2014 Annual Report & General Meeting
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Acadia Broadcasting Human Development R.E.M. Transport Thank you to all of our Advocate Printing Council Rockwood Park Air Canada Foundation IA Clarington Rothesay Netherwood 2014 Annual Report Anglophone South Investments School 2014 Community Partners School District Imperial Theatre Royal Bank Atlantic Superstore Investors Group – Saint John Board of Atlantic Towing Larry Clark Trade & General Meeting Autotec Irving Equipment Saint John Energy Bay Ferries Irving Oil Limited Saint John MillRats Bayview Credit Union Irving Pulp and Paper Saint John Police Force BCAPI J.B. Elliot Insurance Saint John Seadogs & Our many Meeting Agenda - Monday, June 22, 2015 Bell Aliant J.D. Irving, Limited Seadogs Foundation Vision Betty Hitchcock John Howard Society Saint John Theatre Every child Programs BMO Judith & Brian Dunstan Company 1. Call to Order - Acknowledgements Jessica Parsons Bordertown Bowling Jungle Jim’s Saint John who needs 2. Chairperson and Secretary Named Jessica Parsons Big Brothers Big Center Kennebecasis Volunteer Centre 3. Meeting Duly Constituted (Reading Notice of Meeting) Boston Pizza Guardian Drugs Saint John YMCA a mentor, Sisters of Saint John Laurie Collins, Executive Director Brenan’s Kent Building Supplies Salesforce - Radian6 has a mentor. facilitates and over- BrenTax Kent Line Agency Scotiabank sees both one-to- 4. Quorum (1/3 of Board Members: 4) Brunswick Square Knights of Columbus Service Canada one mentoring 5. Approval of Minutes 2014 Betty Hitchcock, Secretary J.D. Irving, Ltd: all ears for the Mickey Mouse Club Canadian Red Cross Lawton’s Shaw Life & Financial relationships and 6. Executive Reports & Approvals: Canadian Tire Jumpstart Brunswick Square Snider Mountain group mentoring a. President’s Report Jessica Parsons Canadian Women’s Lily Lake Pavilion Ranch programs. Matches b. Executive Director’s Report Laurie Collins Foundation Living SJ Sobeys Mission c. Treasurer’s Report Daniel Drew Canterbury Dental - Mariner Partners Source Atlantic are made between Dr. Rector Maritimes & Standard Life Statement youth, who are 7. Appointment of Accountants for 2016 Daniel Drew Canaport LNG Northeast Pipeline – Stantec Consulting identified as being 8. Election of Directors Jessica Parsons Century 21 Spectra Energy Starbucks We commit to in need, and caring 9. Mentoring Success Story Chateau de Champlain Market Square Stewart McKelvey understand and adult volunteers. 10. Presentation of Awards: CIBC Martinon Yacht Club St. George Throughout 2014, Judge Tom Bell Award: Tracy Stuart, Claire Ashton City of Saint John MC Ventilation Magaguadavic Place respond to the the agency contin- George Hitchcock Award: Coldwell Banker McDonald’s St. Stephen Milltown ued to provide its Connors Brothers Moosehead Lionettes needs of young Nathan Beaulieu, Emilyann Beshara, Kale Williams Martinon Boat Trip – BB Daniel sails with LB Zach unique programs 11. Special Presentations Cooke Aquaculture NB Child and Youth St. Stephen’s people in our Costco Saint John Advocate University and services with 12. New Business CTV NB Children’s Subway communities a significant 13. Adjournment - Refreshments to follow Dairy Queen Foundation Teed Saunders Doyle expansion of group Dynamic Funds NB Department of & Co. with relevant programs. Thanks Dundee Wealth Post-Secondary The Hardman Group volunteer based to many community One-On-One Core Programs: Group and Waiting List Programs: Energy Atlantica Education, The Saint John Boys partners, we contin- Big Brothers Big Bunch Evolving Solutions Training and Labour and Girls Club mentoring ue to serve almost Big Sisters Game On! (Boys) Exit Realty NB Department of The Resource Center 400 children who Big Couples Go Girls! The Fisher Foundation Social Development for Youth programs. will benefit from In-School Mentoring Fun-While-You-Wait Summer Camp Family Worship Centre NBCC Tim Hortons In-School Teen Mentoring Kids ‘N’ Kops Summer Camp St. George NB Soap Box Derby Tim Horton’s Camp the gift of lasting Science & Engineering Summer Camp Flakeboard NB Southern Railway TD Bank friendship. Fairview Bowling Lanes Neighborhood TD Insurance Fluor/Truist Police Council Town of Quispamsis Saint John & Fortis Properties Norm & Donna Town of St. George Charlotte Our 2015 Award Winners Fundy Honda Michaelsen UNBSJ and Associated County Office: Fusion Saint John Old Navy Alumni Congratulations to our Mentor and Mentee award winners: Future Shop Olmstead Insurance UNB Worlds UNBound Third Level Ganong ONE Change United Commercial Brunswick Square Judge Tom Bell Award George Hitchcock Award Giant Tiger Ossekeag Publishing Travelers of America 39 King Street Go Deep International Pacrim Hospitality Jack Kidd Council Saint John, NB The GoodLife PALS Program 755 E2L 4W3 Foundation Pasage Saint John United Way of Greater Grace Valley Church Pharmasave - Saint John 506 635-1145 Granite Town Farms Millidgeville Vibrant Communities Greater Saint John Portland United Vonndel Fisheries Community Church WestJet Foundation PriceWaterhouse Youth SJ Nora (left) and Karen (right) of Lawton’s Hampton Inn & Suites Coopers Xerox Claire Tracy Nathan Emilyann Kale Brunswick Square got into the spirit of the Hooper Law Pro Kids season for one of our ‘Christmas families’ Province of Ashton Stuart Beaulieu Beshara Williams in need. New Brunswick ‘for exceptional dedication to volunteerism’ ‘for youth to attend summer camp’ Volunteer Milestones in 2014 Staff Service 2014 Agency Activities Group Programs In School Mentoring (ASD-S) Milestones April/May Anglophone School District South Congratulations and Thank You! Bowl for Kids Sake Events 5-Years of Service: Fusion’s ‘Party with a Purpose’ 20-Year Volunteer: Denis Jennings Laurie Collins in support of BBBS Cindy Millett Judey MacDonald Dolores Borthwick NB Soap Box Derby in support David Moffatt of PALS & BBBS 10-Year Volunteer: Patricia Muir June Walter Emrich Kristin Payn-Smith AGM 5-Year Volunteers: Nevee Pierce ISM & Go Girls! Closing Parties Mary Ashton Terry-Lynn Pollock CIBC Youthvision scholarship presented Mark Downey John Theriault to Little Brother Darien Edison Kristi Forsyth Jaime Vanderberghe July/August Susan Greenlaw Sharyn Vandergulik BBBSC National Convention In-school mentor Chuck with mentee Bradley Cathy Halstead Ted Weaire Summer Day Camps (Fun While You giving a thumbs up for the camera. Jennifer Hunter Susanne Wilson Wait, Kids ‘N’ Kops, Science & Barnhill Memorial Prince Charles School Engineering, Go Girls! camps) Youth were excited to explore the coolest aspects of science, technology, Bayside Middle School Princess Elizabeth 9th Annual BIG Book Sale engineering and math - indoors and outdoors in Worlds UNBound. Beaconsfield Middle School Boardwalk Rib Crawl event School Quispamsis Elementary There are several group programs offered Summer BBQ: Mentors/Mentees & Blacks Harbour Rothesay Elementary Families by the agency, primarily to engage the children on the waiting list, who are waiting to be Elementary Rothesay Netherwood Youth Ball Hockey Tournament Centennial School Saint Rose School in St. George matched with a caring adult volunteer. One of the favorite camps in 2014 was the Fairvale Elementary Simonds High School Youth to Tim Horton’s Camp, Snider Science and Engineering Camp, offered in Forest Hills School St. George Elementary Mountain & Waterski Camp conjunction with UNB’s WorldsUNBound Fundy High School St. John the Baptist - September/October Program. In 2014, BBBS partnered with Glen Falls Elementary King Edward BBBS Volunteer Recruitment Month The Boys and Girls Club to offer this program Hammond River Valley St. Malachy’s Martinon Boat Trip to more children. Harbourview High Memorial Canadian Women’s Foundation School High School Meetings in Montreal Harry Miller Middle St. Patrick’s School Atlantic BBBS Conference in Halifax Go Girls! Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds School St. Stephen November/December Havelock School Elementary Agency Strategic Planning Sessions Hazen White - St. Stephen High Holiday Gift Wrap Campaign St. Francis School Agency Christmas Party The agency staff in disco disguise are back row L to R: Tracey, Laurie, Lakefield St. Stephen Middle St. George Christmas Dinner Meagin and Lori; Front row L to R: Dolores, Kim and Amy. Elementary School School Loch Lomond Sussex Elementary Elementary School Sussex Middle School Agency Staff in 2014 BBBS Saint John Board of Directors 2014 Lorne Middle School Sussex Regional High Milltown Elementary School School Vincent Massey Executive Director Laurie Collins Board Executive Board of Directors Elementary Mentoring Coordinators Dolores Borthwick President: Niki Comeau, Simonds High School Tracey Challoner Brian Murray Cindy Millett, Irving Oil Kimberly Fawkes Rothesay Netherwood Dr. Marc Nicholson, Pediatrician Lori Hall Vice President: Jessica Parsons Participants in the Go Girls! summer camp enjoy a picnic lunch. January - October Britney Shaw Rhea Bowen, Consultant Town of Quispamsis November – December Amy Tanner Treasurer: Rev. Jennifer Uhryniw Thanks to multi-year funding from The Canadian Women’s Go Girls! Coordinator Daniel Drew Portland United Church Foundation, Girl’s Fund Grant, BBBS of Saint John has witnessed January – June Bliss Roberts Teed Saunders Doyle & Co. Leah Straight, Investor’s Group significant growth of this group mentoring program. July – December Meagin Huisman Secretary: Jill Ferguson, Fundy High School This support has enabled the Saint John agency to serve many more Summer Grant Students Claire Logan Betty Hitchcock