2017 Mid-Year Report

2017 BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
President – Mark Lawrence
Simply Yards Landscaping
Vice President – Mike Gubrud
Mike Gubrud Farmers Insurance Agency
Vice President – Holly Shannon
Carson Law Group
Treasurer – Becky Taft
Skagit Bank
Secretary – Carrie Wallace
Skagit Bank
Past President – Annette Booth
Booth Insurance/Allstate Insurance Co.
Member – Pat Barrett
Barrett Financial, LTD
Member – Dr. Carl Bruner
Mount Vernon School District
Superintendent
Member – Raymond Goda
DreamchasersRV of Burlington
Member – Jennifer Fix
Peacehealth Foundation
Member – Tina Asp
Image360
Member – Rob Martin
Chinook Enterprises
Member – Kelly Tuohig
Andeaver
Member – Bill Overby
Skagit Valley College
Member – Mark Nilson
Retired - Education
Friends,
This year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County turns 20! Thinking
back on the history of the organization, our development was much
like the youth we serve. In our early years we worked hard and always
tried our best, but obstacles were presented and took extra support
and encouragement to get through. Much like a parent, our community
was always there, and thanks to the Board leadership that preceded
me, the Clubs continued to find their way, make improvements,
and become our better self.
You were there for us so not only would we continue serving those
youth who need us most, but we would find our way to becoming a
leader in our field—the same expectations we have as our teens enter
into adulthood. You remained committed and invested, and thanks to
you, we entered our ‘adulthood’ and have taken that very place in the
community imagined by that core group of committed volunteer leaders
who willed the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County into existence.
Thousands of youth have been served in our Clubhouses and through
extension programs and activities in the last twenty years, and are
leaders in their own right. Our alumni include police officers and firemen
in Skagit County, members of the Armed Forces, entrepreneurs,
teachers, and assets in the construction and trades, non-profit sector,
and much more. These individuals had need of extra support and
encouragement; a safe, fun, and positive place to be when school was
out. The Club was there.
As an investor and stakeholder in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
and more than 1,700 youth served through direct services in programs,
you are responsible for providing means to reach these realized outcomes,
and for that, on behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff of our
Clubs, I thank you. Much work remains to be done, but progress is being
made each and every day as smiles, confidence, and new skills bound
out of our doors, embodied in our members, ages 6-18.
Skagit County is a special place to live and work, and we are honored to
play a role in its continued development and future success.
To the next 20 years!
Mark Lawrence
President, Board of Directors
Owner, Simply Yards Landscape and Design
Mark Lawrence
Board President
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