our Values
Encouragement andSupport
Weencourageandsupport everychildandyouthtoplay, learn,andgrowtoachieve theirdreams.
WorkingTogether
Weworktogetherwithyoung people,families,volunteers, ourcommunities,and government.
SpeakingOut
Wespeakoutforchildren, youth,andfamiliessothatwe canmakeourworldbetter.
our
MISSION
Belonging
Wewelcomeeveryone inasafe,accepting environmentbasedon belongingandpositive relationships.
Respect
Weensurethat everyone—children, youth,families, volunteers,staff isheard,valued,and treatedfairly.
our
All children and youth discover and achieve their dreams and grow up to be healthy, successful, and active participants in society.
VISION
Our year IN REVIEW Our year IN REVIEW
amy shanks Executive Director
2022 was another banner year for BGC Greater Saint John as we continue to grow in numbers of children and youth we serve, and expand our geographic footprint.
This year we added a new community to our roaster of locations, Sussex. We held 6 weeks of free educational summer day camps that 42 children from the area were able to attend. It’s always nice to hear comments from parents like this one, “My son really didn’t want to go - he’s really shy. But right from the first day, every day he came home bursting with stories about how much fun he had! I think his favourite things
2022 was the first year since the pandemic that National held a Conference. Melissa Leighton, Board Treasurer, and 3 staff members, Jill Farrar, Amanda Walsh, and myself, made the trip to Saskatchewan for the conference. At the conference we were introduced to a mental health program being offered at another club. Knowing how prevalent mental health issues are, when we returned from conference, Jill and Amanda used that model to develop our own mental health program. This new program is a partnership between BGC and Port City Counselling. Any Club member can access free services from one of their counsellors. We also extended this program to our staff. To date 32 clients have accessed the services.
Along with new programs comes additional funding and increased staff. Our revenue for 2022 increased by approximately 25% over the previous year. One of the largest jumps in revenues we’ve seen year over year. Additional staffing needs meant we needed to invest in a full-time HR Administrator who assists with recruiting hiring screening onboarding
Our Christmas Families program continues to grow. We helped supply Christmas to 30 families which included 71 children and 52 adults. We have been investing in our capacity building every year. In 2022 we invested in a new program that would track donations, grants, staff, donors, and program registrations. This program enables our team to search for statistics and other information quicker and easier, making reporting more efficient and faster. The end of the year is always a time I look back and reflect on where we’ve been, how far we’ve come, and where we will go in the future. We will continue to look for and create programs to further BGC’s vision that all children and youth discover and achieve their dreams and grow up to be healthy, successful and active participants in society.
Our year IN REVIEW Our year IN REVIEW
DIGITAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL EDUCATION
HOMEWORK HELP
WhAT our club does
TRANSPORTATION
CHILDCARE PARENTING EDUCATION &SUPPORT
HEALTHY SNACKS& MEALS
BREAKFAST PROGRAMS
NUTRITION &FOOD EDUCATION
GARDENING
SUMMER CAMPS
PHYSICAL FITNESS & SPORTS
SCHOLARSHIPS
JOB READINESS
INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES &PROGRAMS
MUSIC
DANCE martial arts
ARTS
YOUTH LEADERSHIP
MENTORING VOLUNTEERING
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
YOUTH leadership
MENTAL HEALTH& WELLNESS
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
family& youth counseling employment programs
virtual programs learning through play
Main Club Main Club
1 Paul Harris St., Saint John, NB
South End Community Center South End Community Center
1210 Wentworth St, Saint John, NB
SSeaside easide
627 Havelock St, Saint John, NB
BGC Education Center BGC Education Center
47 Hanover St, Saint John, NB
River Valley Youth Center
River Valley Youth Center
749 River Valley Dr, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB
Bradly Lake Community Center
Bradly Lake Community Center
254 Bradley Lake Rd, Rothesay, NB
BBelleisle elleisle
1775 ROUTE, Springfield, NB
8 Leonard Dr, Sussex,NB
SSussex ussex
locations locations
SUMMER
core programscore programs
AFTER SCHOOL PRO AFTER SCHOOL PRO
Over 275+ youth enrolled in OVER 1,500 YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN 2022 OVER 1,500 YOUNG PEOPLE ENROLLED IN 2022
FOOD SECURITY
Youth Lunch Program
Project Back Pack
Morning Program
Afterschool Snacks
LEADERSHIP
Keystone
Torch Club
Summer Leadership
EDUCATION
RBC Raise the Grade
Summer Slide/Level UP
Summer Brain Gain
Highschool Study Room
Social and Emotional Learning
Kid Tech Nation
HOOT Reading
Learning & Impact Project
PHYSICAL WELLNESS & HEALTH
Ball/Ice Hockey
Youth Basketball
Bounce Back League
Mental Health Program with Port City Counselling
Clubs Boost Immunity Challenge
river valley youth center river valley youth center
iver Valley Youth Center has been one of ur locations since April 2021, and has quickly ecome a favorite of the children. It offers everal activities like entrepreneurship, leadership, painting, sewing, D&D, Summer camp, and more.
The group also participates in Keystone (leadership 13+), and will be taking 7 of their ers to the youth forum in Vancouver ar!
am Lead Hannah Gibson has been VYC since it began, and none of the ng things it has accomplished would be e without her. Her weekly updates on uth have also become one of our staff tes.
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150 kids attending unique
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Art With Ruth - Sewing
Art with Ruth is RVYC's most popular program, it averages 15 - 25 kids a week and has many art projects! Most recently they have been teaching sewing!
With 10 brand new sewing machines the kids have been making everything they can think of, and thanks to some very generous community members they've had enough fabric to keep at it!
It's an excellent skill the children have really enjoyed learning!
drawstring bags
pillows
pillow cases
scrunchies
headbands
dog bandanas
impact impact statem statem
Dawson joined BGC's River Valley Y summer of 2022 as part of the leade joining he says that BGC has had a a person. Ever since joining in the s gained more confidence, self-estee has become a better version of him
When he first started the program h himself; however RVYC has pushed zone and helped him realize the pe Dawson's journey has inspired othe the staff. BGC Greater Saint John is one of the 7 youth attending the na Conference in British Columbia in M
suvival Campsuvival Camp
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The goal of Survival Camp is to reconnect elementary aged children with nature. We want to teach them how to play outside and give them the tools to discover things on their own and guidance to keep them safe as they do it.
shelter
Campers learn to build shelter, and how to maintain it!
fire
They learn to make fire in all situations, and safely.
food
How to find food outside, and plant safety.
archery
Campers learn how to shoot arrows with a bow!
water
How to find water when lost, how to safely filter it!
summer slidesummer slide
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51.61% of kids from
Grades 3 - 5
70% improved their math skills
48.38% of kids from
Grades k - 2
Summer learning loss is the tendency for students to lose some of the achievement gains they made during the previous school year. BGC Greater Saint John has been offering an educational summer day camp for the children in South End for the past 5 years.
The program, called Summer Slide, hires two district teachers that focus on literacy and numeracy skills 3 mornings a week. The rest of the camp is similar to other day camps using fun and activities to build social and executive functioning skills in our members.
Participants meet with a district evaluator at the beginning and end of the program to measure their outcomes.
impact impact statement statement
y favorite part about Summer Slide was Mr. rick. He taught us math and played fun games h us.
ed math the best, it's my favorite class in ool too. I liked being able to play games ainst Mr. Patrick and the counsellors. so liked going to the gym and playing games h my friends. I just wish I could have played me sports with Mr. Patrick too.
ink doing summer slide helped me keep my th skills up and I got to do it with friends and ve fun!"
Landen,8yearsold
strong strong communities communities serving our families
Program PartnersProgram Partners
Belleisle Watershed Coalition
Belleisle Community Pool
Belleisle After School and Summer Programs*
Saint John Newcomers Centre
PRUDE
First Nations Storytellers
Seaside Park Elementary School –
Common Ground @ Seaside*
PULSE
Saint John the Baptist – South End Community Centre*
Multicultural Association of Sussex
14,400 lunches served
$15,000 in scholarships to high school students
1650 backpacks delivered to local schools
556 pink shirts sold
Sussex Regional Library
United Way – Sussex Brain Gain*
RBC – Raise The Grade
Old Navy – This Way Onward
Rising Stars Basketball
Top Corner Hockey
Elementary Literacy Foundation
CHROMA
Port City Counseling
One Change
Key Industries
Working NB
Hire Potential
Inclusion NB
Saint John Learning Exchange
Teen Resource Centre
making a difference making a difference at theat the
Ihavemore peopleilike tospend timewith
Iammore physically active
Iambetter abletotake stepstoreach mygoals
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athelping outwhenit isneeded
Iammore awareof thefeelings ofothers
67% 77% 65% 72% 62%
club club Christmas Christmasat theat the
80%
30
35.7%
Were one guardian households
52 Children & adults 71 Families sponsored for christmas
350
Christmas presents for prince Charles school
Thank you
mcdonalds
Of sponsored families had 2+ children for sponsoring Christmas lunch
donation championsdonation champions
Strategicpartners
City of Saint John
United Way
Saint John BGC Endowment
Government of Canada
Government of New Brunswick
Saint John Community Foundation
$50,000+
Hewitt Foundation
The Windsor Foundation
Medavie Foundatoin
$10,000-$49,999
NB Children's Foundation
CSMARI*
Jack Kidd
Mayflower Sharps' of Sussex
President Choice Children's Charity
Deloitte
Calgary Foundation
Turnbull Home Foundation
Pro KIDS
Clow
CIBC Wood Gundy
Old Navy
RBC Future Launch
bgc canada
$10,000-$49,999
Estate of Phyllis R Sutherland
Deloitte llp
cibc woodgundy
mk realty group
Employment & Social Development
Canada
$5,000-$9,999
Margaret Urquhart
Donald Mitchener
RVCC
Coca-Cola
Jays Care
nancy clark teed foundation
donation championsdonation champions
$5,000-$9,999 $500-$4,999 $500-$4,999
Bill Teed
Sir James Dunn Foundation
westjet
$500-$4,999
Tonw of Grand Bay-Westfield
Wyndham worldwide
River Valley
Seaside Evening
Fall Classic Fitness Show
Saint John Energey
Gary Foster
IBEW
Herseys
Fidelity Investments
canadian tire jumpstart
mcdonalds gap
bell dynamic funds paul meier
Vincent Bishop
stephanie richard
cibc asses management
franklin templeton
yolanda kippers
stacey mclellan
Rides at rockwood
the cormier group
dr. wm. rector pro corp.
dwayne snell
PC Childrens Charity
Mental health micro grant
william teed
palmer events inc.
rena kasidonis mccarthy
christine hoyt
hb foundation
Dave Grebenc
Saint Davids united church
Maria nicole
Holly shonaman
melissa leighton
adam walker
linda spires
Lawrence and Gwendolyn Henry
gary foster
port city counselling service
TD Ready Commitment
IBM caa
john pottle
james robichaud
andso manymore! thankyou!
our teamour team
Executive Executive
Amy Shanks (Executive Director)
Amanda Downey (Program Director)
Nick Rouse (Community Programs Director)
Amanda Walsh (Finance Director)
Development/Admin Development/Admin
Abbie Shanks (Marketing & Community Giving Officer)
Michaela Dicks (HR Administrator)
Ruth Ellen Smith (Parent Registrar)
Nancy Robichaud (Office Manager)
Megan Bartlett (Operations Assistant)
Josh Barwell (Building Maintenance)
Christopher Collins (Building Maintenance)
Program ManagementProgram Management
Jill Farrar (Program Manager)
Justin Nicolle (Program Coordinator)
Aaron Shonaman (Program Coordinator)
Hannah Gibson (Team Lead)
Rachel Murphy (Program Supervisor)
David MacDonald (Program Supervisor)
Erika McGouey (Team Lead)
Cleora Nice-Hart (Raise the Grade Coordinator)
Jack Robichaud (Logistics Coordinator)
Greg Fairbrother (Driver & Maintenance)
98
core program staff core program staff total staff 98
We Love Our Work Family!
Ackroyed, Christina
Allen, Ashley
Allen, Jessica
Bainbridge, Ryan
Barrett, Lily
Bastarache, Jean
Carr-Logan, Caleb
Collins, Christopher
Cook, Mark
Dingee, Victoria
Dobson, Heather
Donkers, Trent
Fitzsimmons, Shelby
Forbes, Kyleigh
Forsythe, Kayla
Fury, Kenneth
Gilmore, Katie
Gionet, Josee
Green, Ruth
Haddon-Sullivan, Larissa
Hawthorne, Carrie
Kaba, Umar
Kabusimbi, Wilondja (Willy)
Knox, Deidre
Lingley, Jennifer
Little, Callie
Maxwell, Emma
Maxwell, Erika
Maxwell, Juleah
McCarty, Jaiden
McGouey. Erika
McKee, Casey
Price, Sylvia
Richard, Anthony
Ricketson, Kaylie
Sheikh, Ayham
Shonaman, Hannah
Smith-Bonnar, Alyssa
Sutton, Ellena
Tomilson, Baillie
Urquhart, Holly
Wallace, Tia
White, Emma
Wilcox, Janaya
Wildish, Anna
Wilson, Kathleen
Wray, Elliot
board of directors board of directors
President: . . . . .
Past President:
Vice President:
Treasurer: . . . . .
Secretary: . . . . .
Rick Benoit
Carl White
Rena Kasidonis McCarthy
Melissa Leighton
Hana Qui
Providing support, guidance and direction to
Directors: Don LeBlanc
Louise Syme
Erika Chestnut
Colin McDonald
Expenses
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