BCBusiness writer Steve Burgess drives
around in high-performance cars with British
Columbia's equally high-performing CEOs.
The latest episode stars…
N
ote to kids at Camp Potlatch:
If you hear a counsel-
lor drop the name
"Gar eld," better
scamper back
to your bunk. Accord-
ing to Carolyn Tuckwell,
president and CEO of Boys
& Girls Clubs of South Coast
BC, that cartoon character is
the code word that indicates a cougar
spotting near camp. "A bear," Tuckwell
adds, "is just a bear."
There was a time when Tuckwell
wouldn't even have been allowed into
the club even as an attendee—the orga-
nization arrived in Canada around the
turn of the century as simply the Boys
Club (not until 1974 was the name
changed and exclusionary policy
dropped). As we tooled around
Richmond in a 2015 Subaru
Forester XT, Tuckwell talked
of her pride in Camp Potlatch
and all the work done by the
Boys & Girls Clubs to provide
structure in young lives. Since she
took the top job at the non-pro t eight
years ago, Tuckwell has faced chal-
lenges equal of those of private-sector
CEOs. Sometimes the similarities are
surprising—the organization routinely
gathers data and scrutinizes reports to
reach targeted goals. As with any charity
there's a nancial bottom line. too. And
although success involves returns that
are less quanti able than a typical busi-
ness balance sheet, Tuckwell still has
to formulate strategies to help the Boys
& Girls Clubs move forward. Watch the
video and you'll hear some of her hopes
for the future of a group that helps
shape the future of B.C. youth.
—Steve Burgess
CAROLYN TUCKWELL, PRESIDENT
AND CEO OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
OF SOUTH COAST BC
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