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05/28/2013

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW WILLIAM N. PENNINGTON FACILITY

Executive Board recommends United Construction as general contractor for the project

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows officially breaks ground on the new William N. Pennington Facility, June 4 at 11 a.m. The groundbreaking ceremony will include City of Reno officials, foundation partners and members of the Club’s board of directors to start the construction phase of the project for the new 55,000-square foot facility scheduled to be completed by summer 2014.

The new Pennington Boys & Girls Club Facility located on Foster Drive will serve the needs of the immediate southwest Reno neighborhood and many nearby schools. The facility is expected to serve more than 3,000 youth annually, an increase of 27 percent of the Club’s current membership of 11,000 youth.

“This piece of property has been serving youth and families for more than 50 years and we are very excited to bring those services back to the community,” said Mike Wurm, chief professional officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. “This exciting new chapter for the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows is due to the generosity of our local foundations and the City of Reno.”

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Executive Board of Directors accepted the recommendation by the Club’s Facilities Committee for United Construction (Reno, NV) to serve as the general contractor for the project. The full board of directors will vote to approve the action item at the monthly board meeting this week.

To date, funding for the new Pennington Facility has come primarily from local foundations and a handful of local businesses. The Club is now beginning a community-wide fundraising campaign to solicit gifts from individuals, families, corporations and other foundations to raise the final funds needed for the project. The Pennington Facility provides various naming opportunities including wings, gymnasium courts, rooms, climbing wall, donor wall and a brick display. The Club is selling $100, $250 and $500 bricks with custom messages that will be in the ground-level brick (paver) display in front of the new building. Visit www.BGCTM.org/BRICKS to design and purchase bricks.

For more information about the new William N. Pennington Boys & Girls Club Facility including naming and sponsorship opportunities please call the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows at (775) 331-KIDS (5437) or visit www.BGCTM.org.

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05/13/2013

The start of a new chapter . . .

Message from Mike Wurm, Chief Professional Officer . . .

We are coming into a very interesting time for the community and the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. After the YMCA left the area several years ago, the community has had to fill a void. No one entity has been able to do that by themselves. We have done our part by reaching children that were being served by the YMCA by reopening some of the school sites they occupied. We also significantly increased our sports league offerings to try and accommodate the need for our youth. To date, these strategies have been successful, but as we have grown into these new areas, it is quite evident that there is even more to do.

That is where this new building project comes into play. Because of the generosity of the William N. Pennington Foundation, we have been able to go into the community and raise funds needed to build a new Boys & Girls Club in the footprint of the old YMCA location at 1300 Foster Drive. Most of the funding to date for the building project and immediate sustainability has come from local foundations. While we still have money to raise for the remaining capital for the building, once the construction of the new building is complete the next challenge begins: long term sustainability.

We have diversified our funding streams significantly over the last 10 years, trying to be careful not to rely on any one source too heavily. But, as we move into the start of construction and by the spring of 2014, the completion of the Boys & Girls Club on Foster Drive, it is imperative that we raise the final funds for this important project through community support from local businesses, families and individuals. If you are interested in being a part of the new Boys & Girls Club facility on Foster Drive please contact me at (775) 331-5437.

As we enter the busy summer season at the Boys & Girls Club, it’s a good reminder of how many kids’ lives will be changed by the new Pennington facility. Your continued support will allow staff to reach more kids through fun, purposeful programming. It will give more kids the opportunity to interact with enthusiastic, caring adults and opportunities to make good decisions, moving one step closer to becoming productive, caring citizens in our community.

A special thanks to all the board, volunteers and staff that work so hard to keep our organization moving forward and fulfilling the mission of serving those kids in our community that need us the most.

For the kids,

Mike Wurm
Chief Professional Officer

Tags: Boys & Girls Club, Construction, Donate
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02/18/2013

The History of the Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed and Auction

The Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed & Auction’s history in the Truckee Meadows is as rich as the seafood broth that’s served. In the Club’s early years, the Women’s Auxiliary sponsored an annual dinner to raise money for the Club. The meal varied from year to year, but in 1981, Jack Reviglio decided the Club needed a signature dish for this signature fundraiser. He knew that Bud Sorensen made great cioppino, so he called Bud, who was at the Western Nevada Supply office in Mammoth.

Not only did Jack ask Bud to make his special cioppino, but he needed it that weekend. Bud rushed home from Mammoth, pooled help from a group of friends (and a lot of sherry) and bought out almost every seafood vendor in Reno. Somehow it all came together, and the 80 guests in attendance that night experienced the very first Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed & Auction.

Over the next five years, the event more than doubled in size. Bob Capurro became a permanent volunteer, adding his Italian culinary expertise. Soon, the event outgrew the Club kitchen, and in 1986 and 1987, everything was cooked offsite and trucked to the Club. The kitchen was upgraded in 1988, but Cioppino was expanding full force.

It wasn’t until 2004 that a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation provided funds for a major facility expansion, including the installation of a commercial-grade kitchen. Of course, the construction on the building was in midstream in February 2004, which meant that our volunteers had to prepare food at the Washoe County School District headquarters and transport more than 1,200 cioppino dinners to the Club. In 2005, the new kitchen was complete. We like to say that the kitchen was built for Cioppino and just happens to work well for the kids the rest of the year.

The Cioppino Feed remains the Club’s signature fundraiser, bringing in almost 15% of our annual budget and impacting the lives of thousands of our local children. The star of the evening is the cioppino, which is still made from scratch by Bud, Bob and a talented team of Italian cooks. But the real fun comes with the live auction, where you can buy items and experiences you can’t find anywhere else (like one ton of potatoes).

Join us on February 23, 2013 to celebrate 33 years of cioppino with family, friends, colleagues and community leaders.

Tags: Fundraising, Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed & Auction
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01/30/2013

Be a part of the Pennington Project

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows moved one step closer to the start of construction for the new William N. Pennington Facility, Jan. 9, with the demolition of the old YMCA building on Foster Drive in Reno. The demolition party included City of Reno officials, Foundation partners and members of the Board of Directors to kick-off the next phase of the project and help make way for the new 55,000-square-foot Club facility scheduled to be completed by summer 2014.

The new Pennington Boys & Girls Club facility will serve the needs of both the immediate neighborhood and many nearby at-risk youth, expected to serve an additional 4,000 youth annually, an increase of 25 percent for the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. The Club is now working on the public fundraising phase for the project and reaching out to corporations, foundations, families and individual donors from the community to support and become a part of the new facility. Although the building will be owned and operated by the Boys & Girls Club, it truly belongs to the northern Nevada community, and it is only with the community’s support that this endeavor will succeed.

So, to answer the next important question . . . “How can we support the project?” There are many naming and recognition opportunities throughout the property to commemorate your participation in the project – from $100 bricks in the front walkway to $1,000,000 wings within the facility.

Here’s a complete breakdown of the opportunity levels:

Wings ($1,000,000 and up) – Two wings inside the facility are currently left for naming rights.

Gymnasium ($7,500 and up) – Courts, Scoreboards and a Climbing Wall located in the Gym are still available for naming rights.

Rooms ($50,000 and up) – There are currently 12 rooms available for naming rights.

Donor Wall ($5,000 and up) – An individual donor wall – located in the main lobby with all participating donors names listed on the wall in varying names plate sizes:
4 x 6 in. = $5,000
4 x 12 in. = $10,000
4 x 18 in. = $15,000
4 x 24 in. = $20,000
4 x 30 in. = $25,000
4 x 36 in. = $30,000
4 x 42 in. = $35,000
4 x 48 in. = $40,000

Brick by Brick Fundraising Campaign ($100, $250 and $500 Bricks) – The main entrance of the Facility will have a ground-level brick display of the Boys & Girls Club “Hands” logo. The “Gold” Level Bricks ($500) will make the “Hands” logo; “Silver” Level Bricks ($250) will border the logo and the “Bronze” Level Bricks will make the remaining walkway. Bricks may include organization, company, family, individual and “In Honor of or In Memoriam of”. Click here to design and purchase bricks. A limited number of “Gold” and “Silver” bricks are available to purchase.

For more information on the new William N. Pennington Facility or the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows please call 775-331-KIDS (5437) or visit Pennington Project.

Tags: Construction, donation, Pennington Project
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