Together, we are possibility.

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Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 3 Minutes (Annual Meeting– September 2016) ........................................................... 4 Board Chair’s Report ................................................................................................... 6 Executive Director’s Report ........................................................................................ 7 United Way Leaders of the Way ................................................................................ 8 United Way Staff & Board of Directors .................................................................. 10 United Way Funded Programs .................................................................................. 11 Financial Report ............................................................................................................ Insert

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Welcome and Introductions

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Minutes

Finance Report

Nominations

Board Chair’s Report

Executive Director’s Report

Board Recognition Awards

Closing Remarks

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING

September 21, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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Date: September 22, 2016 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Cambridge Suites, Sydney Minutes

Attending: Brenda Boutilier (President), Denise Martell (Secretary), Carroll Vickers (Treasurer), Lynne McCarron (Executive Director), Erin Gallagher, (Campaign Manager), Brenda Durrah (Executive Assistant), Sean Burke, Jen Ryan, Wendy Thorn, Mary Lou Andrea, Chris Bourque and Chris Bellemore

Regrets: Chelsey MacEachern, Jody MacDonald, Joe Wall, Kaleigh Simpson and Peter MacDonald

DISCUSSION ITEM Info

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1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

United Way Board of Directors President, Brenda Boutilier and Executive Director, Lynne McCarron wel-comed members of the board as well as representatives from member agencies in attendance.

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2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

Copies of AGM Annual Report 2015/16 provided and Agenda revised to reflect the following changes: Addition of UWCB By-law revisions and addition of Community Impact Video

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Wendy Thorn

moved motion

Jen Ryan

Seconded

3. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

Minutes from June 21, 2016 meeting were reviewed and approved

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Carroll Vickers

moved motion

Mary Lou Andrea seconded

4. FINANCE REPORT

Carroll Vickers, Treasurer presented Financial Statements (attached)

Independent Auditor’s Report Statement of Operations and Surplus

Statement of Finance Position

Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to the Financial Statements

Motion approved to reappoint Roach Perry Anderson as independent auditors

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Carroll Vickers

moved motion

Chris Bellemore seconded

Carroll Vickers

moved motion

Wendy Thorn seconded

5. NOMINATIONS

Outgoing members of the United Way over the past two years were recognized and thanked for their con-tributions. Past members acknowledged included: Patty McCann, Jodi Jackson, Jonathan MacInnis, Rob Redshaw, Sheldon Chant, Brie MacIsaac and Allie Barclay. Members who joined the board in the past year were acknowledged and welcomed. Newest members include: Kaleigh Simpson, Jody MacDonald, Wendy Thorn, Chris Bellemore, Mary Lou Andrea and Sean Burke

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6. BOARD CHAIR’S REPORT

Included in AGM Report (attached)

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Brenda Boutilier

7. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Included in AGM Report (attached)

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Lynne McCarron

8. BOARD RECOGNITION AWARDS

Outgoing board member Chris Bourque was thanked for his service and presented with a plaque to acknowledge his contributions. Chris will be training to compete with the national football team in Aus-tralia and was wished well by board members.

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9 & 10. ANN TERRY AND HARVEY WEBBER MEMORIAL AWARDS

Voting for the Ann Terry Memorial Award and Harvey Webber Memorial Award was deferred until the October 2016 board meeting. Executive Director Lynne McCarron indicated response was low and she called on board members and AGM attendees to consider submitting additional nominees.

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Lynne McCarron

Board Members

11. BY-LAW REVISIONS

Review of by-laws took place this past year and was completed by the executive in June 2016. President Brenda Boutilier called for a resolution to United Way Cape Breton By-Laws to include; update to ad-dress of office, definition of fiscal year and language change from member agencies to funded pro-grams.

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Jen Ryan

moved motion

Denise Martell seconded

12. COMMUNITY IMPACT VIDEO

United Way Cape Breton 2016 Community Impact Video was played for attendees and has been posted on the UWCB website. Schwartz Furniture has donated a television and C-200 has agreed to run a video loop of the community impact video during events.

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Lynne McCarron

13. CLOSING REMARKS

Attendees were thanked for participating an encouraged to contact UWCB with any questions or con-cerns. Member agencies were invited to attend board meeting to provide presentations regarding their funded programs.

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Brenda Boutilier Lynne McCarron

NEXT MEETING Next meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 5:00 pm at the UWCB office

AGM Minutes continued

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Board Chair’s Report Welcome Board of Directors both past and present, community groups, distinguished ladies and

gentlemen and supporters of United Way Cape Breton. It is my honour today to host the 2016-2017 Annual General Meeting.

United Way Cape Breton has experienced a year of open discussion and collaboration in 2016-2017. This was evident in the Community Impact Summit that we hosted April 11, 2017 whereby we had opportunity to listen to the community, to learn the aspirations and challenges they see for their community as it relates to child poverty. There were several key sub committees created to begin the much-needed work on key impact areas such as food security, accessible transportation. Collaboration was evident when United Way Cape Breton responded to the natural flood disaster that took place in our community October 10, 2016. We provided a conduit to collect much needed donations and to coordinate with key stakeholders such as the Salvation Army and Cape Breton Regional Municipality, to name a few, to ensure funds were allocated to those in need.

This past year we have demonstrated yet another successful campaign, raising just over 1.8 million (inclusive of flood donations) thanks to the many individuals, corporations, work place campaigns and community events. The community investment committee through its assessment process was able to fund the following programs in each of the three categories of; from poverty to possibility; all that kids can be, and strong communities;

Poverty- 8 programs- 996 participants Kids- 17 programs -2389 participants Community- 7 programs-759 participants

Katherine and Steve van Nostrand continue to champion our actions in reference to raising funds for children living in poverty. The Winter Gala this past year brought in $254,398.00. Their efforts are steadfast in support of this cause and for that we are extremely grateful!

The Strategic Plan for 2016-2018 aimed at reducing child poverty, engagement and governance is completed and posted on our newly defined website. The board of directors continue to work to ensure our business practices are reviewed and evaluated so that we might ensure a level of governance that is current and in line with United Way Canada and supportive of United Way Cape Breton.

As I complete my term as President of United Way Cape Breton Board of Directors I am reminded of a quote by Maya Angelou “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did but people will never forget how you made them feel”. It is my hope that individuals supported by programs in our communities continue to feel a positive impact in their lives and that the progressive work of United Way Cape Breton will result in long term change in our community. Thank You.

Sincerely Yours, Brenda Boutilier President, United Way of Cape Breton Board of Directors

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Executive Director’s Report

This past year has been a bit of an anomaly, with the Thanksgiving Day Flood. We were tasked with receiving donations for flood relief in the middle of our campaign. With a small office staff and limited capacity, we developed a strong partnership with The Salvation Army and CBRM. Raising over $800,000 for victims of the flood, we were then responsible to not only to disseminate the funds, but to address areas of concern such as mental health and lengthy wait lists for counselling. Further partnerships were established with Canadian Mental Health, Family Services and Bereaved Families. It was a valuable learning experience and I believe we provided the best available resources to the community during this very difficult time. A report on the flood can be found here: http://www.unitedwaycapebreton.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/UWC-Disaster-Report.pdf As a result of the work we had begun around transportation, we started plans for a local poverty reduction strategy with the CBRM. A Community Impact Summit around poverty reduction planned for last fall was held in March of this year. At this time, we created a plan to develop a Poverty Reduction Strategy found here: http://www.unitedwaycapebreton.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/UWCB-Conference-Summary-Report.pdf. We have formed sub-committees and plan to work with individuals, government and non-profit organizations with input from people with lived experience and the business community, to create a comprehensive collaborative strategy to reducing poverty in Cape Breton. In evaluating our Community Investment strategy, we recognized that we need a more efficient process for evaluating applications for funded programs. Research for this process led us to EC Impact, an online software system for organizations to become more efficient in the completing the paperwork required for our volunteers to evaluate. The work can be saved and referred to from one year to the next. We are still making improvements to this system, but this is going to help us in reporting on our impact and identifying gaps in services that need to be addressed. To help us implement this new software system, we received funding from the Department of Community Services to hire an additional staff – Coordinator of Evaluation & Learning. This position supports the non-profit organizations in their application, financial literacy and their outcomes. By taking an active lead on bringing these people together around common interests, we are hoping to have more organizations work collaboratively and become more effective and efficient. With our partnership with United Way Centraide and United Way Worldwide, we are continuing to improve our organization. Through the Business Process Index, we are evaluating how we compare to the best United Ways. From this process, we can set goals and make the necessary changes to become stronger. While we have a minimum standard that we are required to meet, our Board of Directors wants more for Cape Breton. As a result, we have added policies and procedures and set goals within our strategic plan that align with these improvements. I am proud to say that we have made great strides this year in making United Way Cape Breton more accountable to our donors. We continue to work with the Community Action Board (CAB) on the Housing First Initiatives, local municipalities on children’s and youth programs, with the Food Hub around Food Security and the Community Foundation of NS around collaborating to build stronger communities. Our goal is to reduce child poverty by 5% within 5 years, we are already into year three, and we are optimistic that our Cape Breton communities will join us in reaching our goal. Thank you for your continued support, Together We are Possibility.

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True leaders know the importance of contributing to their community. They feel proud that their efforts help move people from poverty to

possibility and enable local kids to be all that they can be. They know that healthy people make a strong community.

A huge thanks to this past campaign’s Leaders of the Way! GOLD ($1,000.00–$1,499.00)

Individual: Harold & Diane Schwartz Arlene Butts George & Sharon Unsworth Ray Meredith Dawn White Barbara Baillie Peter Campbell Gerry Mackenzie Dr. Dale Miller Wendy Rhodes David & Christine Jamael Juanita Currie

Francois Toupin Sidra Martin

Mark Boutilier Heather Ross-Hickey Brian M. LeBlanc Gerard Ferguson

Belinda Campbell Shelley MacLeod

Beverley Burton Lorne Penny

Laura MacPherson Roderick MacMullin Nicole MacDonald Ron MacNeil

Ken Reynolds Thomas Fleming

Kathyrn Holmes Lorne MacNeil

Krystal Stone Allen Britten

Tom Urbaniak Xu Zhang

Celia O’Shea Carolin Kreber

Sandra Jack-Malik Dr. Jean Crosby Amy Bennett Vincent MacPherson Conrad Linloff David Sangster

George Wright Curdis Karrel

Mike MacKeigan Donnie & Colleen Sives

Corporation:

Island Distributors Ltd. City Print Plus Joneljim Concrete Construction Sydco Fuels Ltd. Joneljim Investments Port Hawkesbury Paper S&M Trucking John & Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation

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PLATINUM ($1,500.00–$1,999.00)

Individual: Glenn Marchand Charlie MacDonald

Corporation: Bentick Investment Ltd. PATRON ($2,000.00 +)

Individual: Dr. Andrew & Karen Wawer Dr. Murdock & Frances Smith John & Marie Campbell David Hart Kenneth Morrison Dave Cluett Roy Glenn Jason Hanam Melvin Pierce Dana Ryan Bruce Woolridge Blaise MacDonnell Timothy Delorey

Corporation: Joe’s Warehouse Ltd. CIBC Bell Aliant Scotia Bank Protocase Great West Life

BMO CBRM

TELUS Cape Breton Post

Marquis Reality Steve Lewis Auto Body

Brilun MacDonald Auto Group

Polysteel Membertou

Paul Davis Systems/Cleanserv Jim Sampson Motors

Cape Breton Hyundai Sydney Credit Union

Encara Ltd. Aucoin Renovations

Municipal Ready Mix MacIntyre Chevrolet

Boston Pizza Eyking Farms

RBC Belmac

Kubota 101.9 The Giant (NewCap)

Louisbourg Seafoods Seaside Communications

Clearwater Maritime Radio

Nustar Emera (Nova Scotia Power)

Eastlink Bed, Bath & Beyond Atlantic Poly Liners Inc. Tom MacDonald Trucking

Enterprise Suncor TD Canada Trust Roach Perry Anderson

MECO Construction Hillberg & Berk

CTV

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STAFF: Lynne McCarron Executive Director

Brenda Durrah Executive Assistant

Erin Gallagher Campaign Manager

Jill Gardiner Coordinator, Learning & Evaluation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-2017: Brenda Boutilier

President Peter MacDonald

Vice President Joseph Wall

Second Vice President Carroll Vickers

Treasurer Denise Martell

Recording Secretary

Board Members: Jen Ryan

Sean Burke

Mary Lou Andrea

Jody MacDonald Wendy Thorn

Chris Bellemore Kaleigh Simpon

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Organization Name Staff Contact Email Address Phone Number

Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County

Karen Blair alabc@@syd.eastlink.ca 902-564-8404

Bereaved Families of Cape Breton

Wynn MacNeil infobf@seaside.ns.ca 902-564-6795

CNIB Pamela Gow-Boyd Pamela.Gow-Boyd@cnib.ca 902-454-6570

Cape Breton Centre for Sexual Health

Vanessa Walker pp.cb@bellaliant.com 902-539-5158

Cape Breton Community Housing Association– Homeless Shelter

Fred Deveaux fred.deveaux@cbcha.ca 902-539-0025

Community CARES Dorothy Halliday directorccyo@gmail.com 902-544-0043

EPIC (Educational Program Innovations Charity Society)

Barry Waldman epic.ns.sympatico.ca 902-794-7225

Elizabeth Fry Society Darlene MacEachern efrycb@eastlink.ca 902-539-6165

Family Services of Eastern Nova Scotia

Nancy MacDonald nmacdonald@fsens.ns.ca 902-539-6868

Island Community Justice Society

Heather McNeil icjs@syd.eastlink.ca 902-563-2596

New Dawn Meals on Wheels

Kathleen Whelan kathleen@newdawn.ca 902-562-1245

Society of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians

Rosalind Wright rwright@ns.aliantzinc.ca 902-564-0003

Undercurrent Youth Centre

David Sawler davidsawler@me.com 902-849-7559

Whitney Pier Youth Centre Chester Borden wpyc@ns.sympatico.ca 902-567-0240

Y.M.C.A. (Sydney, Port Hawkesbury)

Andre Gallant andre@cbymca.com 902-562-9622

211, NS Mike Myette mmyette@ns.211.ca 902-466-5720