Youth Volunteer Corps 2012 Annual Report

Celebrating

25 years of youth volunteerism...

1987

2012 Annual Report Calvin (pictured in the center front) was sitting in an inner-city Kansas City, Missouri, high school in the spring of 1987 when he heard a presentation about a new summer volunteer program. He answered the challenge by serving a whopping 236 hours over eight weeks that summer at two urban community centers.

Calvin was an extraordinary role model for hundreds of at-risk children that summer. Little did he or anyone else know that he was blazing a trail for hundreds of thousands of teenagers who would go on to serve over the next 25 years with Youth Volunteer Corps.

2012 Before serving with YVC, Natalie struggled with extreme shyness. Through icebreakers and reflection activities before and after YVC projects, she was eventually put in situations where she would have to share her thoughts and feelings.

Natalie went on to serve more than 400 hours with YVC of Alpena, serving as the president of their Youth Advisory Council before she graduated this year. Natalie’s just one of the hundreds of thousands of youth who have made a difference in their communities and transformed themselves through YVC.

. . . and looking forward to 25 more!

25th Anniversary Celebrations Thousands of youth across the YVC network spent their summers doing the same thing that the first YVC volunteers did in 1987—making a difference in their communities.

Summer of Service “Volunteering helps us to see the best in other people and ourselves.”

- Nikayla, 12, YVC of Hampton Roads

Celebration of Service Youth Volunteers all over the YVC network celebrated YVC’s 25th Anniversary by doing what they do best— helping their community! Nearly 1,000 volunteers served on September 22 in honor of the anniversary.

The Summit

“YVC has opened the doors for service opportunities, giving me the green light to make a true difference.”

- Maggie, 16, YVC of Greater

Kansas City Youth Volunteers and YVC staff from all over the U.S. and Canada meet to celebrate 25 years of YVC and build the foundation for 25 more on November 9-10 in Kansas City.

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The YVC Impact

Youth Volunteers

helped change their piece of the world through YVC this year.

Youth Volunteers served on 3,224 projects

helping 851 nonprofit agencies.

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The YVC Impact 94.1% of volunteers reported that volunteering helped them know more about the needs in their community.

96.5% of volunteers said that they will continue to volunteer.

YVC Youth Volunteers completed

208,187 hours of service this year.

It would take one person...

23 years, 9 months, 1 week and 2 days without stopping—to volunteer that many hours individually.

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“I volunteer because I feel if one person can make a difference in a community, I’ll be the one to do it.”

-Andrew, YVC of Muskogee

YVC’s Affiliates: The Lifeblood of YVC YVC’s 33 Affiliates are on the ground organizing high-quality youth volunteer projects every day. From Edmonton, AB to Macon, GA, Youth Volunteers are changing the world.

Calgary, AB

Yellowstone County, MT

Western Connecticut Anderson, SC

Grant County, NM

Alpena, MI Anderson County, SC Ann Arbor, MI Calgary, AB Camden County, NJ Corvallis, OR Edmonton, AB Grant County, NM Greater Baltimore, MD

Muskogee, OK

YVC Affiliates

Greater Kansas City, MO Greater Topeka, KS Guilford County, NC Hampton Roads, VA Kane County, UT Lawrence, KS Lawrence, MA Macon and Middle Georgia

Muskegon, MI Muskogee, OK Nashville, TN North Texas Plymouth, MI Racine County, WI Sioux Falls, SD Southern Arizona

St. Joseph, MO The Capital Area, LA The Corridor, MD Warren, PA Washington County, UT West Monroe, LA Western Connecticut Yellowstone County, MT

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YVC Welcomes Adele Hall as Board Chair YVC was honored to welcome Adele Hall as its new board chair in August 2011. Hall has served on a variety of local and national boards and was a member of YVC’s first national board from 1992 until 2003.

“The huge impact of the 250,000 young people who have volunteered with YVC over the past 25 years is absolutely amazing,” Hall said. “I am honored and humbled to be part of this organization. We all look forward to watching the growing impact that YVC will have over the next 25 years.”

YVC Moves to Quality Hill YVC relocated from Roeland Park, KS to the Quality Hill district in Kansas City, MO. YVC moved into the Brockett House, owned by former YVC board member Shirley Helzberg, in August. The Brockett House, built in 1874, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

YVC Board

Adele Hall, Board Chair Donald R. Sloan, Past Board Chair Audrey Langworthy, Vice Chair Mark Tatum, Secretary Melanie Tucker, Treasurer Martha Bottomley Dave Chandler Amy Davidson Peggy Dunn Jim Hise Lisa Rinehart Hoffman David Battey, President

Income and Expenses April 2011-March 2012 Income: Expenses: Net Income:

$724,029 $635,627 $88,402

Program Funding Other 1.6%

Individuals 11.5% AmeriCorps 23.0% Affiliate Fees 2.3%

Corporations 29.9% Foundations 31.7%

255,440 Youth Volunteers have served 4,042,323 hours with YVC!

Since 1987

Join the movement! Find information on getting involved in YVC as a Youth Volunteer, Affiliate, donor or more at www.yvc.org.

Youth Volunteer Corps • 1025 Jefferson St. Kansas City, MO 64105 816-472-9822 or 888-828-9822 2012 Annual Report - Page 6