2014_2015 Annual Report - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria
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2014_2015 Annual Report - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria
2014 - 2015 Annual Report Welcome Executive Address 3 Since 1977, Big Brothers Big Sisters Our Programs 4 of Victoria has provided Our Mentees & Mentors Highlights from 2014-2015 6 for children and youth 8 Fiscal Year in Review between the ages Our Staff & Board Members About Us of 6 and 18. 10 Recognizing Our Partners & Sponsors The Donation Centre mentoring programs We work with children 11 from Sooke to Salt Spring Island to support their 14 development, enhance their sense 15 of belonging, 16 self-worth and resiliency, and increase their capacity to make healthy, well-informed choices. 2 Executive Address At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we know how valuable our mentoring programs are to so many children in our community. Witnessing those positive outcomes helps keep us motivated and inspires us to meet the challenge of serving the children who are waiting for our services. We are clear in our focus, which is that children come first. This year, along with our ongoing work of serving children, we made improvements to our internal processes. Efficiency experts volunteered their time to review each stage of our volunteer intake process, from point of enquiry through to match. We implemented many of their recommendations, which reduced the wait time for matches and improved the overall experience for children, while maintaining safety standards. Sheila Elworthy In the first year of our three-year strategic plan, we measured the organization’s performance against pre-determined benchmarks and met all of our goals. Board President Rhonda Brown Every four years, our agency undergoes accreditation, which is an audit of all operations, programs, and the governance structure. This year, we exceeded national standards in every area of accreditation. In particular, we received high marks for our organizational management and were one of the agencies that nationally achieved the highest ranking of “strives for excellence.” Executive Director For over 38 years, our community has supported Big Brothers Big Sisters. This is demonstrated each year in the thousands of dedicated volunteer hours, the support of our fundraising events, the allocation of community grants, our strategic business partnerships, and the generous donations of tickets to community events. You trust us with your investment and we work hard to maintain that trust by making efficient use of our resources. We are grateful for the friends, donors, partners, volunteers, and families that we are honoured to work with every day. We are also appreciative of our dedicated board members and staff, who have been very instrumental in making our year so successful. 3 School-Based Mentoring Programs Letters to our in-school mentors: Dear Laurie, You fill my heart with joy and fun. I like it when you smile. Your crafts are so great. I’ll miss you in the summer. I you, Laurie. from Izzy Thank you, Olivia, for doing things with me like this: baking, playing outside, beading, sewing, making sandals and playing board games. I loved hanging out with The 138 Littles in our school-based program are identified by their teachers or school counsellors as children who could benefit from spending quality time with a safe, caring, fun adult. They are students from kindergarten to Grade 5 at Cloverdale, George Jay, Fernwood, Quadra, Ruth King, Salt Spring, Saseenos, Tillicum, and Vic West elementary schools. The children in our program love having a mentor and they look forward to their visit. During the last school year, 139 mentors spent one hour at the school each week. This includes 37 teen mentors (aged 15 to 18) from Belmont Secondary School, Edward Milne Community School and Gulf Islands Secondary School. A huge THANK YOU goes out to all of the school staff who make our in-school mentoring program possible. In 2014-2015, our Go Girls! program helped 66 girls, aged 9 to 14, to enhance their self-confidence, self-esteem, and knowledge about healthy lifestyles—especially in regard to physical activity, healthy eating, and positive self-image. They were supported by 17 Go Girls! mentors women, aged 19 to 30, who are passionate about positively shaping the lives of girls and setting them on a path to reach their potential in life! This small group program, which runs for 10 consecutive weeks, was hosted at George Jay, Quadra, Tillicum, and Victoria West elementary schools, as well as Rockheights Middle School. you. Have a good summer. from Jordyn 4 Community-based Mentoring Programs The 145 Littles in our community-based programs joined the program when they were between 7 and 18 years old. Parents often self-refer their children, because they see the need for a positive adult role model who can spend quality one-on-one time. Over the last year, 143 mentors spent up to four hours each week helping their littles learn the importance of giving back, of staying in school, and of having respect for one’s peers, one’s family and ones self. 79 of those matches have been together for two years or longer. Community mentoring can look different for each little and big matched together. Due to our shortage of Big Brothers (120+ boys are on the waitlist), we often make cross-gender matches. Last year, there were 13 cross-gender matches (Little Brothers matched with Big Sisters) and 2 couples matches (1 Little Brother matched with a pair of mentors). Focus Mentoring is a program for youth who need additional and sustained support to overcome significant disadvantages. Training and resources are provided to the youth, as well as the mentors and family members supporting them, so they can better cope with the negative stigma of mental illness or the challenges of family wellness. Ten CIBC Youthvision Scholarship recipients are also doing well. Two are in high school, three are taking university transfer programs at college, two are completing university degrees, one is enrolled at an art college, and two are taking vocational courses through trades schools. This scholarship enables the students to map out their educational goals, relieves financial stress, and motivates them to do better in school and in life. 5 Our Mentors & Mentees The 350+ littles in our programs come from diverse backgrounds. 90% of our families are led by a lone parent or guardian. Many of our families also face challenges such as poverty, working multiple jobs, and mental or chronic health issues. Between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, over 100 children were matched with a mentor for the first time. Three special community matches came to an end this year. Michaela and Big Sister Kelly, Aidan and Big Brother Brian, and Mathew and Big Brother Ryan all graduated from the program as the little turned 18. We wish them all a lifetime of friendship. In December, 23 littles received a new or refurbished bicycle, thanks to the staff at Russ Hay’s The Bicycle Shop. Many of our littles are only able to participate in team sports and physical activity programs because of funding given by Jumpstart. This year, they helped 102 littles and gave $14,819. Nine littles and their parents became pirates and learned how to hunt for treasure at the Annual Boats for Hope event, hosted by Variety. Littles by Gender 61.7% of Littles 38% of Littles 0.3% of Littles are female are male are transgender Littles by Age 12% are under 8 31% are 9 to 10 28% are 11 to 12 12% are 13 to 14 17% are 15 to 17 Littles by Municipality 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 Victoria, Saanich Peninsula Esquimalt, Oak Bay West Shore Sooke Salt Spring 6 Our Mentors & Mentees We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to the 300+ mentors and volunteers who help us run our programs. We couldn’t do it without you! It takes dedication and commitment to make a difference in a child’s life and we’d like to recognize the long-term mentors who have been volunteering with us for many years. Bigs by Gender 72% of Bigs are female 28% of Bigs are male 0% of Bigs are transgender Bigs by Age 11% are 15 to 18 50% are 19 to 30 21% are 31 to 40 15% 41 to 64 2% are 65+1 Bigs by Municipality 140.0 120.0 100.0 80.0 60.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 7 Victoria, Saanich Peninsula Esquimalt, Oak Bay West Shore Sooke Salt Spring outside CRD 5+ years of mentoring Alicia Smith Brian Robbins Carson Fennell Derek Wilson Gary Belleville Heather Charlton Heather Pryer Jan Henry Joshua Buck Laurence Smith Melina Barnes Ryan LeBlanc Stephen Hammond Tarryn Moore Waleed Rahmani Blair Desjardins Carlo Vijandre Charlene Love Diane Cardin Harvey Erman Heather McDougall Heidi Jackson Jill Smillie Kelly Phillips Laurie Sthamann Paul Abra Sebastien Michaud Tara Hollingsworth Vicki Rehaume 10+ years of mentoring Caroline Roberts Judy Butler Shannon Splawski Simon Gooch Gordon Banta Patrick Thorpe Sherri Smith 15+ years of mentoring Irene Schell Murray Maffey Highlights from 2014-2015 Lean Accreditation Invest in Me In January, staff took a week to evaluate and adjust our volunteer intake process. This task was superbly led by Ryan Visscher from First West Credit Union and Rita Cooper from Island Savings. They generously shared their expertise with us, which led to a more efficient and effective way to process volunteer applications. By refining how we request volunteer references and Criminal Record Checks, we were able to reduce by several weeks the time it takes to screen and prepare new volunteers. Invest in Me was launched in 2014. Hosted in eight classrooms across Greater Victoria, the program engaged 208 children, and raised over $3800 for us. The partnership between Startup Skool, Big Brothers Big Sisters and The Boston Pizza Foundation helps students learn about financial literacy, critical thinking, social responsibility, entrepreneurship and fundraising. The children are invited to donate the proceeds from their start-up business to help match more children in their community with mentors. Summer BBQ Our annual summer BBQ drew hundreds of littles, bigs and family members to the Gorge Park. A big Thank You goes to the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club for the canoe rides, Keri for keeping everyone cheery, the staff from Telus for manning the bbq, and to everyone who helped Victoria Pie Co. make the yummy pies for dessert. 8 Highlights from 2014-2015 Tim Horton’s Camp This year, eight littles applied to attend the week-long Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Camp in Alberta. Here is a letter we received from one of our families, sharing the difference it made for their child. Bowl for Kids’ Sake April saw 30 teams of super heroes come forward to help raise funds for our mentoring programs. Over 120 bowlers lined up at Langford Lanes in the Westshore, and Miracle Lanes in Sydney, to Bowl for Kids’ Sake. The event, spread over two weekends, raised over $55,000, a significant increase over last year. We’d like to thank all of our sponsors, silent auction contributors and bowlers for making it such a fabulous event. An extra special Thank You goes out to the Best Big Board Team who collectively raised over $21,000. You truly are super heroes! 9 “We just want to thank you for making it possible for Matthew to attend the Tim Horton’s camp. To say he had the time of his life would be an understatement! However, from our point of view, what’s more important is the effect the camp has had on his personality and outlook on life. Matthew was beginning to become quite despondent, largely because of his multiple surgeries. More and more all he wanted to do was stay in his room playing video games. Matthew was a boy who once had a great appetite for life. He used to enjoy martial arts, riding his bicycle all over the CRD, and going to the gym. Sadly, in recent months he started to let his hygiene slide and put on weight by finding comfort in mindless games and junk food. These, of course, are classic signs of deepening depression. Since returning from Kananaskis, though, Matthew has: expressed a renewed desire to get out and about, become almost fanatical about cleanliness, returned to the gym, rejected junk foods, asked for healthy foods, and become willing to taste new foods. Matthew also made some close friends at camp. Due to ease of communications these days, I think some of the kids he met at camp will be friends for a long time to come. Our boy is back! Matthew has even asked for an application for the Leadership Program with Tim Horton’s camps. I think Matthew is a natural born leader and would prove an asset to the program. Once again, thank you. We will forever be grateful to you for facilitating Matthew ’s attendance at the camp. By doing so, you might have helped save him from a grim future.“ Fiscal Year in Review (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015) Revenue (Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2015) Funding & BC Gaming Donations 12% 9% Interest & Incidentals 1% Grants & Subsidies 9% Donation Centre 60% United Way 9% Expenses (Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2015) Administration 11% Donation Centre 54% Programs 35% Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region has had a successful year. Revenue increased overall by 6% to $1,257,629 (2014 -$1,189,288). Notably, fundraising and donations increased by 11%, while Donation Centre revenue increased by 10%. The increase in fundraising can be attributed to a successful Bowl for Kids’ Sake campaign in 2015. A new attended donation station was opened in the year, contributing to the Donation Centre revenue increase to $803,837 (2014 - $728,972). United Way contributions decreased 26%, due to the timing of grants received. Expenses were relatively stable over the previous year, increasing 1% to $1,253,837 (2014 - $1,239,695). The largest decrease was in truck operation expenses, with lease transition costs in the previous year contributing to the decrease of 21%. Program/partnership expenses increased by 33% to $108,017 (2014 – $81,408), which was mainly due to the purchase of clothing from other agencies. Wages and personnel increased $15,393, or 2%, as a result of the new attended donation station full-time staff. The resulting surplus for the year was $3,792 (2014 – deficit of $50,407). The balance sheet had relatively little change from the previous year. Net assets at the end of the year were $48,035 (2014 - $44,243). Drawing on the line of credit resulted in bank indebtedness of $38,723 (2014 – nil), while the cash balance was $132,221 (2014 - $122,414). I would like to offer a big thank you to our donors, sponsors and volunteers for their contributions this year. Without you, we would not be able to provide so many youth in the Capital Region with a positive adult in their life. Of course, these results are only possible with the incredible work of our staff. Your dedication and passion is making a real difference in our community! Laura Lemon, Treasurer, Board of Directors 10 Recognizing our Partners & Supporters Thank you to the individuals, families, corporations and foundations that help support our programs and fundraising events, including those who wish to remain anonymous. Your clothing, monetary and in-kind donations, expertise and countless volunteer hours are greatly appreciated. Partners $100,000+ Partners $10,000 to $50,000 Partners $5,000 to $10,000 Partners up to $5,000 Arbonne Foundation The Joe Wo Trust 11 Recognizing Our Partners & Supporters 5th Street Bar & Grill 98.5 Ocean 1832 Asset Management L.P. A.A.A. Stamp Coin and Jewelry AGF Investments Arbutus Ridge Golf Club Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Artisan Wine Shop Avro Candy BBBS Canada BC Hydro Hydrecs Fund BC Privacy Commission Bin 4 Burger Lounge Blair Patterson Law Bliss Informatics Blueheron Advisory Group (of CIBC Wood Gundy) Blue Heron Art Bond Bond’s Bakery Bubby Rose’s Bakery Campus Honda Canadian Tire Canadian Western Bank Canoe Brewpub Capital Iron Catalyst Lifestyle Holdings Ltd. CIBC Asset Management Inc. Clarington Investments Club Monaco COBS Bread Columbia Fuels Conforti Brothers Construction Cook’s Day Off Catering CPCM & Co. CPAs Daniel R. McDonagh Law Corporation Delta Ocean Pointe Resort David's Tea Diversicare Canada Dutch Bakery Dynamic Mutual Funds EACOM Timber Corporation Eclipse Creative E.T. Enterprises Fairfield Gonzales Community Association Fairmont Empress Fairway Markets Fidelity Investments Canada ULC Field & Company LLP Firm Management Corporation First Island Fitness Centres for Women Flying Otter Grill Fol Epi Francis Tan Friends Uniting for Nature (Fun) GAP Inc. Golf Town Good Earth Coffee House Gordon Head Lions Club Harbour Air Harry De Swager Fund Helping Hands Hendry Swinton McKenzie Hillside Mall Hotel Grand Pacific HSM Insurance IA Clarington Investments Inc. Il Terrazzo Invesco Canada Ltd. Investors Group Island Farms Island Floors Island Office Island Parent Fund Jack Insurance and Financial Services Jack FM John’s Place KPA Consulting Inc KPMG LLP Lakehill Elementary School Law Office of Sarah Klinger LC Coins Leadership Victoria Les Timothy London Drugs Lush Mackenzie Financial Corporation Mariner Computer Centre Ltd. Market on Millstream Mayfair Shopping Centre McDonald’s McKenzie Investments Montessori Society Montroyal Contracting Ltd. Mount Finlayson Madness Noodle Box Northridge Excavating Ltd. Nourish Bistro Oak Bay Bicycles Ocean Property Management Old Navy Olympic Physiotherapy Origin Bakery Osprey Silviculture Operations Ltd. Otter Point Beach House Oxford Foods Ltd. Pagliacci’s Parkside Resort and Spa Patisserie Daniel Pedersons Rentals Peninsula Consumer Services Co-operative Pescatores PetSmart Pig Postmedia Network Foundation Price’s Alarms Prima Strada Prince of Whales PSC Natural Foods Quality Foods Renaissance Investments Royal Bank of Canada Royal BC Museum Roger’s Chocolates Rogers Communications Rotary Club of Sidney Royal BC Museum Russ Hay’s The Bicycle Shop S.A.L.T.S—Sail and Life Training Society Scholastic Books Schneider Electric Serious Coffee Shields Harney Silk Road SMART Shows Inc. Spectrum Community School Spinnakers Brewpub Sprott Asset Management L.P. Standard Life Starbucks Startup Skool TD Asset Management TD Bank Financial Group Tervita Corporation The Bay The Body Shop The Guild Tim Hortons Tigh-na-Mara Resort & Spa Value Village Vancity Variety—The Children's Charity Victoria Cougars Junior Hockey Victoria Imperial Lions Victoria Kayak and Canoe Club Victoria Paper Show Victoria Royals Victoria Shriner’s Club WestJet Western Speedway West-Mont Montessori School White Spot Wildfire Bakery Yates Street Taphouse YMCA-YWCA of Greater Victoria Zambri’s 12 Recognizing Our Partners & Supporters 13 Ajay Virmani Al Coccola Albrecht Klieber Ali Hossaini Amy Paster Andre Pickersgill Andrea Roach Anthony Baker Atholl Malcolm Audrey Balding Audrey Sowerby Barb Jones Barbara Holme Barbara Howell Barbara Muller Barry Lurges Bernice Groves Bob Turner Brad Buie Bradley Bardua Bradley Colbert Brenda Taylor Brian Rush Bryce Dymond Cairine MacDonald Carol Newton Carol Turnham Carolyn Schoepp Carson Fennell Chris Passero Cindy Lundy Claire Devenport Colin Sauer Colleen Craig Cory Laprade Cynthia Manners Daniel Taylor David Black David Cox David Glen David Hepburn David Morgan David Pickersgill David Sirtonski Deborah Lee Delia McCrae Dennis Jeanneault Derek Richardson Diana Alfred Doug Dallinger Edith Taylor Eileen Bell Elaine Curling Eleanor Culver Elspeth and Gordon Brown Faqir Khanna Francois Brassard Gail Meston Gary Barker Gary Dromarsky Gayle Bliss Georgina Curren Gila Cupchik Gordon Flann Graham Isenegger and Neil Chappell Gypsy Fisher Hang Thi Le Hartly Helen Enquist Herbert Pitts Hugh Culver Hugh Schmid Ian Fleming Irmgard Knudskov James Reynolds Jan Prsala Jeanne Manners Jeffery Moses Joanne Holyoak John Congdon John Neville John Schibli John Shillington Jorgen Baess Judith Stevenson Judy Moscovitz Katherine Sanford Kathleen Barnes Ken Craig Ken Merkley Ken Smith Kim Howell Laura Backstrom Lee Kalnin Leslie Hall Linda Bown Lisa Mort-Putland Lucie Thibault Mafalda Di Iorio Marc Bissley Margaret Young Maria Hewitt Mariastella Barbon Matthew Desjardins Maureen Boylan Maureen Elworthy Meghan Casault Melanie Murray Merv Feick Michael McEvoy Michael Meagher Michael Skinner Michael Wyeth Mike Akey Neil Paterson Nicholas Withers Norma Schmidt Pat Frewer Pat Towne Patricia Culver Paul Elworthy Paul Hammond Paul Johnston Penelope Pattison Peter Shand Phil Lambert Ralph Carrol Ralph Einarson Reid James Rhonda Brown Richard Auchinleck Richard Wolfe Rob Gialloretto Robert Biely Robin Dyke Rosamund Soares Rosemarie Colterman Roy Kendall Samantha Lloyd Samera Hess Sandi Winter Sarah Riecken Sheila Elworthy Shelby Webb Sherisse Norris Stan Khan Stephen Hammond Steve Cockayne Steve Kleinschmidt Sue Culver Susan Alexander Tara and Dannie Clayton Ted Yeates Terrence Tyers Terry Casey Tim Bancroft Tim Witoski Tom Dickson Tony Gage Tony Meek Val Waller Wendy Holob The Donation Centre In September 2014, our Donation Centre launched the new donation station at Tillicum Centre, increasing the options for people wanting to donate clothing to us. In addition to arranging for a home pick-up, or dropping-off of items at our office and the Saturday donation station at Westshore Town Centre, donors can now visit the staffed station on the corner of Tillicum and Arena Road seven days a week. The Attended Donation Station at Tillicum is open from 9:30 am to 7:00 pm on weekdays and from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm on weekends. Beyond the Box On Family Day, participants in the Community Leadership Development Program at Leadership Victoria hosted a special awareness and clothing drive for us, called Beyond the Box, at four recreation centres across the region. Along with dropping off clothing items, the event gave people an opportunity to meet Littles and Bigs and to learn more about our mentoring programs. In the past year, supporters donated 1,545,301 pounds of gently -used clothing and cloth items. Not only were those items kept from the landfill, the revenue raised from them was put to good use. Every dollar generated through our Donation Centre is crucial to our agency. These funds help us match children with volunteer mentors and further develop our programs so that we are able to meet our community’s growing needs. We are proud to make the donation process as simple as possible and would like to sincerely THANK YOU for supporting our clothing donation program. 14 Our Staff & Board Members Programs & Services Donation Centre Board of Directors Executive Director: Centre Manager: President: Rhonda Brown Cheryl Faerber Sheila Elworthy Administration & Development: Administrative & Shift Supervisors: Past-President: Anthea Cheng, James McKillop, Abdulla Alzareei, Jessica Sarah Klinger Matthew Leonhard, Meghan Boekelheide, Laura S. McIvor Cassault Treasurer: Telephone Representatives: Laura Lemon Mentoring & Intake: Darcy Lapushinsky, Deb Usak, Bonnie Milbury, Christine Golder, Eden Thom, Johnny Pranic, Kelly Secretary: Jenny Davidson, Krista Reta, Larsen, Marnie Hawksworth, Nina Delia McCrae Lilaine Galway, Matthew Strating, Boncajes, Russ Allert, Trish St. Louis Mindy Francis, Quinn Hoffman, Sarah Harvey Practicum and Summer Students: Directors: Donation Centre Drivers: Anne Wetherill, Chris Gilbert, Cameron Wilson, Carsen Baker, Edward (Ted) Yeates, Mike Wyeth, Derek Dudley, Ron Montgomery Monty Bryant, Steve Chubby, Eric Vila, Ginger Vaaro, Jesse Peal, Jessica Prill, Kai Fishleigh Tammy Khanna Attended Station Representatives: Jorge Elizondo, Ron Solis, Tom Committee Members: Powers Darrah Grove-White, Gayle Bliss, Quinn Yu, Sue Pratt In Memory of Mike Mitchell 15 About Us Mission: Vision: To provide mentoring programs for children and youth Every child who needs a mentor has a mentor We believe in: Mentoring — Mentoring has the power to change lives. Healthy Children & Youth — The healthy development of every child is enhanced by positive, safe, nurturing mentoring relationships. Prevention — We provide effective preventative services and advocate for healthy families. Volunteerism — Volunteers are our greatest resources. We invest in our volunteers to enable them to make real differences in the lives of children and youth. Respect — The diversity of people, cultures, values and ideas is welcomed and celebrated with care and understanding. Collaboration — Community collaboration enhances our services. Quality — We invest in service excellence, and maintain the highest standards for children, youth, families, volunteers and our community. Accountability — Our services are based upon commitment, relevance, transparency and best practices. Leadership — Our knowledge, innovation and best practices are shared with others to inspire volunteerism and positive engagement. 230 Bay Street ǀ Victoria ǀ V9A 3K5 250.475.1117 ǀ www.bbbsvictoria.com 16