ANNUALREPORT

EMPOWERING GIRLS

BUILDING LEADERS FOR THE COMMUNITY

JULY 1, 2018 -JUNE 30, 2019

INDEXBUILDING

FRIENDSHIPS

COLLEGE AND CAREER

PLANNING PROGRAM

MENTORING PROGRAM

FAMILY INSTITUTE

FINANCIALS AND

DONORS

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORDear Community Bridges Family, At Community Bridges (CB) we are truly changing the lives of girls inMontgomery County through integrated programming that encourages girlsfrom diverse backgrounds to lead holistically healthy lives: emotionally, sociallyand physically. Our weekly lessons focus on topics such as healthy relationships,cultural awareness, leadership and goal setting. Lessons are reinforced with out-of-school trips and activities such as participation in our annual Career &Innovation Summit, youth empowerment conferences, opportunities forcommunity advocacy, college tours and more. We further extend the impact forCB girls by wrapping their own efforts with our mentoring, college and careerplanning, family and alumnae programs. Our goal is to end the cycle of povertyfor a girl and her family using education as a vehicle. In fiscal year, 2019 we had another fantastic year of growth. The CB girls wereexposed to many exciting opportunities from traveling to New York City, touringSpellman College in Atlanta, bowling with their mentors, exploring science andtechnology, to creating a documentary and so much more. Through the nextseveral pages you will see that our annual report is so much more than just statsand figures, you will see stories of some of our amazing girls. Turn the page andfollow along in a journey of learning just why Community Bridges is having sucha tremendous impact on girls. With your continued support, we will continue toprovide an integrated, holistic program for girls from elementary through highschool. Thank you for all you do to help change the lives of girls. Sincerely, Shannon Babe-ThomasExecutive Director

OUR MISSIONCommunity Bridges empowers girls from diversebackgrounds to become exceptional students,positive leaders, and healthy young women

OUR VISION We envision an inclusive community where eachperson is valued and has abundant opportunities toimprove themselves and the world around them

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FISCAL YEAR IMPACT

Girls in the Community Bridges Girls Program come from allwalks of life, but share a common bond - being a CB girl. CBgirls gather together in program and create friendships they

thought they never would have.   “Community Bridges means a sisterhood; a place you can gowhere you can confide in and people who you know will supportyou in anything that you do. They will be with you through yourtough times, celebrate you with your good times, and it's a family"- CBHS Participant, Kelly Leak

 “There are a lot of people I have became I friends with that Ididn't expect to become friends with. If we didn't go to CommunityBridges, we would have never spoken to each other because we are

all in different grades and we all have different personalities butall just ended up clicking. Like there are personalities that I don’t

like, but I ended up becoming good friends with someonecompletely different and not like me at all but now we are close.” -

CBHS Participant, Alliss Arevalo-Campos

BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS

342Girls enrolled in theCommunity Bridges

Girls Program inFY'19

14Schools served bythe Community

Bridges GirlsProgram in

FY'19

138Events, field trips

and service learningopportunities

offered to girls inFY'19

MENTORINGPROGRAM

Community Bridges mentor and mentee pair Evelyn andYessica are a match that can't be beat. Evelyn invited Yessica

to attend the 2014 CB winter fundraiser where the two startedtheir positive relationship.

 Evelyn praises Yessica for being a young person who activelypursues her passion such as dancing at school, participating

in church and volunteerism. “I do not know many 15-yearold’s who do as much as she does all while maintaining a

positive attitude, smile, and keeps up with their social life,”says Evelyn.

The pair continue to support each other through every stageof their lives with honesty and positivity. This relationship is

full of love and appreciation. “As she grows, I grow. As shewins, I win. As she matures, I mature,” says Evelyn.

 

46Mentor/mentee

pairs whoparticipated in the

CB MentoringProgram

1,994Total hours

mentors/menteesspent together and/or

communicating during FY'19

100%of mentors rated

the MentoringProgram

good/excellent

COLLEGE AND CAREERSPRING BREAK COLLEGE ROAD TRIP

Community Bridges had the amazing opportunityto take 3 staff members and 10 CB girls on a SpringBreak College Tour Road Trip. The road trip tookplace from April 15-18 with stops at the Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University,

Agnes Scott College and Spelman College. Theexperience was a first of many for our CB girls. Forsome girls, it was the first time they’ve left the state

and stayed overnight in a hotel. Several juniorsfrom the trip have already decided to apply next

year to the schools they visited.

31College tours and

college/careerworkshops

offered

100%of high school seniors

who graduated inSpring 2019 &

enrolled to attendcollege/university

100Juniors and seniors

who receivedindividualized Collegeand Career counseling

during FY'19

ALUMNAE PROGRAMGoing into her junior year at Towson University, Rudi praises

Community Bridges for being an open and friendly place for her toarticulate her thoughts and gain new skills. In the 2018-2019 schoolyear, Rudi worked as a Community Center Assistant that dealt with

students in a residence hall and being the person students can reachout to. “Students would ask for advice regarding their classes,friendships, and personal lives. There was a level of trust that

happened naturally that made me feel proud and CB had a role to playin that,” Rudi says.

Because Community Bridges included people from diverse

backgrounds and situations, Rudi felt well rounded to converse withmany different people and create bonds. Meeting twice every week andhaving important dialogues that went beyond the classroom helped to

make those real-world connections people need to enrich their minds.

She says that Community Bridges gave her the seeds she needed togrow independently, and she hopes to help others like Community

Bridges did and is continuing to do for her.

"Community Bridges helped relieve the anxietyI felt about college. During my time in theprogram, we went on a lot of college tours.

From there I chose Towson University and I'mloving my time here," - Rudi Elien

CB GIRLS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TOCornell University

Bowie State UniversityHood College

Howard UniversityLoyola University Maryand

MICAMiami University

Montgomery CollegeMorgan State UniversityMt. Saint Mary's UniversityNew York UniversityNotre Dame of Maryand UniversityUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Salisbury UniversityTowson University

Trinity Washington UniversityWashington Adventist University

CB girl Kaylee and her mother Vanessa see nothing but continued growthin their future. It's only been two years since Kaylee joined CB  herfreshman year of high school , but even in this short period of time

Vanessa has noticed her daughter develop into an increasingly confidentyoung woman. It is because of CB that "Kaylee is more open to being indifferent settings and interacting with different types of people," says

Vanessa.

When asked what CB means to her Vanessa said that it "meansopportunities for her daughter but also for her as a parent to participate indecision making groups." This ability to participate in CB as a parent has

provided Vanessa with a newfound agency and a community that she feelscomfortable in but also challenged by.

"My favorite CB memory is when Kaylee and I participated in the

Thanksgiving Parade. When you participate in something like a parade youbecome the center of attention which usually I would find uncomfortable but

at the same time its a good exercise to be with a group of people that makeyou feel comfortable doing something you wouldn't normally do." - Vanessa

FAMILY INSTITUTE

314Total Number

of CBFamilies

28Events/AdvisoryMeetings for CB

Families

81%of families believe that

their daughter is aleader in her school

and community

FY'19 YEARINREVIEW

Program Services 80.9%

Management + General 12.1%

Program Development 7%

Government Support41.2%

Foundations/Grants34.5%

Events + Activity Fees12.7%

Individual Giving5.6%

Board Donations1.6%

Latina 47%

Black/African American/African35%

Caribbean7%

Asian5%

Multi-Racial4%

Total IncomeBy Source:

$661,875

Total Expenses By

Source:$574,868

342 Total GirlsEnrolled In CB

for FY'19

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019

BOARD CHAIR Robin Salomon

Skyline, LLCVICE CHAIRSharon Gleason

Society of Nuclear andMolecular Engineering

TREASURERKimberly RusnakGreater Washington

Community FoundationSECRETARYAlicia Alexion

Alexion Fischer, LLC

Alicia EscotoMontgomery County

Recreation

Cara CapizziCapizzi Designs

Christina Taylor SerranoTaylormade Experience

Dana DavidsonFedGeek

Deirdre RobinsonThe Donohoe Companies,

Inc.

Edward (Ted) GeierMorgan Stanley

Jennifer DickensNOAA

Leslie HeyerCycle Technologies, Inc.

Maryam CasbarroDavis Wright Tremaine LLP

Mier WolfRetired Federal

Government Attorney

HELPING EACH GIRL REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL...WITH YOUR SUPPORT

CONTRACTS, CORPORATE& FOUNDATIONS

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Carla ReidChristopher PaytonDeirdre RobinsonEdward "Ted" GeierJennifer MeltzerJulie StatlandKimberly RusnakKimya JonesKylie McCleafLawrence Platt & ClaireHerringtonLucy Ann McFadden & MarcAllenMier WolfRobin SalomonShamaine BaileySharon GleasonSusan Madden

$30,00 and above

$20.000-$29,000

$10.000-$19,999

$1-$9,999 $1,000 and above

$500-$999

$1-$499

Eugene & Agnes E. MeyerFoundationMontgomery County DHHSMontgomery CountyExecutive GrantMorris and GwendolynCafritz FoundationScheidel FoundationWeinberg FoundationWells Fargo

Fund for Children, Youth and Families (GWCF)Inter-American DevelopmentBankMontgomery County CouncilGrantThe Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Inc

Congressional Sports forCharity FoundationHattie M. Strong FoundationPaul M. Angell FoundationSanford and Doris SlavinFoundationShugar FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Cycle TechnologiesDean and Karen CooperFamily FoundationDenizensGreater Silver SpringChamber of Commerce JMW Insurance, Inc.Jim and Carol TrawickFoundation (LeadershipMontgomery)Kendra ScottMilton and Dorothy SarnoffRaymond FoundationSharing Montgomery(GWCF)Montgomery CollegeMontgomery CountyCollaboration CouncilMorgan Stanley Nadel Family CharitableFundNothing Bundt Cakes Open Society Institute PCACACThe Pinkwell Boutique Shulman Rogers Takoma FoundationTaylorMade ExperienceUnited Therapeutics

Abby MaddenAbigail LandesmanAbigail LauerAlbinus D'SaAlev Sezer-JacobsAlicia HampshireAmy AbrahamAmy KimAmy KossoffAmy LevnerAndrea DunathanAndrea Duran-RuedaAndrew LemeriseAndrew GreenAnn Mullen Ann Lindgreen & KurtSchluntzArina Kadam Bibi Dabney Brad Stewart Brian & Ellen Land Carol RubinCarol Sloane Carolina Cabezas-ZunigaCaroline GeierCaroline Broder

Adventist HealthCareArkin & Company, CharteredCarl M. Freeman FoundationCrimsonbridge Foundation

Mozella AdemiluyiRyan Thomas and ShannonBabe-ThomasRobert Salomon III Samuel StatlandSheila O'ConnellSusie SalomonTheresa TestoniTom & Melane Hoffman

Cara CapizziColin & Megan KingCyndie ShadowDana DavidsonEllen CohenErik & Leslie HeyerGraham Anderson & ShannonBillingsHelen BlumenJanice & Bob BabeJim Loreto Kathleen Matthews Margaret Latimer Maria Wright Mark Gold Mary Ann ZimmermanMichael Man& Carol Salzman

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Aaron Goldstein & WendyDoernbergAlicia Alexion & Ed KrauzeAlicia Escoto

IN-KIND SUPPORT

$500 - $2,499 

$100-$499

$1-$99

VOLUNTEERS

Jan Bogrow & John FlederJaNelle HastyJanet & Jack SchiffJeanette CurtisJeanette O'ConnorJeff RobinsonJeneanne BuscheJennifer BellJennifer DickensJennifer LevinJo Ritcey-DonohueJonathan BeetonJose MedranoJulia O'BrienJulia GeierJuliana CochnarKarla SilvestreKarla MaraboliKate Kennedy & BillBystrickyKatharine BoernerKathy MincinKeith TaylorKeith BrownKevie NilandKim JonesKristen RezaLara FriedmanLaura FreneLaura MorellaLeda HernandezLeigh BluesteinLouise TravisLouies OwinoLucile FreemanMara RadisMarc ElrichMarion HigginsMargaret GervasiMargaret MorrowMargo ReidMargot ZimmermanMarsha DeGirolamoMary FreemanMaryam Hatcher

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Susan UcanaySusan & Garry BakerTerri ChestnutTheresa TestoniThomas GutierrezTomeka VillarsTonia BuiTuyetvan OdeaVicki & Skip CrawfordWalter LohmannWalter CarltonWendy Patten

$2,500 and aboveCapizzi DesignsThe Fillmore Silver SpringWashingtonian

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AMP - StrathmoreArts on the BlockBAR-T Bell FlowersBlue Heron WellnessC&O Canal Quarter StayCapitol MovementEarth TreksEl GolfoJulie Statland

Alice HeisermanAlicia EscotoAlliss CamposArina KadamBrittany MillerCarol HawkCarolyn BaldwinCecilia GonzalezCharlain BaileyChristy RamosClaire AsensoCricket ClearyDawn HaagstadDiana Nesko Dilicia MorrisDulce VasquezElaine QuintEvelyn FloresGabby Villars

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