Acknowledgements
Thank you to our Annual Report Volunteers and Others

Think of TEEG as a General Contractor. Just as a GC facilitates the building process by organizing the time and talents of the craftsman on the job, so is TEEG’s role in providing community service. We coordinate volunteered time and talent, and match that with the many donations received to meet the community need.

• The countless hours of volunteer service in our food pantry, matched with the $250,000 worth of donated or discounted food products, allows us to make sure no one in our community has to go hungry.
  
  
• The hundreds of volunteer hours offered by our Holiday Helpers, combined with over $25,000 of donated food and gifts enable everyone in our hometowns to have a holiday meal and some Christmas cheer.
  
  
• Community gifts of camperships to ensure that every child can experience Summer Camp and create childhood memories that will last a lifetime.
  
  
• The “Education Elves” who donate hundreds of backpacks, thousands of dollars of school supplies, and volunteer to stuff each bag with the grade-appropriate materials to ensure every child returns to school prepared.
  
  
• The students from Tourtellotte Memorial High School, Marianapolis Preparatory School and Woodstock Academy who partner with TEEG to generate greater awareness of homelessness in the Quiet Corner. Sleeping in cardboard boxes on their respective town greens, and asking the community to sponsor their efforts, they have raised consciousness, increased community education and donated greatly needed funds to support those who seek shelter.
  
  
• The many community partners who contribute thousands of dollars to ensure our local families and friends will have heat in the winter months.

Design is a critical step in any building project. It’s the process that turns an idea into a thought, which becomes the foundation for a plan that guides the development of the effort. Without a design, there can be no building.

TEEG expresses our deepest gratitude to the building partners we have in our design team who make this annual report possible year after year. Mike Bernier of Photo Express, Laura Moorehead of Angell House Design, and Mary Ann and Kyle Dostaler of MAD Communications have once again donated their gifts of professional time and talent to ensure that this document and our website will share TEEG’s message in a way that resonates with the community we serve. Their collective commitment to quality and dedication to community is unparalleled. While we could never afford them, we are ever grateful and appreciative that they have chosen TEEG as a benefactor of their creative gifts.

The past year has been one of transition in the leadership of TEEG. After volunteering years of service to guide, govern and grow our agency, several long-serving members of our Board of Directors have moved on. We dedicate this report to these selfless individuals who have been so important in the building of TEEG and thank them for the decades of community service they have provided.

The TEEG Executive Committee especially recognizes the dedication and leadership of Dushy Mahendran, who has presided over the Board and provided steadfast leadership for the past nine years. We are grateful for her vision in broadening TEEG’s services to be better prepared to meet the needs of our community. We wish her and her family the very best.

• Dushy Mahendran
  Member and Past President
  1998 – 2011
• Dr. Alexander Mahendran
  Member, 1998 – 2011
• Jane Austin
  Member, 2000 - 2011
• Ada Temple
  Member, 1999 - 2011
• Barbara Mulligan
  Member, 2005 - 2011