THE PROMISE OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE

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Boys & Girls Club of Worcester65 Tainter Street • Worcester, MA 01610

Administration: (508)754-2686 • Main South Clubhouse: (508)753-3377 • Fax: (508)754-7635questions@bgcworcester.org • www.bgcworcester.org

Child Development Center65 Tainter St • Worcester, MA 01610 • Phone: 508-754-0796 • Fax: 508-754-7635

Great Brook Valley Clubhouse35 - 45 Freedom Way • Worcester, MA 01605 • Phone: 508-421-5176

Freedom Way Gymnasium33 Freedom Way • Worcester, MA 01605 • Phone: 508-421-5176

Kids Club Clubhouse180 Constitution Ave. • Worcester, MA 01605 • Phone: 508-459-3634

Plumley Village Clubhouse

16 Laurel Street • Worcester, MA 01608 • Phone: 508-754-5509 portions of our programsprovided by:

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HANDS AND VOICES NEEDED!

Worcester’s youth are struggling to create a bright future. Poverty, high dropout rates, eruptions of violent crime, familysubstance abuse, and low fitness levels are impairing our children’s ability to succeed.

Worcester's young people need our help. Too many of them are not receiving the guidance they need to graduate from highschool, to avoid violence, gangs and drugs or to become responsible adults. And for the more than 4,000 young peoplewho ARE finding hope and opportunity in our Boys & Girls Clubs, the need for support is greater than ever.

The statistics about the challenges facing youth in Worcester and the United States are staggering.

• 39% of 18 to 25 year olds in the City of Worcester do not have a high school diploma.

• More than a quarter of all of the youth living within Worcester’s city limits live below thepoverty level. 58 % of the youth that come to our Clubhouses live in poverty and 68% live in a singleparent household.

• 16 % of adolescents in the USA are overweight. This figure has nearly tripled in the last 20 years.

• In the next 24 hours 3,506 American teens will run away from home.

• Every 24 hours, more than 15,000 teens in the U.S. begin using drugs for the first time.

COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF THE DIFFERENCE THAT OUR CLUB IS MAKING

The crisis affecting our children impacts every community within our nation and Worcester is no exception. While thesestatistics regarding our youth are alarming, there is hope.

A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive cites the experiences of Boys & Girls Club alumni as living proof of thehope Boys & Girls Clubs offer. The alumni survey reveals some 67 % of Club alumni attribute their ability to avoid difficulty withthe law to the influence of Club staff, and 67 % also say the Club is where they learned how to "say no" to drugs and alcohol.

Also noted in the survey, some 28 % of respondents report they would have dropped out of high school if not for theClub. Another 51 % achieved a higher level of education than they thought possible because of attending their Club.

Of the alumni surveyed, 80 % said that their Club experience made a positive impact on their attitude toward fitness andhealth, with 74 % participating in organized sports.

While so many of our nation's young people are dropping out of high school, succumbing to drugs/alcohol or losing thefight against poor nutrition and/or exercise, many Boys & Girls Club alumni thrive. In fact, they are Living Proof that Clubs work.

The transformation in Main South that the Club is accomplishing with Clark University and the Main South CommunityDevelopment Corporation is immediately apparent to anyone who drives through the neighborhood. The new Clubhouseand new housing are only the beginning, however. By collaborating with more groups than any other agency in the city, weare building a network of support for our kids that will help them transform their lives in remarkable ways. The snapshots onthe following pages that celebrate Theresa, Jasmine and Damian demonstrate what our members can achieve with yourinvolvement.

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB IS THE BEST INVESTMENTTHAT YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUTH IN WORCESTER

With so many non-profits, coalitions and community ideas vying for our limited time, energy and dollars, it’s moreimportant than ever that each of us makes the most of our opportunity to invest in programs that you know work. Bysupporting the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester and telling others about how the Club is improving the lives of the kids wereach, you will help us continue to make an important and life-saving difference for our kids.

The Boys & Girls Club of Worcester is embarking on a bold four-year initiative to deepen the positive impact on youngpeople’s lives. We are beginning to recruit a stadium full of Raving Fans empowered to enlist others to support the growingimpact that the Club is making on our youth members and the City of Worcester.

This effort will result in:

• Sustaining the Club’s current scope of service so that we can be in a position to reach out to more youngpeople and families who need the Club;

• Increasing our overall daily attendance, and the frequency of attendance for each Club member;

• Shifting our emphasis from growth to impact so we can prove what we know- that Club members do betteracademically, are more physically fit, are less likely to join a gang or get involved in juvenile crime, are contributing to the city through community service and have loads more fun because of their involvement;

• Bringing the same standards of excellence to our outreach units in Great Brook Valley and Plumley Villagethat we have achieved in Main South;

• Serving girls and teens through programs designed specifically for their needs.

By becoming a Raving Fan of the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, you strengthen our ability to serve the children and teensthat need us most. As a Raving Fan you will:

• Encourage someone who can help to tour one of our Clubhouses;

• Invite others to attend a Club event or help serve a hot meal at Kids Café;

• Help us identify “broadcast towers”--other folks like you that care about Worcester’s kids with strongfundraising, communication, and networking skills that will get the word out to even more people aboutour great Club and kids.

Boys & Girls Club alumni say it best: “The Club saved my life.”You can change the life of a child today by becoming a Raving Fan!

With your help we can continue to be a solution to the challenges facing youth in Worcester,

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Promise of a Bright FutureThrough sports—and the arts

Most people know the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester for our outstanding swim,basketball and boxing programs. But if you visit the Clubhouse on Tainter Street, youmay be surprised to see—and hear—the results of our thriving arts program. You

might even catch a fragrant whiff from the weekly baking classes where lessons in kitchen math and chemistryproduce good things to eat.

Not only are the walls of the Clubhouse filled with photos and pictures from classes we offer in digitalphotography, this year some of our students’ photos and drawings were exhibited at Clark University.

The exhibition, “Street Art; A Portrait of Main South,” was the culmination of a collaboration between ourmembers and Clark students in a seminar on communications and culture. Mentored by professionalphotographer Stephen DiRado, the Club members went out into the neighborhood to record their impressionswith disposable cameras. To the delight of all, the resulting pictures were both realistic and artistic.

The arts program at the Boys & Girls Club is giving a voice to Club members who may not be drawn to sports.The arts also open up a whole new world of possibilities for young athletes.

In the following pages, you’ll read about several of our arts programs, from keyboarding to dance as well asthe education and support programs that are helping our young members realize their potential.

We’re proud that our members are as creative as they are athletic and we welcome you to stop by and see foryourself.

Our Promise of a Bright Future initiative is developing ongoing support for our programs and helping to buildan endowment that will ensure our great programs and services will be here for our kids for another century.Please help us with your support.

The arts program at the Boys & Girls Club is giving avoice to Club members who may not be drawn to sports.

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Shauree Allotey, culturalarts program director,took the Boys & Girls

Club’s fledgling dancers to twocompetitions in their first season as ateam—and the team brought home firstand second place trophies for theirhighly polished performances.

The team, In Da Zone, has 13members, 12 young women and a singleyoung man. Their snappy routinecombining hip hop with Broadwaymusicals won first place in the juniordivision at the Dance and Drillcompetition at Assumption Collegein Worcester and second place afterperforming for an audience of 3,000at the Beantown Bounce in Boston.

The team has been practicingthree days a week for two hours andthree hours on Saturday since last fall.Since there is currently no spaceavailable at the Clubhouse to devotesolely to dance practice, they gothrough their paces in a room alsoused for other Club programs.

Nevertheless, the dance team isoblivious to the noise in the background;they focus on Shauree’s instructionsand work out the complicated routinesshe has devised.

Watching them run through a newdance number, Shauree shakes herhead. “I want to see clean moves,” sheencourages them. Her instructionsreveal the elements of sport in dance.

“Lead with your shoulders andfollow through with your punches,” shesays.

“If I’ve only taught themdance, then I’ve failed,”

she added.

Shauree has danced for most ofher life. As a student in sociology atUMass Amherst, she performed inthree dance groups and after graduationworked as a dance instructor forYouthNet, Worcester’s summerrecreation program for teenagers. Shealso taught hip-hop at World RhythmsStudio in the city.

An ankle injury sidelined herdancing career, but since joining theBoys & Girls Club staff a year ago,Shauree has put her skills as a choreog-rapher to good use.

“The rehearsals can be prettyintense,” she noted, but even when it’sbeen a difficult practice, “they’ll bringme balloons or a cupcake the next day.”

Amanda Jubin, 16, and her brotherErnie, 15 have made the dance team thefocus of their involvement with theClub.

“It’s a very positive place to be,”said Ernie.

“The practices are challenging andthe performances were intimidating,”said Amanda. But she acknowledgesthat she’s learned a lesson in teamworkinvaluable to the teenage experience.

“When you’re on the dance teamyou learn that it’s not all about you,”Amanda said.

To give dance team memberscontext and to keep tabs on theiracademic progress, Shauree requiresthem to show her their report cards.“Dance is important to them, but Iwant to show them school is moreimportant.”

She proudly notes that half theteam is on their school’s honor roleand she’s seen improvement in thegrades of the others. “If I’ve only taughtthem dance, then I’ve failed,” sheadded.

“In Da Zone” Brings Home Trophies

With Games and Electronicsthey Feel the Beat

Award-winning team learns more than dance moves

Members learn to make their own music

In the “Beats and Rhythms”workshop led by musicianKeith Chester, kids learn how

drum machines and synthesizers workand how their sounds are used in pop-ular music. Keith gives them a crashcourse in how to read music and to feelthe beat through games. Then, oncethey understand what they are playing,the kids go on to keyboard instruction.

“The music program hasprovided a great bridgefor kids of different

backgrounds and ages.”

The results have been amazing,”said Joe Hungler, director of operations.“At our talent show this year, kids wereplaying and singing their own songs,not just lip-synching.”

A Clark University student workedwith Club members in the recordingstudio teaching them how to use thesound equipment. The kids learnedfast—soon they were mixing songs—some of them now have their ownoriginal ring tones on their cell phones.

While Club members are havingfun, they’re learning skills that couldtranslate into a career.

“Kids are learning other importantinterpersonal skills too. The musicprogram has provided a great bridgefor kids of different backgrounds andages,” Hungler said.

“You’ll see a 14 year-old helpingan 11-year-old with a keyboard. Kidswho don’t necessarily hang outtogether are realizing and appreciatingthe skills of other kids.”

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Theresa Pickens came along way from thefeisty little kid who was

often suspended from the Club for badbehavior. Last year, Theresa wasnamed Youth of the Year for both thecity of Worcester and the state ofMassachusetts.

Theresa has been coming to theClub for as long as she can remember.When she was five, Theresa and herbrother went to live with their aunt andas a result she was a very angry little girl.When Ike McBride, senior clubhousedirector, joined the staff 10 years ago,he became a father figure to Theresa.

“[The Club] helpedkeep me focused.”

“He’s always been there for me,”she said. “He calls me on things but healways makes sure everything is fine.”

Ike says he can rememberTheresa’s sudden transformation. “Oneday when she was a young teen, it waslike she woke up and said, ‘I’m donewith all of that.’

From then on Theresa channeledher considerable energy into positiveactions.

A senior this fall at ClaremontAcademy, she is a member of theschool’s honor society and takes APand college level classes in history andEnglish literature and tutors otherstudents after school.

She’s the shooting guard on thegirls’ basketball team of her school aswell as on the Club’s team, which she

also coaches. Theresa also helps teachSMART Girls, a program for 11 to 14-years-olds at the Club “where girls talkabout things that are important in theirlives,” she said. As a member of theKeystone leadership development club,

she traveled to Pennsylvania torepresent the Club at a conference.

Ike notes more of Theresa’saccomplishments. “She has a seriouswork ethic. There have been awardsnights at the Club where Theresa hasgotten so many, it’s almost embarrassing.She’s been Member of the Month forthree years, editor of the Club News,and volunteers for most of our events.She’s one of the first young peoplewe’ll think of when we need someoneto represent the Club.”

Theresa says the Club has been ahome to her. “My friends are here, it’shelped keep me focused,” she said.

Looking to the future, Theresahasn’t decided on a specific college ormajor. Her dream is to play basketballfor the University of Connecticut.

With her focus and drive, she willbe an asset to any college. As Ike notes,“Theresa is really special. She’s one ofour greatest success stories.”

Statewide Youth of the YearThe Club is her home; here she grew up

From Gimp to Saori WeavingSomething for everyone

The plastic gimp stripsthat anyone who’s beento camp learned how

to weave into lanyards is a perennialfavorite among young Club members.At the other end of the spectrum issaori, free-style weaving that breaks thetraditional rules of the craft to producepatterns both fanciful and beautiful.

When it comes to our art program,we provide our kids with opportunitiesto experiment with many differentmediums.

A volunteer from the Worcestersaori studio worked with a group of Clubmembers ages eight to 13 during weeklysessions to teach them how to use theloom and create their own designs.

Besides learning how to createimaginative patterns, the youngweavers’ education included the valueof cooperation and patience as theytook turns at the loom and helped eachother with their projects.

As the youngsters wove twigs,feathers and other unlikely objects intotheir artistic patterns in the style ofsaori, they learned to channel theircreativity in new ways.

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Jasmine Pitts, who taughtthe SMART Girls programat the Boys & Girls Club

over the summer, is an example of asmart young woman who has alreadyachieved success.

Jasmine grew up in Great BrookValley where she “practically lived” atthe Boys & Girls Club. As a youngster,she was one of the girls in the SMARTGirls program; she used the Clubhousecomputer for homework and createdposter board presentations for schoolprojects. In the Clubhouse gym,Jasmine learned to excel at basketball,playing varsity for all four years sheattended Burncoat High School.

While she was growing up at theClub, Jasmine got support from Clubstaff members Cindy Jackson, individualservices program director, Sam

FanFan, athletics program director andIke McBride, senior clubhouse director.

“Cindy has always been there forme,” Jasmine said. “I would neverhesitate to go to her.” Sam and Ikedrilled her in basketball in high schooland over the summer Sam was backon the court, helping Jasmine withworkouts for the college team.

“The Club is thefoundation foreverything I do.”

When she graduated from highschool, Jasmine received the $1,000Victor Vezoulis scholarship as anoutstanding student athlete from theBoys & Girls Club, the first young womanto win the prestigious award. She lovedmath and science and kept her gradesup while playing basketball on her highschool team and the traveling team atthe Club. As a result, Jasmine wasawarded a full scholarship to WorcesterPolytechnic Institute, where she is nowa sophomore and a shooting guard onthe women’s basketball team.

Jasmine says she owes a lot to theBoys & Girls Club. “The Club is thefoundation for everything I do,” shesaid. That’s one of the reasons why shewas back at the Clubhouse over thesummer.

Her many achievements havegiven her a sense of perspective. “Beingback in the “SMART Girls” programmakes me feel old,” she jokes.

Jasmine Pitts is one “smart girl”

Scholarship recipient gives back tothe Club

Damian Almazraawi,the current Youthof the Year, is

following in his mother’s footsteps inhis work with the younger members ofthe Club. Among his earliest memoriesof Worcester were the times he went tothe Ionic Avenue Club with his Momwhen she worked at the childcarecenter. Damian was seven years oldwhen his family moved to Worcesterfrom the Virgin Islands.

Almost a decade later, Damian is aresourceful young man who steppedup to help with the family finances afterhis single Mom got sick and lost herjob. Although he was only 14 at thetime, Damian found a part-time job sothat he could help pay his own way.He started coming to the Club everyday “so my Mom wouldn’t be worriedabout how I was spending my timeafter school,” he said. Because the familybudget was so tight, he often stayed fordinner at Kids’ Café so she wouldn’thave the expense of feeding him.

Damian’s upbeat and optimisticdemeanor attracted fellow Clubmembers and staff. “People tend to behappy when they see me,” he says.Molly Sullivan, social recreation programdirector and he developed a specialconnection. “We could talk aboutanything; She really helped relieve mystress,” Damian said.

When he volunteered to help outin the Club’s recreation center Damianfound he really enjoyed interactingwith the younger kids. Two years agohe started a video game club for eightto 12 year-olds.

“It sounds like it’s just play, butthere’s a lot more to it,” he explained.“The kids don’t just play video games,these are interactive games with a storyline and they have to write a review ofeach game.” The youngsters also arerequired to use several vocabulary wordsDamian assigns them for the reviews.

Damian grades the reviews, andwhen the reviewers accumulateenough points, they get a reward.“We’ll go bowling or go play laser tag,”he said.

Another of Damian’s talents is hisvoice. He loves to sing and was savingmoney for voice lessons when a spur ofthe moment performance before theClub’s board of directors brought himto the attention of Mary Beth Rockwell(pictured below with Damian). Aprofessional singer and music teacherbefore she became involved with theBoys & Girls Club, Rockwell volunteeredto take Damian on as a student andgave him lessons at the Club. Rockwelltaught Damian breath control andhelped him improve his range.

Damian is aresourceful youngman who stepped upto help with the family

finances

For Damian, a junior at UniversityPark School, college is very much onhis mind. He took a course at ClarkUniversity, Peace Studies, this spring.“It was a really challenging class, hesaid. “I learned how to live in themoment instead of focusing on thepast or future.”

Youth of the Year 2008With a song in his heart

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At three o’clock inthe afternoon it’sthe Power Hour

at the Boys & Girls Club learning center.The emphasis is on homework asstudents drop in to get help withschool projects or simply to find a quietplace to complete their assignments.

52% of kids whoparticipated in PowerHour achieved at leasta full letter gradeimprovement.

To entice Club members, AndrewFarquharson, director of the learningcenter, offers “power points” forcompleting assignments. The pointsare transferable to “smart money” thatmembers can use to buy snacks, gamesand toys.

“I’ll see between 30 and 40 kids aday,” Andrew said, noting that at least

60% of them are regulars at the center.They ask for help with book reportsand ideas for the school system’s annualproject fair.

Although his demeanor with theyoungsters is for the most part, laidback, Andrew is serious when it comesto teaching them proper researchtechniques.

“They think I’m mean when Imake them look up words in adictionary instead of using the Internet,”he said.

The learning center director isconscientious about record keeping.He logs students’ assignments andtracks their grades. “If I know wheretheir deficiencies are, I can focus onthose areas when I help them,” he said.“When parents come in for consultations,I have a record to show them.”

His homework program issucceeding; last year 52% of kids whoparticipated in Power Hour achieved atleast a full letter grade improvement.

All students who bring in theirreport cards are invited to a party; thatway Andrew keeps tabs on their

progress. During second and thirdquarters of the year, only studentswho have made improvements on theirreport cards get invited to thecelebration.

One of the learning center’ssuccesses is Barbara Jean Milesky, asixth-grader at the Abbey Kelly FosterSchool who was struggling with reading,writing and math. She came to thecenter at least three days a weekthroughout the school year andbrought her grades up to As and Bs.Andrew is most proud of the A- she gotin math.

“My goal is to instill in the kidsthe importance of homework; it’s apriority,” said Andrew, whose constantmessage is that homework is a staplethat will make you successful in schooland in the future.

It’s 3 o’clock—do you know whereyour homework is?

Power Hour helps kids get serious about school

Introducing minority youth tohigher education

Big dreams lead to success

Inspiring kids from Worcester’sinner city neighborhoods tothink of college as a real

possibility is the thrust of a new Boys &Girls Club strategy that combinescounseling and scholarships.

“When no one in your family hasgraduated from high school, the ideaof going to college just isn’t an option,”said Joe Hungler, Boys & Girls Clubdirector of operations.

Despite living in a city that boasts11 colleges and universities, many ofthe Club’s members have never beenon a campus, nor do they have anycollege graduates as role modelsamong their family and friends.

Boys & Girls Club is making aconcerted effort to show their youngmembers the importance of a collegeeducation and to help them achieve it.The effort is inspired by soberingstatistics from the current Worcestercensus that shows 39% of 18-25 yearolds do not have a high school diploma.

“We’re changing the culture from‘what’s college’ to which college,”Hungler said.

College is part of the environmentat the Club. On the walls are collegepennants representing campusesattended by former Club members andphotos of scholarship winners.

At the Club’s Teen Center,members can get help with everythingfrom SAT test preparation to the collegeselection process and financial aidforms. Two new scholarships havebeen added to the honors handed outon Awards Night.

“We’re changing theculture from ‘what’scollege’ to which

college.”

Through a partnership with BigBrothers Big Sisters of CentralMass/Metrowest, Club members arematched with college students formentoring at the Club. “When Clubmembers visit campuses with their

mentors, it’s an eye opener for many ofthem,” according to Hungler.

An important component of theeffort to make college accessible wasthe “Los Amigos” conference forminority youth and first-generationcollege hopefuls this past spring hostedby the Boys & Girls Club at ClarkUniversity. They learned about thecollege admissions process and what toexpect out of college life.

“There are so many issues for kidswho do not have any experience withcollege,” Hungler said. “What is thefood like? Who will I live with? Andthere’s the perception that going tocollege means leaving your familybehind. It’s a huge thing.”

It’s not an insurmountablechallenge. As the motto from the LosAmigos conference states: “Big dreamslead to success.”

Boys & Girls Club of WorcesterBalance SheetJune 30, 2008

ASSETS

Current AssetsCash $ 1,432,377.60Accounts Receivable 134,482.70Prepaid Expenses 47,620.87Total Current Assets 1,614,481.17

Property and Equipment, net $ 9,506,841.00Investments 745,853.62Contributions receivable 276,446.24Unamortized Discount (27,975.00)Total Other Assets 10,501,165.86

Total Assets $ 12,115,647.03

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts Payable $ 144,209.44Accrued and other liabilities 70,772.96Total Current Liabilities 214,982.40

Total Long-Term Liabilities 3,588,301.29Total Liabilities 3,803,283.69

Net AssetsUnrestricted 3,564,592.11Temporarily Restricted 4,783,041.42General Permanently Restricted 1,085,616.13Net Income (1,120,886.32)Total Net Assets 8,312,363.34

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 12,115,647.03

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Ronald McDonald House CharitiesSteiner & CompanyStoddard Charitable TrustUnited Way of CentralMassachusetts

Worcester Housing AuthorityWorcester Police DeptWorcester Police Gang Unit &the Give Kids a Fighting ChanceCommittee

Advocates($1,000.00+)

A. Duquette & Son, Inc.Agnes M Lindsay TrustBayState Savings BankBowditch & Dewey LLPCGT, Inc.Coghlin Electrical ContractorsDiamond Technical ServicesE & G Food, Inc.Elizabeth Orndorff TrustFallon Community Health PlanFidelity InvestmentsFriends of WorcesterNeighborhoods

Hoche Scofield FoundationJ. Irving England and Jane L. Eng-land Charitable TrustJunior League of Worcester Inc.Kingsley FoundationMA Department of Public HealthMartin I. and Pauline G. Elkin TrustMelvin S. Cutler CharitableFoundation

Mountain, Dearborn, andWhiting, LLP

Ninety Nine RestaurantRobert G. and Eliza C. Hess FundSam's ClubSonia Werblin Masterman FundSt. Vincent HospitalUNUM GroupWorcester Cultural CommissionWyman-Gordon Foundation

Community Builders($100.00+)

A. L. Puritan CorporationAbbott Bioresearch CenterAmica Insurance CompanyAtlas Box & Crating Co., Inc.Biomass Combustion Systems, Inc.Bob's Discount FurnitureCharitable Foundation, Inc.

Boston Medical CenterHealthnet Plan

Bowditch & Marinelli Inc.Chris and Jean Egan FoundationTrust

Committee to Re-ElectJim McGovern

Commonwealth National BankCrosspoint Christian ChurchD & R Products Co., Inc.E. Osterman Gas Service, Inc.Francis P. Shea InsuranceAgency, Inc.

General MechanicalContractors, Inc.

Grafton HillersInternational Ceramic EngineeringItalian American Veterans -Post 3JMM Charitable OrganizationL.A. Hastings Company, Inc.Lamoureux Ford, Inc.Lincoln Precision MachiningCompany

Lowell CorporationMastermans, LLPMelia & Osol AttorneysMillbury Fed Credit Union-MillburyMorgan-Worcester, Inc.New Method Plating Co. Inc.Nypro Inc.Our Lady of the Lake ParishPeter J. and Sophie Kosky FundPiercing EmporiumPlasticanProtector Group InsuranceProvidence and WorcesterRailroad Company

Sachs JewelersSt. Peter-Marion Central CatholicHigh School

St. Vincent Hospital Credit UnionSterling Concrete CorporationUniBankUp & Up EntertainmentWestern Massachusetts RegionalLibrary System

Wright-Line

Friends(up to $99.00 )

GoodSearchK & D Liquors, Inc.Morning Star Ventures LLCNorman Baker Auto SalesRosen and Maruska, PCScano's BakeryStaplesWorcester County Bar Association,Real Estate Sect

Worcester Pedodontic Associates

In-Kind

A Tight ShipA. J. WrightBlanchard Foods CorporationBoston CelticsBowditch & Dewey LLPBytexCal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Inc.CCS Dance AcademyCheckerboard Ltd.Citizens BankClark UniversityCommunity Builders, Inc.Digital Federal Credit UnionMark S. DiStefanoRobert DoolanIrmgard DormanDunkin Donuts of AuburnDunkin Donuts of BoylstonFreelance AssociatesElizabeth HamiltonHanover Insurance GroupHerlihy Insurance GroupCharles E. HunglerJoseph C. HunglerRobert J. KelleyRichard J. MasonBen MastermanMastermans, LLPMillbury Federal Credit Union,Webster Sq.

Mohegan Council, Boy Scouts ofAmerica

Ninety Nine RestaurantPamela NorsigianPapa Gino's PizzaPatrick O'Connor PhotographyPawtucket Red SoxPizza HutProtector Group InsuranceRegan CommunicationsMary Beth & Rob RockwellGabriel N. SimonStamp-Connection.comSteiner & CompanySturbridge Scrapping CornerToys for TotsWalgreens Drug StoreWorcester County Sheriff’sDepartment

Worcester Envelope Co.Worcester Housing AuthorityWorcester Police Gang Unit &the Give Kids a Fighting ChanceCommittee

Worcester Tornadoes

BOARD OF DIRECTORS& ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Board of Directors

Paul Anastasi, PresidentA.J. AndreoliJoseph BafaroSally BowditchScott CamirandGail CarberryEileen deCastroMary DiBaraCharles GoheenSteve GrocciaDon MaloneyRichard J. MasonTod MastermanKate McEvoy ZdonczykJohn MerrillMarla PyleMary Beth RockwellAngel D. RodriguezPaul Shields

Administration

Ron HadornExecutive Director

Joseph HunglerDirector of Operations

Liz HamiltonDirector of Development

Diane BradwayChild Care Administrator

Katie RoyHuman Resource Manager

Carol LuukkoAccountant

Ike McBrideSenior Main SouthClubhouse Director

Marie BooneSenior Great Brook ValleyClubhouse Director

Fela De Los SantosPlumley Village Clubhouse Director

Program Directors

Shauree AlloteyJunior BootheSam FanFanAndrew FarquharsonCindy JacksonMolly SullivanIan Witt

DonorsOperational SupportJuly 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008

INDIVIDUALS

Jeremiah Milbank Society($10,000.00+)

The Estate of Christie KoskinasEunice Olin Higgins &the Mary W. Higgins Trust

James & Maryanne KenaryArthur & Debra Remillard

President's Club($1,000.00+)

Paul & Karen AnastasiJoseph & June BafaroSally Bowditch & Larry MarinelliJames & Paula BuonomoJoseph CarterChristopher ChristopherHenry J CiborowskiEileen & Edson deCastroMary DeFeudisMary DiBaraWilliam & Kevin DonovanSaul F FeingoldJ. Shamus Flemimg IIIAmy GallagherCharley & Maureen GoheenSteven & Maureen GrocciaRon & Margi HadornLiz & Matt HamiltonJames H HarringtonCharles & Rita HunglerEdward & Robin HunglerJoseph C HunglerDavid & Barbara KrashesThomas & Edith LaVigneStephen & Valerie LoringDonald & June MaloneyBen & Linda MastermanTod & Liz MastermanJohn F. MerrillErwin & Margery MillerMarla PyleRichard L PyleMary Beth & Rob RockwellJoseph A. RuseckasGabriel N. SimonJohn Walsh

Community Builders($100.00+)

Roger & Patricia AlbrechtA. J. AndreoliPaul J. BallantineJohn & Karen BaudinChristi Berry

Robert E. Bombard, Jr.William J BombardMarie BooneJeff Burk & Dale LaPageScott J CamirandGail E. CarberryFrancis R. CarrollJohn F Coakley D.M.D.Kathryn E ComaskeyWilliam & Kerry ComaskeyMartha E. ConroyJohn J ConteThomas J CorriganRichard & Ellen CozzensBarbara J CutlerGilbert S. DavisSteven & Mary Ellen DavisFela De Los SantosGlenn C DeMallieJohn & Marjorie DowdHenry & Susan FergusonAllen W FletcherChris & Kathleen FoleyMatthew GeigerWilliam W. GeorgeJoel Greene & Ann LisiDavid & Rosalie GrenonRobert HallockThomas & Patricia HalpinKenton T HarrisonFrancis S Harvey Jr.Keith & Mei HigginsBernadette P. HunglerPatricia HurwitzM. Howard & Frances JacobsonPamela JodreyThomas A. Kelleher, Jr.John Kurkulonis, Jr.Andrew LaskaCarol LuukkoMartin LynchGary M. MacElhineyGary Markowitz & Lisa FruitRalph D. MaroisCatheryn C McEvoy-ZdonczykKevin & Katherine McGovernHenry & Katharine MichieHarriet P. Miller Hight *Sherman & Sylvia MillettDonald & Jane MiloszJean MorganPamela NorsigianNancy OldakowskiThomas M OliveriAlden & John PalmgrenArthur & Margaret PappasHarold & Mary PerchRichard & Elana PersonAngel Rodriguez &Lisa Tiscione-Rodriguez

Katie RoyValentine RuseckasJeannette R RussellRuth ShapiroPaul ShieldsDavid B. SteinbergMolly SullivanDorothy C SwopeRichard & Rosemary TaylorRobert P TurnanHerbert & Jean VarnumThomas WilkinsRichard A WilliamsonJohn & Christine WilsonFranklin B WolvertonStephen & Mary Zadroga

Friends(up to $99.00 )

Shauree AlloteyDemario AndrewsElizabeth P. BagshawJames M BarkusAlfred & Shirley BarryFrances L. BoilardDiane BradwayMilton & Ethel BroserGail CampbellJeffrey Caruso & Melissa WeiksnarDeborah & Charles CaryEduard CernyJonathan M. ConoverMadelyn Conroy &Esther Thompson

Margaret M. ConroyDouglas T. CooneyJennifer CruzPaul & Barbara DavisJulianne & Eric de RiveraDorothy DigeronimoFrancis & Ruth DysonPaul P EdmondsFlorence R. EmondSamuel FanFanAndrew FarquharsonJames & Frances FarrellGeorge & Ann FedykLisa FieldsThomas FordAlfred & Beverly FournierCharles & Wanda GaldauckasCarlos GarciaJoyce GendronIrene GiarussoLois GiguereJoseph & Priscilla GobeilNancy L GrangerJoy GreenPatricia HammondDebra & Francis Henderson

Jennifer HoaglundCraig G. Hopewell, Ph.D.Cynthia JacksonAntoni JakuboskyRussell & Mary JohnsonXiomara LeonAnna LetoRichard R. MartelJames McBridePeter McManusMelvin & Shirley MerkenDaniel R. MillettPhilip & Laura MorrillDenise NelsonYvonne NgoiriRobert NorwoodDonna Marie PeaksMelinda PerryFrancis & Sharon PettyMarjorie H PurvesJoanne ReddyGareth RobertsRichard & Patricia RooneyHarry SemerjianRita & Richard SharametaMark & Debra ShearBeverly SimpsonGuenter L Spanknebel, M.D.Diane Spindler-RantaDennis C. StarbardLawrence J SullivanJ. Paul & Marguerite SundstromMichael Peter SzocRobert X Tivnan Esq.Albin & Beverly TribandisTracy TurnerMaureen WadeCharles & Gayle Weiss

ORGANIZATIONS,BUSINESSES, &FOUNDATIONS

Champions($10,000.00+)

Albert W. Rice Charitable TrustAmelia Peabody FoundationBank of America CharitableFoundation

B&GC AmericaCal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Inc.City of WorcesterCommonwealth Of MassGertrude Skelley CharitableFoundation

Greater Worcester CommunityFoundation

Mary M. Coes Charitable TrustMass State Alliance ofBoys & Girls Club, Inc.

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