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Forging Connections, Fulfilling Needs, Fostering Growth Here Comes the Neighborhood! Forging Connections, Fulfilling Needs, Fostering Growth Here Comes the Neighborhood! YMCA of Greater New York 2006Annual Report At a ceremony in the Fall of 2006 marking the ground- Í We grew revenue to an unprecedented $130 million, Dear breakingFriends, of our new YMCA on the Rockaways, Deputy with $4.9 million in net asset growth. Mayor Dan Doctoroff said, “If you want to see a harbinger of where this city is moving, follow the YMCA.” Í We received $13.6 million in donations from nearly 10,000 generous donors, setting records with a $3.5 million annual And it’s true. Since early 2005, one of our top three Strong Kids Campaign, a $2 million Dodge Award Dinner strategic priorities has been strengthening our presence in and a $500,000 Arts & Letters reception and auction. New York City’s neighborhoods. In building on the solid foundations we have laid in the areas we serve, our YMCA Í We gave away $45 million in free or subsidized programs is reinforcing our commitments, introducing more services and services to New Yorkers in need. and inspiring other neighborhoods to wonder, “When will Í We celebrated donors who joined our Heritage Society we have a Y?” in making the YMCA of Greater New York a part of As we enter into a new era of growth that will mark new their estate plans. YMCAs in Ridgewood, the Rockaways and Coney Island, Í We welcomed 10 community leaders to our Board of we take a moment to reflect on a particularly productive Directors and newly-formed Board Emeritus. 2006 for the 4,400 staff and 1,500 volunteers of the YMCA of Greater New York: Í We continued to build a strong staff, launching our Emerging Leaders program, increasing staff training with Í We opened the Chinatown YMCA’s first full-service 6,500 staff attending 85 trainings. We gauged our staff ’s Branch in April, just two blocks from where our Bowery job satisfaction with a comprehensive culture scan. Branch once operated, starting in 1872. Í We continued to strengthen on our partnership with Í We completed work on the all-new Bedford-Stuyvesant the City of New York, hosting 37 elected officials or YMCA, which is on track to exceed its projected doubling representatives at our second Legislative Breakfast. of membership. Building on our position as the city’s leading youth organi- Í We joined Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in zation, our YMCA is poised to enter a new era of growth, announcing plans for new YMCAs on Coney Island as we broaden and deepen our agenda for the city that and in the Rockaways. we love. Together, we are working to stay strongly rooted Í We launched our New Americans Welcome Centers in in the heart of our neighborhoods, forging connections, Chinatown and Staten Island as a central resource for fulfilling needs and fostering growth. recent immigrants for language instruction, citizenship Yours in service, application and job skills training. Í We opened our second session of Teens Take the City with more than 350 participants ready to make a real Barry Salzberg difference as leaders in their own communities. Chair, Board of Directors (2004-07) Í We marked our 10th year of our signature afterschool program Virtual Y, which has served 58,000 kids since Janice Reals Ellig 1996. We served a total of 13,400 kids in our after- Chair, Board of Directors (2007-09) school programs, more than 2,600 in early childhood programs, 11,035 in our day and sleepaway camps, and 56,019 teens. Jack Lund Í We grew our membership over the past two years, with President & CEO 20,000 new individuals and families choosing the YMCA. YMCA of Greater New York 19 Branches throughout the five boroughs 350,000 New Yorkers served 175,000 New Yorkers under 18 served $130m annual operating budget $26.6m in contributions & grants $45m in free or subsidized programs 4,400 staff 2,300 staff working with kids 1,500 Association and Branch volunteers Here COMes tHe NeiGHBOrHOOD! BrANCH LOCAtiONs Drawing vitality from the neighborhoods it serves, the Bronx BRONX YMCA is a physical and emotional component of our 1 Bronx YMCA (00) urban infrastructure, a fixture of healthy, growing commu- nities. The Y is undeniably part of America’s “social capital” Brooklyn and, like any fruitful resource, it requires investment in 2 Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA (007) order to produce anticipated returns. For generations, the 3 Coney Island YMCA (009) YMCA has reliably paid these dividends in the form of 4 Dodge YMCA (005) strong kids, strong families and strong communities. The 5 YMCA of Greater New York will continue to do so in the Flatbush YMCA (011) TAN 6 AT 21st century. Greenpoint YMCA (011) 7 NH North Brooklyn YMCA (011) This is an inspiring time of YMCA growth and strength MA 8 Prospect Park YMCA in New York City. As a respected human services provider – and increasingly the partner of choice for public- Manhattan private community development projects – the YMCA 9 Chinatown YMCA (006) is well-positioned to inaugurate a new capital era that 10 Harlem YMCA (011) QUEENS will mean more New Yorkers served by Y programs, and 11 in more locations, than ever before in its history. With International YMCA 12 a proven record of success, the YMCA of Greater New McBurney YMCA (00) 13 York is poised to enhance its stature as the city’s leading Vanderbilt YMCA 14 youth organization, to widen its presence in communities West Side YMCA throughout all five boroughs, and to be a destination for philanthropists seeking the greatest possible return on Queens their charitable investment. 15 Catalpa YMCA (009) 16 Cross Island YMCA BROOKLYN 17 Flushing YMCA 18 Jamaica YMCA (011) 21 19 Long Island City YMCA 20 Rockaways YMCA (008) staten island STATEN ISLAND 21 Staten Island Broadway YMCA 22 Staten Island South Shore YMCA 23 Staten Island YMCA Counseling Services 22 Huguenot, NY 23 24 Camping Services YMCA KeY New YMCAs, through Capital Campaign for Kids (000-06) Planned YMCAs, through Here Comes the Neighborhood! Campaign (007-10) Proposed YMCAs, through New Communities Campaign (010-) Existing YMCAs BRONX 10 1 TAN AT 11 14 NH MA 17 13 19 12 16 6 9 QUEENS 15 18 4 2 7 8 BROOKLYN 5 20 STATEN ISLAND 3 “If you want to see a harbinger of where the city is moving, follow the YMCA. They’ve been such a great contributor to our city for so long.” Daniel L. Doctoroff Deputy Mayor, New York City Forging Connections ridgewood,In 1965, the YMCA and programs to residents of individuals, between received a generous gift Ridgewood and surround- cultures, between worlds. Queens from Queens County – ing areas. a 35-year-old courthouse At the heart of a community nestled near the Brooklyn In the four decades since, bridging old and new, the border at the corner of the neighborhood has old courthouse is poised 64th St. and Catalpa Ave. grown to be a welcome for a second rebirth. With a With minimal updates, the haven to New Americans full-scale renovation, expan- YMCA breathed new life from Eastern Europe and sion and modernization into the place, creating the Latin America, looking to of the Center, Ridgewood 18,000 square-foot Catalpa provide new opportunities will soon see the Catalpa Center YMCA that has for themselves and their Center retired in favor of a been providing early child- children. Seeking their place full-service YMCA Branch hood care, youth sports, in a new, larger community, on the site, with capacity to day camp and modest the Catalpa Center’s offer- serve more than twice the health and fitness facilities ings have served to form a kids and adults. connection – between draft “I’m a New York City kid, and I grew up in the Y, too. This is a YMCA town. We love the Y and what it does for our children.” Helen Marshall Borough President, Queens Victor Zamore moved to New York from the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica in the 1970s, met his Ecuadorian-born wife Angela, and they made a life together in Queens. His introduction to the Catalpa YMCA came through a need for health and fitness, particularly weight training. Two years ago, then 1-year-old Sherrard started coming in with his dad, building a relationship they both needed. “When it’s hard, he’s there – ‘come on Dad, come on’ – and I’m there for him, too. The stronger I am, the stronger I can make him. It’s been good to have my son with me and growing with him. We grow together.” “When it opens in 2008, the YMCA will be the heart of neighborhood life, just like the Ys are and have been throughout the city for more than 150 years. It’s going to make an enormous difference in this community.” Michael r. Bloomberg Mayor, New York City Fulfilling Needs rockaways,Limited or no access to consequences have been partnership with the Beech- swimming pools is cited as a fatal: the Daily News called wood Development Co. and Queens chief reason that the drown- the beaches of the Rocka- the Benjamin Organization. ing risk for low-income ways “the city’s deadliest,” African American children with 14 drownings over the Further extending the Y’s is 3.2 times higher than for past decade. presence beyond the Virtual white children, and nowhere Y afterschool sites in PS is this more evident than With over 100 years in 197 and PS 256, the new on the Rockaways.
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