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Message from the President Dear Friends On behalf of the Board of Directors Clinical Advisors and Staff we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the donors volunteers and community partners who have generously supported our suicide prevention and mental health promotion programs on college campuses. Our growth and impact doubled from our previous year across Connecticut. In 2014 we welcomed the following new schools to our Fresh Check Day Network Gateway Norwalk and Three Rivers Community Colleges Central and Southern Connecticut State University and Connecticut College. As a component of an annual suicide prevention strategy many of the schools we worked with in 2013 integrated this programming as a tradition on their campus. The Jordan Porco Foundation hosted a total of 10 Fresh Check Days in 2014 impacting almost 5000 students. Our peer-to-peer messaging is creative interactive and focuses on identifying students at risk promoting social connectedness developing life skills and increasing help-seeking behaviors. Fresh Check Day is different from typical mental health programming because it creates a positive and relaxed environment to promote dialogue around mental health with a diverse group of students. The relaxed atmosphere of the program stimulates conversations around some of these more sensitive topics. Students realize that they are not alone in their struggles that their school cares about their mental health and that there is help available. Your continued support for the growth of this program is needed. Student success must be measured holistically not numerically. Sharing these values with students is an important step in changing the conversation about mental health for future generations of leaders. Please join us in continuing this mission across the United States. Together we can influence attitudes about mental health and make Fresh Check Day a national platform for change. Marisa Giarnella-Porco President Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ernie Porco Chairman and Co-Founder Chase Enterprises Marisa Giarnella-Porco President and Co- Founder Chief Executive Officer Jordan Porco Foundation Nancy Brockman MarketingMedia Relations Chimera Communications Carlo Fusco Secretary Mass Mutual Carla McCall FinancialTax Management Alexander Aronson and Finning Company PC Mike Kuziak Member LAZ Parking Alan Lazowski Member LAZ Parking Len Novick Member Estreich and Company Tom Steen Member Capitol Area Substance Abuse Council Dr. Harold Schwartz Medical Director Psychiatrist in Chief Institute of Living Vice President of Behavioral Health at Hartford Hospital Dr. Mercy Arias Ph.D. - Director of Clinical Training Associate Professor Carlos Albizu University Dr. Barry Schreier Ph.D. - Director of University Counseling Services Clinical Professor of Psychology University of Iowa Dr. Elizabeth Cracco Ph.D. - Director of Counseling Mental Health Services University of Connecticut Rocio Chang Ph.D. - Clinical Research Associate Psychiatry Department University of Connecticut Health Care Center Dr. Jason Sikorski Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Psychological Science Central Connecticut State University Marisa Giarnella-Porco LCSW - President Chief Executive Officer Matt Riley - Chief Operating Officer Deirdre Tindall - Development Director Leah Nelson - Program Manager Elizabeth McOsker - Program Coordinator Emily Betts - Program Coordinator Dave Morency - Operations Coordinator Landon Chase - Development Associate Julia Cassarino - Administrative Assistant Board of Directors Clinical Advisory Board Staff