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National Boys & Girls Club Week |
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 As part of a national celebration with Clubs across the country, we will be hosting "Game Show Week" and have some fun events for our members including:
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Members doing 30 minutes of silent reading will get one vote for the staff member pie in the face contest.
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Teens that bring a friend will be entered into a special drawing.
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Every member will vote on the color of our new membership cards.
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On Friday we will have a special pep rally for Alejandra who goes to Champaign to compete in the state Youth of the Year competition!
This week also kicks off the final phase of our ONE Campaign, an annual fund raising campaign. Letters will be going out to all of our investors and supporters.
To donate to the ONE Campaign - simply click on the "Donate" Button on our website. Just put ONE in the designation spot!
It just takes ONE day.
It just takes ONE caring adult.
It just takes ONE Boys & Girls Club.
Who changed your life?
Who is going to change mine?
Are you the ONE?
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Youth of The Year |
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 Meet Alejandra Palomar, the winner of the 2009 Marisa Martinez Youth of the Year Award.
Alejandra has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin for five years. She has become a role model for the younger members and enjoys helping the staff.
Alejandra was born in Mexico and her family moved to the United States when she was four years old. She has worked very hard at being a success in school, and learned English outside of the home. In 6th grade, she won the award of Those Who Excel when she was able to move from a bilingual to mainstream classroom. She has been beating the odds ever since!
A junior at Elgin High School, Alejandra gets good grades, and as a senior will be in advanced Spanish and Computer classes.
According to Alejandra, “the Club is a place that feels like home.” She credits the Club with filling her “with qualities I need to be an outstanding citizen. I have learned a wide range of things from learning how to behave to setting goals and making plans to reach them.”
Here at the Club, we have no doubt that Alejandra will reach any goal she puts her mind to! We are proud to have her as our Youth of the Year. |
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Happy Holidays! |
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 Santa visited the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin on Friday, giving each child at the Club a gift. The holiday party was fun for all!
A big THANK YOU to some people and organizations that made the holidays a little brighter for our members:
Smiles For Life staff (Dr. Lodding's office), Operation Homefront, Elgin's Golden K Kiwanis, Dollar Tree, Community of Readers, and everyone else who dropped off a gift or two to our front desk! All of you make it easy to believe in Santa!
From every staff member and child we serve here at the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin, we wish each of you the happiest of holidays! |
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How Sweet It Is to be Friends with ICES |
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 Not only does ICES (International Cake Exploration Societe!) make life sweeter for those that create wonderful cakes, they also make it sweeter for the members of the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin!
Back in August, ICES held their annual convention in St. Charles and they picked the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin as the non-profit to benefit from a portion of the proceeds. In November a $12,000 check was delivered to the Club to support out life changing programs for children. How sweet you are! |
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The Jersey Boys Support our Club! |
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Michael Ingersoll and fellow cast mates performed "Under the Streetlight" at the Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center on Monday, November 16. In addition to their swingin' Rat Pack tunes and doo-wop hits, this group donated part of their proceeds to two good causes: The ECC Arts Center's annual campaign and the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin.
Club members served as greeters for the event (along with getting in on the sound check beforehand). At the end of the concert, cast member Michael Ingersoll lead an on-stage auction - the prize package included a pair of tickets to an upcoming (sold out!) performance of Jersey Boys, a backstage tour and photos with the cast after the show. Talk about a hot ticket! That night they sold 3 sets of tickets at $2000 each! The $6,000 will be split between our Club and the ECC Art Center.
A big thanks to Steve Duchrow, the Director of Performing Arts at ECC for letting us take part in this fun event. And thanks to the cast of the Jersey Boys – you guys are amazing!
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