In this issue: STAFF spotlight Meet our program aides DECEMBER 2014 Greetings Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County Friends and Families! Thanks to the support of community members like you, the Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County is in the second year of our after-school program at Phoenix Middle School In Delavan, currently serving more than 70 members. New members are welcome at any time, and we expect membership to grow as fall school extracurricular activities end. Your investment in the young people of our community is greatly appreciated! Special thanks to the Delavan-Darien School District and Phoenix staff for the space and support. As we move into the new year, we are moving management of the club in a new direction to ensure sustainability of the club to the best benefit of the youth we serve. We welcome Dawn Heath as the club’s new community outreach and sustainability coordinator. Dawn will focus on fundraising and meeting with individuals, organizations and businesses. “I’m so very happy to be part of the Boys & Girls Club Dawn Heath of Walworth County, and am really excited about working with our local team, our youth members and the businesses in the area as we come together to encourage our children to become the leaders of tomorrow,” Dawn says. “Building on my work as a volunteer in various organizations (and being a mother of three active bgcwalco.org boys), I am excited to put my organizational skills to growing our club. I look forward to meeting all of the parents of our students, and am confident that together we can make the Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County an exceptional place.” A program leader to plan and oversee club programming will be hired soon. Our 2015 goals are to raise enough funds to: • Expand programs • Add Wednesday-early release day • Be open five days per week • Offer programs during school breaks and summer • Expand to other schools and communities. The Boys & Girls Club is funded primarily by the gifts of individuals, businesses and organizations in our community, and from proceeds from special fundraising events, such as our annual golf outing. The most important gift is the unrestricted individual dollars received by community members to sustain the club year after year. Our Mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Location: Phoenix Middle School Delavan, WI Hours of operation: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 3-6 p.m. To volunteer or to contact us: Email [email protected] or call (262) 745-2153 Advisory Council: Judy Mueller - [email protected] Cheryl Dillner - [email protected] Jim Pfeil - [email protected] Louann Schoenberg- [email protected] Ashley Contreras - [email protected] Mel Nieuwenhuis - [email protected] Kevin Rogers - [email protected] Becky Gove - [email protected] Four members, with program aide Frankie, helped out at our third annual golf outing Sept. 18 at Hawk’s View Golf Club, Lake Geneva. The fundraiser included a chopper drop raffle, Packers tickets raffle, silent auction, and more. Members helped pack meals for malnourished children around the world during a Feed My Starving Children event in Delavan in October. Community service is part of the club’s character and leadership programming. Other staff-led programs center on education and career; health and life skills; sports, fitness and recreation; and the arts. STAFF spotlight Meet our program aides Mentoring and managing middleschoolers, and planning activities to keep their interest, takes a special kind of person. We are lucky to have three such people who work with the kids each afternoon. Frankie Hudson, lead program aide, has been with the club since we opened in September 2013. He also works at US Cellular.! “I love seeing the kids improve,” he says. “Once-shy kids Frankie and friend are now outgoing. My mom always told me to dream big.!I am trying to pass that along to the kids here.” Micah Heath, a June 2014 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School, began working with the club this fall. Micah plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee next year to study radiology. Working with the kids at the club “is a blast,” he says. Micah Jacy Gomez also began with the club this fall. She will graduate in January, a semester early, from DDHS. Her career goal is to work with kids in some way.!“I love working here,” she says.!“This is a dream job.” Jacy Volunteers welcome We appreciate involvement from the community. There are many ways you can help: • Homework hour tutoring • Community service and career programs • Arts and crafts activities • One-on-one mentoring • Assisting with our annual golf outing and other fundraisers • Serving on advisory council or committees To volunteer, email [email protected] or call (262) 745-2153 3 Ashlee and Ellie, students at Badger High School in Lake Geneva, are part of the volunteer corps at the club. Our volunteers and program aides keep kids focused during homework hour. Jackie Stearns (right), who is in her second year as a volunteer club mentor, works with members during homework hour. “They bring me joy,” she says of the kids. YES! I (we) will help provide a safe place for our young people to grow and learn! Enclosed is my (our) gift for: $ ____________________________ Name ________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________ City, State, ZIP _________________________________________ Phone ( ) _______________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________________ ! Check enclosed. Please make checks payable to: ! Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County ! P.O. Box 158 ! Delavan, WI 53115 Secure online credit card donations are accepted through PayPal at our website: bgcwalco.org. Please click on “Donate Now!” All donations are tax deductible, and we will supply you with a written receipt. Donations must be received by Dec. 31 to qualify as a 2014 deduction. To learn more ... • About business support and sponsorship opportunities, please click “Join Our Cause” at bgcwalco.org.
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