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The Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA ANNUAL REPORTwww.daytonaymca.org

On Saturday, June 25, 2005 Martin Vollebregt, Membership Director

at the Ormond Beach YMCA, attempted to set the world record in spinning; cycling over 532.23 miles in a 24-hour period.

Spinning is also known as indoor cycling on a stationary bicycle. The previous record in the Guinness Book of Records was set by Ronald Martzloff of Germany, who cycled 504.9 miles

in 24 straight hours. Vollebregt began his attempt at breaking the record at 12:00 pm on June 24, 2005 and contin-ued for 24 hours at the Ormond Beach YMCA located at 51 N. Center Street. On May 1, 2005 Vollebregt performed a trial spin at the YMCA and accomplished an impressive 323 miles in a 12-hour period, an average of almost 27 miles per hour!

Martin’s attempt to break a world

record in spinning raised over $20,000 in funding needed to support the YMCA’s Partners With Youth Fundraising Campaign, a yearly campaign that raises money to sponsor children and families in YMCA programs such as swim lessons, youth sports, summer camp, after-school pro-grams, and membership. Last year the Ormond Beach YMCA awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships to needy families.

Local YMCA Fitness Director Attempts World Record!

Dear YMCA Friends; When we look back on 2005, The Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA Association served more than 21,000 participants in our six (6) YMCA Family Centers and our historic Camp Winona. Our largest growth area in new members came from the “Active Older Adult” population with a 15% increase in participation over 2004.

This past year has been a great challenge for the Volusia and Flagler communities as we were recovering from the devastating storms in 2004. Many individuals were left without jobs or places to live. In response to these community needs, our local YMCAs provided more than 5,713 individuals and families with program scholarship assistance valued at $403,253. These scholarships are made possible because of the local United Way and our YMCA “Partners With Youth Scholarship Campaign”.

As one of the largest volunteer-driven organizations in the country, our local YMCAs had 990 individuals volunteer more than 25,710 hours of precious time and talent to our YMCA Family Centers. Our YMCA Ambas-sadors have served as policy makers, program instructors, committee members, coaches, and in critical member service areas.

In 2006, the area YMCAs will be focusing on several local and national initiatives, including youth obesity, community asset building, teen development, and new programs to better meet the changing community.

The Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA Association could not meet the ongoing community needs with-out the support of our community leaders and members. We thank you for your continued support of our mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

At the Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCAs we build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.

Sincerely,

Photo Courtesy Daytona Beach News-Journal/David Tucker.

Kathy LeonardChief Volunteer Officer

Randy A. BrownPresident/CEO

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Community Assets• 6 family centers in 3 counties• 60-acre Camp Winona established in 1919• 189,620 square feet of facilities/family centers• 100 acres of camping and recreational facilities• 5 swimming pools with 1.2 million gallons of water• 135 pieces of cardio machines and equipment• 173 pieces of strength training equipment• 7 gymnasiums with 47,293 square feet of program space• 8 racquetball/handball courts• 15,000 square feet of fitness center space• 18,315 square feet of exercise space

Camp Winona

Community Services

• Bethune-Cookman College• Boy Scouts• Child Care Resource Network• City of Daytona Beach• City of Edgewater• City of Port Orange• Community Resource Network• Department of Children and Families• Daytona Beach Community College• Daytona Beach Leisure Services• Daytona Beach Rotary Clubs• Edgewater Elementary Schools

• Flagler County Schools• Flagler County Sheriff• Florida Camps for Children & Youth with Diabetes• Florida Diabetes Foundation• Florida Hospital-Flagler• Halifax Hospital• Healthy Communities• Humana Health Care• JC Penney• Junior Achievement• KFC Colonel's Kids• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation• New Smyrna Beach High School• New Smyrna Beach Middle School

• One Voice Volusia• Orange County Public Schools• Ormond Elementary School• Osceola Elementary School• Palmer Chiropractic University System • PepsiCo• Ravine Gardens State Park• South Ormond Recreation Center• United Way • Volusia County• Volusia County Home School Students• Volusia County Public Schools

• 17 Cabins• 75-acre Spring-fed Lake• Recreation Hall• Company Meetings• 1 Infirmary

• 4 Staff Housing Units• Ropes Course• Dining Hall• Family Camping• Florida Diabetes Foundation

• Camp Stables• Education Center• Retreats• Group Outings• Crafts CabinPartnerships / Collaborations



(1) Flagler County60 Memorial Medical Pkwy.

Palm Coast386-586-1800

(2) Putnam County284 Union Avenue

Crescent City386-698-2342

(3) Camp Winona898 Camp Winona Road

DeLeon Springs386-985-4544

(4) Ormond Beach51 North CenterOrmond Beach386-673-9622

(5) Daytona Beach825 Derbyshire Rd.

Daytona Beach386-253-5675

(6) Administrative Offices146 Orange Ave.Daytona Beach386-255-8773

(7) Port Orange4701 City Center Pkwy.

Port Orange386-760-9622

(8)Southeast Volusia148 West Turgot

Edgewater386-409-9622

Management TeamRandy Brown, President/CEO

Kenneth Barnes, Vice President OperationsJim Brown, Executive Director, Flagler County/Ormond Beach Branch

Rachel Cooper, Marketing DirectorDavid Dewkett, Executive Director, Daytona Beach Branch

Lauren Kennedy, Human Resources DirectorDavid Larrabee, Executive Director, Camp Winona

Herman Mitchell, Executive Director, Southeast Volusia BranchJohn Shepherd, Financial Development Director

Mark Thornell, Executive Director, Port Orange Branch

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2005 Board Officers Kathy Leonard – Chair Rand Spiwak – Vice Chairman Bruce Teeters – Secretary Ken Richardson – Treasurer Tom Tinsley – Immediate Past Chairman 2005 Corporate Advisory Board Jay Adams Wayne Bostic Richard Brown Warren Cole Ray Ferguson Preston Root Tom Staed Bill Voges

Corporate Board Members 2005 2006 2007 Bo Brewer Emory Counts John Bostwick Ivan Cosimi II Jimmy Foster Jan Edwards Jim Huger Mitch Norton Marjorie Eubank Kathy Leonard King Pickett Rick Fraser Ron Pagano Rand Spiwak Pete Gamble Ken Richardson Julynn Stiff Bob Ludlow Bruce Teeters Tom Tinsley Greg Snell Lorraine Vosmik Bishop Derek Triplett Daryl Tol

2005 Branch Board Members Camp Winona Rosalie Bandyopadhyay Dennis Cloudman* Gary Cornwell Michael Koerner Robert Lamphier Judi Lane Laura Neal Ashley Pierson Worley Pruett Jr. R.J. Rodriguez Rick Sylvia Jay Young Daytona Beach Wayne Bostic D.C. Briley* Dr. Walter Fordham Mike Grady Ron Helgemo Patrick Henry Earl Jackson Samuel Johnson Dr. Aubrey Long Earl McCrary Joan Neves Jim Phillips David Sargis Flagler County Nicole Gazzoli Patrick Kelly* Tony Pearson Kelly Thompson Dr. Howard Turner Ormond Beach Ryan Adams Jan Collier Marc Cunningham Jody Davis Dr. Arun Dhand* Patty Hoffman Doris Housholder Barbara Manne Dr. Bill McGrane Neil Samuels John Scotti Bob Sipes R. Glenn Yarbrough Port Orange Pete Atwood Thomas Bazanos Al Bell Rob Butcher Diane Camino Larry Deitch Jeff Evans Jennifer Ferguson Heather Finley Bill Good Rob Hall Larry Henderson Ray McKinney Kate Minnock Ronald Serra Lori Summers Richard Tanner Chris Thompson Dan Weimer* Jane Weimer Don Wolfe J. R. VanderWall Southeast Volusia John Bostwick Jim Brown Brud Cleaveland Kelly Desoto Tim Foldy Eileen Lessard John Martens Scott Porta Kaye Walker* Kimberly Yaney *Board Chair



Heritage Club/Endowment FundThe Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA has a special group of people that believe strongly in

the mission of the YMCA and want to ensure that valuable life-changing programs and services will continue for future generations. Becoming a member of the Heritage Club requires a commitment which now, or in the future, will add to the Wayne Bostic Endowment Fund, named after our retired CEO.

The variety of gift programs available to qualify for Heritage Club membership includes outright gifts, insurance, real property, wills or bequests, and charitable trusts. Our current member list includes the following:

Mrs. George AbbottJay Adams

Wayne BosticRandy BrownBill ClowneyJohn Crack

Ray Ferguson

Michael ForestLiz Martin

Marie McDonaldBelle MeadBetty Miles

Preston RootJim Rusler

John/Kathy Shepherd

Joan StaggJune Stanford

Lori TitlusJoyce TitlusPeter Todd

Barclay Van DykeRobert Voges

If you would like to receive additional information about the Heritage Club/Endowment Fund, please contact John Shepherd, Director of Financial Development at 386-255-8773 for a free planning guide and information about becoming a member.

Partners With Youth CampaignOur Partners With Youth Campaign raises the funds necessary to support programs and services

our YMCAs provide for needy families and children in Volusia and Flagler Counties. The YMCA recognizes a greater need today for our children to be involved in programs that provide a safe, nurturing environment where they can play, learn, and grow. The Partners With Youth Fundraising Campaign each year helps our YMCAs and Camp Winona provide necessary financial assistance for children and families who might not otherwise be able to be involved in YMCA activities. It is the YMCAs mission to not turn anyone away for their inability to pay. In 2005, the Partners With Youth Campaign raised over $168,000.

With community support, we can continue to provide services and programs to those less fortunate than ourselves. Your tax-deductible gift will provide families and children of our YMCA service area opportunities to grow and experience a caring and loving environment at the YMCA.

How can you help? Contact the YMCA branch near you and tell a friend or neighbor to join you in the 2006 Campaign to raise $191,000. Together we can continue to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities for ALL.

Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA

Operations

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2003 2004 2005

ReceiptsContributions, United Way, Grants $365,459 $369,402 $539,050Membership $2,726,704 $3,003,100 $3,435,418Program Service Fees $1,785,626 $1,801,320 $1,815,428Facility Rentals $115,766 $120,318 $138,311Merchandise Sales $76,023 $51,222 $81,952Fundraising & Miscellaneous $84,444 $181,639 $36,917Administrative Support (Metro) $456,304 $544,401 $562,027

Total Receipts $5,610,326 $6,071,402 $6,609,103

ExpendituresPayroll $2,227,734 $2,419,322 $2,628,775Payroll Benefits $454,041 $521,389 $481,067Program $366,187 $392,858 $449,191Contract Services $282,657 $295,922 $261,570Supplies $285,654 $291,375 $356,742Occupancy $833,278 $849,775 $940,998Financing $129,942 $130,979 $158,482Insurance $62,345 $95,675 $103,158Administrative Support (Metro) $476,008 $544,401 $562,027Administrative $386,958 $391,894 $531,443Capital Transfer $105,522 $137,812 $135,650

Total Expenditures $5,610,326 $6,071,402 $6,609,103

Receipts in Excess of Expenditures $0 $0 $0

Balance Sheet

AssetsCash $508,200 $740,508Receivables $117,015 $137,761Investments $644,398 $669,305Fixed Assets $3,753,252 $2,848,308*

Total Assets $5,022,865 $4,395,882

LiabilitiesAccounts Payable $89,619 $116,530Accrued Expenses $84,346 $158,757Other Current Liabilities $10,285 $54,586Deferred Membership Revenue $210,014 $210,717Short Term Debt $29,540 $18,021Long Term Debt $1,085,721 $946,099

Total Liabilities $1,509,525 $1,504,710

Fund Balances $3,513,340 $2,891,172

Total Liabilities & Fund Balances $5,022,865 $4,395,882

*Reflects sale of Putnam County facility.

Greater Daytona Beach Area YMCA



YMCA National InitiativesBuilding Community Assets

In 1990, based on research with millions of young people, Search Institute, in Minneapolis, identified 40 key building blocks of healthy development (called Developmental Assets) that help young people thrive. In 2001, YMCA of the USA and YMCA Canada partnered with Search Institute to create the Abundant Asset Alliance to strengthen the capacity of YMCAs and their communities to provide young people with the support and experiences they need to become healthy, caring, and competent adults.

Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets are concrete, common sense, positive experiences and qualities essential to raising successful young people. These assets have the power during critical adolescent years to influence choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible adults.

National Diversity InitiativeY-USA’s vision for the diversity initiative is that the YMCA movement will be known for practicing

inclusion by valuing the diversity of all people within its associations and the communities it serves. Through training and counsel, Y-USA helps YMCAs increase and support the cultural competence of their staff professionals, volunteers and members. By practicing inclusion, Ys not only address societal trends & remain relevant to their communities but also remain true to the YMCA mission, goals & values.

Activate AmericaYMCA Activate America is an innovative public health initiative of the YMCA movement that

is making healthy living a reality for millions of Americans. This initiative is the YMCA’s response to America’s growing obesity, chronic disease and health care crisis. There are three key components to Activate America: organizational improvement, community leadership and strategic partnerships. The work done under each of these components will help to refine how YMCAs operate to better serve health seekers, the role YMCAs play in our nation’s communities, and how YMCAs will work with local and national partners to promote healthier living.

YMCA READS! ProgramThe YMCA READS! Program was formed to improve the reading skills of 1st and 2nd graders in

low income and low performing schools. The YMCA along with volunteers from Bethune Cookman College conducts the READS! Program with students in the Turie T. Small Elementary School. The youth participating in the program are existing members of the YMCA; many of these young people will be incorporated within the before and after school care programs throughout the school year.

40 Developmental AssetsTM

1. Family Support-Family life provides high levels of love and support.2. Positive Family Communication-Young person and her or his parent(s) communicate positively,

and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parents.3. Other Adult Relationships-Young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults.4. Caring Neighborhood-Young person experiences caring neighbors.5. Caring School Climate-School provides a caring, encouraging environment.6. Parent Involvement in Schooling-Parent(s) are actively involved in helping young person succeed

in school.

7. Community Values Youth-Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth.8. Youth as Resources-Young people are given useful roles in the community.9. Service to Others-Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week.

10. Safety-Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood.

11. Family Boundaries-Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person’swhereabouts.

12. School Boundaries-School provides clear rules and consequences.13. Neighborhood Boundaries-Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people’s behavior.

14. Adult Role Models-Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior.15. Positive Peer Influence-Young person’s best friends model responsible behavior.16. High Expectations-Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.

17. Creative Activities-Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice inmusic, theater, or other arts.

18. Youth Programs-Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, ororganizations at school and/or in the community.

19. Religious Community-Young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religiousinstitution.

20. Time at Home-Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nightsper week.

21. Achievement Motivation-Young person is motivated to do well in school.22. School Engagement-Young person is actively engaged in learning.23. Homework-Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day.24. Bonding to School-Young person cares about her or his school.25. Reading for Pleasure-Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.

26. Caring-Young person places high value on helping other people.27. Equality and Social Justice-Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing

hunger and poverty.28. Integrity-Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs.29. Honesty-Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy."30. Responsibility-Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility.31. Restraint-Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other

drugs.

32. Planning and Decision Making-Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices.33. Interpersonal Competence-Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.34. Cultural Competence-Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different

cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.35. Resistance Skills-Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations.36. Peaceful Conflict Resolution-Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently.

37. Personal Power-Young person feels he or she has control over "things that happen to me."38. Self-Esteem-Young person reports having a high self-esteem.39. Sense of Purpose-Young person reports that "my life has a purpose."40. Positive View of Personal Future-Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future.

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Category Asset Name and Definition

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Empowerment

Boundaries &Expectations

ConstructiveUse of Time

Commitmentto Learning

PositiveValues

SocialCompetencies

PositiveIdentity

Building Community Assets


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What president said about the Y, “The thing I like about youYMCA folks is the way you mix religion and common sense.”?

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The nation’s first-known English as a Second Language class—today known as ESL—was held at the Cincinnati YMCA in 1856 for German immigrants.

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After World War I, during which the Y ministered to not less than 19 million soldiers of the Allied Armies, the YMCA awarded 80,000 educational scholarships to veterans, providing the model for the G.I. bill after World War II.

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What music legend played a charity concert for the YMCA of Shreveport, La in 1956?

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The Peace Corps, founded by President John F. Kennedy in1961, was patterned after YMCA World Service, which began in the 1880s.


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Mrs. Smith’s pies got their start at a YMCA in 1918, when Amanda Smith sold her home-baked pies one slice at a time at the Pottstown (Pa.) YMCA lunch counter.


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How many children are served by YMCA day camps each summer?

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In his youth, Martin Luther King Jr. swam at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta.


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Swimmers Lindsey Benk, Iam Crocker, Jenny Thompson, Tom Wilkens and Ryan Lochte are among the many Olympians who were Y kids.


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In 2001, YMCAs re-ceived the U.S. Olym-pic Committee’s “Rings of Gold Award,” which recognizes organiza-tions that encourage kids’ Olympic dreams.

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Industrialist Henry Ford taught metal shop at the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit.


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President Ronald Reagan was a lifeguard at the Dixon (Ill.) Family YMCA.


In 1878, the Eighth Conference of the World Alliance of YMCAs met in Geneva, Switzerland, and had on its agenda the creation of a “distinctive international badge of the Associations.” The matter was turned over to a committee, and three years later at the Ninth Conference in

London, the alliance approved the following: A circle, depicting the oneness of mankind, divided at its outside edge into five segments bearing the names of five parts of the world as they were described at the time—Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and America—separated by small decora-tive scrolls called cartouches “upon which can be read in many languages the initials of our title, YMCA.” Inside the circle are the first two letters of the word Christ. The Greek letters Chi and Rho (XP) form the ancient symbol that early Christians painted on the walls of the catacombs. It was used by the Y to remind all that Christ was at the center of the movement. Finally an open Bible was added “both because this divine book is the weapon of warfare which St. John gives to young men, and because it’s the distinguishing mark of the great Reformation. The Bible opens on the Savior’s High Priestly prayer, from which we have especially chosen the 21st verse: ‘That they all may be one...as We are one’—John 17:21.” Behind the book and symbols was an aura of golden rays. The action on the badge was noteworthy, wrote one YMCA historian, because the phrase “that they all may be one” became the supreme expression of the ecumenical purposes of the World Alliance, pulling together those of many sects. Luther H. Gulick, who revolutionized sports and physical fitness at the YMCA, proposed a red equilateral triangle as a symbol in 1891. It was adopted immediately by Springfield College. The sides of the triangle, Gulick said, stood for “an essential unity—spirit, mind, and body—each being necessary and eternal part of man, being neither one alone but all three,” a “wonderful com-bination of dust of the earth and the breath of God.” Gulick wanted something that would “stick right out” and not be confused with the Red Cross symbol “yet be just as simple and strong.” The red triangle was just that, and it swept the movement, carried around the world by U.S. foreign secretaries. In 1895, the annual convention of the U.S. and Canadian YMCAs authorized adding the triangle to the old World Alliance insignia. “The cumbersome design that resulted—a superimposition of the triangle upon the circle, open Bible, and Christian monogram of the World Alliance—was largely reserved for official use, for Gulick’s triangle had long since become the unofficial emblem on the jerseys of athletic teams, over the doors of local associations, and on lapel pins,” another historian wrote. The resulting de-sign of the official emblem dropped the continents, aura and cartouches along the way, though it’s not clear when that took place. They are not shown on the so-called Gulick design. The superimposed logo, first used in 1896, was registered by the National Board of YMCAs in 1965 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In the intervening 69 years, Gulick’s version was revised, with a second ring added inside the rest during the 1950s. It was said that the second ring represented friendship and love without end among individuals. This remains the YMCA’s official emblem. The everyday logo from 1897 to 1967 was the red triangle. About the time of World War I, a blue bar was placed over it reading “YMCA.” The use of the triangle and bar logo accelerated during the war, when it marked the 26,000 men and women from the U.S. Y who served in the United States and France. After 70 years of using symbols in various combinations and styles, some felt the need for a change. “We had shaped and reshaped, used and abused our symbol so much that no strong, single corporate identity came through,” said John Root, Chicago’s general executive at the time. He asked a Chicago designer to produce a new logo. The result was the triangle and bent bar that looks like the letter Y. It was a combination of modern design and Gulick’s traditional triangle. When the National Board met in November 1967, it approved Root’s new logo for use throughout the move-ment. It was registered that same year and remains the official logo. Today, 97% of Americans recognize this logo.

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