1. Welcome to GWArc’s
rd
43 Annual Harvest
Breakfast!!
October 20, 2013

2. Host
Thank you Embassy Suites for hosting
Harvest Breakfast for the13th year!!

3. Message from Roz
Rubin, CEO
How To Have Fun at
Harvest Breakfast, 2013…
We ought to know, it’s our 43rd
•Help yourself to some delicious bacon, eggs and home fries.
•Get a balloon animal or hat from DC the Clown.
•Browse the GWArc Holiday Boo-tique for great holiday gifts.
•Do the Hokey Pokey, or any other dance offered up by DJ Rich Profita.
•Time for a little snack - maybe some pastries and fruit.
•Meet and thank new Embassy Suites General Manager Chris Alto and dear continued friend Chad Groenwoldt, Director of
Catering and Events Services, Embassy Suites.
•Watch and wonder at the Magic of David Hall.
•Treat yourself or someone you know to a “No Tricks, All Treats” Mystery Gift.
•Go have a conversation with Patches the Fire Dog, a great pup.
•Maybe a cold drink now – juice or milk from the beverage coolers.
•Bid high on Silent Auction items and save some money for the Live Auction items, too.
•Line dancing with Marilyn now – we know you can do it.
•Face painting?? – Why not !!!
•Say hello to GWArc staff and Board of Directors members.
•Hungry again? Step up to the breakfast buffet and refuel.
•Leaving already ??? – thanks for being here, and see you at the 5th Annual Ciao Down for GWArc, Spring 2014
•and next year’s 44th Annual Harvest Breakfast.
Enjoy the day….
Regards,
Roz Rubin

4. Message from Board of
Directors President,
Greg Abel
I join the GWArc Board of Directors in welcoming you to GWArc’s 43rd Annual Harvest Breakfast. As you
can see from looking around this morning, it is another sold-out year with many GWArc participants,
families and guardians and members of the community present for this signature event.
We are particularly pleased to thank Embassy Suites for their continued hospitality to the agency – this
is GWArc’s 13th elegant and delicious year here. Embassy Suites’ commitment to GWArc really
illustrates the loyalty to GWArc and our mission. This is true also of all the donors to the event, from
sponsors to ad book participants to businesses who have given gifts for Mystery Bag sales and auctions
today. Thanks to you all for keeping GWArc visible as an important part of the greater
Waltham community.
Enjoy your breakfast and the entertainment and the purchases available for you today.
Best wishes for a festive fall season and a good year ahead.
Regards,
Greg Abel
President
GWArc Board of Directors

5. Thank you to our Sponsors!
Titanium Host
Titanium Pancake
Media Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
Gold Pancake
In honor of Tom Coxall
Silver Plus Pancake
Silver Pancake
Bronze Pancake
Jack & Elinor
Marcou Charitable
Foundation
Entertainment Sponsor

7. Titanium Pancake Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
is proud to support
GWArc’s outstanding
service to people in our
community with
intellectual &
developmental
disabilities

8. Titanium Sponsor John Battaglino presents
CEO Roz Rubin with the family donation

9. Gold Pancake Sponsor

10. Gold Pancake Sponsor
A Quality Conscious Community
Louis J. Antico, President
781-893-5038
www.charlesbankgardenapts.com
56 Charles River Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

11. Gold Pancake Sponsor

12. Gold Pancake Sponsor

13. Gold Pancake Sponsor

14. Keith Gilbert, Chairman/CEO and Bob
Clement, President & COO present CEO Roz
Rubin with a donation on behalf of Park Lodge
Hotel Group

15. Gold Pancake Sponsor

16. Watertown Savings Bank Staff present CEO Roz
Rubin with Harvest Breakfast donation

17. Silver Plus Pancake Sponsor

18. David Felton, Business Banking Officer, presents
CEO Roz Rubin with a donation from Rockland
Trust

19. Silver Pancake Sponsor

20. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

21. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

22. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

23. Bronze Pancake Sponsor
The Marcou Family
and
The Jack & Elinor Marcou Charitable Foundation
are proud to sponsor
GWArc’s 43rd Annual Harvest Breakfast
in loving memory of
Lenny Bardsley
“A good neighbor and a great friend
for many, many years”

24. Bronze Pancake Sponsor
PROUD
supporter of
Greater
Waltham Arc’s
43rd Annual
Harvest
Breakfast!

25. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

26. Svetlana Kozlova, AVP Financial Service
Manager, presents CEO Roz Rubin with a
donation on behalf of People’s United Bank

27. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

28. Bronze Pancake Sponsor

29. Media Sponsor

30. LIVE AUCTION!
Check out our
amazing prizes!
At 9:30am and
10:15am!

32. Titanium Pancake Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
is proud to support
GWArc’s outstanding
service to people in our
community with
intellectual &
developmental
disabilities

33. Gold Pancake Sponsor

34. Gold Pancake Sponsor
A Quality Conscious Community
Louis J. Antico, President
781-893-5038
www.charlesbankgardenapts.com
56 Charles River Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

35. Gold Pancake Sponsor

36. Gold Pancake Sponsor

37. Gold Pancake Sponsor

38. Gold Pancake Sponsor

39. Silver Plus Pancake Sponsor

40. Silver Pancake Sponsor

41. Media Sponsor

42. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Thank you to the Waltham
West Suburban Chamber of
Commerce for sponsoring the
musical entertainment at the
43rd Annual Harvest
Breakfast

43. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

44. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Restorative, Cosmetic and Preventative Dentistry
976 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 894-3143 phone
(781) 736-0712 fax
www.fddental.com

45. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

46. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

47. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Sends our best wishes to GWArc on
your 43rd
Annual Harvest Breakfast. Thank you
for your contribution to our community.

48. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

49. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
People Are Our Business!
Servicing the Insurance Needs of Social Service/Health
Agencies Throughout New England
WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT
Greater Waltham Arc
43rd Annual Harvest Breakfast
William J. Szafarowicz
Karl E. Krantz
Website: www.ipne.com

50. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

52. Titanium Pancake Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
is proud to support
GWArc’s outstanding
service to people in our
community with
intellectual &
developmental
disabilities

53. Gold Pancake Sponsor

54. Gold Pancake Sponsor
A Quality Conscious Community
Louis J. Antico, President
781-893-5038
www.charlesbankgardenapts.com
56 Charles River Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

55. Gold Pancake Sponsor

56. Gold Pancake Sponsor

57. Gold Pancake Sponsor

58. Gold Pancake Sponsor

59. Silver Plus Pancake Sponsor

60. Media Sponsor

61. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

62. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
IMS 2000 Building
Maintenance, Inc.
Complete Building
Maintenance
Is proud to support GWArc.
(781) 893-2844
www.ims2000inc.com
ims2000inc@aol.com

63. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

64. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

65. LIVE AUCTION!
Check out our
amazing prizes!
At 9:30am and
10:15am!

66. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
19 School Street ▪ Waltham, MA 02451 ▪ (781) 894-3339
Congratulations, GWArc, on your
43rd Annual Harvest Breakfast!
From your friends at The Chateau in
Waltham

67. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
275 Mass Ave.
Lexington, MA 02420
781-862-3400
FUEL OIL & OIL BURNER SERVICE
24 HR. EMERGENCY SERVICE & AUTOMATIC FUEL OIL
DELIVERY
PROPANE FILLING STATION
ALSO OFFERING EXCAVATING, WATER SERVICE RENEWALS &
SEWER SERVICES

68. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

69. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Best wishes to GWArc.
From,

70. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
SHORT TERM RESPITE CARE ALSO AVAILABLE

71. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Maristhill’s
Short-term Rehabilitation Unit
Massachusetts ONLY
Sterile PCAB Accredited
Pharmacy
577 Main St
Waltham, MA 02452
781-893-3870
www.naturalcompounder
.com
Getting you home stronger and safer:
that’s our priority!
•Private Rehabilitation Rooms
•Rehabilitation Therapy 7 Days a Week
For more information call:
781-893-0240
or visit our website at: Maristhill.org

72. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

73. Harvest Breakfast Supporters

75. Titanium Pancake Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
is proud to support
GWArc’s outstanding
service to people in our
community with
intellectual &
developmental
disabilities

76. Gold Pancake Sponsor

77. Gold Pancake Sponsor
A Quality Conscious Community
Louis J. Antico, President
781-893-5038
www.charlesbankgardenapts.com
56 Charles River Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

78. Gold Pancake Sponsor

79. Gold Pancake Sponsor

80. Gold Pancake Sponsor

81. Gold Pancake Sponsor

82. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
Best Wishes to GWArc
on your 43rd Annual
Harvest Breakfast,
from the Rotary Club
of Waltham.

83. Harvest Breakfast Supporters
GWArc thanks
Donald L. Grose for
framing and graphics
support.
Harvest Breakfast, 2013

86. LIVE AUCTION!
Check out our
amazing prizes!
At 9:30am and
10:15am!

99. Titanium Pancake Sponsor
The
Battaglino
Family
is proud to support
GWArc’s outstanding
service to people in our
community with
intellectual &
developmental
disabilities

100. Family/Friend Sponsor
Congratulations to
GWArc on another
successful Harvest
Breakfast!!!
-The Igdalsky Family

101. Family/Friend Sponsor
Thanks for your strong
continuing support.
Love,
Gerald, Emelia & Renee
Allain

102. Family/Friend Sponsor
The Bjorkmans say,
“Thank you, GWArc!”

103. Family/Friend Sponsor
Best Wishes to GWArc on
the 43rd Annual Harvest
Breakfast.
-John & Eileen Reardon

104. Family/Friend Sponsor
My best to GWArc on
your 43 rd Harvest
Breakfast!
-Susan Abend, MD

105. Family/Friend Sponsor
Duke, Mary Anne,
Everett, Kelly, Sean,
Cameron, Willy, Brielle
and Brian –
“ See you there!”

106. BARK @ GWArc
ALL
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TURAL
NA

108. Entertainment By:
• Rich Profita – Disc
Jockey
• Katie Saddlemire –
Face Painting
• The Magic of David
Hall
• DC the Clown
• Waltham Firefighters
– Patches & Pumper

109. Join us for our Annual Meeting

110. We Oughta Be In Pictures…
So, we MADE A MOVIE!
In cooperation with
WCAC-TV, GWArc
created a short film,
“Our Question,” starring
individuals in our Day
Ed & PLUS Programs.
Come see the premiere
at Annual Meeting!
11/20/13, 6pm
Embassy Suites

111. GWArc Thanks Its Wonderful Staff!
DAY EDUCATION
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Jennifer Adams- Director of Day Education
Mary Leo- Day Education Case Coordinator
Antonette Kennedy- Coordinator of Health
Services
Marie Abelard
Peter Cohn
Delroy Dillon
Rhonda Fleming
Michael Grimes
Teddy Howard
Abudllah Majidi
Victor Muhanguzi
Inrick Philogene
ADULT FAMILY CARE
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Heather Chagnon- AFC Director
Susan Lindsay- AFC RN
EMPLOYMENT, PLUS AND
TRANSITIONS
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Lori Bennett-LeClair- Assistant Director of
EPT
Cherri Perez- BIS Mail Production/Marketing
Coordinator
Daisy Antonini- Transitions Program
Manager
Axel Osio- Job Developer/ Job Coach
Melissa Albisu
Maurice Carter
Bobby Ghorieshi
Amy Kingsbury
Jerry Marcel
Mary Beth Nuzzo
Dan Sensale
Stanley Soko-Samba
Andrew Sullivan
Geraldine Villfranche

112. GWArc Thanks Its Wonderful Staff!
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Roz Rubin – Chief Executive Officer
John Wiswall – Chief Financial Officer
Liam Mansfield – Chief Operating Officer
Marisol Hernandez – Director of Admin/Personnel
Joanne Raymond – Director of Marketing &
Development
• Leah Igdalsky- Development Associate
• Karen West – Accounting Administrator

113. Day Education
“At Chestnut Street
we learn, laugh &
grow with each other.
Day education is an
integral part of a full
life. Come visit us
anytime!”
Jennifer Adams –
Director of Day Education

114. Day Education
Some of the Day
Education staff at
Chestnut Street.

115. Employment PLUS &
Transitions Program
We look forward to the
arrival of a new
Department Director on
October 28, 2013.

116. School to Work Transitions
“The School to
Work Transitions
Program continues
to seek community
experiences for
Waltham students.”
Daisy Antonini
Transitions Program
Manager

117. Recreation
GWArc serves over 150
children, adolescents and
adults in our Recreation
Program.

118. Individual Supported Employment
Axel Osio – Job
Developer/Job
Coach
Sites Where You Can Find GWArc Consumers Working Include:
Walgreens
Shaws
SEIU (Union)
Stop ‘n Shop
Peapod
BJ’s
Costco
Sodexo
Club Demonstration Services
Leland Nursing Home
Belmont High School
Belmont Hill School

119. Charlie Awards
Congratulations to Axel
Osio for receiving the “Best
Job Coach” award at the
2013 “Charlie” Awards,
presented by the Charles
River West Area
Employment Advisory Group
in June.

120. Group Supported Employment
• GWArc values its partnerships with
Brandeis University, Bentley University
and Lasell College
• Current GWArc consumers work at
– Sherman and Usdan dish rooms (Brandeis)
– Buildings and Grounds (Brandeis)
– Bentley University dish room
– Lasell College dish room

121. Adult Family Care
• GWArc’s AFC
Program just
celebrated its 1year anniversary
in July. We are
proud to
announce that we
are serving 30+
families in the
community.
Heather Chagnon
AFC Director
Susan Lindsay
AFC Nurse

122. BIS Mail
“BIS Mail is THRIVING with
new light assembly and
ongoing loyal customers.
Remember BIS Mail for
your mailing needs!”
Cherri Perez – BIS Mail Production/
Marketing Coordinator

126. Music therapist Thalia Vitikos meets Elton John
9/27/13 Las Vegas, Nevada

131. Past Presidents of the GWArc
Board of Directors
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Lawrence Lane
James Ryan
James Fitzpatrick
Edward Galinaro
Joseph O'Connell
Richard Kimball
Albert Hayes
Joseph O'Connell
Charlotte Aladjem
Jean Falzone
John and Linda Woods
Edward Gallinaro
Joseph O'Connell
Natalie Selines
Leslie Grayburn
Al Falzone
Joyce Newis
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Richard Delaney
John Battaglino
Wayne Brasco
Jean Poirier Foster
Brendan M. Connors
Brenda Capello
Kathleen Bradley
Russ Malone
Peter Bella
Peter Collura
Joseph M. Giordano, Jr.
Jean McCoy
Mary Beth Augustine
Richard Brenner
Thomas Coxall
Robert W. Francis
Bob Clement

132. Thank you to our
Generous Donors

133. Thank you to our
Generous Donors

134. Thank you to our
Generous Donors

135. Thank you to our
Generous Donors

136. Thank you to our
Generous Donors
Journey Gems Designer
Amy Sophiella
Waltham Mayor
Jeannette McCarthy
Mayil Handmade
Scarves Designer
Madavi Oliver

137. Thank you to our Generous Donors

138. Thank you to our generous donors

139. Thank you to our generous donors
BARK @
GWArc
The Artists
of GWArc

141. Thank you to our generous
Door Prize Donor
• Lola Stanco

142. Don’t Forget to Visit the Lobby For:

143. Find Out
What’s Happening at GWArc . . .
• Visit us on the web - www.gwarc.org
• Visit our blog http://gwarc.wordpress.com/
• Do you receive our newsletter?
– Help us help the environment - sign up to
receive our newsletter via email

144. GWArc Stakeholder Meetings
Please join us for the next Stakeholder
Meetings which will be held at 56 Chestnut
Street, Waltham on:
Tuesday, November 12 12:00 Noon-1 PM
Brown Bag Lunch
Tuesday, December 17 5-6 PM

145. Pancake Harvest the 1970s

146. Pancake Harvest – the 1980s

147. Harvest Breakfast – the 1990s

148. Harvest Breakfast – the 2000s

149. Harvest Breakfast – the 2010s

150. Ciao Down 2013 was a great success!
The spaghetti almost took over the
hotel! Pictured at left is a small version
of the photo given to Embassy Suites
as a gift of thanks as they hosted our
4th Annual “Ciao Down for GWArc” on
May 3.
The successful event featured raffles, sales of
“Pasta & Sauce” Mystery Gifts,
BARK@GWArc dog biscuits, musical
entertainment and a spaghetti buffet for over
300 persons.

151.
Ciao Down
for GWArc
APRIL 2014