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The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Mission
is to help children reach their
potential
through
professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with measurable impact.
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The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Vision
is successful mentoring relationships for
all children who need and want them,
contributing to better schools, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
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“The feeling you get when your Big helps you do what you can to achieve
your dreams and goals is unimaginable.” — Kelsea (Little)
“Being a Big is supposed to be about inspiring a child and helping them find
their way, but as a Big, you can’t help but be inspired and find your own way.”
Children,
Integrity,
Teamwork,
Ethical Behavior, Cultural Diversity,
Mutual Respect, High Quality
Volunteers and Staff, Stewardship
and
Responsible
Growth.
— Cindy Robinson (Big)
Jefferson County
Hardin & LaRue Counties
1519 Gardiner Ln. Ste. B | Louisville, KY 40218 | 502-587-0494
617 N. Mulberry | Elizabethtown, KY 42701 | 270-769-5225
Clark & Floyd Counties
P.O. Box 987 | Jeffersonville, IN 47130 | 812-284-4001
Shelby County
P.O. Box 835 | Shelbyville, KY 40065 | 502-633-5132
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K e n t u c k i a n a
www.bbbsky.org
116 S. Columbia Ave. | Campbellsville, KY 42718 | 270-465-2254
P.O. Box 342 | Buckner, KY 40010 | 502-222-7473
600 E. Chestnut St. | Corydon, IN 47112 | 812-738-8918
Chuck Mathews, 2007 National Big Brother of the Year, with little brother Rico.
Taylor County
Oldham County
Harrison County
Marion County
214 N. Mulberry | Lebanon, KY 40033 | 270-692-1858
Photography provided by John Sodrel
Graphic Design provided by Steve Stivers
Nelson County
P.O. Box 1221 | Bardstown, KY 40004 | 502-350-0551
L i t t l e
m o m e n t s . . .
B i g
M a g i c
“There is no better
gift and reward than
to listen, coach and
love a child. They
are the gates to the
future.” — Judy &
“The Big Brothers/Big
SIsters program is helpful
to younger people, giving
you someone to talk to.”
— Antonio (Little)
“Involvement in Big
Brothers/Big Sisters is
not just about positively
affecting one person’s
life—it has a snowball
affect. It is not just about
giving, it is very much a
two-way street.”
1,786
Management &
General 7%
]
Fund Raising
15%
[
2006/2007
Revenue
Metro
United Way
Foundations/ $480,770
Govt. Grants
$742,966
]
[
Bowl For
Kids Sake
$535,127
Other
$50,281
Program 78%
Contributions/
Annual Giving
$1,826,064
— Richie Gimmel (Big)
Statement of
Financial Activities
Special Events
$37,428
1,374
2005
[
1,539
83%
2004
]
2007
2006
1,227
81%
RESPECT FOR OTHER CULTURES
86%
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
SELF-CONFIDENCE
88%
Trust For Mentor
93%
] [
“It has been a
wonderful experience
to see Chris grow over
the past few years. The
possibilities for this
young man’s future
are limitless.”
— Torrie
Spiller (Big)
— Tommy Lee (Little)
Distribution
of Expenses
— Chris (Little)
“With this
program, I can
change the life
of a child and
become a
kid again.”
“Big Brothers and
Big Sisters is very
fun. They teach you
about the world and
other things and are
very caring.”
Matched
Children
DECISION MAKING
[
Positive
Outcomes
— Darielle
(Little)
Roger Lanning (Big)
— Jeff Underhill (Big)
“Having a Big brother
is great because you
get a friend that is
older. It’s fun to learn
about things together.”
“Life is too
far to walk
through alone.”
Unrestricted Temporarily
Restricted
]
Permanently
Restricted
Total
Revenues and support:
$2,749,545
$923,091
$3,672,636
Expenses:
Program
Management/General
Fund-raising
Total Expenses
$1,454,823
$134,064
$284,542
$1,872,429
$1,454,823
$134,064
$284,542
$1,872,429
Net increase in total net assets
$877,116
$923,091
Net assets at beginning of year
$308,201
$881,361
$1000
$1,190,562
$1,185,317 $1,804,452
$1000
$2,990,769
Net assets at end of year
$1,800,207
Community Mentoring Program
School Based Mentoring Program
Sports Buddies Program
Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program
In our Community Mentoring Program, our Little Brothers and
Little Sisters are matched with one of our trained adult volunteer
mentors and these relationships may last a lifetime. The mentor will
come to the Little Brother/Sister’s home and they then spend quality
time together in both home and community activities. The mentors
serve as role models and provide friendships built on trust. Parents/
caregivers contact us when their child needs another caring adult in
their lives to spend time with them and provide needed attention,
support and guidance.
In the school-based program, each child is matched with a volunteer
mentor who agrees to spend one hour per week during the school year
and ONLY on the school grounds. They will have all the resources of
the school available to them including the library, the computer lab,
as well as the gymnasium. This program stresses literacy, homework,
analytical thinking and creative thinking as well as games and other
social activities. Teachers often refer students who have untapped
potential and are experiencing problems with academics, attendance
and/or behavior.
This sports based program is designed for our active Little Brothers
and Little Sisters who enjoy any type of spectator or participant
sporting activities. The program has a sports/health/fitness focus and
a goal to improve youth physical fitness, and create/continue regular
exercise regimens. The adult volunteers meet with their youth twice
a month for at least four months. They focus on a wide variety of
activities including individual and team sports, and other physical
fitness activities. Each youth member is matched with a Big Brother
or Sister who has similar sports activity interests.
Project Dream
This program reaches out to a special population to provide support to
children who have an incarcerated parent. The program, funded by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides mentors for
children in need of additional one-to-one attention.
This program serves another special population—children with
developmental disabilities. Through both community and school-based
matches, mentors provide one-to-one support and friendship to children
throughout Kentucky.
Sharing the Vision
Sp e c i a l
d o n o r s
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Donors, Sponsors, Contributors 2006-2007 (donors are listed at levels that reflect actual total giving to BBBSKY in Fiscal year July 2006 - June 2007)
DREAM MAKERS
$100,000 - 499,999
Metro United Way
U.S.Dept. of Health and Human Services
U.S.Dept. of Education
MEMORY MAKERS
$10,000-$100,000
Arby’s Charity Tour
BB & T Charitable Foundation
Brown-Forman Corporation
COX Radio
Cralle Foundation
Domino’s Pizza
Elizabethtown Board of Education
Gheens Foundation
Gold Vault Inn, Inc.
Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation
Hardin County Fiscal Court
Harrison County Community Foundation
Insight
Jamie and Cory Foundation
Louisville Metro Alliance for Youth
Louisville Metro Government
Morris Investments
Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc.
RJReynolds
Sumner Foundation
United Way of Central Kentucky
WHAS Crusade for Children
Woodward Hobson & Fulton
MAGIC MAKERS
$5,000-$9,999
Wes Beckner
William E. Barth Foundation
CBS Outdoor
Churchill Downs, Inc.
Cotton & Allen PSC
CurrentMarketing
Etscorn Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Fore Armstrong Farm Apts. L.P.
Head Family Trust
Hewlett Packard
Louisville Bats
Mildred V. Horn Foundation
Bob Montgomery
OfficeMax
Owen Funeral Home
Public Radio Partnership
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdon
Jeri Swinton
Walmart Foundation
UPS
FRIENDSHIP MAKERS
$1,000-$4,999
Aegon
Actus Lend Lease
Tomas Aguilera
American Commercial Lines
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Artemis Fund
Roberto & Patricia Bajandas
B.F. South Inc. DBA Wendy’s
Bargain Supply Company
Buckhead Mountain Grill
Business First
Bruce Fox, Inc.
Caesars Foundation of Floyd County
Cardinal Health Foundation
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Chase Bank
CitiCards
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Community Foundation of Louisville
Community Foundation of Southern
Indiana
Compaq - HP
Dixie Wicks, LLC
Floyd County, Indiana Treasurer
Fort Knox Federal Credit Union
Gannett Foundation
Gateway Press
GE Employee Community Fund
Edmund George
Gilbert Foundation
Jerry Gob
Greg Greenwood
Dorsey Hall
Bob Helfrich
Susie Houston
Kentucky State Fair Board
Kosair Charities
Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc.
Karen Lee
LEO
Louisville Fire Football
Louisville Magazine
Louisville Technical Institute
Lucas Oil Products
Lucky Strike Lanes
Mark McCallum
Mahan Foundation, Inc.
MacLean Foundation
Masterson’s Catering
Menasha Corporation
Moses Ruben Fund
Oldham County Farm Bureau
Outback Steakhouse
PC Staffing
Process Machinery, Inc
ProMedia
Louis R. Roth
Diane R. Seaman
Shelby County Fiscal Court
Sypris Solutions, Inc.
Southern Wine & Spirits
Today’s Woman
Ten Broeck Hospital
Bernard Trager
United Way of Central Indiana
United Way of Nelson County
United Way of South Central Kentucky
Wellpoint Foundation
Bill White
Keith Winstead
XpedX
MOMENT MAKERS
$500 - $999
ADI
Able Construction
Mayor Jerry Abramson
Amazon.com
American Founders Bank
Mike Anderson
Baptist Hospital Northeast
Bardstown Bowling Center
Bedford Bank
John Belski
Benefitprotect
Scott Brown
Allan L. Crumes
J. Michael Dalton
Fastline Publications
JPL Management
Jason Helmkamp
Hilton Garden Inn Louisville
Huddle House
Impressions
Jim Kunau
Kentucky RSA #4 Cellular
Jessica Klein
Terry Malcolm
National City Bank - Oldham
Mike & Marcia Pratt
Tonii Rizzo
Mark and Kay Rountree
Bob Stem
US LEC
Sue Waling
Zoeller Company
Y ou know it’s been a good year when. . .
• One of our volunteers is named National
Big Brother of the Year.
• We receive our first-ever million-dollar
donation.
• We are chosen as a Top 20 Big Brothers Big
Sisters agency in the United States.
• We surpass our goal for growth in number
of matches.
Here are the details for these and
other 2007 headline events:
• A local Big Brother, Chuck Matthews,
was named the National Big Brother of
the Year at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America National Conference in Phoenix,
Arizona. In addition to receiving recognition at the conference, Chuck and his Little
Brother, Rico, 15, met with the President
of the United States in the oval office. The
President was impressed when Rico told
him his grades had improved and he wanted
to become a pediatrician. Chuck became
interested in serving as a Big Brother
several years ago, at the encouragement of
Wade and Allan Houston.
• We received our first-ever $1,000,000
donation. Kosair Charities recognized
the good work we do and the need to
serve even more children in our community and generously made a commitment
that guaranteed enough dollars, combined with donations already pledged, to
purchase and renovate our building and
expand our programs.
• We were recognized as one of the top 20
quality Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in
the United States (out of more than 400
agencies). This is based on the quality of
our matches, number of children served,
and financial stability.
• We surpassed our goal of 15% growth in
the number of matches. We served 1,786
children in 2007, a jump of 16.2% from 2006.
The largest growth was in our community
program; school matches increased as well.
• We launched our Hispanic Mentoring
Initiative. Under the leadership of Carlos
Wehby and Tomas Aguilera, we began
matching Spanish speaking volunteers with
children of Hispanic/Latin descent. Carlos
and Tomas have organized a Leadership
Council that assisted in developing the program, recruiting volunteers, and spreading
the word to families. A new video and new
brochures were produced to support the
effort.
Garry Throckmorton
Jeri Swinton
• We were commended by the United States
government for our Mentoring Children
of Prisoners program. The Department
of Health and Human Services notified
us that we were in the top 5% of the MCP
grantees in the country, based on achieving funding goals in years one and two (FY
04-05 and 05-06). We already have served
more than 300 children of prisoners.
• Two former volunteers have become state
leaders. Daniel Mongiardo, a former Big
Brother in the Lexington program, was
elected Lieutenant Governor. Former Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana board
member J. Michael Brown was named
Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety
Cabinet by Governor Steve Beshear. Both
are proud of their association with Big
Brothers Big Sisters and continue to serve
as role models to the youth in the commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Big Sister and UPS pilot Karen Lee learned
how to “hip-hop” dance from her Little
Brother, Colyea. No doubt this skill will
come in handy in her role as Director of
Flight Operations for UPS.
With all these achievements, we are
well positioned for continued growth.
Our waiting list, consistently over 500-600
youth, dictates that we continue to find
more Big Brothers and Big Sisters who can
provide quality friendships that impact the
youth in our community.
Letter from Board President, Garry Throckmorton and Executive Director, Jeri Swinton
Board of Directors
Tomas Aguilera
(T.A. Industries)
Mike Anderson
(Churchill Downs)
Dallas Beall (Dallas Jewelers)
Syvoskia Bray
(Greater Louisville Inc.)
J. Michael Dalton (Woodward,
Hobson & Fulton)
*Jessica Klein
(PriceWaterhouse Coopers)
Greg DeMuth
(Irwin Union Bank)
Diana Ditto Jones
(Louisville Metro Police)
Heather Farrer (Chrysalis)
Mike Gleeson
(Fifth Third Bank)
Jerry Gob
(Technical Solutions Group)
Earl “Chip” Hamm (Jefferson
Development Group)
Michelle Harper (Woodward,
Hobson & Fulton)
Jason Helmkamp
(Southern Graphic Systems)
Helen Helton (Tilford,
Dobbins, Alexander,
Buckaway & Black, PLLC)
Patti Hobbs (UPS)
Jim Kunau (Six Flags Kentucky
Kingdom)
Karen Lee (UPS)
*Terry Malcolm (Dancor)
Mark McCallum
(Brown-Forman)
Alan McGinnis (E. ON U.S.)
Bob Montgomery
(Cotton & Allen)
David Owen
(Owen Funeral Home)
Marcia Pearson (Gwin
Steinmetz Miller & Baird)
Marcia Pratt (BB & T)
Larry Riff (Norton Healthcare)
Tonii Rizzo (Abel Construction
Company)
*Stephen Scannell
(Jewish Hospital and
St. Mary’s Healthcare)
Jason Shingleton
(Klosterman’s Bakery)
Cheryl Stout
(Baptist Hospital East)
*Garry Throckmorton
(Republic Bank & Trust)
Mike Wolf (Hosparus)
Darin Young
(First Capital Bank of KY)
Howard Young
(PNC Mortgage)
* Board officer
It is easier to build
strong children than to
repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass
2007 Corporate Sponsors
BB & T
Aegon
Bargain Supply Co.
Business First
CBS Outdoors
Churchill Downs
Coca-Cola
Cox Radio
107.7SFR
Domino’s Pizza
Ford
Gateway Press, Inc.
Insight
LEO
Lucky Strike
Louisville Bats
Louisville Technical
Institute
Lucas Oil Products
OfficeMax
Oldham County
Farm Bureau
Process Machinery,
Inc.
PC Staffing
Public Radion
Partnership
-WFPK
ProMedia Group
Six Flags Kentucky
Kingdom
Southwest Airlines
Wal-Mart
Woodward Hobson
& Fulton
2007 Top Bowlers
Keith Winstead (Hewlett Packard)
Cheryl Chivers (Baptist Hospital East)
Mark Knipp (Cotton & Allen)
John Miller (NPC)
Donald Rowe (Fischbach USA)
Jeanna Jones (Strothman & Company)
Mike Byers (E-Town Rotary)
Toni Coomer (Fort Knox Federal Credit Union)
Bob Montgomery (Cotton & Allen)