Annual Report

1. Annual Report July 1 2013- June 30 2014 “Gateway Lights Up the Community”

2. Message from Our President & CEO Carol A. Ray

3. Program Highlights Program Highlights With eight (8) satellite sites in operation within Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Gateway Community Outreach sites are staffed with a magnitude of volunteers dedicated and committed to the needs of those in their communities. Each of our sites provided the following services: • Intake/Assessment of Need • 90-Day Crisis Intervention Treatment Program • Case Management Services • Baby Needs • Food Baskets • Bus Passes • Walmart Gift Cards • Job Search Assistance • Special Needs Food • Prescription Drug Cards • Rent/Mortgage Assistance • Children food boxes • Special Touch Holiday Events Plus Extensive Referral Services That Include: • Clothing • Furniture • Utility Assistance • Homeless Helpline • Food Stamps • Medicaid • Transportation Assistance (T.O.P.S.) Looking Ahead: Gateway Community Outreach is seeking to expand services by actively looking to collaborate with other organizations to open other satellite sites throughout Broward County.

4. “Fundraising & Silent Auction Event” “Fundraising & Silent Auction Event” Hosted at the “VIBE” • Gateway Community Outreach hosted a Fund and Friend-raising event to bring community awareness to the public . The event showcased eight Corporate Foundations who have shown tremendous support towards Gateway Community Outreach for numerous years. This event honored the following corporations: Enterprise Rent a Car, TD Bank, Florida Power and Light, TJX Companies, Jarden Consumer Solutions, Wal-Mart, Publix Supermarkets Charities, Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund and McCormick Foundation Fund. The Silent Auction and Networking proved to be a fun-filled night for everyone!!

5. “2013 & 2014 Special Touch” “2013 & 2014 Special Touch” Thanksgiving and Christmas Children Boxes Distribution Our “Special Touch” program is designed to provide that “Special Touch” to those families, individuals and children who are in extra need during specific times of the year. The holiday season is suppose to be a joyous time, but for some it can be a depressing and lonely time of the year. Gateway Community Outreach provides that Beacon of “light” to those families who are experiencing times of darkness. Our Children Box Summer Distribution program provides our youth with a healthy food box just for them. Nutritious and fun food for those young appetites are provided. During the holiday season our “Special Touch” Holiday program provides the makings for a complete, healthy, fresh holiday meal for families to cook and enjoy with each other. During the month of December Gateway provides toys for our young tots, wrapping paper, gift cards and personal hygiene products for all members of the family. Gateway Community Outreach helps make the holiday season a joy-filled time of the year for the families we serve.

6. 2014 Community Food Drive Hunger Hurts….Community Food Drive Brothers Matthew and Michael Carapazza implemented the “Hunger Hurts” food drive on Gateway Community Outreach’s behalf. Matthew a Senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School started his food drive collection at Starbucks, “I’m reaching out to you and hoping to make a difference…to feed the hungry” was his request. He then got his fellow classmates involved and they brought non-perishables food items to be donated to Gateway Community Outreach. The “Hunger Hurts’ Food Drive grew and grew. Some of the businesses that participated were Starbucks, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, and You Fit Health Club. Matthew said “No matter how you say it, Hunger Hurts and if we join together we can make it alittle less painful for another in need.”

7. Thanks To Our Partners Gateway Community Outreach is proud to acknowledge certain corporate alliances whereby through deed or monetary pledge supported GCO’s focus and mission: • Bazaar International Supermarket • Broward First Call for Help - 211 • Career Source of Broward County • Children Services Council • Coalition to End Homelessness • Community Presbyterian Church • Consolidated Credit Solutions, Inc. • Covenant House • Deerfield Beach High School • Ft. Lauderdale Housing • Jewish Family Services • Legal Aid Service of Broward County • Life Net For Families • N.E. Focal Point Senior Center • Palm Beach First Call for Help 211 • Papa Johns • Project Lifeline/Moran Foundation • Publix • Soref • Starbucks • Wal-Mart • Women in Distress of Broward County A Warm Thanks To Our Partners

8. Thanks To Our Donors • Lydian Preferred Capital Corp. • Double Eagle-Budweiser • United Way • Sharp General Contractors • ABC Liquors, Inc. • Zion Lutheran School/Church • Seton Ridge Children’s Center (Coral Springs) • Batchelor Foundation • Blum Foundation • Coral Springs Community Chest • Edward W. Smith • Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation • FPL • Jarden Consumer Solutions • Jim Moran Foundation • JM Family Enterprises • Kopp Foundation • Kramer Memorial Foundation • Lawrence A Sanders Foundation • The Martha G. Moore Foundation • TD Bank Foundation • Publix • Schmidt Family Foundation • Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund (A McCormick Foundation Fund) • TJX Foundation • William R. Watts Foundation, Inc. • Zale Foundation A Warm Thanks To Our Donors Gateway recognizes the following Corporations, Foundations and Organizations that have contributed to the success of Gateway in 2013- 2014. We apologize for any omissions.

9. Distribution Report Distribution Report Each client receives individualized case management that meets their needs to assist them on the road to self-sufficiency. This fiscal year we assisted 23,300 individuals, consisting of 9,505 heads of household, 5,504 children and 8,291 additional adults.

10. Client Ethnicity Clients’ ethnicity show mild variations over the past years, although these fluctuations are not statistically significant. Please see chart below for variations. Client Ethnicity

11. Senior Services Report Senior Services Report The Senior population, one of our main focus of Gateway Community Outreach, is categorized as those 50 years of age or older. Some seniors require only food, while others require direct assistance from GCO. With our extensive referral database we are able to provide Senior Citizens assistance with rent, water and other needs. We also connect our Veterans with the resources they are in need of. Nearly half (43%) of Gateway Community Outreach dealings with seniors results in “other referrals” where seniors can be directed to specific agencies to full-fill their needs.

12. Board of Directors Board of Directors Carol Ray – President & CEO Carol Fernaays Jose Garces Anne Tanis Josef Zappoli Advisory Board Members Robert Bonham Pastor Gary Dolphus Deana Thomas