Annual Report 2010-2011 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern

Wood/Ottawa County Office
1616 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green, OH 43402
Phone (419)354-2113 FAX (419)352-9679 bbbsnwo@wcnet.org
Fulton /Williams County Office
PO Box 187, Wauseon, OH 43567
Phone (419)337-9208 Fax (419)337-9287 bbbsnwo@fultoncountyoh.com
Lucas County Office
Four SeaGate, Suite 660, Toledo, OH 43604
Phone (419)243-4600 Fax (419)243-2402 bbbsnwo@bbbsnwo.org
County of Lucas
Workforce Development Agency
2010 - 2011 Revenue Sources
Annual Report
January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011
2010 - 2011 Expenditures
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About Our Leadership
Chairman of the Board, Stephen Mitchell , has been
Chairman of the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern
Ohio since September 2009, and a member of the Board since
2006. Mr. Mitchell is the President of Mitchell Development.
Steve joined Mitchell Development in 1993. The company is involved in land development projects primarily for single and multifamily residential dwelling units. Prior to joining Mitchell Development, Steve completed the management training program and worked in the capital markets area of Society Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. Steve earned his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Bowdoin College. He is currently a member of the Toledo Home Builders Association, Board member of Signature Bank, N. A., The Learning Club, Governors member of
the Inverness Club, council member of Boy Scouts Troop #27 & Venture Crew
#2027. Previously, he was on the Board of Trustees of West Side Montessori Center,
and Sylvania Community Improvement Corporation.
President/CEO, Barbie J. Harrison came to Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Northwestern Ohio in 1996 with many years of social service administration experience. Her leadership has led the agency in
partnering with several agencies and companies to create projects
that meet a variety of mentoring needs of a variety of children.
Mrs. Harrison has received the Outstanding Community Women of
the Year Award by the Maumee Valley Council of Girl Scouts, YWCA
Milestones: A Tribute to Women Award in the category of Social Services, Impact Newsmaker Awards by the Northwest Black Media Association and many other awards and
recognition for executive leadership and community service.
2010 – 2011 Board of Directors
Chairman
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell Development
Past Chairman
James P. Silk, Jr.
Spengler Nathanson, PLL
Vice Chairman
Raymond Wood
Secretary
Wayne Blanchard
Region 2-B Int’l,
Representative
Secretary
Barbara Konop
Retired
Treasurer
Matthew Kang
HCR Manor Care,
VP Treasurer
Scott Brinker
Health Care REIT
Sr. Vice President
Dr. Helen Cooks
Retired, UT Asst.
Office of Excel
Albert Kirby
Retired, Insurance
Elizabeth Kollar
Fifth Third Bank
Sr. VP Consumer
Jeffrey Levesque
Merrill Lynch
Lamont Thurston
Brooks Insurance
William Wolff
Hylant Group
UAW Local 14, President
Mentoring Programs
Our mission is to provide quality mentoring relationships
between children and qualified adults in Northwestern
Ohio, and promote their development into competent,
confident and caring individuals. We strive to achieve this
through the following programs:
 Traditional Mentoring — community based one-on-one mentoring as a Big Brother or Big Sister.
 Positive Connections provides mentoring to children of
mentally ill parents.
 The M-3 Project is an anti-alcohol and drug use mentoring to
pre-teenage girls.
 The WIA Project furnishes career and employment related mentoring to high school students.
 Mentoring Children of Prisoners – matches
children that have one or both parents incarcerated in a Federal, State, or Local correctional facility.
 School Based /Site Based Mentoring — focuses on academic and moral character building.
 Mentoring for a Day matches volunteers and children for a
day.
 Lucas County Children Services – to provide individual and
group mentoring services to children between the ages of 6 to
12 years of age who are currently in foster care placement.
Making A Difference
It’s a proven fact that….mentoring works!
87% of our parents reported that the Big Brother or Big Sister
in their child’s life has been a “positive influence.”
95% of our volunteers feel that their experience with Big
Brothers Big Sisters is “rewarding.”
77% of our clients reported that having a Big Brother or Big
Sister in their lives has helped them “improve their grades”.
Awards
 Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Amachi - $47,633
 Lucas County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services
M-3 Project - $42,614
 Lucas County Children Services
LCCS Program - $23,806
 Lucas County Jobs and Family Services
Workforce Investment Act Grant - $161,000
 United Way of Greater Toledo
Traditional Community Based - $100,000
Positive Connections—$20,000
 United Way of Fulton and Williams Counties
Fulton County $1,000—Williams County $5,256
Thank you for helping us make magic happen!
Fund Raising Events
Bowl For Kid’s Sake – Over 1,000 bowlers
participated in Lucas, Fulton, Ottawa,
Williams and Wood counties last winter/
spring, raising nearly $50,000 for Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Ohio.
Arby’s Charity Golf Tour— Approximately 80
area golfers had a day of fun and raised over
$30,000 for the agency in August 2010 at Sylvania Country Club in Sylvania, Ohio.