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annual report 2010 CITY WIDE IMPACT

Youth Enrichment Services’ mission is to inspire and challenge low - and moderate – income Boston area youth with physical and mental activities that foster life-long respect for self, others, and the environment. Dear Friends,

This has been a truly exciting year for YES as our board, staff and many volunteers have continued to implement our strategic plan to increase the depth and impact of our programs and services. While these have been tough economic times, through the leadership of our executive director, Bryan Van Dorpe, outstanding staff and a highly engaged Board, we have continued to demonstrate success across our pro- grams and demand for our services.

This past fall, YES hosted our first Annual Open House that was attended by more than 200 families and agencies. The event provided an entry point into YES’ many FY 2010 program offerings, which were completely filled by the end of the day. Our YES Acad- emy Programs continue to give youth the opportunity for more in-depth program- REVENUES Donated Support ming and mentoring experiences; and we are launching our first Annual YES Gala Contributions $527,412 Event to raise much needed resources to support our programs. As we look to the Fund Raising Events $81,913 future, YES is well positioned to take advantage of new opportunities to better serve Donated Equipment and Services $229,508 Revenue our youth. Participants Fees $116,366 Rental Income – Net $33,000 Located on the MBTA and bordering three Boston neighborhoods – the South End, Other Income $5,553 Roxbury and Downtown Boston – it remains easy for youth and volunteers to drop Total Support and Revenue $993,752 in from all corners of the city, and neighboring Cambridge and Somerville. Our Net Assets at Beginning of Year $509,468 partnerships with agencies throughout the city and with key community resources EXPENSES remain strong. And, our outstanding staff works in collaboration with schools to Program Services form outdoor adventure clubs; after school agencies to provide outdoor sports trips; Operation Snowsports $582,346 and prevention and rehabilitation programs that engage high-risk youth. While we Outdoor Adventure $97,422 YES Academy $171,698 are excited by our progress over the past year, we have still more work to do. With Supporting Services your support we will continue to build on our success. Management and General $145,012 Fund Raising $179,876 We hope you will enjoy reading about all the progress we have made in the past year Total Expenses $1,176,354 Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets ($182,602) and the plans we have for the future. We extend our deepest thanks to all the volun- Net Assets at End of Year $326,866 teers, donors and partners that make this work possible. For the fiscal year July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010. Sincerely,

Richard Ward President, Board of Directors

Youth Enrichment Services Annual Report 2010 www.yeskids.org Believe and Achieve Youth Participate Youth Reach City Wide Across Boston

YES reaches across the city, bringing youth Diversity in Action Community Service together with adult volunteers from diverse Operation Snowsports serves a diverse group, New community service opportunities neighborhoods. reaching more at-risk youth each year and deep- are enabling YES Kids to give back to the Neighborhood Youth Volunteers ening their involvement. The number of youth neighborhoods where they live. taking five or more trips keeps rising, from 32 in Boston Downtown 7% 10% Junior Volunteers have monthly op- FY06 to 288 in FY11. At the same time, YES has Roxbury 7% 6% portunities to perform community service, continued to increase overall capacity each year, South End 4% 6% including trail and river clean up, terrain expanding youth trip days from 2,284 in FY09 Dorchester 25% 8% maintenance, direct service and community to 2,722 in FY10, a 20% jump. East Boston 6% outreach. Locations and partner agencies Hyde Park 5% 1% Track and Field reached 260 participants who include: Jamaica Plain 8% 5% came from Mattapan, Dorchester, South Boston, • Beartown State Park - Swann Lodge Mattapan 4% Hyde Park, and Quincy summer evenings to train • Teton Gravity Research Roslindale 6% 4% and run in meets at Saunders Stadium in South • Boston Cares South Boston 6% 6% Boston. Allston/Brighton 3% 7% • Wompatuck State Park Charlestown 1% 2% Girls Outdoor Adventure Leaders (GOAL) • Charles River Canoe and Kayak West Roxbury 1% motivates middle school age girls to try multiple • Franklin Park Coalition Totals 83% 55% individual sports, develop their athletic abili- ties, and acquire important life skills. In FY10 The Environmental Team wrote and filmed The remaining 17% of youth and a roughly GOAL served 14 middle school girls ages 10 to a green docu-mentary on Boston area environ- equal portion of YES volunteers live in Boston’s 14 including four African Americans, one Asian mental organizations and companies working to immediate suburbs. Another 20% of our volun- American, one Hispanic American, one Haitian, create sustainable solutions – Azure Dynamics teers are young adults living in Cambridge and three Caucasian and four girls of (hybrid cars), New Ecology (energy efficiency Somerville, and the remaining 10% come from mixed race. and green buildings), and EarthWorks (sustain- Greater Boston communities. YES staff live in the able gardening in the city). In the spring, youth South End, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, participated in green service activities with Earth- South Boston and Cambridge. Works and The Food Project.

Youth Enrichment Services Annual Report 2010 www.yeskids.org Believe and Achieve BOARD MEMBERS

Directors Heidi Brooks Richard Ward, President Citizens Bank Foundation Verge Philanthropy Partners Clarence Brown Phill Gross, Vice President K&L Gates, LLP Adage Capital Management Kevin Corcoran Jason Soules, Epoch Media/Video Park Series Vice President Ted Curd EHS Partners Sovereign Bank Gerry Moore, Treasurer Anna Frank Putnam Investments Boston Bar Association Candace Burns Johnson, Lance Gomes Youth Reach Beyond Clerk Homisco, Inc. Dana Farber Institute Daphne Griffin Through in-depth programs, YES Kids develop Steve Delaney Boston Centers for Youth and Families skills that lay the foundation for long-term Electronic Data Systems Sam Hill success. Jessica Ferri Morgan Stanley Actuality Systems Inc. Beth Feinberg Keenan Pico Explorer – Twelve Junior Volunteers received Peter Haffenreffer Tilted Mill Entertainment College Coach in-depth training at Pico Mountain over four Michael Munn Erin McCloskey weekends that includes instructor training neces- Mass Convention Center John Hancock Financial Services sary to achieve Level I PSIA Certification as well as Authority Nike Okediji Brian McCourt career workshops and job shadowing opportuni- WGBH The Bowdoin Group ties with mountain professionals in the ski school, Betsy Strickland Keith McDermott retail, public relations marketing, rental shop, and Harvard Business School Reggie Lewis Track and Career Services Athletic Center mountain operations departments. The program Michelle Meiser culminates in a weekend long internship as As- Trustees Allston Brighton Community Marketing Elizabeth Bartlett Development Corporation sistant Instructors at Killington Mountain Citizens Bank Matt Porter Junior Volunteers as “YES Ambassadors” Edward Beagan Career Exploration puts youth through a 12- Pico Mountain As part of the Junior Volunteers (JRV) curriculum, Assistant District Attorney week training program and places them in paid Jennifer Ryan JRV’s are educated on the history, mission, and Marcus Evans Dwyer & Collora, LLP internships that included the Boston Public Schools Keville Enterprises goals of YES. This preparation allows them to pres- Harold Sparrow DELTAS, ReMax Realty, Youth Enrichment Services, Mark Fanger YMCA Boston ent at YES events, parent meetings, assemblies, Licensed Psychologist Dana Farber Cancer Institute, The Lenox Hotel, Linda Sullivan and after school clubs throughout Boston Derek Fowler Macy’s and John Hancock in FY10. City of Boston Fire Department to recruit youth and inform the community about Dane Tullock Kevin Hicks the benefits of participating in YES programs. REI Richard Williams Memorial Scholarships were KD Hicks Insurance Agency Robert Wadsworth awarded to Eva Wong, who is studying pre-med Social Networking Yuji Koga The Boston Foundation at UMass Amherst, and Mitsouka Exantus, who is Thunderstorm Capital, LLC YES is on Facebook. Nearly Jim Wall studying psychology at Assumption College. Marla Quinones Hill Pats Peak 400 followers visit the page over 300 times Cousins Contracting, Inc. Bernie Weichsel a week. Karen Savage BEWI Productions Boston Public Schools Darnell Williams Okolo Schwinn-Clanton Urban League of Eastern MA Northwestern Mutual Financial Mark Williams Melvin A. Vieira, Jr. Ken Garff Enterprises Remax Real Estate Wayne Wytrzes Advisory Council Economist Ike Adams Harmonics

Youth Enrichment Services Annual Report 2010 www.yeskids.org Believe and Achieve YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT

Gifts were received during the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. FOUNDATION William & Kathryn Philip & Laurie Myrick College Coach & CORPORATE Hurley Jr. Courageous Sailing DONORS Stacey Keare Keith Patrick Program Justin & Lorraine Matthew & Shauna Dana Farber Cancer $10,000+ Kermond Pieniazek Institute Adage Capital Management James F. Lahey Bernie Weichsel Danversport Yacht Club Associated Grant John & Lydia Manning- Robert F. White Makers Graves Mary Williams Darlow Christ Croan McCormack Architects Bank of America $5,000+ Charitable Trusts Piper McNealy Dell Architects Anonymous (2) DLA Piper City of Boston Depart- Raymond & Ellen Lawrence D. Bragg III ment of Neighbor- Norris Dwyer & Collera, LLP hood Development Louise M. Pascale Gay Callan Dynastar Jessie B. Cox Charitable Matthew Patsky Kevin Drew Earthworks Lead Trust Marla Quinones Hill George Macomber Eastern Mountain John Hancock Financial Kimihiro Sato Keith Patrick Sports Services Spero Party for a Egan Entertainment Raymond L. Soules US Ski and Snowboard Wilderness House Jen Bash David Kauder REI (Recreation Equip- Purpose Fishing Academy ment Inc.) Carol E. Tully Association Winston Flowers Jeffrey Bloomberg Heather Keare Sally and Rob Quinn Food Project State Street Bank Michael H. Veltre Jason H. Soules USA Track and Field of Wompatuck State Park Filomena Borba Lara O’Rourke Franklin Park Coalition New England Yawkey Foundation Melvin Vieira Jr. Year Up Lori Crimmins Melissa Robbins We would like to Genzyme Center Wachusett Mountain Michael Zank Deborah Furman Jessica Schmitz-Ferri $1,000+ thank the more George Cohen Individual $500+ Weston Ski Track Blue Cross Blue Shield than 500 additional Communication John Anderson Peter Igoe Linda Sullivan of MA Chaton Arkin Whole Foods individuals who Good Sports Boston Foundation C. Hunter Boll supported YES with Jiminy Peak Summer in the City Micah Chu Seth Crayton Josh McAuliffe Kevin Westerhoff Brian Ho gifts up to $249 that John Hancock Financial VOLUNTEERS Boston Medical Center George Cohen Services Marcus Evans Rebekah McCaslin Lisa Wilkins Drew Huff Healthnet Plan contributed a total of Adult John Dacey Johnson Paint Ike Adams Kyle Finley Erin McCloskey Jackie Wolff Warren Huynh Boston Urban Bankers Anthony Disciullo $26,850 to support Company Forum Geraldine Aine Lukas Fisher Nelson McGroarty Ken Wolff Brandon Johnson Linda Dougherty YES in FY10. Killington Mountain Chase Family Megan Aleman Ben Flaim Erin McInerney Kristina Wong Patrick Kelly Foundation MaryAnne Everett IN KIND SUPPORT The Leland Company Maz Ali Jim Foley Geri Medina Fran Wood Eli Landman Ray Fales Lenox Hotel Anna Frank Nick Mencher Liz Wu Cindy Le Citizens Bank Corporate Debendra Amatya Loon Mountain Foundation Larry Gessler A. Mordo and Sons John Anderson Deb Furman Jason A. Miller Sabina Yesmin Aric Leblanc Coach Company Shelton Getter Lamar Snowboards MA Forests and Parks, Pat Arcand Courtney Gainer Meghan David Zablatsky Tony Lee DCR Dana Farber Cancer James E. Holder Appalachian Mountain Katie Archer Jessica Glagov Montgomery Jack Zanini Sayyid Lestrade Institute Metro Mountain Sports Kara Moore Jeremy W. Hopwood Club Randy Armstrong Ethan George Junior Derrick Li Danversbank Group Angie Morales Doris D. Labitue Art Shirt Company Jim Bagley Oren Gersten Ajay Ahluwalia Yeshaya Lomax Danversport Yacht Club Metro Rock Vanesa Morales Gerald Moore Artists For Humanity Colleen Barrett Omid Gharony Jensi Baez Steven Lui Dell Architects New England Disabled Jeff Morris Nike Okediji Ascutney Ski Resort Sports Michael Bard Gena Gough Rami Benayad Jack Mai Fuller Foundation Philip Myrick Feza & Diane Oktay Azure Dynamics Pats Peak Ski Area Jen Bash Adam Grassi Josh Blake Dilio Martinez- Horowitz Management Susan Ohlson Tran Beth and Sam Pope Back East Designs Pepsi and Frank Tansey Ed Beagan Jessica Gustin Bethany Bonilla Company Andrew Padilla Kaity Merrikin Alex Rigopulos BEWI Productions Pico Mountain Joe Bennett Katie Haffenreffer Alex Brown- KD Hicks Insurance Emily Parrott Ali Mesnick Agency Elizabeth Ann Bikes Not Bombs Prospect Hill Academy Nikki Bennett Matt Haffenreffer Whalen Strickland Gabe Pastel Shawn Moore Black Mountain Ski Recreation Equipment Richard Bivins Annemarie Jordan Budwey Massachusetts Bryan & Susan Van Resort Convention Center Inc. (REI) Luis John Bonilla Haselgrove Keith Patrick Kassandra Abriana Morales Dorpe Blue Hills Ski Area Authority ReMax Real Estate Matt Blattner Kate Henderson Alexi Pelanne Cabassa Tyler Myrick Bob’s Discount Massport $1,000+ Rock Spot Ian Brady David Hill Lucas Poles Kaleigh Francis Nakashian Anonymous Furniture Carrington Morgan Stanley S.O.S. Outreach Dwight Branch Peter Hill Elisa Preston Jay Park C. Hunter Boll Bonner Enterprises May Chen Mt. Washington Bank Program Bridget Brennan Jodi Hilton Mark Preston Gar Paul Heidi M. Brooks Boston Breakers Sasaki Associates Nathan Ho Nestor Rodriguez Simon Chen Isaiah Phoenix Nike Back Your Block Women’s Professional Ryan Brown Candace Callan Nelson Cheung Saucony Run for Good Soccer Team Save the Harbor/Save Conor Bryant Sasha Hope Gayle Saks Simon Poon Foundation Kat Cosmopoulos the Bay Brian Chin Boston Cares Andrew Budwey Joseph Howard Alex Sanchez Scott Saez Sovereign Bank Carolyn Cullings Sheraton Hotel Boston Justin Crespo Boston Public Schools Justin Byron Michele Hunton Alexis Savage Juan Santoyo Staples Inc. Larry DeLorenzo Ski Blanford Carson Crimmins Delta Program Larry Camilli Diana Ivans Amanda Savage Aiesha Savage Ski Market Jessica Ferri Ski Market Maeve Crimmins Boston Ski and Sports Matt Cardinali Eric Jacobsen Ken Schroeder Andrew Savage Timothy Gavin Club Ski New Hampshire Nicole Evans Gwen Catley Jason Jedrusiak Michael Schwartz Brien Spier INDIVIDUAL Jean R. Haffenreffer Bovis Lend Lease Ski Ward Erica Schweitzer Wesley Evans SUPPORT Kerri Raymond Johnson Stephen St. Croix Peter R. Haffenreffer Burton Snowsports Industries Chamberland Valarie Johnson Karen Serocki Stephanie Francis Jennifer Thong $250+ of America Joe C. Hill Butternut Ski Resort Benny Chong Whitney Johnson Brett Shumate Awan Freeman Edwin Velazquez David Churchill South Boston Athletic Jason Jedrusiak Casella Waste Systems Micah Chu Irene Jor Alex Slater Andy Gove Shanay Walker Mark Fanger Club Youth Track and Brian Haas Justin & Lorraine Centre Ski & Bike Field Program Jordan Clark Zahra Kanji Lauren Sleeper Zachary Wolff Barbara Ferri Kermond Matthew Haber Charles River Canoe & Stop & Shop Jasmine Cooper Jamie Karlberg Erin Smith Eva Wong James Garrison Yuji Koga Kayak Harris Evan Sugarbush Resorts Nicole Cormier Mary Kelleher Wesley Smith Donald Wong Kevin D. Hicks Michele Hunton Children’s Hospital Jesse Harris Sugarloaf Ski Resort Kat Cosmopoulos Yuji Koga Harold Sparrow Michael Wong Barbara Huebner Gerald Moore Peer Education Team Alais Hewes Teton Gravity Matt Courtney John Kordrupel Frank Stone David Munroe City of Boston Youth Selene Hewes Fund Research Rory Craven Lewis Lamont Galen Weber We regret any omissions. Please notify us if you should be on this list.

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