2014 Annual Report

Another amazing year for YouthServe!2014 was a banner year for YouthServe, but only the beginning of great things to come.

2014 NON-PROFIT OF THE YEARIn October, YouthServe had the honor of being named the 2014 Non-Profit of the year with a budget under $500,000 by the Birmingham Business Alliance. In a ceremony attended by hundreds of Birmingham’s most influential in business, the award was accepted by YouthServe Board Chairman, Dick Berliner and Executive Director, Jennifer Hatchett.

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Nearly 80 youth participated in this summer’s Urban Service Camp, some actually coming to more than one! Learning themes included the importance of healthy living and access to healthy food in every community. Service sites were the PEER Summer Feeding Program, Community Food Bank, Jones Valley Teaching Farm, and the YWCA. Campers either walked or rode public transportation to get to all their sites, some with bus stops more than a mile away! All youth surveyed mentioned the significant

impact of the service as well as their experience with Birmingham’s public transit. Urban Service Camp is the most transformative of all YouthServe programs and over 90% of the Youth Leadership Councils participating in the 2014-15 school year also attended Urban Service Camp.

Urban Service Camp 2014

CARDBOARD CONNECT - MARCH RACE FOR THE CURE - OCTOBER TOYS FOR TOTS - DECEMBER

In May, YouthServe held its very first summer programming introduction event, Party in the

Tunnel, with 400 in attendance from over 60 schools. With a simple goal to bring youth from across the city together downtown for dancing and fun, YouthServe also managed to celebrate the accomplishments of the Youth Action Council and Youth Philanthropy Councils there. In addition, summer programming was introduced as was many other summer volunteer opportunities from YouthServe Partners such as the Firehouse Shelter, Birmingham STAIR, McWane Center and the Birmingham Museum of Art. Plans are currently in the works to reprise the event. If you are interested in sponsoring or helping with planning for the event, please contact Jennifer Hatchett at (205) 521-6651 or jhatchett@youthservebham.org.

Party in the Tunnel Sponsors and Partners

BBVA Compass BankREV BirminghamEBSCO MediaBirmingham Coca Cola Bottling UnitedThe Wilbron InstituteThe City of Birmingham

SERVICE EDUCATION

Service Education is a very important part of YouthServe’s outreach to students across the metro region. Through the introduction of curriculum by volunteers and staff designed to enlighten, enlist and engage as many as 1500 students annually,

Service Education Surveys Say: 98.9% Discovered the importance of service to the community93.2 % Discovered service also benefits them 86.5 % Plan to volunteer because of what they learned through Service Education100% Learned youth can be an importa nt pa rt o f pos i t ive community change “Service Ed showed me how anyone has the power to do things and that if you do something small it will turn to something bigger and benefit yourself and the community” – Hueytown High 11th Grader

“I learned how to be a better citizen for my community.” – Bush K-8 7th Grader

PARTY IN THE TUNNEL

Board member John Saxon, his wife Betsy and Ginger Jefferson from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham joined in the festivities.

Kids from across the city enjoyed music, dancing and street performances by Burning Desire Theater.

GOODRICH LEADERSHIP GRANT

This fall, the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation awarded YouthServe with a Leadership Grant of $120,000 over three years, in part to support a Development Manager for the organization. The new staff position will help ensure a stable and sustainable financial future in which more youth will not only participate in the joy of

service, but will gain the skills they need to have a successful transition into adulthood and beyond

YouthServe provides the tools they need to become active citizens in their own communities. If you are interested in volunteering in a classroom for any of these programs, please contact Daniel Ross, Program Director, at 205-521-6651 or dross@youthservebham.org.

YOUTHSERVE LEADERSHIP Front row (ltr) - Shelby Mason, Ada Cohen, Carolyn Calvert-Grimes, Kerri Tang, Sarah Holifield, Tate Shuttlesworth, Destiny Bibbs, Spring Li, Joshua Cantrell, Sophie Nadler, Gregory Murray, Stella Davis Back row

(ltr) Bela Restropo, Aarthi Navasivayan, Dede McArthur, Niya Jordan, Janell Cook, Mitchell Morrow, Raheim Thomas, Amani Lynch, Briona Ray, Trevor Webster, Shela Shreve, Devin Hagan, William Zhao, James Lasseter, Ryan Fredella

730

6434

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952,891

Volunteer Spots Filled by Youth

Service Hours Provided

Organizations Receiving Service

Beneficiaries of YouthServe in MetroBirmingham

$20,000In Local Investment by Youth

YouthServe Community Impact

3%5%8%

21%63%

Foundations

Individuals

Corporations

Urban Service Camp

Special Event

Community Giving

2014 Revenue - $223,0002014 Expenses - $193,764

25% of all Youth VolunteersServed at 5 or more events

Volunteer Tweets:

“I am so lucky to participate insomething so meaningful.”

“I learned not to give up and I can be great encouragement toothers.”

“It makes me feel good to helppeople.”

2014 YouthServe ContributorsALUMNI

SURVEY

YouthServe Alumni were surveyed in July, 2014 to gage how YouthServe has shaped their lives. Answers were very similar across the board.

Alumni felt YouthServe helped them become more confident.

“YouthServe was my first significant exposure to communities, issues, and challenges outside my own. Through my continued involvement with YouthServe, I formed meaningful connections to Birmingham and a more informed, intelligent outlook on the community and its future”- YouthServe Alumni (1998-2005)

up to $1000

Enterprise Rental Company

The Caring Foundation (BCBS)Junior League of BirminghamWilliam & Lynn BledsoeJohn Saxon

Marcia HartJennifer Hatchett

Linda Flaherty GoldsmithDavid & Karla

FieldsDick Berliner

Catherine Montgomery

Natalie NadlerDavid Dresher

Melanie McNary

City of Birmingham

Brooke CarruthersJ. Hobson Presley

Michelle RayJamal & Andrea McCaskey

Mike & Gillian Goodrich (in honor of Elizabeth Goodrich

Victor BrownMary Jones

David & Teri GlasgowEmily & Greg Curran

John LaceyDavid and Martha Elliott

Nancy & Greg GeodeckeDrs. Hughes Evans & Eric

Sorscher

Dr. Allison Grizzle

Deborah & Willie HuffWilbron Institute

Charles G. Brown, IIISouthpace Properties

Ard ConstructionRegions Bank

Craft O’NealJemison Investment

The Thompson Foundation Phil & Karen Carroll

Scott & Karla KennedyC. Trent Ramsey

Dede & David PittmanAdrien Westfall

Dr. Connie HillCoca-Cola Bottling Company

United

“I  support  YouthServe  because  I  know  Birmingham  will  be  a  be9er  place  if  the  people  who  live  here  are  more  connected  and  less  segregated,  and  I've  seen  how  developing  young  leaders  is  already    helping  to  make  that  happen.”  -­‐  Elizabeth  Goodrich

“YouthServe  is  game  changer.    Watching  young  people  from  diverse  economic  and  racial  backgrounds  work  and  laugh  together  gives    me  great  hope  “  -­‐  Dick  Berliner

Why we give...

Alumni PollYouthServe Helped Me

Become/Succeed With...

More Self Confident 100%

Diversifying Friends 100%

Risk Preventive 56%

College Application 92%

College Scholarship 60%

Job Application 87%

up to $10,000

Elizabeth & Mike GoodrichJ.T. StephensStratton LloydRichard BerlinerEBSCO Industries

Warren Averett Kimbrough & MarinoK&S Advised FundsVulcan Materials Company

Bradley Arant Boult CummingsProtective Life Corporation

$10,000+

Mike & Gillian Goodrich FoundationJoseph S. Bruno FoundationThe Seedling Foundation

The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaWilliam T. Ratliff IIIThe Hill Crest FoundationThe Rite Aid Foundation

Susan Mott Webb Charitable TrustThe Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamIndependent Presbyterian Foundation

2014 YouthServe School List

*The following schools were represented by participants

in all programs in 2014

A.H. Parker High SchoolAdvent Episcopal School

Alabama School of Fine ArtsAlabama Waldorf SchoolArrington Middle School

Berry Middle SchoolBessemer City High SchoolBottenfield Middle School

Bragg Middle SchoolBriarwood Christian Academy

Brown Elementary SchoolB.T. Washington K-8

Bumpus Middle SchoolBush K-8 School

Centerpoint High SchoolClay-Chalkville High School

Clay-Chalkville Middle SchoolEphesus Academy

Fairfield High SchoolFultondale High SchoolGardendale High SchoolG.W. Carver High School

Hemphill Elementary SchoolHewitt-Trussville High School

Hewitt-Trussville Middle SchoolHighlands School

Holy Family Elementary SchoolHoly Family High SchoolHomewood High School

Hoover High SchoolHueytown High School

Hueytown Middle SchoolHuffman Academy

Huffman Middle SchoolHuffman High SchoolIndian Springs SchoolIrondale Middle School

Jefferson Christian AcademyJefferson County International

BaccalaureateJohn Carroll Catholic High

SchoolLeeds High School

McAdory Elementary SchoolMidfield High School

Minor Elementary SchoolMinor High SchoolMoody High School

Mountain Brook High SchoolOak Mountain High School

Oak Mountain Middle SchoolOur Lady of Fatima School

P.D. Jackson-Olin High SchoolPhillips Academy

Pinson Valley High SchoolPleasant Grove High School

Putnam Middle SchoolRamsay High School

Robinson Elementary School

Rocky Ridge Elementary School

Rudd Middle SchoolShades Valley High SchoolSimmons Middle School

Smith Middle SchoolSpring Valley School

Spain Park High SchoolSouth Hampton Elementary

SchoolSun Valley School

St. Clair County High SchoolTabernacle Christian School

Thompson High SchoolThe Altamont School

Vestavia Hills Elementary WestW.J. Christian K-8

Wenonah High SchoolWest End Academy

West Jefferson Middle SchoolWilkerson Middle School

Wylam K-8Woodlawn High School

Vestavia Hills High School

2014 YouthServe Board of Directors**Executive Committee

Richard Berliner, REV Birmingham, Chair**

Rev. Elizabeth Goodrich**

Caroline Bolvig, United Way of Central Alabama

From Left to Right: Program Director, Daniel Ross; Executive Director, Jennifer Hatchett; AmeriCorps Members, Shaina Hamby and LeighAnn DiCesaris. Not pictured here: Emily Curran, bookkeeper and Meesha Emmett, Development Manager.

Together, the YouthServe team strives to provide the most valuable experience for the participants of each program. Plans are underway for the biggest YouthServe yet for 2015. Look for a new advanced Mini-Camp this summer for veteran campers. In addition, a host of open summer service days are on the calendar with a number of new partners, including the Birmingham Police Department.

YouthServe Staff and AmeriCorps Members

Victor Brown, Birmingham Business Alliance

Brooke Carruthers, Civic Volunteer

David Dresher, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLC

Dr. Allison Grizzle, NBCT

Connie Hill, Ph.D.

Mary Jones, Greater Birmingham Ministries**

Deputy Chief  Jamal McCaskey, Birmingham Police Department**

Kathryn McDonald, Sycamore Investment Partners**

Andre McFadden, Marnoel Company

Melanie McNary, SPHR Protective Life Corporation

J. Hobson Presley, Jr., Balch & Bingham LLP

William T. Ratliff, III, Collateral Companies**

Michelle Ray, Brookwood Medical Center

John D. Saxon, Saxon Attorneys

Toni Webster, YouthServe Parent

Tom Zelco, Wells Fargo**

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