Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan

Letter from the CEO

Dear Friends,
Chicago: Growing Stronger
On July 1, after two years of planning and prepara- Sandy Pierantoni
tion, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chi- “The merger will simplify the process for me,” said
Let me start by welcoming the donors, volunteers, board and staff who have cago formally joined forces with Big Brothers Big Sandy Pierantoni, senior program manager of com-
joined us from Lake County. We are honored to be united as one regional or- Sisters of Lake County to form one regional organi- munity relations at CDW. “Instead of having several
ganization and look forward to serving more children in our area. zation.This combined agency is a more effective way meetings about similar initiatives taking place with
to deliver high quality, outcome based, sustainable BBBS affiliates in both Lake County and Chicago, we
BBBSMC has never been stronger, more progressive or more effective. We have John Macintosh
mentoring programs to families across the region. can have one conversation and accomplish the same
done this through: objective.”
• A focused approach to this economic downturn This partnership was made possible through the
• “Best in class” management techniques that foster strategic growth to serve leadership of both agency’s Board of Directors, the CDW has been one of the largest corporate sup-
more youth generosity of numerous donors and support from porters of both agencies and has sponsored Big
• Powerful partnerships with a talented team of 46 board members, 38 staff, the mentors, children and families we serve. The fol- Brothers Big Sisters programs and fund raisers in
1,500 volunteers and hundreds of generous organizations that contribute lowing stakeholders provide insight into the many both regions . “I believe the BBBS programs will be
350 Served Lake dollars, leadership and time benefits of the unified organization: more streamlined and mirror one another more
• The support of our many donors who choose to invest where their funds closely,” Pierantoni continued.“Having one complete
1400 Served will have a true impact John Macintosh report analyzing the impact of our program will be a
100 Served “We have a lot of confidence that when we look benefit for our company and our coworkers.” Mark Kaufman
Du Page
Cook We now have a solid foundation with the ability to provide increased program back in 2-3 years,” said John MacIntosh, partner of
10 Served
services and community impact to the entire Metropolitan area. This helps us SeaChange Capital Partners, a non-profit financing Phil Glick
get closer to our goal of providing life-changing mentor relationships to every firm that contributed $30,000 to help BBBSMC fund “Already I get a better sense,” said Phil Glick, presi-
at-risk youth in our region. integration costs, “we’ll see that our money was dent of PJG Mediations, past president of BBBS Lake
Served by Big Will Lake, IN
well spent.” County Board and new member of the Metropoli-
Brothers Big Sisters As CEO, I am proud of the strength, efficiency and strategic growth of our orga- tan Chicago Board. “I was at a board meeting re-
nization. As a donor, I am excited to know BBBSMC is a better investment than MacIntosh said they and funding partner Lodestar cently and I was impressed by the people and their
Name: Big Brothers Big Sisters of ever. We did this together- let’s be proud. invested in the merger because they saw strong level of commitment.”
Metropolitan Chicago leadership, clear mission alignment, and an oppor-
Thank you for your partnership and your continued trust. tunity to increase service to the community. “There According to Glick, the Lake County board chose to
Service area: Cook, DuPage and Lake County, Sandy Pierantoni
Illinois; Lake County, Indiana are some mergers you do because you have to save merge for a number of reasons. “It provides the op-
money,” said MacIntosh. “Here, it’s to free up re- portunity to do what we are here to do on a bigger
FY2011 Match Goal: 1,860 sources to serve more matches … which is what scale, greater access to funding and job opportuni-
Art Mollenhauer it’s all about.” ties for our employees. By merging with Chicago,
Programs Offered: one-on-one mentoring
CEO we can have bigger support, bigger involvement and
in Workplace, School-Based, Evening Site Based
Mark Kaufman simplified administration. It just made sense.” Glick
Community-Based, and Club Based

FY2011 Revenue Goal: $3.2 million

The Source of Our Dollars
United Way Other Income
Government,
Full and Part-time Staff: 40
Federal, & State
Grants
Board Members: 46 4%
Headquarters: 560 W. Lake Street, 5th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60661
Special & Sponsored
Board Chairman: Mark Kaufman, President, Events
21%
AthletiCo
Chief Executive Officer: Art Mollenhauer, (312)
207-5601, Mollenhauer@bbbschgo.org
Website: www.bbbschgo.org
Phone number: (312) 207-5600 Corporate
Contributions
18%
“The Metro Chicago Board saw the potential of Lake
County in terms of the number of kids we could
4% serve,” said Mark Kaufman, Big Brothers Big Sisters
2%
of Metropolitan Chicago board chair and president
of AthletiCo. “By leveraging Chicago’s existing infra-
Individual
Contributions structure, we realized we could create a stronger
27%
organization with a much greater reach into the
community.”
“It came together seamlessly,” Kaufman said of the
work needed to integrate the Board, staff, matches
and back office systems of the two organizations.
“It was an aggressive timeline, but it worked. Now,
we’re focused on strategic planning, taking the new
Foundation organization to the next level. In my perspective,
Contributions
24% that means more kids served.”
added that the goal of the merger is to serve more
kids.
Inez Hanan
“I think it’s wonderful for the program,” said Inez Phil Glick
Hanan, a Lake County Big who has volunteered with
the organization for nine years. “I think it will give us
more opportunities. Like tomorrow, we’re going to
the Chicago Sky event.”
“It’s such a wonderful program. I want to see more
people involved,” she added. “We need more Bigs
out there to help more kids in the community. I see
the difference it makes for the kids I see and I want
to see more. I feel the merger will give a lot more
Inez Hanan
support and will increase community awareness. “ Picture provided by The Daily Herald

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In 2002, Big Sister Emily and Little Sister Starresha were matched in the Big
Brothers Big Sisters Community, Based program. As in all of the agency’s men-
toring programs, a professional staff member matches an at-risk youth, the Little,
with a caring, screened and trained adult mentor, the Big. Littles are recommend-
ed to the program through a parent/guardian, teacher or guidance counselor.
Each match is unique, building upon the personalities, life experiences, interests
and assets of the Big and Little involved.
Emily and Starresha are no exception. Their relationship flourished under the
Community, Based model and now, eight years after their initial meeting, both
Emily’s and Starresha’s lives have been positively changed forever.
Emily, a college student, was looking for a volunteer opportunity. Starresha’s
mom, a single parent, was looking for another positive adult role model to help
guide her daughter.
Now, the recent high school graduate is preparing for her freshman year at
Grambling State University in Louisiana. “At age ten, I knew I was going to
college because I spent so much time on campus with Emily. I saw what a great
experience college was.”
Over the years, the pair has attended BBBSMC outings, explored the city and
even planned a party to celebrate their seven-year anniversary. “I’ve always tried
to expose Starresha to things she wouldn’t have seen otherwise, and to educate
her about the right way to do things along the way,” said Emily, who has taught
Starresha how to make a budget, greet guests and write thank you notes.
Most important, they shared their lives with each other, talking about family,
friends, school and more. “She didn’t just get to watch me grow up,” said Star-
resha. “I also got to watch Emily grow from college, to law school, to a career,
to her wedding. I’ve seen how she’s balanced her career and personal life. She
showed me that you really can have it all.”
“I consider her my sister,” said Emily. “Even though technically we’re out of the
program because she’s 18, we’ll definitely keep in touch for life.”
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“I can’t thank my mom enough for putting me in this
program,” said Starresha. “I wouldn’t be where I am
without Emily’s support. Big Brothers Big Sisters is
so close to my heart. When I’m in college, I want to
become a Big Sister.”
Like the more than 800 Community, Based matches
that will be in our program this fiscal year, Starresha
and Emily were provided strong match support and
programming throughout the life of their match.This
support is critical to strengthen the match and en-
sure safety for each child in the program. Because of
this, the average cost of each match is $1,500-costs
include insurance, background checks, mentor train-
ing, interviews and match support throughout the
life of the match.
“It is our belief that the longer the match the stron-
ger the outcomes for the child,” says Senior Direc-
tor of Mentoring Programs, Cheryl Neal. “We have
a match support team that is in contact with the Big,
Little and guardian ensuring that the match is safe
and progressing appropriately. Currently, we have an
average match length of 24 months---but it is our
goal that all matches stay together as long as Emily
and Starresha. It is these type of life long relation-
ships that can and will change the lives of the chil-
dren we serve.”
To learn more about how how you can support a
match like Emily and Starresha, please contact Vice
President and Chief Development Officer, Moira
McGinley, at 312.207.5639 or mcginley@bbbschgo.
org.
Recent Events
(Left to right) Hattie Snider McDonnell, Michael McDonnell,
Michaela Brothers, and Heather Snider
Leadership Board
Derby Days
The Leadership Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Metropolitan Chicago hosted A Day at the Races on
May 1st, 2010 at Martini Park. The Derby-themed
event, complete with mint juleps and a hat contest,
raised over $10,000 to support the agency’s pro-
grams.
(Bottom Left) Big Brother and Little Brother, Brian Cyprian
and Tylum, enjoy the day at the annual Big & Little Picnic
(Below) Long-time board member, Xerxes Bhote, enjoys a day
Big & Little P
of golf with foursome members Gary Freeman, Brad Caldwell
and Michael Gellar
icnic
n ts B ig M a gic Golf C lassic
Lit tl e M o m e
Big & Little Picnic
On Saturday, July 10, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago held its
annual Big & Little Picnic presented by Raymond James & Associates at Skinner
Park in Chicago. Approximately 150 Community Based matches came together
to celebrate their match through fun games and great food.
Little Moments Big Magic Golf Classic
On Monday, June 21, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago held the
6th Annual Little Moments Big Magic Golf Classic at Harborside International
Golf Center. More than 150 golfers enjoyed a day of golf, dinner, silent and live
auction to raise more than $200,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters Community-
Based mentoring programs. A special thank you to Grant Thornton, presenting
sponsor and Natalie Martinez from NBC5 who participated as the emcee of
the event.
Bowl for Kids
Bowl for Kids’ Sake ’ Sake
Bowl for Kids’ Sake, the agency’s largest fundraiser, brought together Bigs, cor-
porate partners and community members to raise more than $200,000. Partici- (Above) Enova Financial mentors take a moment to pose for
a picture at the first annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake Big Bowl, from
pants solicit friends and families for support and enjoy an evening of bowling. left to right: Tiffany Ligon, Stephanie Klein, Marvin Street and
Bowl for Kids’ Sake events take place from January - May annually throughout Kathy McElhattan
the entire region.
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Site Based Programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropoli-
tan Chicago will serve 918 children
Big Brothers Big Sisters School through more than 40 Site Based
Programs throughout the region. Site
Based Mentoring Program Based mentoring operates similarly to
Community Based mentoring in that
Bigs and Littles are matched one to
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is The program is making a real difference, too. “My one but meet at a prearranged space
such as a school, community center
reaching at-risk youth in all corners of our region. In Little did a complete 180° getting her homework or place of business. The agency is
DuPage County, The Marketing Store (TMS) is one done,” said Charmaine Warren, a TMS Big Sister. proud to partner with the following
corporations, community partners
of the companies partnering with us to meet the “Her teachers used our meetings as an incentive. and schools:
needs of high-risk youth in their community through She was really looking forward to our meetings and
a school based mentoring program. knew she needed to do her homework in order to
Club Based Mentoring Programs
come, so she did it.” • Holy Angels Boys & Girls Club
Once a week for the past year, fourteen TMS em- • James R. Jordan Boys & Girls Club
ployees leave work for an hour and head over to • Logan Square Boys & Girls Club
The experience is making a real difference for the
• Robert R. McCormick Boys &
nearby Madison Elementary where they meet in the Bigs, as well. “Being in corporate America, you get
Girls Club
school’s library with fourteen at-risk youth. During bogged down at work and it gets difficult to find the • Louis L. Valentine Boys &
their meetings, Bigs and Littles eat lunch together time to volunteer,” said Charmaine.“It’s nice to leave Girls Club
and talk. They also engage in planned activities orga- work for an hour and know I’m making a difference
nized by a Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Coordi- in the world – and for my Little.” Evening Site Based
• Bears Care Evening Mentoring
nator who encourages the matches to bond, share
Program in Mundelein
and grow together. Mark Landolt, President of The Marketing Store, • Round Lake Evening
fully supports his employees’ participation in the Mentoring Program
“The advantage of School Based programs is that • Waukegan Evening
program. “This has been a great experience for the
Mentoring Program
youth have a supportive relationship within the
company.The mentors enjoy giving back to the com-
school environment,” said Jessica Woldt, the agen- munity where they work, and have developed great
cy’s Director of Partnership Development. “This relationships with their mentees. Their time at the School Based Mentoring
Programs
improves kids’ attitudes about coming to school school is a positive break from the work day and
• Abbott Mentoring Program
and encourages conversations about school and brings them back to the office energized.” • Ames Middle School Elev8
academics.” • Baxter Mentoring Program
• Budlong School
Charmaine Warren standing with her Little, Renee • Cardinal Health
• CDW Breakfast Buddies
• Follett Corporation
• Loyola University/Jordan
Community School
• Marquette School Elev8
• Meridian Group
• Orozco Elementary Elev8
• Ravenswood School
• The Marketing Store
• University of Chicago/Ray
Elementary Mentoring Program
• University of Illinois at Chicago/
Saint Ann
Workplace Mentoring Programs
• CDW Elev8
• Discover Financial
• Enova Financial
• HSBC North America
• JPMorgan Chase
• Northern Trust
• PepsiCo Workplace Program
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• The PrivateBank
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Our Generous Supporters
Thank you to the following donors that provide the much needed funds to support the agency's mentoring programs.
The following support was received in fiscal year 2010 (July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010).
$250,000 +
Atlantic Philanthropies
The Wallace Foundation
$50,000 +
Health Care Foundation of HP
HSBC North America
The Leadership Board of BBBSMC
Searle Funds at The Chicago
Community Trust
United Way of Lake County
$25,000 +
Anonymous (2)
Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund
Bill Nygren Foundation
CDW Corporation
City of Chicago
Crown Family Philanthropies
Mr. Leonard Goodman
Gorter Family Foundation
Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman
Art and Ida Mollenhauer
PepsiCo Chicago
Polk Bros. Foundation
Mr. Herschel Scott and
Mr. Peter Carberry
SeaChange Capital Partners
$10,000 +
Abbott
AthletiCo
Bank of America Foundation
Baxter International Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bauer
Cardinal Health Foundation
Enova Financial
Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation
Chicago Equity Partners
Cubs Care, a fund of the McCormick
Foundation
Edmond & Alice Opler Foundation
Mr. John Fell
Grant Thornton, LLP
The Tommie Harris Foundation Inc.
Hurvis Charitable Foundation, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser
Krehbiel Family Foundation
Lake County Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lynch
Mr. Jon Madorsky
David & Karen Mattenson
Maurice and Meta Gross Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Monson
National City Bank
Northern Trust
Oce’ North America Inc.
Tom and Patricia Novosel
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Raymond James and Associates
REAM Foundation
The Stephen Family
Dean and Karin Teglia
T. Boone Pickens Foundation
The Bill Bass Foundation
The Herbert Charitable Foundation
The Marketing Store
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wrubel
United Way Metropolitan Chicago
$5,000+
Amalgamated Bank
Andrew & Alice Fischer
Charitable Trust
Arby’s Foundation
Barker Welfare Foundation
Baxter International, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Xerxes Bhote
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Breese
Caregiver’s Choice-National
Mentoring Partnership
Mr. and Mrs. John Ciciora
Charter One
Mr. Jordan Dorfman
Jack and Andrea Downing
Brian and Mary Beth Fahrney
First Midwest Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Geraldson
Grosvenor Capitol Management
Helen M. Harrison Foundation
Mr. Jose Hernandez
Highland Park Community Foundation
C. Philip Hodson
HomeDirect
Honeywell Hometown Solutions
Jenner & Block
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Krehbiel
Mr. and Mrs. Mahenthiran
Mr. Mark McDermott
Meridian Leasing Corporation
Ruth & Fredrick Spiegel Foundation
Spencer Stuart
TCF Bank
The Chartered Foundation
The Lawyers Lend-A-Hand
The PrivateBank
Takeda
Trustmark Insurance Companies
Mr. Mario Vassalla
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wehde
William Blair & Company Foundation
Ms. Donna A. Williams
$1,000+
Mr. Joseph Balsamo
Mr. and Mrs. David Alexander
Abbott Laboratories
Alliance Bernstein Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Alphonse
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
American Realty Advisors
Bank of America
Mr. Thomas J. Beardsley
Mr. Ananth S. Bhogaraju
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Birnbaum
Black McDonald’s Operators
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Mr. Aaron Borowski
Mr. Peter Borzak
Mr. Fred Bowers
Bowne Business Solutions
Mr. Samuel Buchsbaum
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Mr. and Mrs. Craig Buchsbaum
C.R. Bard, Inc.
Mr. William Capraro
Careerbuilder, LLC
Mr. Timothy Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. James Cathcart
Ms. Nancy Chiou-Siepman
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
Community Concierge Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John Compernolle
Mr. Matthew Cook
Mr. Michael Crane
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Dahl
Mr. Tony Davis
Dearborn Partners, LLC
Dermody Properties Foundation
Mr. Mitch Dolins
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dralle
Mr. John A. Edwardson
Evanston Community Foundation
Exelon/Commonwealth
Edison Company
Fiduciary Management Associates LLC
Fifth Third Asset Management
Mr. Thomas Fink
Follett Corporation
J eremy & Kari Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann
John and Vanessa Froman
GE
George M. Eisenberg Foundation
Maya Foster
Mr. and Mrs. William Gillespie
Mr. David B. Golub
Ms. Elizabeth Goodrow
Mr. Antonio Gracias
Grand Victoria Foundation
Great Lakes Advisors, Inc.
Paul and Kristen Hadden
Ms. Sally Ann Hagan
Mr. Michael & Barb Hall
Ms. Robin S. Harding
Mr. Corey Harris
Mr. Louis Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hay
Mr. John B. Hirsch
TW Foundation
Mr. Edward S. Jamieson
Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson
Joseph & Catherine Johnson Family
Fund
K2 Advisors
Mr. Andrew Kalish
Mr. and Mrs.Ronald Kaminski
Mr. Christian Kimball
Mr. Grant Koster and Dr. Dana Russo
KPMG LLP
Mr. Harry Jansen Kraemer and
Mrs. Julie Jansen Kraemer
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Landolt
Lefton Family Foundation
Libertyville Township
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Linn
Mr. Michael Loehrke
Mr. and Mrs.Vincent Lovelle
MacKay Shields
Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Martino
McDonald’s Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McIntosh
Moira McGinley and Scott Nair
McMaster-Carr Supply Co
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morrow
Mueller & Co., LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Muriel
National Mentoring Partnership
National Investment Services
New Galilee M.B. Church
Mr. Paul Nigro
Mr. Henry J. Nord
Ms. Ann O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Osborne
Mr. Joe Perrino
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pfaff
Ms. Maxine R. Philipsborn
Mr. Brian Pollard
Mr. Nicholas Pontikes
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. John Raitt
Mr. Brad Roeber
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ronsberg
Mr. Michael Ross
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc
Sammons Preston
Mr. Michael E. Arvan, MD and
Ms. Arlene O. Sanoy Savers
Mr. Mike Schmidt
Mr. Timothy Schott
Mr. Alan Schwartz
Mr. Alan Seligson
Mr. Steve Shapiro
Mr. Jonathan Sherwell
Sidley Austin LLP
Ms. Paula Sneed
Mrs. Lisa Sodeika
McGraw Foundation
State Bank of India
Sterling Fund Management
Seven C. Foundation
Mr. Scott Swank
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Symantec Corporation
Telluride Farm Corporation
The Allyn Foundation, Inc.
The John Buck Company Foundation
Trading Technologies, Inc
Mr. Nicholas Tsatsis
Mr. Joel Tune
UGL EQUIS
Ms. Kathleen Utecht
Mr. and Mrs. James Utts
Mr. and Mrs.Van Every
Mr. William Waddell
Wal-Mart Foundation
Mr. Jonathan Wang
Mr. Todd Wartchow
Mr. Greg Watson
Andy Watt and Diane Pena
Mr. Paul Weaver
Mr. William Whiting & Ms. Helen Reetz
Mr. Neal Wilkinson
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