ANNUAL REPORT 2014 BRITISH COLUMBIA

SOS Children’s Village British Columbia 1 THE SOS BC IMPACT – LOOK AT US GROW!

In 2013... in 2014... 32 25 Our expanded “Community Integrated 5 families and 25 children and youth Village” now consists of 11 families with called the Village home 32 children/young adults 20 53 20 kids went to camp 53 children attended camps

6 11 6 families were supported through 11 families benefited from Caregiver Support Services Caregiver Supports

48 84 48 children and youth received therapy 84 children and youth received free therapeutic services 137 284 137 children went to After School 284 children participated in our Learning Clubs After School Learning Clubs

27 34 27 youth in the Transition to 34 youth supported by Youth Workers Adulthood Program in the Transition to Adulthood Program

2 SOS Children’s Village British Columbia CODY’S STORY: REPAIRING DREAMS THROUGH TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD COACHING & COUNSELLING

Meet Cody. He’s 19, and he’s full of ideas and dreams. He’s Because Cody’s childhood and adolescence had been so always been good at fixing things, and someday he’d like to disrupted, he never had a chance to learn the lifeskills that open his own automotive repair shop. But first, somebody most of us take for granted. With no one to show him how has to help Cody to fix his life. to set up a bank account, how to shop or cook healthy food, or to do the many other things that keep us going from day Because Cody is homeless. to day, Cody’s life quickly fell apart. He didn’t know where to turn for help, except the streets. With no education, and no skills, Cody doesn’t have much hope of achieving his dreams. And nineteen is awfully young Luckily, our Transition to Adulthood youth workers at SOS to have your hopes for the future destroyed. What Cody Children’s Village BC learned about Cody, and reached out needs most is for someone to be on his side. to help him. Katie, Stephanie, and Shayne, the trained SOS youth workers in the Transition to Adulthood Program, know how to help Cody. They can give him the support he’s been Because Cody’s childhood missing, and teach him the skills he needs. And they’ll make sure that he feels like he has hope – because hope for the and adolescence had been future is the most important gift of all. We want to see Cody achieve his dreams. so disrupted, he never In BC today there are thousands of young people who still had a chance to learn the need our help and support, even after they turn nineteen. At SOS Children’s Village BC, we know we need to reach lifeskills that most of us more kids like Cody. That’s why we’re expanding our Village to build independence suites for youth, where they can take for granted. start living on their own in a supported environment. The Transition to Adulthood program gives foster teens who are lost and struggling a positive start in life – helping them to We first met Cody only a few weeks ago. He’s a former foster finish school, find employment, get safe housing, and build kid, who spent his childhood being shuffled through a long a future. Because everyone deserves to grow up with love, series of government foster homes and group homes. When respect and security. he reached nineteen, the minimal government supports he had received ended. Now, he’s expected to fend for himself. Cody has no family, and now that he’s officially an adult, he no longer has a home.

SOS Children’s Village British Columbia 3 MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD + THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Rene Aulinger Douglas Dunn President, Board of Directors Executive Director

It is my pleasure to work again this year with an outstanding For the past 28 years, SOS Children’s Village BC has had team of Directors, a passionate team of professionals in our an identity crisis... but no longer. We may look small, but office and programs, and of course the many volunteers, donors, we’re discovering our strength, our voice, and our passion. and supporters of SOS Children’s Village British Columbia. SOS Children’s Village BC is a leading, grassroots, In 2014, we achieved a number of milestones. One key organization – backed by the largest non-governmental, non- achievement was the strong financial performance that denominational child development charity in the world. Our saw not only balanced operational books with six months BC Village is in the frontline of 2,365 SOS Children’s Village of operating reserves in place, but also $50,000 raised in programs worldwide that care for children and young people our Transition Suite Capital Campaign, allowing us to start whose families have been torn apart. construction. The Transition Suites are the first expansion of our Village in over ten years and we are looking forward In the spring of 2014, SOS Children’s Village BC launched to having all five suites up and running, as the need for this an intense media relations blitz. We sent reporters a press residential Transition to Adulthood program is so very high. release in an unusual format: a package containing Identity Crisis, a board game along the lines of Trivial Pursuit. It was During 2014, we joined SOS Children’s Villages Canada our way of saying, “We now know who we are, and we’re to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the founding of SOS discovering just how much we can do for BC’s foster kids. International, and our Transition to Adulthood program Keep your eye on us!” embraced an alliance with the Foundation and other agencies under the “Fostering Change” banner. These At SOS Children’s Village BC, we are grassroots. We deliver alliances underscore one of our key strengths: partnering. As leading edge programming. We are committed to working a fully independent SOS Children’s Village, we work with the with other agencies, Ministries, and others to better the lives other two North American SOS Villages, Illinois and Florida, of foster children and youth at-risk. And we bring a lot to we have impactful participation in the EUNA (Europe North the table: a world of knowledge, experience, and expertise, America) SOS International Region, and we collaborate thanks to our international connections. We are excited with SOS International/Kinderdorf. A 2014 highlight was co- about working with our partners to make real change for hosting the EUNA Programming conference, held only for the BC’s foster children. second time ever in North America, and setting the agenda – Transitioning Youth – for the 2015 meeting in Estonia. In the coming year we will be restructuring our programs to ensure they meet the needs of foster kids and families. We are a supportive partner with other Social Service Thanks to our generous donors and our Thrift Stores, we are agencies. We focus on our unique offerings, and work not reliant on government contracts, so we can fund our own collaboratively to ensure that the maximum number of foster programs and lead by example. Stay tuned – 2015 will be an children receive the widest range of services with the least exciting year! amount of bureaucracy and redundancy. I cannot close without mentioning the heart and core of our To the Board, staff, volunteers, and donors of SOS Children’s organization: our Village Caregivers. Anne, Marilyn, Almar, Village British Columbia, I thank you for another wonderful Shirley, Shedion, Brian, and Jaol, thank you for opening your year of success and improvement in the lives of foster hearts and creating loving homes for children who may never children and their foster families. have experienced safety and support before. It has been my honour and privilege to work with and for you.

Thank you to the incredible SOS staff and volunteers for helping our SOS BC children grow into caring, self-reliant adults. A Year of Change Rene Aulinger Chairman of the Board 4 SOS Children’s Village British Columbia ABOUT SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE BC

Our Vision Who We Are SOS Children’s Villages is the world’s largest non- Every child belongs to a family and governmental, non-denominational child development grows with love, respect and security organization. In the past 65 years, more than 550 Villages have been established in 134 nations. British Columbia is home to Canada’s only SOS Children’s Village. Our Mission We provide homes, a supportive SOS Children’s Village BC provides a community-based family care service to improve and sustain the quality of life community, and programs to help foster for foster children and foster families. Foster children are children and youth in need grow into frequently at risk of emotional disturbances, delayed social development and poor educational performance. Foster caring, self-reliant adults parents who raise these children require ongoing special resources and support.

Our Values SOS BC enhances the development and healing of foster Courage: We take action children by addressing their physical, social, emotional and Commitment: We keep our promises spiritual needs. We actively create opportunities, programs and services for children to become balanced, responsible, Trust: We believe in each other contributing members of society. We seek long term Accountability: We are reliable partners stability for the foster children and families in our Village, including a strong focus on transition to adulthood and family reunification programming.

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We’re building better futures for foster children and youth at risk, through programs that give them opportunities to achieve their full potential and lead healthier, more productive lives.

We have developed a unique program structure that focuses on two distinct areas: the personalized needs of our Village foster families, and community outreach programs for foster children and vulnerable youth.

Counselling Services self-acceptance, and build on their strengths to develop For those experiencing difficulties in their lives – whether healthy coping behaviours. they are children in care, vulnerable youth, foster parents or caregivers – the Counselling Services at SOS Children’s In 2014, Art Therapist Frauke Reddick worked with 24 Village BC can help. The professional counsellors at SOS BC children from kindergarten to high school age. Most were support clients, to make sense of the disorder in their lives and in foster care or recently returned to their biological parents to move forward productively. from a foster care placement. An afterschool drop-in program is planned for 2015. Our counsellors facilitate the resolution of difficult issues through Expressive Therapies (Art and Play), Cognitive Parent Driven Autism Services Behaviour Therapy and Neurofeedback Training. The Parent Driven Autism Services program is a fee-for-service program serving the needs of children and youth aged 6 –19 Expressive Therapies years old with Autism Spectrum Disorders. A combination Expressive Therapies at SOS Children’s Village BC give of Behavioural Consultation and Neurofeedback Training children opportunities, through Art and Play, to explore helps these children improve their self-regulation and reduce challenging emotions and difficult issues in a safe, calm and symptoms that adversely impact their social and academic child-friendly environment. These therapies help children to learning. Revenues from the Parent Drive Autism Services develop the capacity to deal with their emotions, promote program help support SOS BC’s donor-dependent programs.

6 SOS Children’s Village British Columbia The program has enjoyed significant success in 2014, and Camps, Recreation, and Cultural Programs the practitioners look forward to expanding the program’s Camps and Recreation provides opportunities for youth and client base to serve a broader population. Currently the children to get involved with their community, learn about their program serves about 40 families directly and is working cultural roots, and gain exposure to nature, arts, and fitness. towards providing contract services to low-income families Children in the program learn about life and develop social skills. in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. In 2014 SOS BC funded monthly activities for 6 Village Neurofeedback Training children, including skating, swimming, ballet, and In 2014, SOS Children’s Village BC delivered Neurofeedback gymnastics. The children were dedicated and passionate Training to children in foster care and youth at risk in the and will continue their pursuits in the coming year. Surrey/Langley area. Neurofeedback training optimizes brain function by helping the brain to re-organize and self-regulate As always, Sali’s Farm was a huge hit. In 2014, six kids more efficiently. attended an 8-week program, working closely with a mentor to learn to care for animals. The mentors and volunteers Symptoms and complaints such as inattention, anger, at Sali’s Farm help children overcome past traumas. By hyperactivity, anxiety, traumatic reactions, and depression the program’s end the kids had learned to care not only for naturally and effortlessly abate, allowing for greater animals, but for each other too. information processing, increased memory, decreased anxiety, better self-organization and high degrees of self-control. Louis Vuitton continued their partnership with SOS BC for 2014 by designing a program around food. The partners Transition to Adulthood Program at Louis Vuitton organized a day at a Naples restaurant The Transition to Adulthood program helps at-risk youth in Vancouver where kids learned to make authentic gain life skills, make meaningful connections with their pizza. Twelve children attended and received a basket of community, and move in a positive direction in their life. ingredients to take home to make pizza for their family. The program provides one-to-one support for youth between Our SOS kids learned about caring for and nurturing others, the ages of 16 and 24 years in the Surrey area. while having as much fun as possible!

Most programs for youth end at the age of 19, but youths’ In partnership with Metis Family Services, we ran day camps needs don’t stop at their nineteenth birthday. SOS BC’s for 30 children and 14 youth, helping them experience their program is unique in Surrey by continuing to work with culture and heritage. Children designed miniature teepees, youth until the age of 24 – assisting them through the most listened to storytelling by a community elder, learned how to challenging years of their transition to adulthood. jig dance, and built a miniature drum.

2014 was a year of transformation in the Transition to Our mentors and practicum students worked closely this Adulthood program. Countless hours of work have gone year with the SOS children on a day-to-day basis, helping into building our new Transition Suites, and much valuable them overcome social and emotional barriers. Six kids learning occurred along the way. Thanks to a grant from attended mentoring sessions and many of the kids are Vancouver Foundation, we were able to hire another part-time already asking when the program will start again! The worker, and we developed a Youth Advisory Circle (YAC). mentors worked hard to design activities around the kids’ The YAC ensures that youth have a voice in the program, needs, developing garden-based activities and an all-girls and it has already a become a vital piece of the Transition to group to help build self confidence.At our monthly talking Adulthood program. Thanks to the YAC, we’re developing new circle kids have a chance to bring up topics important to ideas and program parameters, and focusing on how we can them, giving them a sense of community involvement. It’s best serve each individual that comes through the program. just one more way to ensure that children at our Village are thriving in a positive environment. Most importantly, we served 34 youth who had the opportunity to access free therapy and/or neurofeedback Learning Club Program training through SOS BC’s Counselling Services. We are The Learning Club creates a safe and positive space for children constantly advocating for our youth to have access to in an afterschool environment, ensuring our kids stay safe in services that meet their individual needs to set them on a our communities while developing academic and life skills. positive path to their own transformation.

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In partnership with the Surrey School District, we provided things. Their approach paid off, as each of the children were afterschool programming for over 128 children, including our able to play a song or two by the end of the program. children at the Village. A further 284 children enrolled in the club in the 2014/15 school year, more than double the year before. Continuing our partnership with Resound, three children and youth engaged in drum lessons, voice lessons, and guitar Each year the Learning Club team works to improve and lessons on a weekly basis for the whole year. We hope to revise its programming, ensuring that we deliver the best continue developing their skills in the new year. quality of service possible. We take great pride in working with the school district to meet the needs of vulnerable In our outreach work, 10 children from Martha Currie schools and families in our communities. Elementary learned to play guitar. The children met with instructor Carl on a weekly basis. There was a great sense Our BC certified teachers work hard to ensure they provide of pride and all the kids were eager to show how much they the best support possible to the children they help on a had learned throughout the school year. weekly basis in the Learning Club. Communications Caregiver Support Program Our 2nd Annual Holiday Season Challenge campaign took Healthy, happy foster children need foster parents who have place in December 2014. The combination e-mail/mail the supports and encouragement to succeed at a challenging appeal raised a grand total of $21,745. This was impressive job. It’s important to support our parents to ensure they are considering the campaign goal was $15,000 – a 170% healthy and stable to care for the children in their homes, increase over the previous year! We raised a further $7,500 and SOS BC works very hard to meet the growing needs of through our appeal for gift cards for youth in our Transition to our families. Adulthood program, disseminated through Facebook and the Cloverdale Reporter. The response was overwhelming. Our Caregiver Support program has been a huge success in the last year. Monthly meetings with all seven Village We were pleased that online donations were up 56% in 2014 parents were conducted by the Village Director, where compared to the year before. For the 2014 SOS BC Run concerns were addressed together as a team, information & Walk, $12,790 was raised online through peer-to-peer and education on parenting was shared, and everyone was fundraising. Website visits were up 80% over 2013, and our updated on changes in the organization. Facebook ads and Google Adwords performed very well, bringing us new followers, visitors, and brand awareness SOS BC also supported four families outside of our Village among British Columbians. community, in the “Virtual Village”. The highlight of the year was the record media sponsorship The Village Director was accessible to all the caregivers in the we received for the 2014 Peak of Christmas, a $135,000 community, Village, and Virtual Village when needed, checked promotional value. Ticket revenue for the Holiday Gala was in with them on a weekly basis, and when the families were up 60% from $7,350 (2013) to $11,795 (2014), and it was going through transitions, helped them on a daily basis. the first time we sold out the venue a full two weeks before the Gala, maxing out at 230 guests. Sounds of Learning Program Music therapy gives children a sense of identity, and a very strong sense of confidence when they start to see success.

In 2014 our music program, offered in partnership with Resound School of Learning, provided an amazing spring break camp. Five of our Village children learned to play piano during the camp! The instructors were patient and versatile as they assisted children who struggle learning new

8 SOS Children’s Village British Columbia SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA) SOCIETY

Financial Review for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 Condensed Balance Sheet 2014 2013 ASSETS Current Cash $ 608,904 $ 538,326 Accounts Receivable 52,544 8,755 Goods and Services Tax Receivable 8,956 15,151 Prepaid Expenses 14,398 14,307 684,802 576,539 Budget Notes: Property, Buildings and Equipment 389,306 384,919 SOS Children’s Village BC does not receive Total Assets $ 1,074,108 $ 961,458 federal funding for our programs. Support services for families living in the Village are LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS partially funded through Vancouver Aboriginal Current Child and Family Services (VACFSS) and Accounts Payable 91,064 75,158 a grant from BC Community Gaming. Our Current Portion Long Term Debt 11,537 10,912 programs are funded through our Thrift Store Current Portion under Capital Lease 3,283 revenues, events, Corporate/Community/ Deferred Contributions 170,882 64,141 Foundation Grants and our donors. 276,766 150,211 SOS BC’s cost of administration as reported Loans Payable 408,679 420,915 on the Canadian Revenue Agency website Obligations under Capital Lease 6,577 is high due to the cost of running our Net Assets 382,086 390,332 Thrift Stores in Steveston and Kerrisdale. Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 1,074,108 $ 961,458 Although the thrift stores bring in substantial income, the cost of operating the stores Condensed Statement of Operations 2014 2013 is considered an administration cost. This REVENUE increases our non-program costs and Thrift Stores Net Income $ 160,133 $ 113,576 therefore skews the CRA reports. Contributions 255,398 430,932 Relationship with Our Fundraising Events 105,446 69,096 Parent Organization: Program Contracts 57,863 57,863 While SOS Children’s Village BC is proud Rent Recovery and Other Income 154,778 155,073 to be one of the 550+ Villages affiliated with Therapy Services Income 98,304 34,837 SOS Children’s Villages International, we BC Gaming Grants 100,000 100,000 are financially independent and raise all our Total Revenue 931,922 961,377 own operating funds. EXPENSE Program Expenditures 668,854 641,228 Development 124,317 85,568 Administration 111,548 100,877 Fundraising Events 33,853 24,587 Amortization 1,596 2,412 Total Expense 940,168 854,672 (Deficiency) of Revenue over Expenses $ (8,246) $ 106,705 Fund Balance, Beginning of Year 390,332 283,627 Fund Balance, End of Year $ 382,086 $ 390,332

Full financial statements audited by Heming, Wyborn & Grewal, from which this summary is extracted, are available by contacting our office. SOS Children’s Village British Columbia 9 THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

Our valued sponsors are the lifeblood of our fundraising events each year, and their support, dedication, and passion ensures our events continue to improve and raise more money for foster children and youth in our Village and in our community programs.

The year kicked off with our annual SOS BC Run & Walk at the Richmond Olympic Oval and wrapped up with our popular SOS Children’s Gingerbread Village and the milestone 20th Annual Holiday Gala at Grouse Mountain’s Peak of Christmas.

We are sincerely thankful to our sponsors for their support in 2014. Rene Aulinger – President of the Board, Gilles Bouchard, Richmond MLA 6th Annual SOS Children’s Village BC Linda Reid – Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Lois Bouchard, Richmond Run & Walk MP Alice Wong, Violet Holmes, and Mayor Malcolm Brodie of Richmond 6th Annual SOS BC Run & Walk Committee City of Richmond Ethical Bean Coffee 20th Annual SOS Children’s International Summer Night Market SOS Children’s Gingerbread Village iTalkBB Holiday Gala Presenting Sponsor: RE/MAX KD Technical Services 3SecondHeat Aztec Maintenance Mogo Finance Technology 20th Annual SOS Children’s Bentall Kennedy NexS Security Services Holiday Gala Committee Diamond Delivery Penske Truck Rental Air Canada Foundation Freedom 55 Financial Richmond Olympic Oval Corporation All the Holiday Gala Auction German Canadian Business Richmond Recognition Donors Association Save-On-Foods Big Ridge Brewing Grouse Mountain Resorts Scott Paragon Signs & Screenprinting Blue Skies Event Management Heming, Wyborn & Grewal Steveston Bakery Grouse Mountain Resorts Lynn Valley Lions Club Super Save Group Gordon Food Service Mogo Finance Technology Tag Liquor Stores Cambie Plaza Lebkuchen Schmidt North Vancouver Host Lions The German Advertising Advantage Gingerbread World Club The Rotary Club of Richmond Whistler Water The Rotary Club of North Urban Impact Vancouver Stewart, Aulinger & Company Vancouver Whitecaps FC WorkSafeBC Media Sponsors 96.9 JACK FM Sonic 104.9 FM City TV Omni TV News1130 North Shore News Vancouver 24 Hours

10 SOS Children’s Village British Columbia Board of Directors 2014 SOS BC Staff Team

Reinhart Aulinger, President Douglas Dunn, M.B.A., C.F.R.E. Executive Director Lawyer, Stewart, Aulinger & Company Shelina Jamani, Office Manager Ken Haertling, Vice President Chief Security Officer/VP Security, Raymonde Delisle, Finance Officer

Dave Baldarelli, Secretary Marilyn Madden, Director of Corporate & Major Donor Stewardship Chief Credit & Analysis Officer, Mogo William Brennan, B.Comn. Manager of Communications Paul Loyla, Treasurer Manager, Fraser Valley Accounting Solutions Heidi Trautmann, Grants Officer

Tina Coleman, Director Megan McKillop, Coordinator, Development & Program Research Controller, Mercer Creative Doug West, M.A. (Cand.) Manager of Autism Services Hardy Dhaliwal, Director Owner/Operator/Restaurateur, Cielos Tapas and Oyster Bar Kistie Singh, B.A., B.Ed. Village Director

Lyle Green, Director Dr. Lise’ DeLong, Ph.D., CPCRT, CCCM Clinical Director Mortgage Professional, Dominion Lending Centre Mark Thomas, M.A., R.C.C., CHt Clinical Lead Satinder Grewal, Director HR Senior Consultant & Founder, Grewal Professional Search & Frauke Reddick, B.Sc., DVATI Art Therapist Consulting Group Katie Perkins, Transition to Adulthood Coordinator

Stephanie Shuttleworth, Transition to Adulthood Worker

Shayne Forster, Transition to Adulthood Worker

Jeff Prasad, Behaviour Consultant

Barbara High, Manager of Retail Fundraising and Volunteer Resources

Vera Gover, P/T Thrift Store Manager, Kerrisdale

Brenda McGuire, P/T Thrift Store Manager, Kerrisdale

Caroline Rankin, Thrift Store Assistant, Steveston

Kathy Jukes, Thrift Store Assistant, Steveston

SOS Children’s Village British Columbia 11 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Legacy Maple Rotary Club of Richmond Heming, Wyborn & Grewal Tag Liquor Stores Cambie Plaza ($100,000 or more) Toskan Casale Foundation Hewlett, Margaret & Taylor, Kim BC Gaming Art and Marguerite Valiquette Mr. Chris Morris TELUS House Ottawa Estate of Isabelle Marion McCrae Vancity Community Foundation High, Barbara University Hill Elementary School HSBC – Future First Program Huber, Christine SOS Club True Lavender Husky Energy Wawra, Margot Majestic Cedar ($1,000 to $4,999) Ilich, Daniel West Coast Title Search ($50,000 to $99,999) Anonymous Independent Order of Odd Fellows Willis, Jocelyn Grouse Mountain Resorts Army, Navy, and Air Force – Progress Lodge No. 81 Wirth, Alfred Sook Ching Foundation Veterans – Steveston #284 Jina, Altaf and Jenny Young, Gary Asante, Jackie Jina, Aman Benevolent Dogwood Aztec Maintanance Karpun, Rosemary TRANSITION SUITES ($30,000 to $49,999) Baldazzi, Gastone and Katharina Lloyd, Thelma CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RE/MAX Lower Mainland Group Bouchard, Chris & Cindy Logie, Richard and Victoria ($1,000 OR MORE) Advertising Committee Boyd, Greg and Belinda Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary Anonymous Serena Fashions CIBC Children’s Foundation School Interact Club Boag Foundation Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Corlett, Gladys MacDonald, Dettwiler & Foundation Family Services Society Cox, Dagmar Associates Home Depot Canada Foundation Crookes, Wayne Maxwell, James & Jenn Kwela Leadership and Talent Enduring Rose Davis, Gary and Barb McNamee, Barrie Management ($10,000 to $29,999) De Halmy, Elisabeth McRae, Douglas and Elizabeth Public Guardian and Trustee of Reinhart and Elvira Aulinger Delisle, Raymonde Mogo Finance Technology British Columbia Gilles and Louise Bouchard Diamond Delivery Naples, Cathi Rebekah Lodge No. 36 – Kelowna Shell and Frankie Busey Dickson, Lindsay North Vancouver Host Lions Club Rotary Club of White Rock Chris Spencer Foundation Dierkes-Leifeld, Bertram Nowak, Nellie Scarrow, Kelly Klaus and Hideko Kittel Dunn, Douglas Optirex Lab Service Wilson, Janet Knights of Columbus North Surrey Edwards, Vince & Ena Pember, Tim Council No. 4767 Emerton, William Posch, Frank and Helga Programming Support Stewart, Aulinger & Company – Prospera Credit Union SOS Kinderdorf International Team TELUS Cares Willoughby Branch RCMP Ladies Auxiliary SOS Children’s Villages Canada Finn, Fern Reinson, Paula SOS Children’s Villages Illinois Sustaining Daisy Freedom 55 Financial Richmond Firefighters Association SOS Children’s Villages Florida ($5,000 to $9,999) German Canadian Business Richter, Klaus & Margot Kurt and Hedy Allemann Association Roberts, David & Fay Bentall Kennedy Gillespie, Rob and Rotary Club of North Delta Bouchard Enterprises Liz Gillespie-Sved Rotary Club of North Vancouver B. Eveline Burman Goodwin, Peter Royal Canadian Legion – Devine Elden Grimmett, Helen Whalley #229 Donald and Stella Longstaff Hagg, Robert Ruscheinski, Regina Lynn Valley Lions Club Hamilton, Eleanor Scarrow, Kelly Janet Wilson Hareid, Lori Sicking, Henry and Hannelore RBC Foundation Head, David Sipko, Karin

DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO SOS Children’s Village BC GIFTS GENERATE TAX CREDITS 102 – 5830 176A Street Charitable Business #129935011RR0001 Surrey, BC V3S 4H5 Receipts for tax purposes are issued for T 604 574 2964 all donations over $20. BRITISH COLUMBIA Or donate online at www.sosbc.org