Annual Report
July 1, 2006 ~ June 30,
2007
Message from Board Chair Person
Dear Friends
of Children’s Chance,
Eleven years
ago, two mothers struggling with their daughters' battles with cancer, came
together to form Children's Chance.
The
organization was started to fill in gaps among the current services provided
for pediatric cancer patients and their families. Since then, Children’s
Chance has assisted families statewide with non-medical needs by funding a
variety of programs. The programs (listed on pages 3 & 4) address the
financial, psychological, and emotional needs of the pediatric cancer
patients and their families.
We must
continue to increase our efforts to ensure that South Carolina families
facing pediatric cancer continue to have the support that they need while
fighting this dreadful disease. Since Children’s Chance opened its doors,
approximately 2,000 children have been diagnosed with cancer in our state
and about 400 have died. Unfortunately, the cause of childhood cancer is
largely unknown and without knowledge of how to prevent it, these figures
will only continue to grow.
I want to
give special thanks to all of our generous donors who continue to work with
us year after year and without whom we could not be in existence. In
addition, I am so pleased and thankful for the new donors and volunteers who
have joined us in our venture this year. These new partners have
implemented creative fundraising ideas and have undoubtedly included fun in
fundraising. The impact of all our donors and volunteers is monumental.
In closing, I
ask you to please continue to help Children’s Chance grow. Along with the
successes of improved treatments come increased long term survivorship
issues. I firmly believe that some of these issues can be minimized through
programs such as those offered by Children’s Chance while children are in
treatment or shortly after their treatment. Together we can make a
difference as our family, our friends, and our neighbors many families
battle against childhood cancer.
Virginie
Daguise, PhD
Chairperson,
Children’s Chance Board of Directors
21 Year
Childhood Cancer Survivor, Hodgkin’s Disease (stage 2B)
The Children’s Chance Board of Directors
The Children’s Chance Board of Directors
consists of a broad mix of people who for many reasons, care passionately
about children with cancer and their families. Children’s Chance proudly
maintains a board of directors with at least 51% of members being either a
parent of a child with cancer, a pediatric cancer survivor, or caregiver to
children with cancer. Our Board members definitely accept the realities of
running a non-profit organization and have taken strong steps to continually
make a difference for children and families facing pediatric cancer. We
would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of the
Children’s Chance past and present Board of Directors! Please see the 2006 ~
2007 Children’s Chance Board of Directors listed below. For a list of
current Board of Directors see page 15.
2006 ~ 2007
Judy Barnes
Kim Brown
Lorena Carlson
Virginie Daguise
DeeAnn Jones
Steven Langer
John Moore
W. Stuart Morgan, III
Joyce Romero
Linda Schermerhorn
Bill Tindall
Thank You, Volunteers!
We want to offer a special thank you to all
of the volunteers who gave of their time, knowledge and resources. Because
of your support, we are able to reach more families facing pediatric cancer
every year. Please remember that it is only through you that we can make a
difference in the lives of these families and continue offering our programs
and services.
Children’s Chance
Funded Programs:
Children’s Chance raises money to fund programs and
provides services and resources that assist South Carolina children with
cancer and their families. These programs are administered directly through
the Children’s Chance office by providing families with discretionary and
angel funds, as well as programs funded by Children’s Chance at three
oncology clinics throughout the state; Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia,
The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and The Greenville
Children’s Hospital in Greenville. We work with the staff at these clinics
to ensure our funds are making a difference in the lives of these families.
Children’s Chance is the only statewide organization that offers programs
that focus completely on non-medical needs for the entire family during a
child’s cancer treatment and recovery. The psychological, emotional, and
financial programs we fund are critical to helping families stay intact and
functional during and after a child’s cancer treatment.
Following are the programs and services Children’s
Chance was able to provide during this reporting year:
Discretionary Funds,
made
available directly through the Children’s Chance office, help relieve
the financial burden families face during a child’s cancer treatment, and
allow families to “just be a family” and focus on helping their child
recover. Some examples of how these funds assist include paying mortgage
bills, electric bills, car repairs, and other everyday non-medical living
expenses. Discretionary funds are available directly through the Children’s
Chance office for any family in South Carolina who has a child with cancer
regardless of where that child is treated.
Angel Funds,
also
available directly through the Children’s Chance office, provide families
with immediate “out of pocket” living needs such as gas and food cards.
These funds are helpful to families who spend time in hospitals away from
the comforts of home. Angel funds allow families to travel to and from
clinic appointments without the worry of paying for gas and food. Angel
Funds are also available directly through the Children’s Chance office for
any family in South Carolina who has a child with cancer regardless of where
that child is treated.
The Ryan Crout Art
Therapy Program,
available
through Palmetto Health’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders,
offers children with cancer an opportunity to express their creativity,
desire for normalcy and hope, through drawing and painting. It also
provides children and their siblings a pleasant distraction from the
hospital setting.
The Children’s Chance
Counseling Program,
provided
through the Children’s Chance office, and funded by the Lance
Armstrong Foundation and the Lipscomb Family Foundation, pays for counseling
by a certified counselor for children with cancer and their immediate
families. The purpose of this valuable program is to provide emotional
support to help families manage the intensity of cancer treatment and any
subsequent challenges that result from the cancer.
The Sibling Program,
administered
through the Children’s Hospital of the Greenville Hospital Systems, provides
a support group for siblings ages 7-12, coping with a brother or sister who
has been diagnosed with cancer or a blood disorder. This program allows the
sibling the opportunity to express their feelings, concerns, and questions
about the treatment their brother or sister is receiving.
Teen Support Programs
provide a place for teens to “just be teens” during and after cancer
treatment, and allows them to talk about the challenges of cancer with their
peers. Through the funding for these programs, trips like places to the
beach or mountains are offered to the participants.
The following are teen support groups sponsored by
Children’s Chance:
Lasting Impressions
at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC
SCAT (Surviving Cancer
All Together)
at Greenville Hospital Systems in Greenville, SC
Can-Teen
at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
Bereavement Program
is to provide
ongoing support to the families whose children have died from cancer during
the past two years.
Neuro-Oncology Clinic
is to provide
a comprehensive assessment of children with brain tumors.
Family Weekend
is a program for
children who have been diagnosed with cancer during the past two years and
their families. The program helps the families enhance their coping skills,
reduce the isolation among the families and within the families, and reduce
individual and family stress.
Lunch and Learn Series
provides
useful information to parents of children with cancer to help them develop
better coping skills, and to reduce their sense of isolation.
Transition Recovery
After Cancer Clinic
is to provide a
comprehensive assessment and educational plan for pediatric cancer
survivors.
Pre-Teen Support
an adolescent
support group for pre-teens with cancer to relate to their peers who are
going through the same thing.
Music Therapy can be used for diversion when a child is experiencing
a painful procedure, to maintain/improve fine motor skills, to facilitate
communication and self-expression and to bring joy and laughter to children
during the course of treatment.
Community Support:
Children’s Chance continues to sponsor community events for children
with cancer, their families, and the community. Recent events sponsored by
Children’s Chance include:
School Supply Bash
Children’s Chance sponsored a Back to School Bash for SC children
with cancer and their siblings. Sponsored by a grant from the Gannett
Foundation and supplies donated by the SC State Surplus Group,
Children’s Chance was excited to give out free school supplies to children
fighting cancer and their siblings just in time to start off the school
year.
Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month
September is nationally recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month. Many local restaurants, businesses, schools, and community
organizations raised money and took time to honor or remember
children with cancer in special ways. Children’s Chance hosted a
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Ceremony at Palmetto Richland
to
honor and remember those affected by pediatric cancer.
Carolina Q Cup Backyard
BBQ Contest
Children’s Chance teamed up with the SC BBQ Association to
participate in the Backyard BBQ Division of the Carolina Q Cup.
Families who have a child with cancer competed by making their
own
sauce and cooking chickens, to see who really had the best
backyard BBQ.
To keep up with all of
Children’s Chance happenings, don’t forget to visit us online at:
www.childrenschance.org
Fundraisers
Children’s Chance has several annual fundraisers throughout the year, and we
appreciate the continued community support which allows our special events
to be successful every year. Thank you to all the individuals who donate
their time, talent, and resources to assist with special events and
fundraisers – you know who you are! For a complete and updated list of
all of our fundraisers, please visit us online at www.childrenschance.org.
Some fundraisers include:
CAPS Soccer Clinic-
The
University of South Carolina
Varsity Men’s Soccer Team, under the leadership of
Coach Mark Berson, continue to host a fantastic soccer
clinic to teach children and parents the fundamentals of
the game of soccer. The Child and Parent Soccer Clinic
raised close to $2,000 this year for Children’s Chance, and it
continues to be a very popular event for aspiring
young soccer players.
Billy Mill Charity Golf
Classic -
Thanks
to the continued
generosity of the Mill Family, PASCO, and the Junior Woman’s
Club, in the past 9 years this annual event has raised over
$318,000 for Children’s Chance. Held at The Country Club of
Lexington, The Billy Mill Charity Golf Classic has been attended
by
players throughout the nation and local celebrities.
The 2007 tournament was held on May 21st, and raised a
record of $67,000. Over 145 players participated, the highest
number yet.
The 2008 tournament will be held on June 5th.
Golfers of all levels and sponsors are encouraged to be
part of this signature event.
Zig the Pig:
Zig is the lovable,
zebra striped ambassador for Children’s Chance. He knows he has a very
important job – helping kids with cancer. Through his book, Zig Goes to
School, he tells his story about cancer and the importance of
friendships and giving back to your community. Zig may be adopted in the
form of ziggybanks by schools, community groups, businesses, churches, etc,
to help him raise money for SC children with cancer and their families. To
learn more about Children’s Chance lovable ambassador, Zig the Pig, please
visit www.zigthepig.org.
Grants and Foundation
Support (July 1,
2006 – June 30, 2007)
Children’s Chance was supported by several
prominent local and national organizations through foundation and grant
funding over the past year. We are privileged to benefit from these
generous groups.
Allstate Foundation
Bonner Family Private
Foundation
Children’s Charities of
the Midlands
Lipscomb Family
Foundation
Publix Supermarket
Charities
The Adele A. & Harold J.
Westbrook Foundation
The Kroger Foundation
The Spartanburg County
Foundation
The Woman’s Club of
Columbia
Children’s Chance
Publicity
Children’s Chance would like to offer a big THANK YOU to all of the
local and statewide media outlets who continue to provide
great publicity to our organization and the families we serve. Your
assistance is critical to the success of our organization and helps us
provide services to children fighting cancer and their families throughout
South Carolina. Thank you for your continued support!
Featured below are just a few samples of the many news clippings which
Children’s Chance was gracious to receive this past year:
Financial Overview
July 1, 2006 – June 30,
2007
Children’s Chance
continues to maintain a strong sound financial position; using donations we
receive to most effectively help families in need. Through our marketing
efforts and communication among families who have benefited from the
programs we fund, and with the assistance of the clinics and other
non-profit organizations, more and more families are using the programs we
fund every year.
The accounting firm of
Kyle and Company, P.C. conducted our audit for fiscal year ended June 30,
2007. The costs of providing Children’s Chance program services and other
activities have been summarized below.
Children’s Chance
devoted 85.15% of its total expenses to program services during fiscal year
ending June 30, 2007.
Programs = 85.15%
Fundraising = 7.58%
Administration = 7.27%
Statement of Assets,
Liabilities and Net Assets
Cash Basis
|
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
Cash |
34,682.00 |
|
|
|
|
ASSETS WHOSE
USE IS LIMITED OR RESTRICTED
|
|
|
Cash |
68,906.00 |
|
Investments |
113,731.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FURNITURE AND
EQUIPMENT |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
217,319.00 |
|
|
|
|
LIBIABILITES |
|
|
Accrued payroll taxes |
2,889.00 |
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS |
|
|
Unrestricted |
75,924.00 |
|
Temporarily restricted |
24,775.00 |
|
Permanently restricted |
113,731.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS |
217,319.00 |
Statement of Revenues,
Expenses and
Changes in Net Asset
Cash Basis
|
Changes in
unrestricted net assets |
|
|
Revenues and
gains |
|
|
Fundraising |
80,656.00 |
|
Grants |
20,500.00 |
|
Individual Contributions |
63,014.00 |
|
Investment Income |
1,393.00 |
|
Other Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
Program Services |
208,607.00 |
|
Fundraising |
16,720.00 |
|
General and administration |
33,856.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENSES |
(93,620.00) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets
released from restrictions |
|
|
Satisfaction of spending
restrictions |
27,558.00 |
|
|
|
|
DECREASE IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS |
(66,062.00) |
|
Changes in
temporarily restricted net assets |
|
|
Grants |
18,150.00 |
|
Contributions |
5,721.00 |
|
Investment Income |
0.00 |
|
Net assets released from
restrictions |
(22,357.00) |
|
|
|
|
INCREASE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED
NET ASSETS |
1,514.00 |
|
|
|
|
Changes in
permanently restricted net assets |
|
|
Investment income and unrealized
losses |
15,785.00 |
|
Net assets released from
restrictions |
(5,201.00) |
|
|
|
|
INCREASE IN PERMANENTLY RESTRICED
NET ASSETS |
10,584.00 |
|
|
|
|
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS |
(53,964.00) |
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS AT
BEGINNING OF YEAR |
268,394.00 |
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR |
214,430.00 |
Contributors &
In-Kind Donors
We
would like to offer a
special thank you
to all of our contributors and in-kind donors. Children’s Chance is
thankful for the many generous gifts and in kind donations of time, talent,
and money. While we could not attempt to list all of the individuals,
businesses, and organizations that helped us through in kind donations and
contributions, we express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for your
continued support of SC children and families facing pediatric cancer. You
know who you are. Without you, our mission would not be met!
Grand Sponsors
($5,000 +)
Bonner Family Private
Foundation
Carolina Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Central Carolina
Community Foundation
Lipscomb Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Taylor
PASCO / The Mill
Family
The Woman’s Club of Columbia
Zig the Pig
Sponsors
($1,000-$4,999)
ACE Drywall
AG Corporation
American Fabrication Corporation
Associated Sprinkler Co.
Dr. & Mrs. John T. Beard
Mr. James Hopkins
Jesse’s Outdoor Sauce Co.
Dr. & Mrs.. James C. Bishop
Dr. & Mrs. Morris Blachman
Mr. & Mrs. John Boudreaux
Ms. Lucile G. Boyle
Mr. Jack Brantley
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Carlson
Carolina
Recreational Properties
Dr. & Mrs. Scott Carroll
Mr. Bobby Catoe
Central Carolina Sprinkler Co.
Central Chapter SC Association CPA
Mr. & Mrs. William Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Chapman
Mrs. Henrietta H. Clark
Collegiate Financial Services
Mr. Sidney Copleston, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Corley
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie A. Cotter, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Dean
Mr. & Mrs. Allen DeFoe
Delassus & Associates Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dobson
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Donatelli
Mr. & Mrs. Remmel Dudley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Dudley, Jr.
Eastminster Presbyterian Church – Frank Hardin Sunday School Class
Edcon Inc.
Ms. Martha Edens
Edison’s Custom
Embroidery
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Elkins
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Elliot
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Elliot
F & D Electrical Contractors
Mr. & Mrs. George C. Fant
Mrs. Mary Fant
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Felder, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ginn
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Grant
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hartsell
Mrs. Mary Anne Hess
HFTC
James M. Pleasants Company
Ms. Janis Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Ashby M. Jordan, Sr.
Pink House
Kiwanis Club
Ms. Delura Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Marion Knox, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. David L. Kulbresh
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Mack
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Mann
Mr. & Mrs. Robert May
Mrs. Louise McFarland
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie McKie
Midas Muffler Shop
Ms. Judith Mill
Mr. & Mrs. Bentley Murrell
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Nelson
Dr. Francis & Dr. Mary Neuffeer
North United Methodist Women
Mr. Ronald Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Phifer
Piggly Wiggly Carolina
Dr. & Mrs. Dalton S. Prickett
Mr. & Mrs. Long Quan
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Mr. Wayne Renwick
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Rheiner
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Skipper
Southern Payroll
Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Stinson
The R. L. Bryan Company
The Spartanburg County Foundation
Mr. John Tobias
Ms. Kay W. Bodie Ttee
Ms. Holly Valenta
Mr. & Mrs. J. Calhoun Watson
Mrs. Tina Weinhold-Moore
Ms. Edith Whatley
Mr. & Mrs. Tom White
Mr. Robert Wilkins
Mr. Gary Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Wilson