InterWorks A Letter from the CEO
Michael Johnson-President and CEO-Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County
Dear Community Friends and Supporters,
With the support of our community, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County was able to make the following impacts: In March of 2020, we were hit with another challenge, the COVID-19 pandemic. With our doors closed, we found ourselves feeling like everyone else in our community - uncertain. Uncertain for the thousands of youth we serve each year finding themselves in need of additional support and their families, who’ve lost jobs and the ability to put food on their tables. Uncertain for our staff who work tirelessly to serve our youth. Uncertain for the health and safety for our neighbors and our young peoples futures. As prevalent racial injustices have been brought to the forefront of our county. It would have been an easy decision to do nothing. Instead, we say a community that showed us what was important to them. We saw a community who learned to lean on one another in our time of greatest need. The 2019-2020 fiscal year has been one of the most challenging of my 21-year career in the non-profit sector. A word I keep coming back to is “community”. I have seen our community lift up our young people in their time of greatest need and has given me a renewed sense of gratitude for every friend and supporter of the Clubs. In February of 2020, Boys &Girls Clubs of Dane County held the grand opening for the largest investment our organization has ever made in the new McKenzie Family Boys & Girls Club in Sun Prairie. Our leap of faith coming to the Sun Prairie was greeted with open arms and we would not be serving in our over 20,000 sq/ft facility without the generosity of this community. • Raised $425,000 for 39 local non-profits to cover the essential needs of those most affected by COVID-19 -72,492 care boxes provided to local families -42,988 meals were given to youth due to school closures -16,424 meals delivered to senior citizens -7,901 emergency grants awarded for shelter, rent, utilities, and supplies
-604 people impacted by COVID-19 received medical supplies -119 senior received medical supplies and support services
• Raised $680,000 during our MOVE4GBC campaign -Distributed 165,000 free face masks and gloves -Provided over 17,000 meals to youth and families
-Hired over 1,000 First Responders in partnership with local restaurants -Fed over 1,000 First Responders in partnership with local restaurants -Built fist ever Virtual Program to continue to serve youth -Engaged 350,000 people in a town half discussion after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arhery -Raised $200,000 for Business Improvement District
With your support, we remain firmly committed to our mission - “to inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most”. Thank you for making this possible.
With Warmest Regards,
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