SUZANNE O. GALBATO Chair, Board of Directors Each year, thousands of cases are handled by the dedicated staff of the Hiscock Legal Aid Society. With each new case opened, and closed, people across our community are provided with an opportunity to be heard; to have potentially explosive conflicts settled peacefully; to have an opportunity to move on from a difficult time in life. As you page through this report, you will see many facts, figures and statistics from 2014. While we know numbers are important, we also place tremendous value on those people who make up those numbers. Earnestine, profiled later in this report, is one such person. A full-time employee at a local healthcare organization, Earnestine’s life was turned upside down with a cancer diagnosis; that same month her mother had a stroke. A short time later, her daughter died leaving her in a custody battle with her grandson’s father. Hiscock Legal Aid Society was able to help Earnestine through what she describes as one of the most difficult periods in her entire life. Cases like this, people like Earnestine, make me beam with pride to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors for this organization. Thank you for joining us in promoting justice for all. 5
6 Online Touch Home