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Letter from the CEO
Dear Friends,I am delighted to share with you this year’s Impact Report, which revolves around the idea of the NSPExperience. As you read on, I hope that you’ll notice the commonalities between the experiences of different NSP stakeholders—our clients, our student volunteers, our partners. Above all else, the NSPExperience hinges on the idea that our destiny is intertwined with that of our neighbors.To underscore this point, you’ll notice that we never refer to the NSP Experience of communitymembers or of students in isolation. This report focuses on what unites our clients, volunteers, andpartners—results, commitment, innovation, and partnership.Our 2005-2006 program year is best summed up by the idea of community immersion. We drilled deeperinto the communities we presently serve, expanding the portfolio of services that we offer to clients.Our numbers of meetings per client and services rendered per client saw impressive growth over lastyear’s numbers, resulting in our highest-ever rates of job and housing placements. Similarly, ourvolunteer base and the hours they served grew substantially, which undoubtedly enhanced the qualityof our client service and the overall impact of the NSP Experience on the lives of the young people whoserve with us.Financially, 2005-2006 was marked by sharp increases in private revenue, which we hope to repeat in theyear ahead; we believe that the more diverse our base of funding is, the more sustainable NSP will be.We owe special thanks to Tom Brokaw, General Wesley Clark, and Senator Arlen Specter—three long-timeNSP supporters who generously stepped up to bolster NSP’s funding activities this past year.Most importantly, we continue to work hard to make sure that you—our valued individual supporters—experience the impact of your investments. I hope that the following pages will allow you to see yoursupport come alive, and I look forward to building upon our shared NSP Experience in the months andyears ahead.With gratitude,Kirsten E. LodalCEO, Co-Founder
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