2007 YMCA Annual Report - YMCA of Greater Houston

2007 YMCA Annual Report

As our neighborhoods
and communities grow,
so does the YMCA of Greater Houston,
leading and collaborating with partners to
empower, support and inspire people to
reach their fullest potential. We believe that
an individual’s growth is never-ending,
that the YMCA is an integral part of that
development and that people can grow in
so many different ways.
The YMCA experienced record increases last
year. Our budget surpassed the $100 million
mark, allowing us to serve more children,
families and communities than ever
before. We opened two new YMCA centers,
the West Orem and Thelma Ley Anderson
Family YMCAs, both long-held dreams that,
thanks to generous donors, tireless volunteers
and dedicated staff, finally became reality.
We now have 38 YMCAs, three camps and
17 Apartment Outreach locations, yet we plan
to serve the Greater Houston area even more
deeply in the future.
We’re growing in ways that not only make the
YMCA bigger, but better. Membership for All
(MFA) has changed the face of our YMCA.
Since offering MFA, which allows people to
pay membership fees that are based on
their total household income, our singleparent
membership has grown by 40 percent.
Hispanic membership grew from nine to
19 percent of the people we serve. Nearly
30 percent of our members qualify for the
MFA program.
The growing diversity of our membership
strengthens us, while reinforcing our
commitment to building healthy spirit,
mind and body for all.
Our Partners Campaign—which helps us
ensure that everyone, regardless of economic
circumstance, has access to the YMCA’s
programs—also grew in 2007, raising
$5.3 million, the largest amount in our
history. Your donations help the YMCA
meet our mission, and we are thankful that the
communities we serve and advocate for trust
us to be good stewards of their resources.
While we celebrate past growth, we also
focus on future development with our
strategic plan, Vision 2020: Realizing
the Possibilities. While helping to form
communities that support the success
of all children, the YMCA is helping
every child develop positive values,
a commitment to service and
motivation to learn.
As the community grows, the
YMCA continues to anticipate
and meet area needs. There
is no limit to what we can
achieve... together. The
possibilities are endless.
Imagine all the ways we
will grow. Won’t you join
us on our next adventure?
Sincerely,
Paul Van Wagenen
Chair, Board of Directors
Clark Baker
President & CEO

Welcome! Hello!
How are you today?
Get ready to grow
at the YMCA!
Here you’re not on your own;
we’re all here for you.
There’s so many things
at the Y you can do.
At the Y fun things happen
and lives are changed too.
A lifetime of memories
to be made just for you.
Oh! The ways you’ll grow!
The Y will lift up your spirit
and light up your mind.
We’ll make sure your body
doesn’t lag behind.
You’ll be holistically fit
because the Y meets your needs.
You’ll feel good about
the person you are.
Yes, indeed!
Oh! The ways you’ll grow!
There is fun to be done.
Day camp and swimming,
youth sports games to be won,
or lost, because in losing
there’s winning too.
Displaying good character
strengthens kids, it’s true!
Oh! The ways you’ll grow
with the YMCA.
Summer camp, AfterSchool,
caring staff lead the way.
Volunteers guide your steps.
Donors build the path.
So that you and your family
can come here and laugh,
and grow and be
the best you can be.
100% satisfaction guaranteed!
So be your name Mike
or Maria or Mary…
DeShawn, Veronica,
Javier or Larry.
Get ready to grow!
Today is your day.
The possibilities
are endless
at the YMCA!
YMCA Named for the
Trotter Family
On March 27, 2007, the Post
Oak YMCA was renamed
the Trotter Family YMCA in
honor of Jack Trotter, who
helped found the facility.
Above: Jack Trotter and his
daughter, Barbara Collins.
West Orem Family
YMCA Opening
The West Orem Family YMCA
celebrated its grand opening
in April and now offers even
more programs and activities to
better serve a growing, diverse
community. Below: West Orem
Center Executive Kelly Raglin
smiles with some youth members.
Record-Setting YMCA Partners
Campaign Changes Lives
This year, the YMCA Partners Campaign
exceeded its $5 million goal, hitting a record
$5,301,688, benefiting children and families
who otherwise could not participate in YMCA
programs. Right: Chris and Jake Price are
among the many families who benefited from the
YMCA Partners Campaign.
YMCA
Operation Backpack
Makes the Grade
YMCA Operation Backpack collected
more than 8,000 backpacks and
100,000 school supplies in 2007,
helping more than 25,000 children
in 31 school districts go back to
school prepared. Left: South Central
Family YMCA Executive Director Mark
Boudreaux and HISD Superintendent Abe
Saavedra hand out free backpacks.
Thelma Ley Anderson
Family YMCA Opening
The Thelma Ley Anderson YMCA in Alvin,
Texas was the first new facility to open in 2007
and already has more than 10,000 members.
Below: Posing for the camera during the
Thelma Ley Anderson Y’s
family night.
YMCA Water Wise Saves Lives
This summer the YMCA’s Water Wise
campaign led the effort to prevent
drownings in the Houston area.
Above: An M.D. Anderson day camper
gets ready for her Y Water Wise swim
safety lesson.

Conroe Family YMCA
“I can’t do it,” complains 15-year old
Scout Blaszczak. “I can’t get him to move.”
Mr. Al the horse refused to take another step, but
Scout’s instructors in the Conroe Family YMCA’s
Leap of Faith program weren’t going to take,
“I can’t” for an answer.
“Look at the confidence they’re helping her build,”
says Scout’s dad Jim. “Here, you don’t get to say,
‘I can’t.’”
Scout used to think there were a lot of things she
couldn’t do. When she was born, she suffered a
stroke and developed cerebral palsy.
In 2006, Scout’s parents enrolled her in the Y’s
Leap of Faith equine assisted riding therapy
program, which helps children with disabilities
build their balance and muscle strength,
determination and self-esteem.
In addition to teaching kids to ride, Illona, Scout’s
mom says, “They help her develop a positive
attitude, set goals and hold her to them. These are
the kind of things children need to grow up and be
confident adults.”
Funded in part by the YMCA’s Partners Campaign,
Leap of Faith started at the YMCA in 2005 with just
17 participants. Now, with 63 children, the program
recently expanded to include aquatic therapy.
All children need a supportive environment framed
by boundaries and expectations in order to flourish
and grow. Leap of Faith offers that and more.
“I feel confident when I accomplish something,”
Scout proclaims. “I feel proud.”
Sweat breaks out on Scout’s brow as she struggles
one last time to get Mr. Al to move. He begrudgingly
complies. Everyone cheers. Scout smiles.
“Now it’s, ‘I can do this,’” said Scout’s dad.
“That’s what she says to herself.”
“The instructors
make me feel
safe,” Scout says.
Scout Blaszczak successfully
stands in Mr. Al’s saddle
as Leap of Faith Volunteer
Courtney Lamberth leads
the way.
Top Right:
Conroe Family
YMCA staff member
Renee Etheridge supports
Scout during aquatic
therapy.
Bottom Right:
Scout poses with
Conroe staff members
Renee Etheridge and
Jessica Thomas and
volunteer Courtney
Lambreth.

“The government would not
let us practice our religion,”
explained Soad Almoudheji.
It was dangerous for her family to publicly embrace
their beliefs in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The
Almoudheji’s are Shia. Under Hussein, the Sunniled
government murdered tens of thousands of
their people. Hussein’s soldiers threatened Soad’s
husband for refusing to give up Shia traditions.
“They wanted him to sign documents saying he
would stop, or they would kill him,”
Soad said.
The family fled
Iraq in 1994. As
refugees living
in squalor in
Beirut, they
petitioned the
United Nations
for asylum.
Six long years
later, the
Almoudheji’s
were resettled in Houston
where YMCA International Services
staff members gave them a new hope.
“The YMCA saved our lives, gave us a new
life,” said Soad.
YMCA
International
Services
Since 1978, YMCA International Services has
resettled 17,500 refugees from nearly 41 countries,
providing cultural orientation, housing, job training,
English classes and more.
“One of the reasons Soad’s family has been so
successful is that they took advantage of all of our
programs,” said Shawn Webb, YMCA International
Services Educational Services Director.
The YMCA helped enroll Soad’s children, Ali and
Aliya, in school. The Y found her husband, Jamal,
a job and helped Soad earn an associate’s degree
from Houston Community College. Seven years
later, a scholarship from International Services
is allowing Soad to pursue a bachelor’s degree in
medical technology from the University of Houston.
“The YMCA is our first family in the United States,”
said Jamal Almoudheji.
And like families should, the YMCA provided a
supportive, caring, empowering environment for the
Almoudheji family, who, as Muslims, could easily
be viewed by some as “different” for their beliefs.
“It’s not about religion.
They don’t look at that,”
said Aliya Almoudheji.
“They don’t look at your face.
The YMCA looks at who
you are on the inside.”
Far Left:
Soad Almoudheji
celebrates her
son’s birthday
with his sister and
other immigrant
children at YMCA
International
Services.
Left:
The Almoudheji
family poses with
their International
Services case
worker, Tue Dinh.

“I used to be shy, but
now, I want to help other
children and I want to be a psychiatrist one
day,” said 17 year-old Justin Jackson, a YMCA
Camp Cullen counselor.
“My first time as a camper, I was so homesick,” he
reminisced about his experience almost ten years
ago. “He called and wanted us to pick him up,”
said Jennifer Pickering, Justin’s long-time mentor.
“Later, he was too busy to even come to the phone,”
she said.
Jennifer and Dan Pickering relocated to Houston
in 1999 and became board members at the M.D.
Anderson Family YMCA. During their involvement
as volunteers, they met Justin. He was an only child
without a father figure in his life. “We became
his expanded family and he definitely has
become part of ours,” said Pickering.
Justin faced some obstacles during his youth and
was separated from his mom for two years. The
Pickerings welcomed Justin into their home, where
he lived until he was reunited with his mother.
While he lived with his mentors, Justin went to the
YMCA every afternoon to play basketball. The Y’s
welcoming environment helped him open up
as he engaged with others. “He was very quiet at
first and afraid of new experiences,” said Pickering.
“Justin stands
out as a tremendous leader. He has a gift for
working with children,” Saunders stated.
Justin believes that the camp staff has impacted
him by instilling positive values and a motivation
to learn, while developing his interpersonal skills;
which is why he chooses to give back to the Y.
“I hope that I have the opportunity to make an
impact in the life of a child,” he said.
“We’re very proud of the young man he has become.
Supporting him has been such a rewarding
experience,” Pickering said.
The Pickerings continued to support Justin and
sent him to camp every year. Last year, he became
a camp counselor, comforting other children
who were away from home for the first time.
YMCA Camp Cullen Director Nicki
Saunders has witnessed how Justin’s
involvement at the Y has brought out
once-hidden talents.
YMCA
Camp Cullen
Left: Justin Jackson helps a camper get geared
up for the ropes course.
Top Right: Justin on a ski trip with the
Pickerings, his family of mentors.
Bottom Right: Justin with Jennifer and Dan
Pickering at a family wedding.
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“I didn’t know I had it in me,
that I could be a leader,” said
Amanda Mancias, an Adventure Guides volunteer
at the Cossaboom Family YMCA. “I can help while
still being with my kids,” she said. Mancias and her
two sons Jeremy, eight, and Joshua, six, have been
members at the Y for four years.
For more than 80 years, the YMCA Adventure
Guides program has helped parents and their
children stay connected and build a closer
bond. Typical Adventure Guides activities include
games, crafts, songs, stories, skits, camping, hiking
and swimming. In Houston, the program is popular
among families of suburban YMCAs, while for
most inner-city Ys, participation is more of a
challenge.
“Some of our families include low-income, single,
working parents with more than one job or who
work on the weekends, making it difficult for them
to discover Adventure Guides,” said Cossaboom
Family YMCA Executive Director Lori Rumfield.
Top Left: Amanda Mancias, her children and other
Cossaboom Family YMCA Adventure Guides participants
in uniform.
Top Right: Cossaboom Family YMCA Adventure Guides
participants at a camp out.
Bottom Right: Amanda Mancias and her two sons,
Jeremy and Joshua.
However, Amanda Mancias’ outgoing personality
and care for others turned the situation around; she
personally recruited several families to join the
Cossaboom Adventure Guides group. Participation
soared from eight to 72 people.
The Adventure Guides experience provided families
an opportunity to engage in new activities and
create special memories together. “It was great
because it was the first time for some of us to
do something like this,” she said. “Many of us
are single parents and it helps to have more
experiences like this with our children.”
“I had never gone camping before,” said Joshua
about his Adventure Guides experience.
“It’s unique for this program to succeed with our
members,” said Rumfield.
Mancias, who also volunteers as a coach
for her sons’ YMCA basketball team,
says leading the Adventure
Guides group gave her a
sense of purpose while
serving as a role model to
other parents.
“The Y has been so good to
us that I wanted to give back,”
she said.
Cossaboom Family YMCA
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When Stephanie Valesquez
found out that she was
pregnant, she was frightened. “I was
scared about the way my mom would react,”
admitted Valesquez.
YMCA
Child Care
Just 17 years old, Valesquez was one of 140
pregnant or parenting teens attending Houston’s
Lee High School last year. Many of those teens
dropped out.
Through collaborative efforts at Lee High School,
led by St. Luke’s Episcopal Charities, the YMCA
was asked to help. Working with the school and
other community partners, the YMCA established a
YMCA Child Care center on the campus. Focused
on keeping young mothers in school through
graduation, the center provides a safe, nurturing
place for children while their moms are in class.
“For every one of those babies there’s a mom who’s
still in school working on her diploma,” emphasized
Steve Amstutz, Lee High School principal.
The center, licensed for 24 children under the age of
two, is staffed by attentive, watchful YMCA staff.
Parents enroll their children at minimal cost and
are required to volunteer in the center each week.
Stephanie Valesquez enrolled her son, Adrian.
She says she wants him to look up to her when
he’s older.
“I wouldn’t want my son to be upset because
his mom didn’t finish school,” Valesquez
acknowledged. “I’m doing it for him so he can be
proud of me, like I am of him.”
The YMCA is committed to helping all teens
set a course for a positive future, and the
young mothers at Lee High School feel lucky to
have the YMCA on-site — even luckier to have the
opportunity to complete their education.
“I wouldn’t have stayed in school because I had no
one to take care of her,” said 18 year-old Cinthia
Ruiz of her daughter, Ximena. “Now I’m going to
go to college and be a pharmacist.”
Said Stephanie Valesquez, “I don’t have words
to say thank you to the YMCA for what they
have done.”
Left: YMCA Vice President of Development Linda Lykos
cares for an infant in the Lee High School YMCA Child
Care Center.
Above Right: Stephanie Valesquez spends part of her
school lunch break feeding her son, Adrian.
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Volunteers help provide
a great start for kids
at the YMCA!
START
West Orem
Family YMCA
Baytown
Family YMCA
Alief Family
YMCA
YMCA Camp Cullen
YMCA Success
By Six
Cypress Creek
Family YMCA
Christine Collins
Helping youth
down the path
of a healthy life
makes volunteers
smile!
Thelma Ley
Anderson
Family YMCA
Pam Goergen
San Jacinto
Family YMCA
Gaylyn Devine
Parnell Speed
Alzayda Smith
Westland
Family YMCA
Sandra Sterling
Al Richard
Liberty County
Family YMCA
Anness Bertrand
Conroe Family
YMCA
Debra Blake
South Central
Family YMCA
Maxine Heath
Bay Area
Family YMCA
Kids jump for
joy when a great
volunteer helps
them round
a corner
in life.
YMCA volunteers
are dedicated, you know.
They give and they give,
so that others may grow.
From the tips of their toes,
to the top of their nose,
volunteers change lives.
In the children, it shows.
For the time that they give
our gratitude is due.
For the love that they share
we say thank you!
South Montgomery
County Family YMCA
Dr. Isaac “Ike”
W. Williams
Joe Bentch
Lake Houston
Family YMCA
Vic Coppinger
Family YMCA
Angela Conley
Bay Area
Family YMCA
Wendel D. Ley
Family YMCA
Glynis Hartwig
Matthew Davis
Cossaboom
Family YMCA
Texas Medical Center
YMCA Child
Care Center
Julie Mince
Terry Fitzgerald
YMCA Camp
Pine Tree
Angela Williams
Patricia Palan
Trotter
Family YMCA
Richard
Davidson
Roy Green
Later in the game,
volunteers make
fitness fun!
Steve Sutton
Katy Family
YMCA
Downtown YMCA
David Wise
Iris Allen
David Dupont
Shannon
Williams
16 Huntsville Family YMCA
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Dennis Kirwin
Families soar
with the help
of volunteers!
TW Davis
Family YMCA
Northeast Family
YMCA
Andrea O’Neill
Galveston
Family YMCA
Aldine-Greenspoint
Family YMCA
Northwest
Family YMCA
YMCA Camp
Hamman Ranch
Ricky Rosa
Cheven
Davidek
Fort Bend
Family YMCA
Not pictured:
Marjean Creager,
Dr. Russell Malik
Langham Creek
Family YMCA
Rev. Justin
Lindstrom
Clay Road
Family YMCA
Stanley Ried
Tania Morales
Family YMCA
North Harris County
Allison Lenig
Weekley
Family YMCA
YMCA Camp
Hamman Ranch
Mac MacLaren
William “Kip” Gary
MD Anderson
Family YMCA
Magnolia-Tomball
Family YMCA
You’re a winner!
Volunteers help make it
happen at the Y.
Gabriel Alvarez
Volunteers
help teens
reach their
goals!
EVERYBODY
WINS!

Revenue 2007 2006
Public Support
Contributions $5,318,121 $4,499,535
United Way $3,382,736 $2,473,201
Total Public Support $8,700,857 $6,972,736
Millions of dollars in contributions and hundreds of
collaborations help the YMCA build healthy spirit, mind and
body for all, regardless of a person’s ability to pay.
Program Fees
Program & Related Fees $35,932,596 $31,889,214
Membership Fees $45,809,518 $43,194,062
Fees from Government Agencies $5,988,039 $5,767,752
Other Revenue $6,638,341 $6,186,994
Total Program Fees $94,368,494 $87,038,022
Total Public Support & Program Fees $103,069,351 $94,010,758
Expenses 2007 2006
Year-End Statistics 2007 2006
Program Participants
Aquatics 41,856 52,016
Child Care 11,749 10,601
Day Camp 79,190 66,257
In 2007, close to 13,000 more children, nearly 80,000 in all,
participated in creative activities, developed their cultural competence
and enhanced their self-esteem in YMCA Day Camp.
Parent/Child 7,466 7,119
Teens 77,054 70,300
Last year, YMCA teen programs encouraged and supported more
than 77,000 young people as they strengthened their motivation
to achieve and formed a positive view of their future.
Youth Sports 72,935 78,774
Resident Camp
Outdoor Education 2,721 2,442
Summer Youth Camp 3,785 2,999
Weekend Camp 7,528 6,730
Special Services
Outreach & International Services 67,622 60,435
Salaries & Benefits $58,316,156 $53,106,409
Office & General $16,390,293 $15,497,982
Occupancy & Equipment $18,393,412 $16,772,152
Other $9,781,020 $8,511,204
Total Expenses $102,880,881 $93,887,747
Excess of Public Support
& Revenue Over Expenses $188,470 $123,011
Members
Facility Members 317,151 228,948
Hundreds of thousands of children, families and individuals
participated in a community based on the development of
healthy relationships through YMCA membership in 2007.
Program Members 266,145 198,322
At least a
Eleventy billion kids?
bazillion gazillion!
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Association Staff
Clark Baker
President/CEO
Wayne Brewer
Executive Vice President
Jeff Bundy
Chief Information Officer
Charles Cleveland
Executive Vice President/Association Services
Mike Emmons
Vice President/Controller
Cindy Ferguson
Vice President/Program Development
Ann Gibson
Senior Vice President/Leadership Development
Gail Glasser
Senior Vice President/Association Advancement
Michael Hagan
Vice President/Marketing
Ken Harris
Vice President/Corporate Services
Gloria Jackson
Vice President/Community Development
Dave Kretsinger
Vice President/Major Gifts
Linda Lykos
Vice President/Development
Group Executives
Darwin Barnett
Steve Gimenez
Karen Heintschel
Gloria Jackson
Jeff McBride
Roger Moon
Steve Peterson
Sheldon Stovall
Jose Rendon
Vice President/Public Policy
David Snow
Senior Vice President/Program
& Membership Services
Sheldon Stovall
Vice President/Diversity
Dale Walters
Senior Vice President/Operations
Bryan Bolton
Director of Membership
Jamie Clark
Director of Spiritual Development/Chaplain
Susan Coker
Director of Marketing
Paula Criel
Director of Center for
Leadership Development
Joann Donnelly
Director of Total Health
and Innovation Strategies
Jennifer Lopez
Director of Leadership
Development Training
Trazanna Moreno
Director of Communications
Joni Phariss
Director of Human Resources
Center Leadership
YMCA Center Executive Director Board Chair
Alief Gladys Brumfield Elsie Smith
M.D. Anderson Marie Arcos Richard Cantu
Thelma Ley Anderson Jody Jernigan Irene Montoya
Aldine-Greenspoint Ralph Wheeler John Brejot
Baytown Carrie Gaskamp Al Richard
Camp Cullen Nicki Saunders Willis Johnson
Camp Hamman Ranch Len Masengale Willis Johnson
Camp Pine Tree Justin Conner Willis Johnson
Clay Road Bill Powell Linda Beeman
Conroe Scott Harper Andrew Cantu
Vic Coppinger Jamie Scaffidi Mitch Sharp
Cossaboom Lori Rumfield Jesse Garcia
Cypress Creek Jeff Peterson Jim Schier
T.W. Davis Brian Haines Bill Myers
Downtown Mandy Stelzer Edward Norton
East Montgomery County Cezar Gonzalez David Wood
Fort Bend Charlie Myer Mike Flory
Galveston Jami Huygens Michael Vaughn
Huntsville Sandra Clifton Marjean Creager
International Services Jeff Watkins Dr. Ron Rea
Katy Michael Batiato Steve Flodder
Lake Houston Cezar Gonzalez David Wood
Langham Creek Jess Stuart Robert Jenkins
Wendel D. Ley Altonette Perry Matt Davis
Liberty County Katina Delk Sandra Sterling
Magnolia-Tomball Darwin Barnett Deborah Rose Miller
North Harris County Jenna Dhayer Stanley Reed
Northeast Demetta Landry Iris Allen
Northwest Shawn Borzelleri Mike Holland
Perry Family Jennifer Strickland Michael Vaughn
San Jacinto Shawn Borzelleri Danice Oliver
Edgar A. Smith Karen Heintschel Michael Vaughn
South Central Mark Boudreaux Alan Bergeron
South Montgomery County Mark Cochran Tony Allison
Success By Six Marjorie Burford Anna Curtis
Texas Medical Center
Child Care Center Jennifer James Terry Fitzgerald
Trotter Chris Coker Edward Randall IV
Upper Kirby Rick Byrd Jim Stephenson
Weekley Family Rick Byrd Jim Stephenson
Westland Bert Ruiz Doug Duerr
West Orem Kelly Raglin Melva Thorton
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YMCA Association
Board Leadership
Officers
Paul Van Wagenen
Chair
Beth Shea
Chair-Elect
Board Members
Karl Amelang
Life Board Member
John S. Arnoldy
President, Chairman, CEO
Triten Corporation
Robert T. Aspromonte
President
Lakeco Properties
Dionel E. Aviles
President
Aviles Engineering Corporation
Gerri Ayers
President
Ayers Meetings & Events
Harry S. Badger
Life Board Member
The Honorable Caroline Baker
Judge
151st Civil District Court
John C. Bass
Managing Director
JP Morgan Securities
Richard Blades
Managing Director
John L. Wortham
W.J. Bowen
Life Board Member
Thomas C. Brennan, III
President
Brennan Interests, LLC
Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell
Senior Pastor
Windsor Village
United Methodist Church
Deborah M. Cannon
President
Houston Zoo, Inc.
Theresa Chang
District Clerk
Harris County
Charles E. Comiskey
Vice President
Brady, Chapman, Holland
Robert J. Doyle
Retired Vice President
Exxon Coal & Minerals
John H. Duncan
Life Board Member
Robert Duncan
Chairman
Transwestern Group
Nancy Dunlap
Civic Volunteer
Charles R. Eskridge III
Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP
Joe B. Foster
Life Board Member
Elvin Franklin
Agent
State Farm Insurance
John Gaylord
President
Jacintoport Terminal Company
Thomas Gee
Retired, Executive Director
Fiscal Services
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Barnett L. Gershen
President
Gershen Consulting
Terry M. Giles
President
Giles Enterprises
Rey Gonzales
President
Universal International
Services, Inc.
Scott Halliday
London Area Managing Partner
Ernst & Young
Judge Richard Hill
Attorney
Linebarger Law Firm
Karen Huff
Civic Volunteer
Laura R. Jaramillo
Vice President Texas Market
Wells Fargo
Willis A. Johnson
President/CEO
Johnson, Bender & Company
David Ley
President
Ley Development Company
Mike Logan
President
Texas Pitcrafters
Khambrel Marshall
Executive Producer
KPRC TV
Ayse McCracken
Civic Volunteer
Robert E. McFadden
President
REM Pipeline Consultants, LLC
Kevin McGinnis
President
McGinnis Cadillac/Mitsubishi
D. Bradley McWilliams
Life Board Member
Eric D. Mullins
Managing Partner
Lime Rock Resources
Louis B. Paine
Life Board Member
Tommy M. Parker
Regional Managing Director
Resources Global
Harry J. Phillips, Jr.
President
Timberlake Interests
Terry Rathert
Sr. Vice President, CFO
Newfield Exploration
Joe Rothbauer
Vice President Operations
LDH Energy
Abelardo Saavedra
Superintendent
Houston Independent
School District
Rick Schissler
Consultant
Silver Fox Advisors
F. Max Schuette
Life Board Member
Beth Shea
Vice President Communications/
Development
San Jacinto Girl Scouts
David C. Shindeldecker
President/CEO
The Redstone Companies
Tom Simmons
Managing Director-Houston
SpencerStuart
Edgar A. Smith
Life Board Member
David Steiner
CEO
Waste Management, Inc.
Howard Tellepsen
President
Tellepsen Construction Company
E. Robert Theriot
Retired Managing Director
Merrill Lynch
Robert C. Thomas
Consultant
Carlos Valdez
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase
Paul Van Wagenen
Chairman,
President, CEO
Pogo Producing
Company
John Vidalin
Vice President Sales
& Marketing
Houston Texans
Gray Wakefield
Life Board Member
Barron F. Wallace
Partner
Vinson & Elkins
Marc Watts
Houston Office
Managing Partner
Vice Chairman
of the Firm
Locke Liddell
Richard W. Weekley
President
Weekley Development
Company
Valerie Williams
Partner
Ernst & Young
Willoughby C.
Williams Jr.
Vice Chairman
JP Morgan Chase
Bryan Wimberly
Retired
CEO, Southern
Engine & Pump
Company
James D. Woods
Life Board
Member
George Yang,
Ph.D.
Chairman
Asia Chemical
Corporation,
Inc.
Just what does it take to help a kid grow?
Love and nurturing and someone to show
that they’ll make lots of decisions,
though they may never quite know,
which choice is right and when to say “no.”
We won’t tell kids how,
but will give them the tools
and help them to swim
through life’s various pools.
We’ll help them grow strong
and to know all along,
that there’s good and bad and
there’s right and there’s wrong.
This next batch of kids
are bright and will learn.
We’ll trust them the future—
no need for concern.
Your gift gives them strength
and important life skills.
They’ll thrive and recover
from many of life’s spills.
So thank you, thank you
from the bottom of our heart.
Your generosity and caring,
they set you apart
from the many who wish
but never quite do,
that which you do,
your caring so true.
Sincerely,
Tommy Parker
2007 Partners Campaign Chair
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YMCA mission: To put Judeo-Christian
principles into practice through programs that
build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
YMCA of Greater Houston
1600 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 659-5566
www.ymcahouston.org
Special thanks to YMCA Texas Medical
Center Child Care Center Executive Director
Jennifer James and all of the children in her care
who appear in these photos.