Great Futures GazetteNovember 2018

Our Mission"To inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full

potential as productive, responsible, and caring members of the community."

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Dear Boys & Girls Club Supporter,

During the next 24 hours, people around the world will come together to celebrategenerosity and make an impact. At the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County, we have agoal to give over 2,000 members a safe and fun place to get active, learn, grow, andmake new friends. With your help, we can make this a reality.

Your gift can make a huge impact!

$25 = Membership for Club family with 3 or more kids

$50 = Three days of snacks at 1 Club site

$100 = Provide dinner and milk for 35 Club kids

$250 = One month of art supplies for one Club site

$500 = Provide homework help and mentoring for one month

$1,000 = Provide one field trip out of the area for 50 Club members

$3,500 = Provide dinner for 300 youth & families at the annual banquet

Will you help us provide a safe & fun place for Club members this#GivingTuesday?

GIVE TODAY

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Kevin QuevillonExecutive Director

Club Receives Mission Grant for "Calm Down Kits"

Frame MemorialPresbyterian Churchrecently awarded the Clubwith their Mission Grant for"Calm Down Kits."

These kits will providedevelopment support andspecialized programming foryouth members that have awide variety of emotional orbehavioral needs.

Thank you for yourcontinued support of ourClub kids!

Thanksgiving Meals Provided at Club Sites

Thanksgiving Feasts were enjoyed atall of our Club sites recently. Weserved over 460 people, readThanksgiving poems, and raffled off

frozen turkeys for families to use attheir own feasts at home.

Thank you to all that providedmonetary donations, frozen turkeys,and those that volunteered their time.You provided feasts across thecounty!

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Delta Dental Gives Back

Delta Dental donated $28,000 to theBoys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin.Every time the Brewers stole a basethis season, Delta Dental donated!

We are so thankful for ourpartnership with Delta Dental ofWisconsin and for all they do topromote healthy smiles in ourcommunity and especially for our Clubkids!

Club Kids Participate in 2018 Holiday Parade

Club kids and staff joined the 2018Stevens Point Holiday Parade thismonth.

They enjoyed spreading holidaycheer and getting to interact with somany of our community members!

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Club Members Get Creative in Triple Play

Berard Center Club kids got creativein Triple Play and made creatures out

of available gym equipment.

Mr. Matt always keeps things new andexciting for the kids!

Our Sports & Recreation programshelp children develop physical fitness,reduce stress, promote a positive useof leisure time, appreciation for theenvironment, and social skills.

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Guest Artist Visits Berard Center

Guest artist, Jeanne Chase, visitedthe Berard Center and did an alcoholink activity with the Club kids.

Thank you Jeanne for coming to theClub and sharing your skills with thekids!

You are going to want to see the artthe kids created with Jeanne!

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Upcoming Events

100% of the proceeds will support theprograms at the Boys & Girls Club -Rosholt Extension.

This event showcases your favorite, localRosholt businesses, allowing guests toenjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres, desserts,great wine, and beer, all handcrafted inyour backyard.

Giving back never tasted so good!

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Food, music, a costume contest, and silentauctions will all take place on this disco-themed night.

Proceeds from this event benefit the Boys& Girls Club of Portage County and theStevens Point Area YMCA youthprograms.

A fun night of funky food and livegrooves from the Presidents!

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The fifteenth annual Portage County Tasteof Wine & Cheese features a diverse anddelicious selection of wines, specialtycheeses, local beers, delicious desserts,bourbon, spirits, and a wide variety of non-alcoholic beverages.

You can also browse a unique silentauction, enter a wine raffle, and receive acomplimentary wine glass.

Eat, Drink, and Give Back!

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Ways To Give Back

When you shop Amazon starting atsmile.amazon.com, Amazon donates 0.5%of the purchase price to an organization

that you choose. Our Boys & Girls Club ofPortage County is one of those options!Do your typical Amazon shopping, but let

Amazon give back to the organizations youlove at the same time.

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Interested in giving, but want to givetangible items to our Club? Check out ourAmazon Wishlist to see the items we needat our 9 different Club sites to help serve

our 2,000 youth each year.

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With the following link, you can easilycreate a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls

Club of Portage County on your Facebookpage. If you create a fundraiser for the

Club, we will receive the donations directlyfrom Facebook. Share with your friendsand encourage them to give to the Club.

https://fb.com/fund/bgclubpc/

Create a FacebookFundraiser

Are you a Thrivent member? If so, youmay have Thrivent Action Team(s) or

Thrivent Dollars that you could be using tosupport the Club.

Talk with your Thrivent Financial Advisorand they can help you understand how

you can help the Club.

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When you make a donation to our Boys & Girls Club of Portage County, you help serveover 50,000 free meals, complete 6,000 homework assignments, and create 14 different

programs at 9 locations throughout Portage County.

Give today to help give local kids a place to succeed.

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Boys & Girls Club of Portage CountyBerard Center (Headquarters)

PO Box 171941 Michigan Avenue

Stevens Point, WI 54481

715-341-4386 | info@bgclubpc.org | www.bgclubpc.org

The Boys & Girls Club of Portage County

is a United Way sponsored agency.