GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ATHLETICS LEARNING AND SERVICE - GOALS

GOALS OPERATES OVER 20 ENRICHMENT AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES 6 TO 19 YEARS OF AGE. ALL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE IN SPECIFICALLY TARGETED DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAMS OPERATE UNDER THREE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN ATHLETICS, LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO HELP OTHERS.DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR GOALS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $359,040 IN DONATED SERVICES AND $862,000 IN DONATED USE OF FACILITIES FROM LOCAL CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS. A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF MAJOR GOALS PROGRAMS OPERATIVE DURING FY 9/30/2024GOALS FOR VALADEZ PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS PROGRAM OPERATES MONDAY - FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR (LATE AUGUST THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MID-JUNE). GOALS PROVIDES A BLEND OF ALL FREE SERVICES FEATURING DAILY ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP TO ASSURE ALL SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, AND WEEKLY FIELD TRIPS FOR GENERAL ENRICHMENT. PROGRAM YOUTH PARTICIPATION AVERAGED IN THE 90-120 RANGE, AND THIS MET STATE AND LOCAL EXPECTATIONS FOR SOLID "ASES" INVOLVEMENT FIGURES FOR THE FULL PROGRAM YEAR. TOTAL (DUPLICATE COUNTS) YOUTH SERVED = 18,000. GOALS FOR OAK VIEW ALSO CONTINUED TO THRIVE AS AN AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM UNDER CONTRACT WITH OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. THIS GOALS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM FEATURES FREE DAILY ON-SITE ACTIVITIES FEATURING ATHLETICS, HOMEWORK HELP AND VARIOUS OTHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS. MUCH LIKE THE GOALS FOR VALADEZ PROGRAM. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR MONDAY TO FRIDAY AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AT THE OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPERATED FOR 12 YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP AND UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. DAILY PARTICIPATION AVERAGED CLOSE TO 80 UNDERSERVED YOUTH OVER THE 180-DAY PROGRAM PERIOD (TOTALING SOME 14,480 STUDENT TOTALS/DUPLICATE COUNTS). GOALS FOR ABC (A BETTER COMMUNITY). THE GOALS ABC INITIATIVE AND FACILITIES CONTINUED AT FULL CAPACITY THIS YEAR AND FEATURED BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE GOALS CLUBHOUSE (RESTORED BY GOALS IN 2018). GOALS PROVIDED FREE "WALK-IN" AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES FOR AN AVERAGE OF 100 YOUNGSTERS EACH WEEK. IN ADDITION, GOALS HOSTED TWO MAJOR COMMUNITY "CLOTHES DRIVES AND DISTRIBUTED AN ESTIMATED $150,000 WORTH OF DONATED QUALITY CLOTHING TO NEEDY FAMILIES. MULTIPLE FIELD TRIPS TO AREA PARKS AND OTHER MAIN GOALS FACILITIES IN CENTRAL ANAHEIM (WITH FREE BUS TRANSIT) WERE ALSO ARRANGED. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024 GOALS ALSO OPERATED EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS SO THAT COMMUNITY YOUTH WOULD HAVE A SAFE HARBOR FOR READING, PLAY, AND SOCIALIZING. MULTIPLE OTHER GOALS LOCATIONS FEATURED AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS AT RIO VISTA, RUBY DRIVE, MELROSE AND TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, GOALS PROVIDED A 32 WEEK "LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY" PROGRAM FOR 125 CHILDREN (ALL FREE OF COURSE). THIS INCLUDED A CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, ON SITE SCHOOL SKILL TRAINING SESSIONS WEEKLY, AND OFF-SITE TRAVEL TO GOALS RINK SITES FOR HOCKEY TRAINING, SCRIMMAGES, SKATING AND ICE HOCKEY GAMES. ALL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. GOALS REVIVED OUR "EVERYBODY COUNTS" IN-PERSON SUPPORT FOR OUR DIFFERENTLY ABLED NEIGHBORS. TYPICALLY, THIS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEARBY NOT FOR PROFIT "MY DAY COUNTS" PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ENRICHMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH "DIFFERENT ABILITIES" (ONCE REFERRED TO ERRONEOUSLY AS DISABILITIES!). GOALS HAS OPERATED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAMS, ART PROGRAMS AND GARDENING PROGRAMS WHILE INTEGRATING SOME SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF, AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS, PROGRAM INTERNS, AND YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN OUR GOALS CADETS PROGRAM. SOME 150 PARTICIPANTS ARE TYPICALLY INVOLVED ANNUALLY. GOALS CADETS & THE SUMMER OF SERVICE. TYPICALLY, GOALS OPERATES A MAJOR REGIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS WHICH INCLUDES GOALS PARTICIPANTS FROM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AGE UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGES. THE PROGRAM HAS FEATURED THE INCLUSION OF "SUMMER ASSOCIATES" SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICORPS VISTA NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUMMER ASSOCIATES' PROGRAM WAS ON HIATUS DUE TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTBACKS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. GOALS IS HOPEFUL THAT THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM WILL BE RESURRECTED IN 2025 OR IN FUTURE YEARS. DURING THE SUMMER OF '23 WE CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL SERVICE PROJECTS AND LIMITED PARTICIPATION TO CORE GOALS STAFF, ADULT AMERICORPS STAFF SUMMER INTERNS AND A GROUP OF TEEN GOALS CADETS YOUTH FOR 8 SUMMER WEEKS. THE FOCUS WAS CENTERED ON SEVERAL DAYS EACH SUMMER WEEK TO IMPROVE GOALS FACILITIES AT OUR "DREAMSCAPE" SPORTS VENUES AND TO HELP BUDDY UP WITH OUR "EVERYBODY COUNTS" THERAPEUTIC RECREATION AND GARDENING PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE "DIFFERENTLY ABLED" PARTICIPANTS. GOALS FOR VALCREST: WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT THAT OUR CONTINUED RESTORATION EFFORTS WERE ON-GOING WITH THE HISTORIC CAMP VALCREST SITE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST DURING MANY MONTHS OF 2024. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE MOUNTAIN "EXPEDITIONS" WITH GOALS COACHES LEADING THE WAY WITH GROUPS OF OUR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. FOR MANY, THIS WAS THEIR FIRST-TIME HIKING AND EXPERIENCING A TRUE FOREST ADVENTURE. A COUPLE OF THESE EXPEDITIONS COINCIDED WITH SNOWFALL, SO WE HAD THE FUN OF SLEDDING DOWN HILLS AND BUILDING SNOW PEOPLE! GOALS EXPECTS TO LAUNCH AS MANY AS 20 MORE EXPEDITIONS IN 2025 AND THEN EXPAND YOUTH ACCESS TO EVEN GREATER LEVELS AS THE CAMP ITSELF IS IMPROVED. GOALS HAS SUSTAINED AN EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LA'S RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT AND HAS ALSO BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE USDA/FOREST SERVICE, CALTRANS AND OTHER ENTITIES AS THESE EFFORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND CAMP VALCREST WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED DURING A 10-YEAR PERIOD FROM THE MID 1940'S THROUGH THE 1950'S AS ONE OF MANY ORGANIZATION" CAMPS SANCTIONED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE A FOREST EXPERIENCE FOR URBAN YOUTH WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY. GOALS HAS PLEDGED TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETURNING THIS HISTORIC SITE TO FUNCTIONING AND TO PROVIDE ALL CAMP SPOTS AT NO CHARGE TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN. THE HOPE IS TO COMPLETE ALL CAMP RESTORATION NEEDED FOR PHASED IN USE. SOME HAS BEGUN BY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDED USE IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED. GOALS ATHLETICS, FACILITIES, BUS SERVICES AND ICE HOCKEY: GOALS CONTINUES TO OPERATE MANY FACILITIES ACROSS SEVERAL CITY BLOCKS IN ANAHEIM WHICH COLLECTIVELY WE REFER TO AS "GOALSLAND", THE ABC GOALS CENTER IN WEST ANAHEIM, AND OF COURSE THE MAJOR ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES DAILY AT ANAHEIM ICE WHICH IS ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL GOALS GOALSLAND COMPLEX OF OUR HEADQUARTERS, OUTDOOR GARDENS, RINKS, TENNIS COURTS, SOCCER ARENA, LAKERS LEGENDS COURT, INDOOR MODULAR TEACHING SPACE, AND BUS + STORAGE FACILITIES. GOALS CURRENTLY HAS A SCHOOL PUPIL ACTIVITY BUS (SPAB) CERTIFIED BUS FLEET OF 2 BUSES, A PASSENGER VAN, PLUS EQUIPMENT TRAILERS AND IS SANCTIONED AS A BUS 'TERMINAL" WITH 45-DAY INSPECTION AND OTHER OVERSIGHT BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. ALL FACILITIES ARE OVERSEEN AND MAINTAINED BY GOALS COACHES AND THE LAND IS LICENSED FROM THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ON A LONG-TERM / NO CHARGE BASIS. ALL LAND IMPROVEMENTS (SPORTS FACILITIES, LIGHTING, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, FENCE LINES, SECURITY MEASURES, ETC. HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY GOALS OVER THE PAST DECADE PLUS. GOALS DID ALSO CONTINUE WHAT HAS BEEN A MULTI-SUMMER SPORTS CAMP PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PLACENTIA YORBA LINDA SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A 5-WEEK INTENSIVE PERIOD DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. THIS PROGRAM FEATURED 5 DAYS PER WEEK/4-8 HOUR DAYS OF SPORTS THEMED RECREATION AND SPORTS GAMES WHICH INVOLVED 5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES AND SOME 400 CHILDREN. ALL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO THE CHILDREN AT NO COSTS. PYLUSD DID SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM WITH A GRANT OF APPROXIMATELY $90,000. GOALS WILL BE EXPLORING NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE UPCOMING PROGRAM AND CALENDAR YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANAHEIM DUCKS NHL HOCKEY FRANCHISE AS THE POPULARITY AND INTEREST IN OUR "LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY" PROGRAM (AS REVIEWED ABOVE) HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.