In addition, we are currently completing a $11,000,000 Capital Campaign to address urgent infrastructure issues and building needs including a new Women’s Center, a Women’s Halfway House, and a Chapel/ Meditation Center to be named in honor of the legendary Mrs. Geraldine O. Delaney.
On the heels of this campaign, we will be seeking to protect our low-cost, long-term, life-saving mission by raising enough endowment and scholarship money to keep the Lodge in business as long as alcohol and drug addiction continue to ravage families throughout the world.
We seek gifts from friends, alumni, and their families to support our continuing work in recovery. Every gift helps save a life!
- Sincerely,
Mark Schottinger
Executive Director
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Here are just a few facts about the cost to society:
- Substance abusers cost their employers about twice as much in medical and worker compensation claims as coworkers.
- In 1992, the total cost of alcohol and drug abuse to American society was $245.7 billion, an increase of 50% over figures gathered less than a decade earlier.
- More than half the cost of drug abuse is associated with crime.
- Substance abuse claims close to 600,000 lives a year.
- 13.8 million Americans are problem drinkers – 6 million are women.
- Alcohol plays a role in 10% of all deaths in the United States, causing some 200,000 deaths per year.
Equally costly, is the damage done on a personal level to the man or woman who exchanges productivity for a life of shame, deceit and even crime. The skills, talents, and abilities of the alcoholic and addict are lost to society.
The secret to the Lodge’s success is "the tincture of time". Students stay until staff determines they are ready to leave. The Lodge is proud of its many success stories – men and women in recovery who work as counselors, teachers, doctors, and lawyers. Some own multi-million dollar businesses. Most rebuild their families or start new ones. Their communities benefit from their many gifts, talents and skills.
Make An On-Line Donation Now.
Please review the giving options below:
The Kresge challenge – a special opportunity
In December, 2005 the Lodge was awarded a $300,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation in Troy, Michigan.
At the time the grant was announced, the Lodge had raised $1,347,015 toward a $3,015,000 goal. The Kresge grant challenges Alina Lodge trustees and donors to raise the final $1,367,985, with the Kresge grant of $300,000 completing the goal.
We are pleased to announce that we have completed the Kresge Challenge and will be awarded their $300,000 grant very soon.
The purpose of the Kresge grant is to make Alina Lodge a stronger institution by inspiring long-time donors to give larger gifts than they have ever given before and to build a larger and stronger donor base for future fund-raising activities.
Annual Giving Program
The Annual Giving Program helps underwrite our program including items listed below:
- • 24-hour nursing/medical coverage for students in treatment.
• Multi-disciplinary team to treat co-existing disorders along with primary alcoholism/drug addiction.
• Programs to ensure state-of-the-art care for the whole family and entry into 12-step programs.
• Aftercare/alumni programs to further ensure relapse prevention and long-term recovery.
• Films, videos, DVDs and other resources for student/family meetings, lectures, therapies, and educational programs.
• Scholarships for students entering the Lodge or for those whose funds run out but need to stay longer to complete clinical goals. No student is ever discharged over lack of funds.
Campaign for the 21st Century
A Recovery...The Lodge’s recently completed $4.3 million Recovery Phase of the campaign addressed many life-safety and environmental issues including fire suppression and monitoring systems and waste water treatment facilities. We also expanded dining and meeting areas, the men’s dorm, office spaces in Memory and Gratitude Halls, Rudolph Hall (the Stone House), and the Carriage House. These projects have helped the Lodge fully realize it’s 90-bed capacity with expanded licensure.
...and a Renaissance... The Renaissance Phase of our campaign includes three essential capital projects:
- The Women’s Center - a full service facility housing the entire women’s community, their counselors, nursing staff, and programs.
Endowment
Operational endowments will protect our long-term, low-cost, life-saving mission; scholarship endowment will provide funding for students entering the Lodge or for those whose funds run out but need to stay longer to complete clinical goals. No student is ever discharged over lack of funds.
Matching Gifts
You can double or even triple your gift if your company has a matching gift program.
Memorial/Tribute Gifts
Consider memorializing a loved one or celebrating someone’s birthday, retirement, anniversary, or sobriety by sending a gift to Little Hill-Alina Lodge.
The Legacy Society
Please consider including The Little Hill Foundation in your will. General bequest language follows:
- I give, devise, and bequeath to The Little Hill Foundation/ Blairstown, New Jersey, the sum of $________(or a description of a specific asset), for the benefit of Little Hill-Alina Lodge and its general purposes."
Gift Recognition
The Trustees of Alina Lodge welcome the opportunity to name or publicly recognize the extraordinary generosity of those who provide leadership gifts to this campaign
WOMEN'S CENTER
Name The Building
Residential Wing
Community Room
Nursing Station
Furnishings
Entryway
Bedroom
Family Counseling
Reading Room/Library
Counselor's Conference Room
Counselor's Office
Furnishings/All Bedrooms
Furnishings/Reading Room/Library
Furnishings/Community Room
Furnishings/Family Counseling
Small Group Room
Furnishings/One Bedroom
Furnishings/Counselor's Office
$1,000,000
$500,000
$250,000
$150,000
$100,000
$100,000
$50,000
$40,000
$40,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$15,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
1
2
1
Taken
1
1
14
1
1
1
4
1
Taken
1
1
4
14
4
Name The Building
Counselor's Apartment
Bedroom
Entryway
Kitchen
Dining Room
Recreaton Room
Great Room
Lounge
Large Office
Group Area
Small Offices
Furnishings
$250,000
$75,000
$50,000
$50,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$30,000
$25,000
$10,000
$5000-$10,000
Taken
1
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Many
To Name In Honor of G.O.D.
Group Counseling Room
Student Meditation Sanctuaries
Consultation Room
Sanctuary Clearview
Non-Denominational Altar
Individual Pews
Sanctuary Side Window
$500,000
$50,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$5,000
$5,000
Taken
Taken
2
1
Taken
1
13/20
4/6
Name The Garden
Memorial Benches
Memorial Stones
Memorial Paving Bricks
$250,000
$10,000
$2,500
$1,000
1
5
39/40
300
