2017 Annual Report

Friends,

I want you to know first and foremost that Goshen Valley continues to grow stronger and more effective. As a ministry that now cares for over 90 foster youth and children within three separate programs, we realize the importance of each of you and the support you have offered our youth. I am significantly humbled to be given the opportunity to lead our efforts at Goshen Valley and to share with you the successes of this past year.

We realize that the children we serve all have something in common beyond being in foster care, and this is trauma. Trauma occurs when a child is exposed to an unhealthy environment and various degrees of abuse and or neglect. In 2017, Goshen Valley made it a priority for our staff to be trauma-informed. We have always known about the challenges our youth have faced, but now we are better equipped to recognize and respond. Goshen’s utilization of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) has created a common language for care within our programs.

As a donor or partner, it is important for you to know that as we scale our efforts in an attempt to reach as many foster children as possible, we do so around best practice. At the core of our mission, prioritizing safety and sustainability allows us to then pursue peace and purpose in the lives of our young people.

In the year ahead, Goshen Valley is positioned to meet the needs of our growing population of foster children while also better serving their biological families and our local community. We realize that our work has just begun, and we will continue building off the base of support you have provided over the past two decades. We are grateful for the platform you have helped us establish, and we are hopeful that you will continue walking with us as we move forward.

Our mission is to create relational

environments that evoke peace and purpose in self

and others.With Peace and Purpose,

Zach J. Zachary Blend, MBA Chief Executive OfficerGoshen Valley Foundation.

Goshen Valley Boys Ranch

2017 held some exciting progress for the Goshen Valley Boys Ranch. After a 2016 focused on growth, 2017 was a year to push the bar further towards excellence.

Goshen was able to reach youth who might have been too challenging previously, and no one epitomizes this more than Bryan. Bryan’s two brothers were at Goshen, and our team wanted to bring the family back together. However, Bryan had been addicted to methamphetamine and was in a treatment program. After several months, Bryan’s therapist felt he was ready to come and live at Goshen.

Although this seemed like a risk initially, it quickly became an obvious right choice. Bryan had a baby and was motivated to be a good father. Bryan began substance abuse counseling, enrolled in GED classes, and began working. He sent most of the money he made to his girlfriend Anna in order to care for his son. These two began to come for visits

and slowly Bryan became more and more of a real father to Lucas. “Goshen has helped me come closer to being a better dad with all the great influences around me,” Bryan stated. “Before I came to Goshen I didn’t have the positivity that made me the person I am today. I honestly don’t think I’d be where I am today without the help I got from Goshen.” When Bryan turned 18, our team created the option for his little family to become part of Goshen New Beginnings and stay in our program. Today, he is learning how to be a father as he and Anna raise Lucas and break the cycle. From the substance abuse program where Bryan started, to Goshen Valley Boys Ranch, to Goshen New Beginnings, everyone worked together in search of what was best for a great young man and his family.

101 BOYS AGE 8-18 WERE SERVED.

A 75% DECREASE IN YOUTH DISRUPTING

PLACEMENT AT GVBR.

We believe every young man deserves to know the safety of a home, the love of a

family, and the hope of a future.

Goshen Valley Boys Ranch, located in the Salacoa Valley of Waleska, Georgia, is home to 46 young men in foster care age 8-18. All boys participate in

therapeutic counseling, public school education, and our comprehensive recreation program, all while living in a unique, family-based home.

SIMS COTTAGE OPENED TO CARE FOR MORE CHALLENGING YOUTH, ALLOWING

YOUTH WITH HIGHER LEVEL NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE THE FAMILY MODEL.

Goshen New Beginnings

Last year, GNB had a renewed focus on vocational needs and long-term employment opportunities for our youth. Through this focus we developed a Vocational Program centered on equipping youth with the skills necessary for stable employment. Our community partners were incredibly valuable in this process, coming to our aid in trainings and employment opportunities. We have had local business partners lead trainings for our youth on resume building, interviewing, personal finance, and many other relevant employment topics.

The success in employment has led to great achievement in personal finance for our youth. In 2017, over $30,000 went in to their long-term savings accounts. This is a substantial improvement from previous years, and it is a strong sign of growth and accomplishment as our youth begin to think more about their futures.

We ended 2017 with youth employed at local manufacturing businesses, an auto mechanic shop, a supermarket, a landscaping company, multiple department stores, and several local restaurants. The community and business partners involved have made a great impact in shaping the future for youth aging out of foster care and into adulthood.

Goshen New Beginnings works to extend the runway for foster youth age 18-21. Few youth are ready for independence at age 18, and GNB helps prepare and

transition these foster youth as they age into adulthood.

6

YOUNG PEOPLE STARTED COLLEGE

34

YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN SERVED

5

POSITIVE DISCHARGES INTO

INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY

Goshen Homes

Unfortunately, children who enter foster care often lose more than their parents; they may also be deprived of their lifelong sibling relationships. When children are removed from their home, keeping the sibling unit together provides some degree of normalcy in a time of great crisis, trauma, and stress. For children entering care, being with their siblings can enhance their sense of safety and well-being while providing natural, mutual support. Siblings have a shared history, and maintaining their bond provides continuity of identity and belonging.

Goshen Homes desires to keep sibling groups together and reunite previously separated siblings, while also serving sibling groups that have significant clinical needs. Sibling groups where one child may have moderate to severe clinical needs are considered difficult to place. Goshen Homes is built for this type of sibling group, providing placement, stability, and trauma sensitive services within a family setting. Goshen Homes’ trauma informed therapeutic foster care model equips our foster parents to meet the needs of those

sibling groups who have more intensive clinical needs.

One of our most encouraging stories from 2017 was from the Smith family. The Smith family was recently licensed by Goshen Homes to be a foster family. Two children were placed in their home and they immediately bonded. The Smiths have 4 children of their own and 3 now live out of the house. Their youngest son took on a new responsibility of “big brother” and grew to love their new foster children. Shortly after placement, the Smiths were told that a home had opened that was able to take their current 2 children and reunite them with their 2 sisters in another county so all 4 children could live together. The Smiths’ foster children would be leaving their home. The family jumped into action. Not wanting to lose their 2 foster children, the Smiths rearranged their home, and their lives, to make room for the 2 sisters to move into their own home. A few months later, instead of losing their 2 foster children, they gained 2 more and now care for a sibling set of 4.

“We are so thankful for families who literally rearrange their entire lives to make room for

children who are in need. The Smiths could have taken the easy way, but instead chose

to respond to a great need. Today, their four foster children are thriving.”

ARLEEN WALLACE

Goshen Homes is the specialized foster home division of Goshen Valley. Goshen Homes’ aim is to provide loving family environments to children in foster care

while keeping siblings together and in their home community.

4 NEW FOSTER HOMES

OPENED AND LICENSED

7 CHILDREN WERE

REUNIFIED OR PLACED WITH

A RELATIVE

31 BOYS AND GIRLS SERVED

IN 14 HOMES

2017 at the Ranch

With thanks to our donors and partnersPARTNERS

American Golf FoundationAPEC Electrical Contractors, Inc.AT&T United Way Employee Giving CampaignAtlanta Super Source, Inc.Bank of America United Way CampaignBridgemill Sixes Service LeagueBryan CaveCandy Apple Customs II, Inc.Carr Contracting Co, INCCherokee County Board of CommissionersCherokee Cruisers Car Club INCChristian Sportsmen’s Foundation Inc.Claim Appeal Fiduciary Sevices INCCobb EMC Community Foundation, Inc.Curb & Gutter Professionals INCData OceansDeitchman Family FundDukes ElectricE.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.Ehigiamusoe Foundation IncEngineered Earth Solutions LLCFamily Christian MinistriesFirst Baptist Church of WoodstockGeorgia Storefronts INCH & H Insurance Services, INCHillside UMCHutchinson-Traylor Insurance CompanyIBM Employee Services CenterIn/Ex Systems INCIntegra Construction INCJ H Benefield & Sons INCJoe L. & Hester M. Sims Family

Foundation Inc.John and Nellie Bastien Memorial FoundationJohn. G Walton Construction CompanyKillian AutomotiveLake Arrowhead ChurchLittlefield ConstructionMarietta Golden K Kiwanis Foundation Inc.Merchants Bonding Company FoundationMetro Fire Protection, INCMetro West Citizens of Georgia PowerMiller Decals, LLCNational Christian FoundationNetPlanner Systems, INCNew South Foundation INCNorth Point Ministries, Inc.Northside CirclePatel Burkhalter Law GroupPeek Pavement Marking, LLCPope Construction Company INCPRO Building Systems, Inc.Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.QA SymphonyR and D Mechanical ServicesRDA Systems, Inc.Reams Enterprises INCRedeemer Lutheran ChurchReinhardt UniversityRick Hendrick Sandy SpringsRoytecService League of Cherokee CountyShirah Contracting Co, INCSouth State BankSoutheast RestorationSoutheastern Golf, INCSoutheastern Orchid Company LLCSteel LLCThe Guarantee Company of North America USAThe Martha and Wilton Looney FoundationThyssenkrupp Materials NATop Docs INCTopple Higdon PartnershipTowne Lake Rotary Club Inc.Triad Construction Co INCTruist Comprehensive Dist.TSA Technical & Scientific Application, Inc.United Way of Greater AtlantaUnited Way of Metropolitan ChicagoUnited Way Suncoast

Universal AlloyWeinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLCWells Fargo Community Support CampaignWellStar Health SystemsWilson Air Conditioning Service INCWoodstock City ChurchWoodstock Furniture OutletYMCA- G. Cecil PruettZurn Plumbing Service

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Michael and Dawn AdamsonL.B. “Buzz” AhrensCarl and Jan AlbanoJesse AldridgeDave AndrewsChris ArganoKenneth and Anne AtkinsBarry BaldwinRandy BealsDorothy BeasleyPhilip BellLindsay BellSandra BenfordCarl BengtsonJohn BennettMichael and Shiela BenzJason and Katie BesharaPam and Frank BiserKristin BitterJohn and Connie BlendZach and Rachel BlendMichael BohlingWilliam and Leonora BoingSolenne BoquehoOJ BoughnerJerry BoutwellPaul and Lindsay BowleyJoel and Lonna BowmanGary BraceLori BridgesCarmen BroeMonika and Kelly BrownBradley and Jeanine BrownJack BrownKevin BrunsonDan BryantJoe BrywczynskiLarry BuckleyJames BurgessGordon Burnett

Tony KimbroughCarol KingDonny and Brenda KirkseyGreg KlebonBruce and Annette KnudsenKris and Trudy KuesterNancy LaChanceRob Larmore IIINathan LarsenWes LatimerRyder LearyMichelle LeeTurner LeeSammie LeiterEric LessoJamie LesterJeff and Holly LiebermanMichael and Karen LiebermanWilton LooneyJerry and Anne LovingsGeorge LowryRandy and Maria LoydGary LynnCheryl LyonsJim MaherSal and Kristi MaioranaPhyllis MajorKina MallardJoel and Marianne MannPaul MarnellEdward MarshGeorge and Amy MauterGabrielle McBaneSam McCleskeyDaphne McDonaldDon McDonnellPeter and Sandy McGaffiganMike McGowanFred McManusJudy McMillanTim MeadowsWalter MeierDan MeinhardtRodney and Amy MetcalfNeal MillerStefanie MillerSteven MillerChad MillinorJames MinerWilliam MisiuraJeff MitchellKeith MitchellMarc MondichMichael MonollyMichael and Janet MontgomeryJohn and Deanna Morawski

Carol FitzpatrickJonathan and Carrie FowlerLeslee FrostWilliam FullerKelsey FurubottenSteven GaultneyKelly GeikenDaniel GerlaughAlan GermanoCharles GermanoJoshua Randall GordonAllan GottliebDuane GrahamDrew GravesAmy HandlanRenae HannonSusan HardyStephanie HartEric HasselTimothy and Nancy HathyRobert and Kim HaynesMark HennessyPaul and Sharon HermannKeith and Jean HerremanJeffery HickamGary HighRichard HillSharon HillJennifer HillhouseBuddy HodgesPaul and Carol HoganTroy HollandBrian HollisJonathan HollisterBeth HoodJimmy and Connie HopkinsDavid HorneDavid Horne Jr.Troy HortonMatt HouserSue HribKelly HudsonJessica HughesMary HummelKathleen HurleyPeggy HutchingsRick JamesJerry JarrardWarren JohnsonDave JonesMike JonesDon JubergJoan KahrsTyler KempRichard KennedyKathy Kieffer

Joseph BurnettMartin BurnettJJ BurnsSean ButkusTony and Wendy ButtersPamela BuzbeeJudy CaffreyWes CampbellRobert CapertonWalt and Amy CarpenterChip and Marilynn CarstensenAbby CassellJames CastleJoy ChristensenRobin ChristianBradley ChristianKevin and Nikki ChunnJames ChurchwellLinda ClarkLaura and David CochenourShirley ColemanMichael ColtRick ConleyJames ConradJerry CooperCharles Costa IIINoreen CourcheneBarbara CrockettColleen CruzBuster CushingKyle DavisJoseph DavisGlenn DavisMarty and Beth DeitchmanConnie DenneyBruce and Sylvia DickPatrick and Donna DixonNathaniel DoffingMichael DolanPaul DolfiMike DuffyKenneth and Dorothy DumondScottie Sims DyeMary DyeGeorge EdwardsKaren EgnerWes EmeryLori EngelDebrah EpleyTerry and Connie EshenourDavid and Laura FakierBarbara FakierKenneth and Libby FakierJennifer FennStacy FennBrigitte Fessele

Van and Abby MorganLisa and Geoff MortonTracey MosherDick and Susan MuellerSherilyn MurrayDouglas and Ingrid NealePaul NeziThe Rev. John and Suzanne NiemanBrad NixLars and Penny NordinTroy and Judy OlsonKen and Julie OrrisMichael OtisDavid and Susan OttAnn OtternessJody PackLance ParadisMeredith ParkerJosh ParrishTrummie PatrickMichael S PaulaPeter and Tiana PaulineLeslie PaulsenAllison PaulsenVicki PaulsenMichelle PavlikChris PayneTyler PearsonAlex and Christine PeartSandra PedersenDave PedersonJohn and Joanne PerkinsDavid PetersonCourtland PhillipsThomas PinyanMichael PollittJalil PoorakChip PothJohn and Helen PowersMark PretnarJordan RackieAnn RailsbackLisa RameyRandall ReddingSteward and Vicki ReedBryan ReidChristopher and Heather RicksJonathon Roberts and Emily RobertsEddie RobinsonMarcia RosenfeldGary RossCharlotte RossBenita RoumanisJohn Rowe Jr.Richard and Christy Ruppel

Paul RussellBrenda and Joe SatterfieldMichael SchaefferJason ScherrGregory and Susan SchulzKenny SearsNorris SearsDenise SeibertAlfie ShalhoupJonathan ShapleighKrystle SharpCheryl and S. Mark ShelleyJosh ShewsburyKaren D ShiresBradley and Amanda SienkiewiczDon and Carolyn SimmonsLuke and Molly SimmonsBill SimpsonWilliam SipeStan SmithAllison SmithElizabeth SmithJamie SmithAndrew SmithDavid SnellPeter and Imelda SobiloffSusan SpencerBrian SpiveyClaire and Clifford SteagallLynne StevensPatricia StueckElaine SummersSteven and Barbara SweenAlex SzaroKurt and Joan TeshAdrian ThomasonTerry ThorpeJordan TkacsikJudy TollbergDavid and Patricia TollbergJames ToppleMike TriplettTom TriplettChris and Barbara VivlamoreDavid WagnerDan WatersJohn and Jennifer WattsJohn WayneDana WebsterDaniel and Carol WildermuthKevin and Gwen WilliamsDerek WorthamYimin WuRadu and Ikke ZiubAnonymous

Our Board of TrusteesJOHN W. BLEND, III

FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR

John W. Blend, III is founder and chair of the Goshen Valley Foundation.

In the past four decades, John has served a variety of roles in capital formation and entrepreneurial activities. John began his career at IBM, then moved on to building technology companies, while serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors. John graduated from Muhlenberg College, with an AB in Social Sciences. John is a past president and chair of Together Georgia, a statewide association of over 100 leading national and local child welfare providers. John is a past Trustee at Muhlenberg College and serves as a Lifetime Council member at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. John and Connie have been married for 40 years, and have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.

PETER MCGAFFIGAN VICE CHAIR

Peter is a Senior Investment Strategist at Wells Fargo and brings

a wealth of knowledge and insight to the day-to-day operations of Goshen Valley as well as the financial support needed to create best outcomes. Peter received his BA in economics from Lawrence University and his M.B.A. with a focus in finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

PAUL FREUDENSTEIN FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

For 33 years, Paul worked for Fulton County School System where he

taught Drafting, Electronics, and Computer Science. During this time he

developed a heart for meeting the needs of at-risk youth. After retirement, Paul worked for Redeemer Lutheran Church as Director of Operations, overseeing the operational budget.

DON MCDONNELL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

Don McDonnell, M.B.A., has received extensive training in

engineering, communications, and intelligence serving as a lieutenant in

the United States Navy. Don brings two

decades of technology management experience to his current role at The McDonnell Group. Don served as chief marketing officer of CES International, now Oracle network management, pioneering utility distribution system concepts that now underpin many smart grid programs across the industry. Don co-founded the Goshen Valley Classic, which has been the largest GVF fundraiser for 12 years.

ALLISON SMITH OPERATIONS: POLICY

Allison is a Senior Management Consultant with IBM and has worked

in the Information Technology and Financial Services industries for more

than 25 years. Allison and her family established the Alice Smith Memorial Fund at Goshen Valley Boys Ranch in 2009 in memory of their mother. Allison has a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics and a Minor in Economics from Colorado State and a Master of Business Administration and Management of Technology from Georgia Tech.

PAUL HERMANNOPERATIONS: LEGAL/RISK

Paul Hermann has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University

of California and a degree in law from Harvard Law School. Paul has practiced law

for over 38 years with various firms and currently owns his own private practice. As an experienced lawyer and social advocate, Paul has a keen eye for risk management, policy and procedure and general legal matters.

RICHARD KENNEDY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Richard Kennedy is a power industry executive and professor at Kennesaw

State University. He is a leader in the community and at his church, First Baptist

Church of Woodstock. Richard has been involved with Goshen Valley for over 8 years in various capacities.

DR. SHARON HILL OPERATIONS: POLICY

Dr. Sharon Hill is a Clinical Associate Professor in Georgia State

University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Dr. Hill has 30 years of

professional experience in government and human services in Georgia, Texas and Illinois. Positions have included Director of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budgeting, Director and Deputy Director of Georgia DFCS, and Director of Federal Regulations and Data for DFCS. Dr. Hill joined the Board of Trustees in 2017.

“Universal Alloy Corporation believes that our long-term success is directly

linked to the success of our customers and the communities we serve. We’re

invested in creating opportunity through partnering with organizations in the places where we live and work. Upon learning about Goshen Valley

Boys Ranch, UAC knew this was a strategic priority to step up and give, both financially and with our

encouragement in body and spirit. The Goshen Valley mission inspires us to do better in our community. We love the momentum Goshen Valley has today, and UAC believes it is a by-product of being purposeful to serve our youth in the area. We are 100% behind Goshen

Valley today and into the future.”

CHIP POTH, CEO OF UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION

“As a company, Roytec made the decision a couple of years ago to add giving back to the community as one of our annual goals. I heard about all

the wonderful things Goshen Valley is doing to change the lives of kids who

need support during difficult times and knew they were the perfect choice. What made it even more special is after our donation was presented, we found out Goshen was assisting

the son of one of our employees. Roytec is honored to help such a special

organization.”

MANDY CHAPMAN, CEO OF ROYTEC INDUSTRIES

“Goshen Valley is family. Stability. Protection. Sobriety. A new

beginning in the most literal sense. Life Changing.”

MACKENZIE BROWN DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTGOSHEN NEW BEGINNINGS

“If not for the love and guidance from Goshen, especially my house parents

Dave and Kristy, I would not be where I am today... I look forward to giving back to Goshen Valley in the

future.”

ZACH QUIROS GEORGIA STATE UNIVERISTY

GOSHEN VALLEY ALUMNI

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