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Celebrating 40 years

of helping children succeed.

2008 Annual Report

ContentsLetter

p. 2

1960s p. 3

1970s p. 4

1980s p. 5

1990s p. 6

2000s p. 7

2008 Fiscal Year p. 8

Highlights p. 9

Program Location Map p. 10

Program & Youth Data p. 11

Acknowledgements p. 12

Financial Statement p. 13

Community Advisory Council p. 14

Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success Fund p. 16

Success Stories p. 17

Eckerd Youth Alternatives Leadership

Board of Directors: ®

Kenneth Massey, J.D., Chief Development Officer

The beginning of many

endings.

I n many ways, 2008 was a year of beginnings. We launched five new community-based

became the lead agency for community-based care in Pinellas and Pasco Counties.

of those first kids whose lives were turned around have now successfully reached middle age.

And the organization devoted to helping them get there has reached a new level of maturity, too.

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An anniversary year is an especially good time for an organization to look back on where it

to celebrate not only our tremendous accomplishments over the past 40 years, but also the amazing legacy of our founders, Jack and Ruth Eckerd.

Eckerd Youth Alternatives (EYA) to invest in organizational growth and achieve even greater excellence—a plan that saw consistent progress in fiscal year 2008. As we reflect on the past year’s accomplishments, we see a new Eckerd Youth Alternatives emerging.

Make no mistake—our mission remains the same as it was in 1968. Our commitment to

that we are serving more youth and families through more community-based programming, and we’re serving them more effectively. While residential programs will always be an important part of EYA’s continuum of care, we are proactively adapting to the national shift in youth services towards specialized residential programs and community-based alternatives.

We have also significantly tightened our administrative costs in 2008, while increasing direct care staff and innovative programming. All of this was accomplished to be the finest stewards of resources that we can possibly be in these tough economic times and to serve even more youth and families to our highest potential.

Eckerd Youth Alternatives in 2008 also reached out to communities as never before, both to share the news of the nearly 90,000 youth we have helped during the past 40 years, and to seek support in our continuing efforts. We celebrated our 40th anniversary with a year-long series of activities and launched our first ever Alumni Association.

We are proud to stand among EYA’s dedicated staff of about 1,400 who have made EYA one of the finest youth services organizations in the nation. In 2008, we reached beyond our grasp and achieved more than we ever thought possible. Jack and Ruth Eckerd would have expected no less from us. Every year, every day, we seek to help more kids in more and better ways. We invite you to learn more about EYA and our accomplishments. We also invite you to join us in improving the future…one child at a time.

Sincerely,

Dear Friends,

David Dennis, President & CEO

Kennedy C. O’Herron,

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Eckerd Youth Alternatives Through the Yea rs

1960s A Humble Beginning

Jack and Ruth Eckerd touring the very first campsite at E-How-Kee (now known as Eckerd Academy at

1968. E-How-Kee was the first outdoor therapeutic program in Florida.From 1968

until 1985, Eckerd Youth Alternatives was known as the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation.

When E-Nini-Hassee opened in Floral City, Florida, in 1969, it was the nation’s first outdoor therapeutic program for girls.

Ringing in the New Year (1969) with the promise of

new beginnings and new hope at E-How-Kee.

Although most people are aware that Jack Eckerd revolutionized the drug store industry, few know that he and his wife Ruth were national pioneers in

Youth Alternatives happened in 1967, when Jack Eckerd read a magazine article about a remarkable outdoor

Club. At the time, the prevailing treatment for youth who could not be helped through school or community counseling was hospitalization.

in crisis deserved a better treatment

program, and became convinced that Florida’s youth deserved such a similar positive, nurturing approach to turning their lives around. In

Florida, and opened a small outdoor therapeutic program for boys, named E-How-Kee. It was the first outdoor therapeutic program in Florida.

establishment of an outdoor therapeutic program for girls, E-Nini-Hassee, in Floral City, Florida.

In the 1960s, the Eckerds did not have a strategic plan for Eckerd Youth Alternatives to become one of the nation’s leading youth services organizations. In fact, the organization was not even called Eckerd Youth Alternatives back in those days. (It was called the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation.)

community, and stepped up to help.

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1970s The Reputation Grows

therapeutic programs soon became widespread throughout Florida. In 1972, Florida’s Governor Rubin Askew approached Jack to expand the outdoor therapeutic programs, and by 1976, the organization had four outdoor programs under contract with the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

Educational System, exemplified Jack Eckerd’s belief that the private sector could successfully partner with government in providing effective services for youth.

spread to other states. In 1977, North Carolina’s Governor Jim Hunt approached Jack Eckerd to open an outdoor therapeutic

established four outdoor therapeutic programs under contract with the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, and opened

the decade, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation had nine outdoor therapeutic programs nationwide.

Four of the seven outdoor therapeutic programs opened during the 1970s were in North Carolina. Here, Jack Eckerd helps

Kalu in Hendersonville.

E-Kel-Etu in Silver Springs, Florida, consisted of tee-pees.

outdoor therapeutic

programs were called

Wilderness Education

Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ first outdoor therapeutic program outside of the Southeastern United States (E-Wen-Akee)

in 1978.


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1980s Reaching Out to More Youth

impressed with the success of Eckerd

Jack Eckerd to take over operations of a struggling, state-run residential

known as Eckerd Youth Development Center, became Eckerd’s first residential

therapeutic program in the state of Florida and paved the way for a second such program in 1989.

Expansion of Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs continued throughout the 1980s with four more program openings in the Northeast and

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In 1985, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation changed its name to Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives,

logo was drawn from an actual photograph of Jack Eckerd.

Although public-private partnerships in juvenile services are common today, the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Foundation pioneered the privatization

hosted special events for youth at their home in Clearwater, Florida.

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An aerial view of E-Sun-Alee (now known as Eckerd

former catfish farm, boasts more than 20 ponds and lakes.

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Can we help prevent kids from getting into trouble?

nearly two decades of serving struggling youth through residential programming. Seeing a need to boost academic and social skills in younger children to keep them on the right path, Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives launched Eckerd Early Intervention and Prevention Services in Florida elementary schools.

Also recognizing that young people need continued support when they return home from residential treatment, Eckerd began offering ReEntry services throughout Florida in 1993 to help youth successfully transition to their home communities through aftercare services.

residential therapeutic programs for youth operating in Florida, only six received superior rankings from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice—five of those six programs were Eckerd Youth Alternatives programs.

1990s

Expanding the Continuum of Care

A name and logo change occurred in 1998, featuring the current brand identity in use today.

Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs were referred to as a

magazine article on wilderness/outdoor programs.

Early Intervention and Prevention Services to help boost academic and social skills in elementary school children—to keep them on the right path.

During its 25th Anniversary celebration in 1993, Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives celebrated helping 15,000 youth since 1968.


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2000s

Expansion of Community-Based Support Programs

programs in Florida, Eckerd Youth Alternatives embarked on a serious expansion of its continuum of care in the new millennium. In 2002, Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ first Alternative Day School, Diamond Pond Academy in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, opened its doors to middle and high school students who could not succeed in

privately referred youth and their families. A third Private

Georgia in October, 2007.

Eckerd Youth Alternatives further expanded its community-based support programs in 2007 and 2008 by moving into

evidence-based program models.

continuum of care featured 40 behavioral health and child welfare programs in nine states. Furthermore, Eckerd Youth Alternatives is considered one of the nation’s leading nonprofit youth services organizations in the United States.

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Corey Hill knows little about Jack Eckerd, but he knows this:

Out of the blue, thanks to this stranger, he got a huge break.

By 17, Hill had blossomed into an accomplished crook. Auto

theft, possession of cocaine, battery on a law enforcement of f i c e r.

At a juvenile home in Volusia County, “I just learned how to be a

better criminal.”

Last July, a judge sent him to the Eckerd Youth Challenge Pro-

gram, a spartan ring of dormitories and makeshift classrooms in

the wilds of Hernando County. “We had to sit on logs. If one person

did something, everybody had to sit down and talk about it.”

Hill contemplated escape, “but I didn’t know where I was. All I

saw was woods. By the time I got ahold of a map, I was there

three months and things had changed.”

Counselors taught him to curb his temper by slowing down and

analyzing what was making him angry. They urged him to con-

sider college – him, an errant 10th-grade dro p o u t .

“I started thinking about my long-term future. What do I want to

be doing 20 years from now?”

With a few months of intense study, Hill passed the GED test

He thrived at business, flopped at politics and gave away millions of dollars.

Now 90, Jack Eckerd draws spirit from the children whose lives he touched.

He hardly can speak, but hugs trump words. For his 90th birthday, Jack Eckerd visits one of his wilderness camps for troubled teens. Some are emotionally disturbed,

most have broken the law, nearly all want to thank their benefactor.

Political races were family affairs for the Eckerds. Jack and Ruth hit the tarmac with their DC-3 during his

1970 campaign for governor.

B Y ST E P H E N N O H LG R E N T I M E S STA F F W R I T E R

“People say the don’t want to live to be 90.

Of course, none of them are 89.”STUDS TERKEL

Though a stroke has jumbled his

speech, his inner fire still energizes a

room.

He shakes hands with authority. He laughs,

winks and gestures – and he desperately wants

to convey something important, a passion that

has shaped his life since he left the drugstores

that bear his name.

He locks steady brown eyes on a visitor and

stabs the air for emphasis. Words flow, intense

but indecipherable, until he produces a satisfac-

tory fragment: “the kids.”

Don't forget the kids? he is asked.

He nods, relaxes and repeats, softly this time.

“The kids.”

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Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ fiscal year 2008 will be remembered as a year of celebration, growth, excellence, and unprecedented outreach to serve youth in their communities.

40th anniversary of our founding in 1968. We honored Jack and Ruth Eckerd’s legacy by growing our capacity to serve more kids by about 35%. Growth came by winning the contract to become the lead agency for community-based care in Florida’s Pinellas and Pasco counties and through the opening of several new programs and services:

Pinellas and Marion counties in Florida

Suches, Georgia

Fiscal Year 2008

Dallas, EYA expanded into its ninth state.

At a 40th Anniversary special Founders’ Day ceremony,

memories of her parents, Jack and Ruth Eckerd.

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Highlights

EYA’s mentoring initiatives grew

in 2008 with a $450,000

federal grant to mentor children

of prisoners in Florida’s Pinellas,

Marion counties.

Alternatives programs achieved national accreditation from the Council on Accreditation (COA), as well as the very prestigious Praesidium accreditation.

In 2008, we helped 10,502 young people. Since 1968, we have touched the lives of nearly 90,000 youth. We have helped them rebuild their confidence, redirect their lives, and learn how to make good decisions. We nurtured, we cared, and we made a difference.

Achieving national COA certification for all Eckerd programs means they are among the best in our industry.

Praesidium accreditation is an honor that demonstrates Eckerd has achieved the highest industry standards in abuse prevention.

a third Eckerd Academy campus

in Suches, Georgia, further expanded EYA’s capacity to

serve youth privately referred by parents and professionals.

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Program Location Map Private Academies

1 Eckerd Academy at Brooksville

2 Eckerd Academy at Deer Lodge

3 Eckerd Academy of the Blue Ridge Suches, GA

Early Intervention and Prevention Services

1 Brevard EIPS: Five Schools and Eckerd Mentoring Program

2 Hernando EIPS: One School 3 Marion EIPS

Eckerd Mentoring Program 4 Pasco EIPS

Day Treatment Program

Eckerd Leadership Program Ft. Pierce, FL

Lead Agency for Child Welfare

Eckerd Community Alternatives (Pasco and Pinellas counties)

Residential Therapeutic Programs 1 Eckerd Youth Challenge Program

2 Eckerd Youth Academy Christmas, FL

3 Eckerd Intensive Halfway House Okeechobee, FL

4 Eckerd Youth Development Center Okeechobee, FL

Alternative Day Schools

1 Cascade Academy 2 Diamond Pond Academy

Stewartstown, NH

Areas Served by Community-Based Support Programs Alachua/Ocala ReEntry Program, Circuit 5 and Circuit 8 - Ocala, FL (Marion, Lake, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando and Alachua counties)Volusia ReEntry Program, Circuit 7 Flagler and Putnam counties)Miami/Dade ReEntry Program, Circuit 11 - Miami Gardens, FL (Miami - Dade County)Palm Beach ReEntry Program,

Broward ReEntry Program, Circuit 17 Brevard ReEntry Program, Circuit 18

counties)

St. Lucie ReEntry Program, Circuit 19 - Ft. Pierce, FL (St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee and Martin counties)Eckerd Multi-Systemic Therapy Program (Wakulla, Leon and Gadsden counties)Eckerd Community and Home Outreach Program - Hammond, LA

parishes)Eckerd Community Supervision Program Eckerd Functional Family Therapy

1 E-Nini-Hassee Floral City, FL 2 E-Ma-Chamee Milton, FL 3 E-Kel-Etu Silver Springs, FL 4 E-Tu-Nake

5 E-Ku-Sumee Candor, NC

6 E-Tik-Etu Elizabethtown, NC 7 E-Ten-Etu Manson, NC 8 E-Toh-Kalu Hendersonville, NC 9 E-Mun-Talee Lowgap, NC 10 E-Ma-Henwu Newport, NC

11 E-Toh-Anee Stewartstown, NH 12 E-Hun-Tee Exeter, RI 13 E-Wen-Akee

14 E-Ma-Etu

Outdoor Therapeutic Programs

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Eckerd Youth Alternatives

Alternative Day Schools

0% were minorities

16% were female

Average age at admission: 14.6

Average grade at intake: 8.6

Average length of participation

for successful completers:

6.6 months

69% were minorities

19% were female





7.6 months

Diversion

68% were minorities

30% were female





3.8 months

Hi-Five (Early Intervention and

Prevention Services)

47% were minorities

48% were female

Average age at admission: 10

88.8% showed increase

social, emotional and

learning objectives

Group Home

25% were minorities

38% were female




9.1 months

81% were minorities

35% were female



(Eckerd Functional Family



4.0 months

Programs

69% were minorities

6% were female





9.5 months

43% were minorities

19% were female





11.6 months

Private Academies

16% were minorities

38% were female





7.8 months

ReEntry Programs

61% were minorities

13% were female





7.5 months

Program & Youth Data July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008

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Child and Family Connections, Inc.ChildNet, Inc.Children’s Network of SW Florida, Inc.

Community Partnership for Children, Inc. Connecticut Department of Children

& FamiliesDallas County Juvenile Department

Family First Network, Inc. Family Matters of Nassau CountyFamily Services of Metro-OrlandoFamily Support Services of North Florida, Inc.Florida Agency for Healthcare AdministrationFlorida Department of Children and FamiliesFlorida Department of EducationFlorida Department of Juvenile JusticeGeorgia Department of EducationGeorgia Department of Juvenile JusticeHeartland for Children, Inc.Hillsborough Kids, Inc.

Kids Central, Inc.Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice New Hampshire Department of EducationNew Hampshire Division for Children, Youth

and FamiliesNorth Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice

Partnership for Strong Families, Inc.Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth

and FamiliesSarasota Family YMCA, Inc.

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Human Resources

We Would Also Like to Gratefully

Acknowledge the Following Agencies

and Organizations:

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Cash $5,613,642 Receivables 8,723,727 Investments 5,722,953 Other assets 3,310,419

18,538,449

Current liabilities $9,953,873 Unrestricted net assets: Undesignated 26,020,563 Designated 5,934,754

Federal $4,137,834 State 59,483,680 Local 8,397,345 Private 5,904,105 Contributions 406,896 Investment income 386,027 Satisfaction of donor restrictions 2,218,404 Other 66,804

Salaries, wages & benefits 57,591,556 Employee related 708,339 Supplies & materials 5,857,369

Repairs & maintenance 1,365,570 Utilities 2,018,047

Depreciation 3,114,661 Insurance 1,808,831 Professional fees 2,257,851 Rent 1,059,560 Client related 1,092,270 Other operating expenses 3,337,685

Investment loss (425,781) Change in assets for pension benefits 161,873 Pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost (1,161,311)

(1,425,219)

Financial Statement

Alternatives, Inc.

34,680

97,345904,105406,896386,027

2,218,404804

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Eckerd Academy at Brooksville & Hi-Five Hernando

Ms. Carol BurgessMs. Brenda Wright CasonMr. Duane ChichesterChief Deputy Michael HensleyMr. John HeyneMr. Charles JorgensenMrs. Nancy KaplanCommissioner Christopher KingsleyMs. Nancy LovelockMr. Robert J. MartinezMs. Victoria PorterMrs. Wendy Tellone

E-Hun-Tee

Mr. John H. BallMr. Robert BjorklundMr. Harry DavisMs. Heather A. FoggDr. O. William Hilton, Jr.Mr. James KuipersMr. Craig LevisMr. Thomas J. MarronMr. Brian C. MatthewsMs. Linda R. Sloan

E-Kel-Etu

Alva Kinsey, Jr.Mrs. Brenda BurnsideMr. W. F. GodwinMrs. Wendy HansonMs. Earlene PridgeonMrs. Shirley WilliamsMrs. Beverly Wise

E-Ku-Sumee

Ms. Tammy DunnSheriff Jeff JordanMr. Samuel C. MartinMr. W. Ray Hudson

Eckerd Leadership Program

Ms. Tania AndersonMr. Gabriel GonzalezMr. Woodrow JacksonMs. Marcia MillerMs. Shelly OwensMr. Daniel Rodgers

E-Ma-Chamee

Ms. Peggy G. AndersonMs. Monya H. CurtisMs. Susan GreenwellMr. Lang HollomanMrs. Stephanie LynchMr. Burdette MillerMrs. June MillerMs. Catina Wilson

E-Ma-Etu

Mrs. Mary CunninghamMr. Randy CunninghamMrs. Teresa H. DuncanMr. Michael D. DuncanMrs. Nancy FosterJackie HannonMr. Randall K. HayesMrs. Amy MastinSheriff Dane MastinMrs. Jenny MotsingerMr. Rowan MotsingerMr. Glenn ShepherdMrs. Tammy ShepherdMs. Lori Walsh

E-Ma-Henwu

Mrs. Amanda BryantMr. Chuck BryantMs. Jo Ann CannonDr. Richard Holmes, DDSDr. Denard HarrisMr. Robert E. HimmelMs. Deanna McElmonMrs. Debbie WagnerMr. Steve WagnerMs. Jenny CalhounMs. Heather Whitaker

Ms. Brooke-PollardMr. John HeinzmanKarla J. Kiburz

Eckerd Academy of the Blue Ridge

Mrs. Kathi AnglinMr. Nelson Anglin, ChairpersonMr. David AtkinsMr. Norman CooperMr. Cary D. CoxMr. Robert HeadSenator Carol JacksonMr. James MinerMrs. Ruth Ann MinerMs. Sonia MurphyMr. Tom MurphyDr. Don PruittMs. Theresa PruittMrs. Lou NicholsCommissioner Lamar ParisPastor Jimmy TannerDeputy Russell WalkerMr. Tommy WhiteC. O. WoodyMr. W.C. Nelson

E-Mun-Talee

Jack Moore, Jr. Michael ClementsCheyenne RoachRich SmithDawn CambridgeMarta MearesCheryl DanceDana RusherMike EilandKathi Grenough

E-Nini-Hassee

Mr. James AndersonMs. Leanne HadsellMs. Jodi HendersonMr. John H. HoffmeisterMr. Don ListinskyMs. Linda PowersMs. E. Kathryn StewartMs. Dorothy Zipperer

Eckerd Academy at Deer Lodge

Mr. Gary DarnellMs. Dana GrissomMs. Casey KennedyMrs. Reba LaRueMr. Lee LinderMs. Breneda LivingstonMs. Genger NormanMr. Anthony RobertsMr. Greg StatonMr. Steve Walker

E-Toh-Anee

Mr. Jimmy CrossleyMr. George GoochDr. Sharon MillerMs. Ellie PearsonMr. Greg Reed PlacyMr. E. H. RoyThe Honorable Eric Stohl

E-Toh-Kalu

Mr. Rodney C. Wesson, M.Ed.Mr. David OatsMr. Eric FolkDinette ButlerMs. Amy WillifordMr. Clyde CarterMr. David M. Boeke

E-Tik-Etu

Mr. Rich GlennMr. David MastersonMr. Alan MaynardMr. Eddie NyeMs. Grace ThompsonRev. Donald WarrenMr. Jefferson WeaverMr. David Zimmerman

E-Tu-Nake

Mr. David AllenDr. Garrett BennettMr. Hugh BroomeMr. Donald BryantMr. Lewis Carter, Jr.Ms. Pam Cleveland

Community Advisory Council Members

Community Advisory Councils are so critical—from educating the community about our programs to spearheading fundraising activities, tutoring youth in reading or math to mentoring young counselors—the contributions of our advisory board members are as diverse as the individuals who serve on them.

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Dr. Michael CliffordMs. Deborah K. CollierMrs. Phyllis CraftMr. Richard T. CrozierMr. Thomas DanielsMr. Charles FergusonMr. Mac GainesAngie HaddockHenry Haddock IIIMr. Anthony HowardMs. Josie JohnsonMr. Billy LandfordMr. Spencer MuellerSheriff Jimmie MurkersonMs. Robin RauMr. Jerry RogersMr. Tommy SmithMr. Chip StewartMr. Ronnie SuggsRobert TurnerMr. Charlie WadeMr. F. C. Wiggins

E-Ten-Etu

Sheriff R. Thomas Breedlove

Mr. Woody CaudleMs. Rachel HedrickRev. Richard HendersonMs. Hazel HoltzmanRev. Marion LarkMr. Bill MastMr. Larry Trull

Eckerd Youth Development Center/Eckerd Intensive Halfway House

Ms. Joyce BussellDarrell DonnellyMr. John GurneyMs. Alyce HundleyMr. Frank IrbyMrs. Debbie RiddleMs. Stephanie LockeMr. Juan SolorzanoMr. John C. Williams

Hi-Five Brevard

Ms. Deborah DavisMs. Mary DriscollMs. Mary ErnstMr. Ben GaragozloMr. Ted HacklerMr. Carl HerriottMs. Catherine PalmerMrs. Judith PobjeckyMs. Amber Rogers

Ms. Brooke TippinsMr. Gopa ViswanathanMr. Nate Williams

Ms. Monica BryantMr. Scott HackmyerMr. Howard MoonMs. Stephanie Prisciandaro

Hi-Five Pasco

Cara AllenPatricia DolatowskiMs. Jackie Jackson-DeanMs. Stacey L. SumnerMrs. Lorelle Vanno

Hi-Five Pinellas

Ms. Mary Wyatt AllenMrs. Janet CaramelloMs. Gail EggemanMr. Larry EnglishMs. Lisa FarrellMs. Sandra Jean FediukMs. Blanche GaneyMs. Audrey R. GreenbergMrs. Maxine HammonsMrs. Betty HaywardMr. Dale HutchingsMs. Lessie Jinnie KerdiMrs. Georgina MayhewMr. R. Barry McDowellMrs. Nikki McQueenMrs. Lori E. Osborne

Broward ReEntry

Ms. Susanna ArizonMs. Diann BrownDr. Venice DaleyMs. Donna FleggMr. Ledger KellierMs. Melissa Zelniker

Eckerd Youth Challenge Program

Ms. Bettye MorganMr. Cecil BradleyMrs. Sue NelsonMr. Kelly HighMr. Paul KendrickMr. Mike Germaine

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When Jack and Ruth Eckerd founded Eckerd Youth Alternatives (EYA) in 1968, their vision was for

inspiring vision is the heart of EYA’s annual fund drive for the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success

parents, and staff generates critical funds that help EYA to help even more kids: academic and student enrichment, facility renovation, staff development and training, and much, much more.

is around $130 million. Without a doubt, that is a big figure, but consider this:

youth around-the-clock each day of the year.

administrators to food service staff.

child welfare and juvenile justice budgets.

associated with operating some of the best programs for youth in the nation.

taken together, gifts to the Jack and Ruth Eckerd Children’s Success Fund, whether $25 or $25,000, comprise one of Eckerd Youth Alternatives’ most significant sources of support. And because Annual Fund gifts are typically unrestricted, they can be directed to areas with the greatest need—and the greatest potential for impact.

Every gift matters. Please make your gift today!

The Jack and Ruth Eckerd

Children’s Success Fund

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A few of our success stories.

For abusive behavior, Shanna spent two years at E-Nini-Hassee, the nation’s first outdoor therapeutic program for girls. After a successful modeling career, she is now a nationally recognized champion breeder of Rottweilers.

Jaron Carson, Account Manager

After a stint in a juvenile justice program for dealing

he is an account manager with the world’s largest landscape and lawncare company.

Gregg Webb, CEO

Gregg, a foster child, was sent to

program after breaking into a home under construction and setting fire to it. He now has a family and manages a real estate company in southern Florida.

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