, a housing counseling agency, Homefree USA, found a program, and a home, for Essie. April Fourth, 2006. That was the day! Ms. Jackson will always remember the date when she moved into her two-bedroom condominium on Chesapeake Street in Southeast Washington. I just sat down in my chair and said, Its all mine! I still do thatevery day. I come home, I take my shoes off, and I say, Its mine! Ive been doing something right! Eileen Whitesed started at Melwood when she was in her twenties, working rst in the greenhouse then learning custodial work. In 1981 she took her rst paying Melwood job at a North Capitol Street government building. After working at the National Zoo and at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Eileen transferred in 1990 to the USDA Forestry Headquarters on the National Mall, where she remains on the job. Everyone here knows me, she said as she celebrated 25 years with Melwood in 2006, and Ive got some friends here. I like having a job. I want to work a lot longer, until I retire! Eileens mother, Marge Whitesed, adds, Melwood is absolutely wonderful wonderful for us, and wonderful for Eileen. Several of our friends have donated cars to Melwood because they know Eileen. When told that not everyone can say theyve held a job with one organization for 25 years, Eileen, a picture of contentment, responded, Ive been doing something right!

Ive got some friends here. I like having a job.

Eileen Whitesed, Melwood 25-year worker.

Melwood HUD worker Essie Jackson bought her own home in 2006.

Everyone here knows me! Eileen Whitesed at the home of Smokey the Bear on Independence Avenue in Washington D.C., where shes worked since 1990.

Melwood

Training
A Community Welcomes
Above: L to r: Pine Plains Civic Association President Laverne Butler presents a plaque to Melwood Chief Operating Ofcer Mary Buszuwski, External Relations Vice President Don Pollock and Board Member Frank DeHart. Right: Program Services Manager Efe Macklin speaks to a Melwood class

Many of our new people are right out of school, said Contract Administrator Cely Simms. This is a job, and the workers have a chance to develop social skills and work ethics. Success here is achieved every time another worker moves into the community. Darrell Odom Darrell Odom, Jr. worked in Melwoods Work Enhancement Unit for four years after graduating from Bowie High School. He developed a behavior problem: laughing. He laughed and ran away, and laughed and ran away, said Contract Supervisor Cliff Brandon. He would laugh so loud it scared people. Where others might have seen little hope for a life in the community, Cliff Brandon saw another success story ahead. In fact, what attracted me was the laughing he said. Cliff started Darrell on a two-week trial with a Melwood road cleanup crew. I asked his foreman, Hillary Lindsay, for detailed progress notes each day. From the start, they showed that he was doing well, and doing better every day. Hes a hard worker. His father is Darrell Odom, Sr., retired Prince Georges County Fire Chief. Once he got a taste of being out on a crew, he really enjoyed that. I told him if he didnt like the road crew, he could go back to the workshop. He said, No, I want to work on the road crew! I think its helped him in socializing. Most of the folks that work with him on the road crew, they have become friends. He likes having his friends over to his home. We have an annual

For many, the Work Enhancement Unit is a stepping stone into the community.

Melwood offers skills training to more than 60 persons annually at the spectacularly renovated Temple Hills facility. In 2006 the building reopened with eleven thousand square feet of gleaming new facilities. The open space and fresh new classrooms provide an ideal environment for learning, said Program Services Manager Efe Macklin. The ambience motivates. It makes such a difference for the students and the staff as well. On graduation the atmosphere is festive, since 90 percent of grads already have jobs. The renovation brought Melwood closer to the Pine Plains neighborhood. Melwood workers learn landscaping while improving the appearance of the subdivision. We are grateful for this partnership and the ne work Melwood provides, said Pine Plains Civic Association President Laverne Butler. We feel that Melwood is our neighbor and our goals are one and the same: working together to make this a better community.

Memorial Day cookout, and workers and staff come over for a good time. Cliff Brandon adds: Darrells such a hard worker that since he started, hes also trimmed down, losing some weight. His laughing is something to laugh about now, says Mr. Brandon. Every once in a while one of his co-workers slyly tries to get him to laugh, whispering, Darrell, now dont laugh! But it usually doesnt work until its time to go home. We told him, after work, laugh all you want to!

The Stepping Stone Into the Community Melwood is work! Melwood worker Kent Stringham said that about his job so often, the Work Enhancement Unit issued T-shirts emblazoned with the quote. Part of the Melwood Garden Center, the Work Enhancement Unit is where many individuals with disabilities go for their rst work experience, including assembly of hardware or marketing packages.
Proud mom Bernita McGhee, with graduate Cyril Phillips

Foreman Hillary Lindsay and Darrell Odom on the job

At the home of Melba and Joe (left to right): Acting Coordinator Alexander Soldushov, Community Support Assistant Helen Coley, Coordinator Karyn Pleasants, Joe Short and Melba Christopher.

Recreation and
Melwood offers exciting getaways for adults who travel to fun destinations and for children with and without disabilities, who visit Kamp A-Kom-Plish every summer. Above: Day camp was a resounding success

Travel

Living
in the

Community

Residents of Melwood supportive housing enjoy life in their community. Most hold jobs and live active lives outside their homes.

Melwood provides in-home assistance to more than 300 individuals and operates 31 homes for people with disabilities. Melba Christopher was working at a Popeyes restaurant in Waldorf when she met a customer named Joe Short. She learned that like her, he was a Melwood home resident, and was also working at a Waldorf restaurant. Melba and Joe were able to go to social outings together movies, bowling and dinner, and found they had much in common. In 2004 through Catholic Charities, Melba and Joe were able to move into their own home just a short distance from the Melwood Charles County campus. They get along very well together, says their Community Support Assistant, Helen Coley. Theyre very supportive of each other. Also, they always keep their home very clean. I dont leave dishes in the sink, said Melba. And Joe is very clean, too. We have our freedom. If we dont want to do something, we dont, and if we want to, we do. Joe and Melba enjoy the same things they did when they met: going out to dinner and movies, as well as shopping for groceries and things for their home. Both now work together, at the same shift with Melwoods custodial team at the U.S. Naval Academy, a job they enjoy. The people there are very nice, Melba says. This is better than before!

Melwood operates a 108-acre camp and retreat center in beautiful and unspoiled Charles County, Maryland. Originally a tobacco farm when acquired by Melwood more than 30 years ago, Melwoods camp offers a rural wilderness experience along with modern conveniences of air-conditioned cabins, large dining hall, accessible swimming pool and many more top-quality attractions. The new Day Camp was a resounding success in 2006, attracting more than 70 young campers age six to twelve in its rst year, in addition to the sleepaway camps record 221 campers. Adults enjoy travel and recreation with Melwoods Access Adventures, headquartered at the camp. The number one attraction is horse riding, and with recent major gifts from philanthropist Alfred H. Smith,

Firmly in Touch with

important causes for people with disabilities.

Melwood seeks good relations with governments local, state and federal. Close ties result in numerous opportunities offered by public agencies. Melwood continues to draw the attention of lawmakers to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (center, striped tie), a long time Melwood friend, accepted the JWOD Champion Award at Melwoods campus in 2006. The Javits Wagner ODay Act is the groundbreaking legislation that led to opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities to prove themselves in the federal workplace. Congressman Hoyer has been a strong supporter of JWOD programs and additional legislation beneting people with disabilities. He was a key sponsor of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Government

Junior and the Charles County Commissioners, Melwood has an indoor riding arena to complement pleasant wooded riding trails. Equestrian manager Doria Fleisher is licensed in therapeutic riding. New in 2007 are one-hour riding lessons offered in sessions through the fall, winter and spring months. Active Lives for Active Minds Melwood offers continuing opportunities for inclusion and interaction for those who have fullled their personal needs and goals in the workplace. The Melwood Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) now offers a daily program of activities and movement into the community from two bases: its Dower House Road campus in Prince Georges County, Maryland, and the new PEP program on the Pineeld campus in Charles County. Horticultural therapy, trips, arts and exercise are some of the activities that create meaningful lives for PEP participants. In the spring, PEP members engaged in dance therapy, practicing the Brazilian Quadrilha under the instruction of volunteer Cleonice Copus. For three months they prepared, then presented a lively, fun-lled dance demonstration before an audience of staff and friends.

The Melwood Garden Center offers gift baskets and living dish gardens to satised customers across the country.

Therapeutic riding is one of many camp services.

Social-Entrepreneurship
for the

uture F

Diversied

Above: PEP participants were honored with a plaque from the Cheverly, Maryland Meals on Wheels program, after delivering approximately one thousand meals. Right: PEP participants danced the Quadrilha.

Melwood taps its decades of landscaping experience at sites including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to offer a new residential landscaping service: Melwood Landscape Design.

At Melwood, its called the double bottom line earning money and gaining employment for the people served. The new Melwood Garden Center accesses the virtually unlimited clientele of online business, combining Melwoods traditional skills and reputation in horticulture with the growing e-commerce market. Plants and personal gift items are attracting buyers at the site, www.MelwoodGardenCenter.com. Michael Miller, Vice President/General Manager of Comcast Spotlight is a Melwood client. We ordered 197 holiday plants when I was the Vice President of Sales at NBC4, he said. These plants were sent to clients both in D.C. and around the country. We needed a gift that clients would appreciate and the

response was tremendous. This was a large order and Melwoods team was outstanding in their handling of all aspects of the order. Melwood E-Commerce Development Manager Bruce Bauss says the quality of the gifts is one reason customers choose Melwood. Another is, when people send Melwood gift baskets, they often are aware that theyre giving twice, because their business helps people with developmental disabilities. Melwoods new Enterprise Services Division seeks new avenues for consumers to put their talents to work. Augmenting Melwoods Vehicle Donation Program and thriving Thrift Store in Waldorf, Maryland, new ventures include residential landscaping inspired by many years of commercial experience at sites including the Kennedy Center, and rental of the Melwood camp facilities in Nanjemoy. Melwood broke ground on a new Job Training and Education Building in 2006 with assistance from the State of Maryland and Prince Georges County. Located on the Dower House Road campus, the center will provide 40,000 square feet of new employment preparation facilities.

The Melwood

Prince Georges County

Open
At The Country Club at Woodmore, Melwood workers take a break. Left to right: Prince Georges County Executive Jack Johnson, Melwood Woodmore grounds worker Harold Lofton, Melwood President/CEO Earl Copus, Melwood worker Jesse Wedge, Melwood worker Dennis Braden, Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele. (Left to Right) Melwood Board member Lou Welker, Delegate James Proctor, Jr., Prince Georges County Council District Nine Representative Marilynn Bland, Melwood President/CEO Earl Copus, Jr., Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Melwood Board member Bill Friel, Melwood worker Lester Oden, and Melwood Board members David LHeureux and Frank Nicolai.

elwood became a part of the PGA Nationwide Tour in 2007 with the creation of the Melwood Prince Georges County Open, May 21-27 Played at the Country Club at Woodmore, the Open offers a $108,000 prize to the .

winner and a total purse of $600,000. The event is made possible in part by support from the State of Maryland and from Prince Georges County. At an announcement ceremony attended by a wide cross section of Washington area media, Prince Georges County Executive Jack B. Johnson said, Prince Georges County has become the crown jewel for the State of Maryland, and so we now bring a magnicent event into the state, showcasing the county and a championship facility worthy of a professional golf tournament. The Nationwide Tour helps to raise the prole and resources for Melwood, an outstanding non-prot organi-

zation employing and training individuals with developmental disabilities.

A New Placement Strategy

for the
Melwood recently embarked a promising new approach to employment called Project Search.

Melwood President/CEO Earl Copus said, We are excited about the opportunities this major new sports event offers for people who have disabilities. We can meet the needs of many more individuals in job training, employment, housing and recreation with support from the sponsors and fans who attend this tournament. The Nationwide Tour is owned and operated by the PGA TOUR and will be in its 18th season in 2007. The 2006 Tour consisted of 31 tournaments in the U.S., Panama, Australia and New Zealand, playing for nearly $17 million in prize money. The Nationwide Tour is very excited to be coming to the Capital Region for the rst time, said Bill Calfee, Chief of Operations for the Nationwide Tour. This is a great golf area and we think the prospects for a very successful event are very strong. Details, including opportunities to volunteer or sponsor, are at www.melwood.org.

Future

Conceived as a way to meet critical shortages in health care, the program identies positions in the eld that are compatible with the capabilities of workers with developmental disabilities. Available workers will be trained, and as needed, supported, to insure on-the-job success. In trials at health care facilities around the nation, the results have been promising when on-thejob coaching and accommodations are provided. This model has also shown success in the banking industry and a pilot is now underway in the legal profession, providing win-win for employer and worker with a disability.

Thank You to Melwood

Recent Melwood donors range from area Bonneville radio stations, who held a week-long radiothon to benet Melwoods camp, to Girl Scouts who donated cookies. A painting of benefactor Alfred H. Smith enjoying fox chasing was placed in the Melwood equestrian center that bears his name
PRESIDENTS CIRCLE:
$5O,OOO OR MORE

Donors
Unirst Corporation Verizon Ms. Diane G. Warmann Ms. Susan E. Watts Mrs. Eleanor F. Weichert WTOP Radio Mr. Craig R. Wulf DONORS:
$1OO$499

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Mr. & Mrs. Andrew V. Colevas PHILANTHROPISTS:

$25,OOO$49,999

United Way of the National Capital Area CHAMPIONS:

Synergy Enterprises, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Taibi The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints The Warwick Foundation of Bucks County TMS Inc. United Way of Charles County Mr. Matthew Velsor Mr. Tony Williams PAT R O N S :
$5OO$999

$1O,OOO$24,999

Bonneville International - WTOP Edelman Financial Services Etta Fleisher South Gate - Clinton Lions Club The May Department Stores Company WMAL PA R T N E R S :

$5,OOO$9,999

Barney Moran Mrs. Hazel B. Moran Suntrust Bank USI - Patterson/Smith BUILDERS:

$2,5OO$4,999

Mr. James P. Davis Ms. Gertrude W. Lerch Maryland Charity Campaign Ms. Lois M. Miller Carole Brady LEADERS:

$1,OOO$2,499

Advanced Concepts, Inc. Mrs. Mary L. Buszuwski Capital Auto and Truck Auctions Christmas in April, Prince Georges County Mr. Michael Wayne Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Earl Copus Jr. ECHO-Employee Charity Organization Fitch Co./Butchers GWBDG&E CPA Kiwanis Club of Prince Georges County, Inc. Knights of Columbus-Maryland State Council Mr. Thomas J. Lantz Sr. Ms. Joanne M. McDonald Mr. Frank Nicolai Ribeiro Construction Co., Inc. Schule Media & Marketing, Inc. Sunoco, Inc.

ABC Appraisal Associates, Inc. Alexander and Cleaver Arc of Prince Georges County Area Heating & Air Conditioning August, Lang & Husak, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore H. Barrett Mr. Paul Brandus Mr. Michael Catteau CBIZ Benets & Insurance Servs of MD Mr. John N. Davenport Delegate of the State of Maryland Ms. Jennifer Dickie Mr. Frederick J. Diven Ms. Irene M. Ellis Mr. Charles T. Eppright Ms. Patricia A. Ferrill Mr. Tom W. Flynn Ms. Pat Fox Mr. Drew N. Gruenburg Mr. David T. Gutwald J.R. Cumberland, Inc. JMC Business Systems, Inc. Kenney & Company Stafng, Inc. Mr. Edward M. Kostkowski Lorenzi, Dodds & Gunnill, Inc. McGladrey & Pullen, LLC Mr. Niraj Patel Pepco Holdings Inc. Mr. Ronald Rudolph Mr. Timothy L. Sanford Mr. & Mrs. David B. Sanford Sheehy Ford, Inc SMECO Mr. Alfred H. Smith Jr. Mr. Teo Sodeman State Chemical Mr. Walter T. Syzndler Mr. Greg Tantum Mrs. Frances I. Tyson

Addison-Herring Inc. American Rental Management Americas Charities Mr. & Mrs. M. Robert Anderson Ms. Lynnet M. Anderson Mr. Conrad Angel Mr. Joshua S. Anson Mr. Adam Arnold Mrs. Carmelita Ataviado Mr. Phil D. Ates Mr. Hemby M. Avery Mr. Gregory L. Barbour Mr. & Mrs. James Barnard III Mr. Robert W. Barney Ms. Kathleen G. Berry BMA Management Mrs. Angela B. BonDurant Mr. Terry S. Boykie Mr. Joseph P. Bozik Mr. John L. Brady Ms. Joanne Branch Mr. Norman Brown Mr. Joseph Brown Ms. Susan Brown Mr. Raymond W. Brown Mr. Stephen J. Cadisal

Ms. Debbie D. Carthorn Ms. Barbara Cassidy Choice Professional Services CIVISTA Health Mr. Robert Cohen Conleys Auto Upholstery, Inc. Mr. Frederick W. Corbin Cycle & Turf Equipment Co. Mr. & Mrs. Phil Danahy Mr. Daniel M. Davis Mr. Jessie M. Davis Mr. Paul M. Day Mr. & Mrs. Frank DeHart Ms. Tamika Dews Ms. Dianne Dipalo Ms. Donna J. Dukes Mr. Charles Fan Dzeng Jr. Mr. John E. Estep Mr. James Farley Mr. Ron Farrin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Fellers Ms. Hillary Feuchtbaum Mr. & Mrs. John E. Finamore Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Folk Mr. William Friel Jr. Mr. Winship M. Fuerst Gaithersburg Equipment Company Mr. Hugh C. Gardiner III Georgian Forest Elementary School Mr. John A. Gillies Ms. Deborah Goins GWBDG&E H & H Truck & Trailer Service, Inc. Mr. Ronald P. Hanley Mr. Alfred O. Haynes Sr. Ms. Pat Hendryx Mr. Frank Herron Ms. Lynda R. Hiltz Mr. & Mrs. James Richard Holcombe Jr. Homeland Security Mr. Richard D. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Dean D. Howard Innovative Illusions Inc. Insurance Auto Auctions Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Janniro Ms. Catherine Timmie Jensen Mr. Jacob Joffa Mr. Stephen A. Jones Ms. Ricarda E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Ricarda E. Jones Ms. Ricarda E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Jones Ms. Amy Kaplan Mr. Robert W. Kaufmann Ken Dixon Autos Mr. Thomas P. Kenny Mr. Cal Klausner Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Kohn Mr. Christopher J. Kolb Mr. & Mrs. F. Morley Krieger Ms. Raphael Krigman Dr. & Mrs. Martin Lampe Mr. William T. Lampe Lanham Construction Co., Inc. Ms. Miki L. Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Lee Mr. David Sumner Leroy Ms. Michelle Liu Ms. Irma L. Lofer
IN KIND AND VEHICLE DONORS:

Ms. Rebecca Lustig Mr. Brian March Mr. David Marshall Ms. Renee Marshall Maryland Petroleum Council Ms. Deborah D Mason Mr. Harry Maxey Mr. & Mrs. Marcus A. McConnell Ms. Mary A. McMahon Mr. Michael McMearty Mr. John Meyer Mr. Christopher Eric Michels Mr. Mitchell Miller Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Miller Mr. Franz H. Misch Mr. & Mrs. Jarrell S. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitkus Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Mueller Mr. Vernon I. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Richard Neiser News Channel 8 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Norton Jr. Now Technologies Mr. Brintonott A. Ott Mr. Joel Oxley Mr. J. A. Padgett Jr. Party Time Liquors, Inc. PCR Systems Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pelosi Mr. & Mrs. Jason H. Petty Mr. David Pier Mr. Guy Pierelli Pleasant Construction, Inc. Mr. Donald R. Pollock Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Puchaty Mr. Harry Quast Queen Anne School Mr. & Mrs. Willis Reilly Ms. Richard Reise Ms. Stacey G. Rice Riverdale Lions Club Ms. Victoria A. Roach Ms. Eileen Roark Mr. Thomas P. Roberts Ms. Paula A. Rogers Mr. John W. Rohrer Mr. Roland R. Ross II Rotary Club of Upper Marlboro Mr. Ronald S. Rudisill Mr. & Dr. John D. Rutherford Jr. Mr. Charles Ryon Mr. Kurt Salziger Mr. Hugent Samuels Mr. Jerry L. Scott Sita Tile Distributors Ms. Amanda Jo Smallwood

Mimi Colevas (second from left) and Andy Colevas (center) present a check for $100,000.

Ms. Patricia A. Smith Smith Barney Mrs. Efe Smith-Macklin Ms. Joyce L. Stark Mr. Henry Starkey Mr. David Swann Mr. Richmond Sweet T & G Donut Company, Inc. T.L.G. & Associates, Inc. Tanta-Cove Garden Club Teamsters Local Union No. 639 Mr. Lyn Terbush The Crescent Cities Jaycees Foundation, Inc. Mr. Jay Michael Thomas Title Professionals LTD Mr. Robert Torene Mr. & Mrs. Henry Trentman Mr. John W. Tyler United Service Company United Way of Chester County United Way of Tri-State Ms. Marianne Urban Mr. Mark Villee Mr. Harsh Wadhwa Waldorf Glass Co., Inc. Washington Mutual Mr. Vernell Watkins Ms. Sherri L. Weedon Mr. Thomas M. Weyl WGMS Mr. Clifton E. Whitacre Ms. Wynette W. Wilkins Mr. David L. Williams Mr. Jeffrey Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wolf Ms. Lisa Wolfe Ms. Trellis C. Wright WTOP Wurzbacher and Associates Ms. Chiung-Fen Yeh Yellow Springs Lions Club Mr. Eugene Younger Jr.
D O N AT I O N S I N M E M O R Y O F :

Mr. Gregory Allen Bucklew Mr. Stanley B. Carr Mrs. Mabel O. Davis Ms. Sandra K. Davis Mr. Oscar E. Estep Mr. John W. Flynn Mrs. Eva Darmstead Free Ms. Marion Jeffries Mr. William T. Lampe Mr. Marc Lucchetti Mr. Edward Lynch Mr. Charles Barney Moran, Jr. Mr. John Weigle

Thank you to the thousands of in-kind and vehicle donors who have supported our mission and services through their generous donations.

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inancial FHighlights
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2006

2006 BOARD of DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Left: Melwoods tradition of international ties continued in 2006 with a visit from Brazils AVAPE. Below: A new tradition: Melwood Alumni monthly trips included a visit to Luray Caverns.

Principal Mercuri Urval Consulting Services

VICE CHAIR

Douglas H. Lemmonds

Executive Director, AAIDD

I M M E D I AT E PA S T C H A I R M A N

M. Doreen Croser

S U P P O RT A N D R E V E N U E

Sales Revenue 1.7%

President HeimLantz Business & Tax Services

DIRECTORS

Thomas J. Lantz, Sr., C.P.A.

Service Fees 13.4%

Other 0.7%

Public Support 14.5%

Contract Revenue 69.5%

EXPENSES

Fundraising

M. Robert Anderson John Benish, Jr., C.P.A. John Buckmaster Andy Colevas Frank Coombs Frank DeHart William W. Friel, Jr. Reggie Harris Lisa Johnson Jay R. Kern David E. LHeureux George Moore J. Robert Moore Frank A. Nicolai Louis Welker Gordon T. Wells II
PRESIDENT/CEO

Strategic
INDIVIDUALS SERVED
1943 2160 1826

oals G
Management and General Recreational Services Employment Services
2006

Fundraising 8.2% Management and General 1.8%

Management and General Recreational Services Community Services

Earl Copus, Jr.

Become a state-of-the-art provider of individualized services to people with Fundraising developmental disabilities. Double the number of people served with developmental disabilities by 2010. Community Services
Vocational Training and Consumer Support

Sales Revenue

Recreational Services 1.7% Community Services 11% Vocational Training and Consumer Support 7.5% Employment Services 69.8%

Melwoods total income for scal 2006 was $69.8 million, and expenses amounted to $71.5 million. The overage in expenses is attributable to recent federal legislation that caused lower vehicle donations. Melwood has taken steps to balance the budget for the coming year by reducing expenses, increasing self-earned funds and attracting new donors.

Public Support

Other

Service Fees

Contract Revenue

C H I E F O P E R AT I N G O F F I C E R

Mary Buszuwski

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS

Vocational Training and Consumer Support

Richard Gallaher Joanne M. McDonald

VICE PRESIDENTS

Become an employer of choice. Increase public awareness of the needs and wants of individuals with developmental disabilities.

Donna Dukes Employment Services Deborah Goins David Gutwald Ronald Hanley Donald Pollock Thomas P. Roberts
CONTROLLER

Diversify revenue sources and grow 8%-12% annually.

2004 2005

Michael Pfeiffer
OF COUNSEL

Gary R. Alexander Alexander & Cleaver

Administrative Services will deliver best in class results in quality, innovation, and cost.

5606 Dower House Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 www.melwood.org

PROGRAM SITES
Headquarters Temple Hills

Administration & Business Operations 5606 Dower House Road Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
Pinefield

Career Services 6001 South Gate Drive Temple Hills, Maryland 20748
Montgomery County

Community Services 12705 Country Lane Waldorf, Maryland 20601

Access Adventures & Kamp AKomPlish

Career Services 11141 Georgia Avenue, Suite 200 Wheaton, Maryland 20902
Corporate Recruiting & Training

9035 Ironside Road Nanjemoy, Maryland 20662

Melwood Thrift Discount Outlet

9666 Old Marlboro Pike Road Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

Lanham

3301A Crain Highway Charles County Plaza Waldorf, Maryland 20603

Career Services 4425 Forbes Boulevard, Suite C Lanham, Maryland 20706