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Eckerd Youth Alternatives helping youth and families for over 40 years. This 40th anniversary 20 page Annual Report reviews our timeline from the start of our first program opening in 1968 to the most recent acquisition in 2008 and the continuation to expand our continuum of care.
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Celebrating 40 years
of helping children succeed.
2008 Annual Report
ContentsLetter
p. 2
1960s p. 3
1970s p. 4
1980s p. 5
1990s p. 6
2000s p. 7
2008 Fiscal Year p. 8
Highlights p. 9
Program Location Map p. 10
Program & Youth Data p. 11
Acknowledgements p. 12
Financial Statement p. 13
Community Advisory Council p. 14
Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success Fund p. 16
Success Stories p. 17
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Leadership
Board of Directors: ®
Kenneth Massey, J.D., Chief Development Officer
The beginning of many
endings.
I n many ways, 2008 was a year of beginnings. We launched five new community-based
became the lead agency for community-based care in Pinellas and Pasco Counties.
of those first kids whose lives were turned around have now successfully reached middle age.
And the organization devoted to helping them get there has reached a new level of maturity, too.
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An anniversary year is an especially good time for an organization to look back on where it
to celebrate not only our tremendous accomplishments over the past 40 years, but also the amazing legacy of our founders, Jack and Ruth Eckerd.
Eckerd Youth Alternatives (EYA) to invest in organizational growth and achieve even greater excellence—a plan that saw consistent progress in fiscal year 2008. As we reflect on the past year’s accomplishments, we see a new Eckerd Youth Alternatives emerging.
Make no mistake—our mission remains the same as it was in 1968. Our commitment to
that we are serving more youth and families through more community-based programming, and we’re serving them more effectively. While residential programs will always be an important part of EYA’s continuum of care, we are proactively adapting to the national shift in youth services towards specialized residential programs and community-based alternatives.
We have also significantly tightened our administrative costs in 2008, while increasing direct care staff and innovative programming. All of this was accomplished to be the finest stewards of resources that we can possibly be in these tough economic times and to serve even more youth and families to our highest potential.
Eckerd Youth Alternatives in 2008 also reached out to communities as never before, both to share the news of the nearly 90,000 youth we have helped during the past 40 years, and to seek support in our continuing efforts. We celebrated our 40th anniversary with a year-long series of activities and launched our first ever Alumni Association.
We are proud to stand among EYA’s dedicated staff of about 1,400 who have made EYA one of the finest youth services organizations in the nation. In 2008, we reached beyond our grasp and achieved more than we ever thought possible. Jack and Ruth Eckerd would have expected no less from us. Every year, every day, we seek to help more kids in more and better ways. We invite you to learn more about EYA and our accomplishments. We also invite you to join us in improving the future…one child at a time.
Sincerely,
Dear Friends,
David Dennis, President & CEO
Kennedy C. O’Herron,
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Eckerd Youth Alternatives Through the Yea rs
1960s A Humble Beginning
Jack and Ruth Eckerd touring the very first campsite at E-How-Kee (now known as Eckerd Academy at
1968. E-How-Kee was the first outdoor therapeutic program in Florida.From 1968
until 1985, Eckerd Youth Alternatives was known as the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation.
When E-Nini-Hassee opened in Floral City, Florida, in 1969, it was the nation’s first outdoor therapeutic program for girls.
Ringing in the New Year (1969) with the promise of
new beginnings and new hope at E-How-Kee.
Although most people are aware that Jack Eckerd revolutionized the drug store industry, few know that he and his wife Ruth were national pioneers in
Youth Alternatives happened in 1967, when Jack Eckerd read a magazine article about a remarkable outdoor
Club. At the time, the prevailing treatment for youth who could not be helped through school or community counseling was hospitalization.
in crisis deserved a better treatment
program, and became convinced that Florida’s youth deserved such a similar positive, nurturing approach to turning their lives around. In
Florida, and opened a small outdoor therapeutic program for boys, named E-How-Kee. It was the first outdoor therapeutic program in Florida.
establishment of an outdoor therapeutic program for girls, E-Nini-Hassee, in Floral City, Florida.
In the 1960s, the Eckerds did not have a strategic plan for Eckerd Youth Alternatives to become one of the nation’s leading youth services organizations. In fact, the organization was not even called Eckerd Youth Alternatives back in those days. (It was called the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation.)
community, and stepped up to help.
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1970s The Reputation Grows
therapeutic programs soon became widespread throughout Florida. In 1972, Florida’s Governor Rubin Askew approached Jack to expand the outdoor therapeutic programs, and by 1976, the organization had four outdoor programs under contract with the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
Educational System, exemplified Jack Eckerd’s belief that the private sector could successfully partner with government in providing effective services for youth.
spread to other states. In 1977, North Carolina’s Governor Jim Hunt approached Jack Eckerd to open an outdoor therapeutic
established four outdoor therapeutic programs under contract with the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, and opened
the decade, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation had nine outdoor therapeutic programs nationwide.
Four of the seven outdoor therapeutic programs opened during the 1970s were in North Carolina. Here, Jack Eckerd helps
Kalu in Hendersonville.
E-Kel-Etu in Silver Springs, Florida, consisted of tee-pees.
outdoor therapeutic
programs were called
Wilderness Education
Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ first outdoor therapeutic program outside of the Southeastern United States (E-Wen-Akee)
in 1978.
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Through the Yea rs
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1980s Reaching Out to More Youth
impressed with the success of Eckerd
Jack Eckerd to take over operations of a struggling, state-run residential
known as Eckerd Youth Development Center, became Eckerd’s first residential
therapeutic program in the state of Florida and paved the way for a second such program in 1989.
Expansion of Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs continued throughout the 1980s with four more program openings in the Northeast and
12 Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs and two residential therapeutic programs spread across six states.
In 1985, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation changed its name to Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives,
logo was drawn from an actual photograph of Jack Eckerd.
Although public-private partnerships in juvenile services are common today, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation pioneered the privatization
hosted special events for youth at their home in Clearwater, Florida.
ps
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Through the Yea rs
An aerial view of E-Sun-Alee (now known as Eckerd
former catfish farm, boasts more than 20 ponds and lakes.
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Can we help prevent kids from getting into trouble?
nearly two decades of serving struggling youth through residential programming. Seeing a need to boost academic and social skills in younger children to keep them on the right path, Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives launched Eckerd Early Intervention and Prevention Services in Florida elementary schools.
Also recognizing that young people need continued support when they return home from residential treatment, Eckerd began offering ReEntry services throughout Florida in 1993 to help youth successfully transition to their home communities through aftercare services.
residential therapeutic programs for youth operating in Florida, only six received superior rankings from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice—five of those six programs were Eckerd Youth Alternatives programs.
1990s
Expanding the Continuum of Care
A name and logo change occurred in 1998, featuring the current brand identity in use today.
Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs were referred to as a
magazine article on wilderness/outdoor programs.
Early Intervention and Prevention Services to help boost academic and social skills in elementary school children—to keep them on the right path.
During its 25th Anniversary celebration in 1993, Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives celebrated helping 15,000 youth since 1968.
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Through the Yea rs
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2000s
Expansion of Community-Based Support Programs
programs in Florida, Eckerd Youth Alternatives embarked on a serious expansion of its continuum of care in the new millennium. In 2002, Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ first Alternative Day School, Diamond Pond Academy in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, opened its doors to middle and high school students who could not succeed in
privately referred youth and their families. A third Private
Georgia in October, 2007.
Eckerd Youth Alternatives further expanded its community-based support programs in 2007 and 2008 by moving into
evidence-based program models.
continuum of care featured 40 behavioral health and child welfare programs in nine states. Furthermore, Eckerd Youth Alternatives is considered one of the nation’s leading nonprofit youth services organizations in the United States.
continchildEckethe org
Corey Hill knows little about Jack Eckerd, but he knows this:
Out of the blue, thanks to this stranger, he got a huge break.
By 17, Hill had blossomed into an accomplished crook. Auto
theft, possession of cocaine, battery on a law enforcement of f i c e r.
At a juvenile home in Volusia County, “I just learned how to be a
better criminal.”
Last July, a judge sent him to the Eckerd Youth Challenge Pro-
gram, a spartan ring of dormitories and makeshift classrooms in
the wilds of Hernando County. “We had to sit on logs. If one person
did something, everybody had to sit down and talk about it.”
Hill contemplated escape, “but I didn’t know where I was. All I
saw was woods. By the time I got ahold of a map, I was there
three months and things had changed.”
Counselors taught him to curb his temper by slowing down and
analyzing what was making him angry. They urged him to con-
sider college – him, an errant 10th-grade dro p o u t .
“I started thinking about my long-term future. What do I want to
be doing 20 years from now?”
With a few months of intense study, Hill passed the GED test
He thrived at business, flopped at politics and gave away millions of dollars.
Now 90, Jack Eckerd draws spirit from the children whose lives he touched.
He hardly can speak, but hugs trump words. For his 90th birthday, Jack Eckerd visits one of his wilderness camps for troubled teens. Some are emotionally disturbed,
most have broken the law, nearly all want to thank their benefactor.
Political races were family affairs for the Eckerds. Jack and Ruth hit the tarmac with their DC-3 during his
1970 campaign for governor.
B Y ST E P H E N N O H LG R E N T I M E S STA F F W R I T E R
“People say the don’t want to live to be 90.
Of course, none of them are 89.”STUDS TERKEL
Though a stroke has jumbled his
speech, his inner fire still energizes a
room.
He shakes hands with authority. He laughs,
winks and gestures – and he desperately wants
to convey something important, a passion that
has shaped his life since he left the drugstores
that bear his name.
He locks steady brown eyes on a visitor and
stabs the air for emphasis. Words flow, intense
but indecipherable, until he produces a satisfac-
tory fragment: “the kids.”
Don't forget the kids? he is asked.
He nods, relaxes and repeats, softly this time.
“The kids.”
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SUNDAY, June 8, 2003
Florida’s Best Newspaper
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Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ fiscal year 2008 will be remembered as a year of celebration, growth, excellence, and unprecedented outreach to serve youth in their communities.
40th anniversary of our founding in 1968. We honored Jack and Ruth Eckerd’s legacy by growing our capacity to serve more kids by about 35%. Growth came by winning the contract to become the lead agency for community-based care in Florida’s Pinellas and Pasco counties and through the opening of several new programs and services:
Pinellas and Marion counties in Florida
Suches, Georgia
Fiscal Year 2008
Dallas, EYA expanded into its ninth state.
At a 40th Anniversary special Founders’ Day ceremony,
memories of her parents, Jack and Ruth Eckerd.
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Highlights
EYA’s mentoring initiatives grew
in 2008 with a $450,000
federal grant to mentor children
of prisoners in Florida’s Pinellas,
Marion counties.
Alternatives programs achieved national accreditation from the Council on Accreditation (COA), as well as the very prestigious Praesidium accreditation.
In 2008, we helped 10,502 young people. Since 1968, we have touched the lives of nearly 90,000 youth. We have helped them rebuild their confidence, redirect their lives, and learn how to make good decisions. We nurtured, we cared, and we made a difference.
Achieving national COA certification for all Eckerd programs means they are among the best in our industry.
Praesidium accreditation is an honor that demonstrates Eckerd has achieved the highest industry standards in abuse prevention.
a third Eckerd Academy campus
in Suches, Georgia, further expanded EYA’s capacity to
serve youth privately referred by parents and professionals.
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Program Location Map Private Academies
1 Eckerd Academy at Brooksville
2 Eckerd Academy at Deer Lodge
3 Eckerd Academy of the Blue Ridge Suches, GA
Early Intervention and Prevention Services
1 Brevard EIPS: Five Schools and Eckerd Mentoring Program
2 Hernando EIPS: One School 3 Marion EIPS
Eckerd Mentoring Program 4 Pasco EIPS
Day Treatment Program
Eckerd Leadership Program Ft. Pierce, FL
Lead Agency for Child Welfare
Eckerd Community Alternatives (Pasco and Pinellas counties)
Residential Therapeutic Programs 1 Eckerd Youth Challenge Program
2 Eckerd Youth Academy Christmas, FL
3 Eckerd Intensive Halfway House Okeechobee, FL
4 Eckerd Youth Development Center Okeechobee, FL
Alternative Day Schools
1 Cascade Academy 2 Diamond Pond Academy
Stewartstown, NH
Areas Served by Community-Based Support Programs Alachua/Ocala ReEntry Program, Circuit 5 and Circuit 8 - Ocala, FL (Marion, Lake, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando and Alachua counties)Volusia ReEntry Program, Circuit 7 Flagler and Putnam counties)Miami/Dade ReEntry Program, Circuit 11 - Miami Gardens, FL (Miami - Dade County)Palm Beach ReEntry Program,
Broward ReEntry Program, Circuit 17 Brevard ReEntry Program, Circuit 18
counties)
St. Lucie ReEntry Program, Circuit 19 - Ft. Pierce, FL (St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee and Martin counties)Eckerd Multi-Systemic Therapy Program (Wakulla, Leon and Gadsden counties)Eckerd Community and Home Outreach Program - Hammond, LA
parishes)Eckerd Community Supervision Program Eckerd Functional Family Therapy
1 E-Nini-Hassee Floral City, FL 2 E-Ma-Chamee Milton, FL 3 E-Kel-Etu Silver Springs, FL 4 E-Tu-Nake
5 E-Ku-Sumee Candor, NC
6 E-Tik-Etu Elizabethtown, NC 7 E-Ten-Etu Manson, NC 8 E-Toh-Kalu Hendersonville, NC 9 E-Mun-Talee Lowgap, NC 10 E-Ma-Henwu Newport, NC
11 E-Toh-Anee Stewartstown, NH 12 E-Hun-Tee Exeter, RI 13 E-Wen-Akee
14 E-Ma-Etu
Outdoor Therapeutic Programs
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Eckerd Youth Alternatives
Alternative Day Schools
0% were minorities
16% were female
Average age at admission: 14.6
Average grade at intake: 8.6
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
6.6 months
69% were minorities
19% were female
Average age at admission: 15.3
Average grade at intake: 8.9
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
7.6 months
Diversion
68% were minorities
30% were female
Average age at admission: 14.7
Average grade at intake: 8.4
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
3.8 months
Hi-Five (Early Intervention and
Prevention Services)
47% were minorities
48% were female
Average age at admission: 10
88.8% showed increase
social, emotional and
learning objectives
Group Home
25% were minorities
38% were female
Average age at admission: 15.8
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
9.1 months
81% were minorities
35% were female
Average age at admission: 15.2
Average grade at intake: 9.6
(Eckerd Functional Family
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
4.0 months
Programs
69% were minorities
6% were female
Average age at admission: 15.8
Average grade at intake: 9.1
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
9.5 months
43% were minorities
19% were female
Average age at admission: 14.4
Average grade at intake: 8.3
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
11.6 months
Private Academies
16% were minorities
38% were female
Average age at admission: 15.2
Average grade at intake: 9.6
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
7.8 months
ReEntry Programs
61% were minorities
13% were female
Average age at admission: 16.2
Average grade at intake: 10.3
Average length of participation
for successful completers:
7.5 months
Program & Youth Data July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
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Child and Family Connections, Inc.ChildNet, Inc.Children’s Network of SW Florida, Inc.
Community Partnership for Children, Inc. Connecticut Department of Children
& FamiliesDallas County Juvenile Department
Family First Network, Inc. Family Matters of Nassau CountyFamily Services of Metro-OrlandoFamily Support Services of North Florida, Inc.Florida Agency for Healthcare AdministrationFlorida Department of Children and FamiliesFlorida Department of EducationFlorida Department of Juvenile JusticeGeorgia Department of EducationGeorgia Department of Juvenile JusticeHeartland for Children, Inc.Hillsborough Kids, Inc.
Kids Central, Inc.Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice New Hampshire Department of EducationNew Hampshire Division for Children, Youth
and FamiliesNorth Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
Partnership for Strong Families, Inc.Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth
and FamiliesSarasota Family YMCA, Inc.
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Human Resources
We Would Also Like to Gratefully
Acknowledge the Following Agencies
and Organizations:
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Cash $5,613,642 Receivables 8,723,727 Investments 5,722,953 Other assets 3,310,419
18,538,449
Current liabilities $9,953,873 Unrestricted net assets: Undesignated 26,020,563 Designated 5,934,754
Federal $4,137,834 State 59,483,680 Local 8,397,345 Private 5,904,105 Contributions 406,896 Investment income 386,027 Satisfaction of donor restrictions 2,218,404 Other 66,804
Salaries, wages & benefits 57,591,556 Employee related 708,339 Supplies & materials 5,857,369
Repairs & maintenance 1,365,570 Utilities 2,018,047
Depreciation 3,114,661 Insurance 1,808,831 Professional fees 2,257,851 Rent 1,059,560 Client related 1,092,270 Other operating expenses 3,337,685
Investment loss (425,781) Change in assets for pension benefits 161,873 Pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost (1,161,311)
(1,425,219)
Financial Statement
Alternatives, Inc.
34,680
97,345904,105406,896386,027
2,218,404804
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Eckerd Academy at Brooksville & Hi-Five Hernando
Ms. Carol BurgessMs. Brenda Wright CasonMr. Duane ChichesterChief Deputy Michael HensleyMr. John HeyneMr. Charles JorgensenMrs. Nancy KaplanCommissioner Christopher KingsleyMs. Nancy LovelockMr. Robert J. MartinezMs. Victoria PorterMrs. Wendy Tellone
E-Hun-Tee
Mr. John H. BallMr. Robert BjorklundMr. Harry DavisMs. Heather A. FoggDr. O. William Hilton, Jr.Mr. James KuipersMr. Craig LevisMr. Thomas J. MarronMr. Brian C. MatthewsMs. Linda R. Sloan
E-Kel-Etu
Alva Kinsey, Jr.Mrs. Brenda BurnsideMr. W. F. GodwinMrs. Wendy HansonMs. Earlene PridgeonMrs. Shirley WilliamsMrs. Beverly Wise
E-Ku-Sumee
Ms. Tammy DunnSheriff Jeff JordanMr. Samuel C. MartinMr. W. Ray Hudson
Eckerd Leadership Program
Ms. Tania AndersonMr. Gabriel GonzalezMr. Woodrow JacksonMs. Marcia MillerMs. Shelly OwensMr. Daniel Rodgers
E-Ma-Chamee
Ms. Peggy G. AndersonMs. Monya H. CurtisMs. Susan GreenwellMr. Lang HollomanMrs. Stephanie LynchMr. Burdette MillerMrs. June MillerMs. Catina Wilson
E-Ma-Etu
Mrs. Mary CunninghamMr. Randy CunninghamMrs. Teresa H. DuncanMr. Michael D. DuncanMrs. Nancy FosterJackie HannonMr. Randall K. HayesMrs. Amy MastinSheriff Dane MastinMrs. Jenny MotsingerMr. Rowan MotsingerMr. Glenn ShepherdMrs. Tammy ShepherdMs. Lori Walsh
E-Ma-Henwu
Mrs. Amanda BryantMr. Chuck BryantMs. Jo Ann CannonDr. Richard Holmes, DDSDr. Denard HarrisMr. Robert E. HimmelMs. Deanna McElmonMrs. Debbie WagnerMr. Steve WagnerMs. Jenny CalhounMs. Heather Whitaker
Ms. Brooke-PollardMr. John HeinzmanKarla J. Kiburz
Eckerd Academy of the Blue Ridge
Mrs. Kathi AnglinMr. Nelson Anglin, ChairpersonMr. David AtkinsMr. Norman CooperMr. Cary D. CoxMr. Robert HeadSenator Carol JacksonMr. James MinerMrs. Ruth Ann MinerMs. Sonia MurphyMr. Tom MurphyDr. Don PruittMs. Theresa PruittMrs. Lou NicholsCommissioner Lamar ParisPastor Jimmy TannerDeputy Russell WalkerMr. Tommy WhiteC. O. WoodyMr. W.C. Nelson
E-Mun-Talee
Jack Moore, Jr. Michael ClementsCheyenne RoachRich SmithDawn CambridgeMarta MearesCheryl DanceDana RusherMike EilandKathi Grenough
E-Nini-Hassee
Mr. James AndersonMs. Leanne HadsellMs. Jodi HendersonMr. John H. HoffmeisterMr. Don ListinskyMs. Linda PowersMs. E. Kathryn StewartMs. Dorothy Zipperer
Eckerd Academy at Deer Lodge
Mr. Gary DarnellMs. Dana GrissomMs. Casey KennedyMrs. Reba LaRueMr. Lee LinderMs. Breneda LivingstonMs. Genger NormanMr. Anthony RobertsMr. Greg StatonMr. Steve Walker
E-Toh-Anee
Mr. Jimmy CrossleyMr. George GoochDr. Sharon MillerMs. Ellie PearsonMr. Greg Reed PlacyMr. E. H. RoyThe Honorable Eric Stohl
E-Toh-Kalu
Mr. Rodney C. Wesson, M.Ed.Mr. David OatsMr. Eric FolkDinette ButlerMs. Amy WillifordMr. Clyde CarterMr. David M. Boeke
E-Tik-Etu
Mr. Rich GlennMr. David MastersonMr. Alan MaynardMr. Eddie NyeMs. Grace ThompsonRev. Donald WarrenMr. Jefferson WeaverMr. David Zimmerman
E-Tu-Nake
Mr. David AllenDr. Garrett BennettMr. Hugh BroomeMr. Donald BryantMr. Lewis Carter, Jr.Ms. Pam Cleveland
Community Advisory Council Members
Community Advisory Councils are so critical—from educating the community about our programs to spearheading fundraising activities, tutoring youth in reading or math to mentoring young counselors—the contributions of our advisory board members are as diverse as the individuals who serve on them.
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Dr. Michael CliffordMs. Deborah K. CollierMrs. Phyllis CraftMr. Richard T. CrozierMr. Thomas DanielsMr. Charles FergusonMr. Mac GainesAngie HaddockHenry Haddock IIIMr. Anthony HowardMs. Josie JohnsonMr. Billy LandfordMr. Spencer MuellerSheriff Jimmie MurkersonMs. Robin RauMr. Jerry RogersMr. Tommy SmithMr. Chip StewartMr. Ronnie SuggsRobert TurnerMr. Charlie WadeMr. F. C. Wiggins
E-Ten-Etu
Sheriff R. Thomas Breedlove
Mr. Woody CaudleMs. Rachel HedrickRev. Richard HendersonMs. Hazel HoltzmanRev. Marion LarkMr. Bill MastMr. Larry Trull
Eckerd Youth Development Center/Eckerd Intensive Halfway House
Ms. Joyce BussellDarrell DonnellyMr. John GurneyMs. Alyce HundleyMr. Frank IrbyMrs. Debbie RiddleMs. Stephanie LockeMr. Juan SolorzanoMr. John C. Williams
Hi-Five Brevard
Ms. Deborah DavisMs. Mary DriscollMs. Mary ErnstMr. Ben GaragozloMr. Ted HacklerMr. Carl HerriottMs. Catherine PalmerMrs. Judith PobjeckyMs. Amber Rogers
Ms. Brooke TippinsMr. Gopa ViswanathanMr. Nate Williams
Ms. Monica BryantMr. Scott HackmyerMr. Howard MoonMs. Stephanie Prisciandaro
Hi-Five Pasco
Cara AllenPatricia DolatowskiMs. Jackie Jackson-DeanMs. Stacey L. SumnerMrs. Lorelle Vanno
Hi-Five Pinellas
Ms. Mary Wyatt AllenMrs. Janet CaramelloMs. Gail EggemanMr. Larry EnglishMs. Lisa FarrellMs. Sandra Jean FediukMs. Blanche GaneyMs. Audrey R. GreenbergMrs. Maxine HammonsMrs. Betty HaywardMr. Dale HutchingsMs. Lessie Jinnie KerdiMrs. Georgina MayhewMr. R. Barry McDowellMrs. Nikki McQueenMrs. Lori E. Osborne
Broward ReEntry
Ms. Susanna ArizonMs. Diann BrownDr. Venice DaleyMs. Donna FleggMr. Ledger KellierMs. Melissa Zelniker
Eckerd Youth Challenge Program
Ms. Bettye MorganMr. Cecil BradleyMrs. Sue NelsonMr. Kelly HighMr. Paul KendrickMr. Mike Germaine
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When Jack and Ruth Eckerd founded Eckerd Youth Alternatives (EYA) in 1968, their vision was for
inspiring vision is the heart of EYA’s annual fund drive for the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success
parents, and staff generates critical funds that help EYA to help even more kids: academic and student enrichment, facility renovation, staff development and training, and much, much more.
is around $130 million. Without a doubt, that is a big figure, but consider this:
youth around-the-clock each day of the year.
administrators to food service staff.
child welfare and juvenile justice budgets.
associated with operating some of the best programs for youth in the nation.
taken together, gifts to the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success Fund, whether $25 or $25,000, comprise one of Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ most significant sources of support. And because Annual Fund gifts are typically unrestricted, they can be directed to areas with the greatest need—and the greatest potential for impact.
Every gift matters. Please make your gift today!
The Jack and Ruth Eckerd
Children’s Success Fund
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A few of our success stories.
For abusive behavior, Shanna spent two years at E-Nini-Hassee, the nation’s first outdoor therapeutic program for girls. After a successful modeling career, she is now a nationally recognized champion breeder of Rottweilers.
Jaron Carson, Account Manager
After a stint in a juvenile justice program for dealing
he is an account manager with the world’s largest landscape and lawncare company.
Gregg Webb, CEO
Gregg, a foster child, was sent to
program after breaking into a home under construction and setting fire to it. He now has a family and manages a real estate company in southern Florida.
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