2018 Annual Report
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
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Club member Pablo, another frequent participant,<br />
began to develop a picture of his future on the tours.<br />
He was drawn to the board rooms, and offices with<br />
comfy chairs. “I’m going to own my own business one<br />
day,” he would often say. “I have no doubt that you<br />
will,” answered Allen.<br />
At Dwayne Lane’s Skagit Ford, Club members got to experience just about everything<br />
short of actually driving the cars—but they did their best to get that opportunity<br />
too. The new Mustangs especially were captivating to them, with technology<br />
systems installed that they had never seen before. In the Service Department,<br />
they were able to examine a truck that was completely taken apart, exposing all<br />
the inner workings of the machine. Not only were the kids motivated to work with<br />
cars, they were motivated to pursue STEM careers that might help them purchase<br />
their dream car.<br />
Some of the Club members participated in more than one tour in <strong>2018</strong>. Zoie, a high<br />
school sophomore from the Mount Vernon Club, went on two of the tours. She was<br />
recently selected as Mount Vernon’s Youth of the Year. The Youth of the Year program<br />
focuses on continuing education and career-readiness. Youth prepare essays,<br />
present speeches, and sit for interviews, Through this process they find their own<br />
personal voice and brand, and develop their interests for the future. Youth of the<br />
Year is the highest Club honor a youth in the Clubs can receive. Youth compete at<br />
regional, state, and national levels for increasingly larger scholarship prizes.<br />
Tours to visit local businesses help motivate high-achieving youth like Zoie to find<br />
careers to pursue new ambitions. “I never thought about a field like this for my<br />
future,” Zoie expressed during the tour to Sierra Pacific Industries. Club member<br />
Pablo, another frequent participant, began to develop a picture of his future on the<br />
tours. He was drawn to the board rooms, and offices with comfy chairs. “I’m going<br />
to own my own business one day,” he would often say. “I have no doubt that you<br />
will,” answered Allen.<br />
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County is grateful to these businesses who put in the<br />
extra time and effort to get youth excited about new technologies and help them<br />
understand how to pursue STEM careers for their futures. The Clubs hope to increase<br />
these types of tours for 2019. Anyone interested in helping youth become passionate<br />
about an industry can contact Nathan Allen at nathan.allen@skagitclubs.org or<br />
at (360) 419-3723 x4.<br />
Full page photo on page 8, L to R: Jeret, Pablo, Ava, and Nathan Allen (Director of STEM<br />
Initiatives, BGCSC) outside the mill at Sierra Pacific Industries. Opposite page top to bottom:<br />
Olmsted Transportation CEO Bart Smith shows youth the engine on one of their semi trucks. Riley<br />
sits in a Cessna 172 at Skagit Air Field. Bricen behind the wheel of a brand new Ford Mustang at<br />
Dwayne Lane’s Skagit Ford. Ceanna draws the outline of an animal to be interpreted by Mighty<br />
AI’s software.<br />
Columbia Bank<br />
Everett Silvertips Hockey Club<br />
Shirlee Christensen<br />
Kristi Lindquist<br />
Amanda & Josh Cecotti<br />
Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked Goods<br />
Carolyn Howe<br />
Christine Youngquist<br />
Guy & Sandra Davidson<br />
Mark & Julie Wenzel<br />
Ken & Jenni Morrison<br />
John Walgamott<br />
Karl & Karen Yost<br />
Tulip Valley Winery<br />
Sharon Wright<br />
Melissa Pearson<br />
Julie Buchanan<br />
Carol Herbert<br />
Larry & Susan Forsythe<br />
Peter Goldfarb<br />
Don & Marie Ibsen<br />
Susan Krienen<br />
Scott & Karen Terrell<br />
Michael & Elizabeth Jackets<br />
Douglas & Linda MacGregor<br />
Car Care Clinic Gateway Transmissions, Inc.<br />
Wendie Granberg<br />
Apothecary Spa<br />
Kristin Knopf & Brian Hanners<br />
Marjorie Kilbreath<br />
Jim & Mary Jermyn<br />
Stacey Salyer<br />
Washington Federal<br />
Alyeska Design, LLC<br />
Jerald & Carol Zavalney<br />
Mary Perry<br />
MJB Properties, LLC<br />
Shane & Amy Collins<br />
Dr. Teak Martin<br />
Eva Aragon<br />
Phil & Tamera Brockman<br />
Sundarah Hammontree<br />
Frank Marzec<br />
Concrete Theatre<br />
Lorenzo’s<br />
Temcov Foundation<br />
Joshua Anderson Insurance, Inc<br />
Wendy Rohrbacher<br />
Ron McHenry<br />
Paul Woodmansee<br />
Steven & Sarah Dahl<br />
Dan Fisher<br />
Donnie & Kristen Keltz<br />
Ken Codlin<br />
Fred Meyer<br />
JoAnn Fabrics<br />
Tara Dowd & Steven Nelson<br />
Rob & Erin Reiger<br />
Nels Strandberg & Colleen Craig<br />
Bert Clay<br />
Brenden Jones<br />
Paula Fors<br />
Amazon Smile<br />
Bernadette Halliday<br />
Terri Maik<br />
Sarah & Adam Nuanes<br />
James & Cathryn Griffith<br />
Kroger<br />
Karl & Debra Pankaskie<br />
Tracy Dugas<br />
Katie Stamwitz<br />
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