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Awards YouthNOW Award Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria’s Teen Mentors were awarded the Volunteer Group Award at the 14th Annual United Way YouthNOW Awards Gala for their incredible dedication to mentoring in the community! These Teen Mentors were comprised of youth ages 15-18 from Edward Milne Community School, Belmont Secondary, and Camosun College. They were truly extraordinary as over the 2011-2012 school year they collectively invested over 500 hours into children within the Langford and Sooke communities. They recognized the importance of cultivating positive relationships and helping youth reach their full potential. They were dedicated to empowering, supporting, and valuing youth within their community and willing to put aside 60 minutes each week to be positive role models/friends to their Little Buddies. Congratultions to our Teen Mentors! Trail Blazer Award Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria wins a National Award for Program Innovation! When it comes to program development everything we do is in support of our mission which is to provide mentors for children. We are not in the business of building programs , our passion rests in building relationships. That being said we evaluate our services with critical questions; How do we serve more? How do we strengthen match relationships? How do we use mentoring as a critical tool in prevention to support identified service gaps in our community? Focus Mentoring was developed in response to these questions. It allows us to serve our communities most vulnerable children, to provide additional support to families, to provide essential training to volunteers and to work in partnership with existing services. As a new program it helps address the greater community concern for mental health. Thank you to the staff and board for their excellent work in developing and launching this innovative program. 6
Fiscal Year in Review 2011-2012 Fiscal Year in Review The fiscal year brought with it the ongoing challenges of generating grant and fundraising revenue in an economy where the requests for funding exceed the amount of funding available. To ensure that the quality of our programs and the number of children Big Brothers Big Sisters serve remain high, we focused on finding efficiencies in our Donation Centre operations in order to internally generate cash flow. With the introduction of a new web-dialer system, we have been able to increase the number of calls per day for the collection of used clothing and small household goods. Though the cost of implementing this new system is reflected as an expense in our 2012 statement of operations and contributes to our overall deficiency, it will be a valuable tool for the future and has already contributed to positive collection volumes. 2012 has also brought a change to Big Brothers Big Sisters’ bookkeeping service provider. Contracting with Boys and Girls Club since 2010, we returned to having our bookkeeping done in-house. By doing so, we have been able to improve the efficiency of and have more control over our accounting processes and financial reporting. It also allows for closer monitoring of our financial position and more timely short-term cash flow decisions. Though we ended the 2012 fiscal year with a net deficiency of $63,707 we are optimistic for what 2013 will bring. We have negotiated a new contract for the Donation Centre operations, evaluated our methods of collections, and secured new collection partnerships all of which will help Big Brothers Big Sisters generate more revenue. Additionally, we secured three year funding from United Way for both In School Mentoring and Community Mentoring. Our programs operate in 13 Municipalities including Sooke and Salt Spring Island making us eligible for consideration for regional funding through BC Gaming which if successful would see increases to our gaming grant. Further, our office lease expires in May 2013 and we are actively looking for a new home that will decrease building occupancy costs. These are just a few of the positive changes that, along with our continued focus on pursuing new opportunities for funding and managing expenses, will ensure that we can continue to provide the highest quality of programs to a growing number of children in 2013 and beyond. We value the ongoing support of the community, our donors, sponsors, and volunteers. It is because of you that we are able to make a difference in children’s lives. Thank you! BC Gaming 8% Donations 5% Fundraising 3% Grants and Subsidies 7% United Way 7% Interest and Incidentals 1% Donation Centre 69% Revenues Fiscal Year Ending June 30,2012 Administration 13% Programs 31% Expenses Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012 Donation Centre 56% 7
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