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To Put Christian principles into practice

through programs that build healthy spirit,

mind, and body for all.

“The YMCA Where Value Meets Values”

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE

Dear Members & Friends,

On behalf of the Garden City Family YMCA, welcome to our Annual Recognition & Celebration banquet. This banquet gives us the opportunity to thank all of our supporters, friends, volunteers and staff who do an AMAZING job for the YMCA. I want to commend everyone for a job well done. Once again, we keep raising the bar! I know I have been saying that for the last few years, but we keep elevating our services each and every year! All of this was accomplished with no federal, state or local tax dollars. I truly believe we are a tax benefit for the community!

We made a promise to strengthen community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Fulfilling this promise begins with staff and volunteer leaders of all levels understanding the promise and their role fulfilling it. The work of Living our Cause serves as a reminder and celebration of how we all live our cause. This was evident this year as the YMCA of USA hit us with several initiatives to help drive our market and tell our story. That is one thing our YMCA must get better at, is telling our story. Currently, we try to accomplish this by producing our Monumental Moment book and stressing to our Campaigners to share our YMCA story for our Annual Campaign. “The YMCA…So Much More” is the national slogan to help the community be more aware of what the YMCA really does. I can attest this is so true in many ways. We are much more than your gym and swim place, a fitness center, or a place to work out. A couple of strategies to mirror that slogan were the A to Z and the “My Y in six words” nugget. The A to Z consisted of different programs and activities we do from A to Z. The nugget was filled out by staff and displayed throughout the YMCA. My nugget was “Inspire others to make a difference”. That’s our focus, we want to make a difference!

One of the highlights this year was the amount of scholarships we awarded. This past year, $185,535.41 was given in financial assistance to 5,822 members and 7,029 program participants. Each year this has increased in dollars awarded. I attribute this to the work of our volunteers spreading our YMCA story. Being a volunteer-founded and volunteer-led organization, we rely greatly on these special people each year in many capacities. From serving on our Board of Directors to helping for a special event to coaching a youth team to helping on one of the committees, our volunteers play an integral part for our YMCA. Right beside the volunteer is a staff person leading the way. We had a blend of experienced staff helping the new staff create a memorable year. The current Y staff did a fabulous job during this transition.

I believe we are truly blessed with outstanding staff that are committed and dedicated to providing the best programs and services for our community. The volunteers continue to step up and provide the necessary leadership and guidance to help pursue our mission. Garden City is fortunate to have a Y serve as the catalyst in many collaborations and programs. I salute and thank everyone for their continued support and commitment for healthy living, youth development and social responsibility.

Sincerely

Chad Knight

CEO

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ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

GARDEN CITY FAMILY YMCA

50th Annual Recognition Celebration Awards Banquet AGENDA

I. Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alicia Johnston II. Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Terry Major III. Eat IV. Recognition of YMCA Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Chad Knight V. Recognition of YMCA Professional Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chad Knight VI. Dedication of Monumental Moment Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Management Team

VII. Awards Presentation A. Award of Merits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Management Team B. Mission Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management Team C. Service Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chad Knight D. Ambassador Member Recognition . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Ibarra E. Youth Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .Krystal Richardson F. Spirit, Mind, and Body Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Roberts G. Healthy Living Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Knight H. John Wooden Youth Sports Character Dev. Champion. . . . . Brandon Roberts I. Healthy Heart Champions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Ibarra J. Partner in Health Champion. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crystal Ibarra K. Member Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Ibarra L. Mac Foreman Courage Champion. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keali Shelton M. Ambassador Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Lynch N. Employee Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crystal Ibarra O. Family Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chad Knight P. Humanitarian Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Keali Shelton

Q. Character Development Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krystal Richardson R. Darlene Mathias Volunteer Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackie Regan S. Social Responsibility Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Knight

T. ASC Shout outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alicia Johnston U. Committee Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackie Regan & Steven Lynch

V. President’s Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Knight W. Retiring Board Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justin Sanchez

VIII. Closing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . Alicia Johnston

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, & PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Rich Harp President Mark Doll President Elect Scott Koksal First Vice Pres Susan Dempsey Second Vice Pres Lance Fulton Treasurer

Members

Terry Darden Emily Burns Eric Fournier Gilbert Valerio Heber Garcia Bruce Mueller Rashi Agarwal Scott Schurle Kelly Drees Steve Sandoval Joe Kottas

15 Years

Chad Knight

10 Years

Karen Berry

5 Years

Joe Garcia

Rosie Perales

Chad Knight

CEO

Karen Berry CFO

Alicia Johnson Development

Director

Jackie Regan COO

Keali Carr

Aquatics Director

Steven Lynch Healthy Living

Director

Joe Garcia Property Manager

Crystal Ibarra Membership

Director

Krystal Richardson Family

Director

Brandon Roberts Sports Director

Andrea Reyes Valerie Molina Raul Pantoja GCCC ETS

Scott Selee Melissa Fulton Terry Major Wes Allred

Kandace Kennis Yolanda Dyck Liz Foster

2015 Board of Directors YMCA Management Team

2015

Service Awards Service Awards

honor employees for their loyalty

and commitment to the

YMCA.

Awards of Merit Awards of Merit honor those supporters of the YMCA who

consistently fulfill the YMCA mission.

Manuel Beltran Royal Taylor

Jeremy Richardson

Darlene Mathias Randy Bennett

Danny Chamberlain

Mission Champions The Mission Champions are given to special volunteers who provide

outstanding service and leadership. This award is primarily focused on program volunteers who dedicate their time and energy to see that a

YMCA program benefits those involved.

“The only way to do Great work is to LOVE what you do!” - S. Jobs

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Thank you for being such an impact on our YMCA!

Ambassador Members

Aaron, Marisels, Alexandra, Samantha, & Aaron Jr. Trejo Amanda & Taylor Deniston Amanda & Chad Frick Amanda Mitchell Amy Wickwar Andrez & Augustin Perez Bernard, Bonnie & Cassandra Ashlock Bob, Sandy & Baylee Almos Bud, Sandra, Jayson, & Kristin Neff Carlos, Jenny & Carlos Jr. Lopez Chris, Brecken, Jager, & Remi Vargas & Norma Ortega-Vargas Corey & April Linville Craig, Jessica, & Connor Wikoff Jerica & Andrew Garcia Dion Stephen Eleanor Knoll Eusebio, Sandra, Manuel, & Edgar Guzman Gerald & Beverly Miller Jamie, Ryann, & Zacharie Warren & Jami Weaver-Warren Jannette Martinez Jessa York

Joe, Jina, Joey, Josh, Alie, Jacob & Jared Arellano Joe & Susan Boyle John, Cooper & Colin Kleysteuber John, Jennifer, Austin, & Makaylee Longoria Jorge, Maria, Aldo & Jorge Torres Julie Vines Justin Rupert Kaitlyn Chappel Karen Krensky Lilija McCallum Loren, Ashley, Kourtney, Lucas Goss & Abbie Oswalt Michael & Nicole Lopez Miguel, Alin, Alex & Sebastin Rodriguez, Valerie Lucero, Mark & Ernesto Perez Perlita Camarena Radona Rahm & Stephanie & Danielle Asmus Robert & Kristis Hubbard Scott, Beth, & Jack Koksal Steve & Barb Linenberger Ashley Longoria Greg, Mary, Yvonne, Patrick, Josephine, and Julie Calzonetti

10 Year Ambassador Members

Steven & Tyson Phillips and Christine Gilbert Adan, Yudith, & Jose Acosta John & Christine Juarez Robert, Kristi, Greyson, Taryn, Tanner, & Dusty Tempel Teresa, Juan, Carlos, & Julian Martinez William, Lindsey, & Jaxon Brewer Melissa Schillelbein & Andy Morrow Mana, Mark, Justin, Jay, & Jamee Johnson Leo, Rebecca, Kevin, Emily, Cristian, & Karri Robles Janyth Pishny Jamie, Jenny, Phillip, Isaac & Simon Biera Beatriz, Sergio, Eric, & Lizette Moncada Brandon Robbins Pat & Kenneth Hanna Kandace, John, Ethan, & Mattea Kennis Hector Rutiaga Aida Merino, Ruben, Jacqueline, & Ruben Baca Kolten & Zoe Davis Bobby & Parker Clymer & Shetanya Fulton Jordan, Alcia, Kaeden, Millie, Elias, & Koehn Johnston

Greg Rhoades Jana Miller Tonda & Wade Tabor, Robert Ramos Cindy & Andy Stinemetz Benny Smith Melissa, Gregorio, Abygail & John Gonzalez, Kassi, Tiffany & Erik Maldonado Rodrigo & Cinthya Ruvalcaba Luis Rodriguez Lupita & Victor Mora, Kayla Garcia Paula & Joe, Korbe Juan, Elise, Jordan, Devin & Liam Neri Francis & Jada Lobmeyer, Shelby Hacker Jose Guerra Antonio, Antonio & Veronica Vargas, Monica Rios Jennifer, Ryan, & Nathan Rogers Kyle Strickert & Sydney Thomas Grirish & Yash Mour, Rashi Agarwal Tyler Huber

New 2014 Ambassador Members

J.P Arellano William & Jean Clifford


Jesse Bernal


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I consider

Youth

Develop-

ment to

be many

different

talents,

teachings,

leadership

skills,

mentoring

and above

all someone who takes the time to be a lasting

figure in a child’s life no matter what. Amanda

Mitchell is all of these traits and so much more!

She has worked for several years in our

Childwatch room, caring and nurturing kids

between the ages of six weeks old up to eight

years of age. She is always willing to help

another staff person or myself out of a jam and

never asks for anything in return. She is very

connected to the children and parents who visit

her each day and the LOVE that she shares with

them is a blessing. She reads, plays, dances,

does crafts, colors and will ALWAYS take the

very best care of your child. She is very in

control of the children and everything going on

around here. She lives by and instills our core

values into all the children and exemplifies our

mission. We are so fortunate to have such an

AMAZING young women setting such wonderful

examples for our children. I am so very

THANKFUL for everything she does for our

children, parents and our YMCA.

Congratulations Amanda!!!

Written by Krystal Richardson, Family Director

Youth Development Champion Amanda Mitchell

The Spirit Mind and Body award goes to someone

who has demonstrated everything the YMCA looks

for in a volunteer coach. In two instances I was

left without a coach in my girls and in my boy’s

basketball leagues. Both times Norman volun-

teered his time and took both teams under his

wing. I saw major transformations in the kids

during each season. They learn to never give up

always play until they hear the final whistle and

most important have fun. I know Norman cares

about these kids and their futures and it is not all

about winning. I witnessed him playing a game at

the end of one of his practices and so not only is

he teaching these kids but he letting them have

fun. It was always the best when you scrimmaged

and you beat the team that had coach on it.

Norman deserves this award for the time he has

put into the development of our youth in the

community. I am lucky to have met him and hope

to work with him more in the future as well!

Written by Brandon Roberts, Sports Director

Spirit, Mind, & Body Champion Norman Carr

CONGRATULATIONS 2014 RECIPIENTS

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The Healthy Living Champion was started in 2010 after the YMCA of USA changed our focus areas to

Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility. I can attest that this year I nominated Jay Edwards because he embodies Healthy Living. A couple of years ago, Jay began his quest to workout religiously to combat his weight gain. I visited with Jay one day and he told me he had a reunion with his college track team and wanted to get back to the weight he was in college. He said that was around 65 pounds. Low and behold, he did it! He not only managed to lose 65 pounds, but he has maintained the weight since he lost it. That is a challenge in itself!

Every year we also recognize the Healthy Heart winners. These are members who came to the YMCA and checked in over 200 times. Well, this past year Jay cracked that list with 284 visits. This was good for sixth place. This past year our list grew to 51 people who exceeded that mark. This was our highest year so far. In 2012, they had 39 people. This is pretty amazing! When I finally told Jay he won the award, I took him to the hall where all the plaques are on the wall. I told him about the Healthy Living Champion award and he thought I was asking him for some names to nominate. I told him, ‘no’, our winner is Jay Edwards and his name would be on the plaque. He was pretty humble and couldn’t believe he deserved the award, but he was ecstatic. He said there are many other people who deserve the award. I told him I agreed, but for 2014 he was going to be our Healthy Living Champion! I then proceeded to tell him that he must attend the Annual Meeting to receive his plaque. He told me he would be there!

Healthy Living is one of our Focus Areas and Jay Edwards exemplifies that for the Garden City Family YMCA. We have many outstanding users of our Y, but Jay trumps them all for 2014! Please join us in recognizing Jay Edwards as our 2014 Healthy Living Champion!

Written By: Chad Knight , CEO

Healthy Living Champion Jay Edwards

The John Wooden Youth Sports Character award goes to Alazai Ibarra. She may pick on me and make fun of me from time to time when she is at work with her mom, but this kid has Heart of gold. In my youth soccer program this past fall I witnessed her on numerous accounts help people up, give them a five, and tell them they did a great job. She told me she doesn’t want to shoot because she wants other kids to have a chance to take the shots. She is a real team player and wants to win but even at her age it seems that she knows there is more to value right now than just winning. She is a ferocious competer. I have seen her battle for the ball with another young athlete and when he fell she was the first one to pick him up and say good job. There are a ton of qualities about her and to sum it up she is the type of kid that every team in every program needs to have on their team. A true team player who is very coachable on top of wanting to help develop other kids skills!

Written by Brandon Roberts, Sports Director

John Wooden Youth Sports Character Champion Alazai Ibarra

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Gary Harley II *** 677 Jack Crook********* 432 Andra Downing*** 346 Tuan Le*** 343 Lori Hays*** 328 Trevor Stapp*** 298 Ignacio Ibarra*** 291 Jay Edwards** 284 Bobbie Bagnell******** 269 Erika Tamayo 268 Jesus Montano 266 Ramon Ibarra********* 263 Maria Velasquez-Alcantar****** 257 Stephanie Herrell** 255 Rosalia Del Rio 255 Scott Soptick 250 Romana Blackburn 248 Jonas Cruz 244 Ron Baker **** 243 June Moyer 240 Juan Ramirez 239 Haley Mayfield 236 Osmin Gonzalez*** 236 Charles Aguilera 236 Antonio Perez 235 Javier Viramontes*** 233 Isaul Torres 233 Nancy Mejia 233

Carlos Jimenez** 233 Janyth Pisny 226 Cristian Duarte 225 John Schafer**** 222 Ernie Garcia** 222 Boyd Funk ***** 221 Sylvia Jaquez 218 Gerardo Galvez 218 Joana Ramirez 216 Anthony Nuzum*** 214 Nelson Barrientos 213 Blake Wasinger 211 Scott Selee******* 206 Scott Huber 206 Andrew Cruz 205 Luis Flores 204 Andy Estrada 204 Patricia Walters 203 Ernie Ornelas 202 Miguel Guevara 201 Miguel Duarte*** 201 Rafaela Arana 201 Mario Padilla** 200 Gordon Drees 200

** Represents the number of years our members have achieved the

Healthy Heart Award.

Windriver Grain has been chosen to receive the “Partner in Health” award for 2014 due to their outstanding commitment to the Garden City Family YMCA and to their employees. Windriver started their corporate membership December of 2013. They have always been willing to continue to support the Y and their employees by offering the benefit of payroll deduction for each and every one of their employees. It has always been a joy to work with them as partners in health and the relationships that have evolved due to this partnership have been

wonderful. I’m always so thankful to work with people and organizations such a Windriver Grain because of their devotion to their employees as well as the community around them. Thank you Windriver Grain for your support and I hope to have many more years to share in our partnership.

Written by Crystal Ibarra, Membership Director

Partner in Health Champion Windriver Grain

Healthy Heart Champions The Healthy Heart Champions are given to members who exceeded 200 visits during the

course of one year.

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Tuan Le was chosen the Member

Champion for the year 2014. He

has been a member almost three years now, May of 2012. Since then,

Tuan has demonstrated hard work, dedication and commitment to our

organization not to mention his own health and well-being. Tuan is usually

on our Biggest User List! Tuan walks in daily with a smile on his face and

greets everyone. We all look forward to seeing him. Tuan has also been a

major advocate and supporter of the YMCA. He has demonstrated this in

all of the wonderful things that he has done for our organization. Thank

you Tuan for inspiring us all and congratulations for winning Member

Champion of 2014! We are so happy that you are a part of our YMCA

family! We look forward to many years with you.


Member Champion Tuan Le

The YMCA is all about change... transaction to transformation. Patrick Twiss literally defies change. When Patrick comes in to the

Y, he is all smiles! He smiles and talks to members, staff, and anyone else who greets him. Patrick is a hard working machine! There could be 2ft of snow on the ground and he still manages

come in to the Y and get his work out on. Any type of workout he is doing, he is pushing 110%! One day, Patrick came in to the pool

and I was honestly shocked and excited that he was going to swim! I asked him if he needed to use the chair lift and he flat out

told me no. I said okay, stepped back, and let him do his thing. Patrick got into the lap pool using the stairs and with the help of

his friend and about 7 noodles, he was swimming the length of the lap pool. He did not swim the length just once or twice; he swam multiple times, just like any other lap swimmer! This is what the YMCA is

all about! Patrick, thank you for proving me wrong and always doing your best no matter what!

Written by Keali Shelton, Aquatics Director & Joe Garcia, Property Manager

Mac Foreman Courage Champion Patrick Twiss

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot

keep it from themselves.”

- Jim Barrie

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Boyd

has

been a long time member of the YMCA. He is

currently and has been part of the fitness

committee for a long time. He has also been an

ASC campaigner in the past. He has also been

giving to the ASC for several years now. He has

also donated a few things to the YMCA as well.

He has also been known to help us out with our

grounds here. There are times when he will pick

up some trash off the ground because it is

there and he is walking by. There are also

times throughout the year that he comes and

sprays the weeds that start to grow. He will

usually do these things on his own time and we

appreciate

that from

him. The

oversized

tires that we

have out back

for tire flips

were given to

us from Boyd.

During the

week he is

here most

days and is

one of our big

users. He is

usually one of

our recipients for the Healthy Heart award.

Overall he has just been a great member for us

and he is an example of what we are trying to

accomplish at the YMCA. There are three areas

that are Youth Development, Healthy Living,

and Social Responsibility.

Written By Steven Lynch,

Healthy Living Director

Ambassador Champion Boyd Funk


“If it doesn’t CHALLENGE

you,

it doesn’t CHANGE YOU!”

Our Employee of

the Year for 2104

was Stephanie

Davidson.

Stephanie and her

family are a major

part of our “Y

family.” Stephanie

is a longtime

volunteer who

started working at

the Welcome

Center since

August of 2013. It

can be a challenge

at the Welcome

Center because there are a ton of things to learn

and keep track of with the multiple program areas

but because Stephanie had been a part of our Y

for so long she was able to easily transition from

program participant to member to volunteer to

employee over the years! Stephanie also referees

in the sports programs for volleyball and soccer.

She is a great asset because she has been both a

participant in the programs, as have her kids, so

she can see both sides of things and handles any

situations that come up. She does all this in

addition to her “real” job as an assistant manager

at Walmart!! We are so lucky to have Stephanie as

a part of our staff and we can’t thank her enough

for her dedication to the Y!


Employee Champion Stephanie Davidson

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I nominated Susan Dempsey for the Humanitarian Award due to

her dedication to the YMCA. Whether Susan is at the YMCA working out at 4:30 in the morning or helping with our KOP's and ASC, she is dedicated. When I first met Susan, I knew she was going to make the Y even a better place with just with her present. Su-

san served as a board member and with that, she also served on Krystal Richardson's and I's team for ASC. She kept her board duties rolling by help-ing us with our KOP's; Susan, thank you for not letting me be the only one to

ball my eyes out while watching my sister receive her KOP. Thank you for serving on our board and I hope you stay serving and helping the YMCA as long as possible.

Written by Keali Carr, Aquatics Director

Humanitarian Champion Susan Dempsey

“It’s a Tull thing, you wouldn’t understand”

I can attest the Garden City Family YMCA know the Tull’s and we understand their VALUE to our organization! That is why they are the Family Champion of the Year for the Garden City Family YMCA! This phrase was on the shirt of Matt Tull as I checked him in one morning. He said his Dad made them up for their reunion. I thought it was pretty cool! Later that day or the next day, Julie checked in with her children, Peyton and Emma. I took all of them to the hall of champions with all the plaques. When we arrived at the Family Champion plaque, I told them that they will be on there for 2014 because they were our Family Champions this year. They were all excited and couldn’t believe they were chosen and won. Emma said we won and I said ‘yes, your name will be on the plaque forever as our

Family Champion’. She was pretty excited. This is one of the greatest benefits we have in running our YMCA. Now, the real reason why they are the Family Champion! For starters, they work out together sometimes and if not together they will all be in the building doing something. One time last winter, I came in to swim and I think it was a Saturday morning. All of the lanes were filled and I couldn’t be-lieve it. Then, as I jumped in and scanned the pool, two lanes had two people in each. Guess what? It was the Tull family. Emma and Matt were in one lane and Peyton and Julie were in the other or something like that. They were all swimming and helping each other out. Isn’t that AWESOME? Swimming is a major activity in their family. They are all involved in swim team and help out in every way they can. Last year, we wanted to get a Swim Team Record Board. Our Aquatics Director at the time presented the concept to her Parent Advisory Committee and her Aquatics Committee. They decided they would go raise the necessary funds. The next day, the Aquatics Director gets a call from Matt and he says he has found a donor to cover the costs. Again, isn’t that AWESOME? Well, I have to tell you the idea stemmed from Peyton as she was looking at her times and said she wanted to get the pool record. I visited with Julie the next day or that day, I can’t remember and told her. Julie said that has been her goal from day one. That is when I proposed the idea and concept to the Aquatics Director. So, it is pretty ironic how this all involved the Tull’s. Peyton is on the Board with a record. Again, isn’t that AWESOME? Julie has also volunteers several times to conduct our Lunch and Learn sessions and various other nutritional tips for our members through many programs. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to our 2014 Family Champions – the Tull’s! Thank you Matt, Julie, Peyton and Emma and we will see you at the YMCA!

Written by Chad Knight, CEO

Family Champion Matt & Julie Tull Family


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It MUST be in the blood as she is my niece, but Jessica Holloway exemplifies what this award stands for….our core values!

Jessie is a blessing to our childcare program and all those she comes in contact with! She has essentially grown up in the Y and in childcare and is ALWAYS willing to open up and befriend anyone. She cares about the well-being of others in the program as well as counselors. She will make new children or staff feel welcomed in the program. Jessie is very respectful of others around and the staff that cares for her from day-to-day. She is never asked to do something she knows she needs to do. She is very wise and quick on her feet, and she will not back down on a debate she knows she can win! She took the initiative last school semester to put together a little library for the kids within our childcare room. She had a check-in and out system, chairs lined up, books in order on the shelves and even an

open/closed sign. ALL the kiddos LOVED it and would wait patiently for their opportunity to read. It was and AMAZING site to see and something to be proud of!!!

As you can see, Jessie is quite an AMAZING young girl that we are so blessed to have in our childcare program. She goes above and beyond in everything she does and it is so rewarding to see her interactions with her peers every day. I am truly honored to be a part of her life as an auntie and a mentor! I will continue to encourage, protect, educate and support her daily. Thanks Jess for allowing me to be a part of your life and Congratulations!

Written by Krystal Richardson, Family Director

Character Development Champion Jessica Holloway


I nomi-

nated

Gilbert Valerio as our Volunteer Champion for 2014 because I think

he has been an amazing asset to our YMCA. Gilbert has been a

member since 2008, and was asked to serve on our board in 2013.

Since he joined the board he has been an awesome board member

and chair of the fitness committee. He always is in communication

and follows up on what’s going on in the fitness department. He is

willing to help or recruit help for special events. He was on my team

for our Annual Support Campaign and he is always the first one to

email back and the first one to check in on the team and see how we

are doing! I believe he was even the first one to pick up his packets and get them turned back in! He

is truly an advocate for the YMCA and goes above and beyond what we ask him to do and for that and

so many other things he has done we are so happy to have him as a Y Supporter!

Written by Jackie Regan, CDO

Darlene Mathias Volunteer Champion Gilbert Valerio

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When a person gives back it is a magical

moment for everyone involved! I truly believe Terry Darden loves this moment. He finds joy in making kids smile and making a difference for our YMCA! Terry has been a valuable member, donor and volunteer for many years. His time on the Board of Directors and the Building & Grounds Committee has been outstanding. I think Terry is the first Board member that I have had in 15 years to never miss a Board meeting or a Committee meeting. That’s AWESOME!!!!! As far as his philanthropic work, Terry takes the lead role as the General Manager each year for our Annual Support Campaign and leads by example. He is always willing to donate and help the YMCA with many different activities. Let me tell you about two that I think really hits home for Terry.

The first one is our racquetball tournaments. Terry really wants to make an impression on the players coming in. He works hard to help recruit local players and he helps make sure the courts are in the best shape and ready to go. During the tournaments, Terry is known as our “chef” for the weekend. He will plan the meals all weekend and work closely with our staff to ensure we are providing the best meals possible. During the Saturday night tournament dinner one of the pros said that he started coming to Garden City years ago as a 140 pound shrimp and now his is a full grown man thanks to Terry’s cooking. Terry cooks on his grill all day Saturday & Sunday. From hamburgers and hot dogs to rib tips and even steaks, Terry makes sure we have the food and hospitality we need for our tournaments. He also goes out and gets all the door prizes, secures free motel rooms for the players and keeps my wife busy all weekend running around and getting stuff ready.

The second one deals with the Child Care department. Terry has become known as YMCA Daddy, YMCA Papa and YMCA Grandpa to the child care kiddos. He shows up on different days and times with goodies for the children. He likes to bring popsicles when it is 100 degrees out. He often stops by and brings them all an afternoon snack. Terry has brought them many different snacks from time to time. I think he gets a big kick out of the kids yelling and screaming at him because they are excited for their special snack from Terry. He is always telling me stories about seeing the children out in public at Walmart or some special event. Terry enjoys when they come running up to him and give him a big hug. Again, isn’t that magical!

I am sure the reason for my nomination of Terry Darden as our Social Responsibility Champion this year is obvious. This is only a snippet of what Terry does for our YMCA. He is constantly our watch dog to make sure everything is operating like it should be. He is always willing to give back and help with whatever the YMCA needs. He never wavers on his commitment and dedication to the YMCA. THANKS Terry!

Written by Chad Knight, CEO

Social Responsibility Champion Terry Darden


“To be inspired is GREAT, to INSPIRE is Incredible!”

Terry Major Sara Robinson Loren Goss Gilbert Valerio Gary Harley

Kandace Kennis Bob Almos Laurie Whitehurst Susan Dempsey Chad Deniston

Scott Selee ASC Standouts ASC Standouts are those

individuals who excelled in their campaign promises

and reached the Goal buster Level of Recognition.

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Jeannie Kleysteuber was a joint nomination between two of us for work on both the Facility Task Force and Fitness Committee.

She truly deserves this award it for her constant support and passion for the YMCA! She has been a longtime member of the Fitness Committee and has always been an enthusiastic supporter of programs in the fitness area from not only our racquetball tournament but to the classes and equipment we offer (she likes the treadmills and if you are lucky she will sing and dance for you)! This year I also served on the Facility Task Force. On that committee I truly learned how much Jeanne cares about our YMCA. She has our best interest in mind and helped commit our YMCA to our vision of the future. –Jackie Regan

I have only met Jeannie once at my first fitness committee but I could tell right away that she was someone that cared about how and what we were doing to help the community. Jeannie also shares our vision for the future of the YMCA with us at the YMCA. I look forward to working more with her in the future. -Steven Lynch

Committee Champion Jeannie Kleysteuber

Justin Sanchez started his term first term on our Board of Directors in 2011. Justin served on the Building and Grounds Committee his first year and then was asked to become an officer on the Finance/Executive Committee. I begged Justin to stay on and serve as our Board President. Justin started his second term as our Board President. At first, I told him to step up and lead us this next year and then we will discuss his second term, He agreed after some arm twisting! Justin played a key role in many capacities for us. Since he was close to the Building & Grounds Committee and knew all the hot issues from that committee, he knew what the YMCA needed. He focused on making sure our operations and maintenance was better for our YMCA. Since he serves as President of Tatro Plumbing, he knew about some of the struggles with our Family Pool construction. This was important to have

Justin going to bat for us on this issue. Justin also put his stamp on the finances and executive committee. He made sure we stayed on task and rally crunched the numbers to find out what was happening in each area. He would review the financials each and every month and would always ponder the question “is this something we need to be worried about”. He was always looking out for some red flags in our budget and really stressed the importance of staff keeping tabs on their budget. He wanted them to be accountable and make sure they were following and managing their budget. Our financial statements were a bit dicey to say the least with the second branch. Justin was always there to answer the questions regarding the Dodge City Branch and the numbers in regards to our overall operation. This was evident as Justin reached out to the Corporate Board President many times regarding that operation. During his tenure, he has witnessed many changes within our YMCA and more importantly, behind the scenes with all of our HVAC and pool equipment. I know under his leadership, we made many changes for the betterment of our YMCA operations. His dedication to ensure the pool equipment was up to par and running appropriately has made a huge difference. Justin did a wonderful job leading our Board of Directors and helping me with our facility management. I believe this will pay big dividends for us in the long run. THANKS Justin! Written by Chad Knight, CEO

Justin Sanchez Past President


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Terry Major

Terry Major became the first appointee from the Ministerial Alliance that we arranged seven years

ago. Terry was a GREAT Board member who really elevated the “C” in our YMCA. Terry was very active

in our committee work. He was very active early on the Board for the Membership Committee. Then, he

played a major role in forming our Christian Emphasis Committee. This committee brought some great

ideas and a special event each year that we conduct – Prayer Breakfast. He was very active in the

Prayer Breakfast and even recruited the keynote speaker this past year. He serves as the Master of

Ceremonies for this event. At our special events, I always lean on Terry to give the invocation. He

served two terms on our Board of Directors. THANKS Terry!

Steve Karlin

Steve Karlin is another one this year that is truly going to be missed. Steve served two terms on our

Board of Directors as well. Just like Terry, Steve played a crucial role in his committee work on our

Board of Directors. Steve helped launch the YMCA reversible jersey program we started. This was

heavily discussed several times during the Sports Committee before being approved by the Board of

Directors. His last couple of years, Steve served on the Finance/Executive Committee. He was one that

I could count on to make sure we were doing the right things with our YMCA. Steve would always be

thinking and processing the situations to ensure we made the right decision. THANKS Steve!

Chad Deniston

Chad Deniston was a very valuable Board member. Chad really took the Annual Support Campaign

under his wing and was the leader for our Board in leading by example. His last three years on the

Board, he was selected as the #1 draft pick from the staff. Now, keep in mind, the first year the staff

really had no clue that should be the #1 pick. Two staff members gambled on Chad and it paid off!

Chad also played a key role in his committee work. He was very dedicated and committed to the Family

department and Krystal loved working with Chad because he was always checking in with her and

making sure he had the right information to report to the Board. Chad almost served two terms and

retired early in his last term. THANKS Chad!

Justin Sanchez

You can read his President’s story as well in this program. Justin served as Board President this past

year and did a great job in that capacity. Just like the others that are retiring this year, Justin served

on two committees during his five years on the Board; Building & Grounds and Finance/Executive.

During his stay on the Building & Grounds, he was very instrumental in following up on all of the

Capital construction and making sure everything was good. His past three years, he served on the Fi-

nance/Executive Committee and helped dissect the numbers and our overall operation. Justin retired

early this year to wrap up five years on our Board of Directors. THANKS Justin!

A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR SERVING OUR YMCA!

Retired Board Member These Board members retired off our

Board of Directors in 2014


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THE YMCA AT A GLANCE

NEW Pump in Lap Pool! NEW Family pool LG stand! NEW Aerobics Microphone! NEW 15 passenger van for

Childcare! NEW Kickboxing bags-5 total!

NEW Chairs for Childcare and Sports

NEW Games to Go trailer! NEW heater in Dry Sauna for

Men’s Locker room! NEW Cardio Equipment – six

pieces!

2014 New Equipment & Improvements

THE YMCA WAY All YMCA sports programs begin with a Sports Pledge. No lunch is served in Child Care without a prayer. Every staff and committee meeting begins with Devotion. All Board meetings begin with an invocation. This year 34 new staff members were trained in Mission and Character Development. The core values of Respect, Responsibility, Caring and Honesty are stressed in everything at the YMCA. We stress the “C”! MEMBERS SERVED (Unduplicated)

772 new members signed up Membership peaked at 6,422 members in June 3,336 members are of age 17 or younger

FACILITY USAGE

Members had their card scanned to check-in and workout 131,193! 3,325 guests paid to use our facilities! 24-hr access had 3,276 visits! Building/Games were rented for parties 385 times! Special groups using the Y accounted for 2,210 people!

PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (Duplicated)

30,779 participated in Aquatics 9,278 participated in Health & Fitness 9,555 participated in Child Care 2,167 participated in Sports 2,612 participated in Family 6,500 in Membership Promotions/Special Events 54,391 participated in our programs in 2014

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The Helping Hands Scholarship Program raised $44,080.35 and awarded $185,535.45 to families, youth and seniors.

Financial assistance helped 7,029 participants and 5,822 members VOLUNTEERS The YMCA Way was stressed in five programs by 901 volunteers. Seventy-two campaigners volun-teered for this year’s Annual Support Campaign. We also had 19 Administrative volunteers! This at-tributes to approximately 18,310 hours x $26.19 hour = $479,538.90!!

General Information

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FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCIAL POSITION

FINANCES 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total

Income

1,047,912 1,164,215 1,221,983 1,396,223 1,675,341 1,792,246 1,783,168 1,756,056

% Increase 9% 10% 4% 12% 17% 6% -21% -1%

Total Expenses 1,003,416 1,168,127 1,239,222 1,364,335 1,568,761 1,764,131 1,772,192 1,748,045

% Increase 7% 15% 5% 9% 13% 12% 21% -1%

Difference 44,495 -3,912 -17,239 31,888 106,580 46,115 10,976 8,011

FINANCIAL

ASSISTANCE

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Dollars

Awarded

84,309 81,962 94,246 96,988 112,511 128,115 131,740 185,535

Amount

Raised

48,447 31,377 23,310 23,086 33,480 41,671 44,156 44,080

# of Pledges 217 115 139 172 229 217 220 228

# of Members

Assisted

646 925 1,049 943 1,333 1,414 635 5,822

# of Program

Participants

Assisted

2,992 3,354 6,970 4,846 4,631 3,830 3,779 7,029

MEMBERSHIP 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Volunteers 1,285 1,384 1,125 1,261 1,434 1,268 2,229 1,014

Ambassador

Members

271 335 857 1,030 1,030 1,203 1,113 1,022

Members 3,051 3,397 3,404 5,083 5,386 5,716 5,963 6,224

Usage 64,037 62,930 62,691 94,883 130,706 135,789 125,002 131,193

24 Hr Visits 2,142 3,569 3,721 3,587 3,276

Program

Participation

38,083 46,146 67,354 75,414 54,391

Penetration

Rate

17% 18% 18% 19.9% 21%

Member

Retention Rate

73% 72% 72% 66% 70%

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