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Helping all young people to be

great today and reach their full

potential as productive, caring,

responsible citizens tomorrow.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUHEGAN VALLEY | MILFORD, NH

MARCH 2017CAPITAL CAMPAIGN REPORT

Dear Supporter,

As Chair of the Building for the Future Capital Campaign, I had the privilege of working with an incredible group of volunteers who committed to raising more than $3,000,000 to support the expansion of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley. Our success was truly a community effort, motivated by the need to serve more young people and have even more impact on their lives.

Whether you supported this campaign with a donation, your time, or both – you have become a part of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley family during one of the most exciting times in the Club’s history. Your dedication to this organization has created many opportunities. Opportunities to attract and retain teenagers and help them develop into responsible citizens. Opportunities for more children to learn leadership skills, teamwork, and increase their physical activity. Opportunities for the Club’s staff to mentor and guide more young people and positively influence their lives.

Together, our impact is felt far beyond simple dollars and cents, all the way to a generation of youth being inspired to lead, motivated to be healthy, and encouraged to achieve academic success.

I have been honored to lead a campaign that sought investors for the future of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley. Thank you for the role you have played in enriching the lives of so many young people.

John Morison III, Chairman & CEO Hitchiner Manufacturing Building for the Future Capital Campaign Chair

“The gym has already had a major impact on our members and programs. It is great to see the values of the Club now being implemented in all our new sports programs. The feedback on the new Teen Center has been great. Seeing past members come back to us as high school teens has been incredibly rewarding; we are excited about the opportunities this space provides to serve more teens in new and exciting ways.”

– Cory Sullivan, Operations Director

“It has been a pleasure to be a part of this brand new endeavor in the addition of the gym and teen center at the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley.  As a strong supporter of quality  youth recreational opportunities I am so honored to be back in the community to bring fitness and FUN to our kids.   I hope Milford and the Souhegan Valley are ready for lots of sports, recreation and community events in the very near future.”

– Rachel Robichaud, Athletic Director

Dear Friend,

It is with sincere gratitude that we celebrate the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley’s successful completion of its Building for the Future Capital Campaign. Together we raised more than $3 million in gifts and pledges in support of the expansion of our facility to include a new gym and teen center, renovations of our performing arts and academic spaces, and growth of our programs. Because of your generous commitment to children, we’re able to commemorate the success of this campaign and the lasting benefits it brings to our community!

The catalyst for the Club’s expansion was a series of “youth issues forums” held in 2011 to evaluate the social issues young people are facing which may lead to negative risky behaviors such as increased drug and alcohol use. We learned that young people are experiencing a lack of adult guidance and positive role models. Children are increasingly stressed by family situations such as poverty, divorce, or mental health issues. A lack of supervision may cause risky behaviors including drug and alcohol misuse. Many youth lack self-esteem. Youth today are exposed to a prevalence of pressure by electronic and social media to grow up quickly and take more risks. The need to serve more young people, especially those who need us most, was evident and motivated action by the Board of Directors and staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley.

Keeping existing members from leaving as they “age out” of current programming is critical to our mission. National studies have shown that the longer a child attend Boys & Girls Club programs, the more impact we have on their lives. Consistent participation helps teens navigate away from drug/alcohol misuse and other risky behaviors while providing opportunity to develop good character and citizenship, healthy lifestyles, and support their academic success.

The challenge, then, was how to attract a larger percentage of school age youth who otherwise face an empty house and unstructured time as parents work, and also keep older members engaged so they will not stop coming at a crucial development phase of life, as they leave middle school. Building a gym and new teen center, providing recreational sport leagues, and expanded programming designed with specific needs of youth aged 14-18 in mind, became an important step towards achieving this goal.

Fundraising potential for a capital campaign was assessed during the summer of 2014 by professional capital campaign consultants Carolyn Benthien and Kathy Barger, who concluded the study with a strong recommendation for moving forward. We began our campaign’s “quiet phase” in January 2015 and completed our campaign in December 2016. It’s been a long, hard process, but in the end incredibly rewarding as we engaged our supporters in our mission and the opportunity to serve more young people.

Our success could not have been possible without the tremendous dedication of our staff, board of directors, capital campaign committee members, building committee members, and all of our supporters. It’s because of you that we are poised to grow our membership and the impact we have on the lives of our youth members.

Thank you for helping us reach this tremendous milestone in the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley’s history. You have shown our youth members with your support and belief in our mission that anything is possible.

With gratitude,

Susan E. Taylor, Executive Director

2016 Capital

Campaign

Donors

$100,000 +Airmar Technology Corporation

The Amato Family

The Chareth Family

Ciardelli Fuel Company, Inc.

Controlair, Inc.

The Fidelity Foundation

Hitchiner Manufacturing Company

John & Francoise Morison

The Milford Rotary Club Foundation

$25,000-$99,999Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Albano and Family

Chuck & Cindy Barker

The Bean Foundation

Normand Richard Bergeron Family

Shannon Chandley & Thomas Silvia

Chunky’s Cinema Pub

Cogswell Benevolent Trust

Scott & Sandy Comstock

Contemporary Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

The Demoulas Foundation

Steve & Sarah Desmarais

Jay & Toni Dinkel

Michael Dionne & Elizabeth LaRose

Lew & Cynthia Dokmo

The Stuart S. Draper Fund

Frank & Kathy Edelblut

John & Paula Farrer

David & Audrey Hammer

The Kaley Foundation

Marilyn & John Kenison

Lake Sunapee Bank

Richard & Lynda Lowney

Milford Lumber Company

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

JP Pest Services

John Siemienowicz & Allise de Smet

Skillings & Sons

Paul & Susan Spiess Family Fund

Subaru of Milford

The Madelaine G. Von Weber Trust

Michael Young

$10,000-$24,999Anonymous

Associated Grocers of New England, Inc.

Amherst Orthodontics

The Blalock Family

BMA Architectural Group

The Ciardelli Family

Cirtronics Corporation

The D’Amato Family

Stephen Doyle

Eastern Bank

Enterprise Bank

The Grunbeck Family Foundation in honor of Johnine Kelley Philip

Amy & Rod Harl

Bob & Sue Heaton

The Samuel P. Hunt Foundation

Ben & Jodi Jalbert

Arthur L. Keyes Memorial Trust

Kimball Physics, Inc.

The McIninch Foundation

McLane Middleton

The Putnam Foundation

Right Networks

In Memory of Joan F. Setaro

Peggy & Hub Seward in honor of Ben, Karen & Tim Seward

Chris & Judy Shenk

Jay Steel

Cy & Sylvia Thibault

Paul & Sandra Montrone

Alan & Roberta Woolfson

$5,000-$9,999Anonymous

Robert & Serina Audibert

The Bly Family

Mike & Karen Bonacorsi

Mike & Deb Brisebois

The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation

The Copy Shop

Eaton & Berube Insurance Agency

Family Dental Care of Milford

The Fitzgerald Family

Glenn W. Flessas

Harvey Construction

Dean & Daphne Jackson

James Kallfelz

Knott’s Land Care, LLC

Augusta Law

George & Sheila Mandragouras

The McCray Family Charitable Fund

T.F. Moran

Morin’s Landscaping Inc.

Thomas & Judith Quinn

Joseph Raczek OD

Practice Members of Spinal Corrective Center

Andrew, Susan, Rachel, & Alex Taylor

Michael & Marie Tule

Turnstone Corporation

$1,000 - $4,999Anonymous

Carolyn Benthien

Bret Steel Corporation

Don Brezinski & Joelle Martin

Matthew & Elizabeth Ciardelli

Congregational Church of Amherst NH

The Corning Incorporated Foundation

The Desmarais Trust

Bill & Sue Dunlap

Enterprise Holding Foundation

Eversource Energy

Danny & Talitha Franggos

Franz & Linda Fritz

Granite Industrial Trucks

Grella & Son Irrigation

Gymnastics Village

In Memory of George Hackett

Stephanie A. Hall

Mary and Charles Howe Family Fund

Hy-Ten Plastics

Kenmore Stamp Company

Leach Automotive

Helen & Kevin Leach

Lettering Design Company

Lisa Madsen

Frank & Martha Manley

Brian McGuigan & Sarah Stewart

George & Barbara Mullin

Robert Murphy in honor of George Hackett

James & Roselle Neely

Shannon & Larry Quinlan & Family

Souhegan Valley Motorsports

David & Janet Spalding

St. Joseph Hospital

David G. Sturm, Counselors at Law, PLLC

Swenson Granite Company, LLC

Tech Transport, Inc.

Ron Troie

Vaillancourt Concrete

Seth & Sharon Zeigler

$100-$999Anonymous

Arciere & Sousa Family

Walter Ammon

Bank of America Matching Gift Program

Barley & Hops Craft Beer & Wine Shoppe

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services

Bertram Becker

Brennan and MacKay Appliance

Michael & Diane Bolton

Elizabeth Bowen

Joan Talarico Brodsky

Elizabeth Brown

Steven M. Burke

The Cabinet Press

Steven & Valerie Caron

Carson City Tire, Inc

Clark & Leighton, P.C.

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Controlled Environment Structures LLC

PJ Currier Lumber

Charles & Ann Desmarais

James E. Duggan & Ms. Helen Hartman

Fred Elkind

Bert Feldman

Timothy & Jeryl Finan

Robert & Tammy Gillis

John & Joann Griffin

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Dennis J. Haley

Frances Courteau Heaton

Ruth Heden

Thomas W. Hildreth

Wayne & Susan Hoover

St. Joseph’s Hospital

Caitlin Hunter

Russell & Marie Kincaid

Robin LaCroix

Gail & Keith Lammers

D. Paul & Patricia Lamont

Scott Lawrence

Tim & Heather Leach

Fran & Martha Manley

Gary Martin

Thomas & Mary Ann McCann

Keith & Donna McClain

Milford Lions Club

Patrick O’Mara

Marjorie H. Osterholtz

Jennifer L. Parent

Paula Pestana

Susanna Ries

Mark C. Rouvalis

TGI Fridays

Swenson Granite

Toby & Anita Reeves

St. Joseph Senior Exercise Class

Kevin & Elissa Salemi

Richard A. Samuels

Cathy Schmidt

Nicholas J. Shepard

Gregory H. Smith

The Sodders Family

Cory & Amy Sullivan

Charlie & Joanne Tiedemann

Union Coffee Company

Michael & Gean Unsworth

Robert A. Wells

Lou & Cindy White

William V. A. Zorn

YOUTH MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS $50 OR MOREKenzie Amore Bouvier

Alana Dail

Harper Katherine Dunbar

Aiden Hamilton Dunbar

Aiden Gammon

Jason Lewicki

Cameron Lewicki

Logan Lowney

Aidan & McKenzie Phillips

Sam Prescott

Armand “AJ” Prescott

Daxtin Richard

Liam Schick

Jake & Zak Sponable

DONORS BY TYPE

22%19%

31% 28%

Board of Directors & Staff (22%)

Individual Gifts (31%)

Businesses (28%)

Foundations (19%)

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DONORS BY TYPE

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE TIMELINE• September 11, 2014 | Feasibility Study Completed by Benthien and Associates

• April 23, 2015 | Capital Campaign Leadership Kick-off, Private Phase of Capital Campaign Begins

• November 19, 2015 | Board of Directors Resolution Approved to Begin Construction Process

• March 16, 2016 | Contract with Turnstone Construction Corporation Executed

• March 10, 2016 | Expansion Announced, Public Phase of Capital Campaign Begins

• March 30, 2016 | Groundbreaking Ceremony

• May 23, 2016 | Topping Off Ceremony with Placement of Ceremonial Beam

• October 26, 2016 | Kid Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

• October 27, 2016 | Public Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening

• December 31, 2016 | Capital Campaign Reaches $3 million Goal

BUILDING FOR THE FUTUREFor 25 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley (the Club) has been in the forefront of youth development in our community with a particular focus on providing opportunities for young people from disadvantaged economic, social, and family circumstances. Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to be great today and reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens tomorrow.

Today our roots remain as strongly embedded in the community as the day we were officially chartered. In 2005 we built our current facility around Playhouse 101, home of former American Stage Festival. As a result, over the past decade we have reached thousands of youth through our afterschool and summer camp programs and the theater arts, providing opportunities for young people to develop character and leadership skills, support their academic success, and encourage healthy lifestyles.

However, the community needed us to do more. Research conducted in late 2011 indicated that changing family dynamics, increased stressors on children, increase drug and alcohol misuse by teens, and an increase in behavioral issues were causing many children and teens to be at risk. The need to serve more young people, especially those who need us most, was clear and motivated action by the Board of Directors and staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley.

The Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley committed to expanding our facility to include a gymnasium and new teen center in order to implement sports programming to recruit more members of all ages, retain more of our middle school members into high school, and attract additional teens into our programs.

EXPANSION GOALSTo increase youth membership, increase teen members aged 12 and older, and increase services to children living in low-to-moderate income families.

WITHIN 3 YEARS OF EXPANSION:• Increase membership by 30% or 255 additional members.

• Increase in the percentage of older teens age 13-18 served from 35% of total members to 40% of total members.

• Increase low to moderate income families served from 43% to 50% of total members.

• Increase average daily attendance from 170 youth members a day to 225+ a day.

Building for the

FUTURE

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Capital Campaign CommitteeTeen Center & Gym Expansion John Morison, ChairPaul AmatoNancy AmatoDon BrezinskiMarc Chareth Allise de Smet Steve DesmaraisJay Dinkel Lew Dokmo David HammerTracy HutchinsHeather LeachHelen LeachJoelle Martin

Paul SpeissMichael TuleAlan WoolfsonSeth ZeiglerSusan Taylor, Executive DirectorKevin Salemi, StaffCarolyn Benthien, Benthien Associates

Building CommitteeTeen Center & Gym Expansion John Siemienowicz, ChairPaul AmatoMatt CiardelliAllise de SmetSteve DesmaraisAudrey HammerBob HeatonDean JacksonSteve SareaultAlan WoolfsonSusan Taylor, Executive DirectorCaitlin Hunter, staffCory Sullivan, staff

Construction ManagerTurnstone Corporation

Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Board of DirectorsMichael Tule, PresidentBob Heaton, Vice PresidentMichael Dionne, TreasurerHelen Leach, SecretarySusan Taylor, Executive DirectorNancy AmatoPaul AmatoRobert AudibertMatt CiardelliScott ComstockAllise de SmetSteve DesmaraisLew DokmoJim DugganTalitha FranggosAudrey HammerBen JalbertRich LowneyGeorge MandragourasJoelle MartinJoe PestanaJohn SiemienowiczRon TroieAlan WoolfsonSeth Zeigler

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