2018 Impact Report BELIEVING IN DREAMS Find the Great in Every Girl. PACE18-025612 Annual Report.indd_m.indd 1 12/21/18 2:12 PM TABLE OF Billie Rawot Chair, Board of Trustees CONTENTS $1,000-$4,999 Pasco County $5,000-$9,999 Amar Williams Team Rountree, Inc. Anne LandrumMary Marx Sheriff’sPresident Charities & CEO Florida’s Natural Growers Anonymous The GE Foundation Brian Wong * Regional Medical Center Foundation Carl Zollicoffer Upchurch Watson of Bayonet Point & Medical Maxine & Richard Weiss White & Max Ellen & Gary Parker Center of Trinity Dawn Walker Publix Super Markets Charities Volusia County Council Heart of Florida Rotary Club of New Port Devon Simpson United Way, Inc. Richey Fund, Inc. Saddle Creek E.T. Gardner Foundation Waste Pro Logistics Services Rachael & Shumaker, Loop & Evett Simmons, Esq. * Weber Air & Heat Chadwick Crews * Technologies, Inc. Kendrick, LLP Gary, Williams, Parenti, YourCause/Electronic Arts Simpson Environmental $1,000-$4,999 Watson & Gary, P.L.L.C. 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Givewell Community Fund, Inc. Foundation Rachel & Will Armstead Kargar Construction, Inc. The Walt Disney Company Joseph Detrano Robert Gorman Foundation Greg & Cheryl Shell Maryam Ghyabi Marguerite Kling Heath Funeral Chapel, Inc. Stamm Manufacturing P. Barry Butler Program Model 8 Plant It Earth James & Martha Dayvault Suzie’s Hallmark Palm Coast Observer, LLC Proly, Laporte & Mulligan, P.A. Jennifer Thornton Synthia & Robert Snow Roadtek, LLC PALM BEACH Publix Super Markets, Inc. Vernon Hassell - Hassell Tile $50,000 & ABOVE Katherine & Clifford Otto Rotary Club of Ormond Rasmussen College Beach, Inc. The Jim Moran Foundation Kathryn Abels Find the Great in Every Girl 9 Republic Bank Kim Brunson $500-$999 Stewart Stamper Saxon Rehab Asbury Automotive Group Susanne Mccabe $10,000-$24,999 Lakeland Area Chamber Management, LLC Foundation, Inc. Boulevard Hair Boutique United Way SunCoast (of Henry Nias Foundation, Inc. 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Trinity Presbyterian Church Vickie Colter Heather Woolf PINELLAS of Lakeland Jim & Diane Perrrella $25,000 & ABOVE United Way of Foundation Carmax, Inc. Central Florida Center Highlights 14 John & Nellie Bastien Francis & Gertrude Levett Valenti Campbell Trohn VOLUSIA-FLAGLER Memorial Foundation Foundation Tamayo & Aranda, P. A . $50,000 & ABOVE Landon Fund of the Juvenile Welfare Board Wells Fargo Foundation United Way of Volusia-Flagler Community Foundation Schoen Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin AAGS 18 Counties $500-$999 $25,000-$49,999 $5,000-$9,999 Beverly Hollis Paul B. Hunter & Constance Nona & William Kramer D. Hunter Charitable Om Yoga & Wellness Studios ** Beth Dillinger Foundation, Inc. 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Donors 22 Debbie Lieberman Sharon Miller Chanfrau & Chanfrau PASCO Foundation for a Healthy Stevie Buck Christina Maguire ** $10,000 & ABOVE St. Petersburg Suzanne & Robert Aranda Cobb Cole Making Change Fund Klar & Klar Architects, Inc. Tracy & Zachary Duncan Daytona International Tampa Bay Arena LP USAmeribank Trista Otto Speedway Philosophy Back Cover The Nurse Lawyer, P.A. (2017 Denim Day) Fields of Daytona, LLC Florida Health Care Plans $5,000-$9,999 TREASURE COAST Florida Power & Light Newman’s Own Foundation POLK $50,000 & ABOVE Company $50,000 & ABOVE Publix Super Markets Charities Children’s Services Council Fraternal Order of Eagles Wells Fargo Foundation Clark Family Foundation, Inc. of St. Lucie County Greg Wynn Financial George Jenkins Services, Inc. Foundation, Inc. $1,000-$4,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Karen & Clay Ervin Alice Everard Charitable United Way of Omar Vargas Foundation $10,000-$24,999 St. Lucie County Ormond Beach Fraternal Chris & Jennifer Cooley Auto-Owners Insurance Order of Eagles Regal Automotive Group $1,000-$4,999 Pilot Club of Daytona Pasco County Clerks Beach, Inc. ** for a Cause 4 Girls Foundation, Inc. Private Foundation, Inc. 2 PaceCenter.org | 904.421.8585 27 PACE18-025612 Annual Report.indd_m.indd 2 12/21/18 2:12 PM PACE18-025612 Annual Report.indd_m.indd 27 12/21/18 2:12 PM Billie Rawot Chair, Board of Trustees Mary Marx President & CEO REFLECTIONS OF LEADERSHIP Dear Friends, Three decades ago, Pace Center for Girls opened its doors with the understanding that all girls, no matter their circumstances, have value, strength, and enormous potential. This principle remains foundational today through our advocacy work, program delivery, and the unwavering belief that there is great in every girl and that together we find it. This work requires a clear vision, teamwork, trust, and a caring community. It requires agility, innovation, and a commitment to learning. And the benefits are enormous. This past year we had the opportunity to help more than 3,000 girls change their life trajectories and become the architects of a better future by finding the great in themselves. Over the course of the year, we opened our 20th Pace Center in Hernando County. We expanded the successful Reach model to eight counties across Florida, providing much needed counseling, case management, and mental health services to girls in schools and the community. And we continue to lay the foundation to expand what we have accomplished in Florida in other states. Over the past several years, we have also had the opportunity to work with our elected officials to help change systems and policies that stand in the way of girls’ success, and this work has contributed to a 50 percent decrease in the number of girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system across the state. Why does this matter? It matters because our Pace girls are our next generation of mothers, community leaders, and workforce, and when they are successful, we all benefit. We are grateful for the support from donors, volunteers, partners, and our staff. Your continuing support makes everything we do possible. It is what inspires us to do more, to never give up on our girls, and to never let them give up on themselves. Thank you for helping us find the great in every girl. Billie Rawot Mary Marx Chair, Board of Trustees President & CEO 3 Daniela Smith DANIELA’S STORY Started Pace 2009 Graduated High School 2013 Earned a PhD in Sociology For me, the Pace program has been a life-changing experience. I grew up in what most would consider a traditional family environment. My mother was a teacher, and my father worked in law enforcement. But behind closed doors were a lot of issues between my parents that we all kept a secret. The traumatizing events between my parents really influenced my behavior growing up. By the time I was 12, I was already in the juvenile justice system. The diversion program that I was put into was not beneficial for anything I was going through; there was no therapy or rehabilitation offered, and I just felt like it was a waste of time. Despite the broken system, the diversion programs led me to Pace. I always knew that I wanted a better life. My parents were not the best role models, but they did teach me the importance of education, and I wasn’t ready to give that up. I wanted to find a place that would ground me and give me the direction I desperately needed. Pace was my last hope of redemption. When I first started Pace, I was still emotionally closed off. I kept “Without Pace, I wouldn’t to myself and didn’t want to make new friends or open up to have overcome the emotional the teachers and counselors. But after a while, I began to let my guard down, and the friendships and relationships I made at trauma of my past to be able Pace became some of the most important in my life.