2025-01-22T15:59:50-05:00 2024-06-30 870502712 OSBORNE ROBBINS & BUHLER PLLC 4527 SOUTH 2300 EAST SUITE 201 Salt Lake City UT 84117 990 2023-07-01 474186488 SHOUT INC SHOU 1001 PONTIAC ST Denver CO 80220 PATRICIA LOEWI PRESIDENT 7209873222 2024-10-25 true true IAN ROBBINS CPA P00856740 8013080220 2025-01-22 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z SHOUT UTAH SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRA 366563 false X SAMMYSBUDDYPROGRAM.ORG X 2015 CO THE MISSION OF SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM IS TO NORMALIZE DIFFERENCE, ENCOURAGE INCLUSION AND BUILD UNDERSTANDING AROUND THE CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES WHILE DEVELOPING STUDENT LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 4 4 0 35 0 0 255701 366563 0 0 0 255701 366563 0 0 0 14182 20648 232605 234351 232605 248533 23096 118030 258842 374674 3433 1235 255409 373439 THE MISSION OF SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM IS TO NORMALIZE DIFFERENCE, ENCOURAGE INCLUSION AND BUILD UNDERSTANDING AROUND THE CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES WHILE DEVELOPING STUDENT LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. false false 23361 BUDDY PROGRAMSTUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION PEERS ARE PAIRED TOGETHER AND MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ENCOURAGE INCLUSION, ACCEPTANCE AND NORMALIZING DIFFERENCES. BUDDY PROGRAM DIRECTORS WORK WITH TEACHERS IN PLANNING SKILLS-BASED ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE GENUINE CONNECTION. ACTIVITIES HAVE INCLUDED: BREAKFAST AND BINGO, KITCHEN AND COOKING SKILLS, CRAFTS FOR SENSORY PLAY AND FINE-MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, BUDDY BRACELETS, BUDDY OLYMPICS, AND EVEN FIELD TRIPS SUCH AS BOWLING. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT HELP BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER AND TRULY SEE EACH OTHER AS FRIENDS. STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE ADAPTABILITY, RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP AS SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM USES CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP THEM CONNECT AND GROW. 7236 INCLUSION LIBRARYIN 2021, SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM BEGAN A NEW INITIATIVE, INCLUSION LIBRARIES. WE PROVIDE A LIBRARY OF BOOKS FOR EACH PARTICIPATING CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL LIBRARY THAT BUILDS UNDERSTANDING, CELEBRATES DIFFERENCES AND PROMOTES INCLUSION, KINDNESS, ADVOCACY, AND DISABILITY REPRESENTATION. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOST PRESENTATIONS BY AUTHORS, ACTIVISTS, STUDENTS, AND LEADERS WITHIN THE DIABILITY COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES AS THEY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THEIR TYPICAL PEERS, TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT FOR INCLUSION AND EQUALITY. OUR BUDDIES LEARN INVALUABLE LESSONS THAT WILL MAKE THEM BETTER FRIENDS AND STRONGER LEADERS. 5260 KINDNESS CAMPAIGNIN 2020 WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST SCHOOL-WIDE KINDNESS CAMPAIGNS WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING KINDNESS AND INCLUSION IN AN ACTIVE, IMPACTFUL WAY. THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE NOW PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROGRAMS. THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGNS, STUDENTS WRITE NOTES, WEAR KIDNESS BRACELETS AND PINS, AND MAKE A PLEDGE TO FOCUS ON KINDNESS AND INCLUSION. THEY ALSO PARTICPATE IN LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT IN REAL-WORLD SETTINGS. OVER SEVERAL WEEKS STUDENTS WATCH FOR OTHERS ACTS OF KINDNESS AND NOMINATE PEERS FOR RECOGNITION AND AWARDS. THE KINDNESS CAMPAIGNS HELP TRANSFORM CLASSROOMS AND PLAYGROUNDS INTO PLACES OF SAFETY, ENCOUREGMENT, ADVOCACY, AND INCLUSION. 163063 198920 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 true false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false CO UT X ANNE KIMBLE 8015563065 1886 LONGVIEW DRIVE Salt Lake City UT 84124 ANNE KIMBLE UTAH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X X 110000 0 0 HEATHER MANONE COLORADO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT FOTHERINGHAM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICIA LOEWI PRESIDENT 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM DOLAN VICE PRESIDENT 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANN KILEY SECRETARY 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 110000 0 0 1 false false false 366563 366563 366563 0 0 0 164369 139830 18449 6090 3219 3219 14182 14182 2985 2985 30 30 719 421 298 195 195 4147 3473 626 48 175 175 BUDDY PROGRAM SUPPLIES 23361 23361 INCLUSION LIBRARY SUPPLIES 7236 7236 KINDNESS CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES 5260 5260 TEACHER APPRECIATION SUPPLIE 8737 8737 13918 8038 5880 248533 198920 28965 20648 253348 371338 5494 3336 258842 374674 3433 1235 3433 1235 X 254909 373439 500 255409 373439 258842 374674 118030 0 X false false false X 70000 98700 176000 153296 255701 753697 70000 98700 176000 153296 255701 753697 424630 329067 753697 0.43660 0.73420 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2 PATRICIA LOEWI (PRESIDENT) AND ROBERT FOTHERINGHAM (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT) ARE SIBLINGS. KIM DOLAN (VICE PRESIDENT) IS PATRICIA LOEWIS (PRESIDENT)DAUGHTER. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 LEADERSHIP ACADEMIESONE OF THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENTS OF SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM IS LEADERSHIP. GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE CONSIDERED AT-RISK, RISE TO THE OCCASION AS NATURAL LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR BUDDIES. IN ORDER TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THIS ALL IMPORTANT SKILL, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES AS A PART OF SAMMYS BUDDY PROGRAM. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN INTERACTIVE, SKILLS-BASED LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WHERE THEY CAN USE THEIR VOICES, EXPERIENCE AND NEWLY-DEVELOPED LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO CREATE NEW, IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE SERVICE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOOL STUDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE PROGRAM. BUILDING KIND, INCLUSIVE LEADERS IS OUR GOAL. Officer director etc mailing address Part VI line 9 Anne Kimble, Utah Executive Director, 1886 E Longview Drive, Holladay, UT 84124 Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.