Take a dozen teens, put them in a tech lab with a talented instructor, and then give them the chance to build a computer and lasting friendships. What do you get? “A group of skilled teens ready to participate in the digital age and give back to their community,” said Shellica Trevino, Lacey Branch Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County.
Ads featuring celebrity alumni, including Denzel Washington, Magic Johnson and Cuba Gooding Jr., helped the clubs raise $658 million last year relatively efficiently. “They have a real-life story to tell,” says Jim Clark, the group’s CEO.
BREMERTON — Construction is set to begin on two elements of an entire campus dedicated to youth health.
Eleven years after the Boys & Girls Club made its debut in the South Sound, it appears the organization now has a clear path toward establishing a club in Olympia.
For the fifth year in a row, the Boys & Girls Club chose about 20 students from their facilities in Pierce, Kitsap and Mason counties to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to Yellowstone during the last week of August.
One in three children in the United States is overweight, or on the brink of becoming so, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that tracks health trends.