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1 THE CORNERSTONE SOCIETY GIVING BROCHURE The Cornerstone Society

2 The mission of the Cornerstone Society is to ensure that the focus of The Connection s behavioral health services in New Haven remains true to the letter and spirit of the original mission of Cornerstone, Inc.: To assist individuals with psychiatric disabilities to live as independently as possible in the community, and to enhance public understanding and support for service to those who suffer from mental illness. HISTORY Cornerstone was conceived in when Joel Finkle, a New Haven businessman, and Dr. Thomas Detre, a psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine, gathered together a small group of community leaders to discuss the need for an intensive aftercare service for mentally ill men and women who had been discharged from public and private psychiatric hospitals. Cornerstone, Inc. was officially incorporated on July 17, 1968, and in August 1970, Cornerstone Halfway House opened its doors and began serving 15 adult men and women. Over the next two decades, Cornerstone, Inc. grew significantly, adding the Norton Court Supportive Independent Residences program, the Pendleton House dual-diagnosis program, and the Park Street Residence. In December 2001, after a four-year period of affiliation and collaboration, Cornerstone merged with ALSO, Inc., bringing outpatient clinical services to the new agency: ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc. In 2010, again after a period of affiliation and collaboration, ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc. merged with The Connection, Inc., a statewide agency with a similar history and mission, that allowed the agency to add a strong community justice component to our existing behavioral health and supportive housing programs. The partnership between ALSO-Cornerstone and The Connection has been highly successful, resulting in the agency s continued growth in the areas of behavioral health, supportive housing, and community justice in New Haven and beyond.

3 PURPOSE The Cornerstone Society was established to honor the legacy of the former Cornerstone and ALSO-Cornerstone and to build a fund that will support individual client and programmatic needs of The Connection s New Haven-based behavioral health programs. Gifts to the Cornerstone Society honor the Cornerstone legacy and help to serve the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of our community. CORNERSTONE SOCIETY PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS Cornerstone (formerly Dwight House) CREST (Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training) program Elm City Women and Children s Center Norton Court Outreach & Engagement Park Street Inn Park Street Residence Pendleton House Recovery House Robert T. Wolfe Supportive Housing Ruoppolo Manor Supportive Housing SIERRA Center The Connection Lodge West Village OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS The Bettor Choice The Connection Counseling Center The Connection Prevention Services Michael J. Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention ELIGIBILITY Programmatic eligibility for Cornerstone Society funding is restricted to those New Haven-based programs that receive full or partial funding from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Individual clients or recent graduates in one of the programs named above who are diagnosed with a psychiatric condition, mental illness, or co-occurring disorder also fall under the purview of the Cornerstone Society.

4 CORNERSTONE SOCIETY GIVING LEVELS Philanthropist Lifetime or testamentary gifts of $10,000 and above Naming Opportunities Available Four guest tickets to The Connection MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TODAY! DONOR & GIFT INFORMATION I/We would like to make a gift of $ to the Cornerstone Society. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE Humanitarian Lifetime or testamentary gifts of $2,500 $9,999 Four guest tickets to The Connection Credit Card CARD NUMBER E XP. DATE Sponsor Lifetime or testamentary gifts of $500 $2,499 Two guest tickets to The Connection Donor Gifts of $100 $499 Acknowledgment on website, One guest ticket to The Connection Member Gifts of up to $99 Acknowledgment on website, Check Enclosed (Please make checks payable to The Connection Fund and include Cornerstone Society in the memo line.) The Connection Fund Development Office 100 Roscommon Drive, Suite 203 Middletown, CT GIVING LEVELS PHILANTHROPIST $10,000 and above HUMANITARIAN $2,500 $9,999 SPONSOR $500 $2,499 DONOR $100 $499 MEMBER up to $99 If you would like to discuss options such as lifetime or testamentary gifts, please contact the Fund Development Office at x1600 All gifts are 100% tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Cornerstone Society

5 The Cornerstone Society THE CONNECTION / 100 ROSCOMMON DRIVE, SUITE 203 / MIDDLETOWN, CT / / FAX

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