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Mission
POWER’s mission is to provide gender-specialized quality treatment and support services to women who are changing their lives through recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.
We envision a day when all women struggling with addiction will embrace the journey and realize the promises of recovery, enhancing and strengthening relationships with children, family and community.
Key Facts
Geographic areas served:
Allegheny County
Target demographics:
women 18 years of age and older who are struggling with the disease of addiction
Direct beneficiaries per year: approximately 1,500 women
Indirect beneficiaries per year: the children, families and communities of the women we serve
Obstacles:
Addiction is a stigmatizing disease, especially for women. Fundraising in this economic climate is difficult.
Your donation of $90 enables us to:
cover the difference between what we are reimbursed and the actual cost for one woman to receive residential treatment for one week
Your donation of $365 enables us to:
cover the difference between what we are reimbursed and the actual cost for one woman to receive residential treatment for one month
Your donation of $4,370
cover the difference between what we are reimbursed and the actual cost for one woman to receive residential treatment for one year
Board Members and Affiliation:
Ernestine Harris, President - Director of Human Resources, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
Stephen P. Paschall, Vice President - Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLP
Jan Bamford, Secretary - First Vice President, The Bank of New York Mellon
Eileen Simmons, Treasurer - Chief Financial Officer, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Susan Jones Block - President, Post-Gazette Charities
Robert Dunkelman -
Secretary Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh and the Board of Trustees
Christopher A. Dunn - Director of Information Technology, Primary Care Network
Erin M. Felix - Senior Manager, KPMG LLP
Sherree R. Goldstein - Owner, Square Cafe
Kathleen Matta-Klingelhofer - Owner/Interior Designer, KMK Interiors
Anne C. Martin - Independent Senior Sales Director, Mary Kay Cosmetics
Judith R. Owen - Save the Date Creative Services LLC
Suzanne Parks - Public Service Officer, First Commonwealth Bank
Florence M. Rouzier - Marketing Consultant
Sandra Tomlinson -
Senior Vice President of Provider Services,
Highmark Inc. and Keystone Health Plan West Inc.
Brenda Joyce Waters - Reporter/Anchor, KDKA-TV
David B. Yates - Senior Vice President/Deputy Chief
Credit Officer, National City Bank of Pennsylvania
Past and Current Funders:
Pittsburgh area foundations, businesses and individuals
Key Staff
Rosa Davis, Executive Director
Evelyn D. Savido, Associate/Clinical Director
Madelon Edelstone, Associate/Development Director
Nancy Simpronio, Human Resources Director