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01/25/2013

Macy’s Thanks for Sharing Program Helps Fund Afterschool Education

Macy’s continues to be an important partner for the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows and its education programs. Their contribution through the Thanks for Sharing program will help fund the afterschool education programs that benefit more than 1,000 kids every day throughout Reno, Sparks and Fernley.

Thanks for Sharing debuted as a national Macy’s initiative in 2003 – a distinctive effort from which customers benefit during the holiday season and charities benefit throughout the year. Customers join the program for $25, and in return, they receive a Reward Card valued at 10 percent of all their Macy’s credit card net purchases made during the holiday period. Plus, for each Thanks for Sharing customer enrollee, Macy’s donates $10 to great charities like the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. Learn more at www.macys.com/thanks.

For more information on the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows please call 775-331-KIDS (5437) or visit www.BGCTM.org.

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10/16/2012

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO HOLD “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL” RALLY OCT. 18

7,500 rallies nationwide aim to make afterschool programs available to all

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Afterschool Program will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally, Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. The rally will be one of more than 7,500 such events around the nation that day, the 13th annual Lights On Afterschool, organized by the Afterschool Alliance. The event calls for expanding afterschool opportunities so that every child who needs a program has access to one.

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows event showcases after school programming activities including Halloween arts & crafts, Book give-away, bounce houses, face painting and dinner by the Club Café. The event also features a resource fair with community partners including: Boys Scouts of America, Northern Nevada DUI Task Force, WCSD Team Up, ACCEPT, TMCC, Morrison University, The First Tee of Northern Nevada, WCSD Volunteer Services, The Holland Project, The Children’s Cabinet, Washoe County School District, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ken-Ju-Bo-Ai Kenpo Karate, American Lung Association, JTNN, SOS Outreach, Kiwanis and KNPB Channel 5.

This is a FREE event and open to the public (4:30 – 6:30 p.m.). For more information please call 775-331-KIDS (5437).

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08/27/2011

Club Kids’ College a huge success!

Kids get a taste of success and life after high school


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By Laura Howe, education director

This summer the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows added Specialty Camps to the long list of fun options for members. One of the Specialty Camps was Club Kids’ College. This was a four-day camp in which members spent the morning hours on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Through Club Kids’ College the members learned about setting goals, the 4 P’s of business through running a lemonade stand, the importance of college, how to save for college, and much more. They were also able to take a tour of campus, visit the student union, Knowledge Center, planetarium and engineering building. We were also lucky enough to have guest speakers every week.

On Thursday of each week the teams ran their own lemonade stands with the knowledge that they gained during the week. Due to the hard work of members, together they raised $872.88! Thanks to the money they have raised the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows will be able to run Club Kids’ College next summer.

We were also able to have a graduation on the University of Nevada, Reno campus where members and families gather to celebrate each member’s contribution to the program.

Club Kids’ College was a huge success. Not only was it successful in raising money for next year, but more importantly it provided new opportunities to members. Members were excited to learn something new each day and this was the first university campus that many of them have visited. We are so excited that we are able to bring this program next summer and make it even bigger and better!

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08/26/2011

University of Phoenix partners with Club to help kids get a good start in school

Reno’s University of Phoenix donated and handed out 100 backpacks loaded with school supplies to members at our Lemmon Valley site on Thursday. For years the organization has been a partner in the Club’s efforts to help kids succeed in school.

On Monday, full day operations start at the Lemmon Valley Club at the Joe Mitchell Community Center (located next door to Lemmon Valley Elementary School), marking the first time the Boys & Girls Club has operated year-round at the site. With the generosity of the University of Phoenix’s donation, many members will be in great shape coming into the new school year.

Site Coordinator Amanda Stockton introduced the kids to Francey Dennis, education chair at the University of Phoenix, who talked to the kids about the importance of succeeding in school. Dr. Bob Larkin, campus director at the University of Phoenix, was also on hand.

Thanks to the University of Phoenix and its generosity in helping our kids during the 2011-2012 school year!

>>More photos HERE

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