Brochure prepared for The Raymond Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving children literacy.

1. Board of Directors
Raymond P. Kurlak, President & The Raymond
Founder
The Raymond Foundation, Inc.
Foundation, Inc.
Beth A. O'Neill
Medical Technologist & Graduate
Student
Gerald L. Lattal, retired
Hamilton Sundstrand (UTC
subsidiary) Contact Us
Thomas I. Rogan For more information on
United Technologies Corporation The Raymond Foundation
please contact:
Each member of the Board of
Directors serves as a private John C. Mayo
citizen and not as a representative of Director of Program Development
any institution or business.
15 Fernbel Lane
West Hartford, CT 06107
Officers & Staff 860-521-8110
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Cell 860-716-2278
Raymond P. Kurlak,
President Email: johnc19@comcast.net
Michael A. Tedone,
Secretary/Treasurer
Filomeno & Company, P.C.
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The Raymond Foundation. Inc.
41 Crossroads Plaza, PMB 112
John C. Mayo,
Director of Program Development West Hartford, CT 06117
www.raymondfoundation.org

2. In addition to after-school instruction,
the Foundation provides support for in-
school instruction, tutor training, the Our Mission
purchase of curriculum materials, and
ongoing supervision and support to - To work to improve the education
ensure that students enrolled in of children and their families by
Foundation-supported reading supporting activities in public schools
programs improve their reading skills. or charitable organizations that
promote literacy or address other
important needs in an educational
setting.
The Raymond Foundation - To identify and support research
related to this mission.
The Raymond Foundation was The National Assessment of
founded in August 2000 to address Educational Progress (NAEP) data The Foundation pursues its mission
the needs of children with reading reports that 33 percent of American through grant support of activities
difficulties who were at risk of failure fourth-graders are unable to read at that it judges offer the best approach
in our nation's public school system. the basic level and 67 percent fall to building the learning capabilities of
below the proficient or higher level children.
The Foundation seeks to assist (The Nation's Report Card, Reading
children in obtaining the reading 2007). In practice, the supported activities
skills necessary for success in school have largely centered on reading
and life by providing support to tutoring programs involving the use
public schools, charitable of trained volunteers in public
organizations and community groups schools for preschool through early
utilizing effective reading instruction elementary school students. The
with a proven record of success. emphasis is on one-on-one tutoring
offered as an "add-on" to the school
Initiatives supported by the Raymond program with full support by the
Foundation include one-on-one school staff.
tutoring using certified tutors and
teacher trainers, after-school The Foundation is committed to
programs, and literacy technology collaborating and sharing successful
(combining interactive computer and strategies. Through partnerships with
reading instruction). local corporations, other foundations
and community organizations, the
More than 25 programs in 9 different Raymond Foundation works to
states have been funded by the leverage resources and ensure
Raymond Foundation over the past effective results.
seven years.