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10 Giving Guide 2021 Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com Boys & Girls Club of Worcester 1. Matching 200 additional youth to mentors, through our Mentor Connection program. 2. Helping our Club kids overcome the unfinished learning of the past 18 months through our involvement with Worcester Education Collaborative and Woo Labs and increasing our STEM and academic support. 3. Increasing social-emotional learning components within Club programs, to help our members overcome trauma arising from the pandemic and combat racism. 4. Strengthen our organization through advocating with law- and decision-makers and utilize youth voice to make changes. 5. Deliver better outcomes for Worcester's youth, including improving the graduation rate, more teen jobs, and increasing family stability. 6. Grow our endowment to $10M in five years to ensure we have a state-of-the-art facility, impactful programs and services, and that we will remain on solid financial ground for years to come. Liz Hamilton Executive Director Ron Mobley Unum Corporation MISSION STATEMENT SERVICE AREA: Worcester and surrounding towns To inspire and enable all youth, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible adults. Caring professional staff forge relationships with Club kids and help them learn, grow, and succeed. All programs are based on a model that builds self- esteem, belonging, competence, and influence. Contributions .................... 21.3% Grants ............................... 59.7% SACC Fees ........................ 14.4% TOP FUNDING SOURCES: Ron Mobley, Unum Corporation, President Mary DiBara, fundraising consultant, First Vice President Ed McGinn, Deputy Chief, Worcester Police Dept., VP of Safety Julie Purcell, DCU for Kids Foundation, Clerk/ Secretary Jennifer Jones, Smith, Sullivan, & Brown, PC, VP of Finance, Treasurer Tracy Baldelli, WPI Andrew Bartholomew, Bowditch & Dewey Danielle Beauregard, Unum Corporation Kristine Bostek, Fallon Health Edward Capstick, Doherty High School Eileen DeCastro, DeCastro Consulting Charran Fisher, Fisher Contracting Todd Mandella, UniBank Dennis O'Leary, Community volunteer Katherine Ota, Community volunteer Bobbie Wilber, MD, Community volunteer Mark Holden, Esq. (retired) Boys & Girls Club of Worcester 65 Boys & Girls Club Way Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: 508-754-2686 www.bgcworcester.org Full-time employees: 49 Annual revenues: $3,779,381.84 Year founded: 1889 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FUTURE GOALS Annual Graduation Ceremony for our high school seniors, June 2022 Women's Leadership Breakfast, October 21, 2021 Holiday Giving program, November 29, 2021–December 20, 2021 Alumni Hall of Fame, June 2022 We are currently engaged in growing our endowment. Named gift opportunities are available at our flagship, Harrington Clubhouse in downtown Worcester. Sponsors are needed for our special events. Fall, year-end, and spring annual appeals are sent out by mail. Online giving is available 24/7 on our web site: www.bgcworcester. org. Giving opportunities are also available in our monthly eNewsletters. Individual and corporate donations of food, toiletries, and paper goods for our food pantry (access now expanded to all local families in need); toys for our annual Holiday Giving program; warm winter clothing; and back-to-school supplies make a huge difference to our Club kids and their families. FUNDRAISING & GIVING OPPORTUNITIES GIVING OPPORTUNITIES POST-PANDEMIC: The pandemic's effects have led us to expand the focus of our organization, centralizing basic needs such as food and mental health. Virtually all our members (regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, etc.) show signs of the toll this situation has taken. Their academic and future prospects are endangered, so we created the Mentor Connection: We are recruiting local business, community, youth agency, and church leaders, among others, to serve as mentors to our kids. At COVID's onset, we immediately expanded access to our food pantry to all in need. That effort continues. I am a lifelong Worcester resident. From coaching to volunteering, I have always been involved with children. I know that, in order to have a strong Worcester, we need strong kids. Volunteering at the Club was a no-brainer for me: The mission spoke to me, and I've seen the results with my own eyes. Club kids find their voice and go on to make Worcester better. – Ron Mobley, Board Chair 1. Mentor a Club kid. Mentoring is key to helping members through difficulties arising from COVID. The isolation, threats to family stability, safety fears, etc., have had devastating effects on our kids' physical and mental health, educational engagement, and workforce opportunities. Volunteers in our new Mentor Connection – local professionals, clergy, community leaders, youth agency staff, etc. – are a great influence. 2. Our Community Reader program was so successful this summer, it has been extended through the school year. Volunteers read a book to kids in our School Age Child Care program, to promote the importance of literacy. 3. Job Shadowee: Allow teens to shadow employees at work for an afternoon, so they can see firsthand the real-world scope of a field that interests them. Timeframe: Weekday afternoon(s) year-round, 2-3 hours at workplace. 4. Run a workshop/be a guest speaker on writing a resume, requirements for entering your field, new hire requirements, etc. Timeframe: Weekday afternoon(s)/evening(s) year-round, 1-2 hours at the Club. 5. Day of service. A group volunteers clean, paint, do yard work, etc. at the Club. Timeframe: School year weekdays before 2 p.m. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES