ng’s Dau i gh K t e e h r s T F l o a u t i n p d s e o rs H o ’s f Children Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Making a Difference in the Lives of Children Since 1896. The King’s Daughters Since 1896... Board of Directors The King’s Daughters are the founders of Children’s Hospital 2009-2010 of The King’s Daughters. We have more than 120 years of fascinating history of caring for children beginning with hiring a Maryellen Baldwin, President bicycle nurse, to opening a clinic, to building a modern stand- Robyn Maus, Vice President of Circles/Membership alone pediatric hospital. We have been making a difference in Christine Neikirk, Vice President of Development the lives of children in Hampton Roads since 1896. Diana Blanchard Gross, Vice President Public Relations Kathryn Callahan, Treasurer Elizabeth Hope, Secretary The King’s Daughters membership is organized into circles (Adult and Junior) that are located throughout Hampton Roads. Each Circle elects its own leaders, organizes its own events, contributes hand-sewn items and donates time and money to CHKD. Members also chair and serve on The King’s Daughters’ major fundraising projects throughout the year. A Board of Directors which governs the organization is elected annually by the membership and is supported by a dedicated staff. Buffy Barefoot, Membership Co-Chair Cathy Britt, Legislative / Education Co-Chair, Historian Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Susan Brown, Education Health System (CHS) is dedicated exclusively Betsy Cooper, Membership to meeting the unique medical and Patricia Hodge, Canister Chair surgical needs of children, both inpatient Patti Ingram, Major Project Liaison Holly Festival of Trees and outpatient, throughout Virginia and Beth Johnson, Endowment Funds/Governance northeastern North Carolina. Facilities Brie Martinson, Major Project Liaison Holly Festival of Trees include the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Kristen Nunnally, Junior Circles Chair Daughters as well as a comprehensive Joyce Weddle, Legislative / Education Co-Chair network of pediatric providers who work in Judi Worley, Major Project Liaison Tour de Cuisine locations throughout our community. The Internet and Social Media The King’s Daughters: Our web presence continued to grow stronger with our King’s Daughters’ website www.kingsdaughters.org and facebook.com. Our now well Year in Review established fan page, a group page, and a cause page has over 4,300 members, and $1,000 was raised from our cause page alone. The The history of our King’s Daughters organization is a long and venerable one that continues monthly newsletter, The Circular, continues to be emailed to 80% of our to thrive. As our integrated health system expands into new roles within our community, members. Our website, Circle pages, and KD E-Blasts have become our we are called to be champions of the cause. We aim to “promote superior pediatric main source of communication and an effective way for our organization wellness,” by providing funds and advocacy that will provide disease prevention, research to not only connect with the members but enable us to share with our and interventional initiatives, as well as providing state-of-the-art equipment and innovative community, CHKD employees, and the public at large the exciting projects programs, for the children of our community. that our membership constantly strives to create. All King’s Daughters were sent a special “Thank You” e-card during National Volunteers Week Community in April for their invaluable service. The King’s Daughters continue to focus their attention and energy toward providing superior health care for the children of our community. Through countless volunteer hours in excess of 54,000 and extreme dedication, we are so fortunate to have a diverse membership that brims with creativity, passion, and innovation. Our volunteer activities are needed just as much today as they were more than 100 years ago. Our priority remains the Membership same; CHILDREN. We now have 1094 members in 48 Adult Circles and 6 Junior Circles. We welcomed four new Circles that were formed in the 2009-10 fiscal year; Lafayette River Circle, Oceanfront Circle, Circle in the Sand and Circle The King’s Daughters’ Corporate Advisory Board thrived after completing in the Bridge. its first year; this board enabled The King’s Daughters to actively involve key leaders in the community who provided valuable insight and The 2008-09 King’s Daughters’ Annual Recognition Meeting was held on October 6th, at the Ohef Sholom recommendations for our major events. Members of the Advisory Board Temple in Norfolk. Awards were presented to Circles and members, followed by a memorial service for included: departed King’s Daughters. Taylor Franklin received The King’s Daughters’ Award of Excellence which is Jamie Albano - Albano Cleaning, Christy Allen - TowneBank, Taylor Franklin - SL Nusbaum, Kevin Murphy - Downtown awarded each year to a non-King’s Daughter who shows exemplary dedication to our organization. Norfolk Civic League, Paul Sharp - SYR Management, Brooke Smith - Rover Marine, Inc., Sunny Sonner - Dominion Enterprises, and Eric Stevens - Bardo. KD Connect Meetings Our KD Connect meetings promote communication between The King’s Daughters Office Circles, staff and CHKD. They were held in September, The four-member staff: Lisa Coleman, Executive Director; October, January, April, and June. Guest speakers from CHS Season Roberts, Development Operations Manager; including Mr. James Dahling addressed the ongoing challenges Natalie Carducci, Membership Coordinator; and Amanda facing CHKD in these difficult economic times and the strategies Bohannon, Department Secretary worked tirelessly with being undertaken to maintain the viability of the hospital. The all King’s Daughters’ current and prospective members, Tudor Family shared their personal experience at CHKD during CHKD employees and the community at large to ensure the their son’s illness. Circles announced their upcoming projects continuation of The King’s Daughters’ legacy; that goals were and events and presented checks to the organization. met and exceeded. The King’s Daughters’ Staff were active members and participated with Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Norfolk Council, Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Virginia Association of Healthcare Auxiliaries and Volunteers, American Fundraising Professionals, Volunteer Hampton Roads and the Ghent Business Association. The Circle Accomplishments King’s Daughters’ administrative staff is a highly motivated and organized team. Circle projects and revenues again reached an all time high. $326,000 was donated by circles this year. 24,014 pieces of linens, knitted items, sewn items, CHKD Endowment and Capital Campaign Completion and gifts were donated. The King’s Daughters were proud to announce the completion of a five-year $1 million pledge to CHKD’s Endowment 54,960 volunteer hours were contributed. Adult Leaders and Treasurers attended Campaign to two vital programs; Nursing Scholarships and the CHKD Child Abuse Center. We were equally proud orientation and training sessions in Norfolk and Hampton in September. to announce that we accomplished this with 100% participation from our Circles. Circle members continue to arrange tours and meetings within the hospital, inspiring renewed interest, excitement and enthusiasm for CHKD. The King’s Daughters pledged $250,000 to the CHKD Viriginia Beach Health and Surgery Center. The King’s Daughters, as well as many of our sponsors and supporters are all prominently recognized in the lobby of CHKD Junior Circles Norfolk as part of the new recognition wall. Junior Circles continue to excel in providing Adult Circles with energetic volunteers. All junior leaders and treasurers attended a training and orientation meeting in September to help them organize for the year. 2 3 Major Projects The King’s Daughters’ 2009-10 Major Projects consisted of the Holly Festival of Canisters Trees, Holly Ball, Tour de Cuisine, and the RunWalk for the Kids. The King’s Daughters, with the generous help of local merchants and our own CHKD Thrift Stores, raised an incredible $240,000 from canister donations this year. Our Canisters are easily identifiable and are an The 27th Annual Holly Festival of Trees was held at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott essential form of income to The King’s Daughters. Hotel in Downtown Norfolk November 20-21, 2009. The Holly Events kicked off with the unveiling of the holiday windows by Macy’s at the Norfolk Waterside Advocacy Efforts Marriott Hotel for the second year. A Luncheon and Fashion Show was held, This year our membership advocated for fair and equitable funding featuring items from Beverly’s Fine Fashions, followed by an evening Gala with at both the state and federal level. The strong grassroots advocacy Live and Silent Auctions. Children and families enjoyed the holiday tradition of Breakfast efforts of The King’s Daughters, CHKD employees, physicians and with Santa. This year, the Holly Festival of Trees raised $70,000 for the community at large, was well recognized when Governor Robert CHKD. McDonnell amended the state budget to restore $1.8 million in funding to CHKD. The 47th Annual Holly Ball was held at The Westin, Town Center, Virginia Beach, Saturday, December 5, 2009. This event was Annual Contribution to CHKD attended by King’s Daughters, CHKD employees, CHKD specialty In spite of the economic environment, and because of the tenacious groups and by the Hampton Roads’ business community and elected efforts of our members, The King’s Daughters were able to donate $567,000 to CHKD for fiscal year 2009- officials, including Congressman Glen Nye. The event raised 10. These funds were raised through Circle Projects, Major Projects, Canister Funds, and other sources. $50,000 for CHKD. The King’s Daughters continued to operate successfully in Fiscal year 2009-10, our second year of operating The 6th Annual Tour de Cuisine reached new heights with a sellout as a completely self-sustaining corporation, as we no longer received Corporate Support/funding from CHKD.