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One Year One Mission We Are VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR LEADERSHIP • COMMITMENT • DEDICATED SERVICE JILL DELANO & LESLIE EATON In 2010, when the Teen Center merged with the Y, then Teen Center Board Members Leslie Eaton and Jill Delano joined the Y Board of Directors. Since then, each of them has provided exceptional leadership as Board President, Annual Support Campaign Chair and serving on numerous committees. They exemplify the Y’s mission by their commitment to help improve the quality of life for our community. ONE YEAR EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR LEADERSHIP • COMMITMENT • DEDICATED SERVICE CONNIE PUTNAM & SARAH WHYTOCK ONE MISSION In recognition of their dedicated and passionate leadership and commitment to the Penobscot Bay YMCA’s mission. Connie and Sarah have gone above and beyond the call of their work and show that they live and work by the core values of honesty, caring, respect and responsibility. WE ARE ONE GRATITUDE REPORT PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA Penobscot Bay YMCA PO Box 840 2018 Annual Report 116 Union Street Rockport, Maine 04856 207.236.3375 www.penbayymca.org OUR MISSION The Penobscot Bay YMCA is a cornerstone of our healthy community, fostering partnerships, providing programs and services and promoting youth development, healthy living and social responsibility to improve the quality of life for everyone. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS We strive for efficiency...leveraging every dollar and ensuring that the Y is affordable and accessible to all. ONE PERSON AT A TIME. 2018 FINANCIAL REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jill Delano: Chief Volunteer Officer Fiscal year ending December 2018 The Penobscot Bay YMCA is Andy Clement: Vice President governed by a volunteer Andrea Babb Conover: Secretary Board of Directors charged Leslie Eaton: Treasurer 4% with making sure we’re always John Bird Marty Taylor David Vaughn REVENUE in a position to help the people Jim Butler Kendra Emery Ken Wexler Programs $1,942,000 7% 9% in our community develop Rebecca Albright Maureen Gordon Jim Grimes the skills and relationships they Sherree Craig Larry Lehmann Bill Leone Membership $1,760,000 need to be healthy, confident Mary Alice McLean Jim Bowditch Monica Shields 42% and connected to others. Government Grants $307,000 Fundraising and Investments* $405,000 38% LEADERSHIP STAFF Melissa Bellew President and CEO Other $165,000 The staff at the YMCA are a Susan Howland Chief Operating Officer Total $4,579,000 group of dedicated professionals. Marcia Roberts Development Director They are here to serve our Sarah Whytock Membership & Marketing Director *Fundraising & Investments includes loss of Endowment of $115K members and the community David Sheain Facilities Director by being informed, responsive, Caitlin Harrington Finance Director caring and willing to go the Lydia Fournier Youth Development Director EXPENSE extra mile to be sure our and Camp Registrar 5% member’s needs are met. Meredith Gutheinz Early Learning Director Salaries and Benefits $3,063,000 1% 4% 7% Theo Berez Wellness Director Occupancy $727,000 Samantha Bragg Afterschool Director 6% and Sports & Camping Director Grant Costs $307,000 Steve Karp Aquatics Director Depreciation $322,000 Norm Parratt Teen Center Coordinator 15% 62% Sandy Bodamer Rockland Harbor YMCA Wellness Fundraising $19,000 and Senior Activities Director Supplies $241,000 Mary Bonney Rockland Harbor YMCA Other $270,000 Early Learning Director Benjie Blake Rockland Harbor YMCA Afterschool Total $4,949,000 and Sports & Camping Director Jamien Shields North Haven Center Coordinator LOCATIONS PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA: PO Box 840 116 Union Street Rockport, Maine 04856 236.3375 Rockland Harbor YMCA: 12 Water Street Rockland, Maine 04841 593.8500 Flanagan Community Center: 61 Limerock Street Rockland, Maine 04841 594.0321 Teen Center: 61 Limerock Street Rockland, Maine 04841 594.0321 North Haven Fitness & Wellness Center: 21 Town Office Square North Haven, Maine 04853 867.4418 RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP WE ARE ONE Measuring the impact of our good work. TOGETHER, WE MAKE GR WE MAKE TOGETHER, MEMBERS* PROGRAM REGISTRATIONS* Dear Friends, Youth 337 Early Learning 12,257 Our Y changes lives. As a significant community hub and gathering Young Adult 82 Health & Wellness 7,253 place, we bring people together not just for fun and healthy activities, Adult 844 Youth Sports 1,074 but to promote community health. Single Parent Family 457 Aquatics 2,131 Senior 566 Camping 2,282 Truly, we are stronger when working together. Our volunteers and Senior Couple 750 Senior Programs 701 staff team forged new partnerships in 2018, collaborating with other Couple 400 Teen Center 348 nonprofits to have an even greater impact on the families, seniors, Family 2,498 Knox County Community Health Coalition 7,799 and individuals that we serve. TOTAL 5,934 TOTAL 33,845 Unity and inclusivity drive our work. Your philanthropic support *Total number of members from all Y branches. ensures that all are welcome and provides everyone who enters our Y an opportunity to thrive. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE We’re grateful for our supportive members, our dedicated staff, our Military & Active Duty $17,964 innovative partners, and our donors who make us stronger together. Program Scholarships $25,055 THINGS POSSIBLE. EAT Join us in celebrating an outstanding year. Early Learning & Camp Scholarships $198,279 Membership & Special Requests $213,182 Best regards, TOTAL $454,480 4% 6% Jill Delano Melissa Bellew Chief Volunteer Officer President/CEO 44% 47% Eighteen months ago, I came to the Y to start a part time job so I could earn a few extra dollars, but what I received was a full time life change within a Fisher Engineering Mid-Coast Recreation Center Snowdrop Confections supportive community. After starting work, I took advantage of the free Flagship Cinemas Mid-Knight Auto South End Grocery PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORS FOR A STRONGER US membership and discounted personal training offered with employment. My Floor Magic & Tile Monhegan Boat Line Stonescape Masonry, Inc. personal trainer, TJ Economy, has helped me lose over 40 lbs and take control Ford Enterprises Excavation Mount Pleasant Dental Care The Camden Hospital for Animals of my health for the first time in decades. I even gained enough confidence to French & Brawn Marketplace New Leaf Construction The Drouthy Bear try gymnastics for the first time at 40 years old! The training and mentoring I have received here at the Y, has inspired me to seek my certification to Front Street Shipyard O'Hara Corporation The Inn at Ocean's Edge become a personal trainer with the hopes of helping others find their way Global Packing & Shipping On the Water in Maine The Landing PLACE to a healthier and more confident self. - Mike Ferland Gosline Insurance Group Our Lady of Good Hope The Market Basket Granite Coast Orthodontics OUT Maine The Offshore Restaurant Grasshopper Shop Owls Head Transportation Museum The Strand Theatre Greener Grounds Landscaping P.G. Willey & Company, Inc. The Study Hall In 2011, I moved from Germany to the United States to marry my soulmate Hammond Lumber Company PALS for Living The Waterfront Restaurant Tom, a retired Army Officer and Vietnam War Veteran. Tom and I became Hampton Inn & Suites Park Street Laundromat & Cleaners Tomi Sushi and Noodle Bar members of the Y and the rest is history. In 2012, I started as a Lifeguard - Rockland/Thomaston Paw Print Pet Lodge Town of Appleton and became a Swim Instructor, teaching children and students with special Hanna DeHoff Massage Therapy PenBay Veterinary Associates, Inc. Town of Camden needs how to swim. I also work at the Teen Center. I never imagined how Hartstone Inn & Hideaway Penobscot Bay Orthopedic Treekeepers LLC much this would impact my life. I enjoy going to work every day and feel Hawthorn Inn Penobscot Bay Pilot Uncle Willy's Candy Shop blessed to be surrounded by my new friends. I will work hard to give back what I received from day one - open minds, respect, trust and friendship. Hedstrom Electric Planet Inc. Viking, Inc. I found Camden the best place to call home and the Y the best place to Hope Health Family Practice Port Harbor Marine, Inc. Wallace Events work. Therefore, I became a US citizen in September 2018. - Annett Jones Horch Roofing Portland Sea Dogs Whale's Tooth Pub & Restaurant J.D. Miller Construction LLC Primo Restaurant Yachting Solutions LLC Jacobson Glass Blowing Prince's Inc. York's Wild Kingdom Johanson Boatworks Ltd Prock Marine Company Johnstone Chiropractic Rankin's, Inc. After seeing someone go into cardiac event at both the Y and American Josephine, Inc. Redzone Wireless FOUNDATIONS Legion, Rockland Harbor YMCA member, Russ Wolfertz, contacted Sandy Kenniston Machine & Engineering RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn Bodamer, RHY Wellness Director, inquiring about CPR training for veterans Knox County Community Rockland Fire & EMS Department & TRUSTS at the American Legion. TJ Economy, YMCA CPR and 1st Aid Trainer, certified Health Coalition Rockland Elks Lodge No. 1008 Agnes M. Lindsey Trust five people from the American Legion. What a wonderful opportunity for the Knox County Homeless Coalition Rockland Professional C. Wilkes Babb Trust of the Y to collaborate with the American Legion and the City of Rockland who Landscape Services Firefighters L-1584 Maine Community Foundation provided space to hold the training. A heartfelt thank you to Russ for Lowes Rockland Public Library making a difference in our community! - Russ Wolfertz The Worthington Charitable Fund Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company Rockland Savings Bank, FSB United Midcoast Charities Machias Savings Bank Rockport Fire Department Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Rockport Granite, Inc. Maine Coast Construction Rockport Landscape and Design Maine Coast Orthodontics Rockport Steel With over 400 Maine deaths in the past year from opioid overdose and Maine Street Meats Rosenberg, DDS many opioid emergencies occur in public settings, the Y wanted to offer Maine Wildlife Park Rubenstein Electric, Inc. a Naloxone/NARCAN training for front-line staff at the Y’s locations in Mainely Lobster and Seafood, Inc.
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