2015 ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Richard Paul Evans Board Chair, Author & Founder Susan Balogh Managing Dir., Goldman Sachs
Judy Bangerter Community Advocate
Pat Berckman Director, Salt Lake County Youth Services
Karen Christoersen Owner, Bookwise Publishing
Patrice Couch Community Advocate
Ken Deyhle Businessman & Philanthropist
Celeste Edmunds Dir., Corporate Communications & Community Relations, Progrexion Former youth in care
Kelly Farmer CEO, National Product Sales
Ann Foxley
STAFF
Community Advocate
Lisa McDonald
Les Moore
Executive Director
H&G Capital Partners
Jean Nielsen Former Director, Salt Lake County Dept. of Human Services
Michael Olsen Board Chair, Dees Inc.
Sterling C. Tanner President, Forever Young Foundation
Barbara Thompson Child Welfare Expert
Shelly Tripp Realtor, Coldwell Banker Former youth in care
Sherri Engar
Gina Barker
Assistant Director
Development Director
Douglas Smith
Keeley Bierwolf
Internal Operations Manager
JourneyUP Mentor Project Manager
Lori Parrish Community Outreach Representative Ogden Christmas Box House
Heather Sears Community Outreach Representative Salt Lake Christmas Box House
Linsey Childs Community Outreach Representative Utah Valley
Dear Friends of Christmas Box, We had a great year in 2015 and expanded services for at-risk children, teens and young adults. In August of 2014, CBI merged an existing mentoring project for young adults 17-24 years of age who are aging out of foster care or facing homelessness. We built on this program’s history, and worked to expand it, including a new name, JourneyUP Mentor Project or JUMP. JUMP provides volunteer mentors, life skills workshops, connections to community resources, and activities to build healthy relationships with peers and mentors. At the Ogden Christmas Box House, generous community donations allowed us to install a much needed emergency generator for power outages during storms. And it’s already been used this year! In April The Village Run 5K and Easter Egg Hunt for kids in foster care was the largest yet. The Christmas in July campaign is growing and in August we assisted 165 teen youth in foster care at the annual Youth Leadership Summit. During November, KSL NewsRadio’s Utah Gives Back Day had volunteers literally decking the halls at the Salt Lake Christmas Box House along with a holiday concert for the kids. Our longest running fundraiser, Let’s Do Holiday Lunch, which was retired this year, raised the most funds ever! Patrice Couch, who created and oversaw this fundraiser for 18 years, as well as serving on our board, was honored as the 2015 Spirit of Christmas Box Award recipient for her years of service. We truly appreciate our wonderful donors, volunteers, partners, board and staff who helped us serve more than 7,500 children in 2015. Through partnering with 38 child welfare agencies and charities, CBI was able to provide resources to children both locally and internationally. We are able to do this because of passionate individuals, groups and businesses who help us make good on our motto that every child deserves a childhood! Sincerely,
Richard Paul Evans Founder and Chair
Our motto is simple. Every child deserves a childhood.
The Christmas Box International partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are homeless. In 2015, a newly acquired program began to take shape for The Christmas Box International — an opportunity to extend services to vulnerable youth impacted by abuse, neglect and homelessness. The JourneyUP Mentor Project (JUMP) is a unique endeavor to offer services for young adults as they age out of the foster care system or face homelessness. These populations struggle with higher rates of homelessness, unplanned pregnancy, drug abuse and incarceration as they struggle to navigate life on their own. JUMP bridges the gap for success into adulthood by matching these young adults with volunteer mentors from the community, as well as offering life skills courses and counseling services to navigate available resources such as housing, health care, educational services and more. When you first meet Natalie, a JUMP participant since the program’s inception, you notice her smile. It’s the kind of smile that crinkles through her eyes and lights up her face. What you don’t know is the story behind those eyes, a story of abuse that began when she was a child, then a series of foster care placements that ended with Natalie leaving the system as a young adult. Through the guidance offered by her mentor and JUMP, she began an internship with an outdoor recreation nonprofit in the Salt Lake Valley. Here, she found purpose in sharing her knowledge and skills with others and giving back to her community. The ability to help others is where she found her own empowerment. Last summer, she even got to share her climbing and canoeing skills with the other young adults participating with JUMP. Natalie hopes to build on her internship experience, and one day make giving back in Utah’s great outdoors her career path. Through the JourneyUP Mentor Project, she is able to find the mentoring and guidance to one day make her vision a reality.
OUR PROGRAMS
The Christmas Box Houses These three facilities serve as emergency children’s shelters and assessment centers, as well as a Family Support Center in the Moab facility to communities across Utah, with locations in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Moab. When a caseworker or police officer needs to find safe housing for a child, they know these facilities are available 24 hours a day. The Christmas Box Houses assist children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned by providing crisis shelter care, access to educational and therapeutic resources, medical and dental care, and recreational opportunities.
Our doors are open 365 days of the year. # Children Served
Days of Care
Avg. # of Days in Care
Salt Lake City (0-11 yrs)
229
3,646
9.9
Ogden (0-18 yrs)
363
3,838
14.37
Moab (0-18 yrs)
112
887
6.25
From the moment a toy was placed into Brian’s arms on his first night at The Christmas Box House, he never went anywhere without his new stuffed animal companion, the fuzzy snow leopard he dubbed ‘Chester.’ We believe every child deserves to feel safe, to know they will get a next meal, and the chance to hug a furry friend as they are tucked into bed. Every child deserves a childhood.
The Christmas Box Rooms Our community resource rooms, The Christmas Box Rooms, serve at-risk children and teens by providing them access to new items such as clothing, car seats, hygiene kits, books, school supplies, diapers, toys, etc. CBI also provides items to resource rooms created for and overseen by foster parents. The Christmas Box Rooms Salt Lake Ogden Utah Valley Foster Family Resource Rooms
children served 573 687 617 children served
Salt Lake
698
Ogden
147
Utah Valley
858
Total children served
3,580
The JourneyUP Mentor Project The JourneyUP Mentor Project (JUMP) is the newest program offered by CBI since merging a partnering charity, the Utah Youth Mentor Project in August 2014. Building on their legacy of success, CBI renamed the program and will continue serving some of Utah’s most vulnerable young adults as they age out of foster care, or are fighting homelessness and poverty. This program matches young people ages 17-24 with adult volunteer mentors from the community who provide friendship and help develop skills and find resources to become independent. JUMP also holds life skills workshops and connects them to services such as housing, employment, education opportunities, and health services.
Transitioning to Adult Living (TAL) youth served in 2015: JUMP Kits Youth Leadership Summit JourneyUP Mentor Project Regional Activities TAL Resource Room
155 165 60 125 70
Total Served
575
2015 Highlights: 60 young adults served through JUMP 10 children served through JUMP 19 youth transitioned from homelessness to stable housing 35 active youth paired with mentors 1,100 volunteer hours provided by mentors
JUMP Kits The JourneyUP Mentor Project’s JUMP Kits serve older teens and young adults transitioning from the foster care system to adult living. The program provides them with a JUMP Kit filled with new basic home necessities. These move-in kits — customizable to each young adult’s needs — can add up to $130 worth of supplies and household items, and include everything from a can opener to sheets to pots and pans. CBI also supports programs aimed to assist young adults from foster care or facing homelessness, including the statewide Youth Leadership Summit and the Salt Lake County Division of Youth Services (DYS) transitional Milestone Houses.
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People are talking about us. The kids we aim to serve are talking about the program, and so are the adults. We are starting to see the impact. This program isn’t going to be an instant fix, but through the efforts of our mentors we are seeing participants come back years later with their successes, their families, and the stable relationships they have built in the community. — Keeley Bierwolf, JUMP Program Manager
Project Elf This project serves children staying at The Christmas Box Houses, teens at the Salt Lake County Youth Services Group Homes, those receiving in-home services through the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, young adults in JUMP and children served by partnering child welfare agencies and international programs. With the support of donors and volunteers, nearly 3,000 children were served during the holidays. These donations also enable us to distribute in-kind items yearround through Christmas Box Houses and Resource Rooms.
At-risk children and youth served Christmas morning in 2015: 631 in Cache, Weber and Davis counties 1,462 in Salt Lake and Tooele counties 847 in Utah, Summit, Juab and Millard counties 50 in Grand, Iron and Washington counties
The Christmas Box Angel Statues CBI supports a program which dedicates angel statues in community cemeteries for families who have lost a child. Four statues were placed in 2015, for a total of 130 since 1994. Each December 6, a service is held at each location. For the complete list, visit www.richardpaulevans.com.
International Efforts Through generous in-kind donations of toys, clothing and hygiene items, we are able to share our resources with children across the globe, including Haiti, Taiwan, India, Kenya and the Congo. In 2015, The Christmas Box International touched the lives of 600 children in developing nations.
Partner Organizations Assisted in 2015: Division of Child and Family Services Salt Lake County Division of Youth Services Archway Big Brothers, Big Sisters Box Elder Food Pantry Brigham Acts Six Soup Kitchen Children’s Justice Center Children’s Service Society – Grandfamilies
Davis Area Youth Center Deseret Industries Education for Generations Family Support Center of Brigham Family Support Center of Logan Foster Family Resource Rooms Grand County Family Support Center Lantern House
Little Lambs Ogden Food Pantry Primary Children’s Hospital South Main Clinic The Road Home Utah Foster Care Foundation Volunteers of America Youth Making a Difference
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We are so grateful that volunteers created this space. These gardens provide such amazing support, giving kids a chance to realize they can grow something of their own. — Maria Drummond, DYS Recreational Therapist
Volunteer Service Whether completing an Eagle Scout Project or becoming a mentor, every volunteer plays an important role in improving the quality of life and care for the children, teens and young adults we serve. Last year, ZAGG helped improve a program created by a Division of Youth Services recreational therapist by partnering to build learning gardens at the Salt Lake Christmas Box House and teen group homes. Every week, the children and teens staying in these facilities can participate in garden activities. On-going volunteers work with CBI by making a difference and spending one-on-one time with children and teens staying at The Christmas Box Houses (CBH), sorting in-kind donations in The Christmas Box Resource Rooms, and supporting mentoring programs by becoming long-term friends with a young Service Type Volunteers Hours person who has aged out of foster care or is at risk of homelessness, as well as office Ogden CBH activities and internships. 16 Christmas Box Club 972 One-time volunteers serve CBI on a short51 On-going 1,090 term basis with coordinated projects such 350 One-time 957 as providing children’s activities, decorating Salt Lake CBH Christmas trees, in-kind donation drives, 108 On-going 875 grounds keeping, general CBH maintenance, 512 One-time 1,315 and specific program needs such as organizing 94 Moab CBH 356 Project Elf gifts and assembling JUMP Kits. 47 Utah Valley 213 33 Mentors 1,080 443 Projects and Events 1,443 16 Board of Directors 365
Total
1,670
8,585
2015 Financials
Expenses: Programs
$1,127,998
88%
General and Administration
$50,588
4%
Fundraising
$108,929
8%
$1,287,515
100%
Revenue: In-Kind Contributions
$667,069
51%
Donations
$515,377
40%
Rental Revenue
$91,321
7%
Special Events
$19,385
1.5%
Other Earned Revenue
$8,078
.5%
Total
$1,301,230
100%
OUR DONORS
$10,000 & Above Miller Family Philanthropy Ancestry.com Cactus Management, LLC Clearfield High School Sorenson Legacy Foundation C. Scott and Dorothy E. Watkins Dee’s Incorporated United Way of Salt Lake United Way of Northern Utah The Grainger Foundation In-N-Out Burger Foundation Joyce L. and Delmar R. Stone Trust Bingham High School AFCU Community Assistance
$5,000 — $9,999
Green River Capital Shea Sealy Michael W. and Sherie Olsen Sports Molding, Inc. Utah Families Foundation Cottonwood High School EZPawn Lexus Pursuit of Potential Citi T&M Manufacturing, Inc. Mountain America Credit Union FJ Management, Inc.
Nordstrom, Inc. Bamberger Allen Health and Education Foundation
$1,500 — $4,999
eBay Foundation Windermere Foundation Salt Lake Board of Realtors Razoo Foundation American Express Foundation The Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Mark Snyder Rau Foundation Kappa Kappa Gamma N.U.M.O.A., Inc. Positive Power Archer Family Charitable Corp. Cook Martin Poulson, PC The Deyhle Foundation America First Credit Union The Benevity Community Impact Fund Weber State University The Reinhold Foundation Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Goldman Sachs & Co. Lisman Studio, Inc. Salt Lake Dance Center Utah State University Eagle Valley Elementary AddoLux, LLC Sober Riders J. Edward and Marsha L. Thatcher
$500 — $1,499
Fraternal Order of Eagles Specialty Lens Corp. American Express Company Rocky Mountain RunnerCard Bryce J. Pearson The Rosemary & David Olsen Foundation Royal Bank of Canada Raymond and Danita Caldwell Mary Weaver Radene R. Hatfield Allen’s Masonry Company, Inc. Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah Ivan G. Sher Tom Kauffmann Smithfield Foods, Inc. Allstate Giving Campaign Dianne Madsen Michael D. Hogge Kroger - Smith’s Weber High School Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Scott Hitesman Truist, Inc. New Fong’s Chinese, LLC Post Consumer Brands Tami S. Baugh Karl and Kay Swan Jeane R. Taylor Jeremy and Stephanie Heiner
Juli Rees David Fisher First Presbyterian Church Monica Delgrosso Gerald Fuller Marta F. Nimori Catherine L. Barker Wendie Buttars Adele Gibbons Dennis V. and Linda S. Spencer Cutrubus Motors, Inc. Jeff Hales Judy Bangerter R. Ray Ward Construction Progrexion Sharon S. Richey Peggi Nielsen Donna Miner Jennifer McVeigh Kami Marriott Donna Kersey Mitchell Mauer John L. Lewis Automated Business Products, Inc. Kevin L. Jones Katherine L. Lewis Job Industrial Services, Inc. Chris Yamada AJ Supports, Inc. E. Ann Cutrubus
with Your help, our doors are open every season of the year.
THANK
YOU!
Grow Up Great Dennis and Louise Ahern Hogan & Associates Construction Jake’s Over The Top 97th Floor Karri L. Carlile Bruce B. and Jean B. Bingham Cynthia Wiechmann Suzanne Rogers-Dials Barbara Thompson TTM Technologies, Inc.
$300 — $499
Setpoint Systems, Inc. Heather Austin MBK Senior Living Reliable Controls Corporation Utah State Employees Charitable Fund Rodney and Aimee Webb David and Shauna Turner Christine Gonzalez OFOAM Recovery Ways Annette Archuleta Northrop Grumman Corp. Charity Trust Tyler Castillo Smiles For Life Foundation Utah Good Sams Long Technology Utah Employment Services, LLC
Utah Steel Fabricators Assoc. Utelite Corp. Alice Steiner Coldwell Banker Community Foundation Jon and Sandra Wilder Ryan & Jaclyn Wintle Foundation David A. Borchert Hill Thrift Shop, Inc. Deedre Boekweg Robert G. Bobrowski Maryann Rosenthal Kelly Waters ECI Robert Roane GCS
$200 — $299
Erika Pitts America First Credit Union CAP Morgan Stanley Annual Employee Appeal Jeremiah James Green Nathan Searle Kerry Stubbs Joyce Booth Richard and Carrie Greenberg Chick-fil-A Sheldon and Angie Peck Brickyard Office Partners Robert Fioretti Andrea F. Lang
Atticus Books and Teahouse Trans-Tex, LLC Ryan Moore Joan Evans Ahlf Treasury Vault Adobe United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Gary D. Wayment United Way of Greater Philadelphia Holley Family James F. Shackelford Chad Carver Alex and Ani, LLC Randy Clark LDS Canyon Crest Ward Merrick Bank Al-Alanon Family Group Patrick and Susan Miller Julie Call Aleta Cababe Campbell Scientific, Inc. Brooke Nichols Mary Ann McNeil Jane Osborn Marta D. Earl
Joanne H. Powell Wendy Angel Wesley R. Prothe Andrew J. Christensen Kelly Flynn Riverdale Lions Club Kay and Donna Dea Connie Dooley Linda R. Sheets Cheri Smith Jordan River Galvanizing Richard St. Jeor Linda Stone Robert Tassone Gail Wathen Dan Harward Affiliated Metals The Exchange Club of Sandy Hilltop United Methodist Women High Market Group FTB
Thank you to all the donors of The Christmas Box International for gifts of any amount, including $667,075 of in-kind donations. We would also like to thank everyone who held a fundraiser on behalf of The Christmas Box International. We apologize if we inadvertently left o a donor’s name. Please note that some donations pledged in 2015 may not have been received until 2016.
every child deserves a childhood
Main Offices and Salt Lake Christmas Box House
Moab Christmas Box House 3660 S. West Temple 180 South 300 East Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Moab, UT 84532 Office: 801-747-2201 • Fax: 801-747-2205 435-259-1658
www.thechristmasboxhouse.org
Ogden Christmas Box House 950 12th Street Ogden, UT 84404 801-866-0350