2018 Annual Report
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
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WHERE OUR CLUB<br />
FAMILIES WORK<br />
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County provides<br />
economic development support for the communities<br />
in which we serve. By providing kids and<br />
teens ages 6-18 a fun, positive, and safe place to<br />
be during out-of-school hours, families can focus<br />
on finding and maintaining employment to support<br />
themselves, contribute to the economy, and rely<br />
less on public assistance programs. In preparing<br />
the figures to be used within this publication, there<br />
was some intuitive and observational knowledge of<br />
what the outcome would be, but the data and facts<br />
were also surprising in some ways.<br />
Understanding that many in our demographic<br />
served come from families which see a higher<br />
percentage of individuals employed in the trades.<br />
Finding Draper Valley, Janicki Industries, and<br />
Dakatoa Creek Industries was not a surprise. Based<br />
simply on overall employer size in the community,<br />
finding many working in Health Care, Government,<br />
and Education was also to be expected.<br />
Continued growth at Naval Air Station Whidbey<br />
Island has been pressing more and more families<br />
to seek housing in Skagit County, especially in the<br />
valley. Populations of military youth in our Clubhouses<br />
in Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley have<br />
grown significantly, and in Sedro-Woolley, it will<br />
soon overtake Anacortes with the number of Club<br />
members that have one or more family members<br />
employed by the US Navy.<br />
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Knowing this information is helpful to staff in many<br />
ways. When meeting with businesses and corporations<br />
who make community investments, it helps<br />
to tell the story of how Clubs are not only a valuable<br />
investment for the community-at-large, but also<br />
providing services directly to the employees of that<br />
company or agency. Seeing the sudden year-overyear<br />
increase of families dependent on the United<br />
States Navy for employment and services also<br />
informs staff as to our changing demographics and<br />
need for additional training and professional development<br />
so we can best serve the children of these<br />
military families.<br />
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