Salina Area United Way Annual Report

1. Salina Area United WayAnnual Report

2. “The Mission of the Salina Area United Way is to strengthen our community by improving lives through leadership, partnership and investment.”

3. Priority Areas for the Salina Area United Way Education: Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Full Potential • Children enter school developmentally on track in the areas of literacy and social, emotional and intellectual skills. • Elementary and middle school students are engaged in school and make appropriate academic progress and healthy decisions. • Young people graduate from high school and young adults make a successful transition from high school to further schooling or work life. Financial Stability: Promoting Financial Stability and Independence Among Working Families • Working families achieve and retain family-sustaining employment  • Working families receive the income supports that are available to them • Working families have the financial resources to avoid poverty • Working families make smart financial-decisions and live within their budget  Health: Improving Community Health • Babies are born at low risk of any preventable health problems. • Children and youth have access to timely, regular, preventive health care covered by insurance • Youth and adults are healthy and avoiding risky behavior • Safety

4. Strengthening Our Salina Area Community Mark Troyer is a stay-at-home dad whose family has benefited from him taking parenting classes through CAPS. He was a former horse trainer and uses the metaphor that “training horses is a lot like raising children – you must be firm, yet gentle.” He chose the statue, Blood Brother, for this reason. Mark says he is now better prepared to handle the day to day challenges of raising two young adolescents. He is the father of twins, Jacob and Olivia. Education

5. Kids Are Our Future ACT for 2020 Grant Awarded to PIECE By June 30, 2015, 85% of the children in Saline County entering kindergarten will have the necessary skills to be successful. This goal is measured quantitatively by the Pre-Kindergarten Screen (PKS) and qualitatively by a survey asking for objective impressions from kindergarten teachers using questions from the TS Gold to measure social emotional kindergarten readiness. PIECE, Partners In Early Childhood Education, Sixteen agencies are working together to meet the goal of school readiness for all. • Born Learning Trail • Born Learning Trail constructed in Salina’s Oakdale Park. Trails provide a “value add” to communities by offering outdoor learning games that build pre-literacy skills critical to school readiness. “Together, you can turn everyday moments into learning moments.”

6. Strengthening Our Salina Area Community Tracy Peat is recovering from a lifelong battle with drug and alcohol abuse. She moved to Salina from Garden City to better herself through the programs offered by the Ashby House. She chose the Butterfly Girl Statue because the girl is setting butterflies free, much like Tracy herself is now free from addiction. While it’s been a tremendous battle, Tracy feels supported by the Salina community and has chosen to relocate here permanently. Financial Stability

7. Community Involvement GIVE- Take action! Someone needs your help! ADVOCATE- Be proud! Tell everyone! VOLUNTEER- Get engaged, get connected, and inspire others to join us!

8. Strengthening Our Salina Area Community Lori Blake is the HR Manager at Choices Network. She is a success story through the American Red Cross Ready Rating System which rates your preparedness and resilience should a natural disaster ever strike. About 60% of businesses fail to survive after such an event. Choices Network used the system to realize there was much work to be done and have been working to “ready” themselves to achieve the Ready Rating thumbs up. Her statue is called Start Paddling which is fitting with natural disaster resiliency and preparedness. Health

9. Certified Funded Partners American Red Cross - North Central Kansas ChapterA humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, which provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Ashby House, Ltd.Our mission is to empower homeless families and individuals to improve self-sufficiency, self-advocacy and holistic recovery through life skills and practical application. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina, Inc.Offering meaningful and impactful relations between adults and at-risk youth who are facing adversity due to a variety of unfortunate socioeconomic or psychosocial factors. Catholic Charities of Salina, Inc.Providing adoption, counseling, emergency assistance, disaster relief, senior housing, immigration and assimilation services in Salina, Hays, Manhattan and Concordia. Central Kansas Foundation for Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Provides affordable, quality alcohol and drug prevention/treatment services including assessment, outpatient and inpatient treatment, social detoxification, continuing care, case management and prevention/education programs. Child Advocacy & Parenting Services, Inc. Provides free in-home parenting instruction, case management, family support, respite childcare, parenting classes, CASA and Child Advocacy Center services to prevent child abuse/neglect in North central Kansas. Coronado Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Providing age-specific citizenship training, character development and personal fitness programs for youth in 32 counties of North Central and Northwest Kansas. Consumer Credit Counseling Services Consumer Credit Counseling Services is a not-for-profit agency bringing hope and stability to Kansas families by offering financial solutions through education and counseling. Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas Provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We offer safe shelter, crisis counseling, court advocacy, support groups and much more.

10. Certified Funded Partners cont. Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, Inc.Premier leadership development program for girls across 80 Kansas counties. We build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Kansas Legal Services Our mission is to provide legal assistance to low-income families in matters of civil law and refer families to services that help them obtain self-sufficiency. Martin Luther King, Jr. Child Development Center Provides early care and education for children ages two weeks to six years and prepares them developmentally and socially for Kindergarten. Salina Child Care Association, Inc. Full day, year round, early childhood care and education in a developmentally appropriate, accredited program for children aged 2 weeks - 12 years of age. Salina Family Healthcare Center (Salina Health Education Foundation) Providing primary care for uninsured, underinsured, economically disadvantaged families and providing education in family medicine for physicians wanting to practice in rural Kansas. Salina Family YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) The largest nonprofit provider of quality accredited childcare, youth sports and adult fitness in Saline County. The Salvation Army Soup kitchen, food, clothing, counseling, case management, utility assistance, prescriptions, eye exams, after school program, youth programs, Christmas assistance, adult programs, and Emergency Disaster Services. The Volunteer Connection (Department of Kansas Wesleyan University)Mobilizes volunteers of all ages to address community needs and enables community entities to enhance their services through utilization of volunteer resources. United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas Provides assistive technology, independent living support, advocacy, information and referral services for persons with various disabilities not just cerebral palsy.

11. Financials The Salina Area United doesnot solicit funds to cover the cost of obtaining donations. The cost of the campaign is a line item on the yearly budget from the amount raised for the campaign. Cost of Fundraising: $4,000

12. Board of Directors, Officers, Staff Executive Committee OfficersCommittee Chairs on Executive CommitteePresident Kristy Balthazor 2013 Campaign Cabinet (CC)Evette BeckmanTreasurer Patrick Wallerius United Priorities Cabinet (UPC)George TroutfetterTreasurer-Elect Chris Yohe Community Engagement Team (CET)Joyce VolkPast President Ted Johnson Audit and Standard of Raju DanduSecretary Open Excellence (A/SoE)Human Resources (HR) Lynn Cooper Directors NameCompany Title Term Expires December 31, 2013Kristy Balthazor Assurance Partners, LLC Vice President of OperationsLynn Cooper Advance Auto Parts HR DirectorKaren Couch Kennedy, Berkley, Yarnevich AssociateJared Hiatt Clark, Mize and Linville, Chtd AssociateTama Davidson Comcare Executive AssistantJon Starks UMB Bank PresidentJoyce Volk Volk Insurance Agency Insurance Agent Term Expires December 31, 2014Brandon Ebert Waddell and Reed Financial ConsultantJulie Goetz Salina Regional Health Center Physician RecruiterTed Johnson Bergkamp, Inc. Plant Manager Jeff Montgomery El Dorado National OperationsLoren Young Kennedy & Coe LLC PartnerPatrick Wallerius OCCK Inc. Chief Financial Officer Term Expires December 31, 2015Jennifer Bonilla-Baker Walgreens EXA ManagerRaju Dandu Kansas State Univ. ProfessorChris Yohe Simmons First Community ExecutiveBennie Salkil Salina Regional Health Center DirectorGeorge Troutfetter USD 305 Assistant Principal Bill Hall USD 305 Superintendent of Schools Katy Russell Eagle Communications Account Representative Tina Lewis Salina Housing Authority Director Kory Tinkler The Bennington State Bank of KS Vice President Evette Beckman Sunflower Bank Deposit Services Manager Salina Area United Way StaffKeven Duggan Manager of Finance Brenda Gutierrez Program Director

13. BennieSalkil. “A big thanks each and every one of you for your support throughout the 2012 campaign. Thank you to all our donors for what you’ve done and continue to do for those in need in our community. I appreciate all that you do to strengthen our community.”