2022 Annual Impact Report FINAL 51523 - Flipbook - Page 3
Message from the CEO
Dear Friends,
Two of Pro Action's core values are hope and resilience. We believe that with
hope, supportive relationships, adequate resources and opportunities, everyone
can build resilience, overcome adversity, and prosper.
Laura Rossman
Chief Executive Officer
It is easy to turn on the news at the end of the day and hear the bad reports of
what is happening locally, nationally, and internationally. This can easily make us
feel hopeless, but at Pro Action we witness hope every day.
We see HOPE when:
We hear stories like Brenda’s. Brenda is a hard working single mom who is
doing everything she can to support her two children with special needs.
HOPE came in the form of a life changing event with the gift of
transportation. This gift provided Brenda and her family with the ability to
get to medical appointments, school, the grocery store, and work.
Older adults in our communities can stay in their homes independently.
Older adults like Mary, who is able to utilize multiple services from the Yates
Office for Aging Services to assist her in living independently.
Strong partnerships like the one Pro Action has with Steuben County
Department of Social Services. By combining resources, we can better assist
individuals like Shawn to go from being unemployed and living with family,
to being employed and living on her own in stable housing.
We see the amazing faces of the children our programs serve being provided
with education, social/emotional support, and fun that they not only need,
but deserve. Those young faces are truly the HOPE of the future.
HOPE is described as the courage to take one more step, to try one more time,
and believe things will get better! I would argue resilience is the same, it is
believing that things will be better and learning from any setbacks that may be
experienced. To us at Pro Action, hope and resilience go hand in hand.