2018 Annual Report & Annual General Meeting
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First Book Canada NB Child and St. Stephen Aces Thank you to all of our Flo-rite Mechanical Youth Advocate Jr. A Hockey Club Fundy Shores School NB Children’s St. Stephen Chamber 2018 Annual Report & 2018 Community Partners Fundy Fencing Foundation of Commerce Fundy Winterfest NB Department of St. Stephen’s Serving Saint John, Kings & Charlotte Counties Giant Tiger Post-Secondary University Annual General Meeting GlassSKY Education, Training Stantec Consulting Glenn Carpenter and Labour Stewart McKelvey Centre NB Department of Stone Church Judge Tom Bell Award recipients: Grant Thornton LLP Social Development Stuart House Bed Greater Saint John NBCC & Breakfast Vision Barb Crawford & Noah Anthony Meeting Agenda: Community Neighbourhood Police Subway ‘Awarded annually for Foundation Council Sussex Mental Every child exceptional dedication to volunteering’ Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Holiday Inn Express Nick Nicolle Health Clinic & Suites Community Centre Sussex Wellness who needs Hooper Law Norm & Donna Network a mentor, Huestis Insurance Michaelsen Symphony NB 1. Call to Order - Acknowledgements MENTOR Links members take instruction Group Offline Board TD Canada Trust has a mentor. Debbie Cooper IA Clarington Game Cafe TD Wealth 2. Chairperson and Secretary Named from Chris Peters, former Little Brother Investments P.R.O. Kids Teed Saunders Debbie Cooper and now owner of East Coast Boxing and ICS Creative Agency PALS Program Doyle & Co. Performance Centre. Impact Wealth Pathways to Education Teen Resource Centre 3. Meeting Duly Constituted Imperial Theatre Penny Heather Thandi Restaurant Mission (Reading Notice of Meeting) 20/20 Vision Care Canadian Progress Inside Out Nature PFLAG Thane Fawkes Executive Director Laurie Collins Club Ignite ACAP Centre Prestige Homes Sussex The Big 50/50 Statement 4. Quorum (1/3 of Board Members: 4) Acadia Broadcasting Canadian Tire Innovatia Pristine The Boys and Girls Barb Crawford Noah Anthony 5. Approval of Minutes 2018 - Secretary Acadian Sturgeon Jumpstart Investors Group – Project Roar Club of Saint John We commit to Advocate Printing Canadian Women’s Larry Clark RBC Foundation The Promise Mentor - Go Girls! Teen Mentor - Fundy Leah Straight Air Canada Foundation Foundation - Irving Equipment RBC Future Launch Partnership understand and Friendship Club Middle & High School 6. Executive Reports & Approvals: Al Gagnon Photography Girls’ Fund Irving Forest Services RBC (Future Launch The Saint John a. President’s Report Algonquin Resort Canaport LNG Irving Oil Champions) - Multicultural and respond to the George Hitchcock Award Debbie Cooper Amazeatourium Mrs. Carol Wilson Irving Pulp and Paper Quispamsis & Newcomers needs of young Anglophone South Château de Champlain Irving Shipbuilding Fairville Blvd Resource Centre b. Executive Director’s Report ‘Awarded School District Cherry Brook Zoo Janie’s Kid Zone Inc. RBC Insurance Ticklebelly Hill people in our Laurie Collins Arauco Children’s Wish J.D. Irving, Limited Reaction Events Timbertop annually for c. Treasurer’s Report Foundation communities Around the Block JDI Sawmills and Richard Alderman Adventures youth to attend Daniel Drew Atlantic Lottery Corp. City of Saint John Woodlands Rockwood Park Tim Horton’s – with relevant summer camp or Coldwell Banker 7. Appointment of Accountants 2020 Atlantic Towing Judith & Brian Dunstan Rossmount Inn Murphy Restaurants pursue an Autotec 1995 Inc. Select Realty Kennebecasis Regional Rotary Club of Touchstone Academy volunteer based Daniel Drew Beaconsfield Middle Connexion Works Police Force Rothesay Kings Town of St. George educational mentoring 8. Election of Directors School Connors Bros. Kent Building Supplies Rothesay Park School Town of St. Stephen interest’ Niki Comeau/Debbie Cooper BCAPI Cooke Aquaculture Kiwanis Club of RST Sunbury Town of Sussex programs. Izzy Boudreau BDO Canada Crescent Valley Saint John Saint John Chamber UNB Radio 107.3 9. Mentoring Success Stories Bell Aliant Resource Centre KV Oasis Youth Centre of Commerce UNB Worlds UNBound 10. Presentation of Awards: Bella’s Bistro Amherst Dalhousie Medicine L’Arche Saint John Saint John Energy UNBSJ and Associated Judge Tom Bell Award Belmont Health & NB Lakefield Elementary Saint John Free Alumni George Hitchcock Award DealerMine CRM Wellness School Public Library United Commercial Saint John 11. Special Presentations Betty Hitchcock Deloitte LLP Lakewood Heights Saint John Learning Travelers of America BMO Bank of Montreal Delta Marriott School Exchange Jack Kidd Council 755 Office: 12. New Business Boston Pizza Saint John Lancaster Golden Saint John Riptide United Way Saint Third Level 13. Adjournment - Refreshments to follow Foundation Deer Island Service Club Saint John Police Force John, Kings & Brunswick Square Please join us in celebration! Brenan’s Funeral Home Community School Lily Lake Pavilion Saint John Rotary Club Charlotte 39 King Street Sam Morrell Josh Thibodeau & Crematorium Dr. Arnold Brown & Living SJ Saint John Seadogs Vibrant Communities Saint John, NB Bridget McGale & Associates Loch Lomond School Saint John Theatre Saint John, Sussex & E2L 4W3 Catherine Sidney Dr. Beth Gilbert Mariner Partners Company Charlotte County Brilliant Labs Dynamic Funds Maritimes & Saint John Volunteer Vito’s Restaurant 506 635-1145 Youth Served in Big Brothers Big Sisters Programs 2018 Brunswick News East Coast Boxing and Northeast Pipeline – Centre WE Believe Saint John Brunswick Pipeline - Performance Spectra Energy Saint John Waterfront WestJet Youth Served in Mentoring Programs - 287 Group and Waiting List Programs: Emera Eastern College Maritime Travel Development Mrs. Winona Crilley Youth Served in More Than One Program - 23 Game On! (Boys) - 30 Brunswick Square Elementary Martinon Yacht Club Salesforce WorkSafeNB Volunteer Mentors - 220 Go Girls! - 93 Shopping Centre Literacy Inc. McDonald’s Scotiabank Wyndham Worldwide One-On-One Core Programs: Extended Length Go Girls! - 7 Brunswick Square Energy Atlantica Midland Transport Grand Bay-Westfield Xerox Canada Ltd. Little Brothers- 17 MENTOR Links - 50 Dental Exit Realty Specialists Morna Heights School Sculpt Saint John YMCA of Greater Canada NB Job Grants Fabiola Martinez National Bank Seadogs Foundation Saint John Little Sisters - 37 BIG Adventure Day Camp - 22 Canada Summer Jobs Fairview Bowling NB & Maine Railways Sobeys YMCA Newcomer In-School Mentees - 48 Kids ‘n Kops Summer Camp - 14 Lanes St. Croix Courier Connections In-School Teen Mentees - 62 Code Makers Summer Camp - 15 BBBS Saint John Board of Directors 2018-19 MENTOR Links Program makes connections Inspire Mentoring Awards Board Executive Board of Directors Betty Hitchcock accepts the ‘J. K. Irving Lifetime Distinction President: Susan Eisner, Credit Counselling in Mentoring Award’ from Services of Atlantic Canada Debbie Cooper Mr. Irving, with Mentee, Jada Retired - Boys & Jennifer Hallihan, Parent Girls Club Betty Hitchcock, Retired Nurse 1st Vice President: Andrew Holmes, ICS Creative Agency Leah Straight Jim Jordan, J.D. Irving, Limited Investors Group Cindy Millett, Irving Oil 2nd Vice President: Kathleen Osborne, Social Development Kate Shannon Emily Teed, Social Development Canaport LNG Ted Weaire, Cooke Aquaculture Slevin is pumped to race in the NB Soap Treasurer: Jeff Williams, Comeau’s Sea Foods Ltd. Box Derby representing ‘Lily Lake Pavilion’ Daniel Drew Honorary Life Members: and ‘Lily’s Café’. Great Canadian Darrell Scribner, Retired Police Detective Dollar Store Robert Vincent, Stewart McKelvey 2018 Agency Activities The second annual Inspire Mentoring Secretary: Awards was held on October 18, 2018 to Vacant celebrate people working, volunteering and Agency Staff in 2018 January/February MENTOR Links can take you places you Past President: 2nd Annual Dress Down Day contributing as mentors in our communities. may have never gone before - like selfie-friendly street art and Niki Comeau Executive Director Laurie Collins Participation in Winterfest Betty Hitchcock was honored as the ASD-S First Timbertop Adventures, where you can really go ‘out on a limb’! Mentoring Coordinators Charlene Perry March/April recipient of the J.K. Irving Lifetime Steps Housing Kimberly Fawkes Bowl for Kids Sake Events MENTOR Links, the agency’s waitlist Distinction in Mentoring Award for Lori Hall May/June group program, was supported in her dedication to mentoring others Meagin Huisman Program Evaluation Project part by the Boston Pizza Foundation. throughout her lifetime. Amy Tanner Volunteer Bowl for Kids Sake Events This program offerschildren and Other honorees included community Sarah Taylor-Weeks Participated in the NB Soap Box Derby youth who are waiting for a 1 to 1 mentors Daryl Steeves, Anne McShane, Special Projects Coordinator Collection for the BIG Book Sale Milestones match the opportunity to experience Rhonda Cusack and Sam Palmer. Rhoda Welshman Ted Rogers Scholarship Presentation to safe, age-appropriate activities in the community while connecting 2018 Summer Grant Students Mia Flood Jessica Schwarze Abbey Jordan Annual General Meeting with agency staff and screened adult volunteers. Allee Bezeau In-School Mentoring & Go Girls! Closing Parties Participants have the chance to see new places, try their hand Congratulations Will von Richter BBBSC National Convention at new activities, and meet new friends from all over the Greater Saint John area. Events are educational, recreational, and give and Thank You! July/August Littles attend Tim Horton’s Camp children the chance to connect