In the throes of a financial crisis as the result of a foundation reneging on a grant, PACEs Connection launched its most successful membership-focused fundraising drive to date, and raised more than $66,000 in the last two quarters of 2022. Many gifts were new quarterly pledges.
“We’re excited to have engaged more of our almost 58,000 members than in years past, and we hope that this is a sign of more involvement,” says Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO. “If everyone gave even a little each month, our membership could provide a meaningful source of funding.”
“We sounded the alarm about our finances in June, and in the last six months of 2022, more than 220 members stepped up. For the year, there were more than 300 donors. This process of engaging our members shows how they are owners of PACEs Connection. We want them to know that they are an integral part of this movement and its support, and we are extremely grateful for their participation,” Cockhren adds.
She also adds her thanks to the members who shared their stories of support in a series of donor profiles:
Donor Lois Hall says PACEs Connection is 'proof of where hope is brought in communities'
Highly-honored school nurse and nurse educator Robin Cogan calls PACEs Connection her ‘north star’; urges each member’s support!
Jeoff Gordon sees PACEs science, PACEs Connection playing a vital role in ‘relieving some of the most anguishing pain in our society.’
‘We cannot let this shining star die,’ says Peter Chiavetta, volunteer emergency medical technician and PACEs Connection donor.
Renée Wilson-Simmons—founder of Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Joy—counts on PACEs Connection to be 'a catalyst for cultivating the PACEs movement.'
How Dr. Vincent Felitti, co-author of the ACE Study, and Jane Stevens, founder and publisher of PACEs Connection, crossed paths to accelerate a movement
Sofiya Asedrem supports PACEs Connection to help address root causes in her fast-growing Florida community & make mental health a human right.
Year-end giving to PACEs Connection has become a family tradition for Lisa Hofmeister. ‘This work matches our family’s values.’
Donations given in memory of friends and loved ones
All donors are given the opportunity to make gifts in memory of friends and loved ones. Among those honored with gifts in memorial for 2022 were for
“My parents”
Dori Murray
May Belle Davison
Dan Press
Gail Kennedy’s husband, Scott Allison
“My mother, Pauline”
William Curtis Ridge
Cary DeYoung
Gifts given in honor of friends or family
Donors were also given the opportunity to make gifts in honor of someone. Among those honored with a gift in their name for 2022 were:
Jane Stevens
Carolyn Rich Curtis
Ellen Goldstein
“Carey Sipp and Cissy White, as well as all of the other amazing people I’ve met through PACEs Connection”
Jim Sporleder
Why did people give?
Many donors shared a reason for their giving. Among reasons listed were:
Your work fuels ours. We need each other. Thank you from the CRC Network in Central Florida.
You do amazing work and I am very happy to help support it!
I appreciate the work of ACEs Connection in keeping us informed about the progress that is made in understanding and mitigating the impact of trauma. Your work helps us to better serve kids and families!!
Bless you for the work you are doing, Jane!
I much appreciate your work, as a small group of us are looking to put boots on the ground to support this work...take care and thanks for all you do!!!!!
PACEs Connection is pure brilliance! More than any other resource I know, it has united and accelerated the trauma-informed care movement to be a public health powerhouse for change. Thank you for everything you do!!!
Happy Birthday Jane! Thank you for ALL you have done, and continue to do!
Thank you for all you do. Your work has helped me out so much, both professionally and personally. :-)
Learning about ACEs helped me understand so many things about myself and has helped me in my advocacy work with others like me. Thank you!
PACES Connection has made it possible to share my work and my passion for revolutionizing the way we think about and address human needs. It has an incredible community of humans that support the work - in the organization and around the globe. So grateful to have this space to commune with you all! Thank you!
Thank you SO much to the PC staff for the incredible work you do. You’re changing the world!
To keep PACES Connection as a vital source of connection.
I love PACES Connection - read every item I get - and often share some each day! Can't imagine life w/o you!
Thank you to members who have donated over the last three years!
We at PACEs Connection are grateful to you, our members, with whom we share a common and profound purpose… to create a healthier world for all its creatures, including us!
Kerrie Ackerson
Melissa Adamchik
Sue Adams
Christina Algeciras
Frank Alix
Rachel Allen
Kristen Allott
Rika Alvo
Cathy Anthofer-Fialon
Allison Asahina
Sofiya Asedrem
Natalie Audage
Keith Bailey
Skye Baloo
Theresa Barilla
Maxine Barish-Wreden
Joe Barnhart
David Belford
Felicia Bellows
Risa Bernasconi
Deanna Berry
Christina Bethell
Marcia Black
Sally Blackwood
Deborah Bock
Patty Boorn
Carissa Boram
Dale Bordelon
Lynn Boyd
Sally Braffman
Robyn Brickel
Steven Brown
Christine Brugler
Rebecca Bryan
Laura Budd
Ruth Burcaw
Tami Buroker
Denise Busley
Cristina Buss
Jennifer Butcher
Barbara Cady
Nabiha Calcuttawala
Joan Caley
Linda Calvert PhD
Nicole Canfield
Margaret Casey
Joni Cash
Kimberley Cheatham
El Chess
Peter Chiavetta
Gioia Chilton
Roberta C Churchilll
Hollis Clapp
David Clarke
Karen Clemmer
Ingrid Cockhren
Robin Cogan
Amanda Coggin
Julie Cohen
Kathleen Cole
Vic Compher
Katie Conrad
Charity Cornet-Barnhart
David Cote
Dale Coupland
Dianne Couts
Stephanie Covington
Ali Crandall
Shannon Criniti
Terri Crowe
Donna Culver
Carolyn Curtis
Amy Cyr
Becky Dale
Emily Daniels
Ramona Danielson
Margaret Davies
Bo Dean
Susan Delucchi
Kristin Dempsey
Laura Dennis
Matthew Devereaux
Betty Devine
Suzy DeYoung
Carolyn Dixon
Carol Dolan
Lori Dorfman
Doreen Downs
Jennifer Drake-Croft
Steven Dudas
Sheri Eastridge
Adrienne B. Elder
William Emmet
James Encinas
Nathan Epps
Nina Esaki
Amy Fairchild
Michael Fasher
Tracy Fauver
Joel Fein
Vincent Felitti
Samantha Ferguson
Kara Fery
Barb Finch
Ellen Fink-Samnick
Sebern Fisher
Kaliopee Fiske
Mike Flaningam
Rose Fonseca
Lori Fougerousse
Barbara J Franco
Janet and Louis Frase
Lisa Frederiksen
Christopher Freeze
Allan & Carola Friesen
Kassie Gada
Esther Gilbert
Laura Gilchrist
Heather Gillis
Mary Giuliani
Glenmede Trust
Jeoffry Gordon
Winifred Gordon
Betsy Goulet
Jessie Graham
Rebecca Green
Stephanie Guinosso
Archana Gupta
Patti Gurney
Becky Haas
Lois Hall
Courtney Ham
Tim Hamming
Ross Hargis
Louise Hart
Ivan Haskell
Caitlin Haun
Mary Hawks
Ginger Healy
Sam Henry
Leah Hill
Christine Hoepfner
Lisa Hofmeister
Laura Hogan
Joy Hohnstine
Alicia Homrich
Asha Immanuelle
Hannah Ingber
Tasneem Ismailji
Sabahat Ismailji
George Jagatic
Amit Janco
Martina Jelley
Carrie Jensen
Karen Johnson
Linda Kauffer
Gail Kennedy
Nicole Kilburg
Asli Kivion
Gai Klass
Dena Klein
Judy Knapp
Betsy Knight
Geoff Knott
Carol Koepp
Melanie Krevitz
Richard Krugman
Mary Lambert
Michelle Lau
Erika Leaf
Leslie Leff
Rebecca Lemanski
Yuko Leong
Fitzroy Lewis
Leslie Lieberman
Rene Line
Judith Lipson
Kathleen Lisson
Alison Lobb
Sharon Lockhart-Carter
Kim Lodewyk
Katherine Lucatorto
Jenn Lynn-Whaley
Richard Krugman
Harriet Mall, Ph.D.
Lynda Mallory
Linda Manaugh
Maria Manna
Regina McCarthy
Brigid McCaw
Craig McEwen
Janyne McConnaughey
Laura McGurn
Madison McHugh
Edward McKinley
Stephanie McNerney
Elizabeth Meeker
Elaine Miller-Karas
Michael Mitchell
Christine Moran
Monica Morehead
Deborah Morrison
Debra Morse
Lynn Mumma
Simon Mundy
Erin Myers
Amie Myrick
Jennifer Nanda
Gretchen Nash-Gardner
Gail Neely Kolbeck
Allen Nishikawa
Christine Noble-Power
Rebecca Parton
Tina Pearson
Nanci Perocchi
Janet Peters
Sarah Peyton
Amber Pierce
Laura Pinhey
Laura Piscitello
Melanie Pollard
Dan & Cherie Porter
Janet Pozmantier
Heather Preston
Elizabeth Prewitt
Cherry Price
Donielle Prince
Cherri Pruitt
Carlene Przykucki
Shannon Qualls
Robert Quinn
Jenna Quinn
Michelle Quinn
Julie Raboin
Rardin Foundation
Heather Ralph
Ashlynn Ramirez
Lisa Reagan
Kay Reed
Donn Reid
Mary Clare Reidy
Eve Robinson
Teri Rowan
Randi Rubenstein
Patricia Rush
Myra Sabir
Melissa Sadin
Noel Schwartz
Herschel and Noel Schwartz
Calista Scott
Shay Seaborne
Sabrina Shane
Sherri Sharkins
Lynn Sharpe Underwood
Stephen Silha
Carey Sipp
Margaret Sipple
Wendie Skala
Ellen Smith
John Soghigian
Donald Spachman
Elaine Spicer
Jim Sporleder
Dustin Springer
Cendie Stanford
Nancy Staycer
Stephanie Steen
Don Steffen
Harise Stein
Maurean Stephenson
Becky Stern
Jane Stevens
Audrey Stillerman
Wendy Stokesbary
Trevor Storrs
Jean Sullivan
Susan Tarasevich
Martha Teeter
Eulanda Thorne
Deanne Tibbitts
Minerva Tico
Jeanie Tietjen
Deb Timmerman
Beth Tolley
Magda Underdown-DuBois
Beth Usher
Adriana van Altvorst
Anne VandeBerg
Morgan Vien
Katerina Vlahos
Wendy Wade
Sarah H Waite
Jim Wall
Ingre Walters
Sandy Washburn
Teri Wellbrock
Tim Wheatley
Tom and Carol Wheeler
Candace White
Cissy White
Karen White
Sue Fort White
Sarah Wilkinson
Alicia Williams
Laneita Williamson
Bickley Wilson
Emily Wilson
Renée Wilson-Simmons
Steve Wirtz, PhD
Bill Wood
Jodi Woydziak
Sanghoon Yoo
Nada Yorke
Kinika Young
Mara Ziegler
Member fundraising is an ongoing endeavor. To make your gift or monthly pledge, Cockhren encourages fellow members of PACEs Connection to join her and make a generous, tax-deductible donation to PACEs Connection here.
If 
you'd prefer to mail your gift rather than give it online, here's how:
Make check payable to:
TSNE (Third Sector New England, our fiscal sponsor) and write PACEs Connection Donation on the memo line.
Mail check to:
PACEs Connection,
c/o TSNE, 89 South Street
Suite 700
Boston, MA 02111
Making a wire transfer or need Tax ID information?
Please contact Carey Sipp, Director of Strategic Partnerships, at csipp@pacesconnection.com
Please visit here for a listing of our funders and partners, and to learn how you or your organization can join our movement as a funder or partner.
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