The Second Mile Annual Report 2006
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Providing Children with Help and Hope Mission Statement THE SECOND MILE ANNUAL REPORT 2006 The Second Mile challenges young people to achieve their potential as individuals and community members by providing opportunities for them to develop positive life skills and self-esteem as well as by providing education and support for parents and professionals addressing the needs of youth. A CRITICAL EQUATION: Board Chairman Bob Poole and Volunteers and Donors = The Second Mile’s Essence + President/CEO Dr. Jack Raykovitz A Strong Foundation For Children You can’t build healthy children on a shaky • Camp staff, in addition to the year-round • A Summer Challenge camp graduate, who foundation, and once again in 2006, you made contact they make with all campers, parents, credits her strong grandmother and Second it possible for The Second Mile to help build and school counselors to motivate campers Mile camp experience with her overcoming stronger children and to reach more children to complete their goals and to track their the obstacle of her mother’s drug use and than ever before. And while we’d like you to progress, also conducted special intervention subsequent death, volunteered to spend two review the numbers—children served, dollars with 111 of our 700+ campers. Staff alerted weeks of her summer working with our current raised—that fill this Annual Report, numbers don’t appropriate professionals and/or parents campers, providing a role model for resiliency capture the essence of The Second Mile: the to discoveries that included abuse, neglect, and achievement. volunteers, donors, and staff going “the extra medical or hygiene issues, literacy problems, When a young woman with a life filled with and mile” for children who need us, as a result, or behavioral or mental health concerns hardship, rather than taking a wrong turn, instead Second Mile youth learning to go that extra mile and helped connect these campers to reaches out to help others and credits The Second for themselves and others. So here are just a additional services. Mile for that choice, that’s your legacy. We thank do few examples from 2006 that come closer to • When a camp opportunity for Pittsburgh-area you for the foundation you have enabled The capturing that essence—first, examples that show young people was lost due to a federal funding Second Mile to provide for so many and the model the compassion of our volunteers and donors, cut, The Second Mile networked with Johnny of compassion and caring that continues to inspire. and then, a few that show the impact of those Majors Charities to “reopen the camp doors” examples on Second Mile kids: for 120 young people from Allegheny County. • The launch of our newest Friend Program, the • A Second Mile graduate, now serving overseas Sincerely, first in the Southeast Region. Youngsters from in the military, reached out to his former Chester and Montgomery Counties benefited Friend Fitness mentor for some advice from new relationships and activities with about how to deal with a difficult personnel their College Friends, student volunteers from situation, thus beginning an extended email Villanova University; correspondence…even though that mentor Bob Poole • The Pennsylvania State Foster Parents moved from PA and had, therefore, “retired” Chairman of the Board Association lauded the significant impact from Friend Fitness years ago. of our Foster Family Support Program on • One of many Leadership Institute teams, foster parents and children by honoring The seeing their fellow students feeling Second Mile with the Community Partner excluded or bullied or lonely, developed and Award, recognizing the vendors, volunteers, implemented a mentoring and orientation Jack Raykovitz, Ph.D. and donors who make the program—with its program for the incoming freshman class that President and Chief Executive Officer activities, awards, and recruitment—happen. promoted inclusiveness. Revenue Statement of Revenues, Expenses, Other Revenues Special Projects & Changes in Fund Restrictions Net Assets Released from Restrictions Individuals REVENUES Individuals $ 435,726 Corporations 691,368 Special Events Foundations 223,197 Organizations 44,817 Corporations Special Events Income $ 1,119,801 Foundations Expenses $ 372,555 747,246 Organizations Special Projects 69,735 Other Revenues 96,061 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 90,000 Total Revenues $ 2,398,150 Operating Expenses 218,330 161,565 166,902 EXPENSES 221,724 148,192 Management and General Community Education $ 274,897 87,216 43,062 Foster Care 199,882 390,387 Fundraising 196,466 Friend/Friend Fitness 263,254 356,454 921 Foster Care Fundraising 340,790 Summer General Programs 198,558 Challenge Camps Leadership Institute 162,149 Management and General 283,207 Nittany Lion Tips 65,267 Leadership Institute Friend/Friend Fitness Prevention: Education & Awareness for Kids (PEAK) 31,808 Community Education Summer Challenge Camps 435,193 PEAK General Programs Total Expenses $ 2,255,005 Nittany Lion Tips FUND RESTRICTION CHANGES Contributions $ 226,465 Net Assets Released from Restriction (90,000) $ 136,465 INCREASE IN NET ASSETS $ 279,610 NET ASSETS, BEGINNING $ 5,532,851 NET ASSETS, ENDING $ 5,812,461 Programs and Services 2006 Number of Individuals Served (Nittany Lion Tips, PEAK, Sovereign Bank Second Mile Leadership Institute, and Summer Challenge included on map) ERIE 7,281 WARREN BRADFORD MCKEAN POTTER SUSQUEHANNA 1,866 TIOGA 2,643 2,490 CRAWFORD 1,891 1,250 1,140 WAYNE 2,910 Northwest Region 2,751 FOREST WYOMING SULLIVAN 115 ELK CAMERON 615 LACKAWANNA VENANGO 468 MERCER 1,604 250 LYCOMING 3,425 PIKE 1,828 CLINTON 2,540 7,199 891 CLARION 4,074 Northeast Region LUZERNE 1,638 JEFFERSON 846 MONTOUR COLUMBIA 4,782 MONROE LAWRENCE CLEARFIELD UNION 3,872 2,231 CENTRE 1,523 1,756 BUTLER 7,665 13,253 2,813 CARBON 3,175 ARMSTRONG 3,813 SNYDER 1,906 NORTHUMBERLAND NORTHAMPTON BEAVER Central Region 3,305 8,815 SCHUYLKILL INDIANA MIFFLIN 5,025 4,088 3,771 Southwest Region 3,860 LEHIGH 1,961 JUNIATA 9,143 ALLEGHENY CAMBRIA BLAIR 235 DAUPHIN BERKS 17,072 8,383 8,938 PERRY BUCKS 1,829 16,537 LEBANON 18,380 WESTMORELAND HUNTINGDON 6,161 11,715 9,990 4,377 MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON CUMBERLAND Southcentral Region 15,035 1,500 11,958 LANCASTER Southeast Region SOMERSET BEDFORD 22,725 CHESTER FRANKLIN FULTON YORK 18,698 PHILADELPHIA GREENE FAYETTE 2,025 2,276 DELAWARE 521 6,508 ADAMS 18,669 7,135 1,000 2,825 4,287 4,700 Regional Program Services (not included on map) Central Region Southwest Region Northeast and Northwest Regions 332 Participated in Friend 3 Received Children’s Fund awards 780 Participated in Foster 48 Participated in Friend Fitness 20 Attended Foster Family activities Family activities 60 Attended the Clearfield Day Southeast Region 18 Received Children’s Fund awards Enrichment Program 76 Participated in Friend Southcentral Region 743 Participated in Foster 45 Participated in Friend Fitness 109 Participated in Friend Family activities 134 Participated in Foster 2,130 Participated in Foster 201 Received Children’s Fund awards Family activities Family activities 69 Attended 534 Counseling 22 Received Children’s Fund awards 43 Received Children’s Fund awards Sessions “There is no easier way of giving than planned giving. Susan and I believe Each year, this Report recognizes you who that the insurance policy for guaranteeing The Second Mile’s future is make it possible for The Second Mile to serve The Arthur C. and Evelyn M. Sandusky Society.” the many children and families who need us. —Bruce K. Heim, founding member of The Second Mile’s Board of Directors Those of you who are long-time supporters have seen your gifts enable us to accomplish and inaugural member of The Arthur C. and Evelyn M. Sandusky Society so much since our start: in 1982, our first year of service, we offered two programs serving 24 youngsters, while this past year, Anonymous Kim Ortenzio-Nielsen more than 10,000 children, youth, families, The Arthur C. and Evelyn M. John Barry* Mike Patrick and professionals benefited directly from seven of our programs, and Sandusky Society Wendell and Linette Courtney Carol Pioli hundreds of thousands more participated in another two prevention Daniel and Kimberly Del Bright John R. Raykovitz and programs, requested and delivered in the schools by more than 1400 Robert Forbes Katherine Genovese counselors. Children, teens, and families have come to count on The Ensuring that The Second Mile can provide children Blake and Linda Gall Neal and Linda Rhoads Second Mile, and you have made that help and hope possible. with help and hope in future years is the vision of the members of The Arthur C. and Evelyn M. Sandusky Drew Garban Dan and Nancy Ring Jerry and Dottie Sandusky When children who have been disappointed by adults many times in Society. This Society recognizes those individuals who Ben and Robin Heim the past come to count on us, we feel a responsibility to keep our have made an estate provision for The Second Mile or Bruce and Susan Heim The Schreyer Foundation promises. But we can maintain our commitment to children, and a planned or deferred gift commitment, regardless of Robert* and Carol Herrmann Steve and Amy Seltzer reach out to others still in need, only if we have the funds to provide the amount. These gift commitments could include Jack Infield Lance and Ellen Shaner programming and the facilities in which to do so. In that regard, I a bequest in a will or living trust, designating The Robert and Jean Kistler Harold and Eileen Shaub* believe we’ve reached a critical juncture for Pennsylvania’s kids and Second Mile the beneficiary of a retirement plan, a Sanford M. and Kathryn G. Jack Shaub for The Second Mile.