Worcester Business Journal

12 Giving Guide 2022 Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com Boys & Girls Club of Worcester 1. Continue to match youth to local mentors—professionals, clergy, college students, etc.—through our Mentor Connection program. 2. Help our Club kids overcome the unfinished learning of the COVID era through education-heavy programs that don't sacrifice fun, such as digital filmmaking, robotics, and our outdoor classroom. 3. Continue to infuse all programs Club-wide with social-emotional learning supports, to help our members overcome trauma arising from the pandemic. 4. Strengthen our organization through advocating with law- and decision-makers and solicit our youth's voices to create a more equitable community. 5. Deliver better outcomes for Worcester's youth, including improving grades and the graduation rate, increasing teen jobs, and improving family stability. 6. Grow our endowment to $10M in five years to ensure that we can offer our kids 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 Kristine Bostek, Board Chair MISSION STATEMENT SERVICE AREA: Worcester and surrounding towns To inspire and enable all youth, especially those that need us most, 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 ......................... 17% Grants .................................... 68% School Age Child Care (daycare) fees .......................... 9% TOP FUNDING SOURCES: Kristine Bostek, Fallon Health, President Ed McGinn, Worcester Police Department, Vice President of Safety Charran Fisher, Fisher Contracting, Clerk/ Secretary Jennifer Jones, Mass Horticultural Society, VP of Finance/Treasurer Andrew Bartholomew, Bowditch & Dewey Edward Capstick, Doherty High School Eileen deCastro, deCastro Consulting Kelly Dolan, Worcester Housing Authority Manasseh Konadu, Akra Eatery Lee Joseph, Coldwell Banker Realty Dennis O'Leary, community volunteer Jewel White, South High School Bobbie Wilber, MD 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: $3,689,681.10 Year founded: 1889 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FUTURE GOALS • Holiday Giving program, November 2022–December 2022: Donate gifts or gift cards, adopt a family, or make a monetary donation to help us provide presents and holiday meals for 2,000+ children and 250+ families during the season. • Women's Leadership Breakfast, May 2023: Sponsorship opportunities. • Alumni Hall of Fame induction, June 2023: Sponsorship opportunities, donate in honor of an inductee. • Annual Graduation Ceremony—and scholarship presentation—for our high school seniors, June 2023: Sponsorship opportunities, donate in honor of a graduate. 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 eNewsletter. Individual and corporate donations of food, toiletries, and paper goods for our food pantry (still available 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: Although the Club has always had a collaborative nature, the partnerships we created or grew during the pandemic have helped us provide services that were not previously offered, including a food pantry and social-emotional learning lab. We listen to our youth, staff and families, as they guide us when it comes to programs, services and social justice issues. Through collaboration and developing programs that are relevant to today's youth, it has actually helped us stand on stronger financial footing and has placed us soundly in our community as the "go to" organization. We will continue to work with diverse, yet like-minded partners and donors, who want a more equitable community. "I have had the privilege to volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club for over 10 years, first in Kids Café, where I helped provide dinner to 250 youth. I then became more involved and participated in their Holiday Giving and Mentor Connection programs and have served on the board for several years. By seeing first-hand the Club's mission-focused and inclusive culture that provides programs and services based on the needs and interests of the youth, I knew I wanted to be a part of an organization that involves the entire community and allows me to utilize my knowledge and sphere of influence. The Club is a force for good." – Kristine Bostek, Board Chair 1. Mentor: Mentoring is a crucial part of our strategy to help kids past COVID-linked difficulties. The isolation, food- or shelter- insecurity, safety fears, etc., still have devastating effects on our kids' physical and mental health, educational engagement, and workforce opportunities. Mentor Connection volunteers have enormous influence on our members' confidence, school success, and more. 2. Our Community Reader program was so successful during virtual schooling that it continues to this day. Volunteers read a book to kids in our School Age Child Care program, to promote literacy. 3. Job Shadowee: Allow teens to shadow employees at work for an afternoon (or more), to 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 of volunteers clean, paint, do yard work, etc. at the Club. Timeframe: School year weekdays, before 2 p.m. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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