Dear Friends, Thank you—The NYSPCC’s donors and champions—who opened your hearts to us and supported our services in 2019! As a result of your generosity, we provided 5,478 children and 265 parents with child abuse prevention and treatment services. Our interventions are designed to help NYC’s children recover, develop healthy coping skills, break the cycle of abuse, and grow healthy and strong. Our work is made possible by the combined support of individuals, foundations, and corporations who share our vision of a world where every boy and girl grows up protected, nurtured, and empowered. Among these individuals are our three new Board members. Please join me in welcoming Vicky Cornell, Jodie K. Fink, and Daniel M. Healy, each one of them dedicated to preventing abuse and helping children to heal. The NYSPCC brought its community of friends and supporters together at three special events in 2019. Our Spring Luncheon featured Tara Westover, author of Educated, in conversation with Stephanie Ruhle, NBC News correspondent and anchor of MSNBC Live. Tara discussed her traumatic childhood experiences, and shared her thoughts on the importance of The NYSPCC’s work to eradicate abuse and neglect. Then, in September, more than 100 young philanthropists gathered at The Standard East Village for The NYSPCC Junior Society’s annual cocktail party, Under the Stars. Finally, in November, my beautiful wife, Deborah Norville, Anchor of Inside Edition and NYSPCC Children’s Council Member, hosted the Food & Wine Gala. Chef Elizabeth Falkner curated the menu, and we presented Vicky Cornell with the Strength of Our Society Award. Altogether, these three events raised nearly $1,000,000 in support of The NYSPCC’s programs. On behalf of each and every one of the children who boldly step through The NYSPCC’s doors and find the courage to overcome their trauma, we thank you. Sincerely, Karl G. Wellner, President, Board of Directors Dear Friends, I am incredibly grateful for your support. You helped us to provide the best child abuse prevention and mental health care to children in our City. In 2019, our clinical team enhanced its Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program by adopting a new, evidence-based parenting education curriculum, called Parenting Journey. Through twelve weeks of workshops, parents enhance their parenting skills and utilize their strengths to build nurturing relationships with their children. And, because more than 75% of the families referred to the Program have orders of protection against an abusive partner, The NYSPCC increased support for custodial parents by hiring a therapist who coaches them weekly on self-care, safety planning, parental rights in child welfare, and accessing city resources. Also in 2019, the Athlete Assistance Fund chose The NYSPCC, above all other child protection agencies, to help them eradicate sexual abuse in the sport of gymnastics. Our Training Institute provided child protection workshops for young athletes, coaches, and parents at gymnastics organizations throughout the country. We look forward to continuing this partnership to help more gymnastics organizations improve safety protocols. The NYSPCC also works with legislators and other advocacy groups to improve laws and policies that protect the safety of children. The NYSPCC helped to pass the Child Victims Act (CVA) in January 2019, which expanded the statute of limitations for survivors of child sexual abuse. Currently, The NYSPCC is collaborating with the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children–New York and The New York Foundling to end the corporal punishment of children, and I’m proud to tell you that The NYSPCC is now an official ‘No Hit Zone’. Our prevention work and healing efforts are only possible because of committed and compassionate individuals like you. Thank you for standing with The NYSPCC. Warm regards, Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D., Executive Director NYSPCC.ORG | 1
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