Succeeding in Impacting our Community
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Grants
Bower Foundation $40,000 Fund for Santa Barbara $7,900 McCune Foundation $10,000 Santa Barbara Foundation $8,000 Towbes Foundation $2,500 Total Grants $68,400 Corporate and Business Contributions Christ the King Church $150 Kiwanis Club $200 MarBorg Industries $250 Olson-Franco Family Trust $100 Total Corporate and Business $700 Individual Contributions Board of Directors $881 Private Donors $400 Total Individual Contributions $1,281 Training Receipts Carpet Cleaning $5,395 Contractor Laborers $1,122 Building Maintenance $1,920 Moving Company $3,727 Palabra $70 Printing Enterprise $1,379 Tech Recycling $35 Rummage $2,034 Total Training Receipts $15,682 Fundraising SpringRaiser (March) $555 Fiesta Booth (August) $13,060 Total Fundraising $13,615 |
Josh now has a full-time job with a local company and is married with two wonderful kids. He now helps YStrive help others at special events and during monthly training classes.
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In 2012 YStrive has impacted the lives of youth, young adults, parents, community members and other organizations. Through our many efforts we remain true to our mission of community empowerment by building community capacity one person at a time. Over three hundred individual contacts were made, going beyond programming to build relationships. A vast majority of our relationships span for 4 or more years and some since our first retreat in 2000.
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Annual Youth Retreat (Annual in April/May)
Over 800 Community Services hours toward graduation by High School students and 600 hours by volunteers building "Unity In Our Community"ity. Educational Support Meetings (As needed) Students attended subject specific workshops, financial aids seminars and writing classes. Several of our parents have returned to school to get the high school diplomas Fiesta Food Booth (86 hours of operation over 5 days) 105 hours of food service and training. Food service safety training (Health Department Safe Serve). Customer service to include cashiering skills, promotion, signage and BBQ support Graduation Barbecue (Annual in June) Graduating High School seniors and those transitioning schools are recognized and awarded. Parent participate and provide food. Monthly Follow Ups Meet with one family per month over an eight month period. In-home meeting with families to discuss educational goals, study habits and challenges. Meetings vary by students grade year and academic performance Office Helpers Youth volunteer to plan, solicit donations by phone and in person for various events Saturday Study Groups Students commit to one Saturday a month for a semester to catch up and get ahead on grades SpringRaiser A carnival event, where youth design games, sell meals and monitor younger kids in Jumpers |