Mathews-Dickey Annual Report 2015-2016

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Our Mission To produce well-educated, physically active and hopeful youth with family at the center of our efforts.

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Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club

Celebrating Our 57th Anniversary annual report

2016

table of contents

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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AWARDS

SPORTS AND ATHLETICS

HEALTHY LIVING

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SPECIAL EVENTS

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President & CEO Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club

BLUE CHIPS ACADEMY

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Wendell Covington, Jr.

ARTS

EDUCATION ENRICHMENT

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SUMMER DAY CAMP

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SPONSORS

BOARD & STAFF

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At Mathews-Dickey we’re excited about championing a new era of youth development by creating Blue Chips Scholar Athletes.

Our Transformation Plan promotes collective impact, and to that end our goal is to expand our network of targeted partnerships with K-12 institutions, colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, individual donors and corporations to create a comprehensive model.

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Mathews-Dickey is evolving. As we enter phase 2.0 of our Transformation Plan, our focus is shifting from a youth recreation to a youth development model. At a tumultuous and crucial time in history, Mathews-Dickey is giving thousands of young people hope, skills, access to college, and more importantly a productive and brighter future. Our Blue Chips Model is focused on scholarship, athleticism and character. With athletics as the core, we surround our Blue Chips members with the arts, supplemental education, healthy living and professional development opportunities to lead to college scholarships and mold them into responsible, productive citizens.

Entering my second year as President & CEO of Mathews-Dickey, it is an honor and duty to further the paramount mission established by Co-Founders Martin Luther Mathews and the late Hubert “Dickey”Ballentine 57 years ago.

As strong as our foundation is, we know that we can’t go it alone. This is why we are so passionate about partnerships and programs to meet the immense needs of our community’s youth. Though many youth lack access, we know they deserve nothing less than the best, so Mathews-Dickey is building with the community in the community to equip and empower them to get in the game and win.

Build with us as we head towards victory – our young people need us!

WHO WE SERVE

FINANCIALS

VOLUNTEERS & ALUMNI

Front Cover: Leah – Green STL Machine, Moriyah – Tennis, Makyah – Cheerleading, Ra’Shod – Football, Ashya – Summer Camp, Cameron – Study Buddy, Jordan – Earn & Learn, Imani – Music, Darnell – Baseball and Leah – Redbird Rookies.

Back Cover: Aniya – Youth Ambassadors, Kira – The Sky is the Limit, Jamal – Swimming, Raylen – Basketball and Tyler – Basketball.

Bike Giveaway | to Timothy and Taniya

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anniversary celebration award winners Our award winners have contributed greatly to the success of Mathews-Dickey in 2016.

The Rev. William G. Gillespie Spirit of St. Louis Award Ezekiel Elliott Running Back | Dallas Cowboys Elliott is an alumnus of the Bulldog football program at Mathews-Dickey who gives back as a mentor, role model and even lent support to help youth teams travel to Florida and win the 2016 national championship.

Meritorious Service Award Irasa Downing Human Resources Director | Edward Jones Downing is recognized for her dedication as the chairperson of the 2016 Sheer Elegance fashion show that raised nearly $150,000 for Mathews-Dickey. Additionally, Downing has been an exceptional mentor and presenter on career topics to young people.

In Appreciation Award Lou Gianquinto President | Missouri Care, Inc. Under Gianquinto’s leadership, Missouri Care, Inc., subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., has sponsored memberships for low-income youth to join Mathews-Dickey and lent financial support to the Green St. Louis Machine aeroponic gardening program.

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of our alumni reported MDBGC helped prepare them to develop Outstanding Alumni Award Winners team-work skills, work ethic and dedication, self-confidence and We’re pleased to honor two outstanding examples of young leaders who’ve exemplified the spirit of helping others. leadership skills.

Korey Johnson President | The Korey Johnson Foundation Histotechnologist | SSM Health A graduate of Indiana University, Johnson holds a degree in histotechnology. He began his career at the age of 16 at BarnesJewish Hospital in the dietary department and he now works at SSM Health. As a histotechnician, he prepares human body tissue for examination by doctors and medical professionals, to better diagnose patient biopsies. One of his career highlights was co-producing and working with storyteller, Bobby Norfolk, in a mini docu-series, “Autism Talks,” where he got to explore the lives of people affected by autism. In his free time, Johnson is passionately running his nonprofit organization, The Korey Johnson Foundation, and lending his time leading billiards activities and serving as a mentor at Mathews-Dickey.

Anastasia Stevenson Project Manager | MasterCard Worldwide Stevenson graduated from Webster University with a degree in human resource management. Stevenson then earned her master of science in project management/information management in 2010 MBA from Grantham University in 2014.

Stevenson recently earned her project management professional certificate and completed the FOCUS St. Louis Emerging Leaders program. She is an advocate of community involvement and now sits on the Sheer Elegance Committee of Mathews-Dickey, where her focus is to provide cultural and character-building activities for girls. She is currently a leader of a software engineering team at MasterCard and leading efforts that contribute to successful implementation of acquired new business throughout MasterCard’s global footprint.

Are you an MDBGC Alum?

Reconnect with us. We believe that once you’re an MDBGC member, you’re a member for life. We want to know about YOU and what you’re up to now. Sign-up as an alumni today at mathews-dickey.com/members/alumni. Join the Alumni Association and help us build together the future of the next generation. Once a member, always a member!

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showcase

FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Darryl Sykes

57TH ANNIVERSARY YOUTH AWARDS SHOWCASE 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 Mathews-Dickey Richard B. Loynd Gymnasium

BASEBALL MANAGER OF THE YEAR Gerard “Chuck” Harbour

PROGRAM

BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR Ryan White

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES Tom Sullivan SVP, Sports & Operations Mathews-Dickey & Leroy Witherspoon Director of Operations Mathews-Dickey

TROPHY PRESENTATIONS MVP’s, Outstanding Student, Outstanding Swimmer & Career Awards 1st grade Basketball STL Vipers Division Champs, Manager Ryan White 7 Unlimited Football & Cheerleading Division Champs, Head Coach Ryan White & Cheer Coordinator Sydney White 8 Unlimited Football & Cheerleading Super Bowl Champs, Head Coach Eric Kazee & Cheer Coordinator Paige Tyler

NATIONAL ANTHEM Jaden Noble

DOOR PRIZE DRAWING #2

WELCOME Martin Luther Mathews Co-Founder & Emeritus President Mathews-Dickey

ADULT VOLUNTEER AWARDS Bill Fronczak VP, PR & Special Events Mathews-Dickey

Wendell Covington, Jr. President & CEO Mathews-Dickey

ANNIVERSARY AWARDS MOTHER OF THE YEAR Lisa Orr

DOOR PRIZE DRAWING #1

FATHER OF THE YEAR James Dorsey

ENTERTAINMENT Ryan Harper | Piano Selection Imani Griffin | Vocal Selection MD Drum & Bugle Corps | Musical Selection

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Christopher Smith, Sr

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TROPHY PRESENTATIONS Bantam I Baseball Rebels Division Champs, Manager Gerald “Chuck” Harbour 9 Unlimited Football/Cheerleading Head Coach Levi Jackson & Cheer Coordinator Shanta Dozier 12 & Under Softball Lady Rebels Division Champs, Manager Erica Carter

FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR Cory White

12 Unlimited Football & Cheerleading Division & National Champs, Head Coach Willie Brandon & Coordinator LaWanda Love

CHEERLEADING COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR LaWanda Love

ENTERTAINMENT Showbiz & Beyond | Dance Performance

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI Korey Johnson Anastasia Stevenson

TROPHY PRESENTATIONS Midget I Baseball St. Louis Stars Division Champs, Manager Eddie Hampton

MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE Gold — Sha’Mel Morrow Silver — Jade Gates Bronze — Riana McDonald

13 Unlimited Football/Cheerleading Division, Super Bowl & National Champs, Head Coach Cory White & Coordinator Stacey Latimore

MERITORIOUS SERVICE Irasa Downing

RBI Softball Lady Cardinals Regional Champs, Manager Raeffel Merriweather

IN APPRECIATION OF THE YEAR Lou Gianquinto THE REV. WILLIAM G. GILLESPIE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS Ezekiel Elliott

DOOR PRIZE DRAWING #3 All coaches and teams are to pick up snacks and beverages in the Green St. Louis Machine Room.

Special thanks to Caleres, Cardinals Care, Coca-Cola, Emerson, Griesedieck Vending and QuikTrip for their support.

ENTERTAINMENT Bulldog Cheerleaders Coached by LaWanda Love

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blue chip academy

Building Scholar-Athletes In many ways sports enrich children’s lives, including providing them with positive mentors to build strong minds, bodies and character. Our Blue Chip model aligns our programs into an integrated curriculum. The goal is to make a more deliberate and positive impact in youth’s lives, helping foster matriculation into colleges and universities, military and/or careers. Our aim is to impact the academic achievement gap through academic and athletics skills development.

The need is great. According to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, nearly 40 percent of the St. Louis Public School district students who took the MAP test, scored below basic in the area of science. curricula. Over half of those students were African American.

As an organization located in Penrose neighborhood and serving some of St. Louis and the state’s most underserved, under-represented and low-income families, MDBGC has always made it our business to meet the needs of our community as a sports and recreation facility as well as provide workforce development and cultural enrichment to those who need it most.

The formula: Scholarship + Athleticism + Character = Greatness.

Our Blue Chips Model is focused on scholarship, athleticism and character.

Portrait of a Blue Chip Athlete Ayden Robinson-Wayne MD Baseball and Football | Perfect Game Series Classic / Junior National Young Leaders Conference alumnus/ Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit Scholar

Blue Chips builds on that foundation and addresses community needs in a more defined manner. With athletics as the core, the Blue Chips Academy surrounds children with the arts, supplemental education, healthy living and professional development opportunities to lead to college scholarships and mold them into responsible, productive citizens. We are grateful to major sponsors Centene, Emerson, INTERCO Charitable Trust, Edward Jones and others who make these efforts possible.

Christian | Swim Team

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Alumnus Ezekiel Elliott | Skills Workshop at MDBGC

sports & athletics

Athletics play a prominent role in youth’s understanding of sportsmanship, strong character, respect, restraint and responsibility. According to The National Council of Youth Sports, children who are involved in athletics live healthier lifestyles, are stronger academically, and are more community minded. Mathews-Dickey uses sports to engage youth with positive mentors to build strong minds, strong bodies and character. Helping bridge the gap of access, several companies and individuals donated sports equipment in 2016 including Good Sports and the Buddy Fund.

National studies indicate that children who enter sports at an early age are 15% more likely to go to college.

Toolkit Baseball/Softball | Basketball | Cheerleading | Football | Gymnastics | Majorettes | Swimming | Tennis

2016 Highlights The Lady Cardinals softball team won the RBI Central Region Championship in Minnesota for the fifth time in six years, advancing to the World Series in Cincinnati. RBI, short for Reviving Baseball in the Inner-city, is funded by Cardinals Care and managed in St. Louis

by Mathews-Dickey. It was also a banner year for the Club’s four competitive and more than 25 Redbird Rookies teams.

Tayler | Lady Cardinals Softball

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95% Made possible by Baseball Tomorrow Fund and Cardinals Care, the Adam Wainwright Field in Mathews-Dickey’s Bob Russell park opened. During the dedication, the Cardinals pitcher interacted with children from Mathews-Dickey partner district Riverview Gardens and commented that this was, “like one of the coolest things EVER!” A North County Baseball League was established there to serve youth from Bellefontaine Neighbors and surrounding communities.

of our athletes develop positive self-esteem and confidence.

The USA Swimming certified MD swim team competed and improved upon personal bests during their year-round season.

With the fund-raising efforts of parents/coaches and help from alumni Ezekiel Elliott, the Bulldogs took five teams to Florida for the national championship. The 12 and 13-year-old teams won titles, earning rings and trophies for themselves and their companion cheerleading squads. Renovations were made to the Bulldogs home field through the support of an NFL Grassroots Foundation grant.

After starting with a series of intensive drills and skills sessions, the MathewsDickey basketball league surged to a new 53-team league led by new coordinators John Redden and Tony Condra, acclaimed in the hoops skilldevelopment field.

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48th Snapper Bowl Classic Champions

arts

Forty girls ages 6-12 and 12-18 took part in eight weeks of choreography and personal development programming in preparation for a performance on the Grand Stage at Sheer Elegance, “Style Safari” fashion show.

Arts education improves a child’s creativity, imagination and self-esteem. According to the National Assembly of State Art Agency, the arts help children improve their school attendance, learning and critical thinking skills. Our arts program removes the price barrier for children with artistic interest and talents, and exposes them to different art forms. Music and performing arts give children who have experienced trauma a variety of creative outlets for therapeutic expression. The program is supported in part by the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council and Saigh Foundation.

Toolkit Guitar | Piano | Dance | Drum | Bugle | Voice | Show Me Arts | Show Biz & Beyond

MD “Littles” as The Lioness Pride | Sheer Elegance No. 28

Highlights

Four members enjoyed front-row tickets, went backstage and met Beyoncé during her tour’s St. Louis stop as part of the Mathews-Dickey partnership with Show Me Arts. These students were also part of the 13-city “Spreading the Love Tour” concluding in DC. Over 20 students took the spotlight and shared their talents and progress in the Winter Arts Showcase with piano, vocal, guitar taught by the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society and dance performances.

A new ShowBiz & Beyond class was launched by Alumnus Diamond Gladney, who has written and produced for shows like MTV’s “Wild ‘N Out.” Participants performed alongside Actor/Comedian Spanky Hayes in the original play “Santa B Cause” for an audience of 1,000 St. Louis Public School Children at the Mathews-Dickey annual David Joseph McKay IV Holiday Party.

Show Biz & Beyond students perform with Spanky Hayes

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of participants experienced a sense of belonging.

Skylar | Dance

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Aaron | Guitar Class Student

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of Sheer Elegance participants reported that they were better able to resist negative peer pressure.

education enrichment

Education Enrichment aims to increase student’s literacy and overall technology skills, and can effectively increase academic attendance, potentially raise wage earnings, lower absenteeism and dropout rates. Professional volunteers help youth see the connection between their academic studies and future employment. These programs are made possible in part by the Norman J. Stupp Foundation, Saigh Foundation and other donors.

Toolkit Computer Literacy Instruction Program (CLIP) | Study Buddy Homework Help

2016 Highlights

Express Scripts, Edward Jones, Ameren and Nestle’ Purina lent employees to serve as after-school computer instructors with students from Dunbar Elementary, Grand Center Arts Academy, Nance Elementary and Pamoja benefiting from the instruction.

All four CLIP After-School classes created “Achievement Avenue” PowerPoints spotlighting the young people’s proudest achievement in school.

CLIP volunteers and students, Study Buddies and parents celebrated the conclusion of the program at a recognition ceremony with a healthy meal prepared by the MDBGC’s Green St. Louis Machine and a performance by the MDBGC participants in the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society class.

Working together as a team

With support from the United Way, Wells Fargo held a special Banking on My Athletic Future seminar for teens to educate them on their options for funding college.

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of youth maintained or increased their school grades.

Cameron | Study Buddy Purina’s Instructors with CLIP Students

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healthy living

Among gardeners the number of students who enjoyed eating fruits and vegetables increased by

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St. Roch schools. Award winning educator Steven Ritz invited participants to join him on stage the Juice Plus conference in St. Louis where they raised money towards a 2017 trip to visit the Green Bronx Machine in New York!

Fueling the Machine in 2016 were Centene and Missouri Care. MD Youth gardeners won first place in NOW 96.3’s Healthy Kids Cookoff Contest for their Rainbow Salsa Recipe.

Healthy living works to develop youth from the inside out to become whole and well individuals. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 75 percent of Americans fail to consume the proper amount of proteins, fruits, and vegetables that are necessary for a healthy lifestyle. Mathews-Dickey offers health resources to fight against obesity, diabetes and other critical, chronic illness associated with nutrition. Here they learn to shop for, prepare, and even grow nutritious foods. Mathews-Dickey contributes to the FLOURISH regional effort to lower high rates of infant mortality in St. Louis city by teaching youth and their families how to live healthier.

Toolkit Culinary Arts | Green STL Machine | Healthy Babies, Children & Families

2016 Highlights

An Energy Assistance Fair offered relief from toxic stress among families thanks to sponsors Ameren, Urban League of Metro St. Louis, Laclede Gas and Community Action Agency of St. Louis County (CAASTL). The over 350 attendees also had a chance to sample chili on a cold day.

With support from the Missouri Foundation for Health, Mathews-Dickey began year one as the leader of the Healthy Babies, Children & Families infant-mortality prevention cross-agency initiative. Partners in 2016 were City Academy, Teen Pregnancy & Prevention Partnership (TPPP), Girls Inc. and St. Louis University School of Public Health.

Working with Rebeccah Bennett of Emerging Wisdom, 20 Youth Ambassadors for Health cited seven critical issues as obstacles Youth Ambassadors for Health Community Rally | Chastity, to health among their Isaiah, Alexis, Antonia, facilitator Rebeccah Bennett

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Green St. Louis Machine’s “giving tree” display with student quotes on what they enjoy about gardening.

peers: teen pregnancy, bullying, sexual education/identity, gun violence, peer pressure/stress, depression and obesity.

They presented recommendations for interventions for these issues at a rally they planned for an audience of 60 peers, parents and community influencers.

Led by Mathews-Dickey, the Green St. Louis Machine aeroponic gardening program empowered kids to grow, prepare and eat healthy using Tower Gardens at Northside Community, Berth Gilkey Pamoja, Grand Center Arts and

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Leah | Green St. Louis Machine gardener

leadership & professional development

The Leadership and Professional Development Program connects our youth with positive mentors, along with important business insight and necessary tools to expand their possibilities for education, careers and community involvement.

Tool Kit The Sky is the Limit | Maleness to Manhood | Young Entrepreneurs Institute | Youth Ambassadors | Earn and Learn | ULEAD

Highlights

In partnership with Jaylen Bledsoe, a teen celebrity brand, business and digital strategy consultant the Young Entrepreneur’s Institute (YEI) at Mathews-Dickey was expanded to serve 40 teens from 20 the previous year. Bledsoe, a digital strategy consultant and one of BET’s 2016 top 29 People You Should Know, taught the teens how to start a business, pitch ideas to a panel of experts in a Shark Tank style competition and led a field trip to Cortex Innovation Community during the course.

This was all made possible with funding from MasterCard who also sponsored a “Women in Technology” career panel during The Sky Is the Limit.

Teen Youth Ambassadors, funded by the Deaconess Foundation and The Catherine Manley-Gaylord Foundation built upon the groups findings in 2015 of their identified 10 issues and citing interventions for their peers, parents and the community to keep youth from getting derailed from their educational goals. They chose four to focus on and expressed themselves in a video they produced with Go Brand Go. After coaching from Metropolitan Congregations United for tips on interacting with officials, the group traveled to Jefferson City to observe the lobbying floor; while there, Representatives Courtney Curtis and Regina Walsh took time to meet with them personally.

Sky Is The Limit Luncheon Together, the Maleness to Manhood Workshop Series Lachlan Johnson with mentee and The Sky is the Limit connected more than 200 Olivia Rae Davis teenage boys and girls to seminars on career fields and topics to business mentors. Thanks to TIAACref, Maleness to Manhood expanded and upgraded

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Young Entrepreneur University | Cortex field trip

from our gymnasium to the St. Louis Airport Marriott. An audience of 150 young men and mentors heard from TV news legend Julius Hunter and received signed copies of his book “TV One on One.” The Sky is the Limit participants were inspired by successful entrepreneur and Shark Tank contestant, business owner and current Saint Louis University undergrad, Lachlan Johnson. With the support of Maritz, Bank of America, The Monsanto Fund and others the programs provided workforce training to all attendees and awarded 42 $1,000 scholarships to highachieving students.

Mathews-Dickey employed 20 teens directly and provided job placements for 52 more youth from the Urban League, STL Youth Jobs, Mers Goodwill and the Science Center. The youth learned job skills and gained funds in our summer camp and as referees, lifeguards, umpires, Life Guards and Recreational counselors in the Earn & Learn program.

96% of students made a productive connection with an adult mentor.

100% learned something to improve their networking skills.

Markel | Young Entrepreneur University winning-team participant

Maleness to Manhood mentors with mentees

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summer camp

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), low-income youth experience greater cumulative summer learning loss than their higher income peers. Conversely, the benefits of summer learning programs yield benefits for youth up to two years after participation. The camp helps working parents by providing the youth a safe environment where they learn invaluable life-skills.

The Mathews-Dickey Summer Camp includes recreational activities, health and performing arts for more than 200 kids annually. In 2016, TIAA-Cref sponsored scholarships for 70 low-income kids to attend the 10-week camp and additional scholarship support was provided by Blueprint4Summer.

Toolkit “At the Net” (Tennis & Volleyball) | Baseball / Softball | Basketball | Math & Science Music Theater | Reading & Composition | Swimming | Field Games and Recreation

ULEAD (Urban Legal Educational & Academic Development) was launched in partnership with University of Missouri – St. Louis, equipping students with knowledge of legal and civic processes.

Students gained skills to facilitate their ability to problem-solve and maximize opportunities to exercise social and political agency.

Made possible in part by the United States Tennis Foundation, members learned fundamentals from Just Us Tennis Foundation instructors and learned to play a game many aren’t exposed to in their community.

Demi | Reading to therapy dog Rosie of Champ Assist Dogs

94% developed positive new friendships with peers

Highlights

On a Junior Achievement field trip to Biz Town, youth learned about career opportunities and the skills needed for them.

Youth received age-appropriate financial literacy training thanks to the Hands On Banking curriculum funded by Wells Fargo through the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

Each camper received training on healthy relationships and boundaries, yoga classes and fitness.

Leah | “At The Net” Happy Campers

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Jackson | Summer Day Camp

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special events

The Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club hosted An Evening with El DeBarge and Chaka Khan on August 27 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. The event drew close to 2,400 attendees and raised $327,000+. The benefit concert was the culminating event of a weekend designed to reengage MDBGC’s family of members, alumni and supporters.

Hosted by FOX 2’s Shirley Washington Chaka Khan & El DeBarge and Old Schoool 95.5 FM’s Staci Static, the awards program recognized Marty K. Casey, Bill DeWitt III, Benjamin F. Edwards IV, Tony Irons, Jennifer Irvin, Steve Maritz, Stephen Ritz, Missouri Foundation for Health and Wells Fargo, Kira Jones and Rolando Merriweather.

As part of the inaugural Family Reunion Weekend, the show was preceded by a Food Truck Friday which featured a Lip Sync Battle hosted by FOX 2’s Seth Lemon and performance by the Scott Airforce Base’s Brass Band.

Food Truck Friday | Alumni giving back

Also on site to help was the St. Louis Fire Department, who during the summer raised over $14,000 for the club with their Fill the Boot campaign.

Major support for the weekend was provided by Emerson, Centene, Ameren and a distinguished committee of more than 80 community leaders as team captains.

Fun with the St. Louis Fire Department

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Attendees enjoyed games of skill and chance, good food and networking at the 26th Annual Donald E. Fahey Golf Classic with Coca-Cola on Aug. 24 at a brand new location, the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park. KTRS’ “Farmer 26th Fahey Golf Classic | Missouri Golf Foundation Dave” Schumacher was the emcee. The committee chaired by The Private Bank’s Jim Binz raised close to $42,000! The program inspired a new partnership with the Missouri Golf Foundation, whose youth took home second place in the B Flight, in which they’ll teach lessons for 20 MDBGC members in the summer 2017. The team led by Pastor Cedric Portis took first place in the A Bracket.

The Sheer Elegance No. 28 Fashion Show transformed the Hyatt Regency by the Arch into a exotic terrain of fire eaters and dancers, wild animals (llamas) and African drummers for 700 guests. Chaired by Edward Jones’ Irasa Downing, the fund-raiser spotlighted 40 girls and generated nearly $150,000 to help MathewsDickey produce well-educated, physically active and hopeful scholar-athletes. The first African American Missouri Missouri USA Bayleigh Dayton made her debut as a celebrity escort, with the MC duties handled by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Debra Bass, 100.3 FM The Beat’s Tammie Holland and FOX 2’s Bonita Cornutes.

Bayleigh Dayton, Miss Missouri 2017 with Jet the Llama | Sheer Elegance No. 28

The Christmas season at MDBGC was an especially generous one featuring multiple holiday parties with toys, wish lists, warm clothing and more to families in need and deserving children. 2016 served hundreds of St. Louis area families and 1,264 individuals, gifting 17 bikes, 15 gift cards and countless toys.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Karl Grice Chairman

Jack Raymond Vice Chairman

Robert Minkler, Jr., CPA Treasurer

ADVISORY Martin Luther Mathews Emeritus President

Linda Griffith Secretary

FINANCE Randy Sanderson CFO

Nasrin Shadman-Atkins

PR & SPECIAL EVENTS

ACTIVE

Stephanie Adams Jim Binz Nina Caldwell, Ph.D. Bob Cerame Bonita Cornute Charlie Felker Stacy Gee Hollins, Ph.D. Sherman George LaVicki Hart Rita Heard Days Eleanor Higgins Steve Hodapp Everett Horne Chief Dennis Jenkerson Larry Johnson, Ph.D. Lethorne Johnson Robert Minkler, Jr., CPA

Andrew Mitchell Rev. Earl Nance, Jr. Steve O’Loughlin Elizabeth “Beth” Pagett Timothy Palmer Tamee Reese, Esq. Frank Robinson, Sr. Matthew Schuckman Tom Sieckhaus Howard Stephens Pastor T.D. Stubblefield John Stupp, III Meridith Thorpe Michael Weiss Will Witherspoon Keith Williamson

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STAFF

EXECUTIVE Wendell Covington, Jr. President and CEO

Grace Boykin Becky Carlos Valerie Goldner Dominic Hall Tylinisha Howard Sara Paracha Sheleia Phillips

Bill Fronczak, CSEP VP, Public Relations & Special Events

SPORTS & OPERATIONS Thomas Sullivan SVP, Sports & Operations

Chantal Brown Anthony Buckner Tony Condra Willie Ford Brenda Joyce Jones Raeffel Merriweather George Peoples

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John Redden Paige Tyler Aaron Waddell LaJuan Williams Ray Williams Leroy Witherspoon

major sponsors

who we serve

$100,000 & Above

Anonymous Donor Baseball Tomorrow Fund Centene Corporation Emerson INTERCO Charitable Trust Missouri Foundation for Health $50,000-$99,999

Edward Jones St. Louis Cardinals (Cardinals Care) St. Louis Community College Mrs. Eugene Williams TIAA-Cref Trust The Saigh Foundation William T. Kemper Foundation

$20,000-$49,999 The Catherine Manley Gaylord Foundation The Dana Brown Foundation The Engelhardt Family Foundation

$5,000-$9,999 Anders August A. Busch III Charitable Trust Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Clinic David Cade Clayco Coca-Cola Deaconess Foundation Ezekiel Elliott Yvonne Hammonds John & Alison Nichols Ferrings John Allan Love Charitable Foundation Maryville University Monsanto Fund Mr. & Mrs. James O’Connor, III The Trio Foundation of St. Louis St. Louis Trust Company

$10,000-$19,999 American Family Insurance Bank of America Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation Dowd Bennett General Motors Gertrude & William Bernoudy Foundation Grice Group Architects NFL Grassroots Foundation Maritz MasterCard Missouri Care Nestle’ Purina PetCare Norman J. Stupp Foundation Regional Arts Commission St. Louis Fire Department

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The Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club is a 501(c)(3) United Way member agency that provides direct services to over 2,700 children and indirect services to over 17,000 in the areas ofAthletics, Education, Arts, Healthy Living and Leadership/Professional Development, Character Education and College and Career Readiness.

The majority of MDBGC’s population is low-income with almost 90 percent qualifying for federally free/reduced lunches according to the National School Lunch eligibility standards.

Keeping our high-quality programs affordable for the population who needs them is important to us. Our annual membership fee is $50 and partners at Aetna Missouri Care and Home State Health offer scholarships for their low-income clients.

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financial report

For the Years Ended December 31

Statements Audited by Rubin Brown 26

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