GREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS Learning by Doing 2013 Annual Report 2013 ExecutiveExecutive Committee Committee Chair Nominating Committee Chair Hon. John C. Whitehead — Former Co-Chairman, Deryck A. Palmer. Esq. — Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Goldman Sachs & Co.; Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; Shaw Pittman LLP Former Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Vice President – Hispanic Initiatives President Dr. Antonio Perez — President, Alair A. Townsend — Columnist, Borough of Manhattan Community College Crain’s New York Business Ray Quartararo — International Director, Council Commissioner Jones Lang LaSalle Thomas S. Bain — Managing Director, BlackRock J.E. Reeves, Jr. — President, The Reeves Foundation Scout Executive and Omer S. J. Williams, Esq. Chief Executive Officer/Secretary Bronx Borough President Ethan V. Draddy Joseph Kelleher, RPA — President & Chief Operating Treasurer Officer, Hutch Management LLC John D. Thomopoulos — Partner, Ernst & Young LLP Staten Island Borough President Assistant Treasurer Christopher Williams — Williams Eye Works John Greed — Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Queens Borough President Financial Officer, Mutual of America Michael Sibilia — Chief Financial Officer, Finance Chair JFK International Airport Theodore R. Gamble, Jr. — Managing Director, Manhattan Borough President The Prescott Group, Inc. Peter Micca — Partner, Deloitte & Touche Endowment Chair Brooklyn Borough President Thomas J. Kavaler, Esq. — Partner, vacant Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Investment Committee Chair Ellen R. Harris, CFA — Vice President, Investments, UBS Financial Services Inc. Vice President-Membership Richard A. Davies — Managing Director, Defined Contributions, Russell Investments Vice President – Exploring James K. Donaghy — Chairman, StructureTone Vice President – Program Tony Fiori — Senior Manager, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Camping Committee Chair Philip L. Green — Partner, Ernst & Young LLP Vice President – Alumni Relations Richard G. Mason, Esq. — Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Greetings from the Key Leadership Dear Friend of Scouting, Your generous friendship and support makes a difference in the lives of 45,614 boys and girls who are growing up throughout the diverse communities of New York City. Scouting is fortunate that you share our concern for young people. In these pages, we outline some of the individual young people who participate in our varied programs, and the difference your support of Scouting makes in their young and impressionable lives. Children Learn by Doing. New York City Scouting provides numerous and innovative ways to reach and serve kids of varied ages, back- grounds and income levels. Thank you for building our capacity to make such an impact. We are excited to share that 2013 was a year of meaningful change and progress within the Scouting movement. Here in the Big Apple, the Greater New York Councils welcomed Eagle Scout Ethan Draddy as our new Scout Executive / Chief Executive Officer, and we thanked Charlie Rosser for his nine years of service. We have had our fourth consecutive year of membership growth and an additional 600 children attended Scout summer camp. We are pleased to have completed Phases II and III of our conservation easement to permanently preserve green space at Pouch Scout Camp in Staten Island for the permanent use by our Scouts and Explorers. Many thoughtful and generous friends of Scouting in New York City have eliminated all of our long-term debt and enhanced our financial capacity to better serve the next generation of young people. Scouting enables children to develop healthy habits, teaching a lifelong appreciation of physical and personal fitness. We actively work to prevent bullying and to instill environmental stewardship and sustainability. We provide multiple opportunities for youth leadership development and STEM education. Your support enables us to reach underserved populations, while preparing young people to successfully transition from school into the workforce. We look forward to building upon our capacity to have our kids Learn by Doing. We salute our partners and stakeholders, the generous donors and thousands of dedicated volunteers who make a difference. Thank you. With deep gratitude and appreciation, Chair President Council Commissioner Scout Executive & CEO John C. Whitehead Alair A. Townsend Thomas S. Bain Ethan V. Draddy GNYCGNYC At-A-GlanceAt-A-Glance Mission The Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica has helped over five million young people become “Prepared for Life.” The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices. The vision of the Greater New York Councils is to serve New York City kids and their families throughout the diverse communities of New York City and to help them to prepare for success in school, career, and life. Community Served Number of Partner Organizations 45,614 boys and girls ages 6-20 in the (including schools, faith-based organizations, businesses, five boroughs of New York City community-based organizations, and governmental agencies) 801 2013 Membership 4,495 Cub Scouts Annual Operating Budget 4,809 Boy Scouts $11 million 9,204 Scoutreach Cub Scouts Number of Summer Camp Sessions 20,091 Learning for Life Participants 7,598 6,755 Explorers 260 Venturers Number of Scouts and Adults Participating Gender in Weekend Activities at one of our Camping 86% male, 14% female properties 75,380 including: Demographics Alpine Scout Camp: 35,266 37% Hispanic William H. Pouch Scout Camp: 28,966 25% African-American Ten Mile River Scout Reservation: 11,118 25% Caucasian 11% Asian Direct Assistance to Individuals 1% Other $509,701 (not including subsidies to our programs) 1% Native American Boy Scout Rank Advancements % of Youth Who Receive 1,295 Financial Assistance Cub Scout Rank Advancements 70% 6,552 Adult Volunteers New Eagle Scouts 4,451 131 Number of Volunteer Hours Contributed 250,000+ Meet Our Scout ExecutiveExecutive Ethan V. Draddy Ethan joined us in June 2013, with a proven track record as a Professional Scouter. Most recently, he served as Scout Executive for the Baltimore Area Council. He also served as Scout Executive for the Jersey Shore Council, Toms River, NJ, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Council. An Eagle Scout with many years of camp experience, he served as the Course Director for the National Camping School. He is an avid runner, competing in eleven marathons. We welcome Ethan, his wife Joann, and two children Taylor Marie and Lara Colleen to Ethan Draddy, the Greater New York Councils. Scout Executive Contact: [email protected] or Twitter.com/ethandraddy John E. Reeves Cub World, Alpine Scout Camp A Scout Is...Is... Trustworthy,Trustworthy, Loyal, Loyal, & &Helpful Helpful TRADITIONAL VOLUNTEER-LED SCOUTING (Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts) Our volunteer-led Cub Scout program served 4,495 boys in grades one through five, and our Boy Scout Troops served 4,809 boys from sixth grade through age 18. They enjoyed many exciting urban and outdoor adventures this year while learning important life skills and continuing to serve our community: Brandon Chu, Scout “ Recently, I attended the Big Apple Jamboree at Camp Pouch in Staten Island and this activity was the highlight of my Scouting career! The Jamboree was a three-day long camping trip that had Boy Scouts from all over New York City in attendance, and featured so many fun and exciting things. The best moment was my first ever mountain biking trek with my Troop. It was one of the scariest moments in my life. I learned that if I want to achieve anything, I need to just go for it and not be afraid because even if I end up falling, I have to pick myself up and try again. This is how Scouting is preparing me to fulfill my dreams and prepare me for life”. – Brandon Chu, Troop 96, Forest Hills, Queens, age 13. A Scout Is... Brandon Chu Forest Shostak, Scout “ Scouting has helped me become the person I am today. Scouting gives us plenty of opportunities to better our community and ourselves while having a lot of fun! My Troop was very active in the Super Storm Sandy relief efforts, helping to collect food outside our local supermarket and clean-up debris at Floyd Bennett Field and Plum Beach – it felt good to be able to give back to my community and to positively impact the lives of others. It’s doing activities like this when I am most proud to be a Boy Scout.” – Forest Shostak, Troop 187, Brooklyn, age 14. A Scout Is... Forest Shostak A Scout Is... Trustworthy, Loyal, & Helpful A Scout Is...Is... Friendly, Friendly, Courteous, Courteous, &Kind & Kind SCOUTREACH This Cub-Scouting program is delivered with paid Program Specialist leaders to address the lack of volunteer capacity in low-income neighborhoods. We expanded enrollment by 11% this year, serving 9,204 boys in first through fifth grades from over 40 of New York City’s most low-income neighborhood public schools. Colby Broaddus, Scout, Explorer “ Scouting, in many ways, helped save me. Growing up in Washington Heights, it is very easy to get involved in the wrong crowd and become a victim to the streets. However, the Scoutreach and Exploring programs helps to keep me focused on positive things and gives me the opportunity to learn new and useful skills – including: CPR, first-aid, swimming, wilderness survival, and how to stop crime in my community. I want to be the boy from Washington Heights that creates change, sets goals, and accomplishes them, and because of Scouting, I can! – Colby Broaddus, Troop 748 (Scoutreach), and NYPD Exploring Post 24, Upper West Side, Manhattan, 15 years old. A Scout Is... Colby Broaddus Eagle Scout Recognition Day, Yankee Stadium AA Scout Is...Is... Obedient,Obedient, Cheerful, Cheerful, & &Thrifty Thrifty EXPLORING This worksite-based career exploration program served 6,755 young men and women ages 14-20 this year, a 15% increase over 2012. The following is an excerpt from a NY 1 story that appeared following the Exploring Academy graduation this past June.