2009 - Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area

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KATELYNN TIEDY Youth of the Year - JWR CLUB L E A D E R S H I P “Being involved in the JWR Club, I feel like I’ve made a difference. It amazes me how much you can impact someone’s life by just being there and giving a little attention. I hope every child has a chance to experience this.” Senior Year! My Club 2009 ANNUAL REPORT 4
Meyer Memorial Club Receives New Spaces More than 1,400 kids at the Meyer Club are benefiting from new program spaces made possible by the Estate of Thomas G. Elliott, the Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust, the Larry & Jeanette Epping Family Foundation, and the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. 2,300 square feet were added to the Club, which now features a large performing arts room, and a fully furnished fitness center. The performing arts space is perfect for dance classes, aerobics, and small group activities. Teens love the new fitness center, which offers a wide variety of weight training and exercise equipment. The adjoining administrative office received a much-needed renovation as well, with the addition of a professional training center equipped with state-of-the-art audio visual technology that enables us to conduct interactive, hands-on staff training sessions. New Partnerships Enable Expansion of Literacy Program September 2009 marked an important occasion for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland—the expansion of our literacy program from two sites serving 250 kids per year, to six sites serving more than 600 kids per year. Preparation for the expansion began in early 2009 with seven literacy staff members completing an intensive six-week certification training in the Slingerland Multisensory Approach, an instructional method targeted to the needs of dyslexic students and other struggling readers. All remaining full-time Club staff received an abbreviated version of the training over the summer, in order to ensure that the needs of these youth are being met in all program areas, not just in the literacy centers. By the fall, 4 new centers were open with significant support provided by the Quest Foundation, who purchased new computer workstations and software, and iStation, who provided an online, interactive reading program offering individualized lesson plans. The Clubs also continued with the next phase of our partnership with the University of Oregon, who embarked on a two-year evaluation of the literacy program. Portland Showcase of Wine & Cheese Reaches New Milestone The Showcase of Wine & Cheese raised over $1 million in 2009, the highest revenue in the event’s seven year history. Fred Meyer returned as the presenting sponsor, joined by Belgioioso Cheese, Young’s Columbia and thousands of outstanding corporate and individual sponsors and event attendees. The Showcase of Wine & Cheese is critical to our capacity to provide enriching activities at the low membership fee of only $5 per year, as it typically raises approximately 20% of the Clubs’ annual operating budget. We are thankful for the continued support of our community and corporate sponsors, who have been highly instrumental in helping this event double its revenue to the Clubs over the past seven years. 5 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
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