Our vision is to become a community nationally recognized for empowering caregivers to lead their families with strength and grace. Our goal is to continue to expand our reach so that more caregivers are restored and refreshed annually. In the next 5 years, we will grow from serving hundreds to thousands of caregivers and have a larger geographic presence including staff and extensive volunteers in each of our markets. We will grow our programs outside of Respite Weekends so that parents can participate at any stage in their journey of caregiving.

- Grow a base of support in Rochester NY to begin to develop our presence in this community. - Start a legacy/endowment program to encourage large level giving that will lead to long term sustainability. -Develop our Board of Directors and other committees to include diversity and skill. - Develop our staff and empower team members to think creatively about serving caregivers. - Continue to increase our annual services so that more parents will feel loved and supported. This will happen with the continued success in our philanthropy.

With our current Board and Staff we have the ability to continue our slow and steady growth. One of our organizations largest strengths is our ability to plan and then implement these plans. Our Staff is on the same page as our board so we are all moving together in the same direction. There is great communication between the board and the Executive Director so we have consistent messaging going to our staff, volunteers and donors. We excel at keeping our donors informed and are transparent. The community continues to learn more and more about the impact of our services and trust is built. We are confident in our abilities to meet our goals in the next 5 years and beyond with the support of a consistent and dedicated donor base.

We complete an annual survey with the parents we serve to gauge efficacy in our programs. The survey asks questions that determine the efficacy of our programming and how close we are to meeting the goals of our organization to empower caregivers. We also have an extensive budgeting process to plan for the coming year and to ensure we are in line with the services we can offer, our staff expenses and new programming goals. We know that each year our goal is to stay within our means and honor our donors with responsibility. For the past 8 years we have been successful in this process and have been able to see steady growth and progress.

In the past 8 years we have accomplished so much! We have moved from a small start-up organization in 2012 serving 43 parents each year to what we are today- serving 350 couples each year, and offering extensive year round programming and support. We have a well developed Board of Directors and a healthy committee structure to ensure we look at all parts of our business effectively. We have also started an endowment fund to support our vision for long term growth and sustainability. We have worked on our systems and internal structure to ensure we have a well developed and secure system to maintain our records for both the families we serve and our donors. As stated above, our plans will continue to point us towards further growth and sustainability!