Concur and KeyBank Present Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue 48th Annual Auction/Party May 10, 2014 Ciao! WWALL OF WINE! We have 100 bottles of wine we are offering for only $20 each. Each bottle is a good wine, but you could end up with a GREAT wine! 1 CELEBRATING 62 YEARS BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN BELLEVUE AND COUNTING! Thank you for joining us at the 48th annual benefit auction. Since 1952, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue have been here for the young people in our community. For 62 years, the Club has been providing what they need and want most....adults who respect and Kathy Haggart Frank Marcus listen to them in a safe environment where President/CEO Board Chairman they can have fun! Bellevue is much different today than it was sixty-two years ago. In fact, it has changed a lot in just a few years! We have a much larger and more diverse population, which enhances and strengthens the community, but also adds challenges. We are meeting those challenges by striving to be there for every child in our community who needs us, now more than ever! As a result, we currently provide services to over 13,000 youth! Twenty years ago, we just had the downtown Club you see on the map at the left and we now have 12 Clubhouses throughout Bellevue! Most of the expansion since then has been into East Bellevue where we saw the greatest need for affordable, after school and out-of-school care. We now have three brand new Clubhouses in public housing complexes that were built for us by King County Housing Authority; Eastside Terrace, Spiritwood Manor and Hidden Village. We also have three Clubhouses in schools; Cherry Crest, Bennett and Phantom Lake. We operate Clubs in the City-owned community centers; South Bellevue and Crossroads. In 2010, we opened a “Teen Tech Center for Excellence” on Lake Hills Blvd. and in 2012, we purchased and opened a 10,000 square foot Teen Center next door. We just broke ground on a field house at Hidden Valley park, and we plan to build a new Main Clubhouse in downtown, 1952 2014 and open a satellite Club in the St. Thomas Church’s new facility in Medina. Last year alone, we provided nearly $700,000 in scholarships to Club members in need Population 7,658 Population 124,798 as all of our programs for our low-income members living in public housing and our teens are all Clubhouses 1 Clubhouses 12 (13 by 2015) free. During the auction, you will be asked to contribute to our “Fund-A-Future” that will Staff 0 Staff 94+ support our programs in our three public housing sites, low income schools, our programs Volunteers 50 Volunteers 1,400 for teens and our BE GREAT: Graduate drop-out prevention program! Your generosity will help us inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential. Tonight, you Kids Served 100 Kids Served 13,000+ can make tomorrow a better day for our kids. Budget $0 Budget $3.7 M 2 3 NEW FIELD HOUSE IN HIDDEN VALLEY PARK NEW MAIN CLUB DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE “Foster Family Foundation Branch” “Jim and Sally Nordstrom Branch” After serving thousands of kids and families for many years, it is finally time to build a new, state-of-the-art Main Clubhouse in downtown! The new facility will be located just north of the current Clubhouse, allowing us to stay open during construction. This new Club will be around 27,000 square feet with three floors that will include: In an exciting partnership with the City of Bellevue, the Club is building a new Field House in Hidden a preschool on the bottom floor; gamesroom, computer lab, teaching kitchen, gym and offices on the main Valley Park, under construction now, with completion expected in December. This facility, located floor; a space for middle and high school members on the top floor with a games room, internet cafe, and arts just north of the large field, will have three full-size multi-use gyms, offices, a concession stand, and crafts room along with administration offices. There will also be an outdoor play yard and opportunities classrooms and outdoor decks. The large field will be completely turfed, while the remaining three for additional parking and improved traffic flow. We are thrilled that this new flagship Clubhouse will be known fields will have turf in-fields and natural outfields. We are thrilled that this fabulous sports facility will as the “Jim and Sally Nordstrom Branch!” The permits have been granted and the architectural be known as the “Foster Family Foundation Branch”. Look for your invitation to the grand opening drawings completed, so stay tuned for more information in the future regarding our ground-breaking! later!4 5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Patrick Moran GREAT Futures Start Here! Frank Marcus - Chairman Jason Moss Meet “Youth of the Year” Natasha Jen Mueller Kathy Haggart - President/CEO Growing up, since my mom left my father when I was five Ryan Scott - Vice President/COO Bret Neely years old, we moved from shelter to shelter but eventually we were Officers & Committee Chairs: Craig Olson* blessed with a solid home. After not seeing my father for years, David Petterson Robbie Bach* - Capital Campaign now he’s constantly around, although not in the way I’d hoped Jennifer Pollard Leo Backer* - Past Chair and Personnel for. During my sophomore year, I would come home everyday to Devon Pritchard Rich Bray - Capital Campaign & Area Council yelling, cussing, and bottles breaking. Some nights I would be Joe Razore woken up by a large “thump” and run downstairs with fear to see Scott Cameron* - Building & Property Bill Reller my father knocked out on the floor, snoring with an empty bottle next to him. Day and night Scott Boyd - Treasurer & Finance Antowaine Richardson I would wonder, “Why does a teenage girl have to always be worried about her parents - Jim Voelker - Capital Campaign Elizabeth Robinson shouldn’t it be the other way around”? Gloria Wildeman - Marketing Matt Rossmeissl I began to leave the house to hang around particularly older guys to gain protection Karen Wirthlin - Secretary Rodney Ryan in a time of instability. One early summer morning, it’s 5 AM, and I couldn’t sleep as I didn’t Phil Wood - Building & Property Neimeh Shalash want to wake up to the usual chaos so I snuck out to go to a party. People I barely knew Board Members Jacqualee Story* passed around a bong and I saw one of my friends passed out from shooting up too much Dr. Mark Adams Robby Tonkin heroin, and another two going crazy on crack. Thoughts began to run through my mind, “Why am I here? This isn’t me, and I know this isn’t my future!” Pauline Bach Steve Vincent Fast forward a couple of weeks... it’s the first day of school and my best friend is Rip Warendorf John Besteman practically begging me to come to this place they called “The Club”; a place where we could Bill Weiand Mike Brochu* get our homework done and join a volunteer group called Keystone to complete community Brian Butler Jill Whitney service hours. It turned out that the staff at “The Club” gave me the sense of protection and Christa Chambers Paul Wiegand family that I had such a desire to be a part of. They taught me not only to be a leader, but also Ray Conner Kenneth Yokoyama to understand the worth of giving back to a community that gave so much to me. Now, not Michaelanne Ehrenberg Dmitry Yusim only am I the Vice President of that same group, I am also an apprentice at Microsoft. I will Teré Foster* Advisory Board Members graduate this year and enter college as a Junior with a 3.8 grade point. But most importantly, Richard Freedman Pat Dineen I’m now working towards my inevitably successful future. Dan Guilbert John Ellis* Damon Huard Craig Gilbert Help Fund - A - Future! Bill Koefoed Debbie Killinger Last year, the Club provided nearly $700,000 in program scholarships for low-income kids Eric Larson Howard Lincoln who need our life-saving programs. This is an increase of nearly 100% in the past six years! Annie Liu Chuck Madison We believe that reaching more kids who need us the most is at the core of our mission. To- Leslie Milinkovic Bill Miller* night, you will have an opportunity to raise your paddle during our “Fund-A-Future” segment. Greg Milner Sally Nordstrom* Please know 100% of every dollar raised tonight will go directly to help the Club provide John Mittenthal Jack Sikma scholarships for our most at-risk or low-income youth. Your generosity tonight can make a Andrew Moore Marc West huge difference in a child’s future! Someone just like Natasha...... 6 * Past Board Chairs 7 Programma per La Notte 5:30 Silent Auction Begins Enjoy our Signature Cocktail - Lemon Drop 7:30 Silent Auction Closes 7:45 Dinner Served 8:00 Membership Card Drawing and LIVE auction 9:45 “Almost Live” Closes 10:00 (Approx.) Dancing to The Hit Explosion Immediately following the Live Auction! We owe special thanks to Dave Grosby for serving as our Emcee! Jeff Stokes for serving as our auctioneer Mark Kroschel for his time and talent announcing the items Gino Lucchetti and Bonnie Burch for Live Auction opening 8 9 The Bacon Family Foundation BE GREAT and Win a Live Auction Item for Only $100!!! 2014 Service To Youth Award Each year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue present the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s prestigious ‘Service To Youth” award at our annual auction/party.