Annual

Report

July 1 2013- June 30 2014

Carol A. Ray

Message from Our President & CEO

Use in Annual report under CEO letter

Gateway Community Outreach is very pleased to report that this past fiscal year we assisted over 9,500 families and continue to service all of Broward County and one site in Palm Beach County. This is GCO’s nineteenth year and we have had a great year with new partnerships with local businesses and corporations. Some of the new partnerships are with Starbucks, Southern Coast Enterprises, Bj’s and Walmart. GCO is also finding connections through our fundraising and Networking events and received sponsorships through many of the attendees. Therefore, because of the success of these events we plan to have them at least four times per year. We are in the process of starting our donor base campaigns which will be headed by our new team member Natalie Tyler, who has a master’s degree in non-profit management and a great deal of experience in raising funds. We continue to offer financial seminars for our clients in partnership with Consolidated Credit Solutions Inc. This has helped raise awareness of our program to a new level. We will continue to speak at various functions as they arise and where we have been highlighted at their activity. Our program is consistently being evaluated for changes, new ideas and refinement.

Our goals have not changed in so far as we endeavor to help people enter into self-sufficiency and stabilization, also we could not reach this goal if it had not been for our devoted volunteers and staff. We thank all who continue to support Gateway Community Outreach. Please follow our work at www.gcoflorida.org

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.)

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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.

Program Highlights

“Fundraising

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Auction

Event” 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!!

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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.

“2013 & 2014 Special Touch” Thanksgiving and Christmas Children Boxes Distribution

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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.”

Hunger Hurts….Community Food Drive

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

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A Warm Thanks To Our Partners

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

Gateway recognizes the following Corporations, Foundations and

Organizations that have contributed to the success of Gateway in 2013- 2014. We

apologize for any omissions.

A Warm Thanks To Our Donors

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.

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Client Distribution Chart

Total Heads of HH

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Clients’ ethnicity show mild variations over the past years, although these fluctuations are not statistically

significant. Please see chart below for variations.

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Client Ethnicity2013-2014

African AmericanCaucasianHispanicHaitianOtherOther AsianAsian IndianAmerican Indian

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Client Ethnicity2012-2013

African AmericanCaucasianHispanicHaitianOtherOther AsianAmerican Indian

Rent / Mortgage # of Clients 26

Paid by Gateway Community Outreach

22, 396

Water Bill Assistance # of Clients 12

Paid by Gateway Community Outreach

960

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.

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Board of Directors

Carol Ray – President &

CEO

Carol Fernaays Jose Garces Anne Tanis Josef Zappoli

Advisory Board Members

Robert BonhamPastor Gary Dolphus

Deana Thomas

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