Our Mission - Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Our Mission - Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Our Mission - Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
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12|13 The campaign for boys & girls clubs <strong>of</strong> bosTon<br />
we deepen<br />
our impact<br />
by leveraging the expertise <strong>of</strong> more than<br />
50 organizations, including the MFA,<br />
<strong>Boston</strong> Center for Community & Justice,<br />
<strong>and</strong> MIT Media Lab.<br />
Tim has been a member <strong>of</strong> BGCB’s South <strong>Boston</strong> Club since he was 6 years old. Six <strong>of</strong> his seven<br />
siblings have been Club members, <strong>and</strong> the youngest will be joining when he turns 6 years old next year.<br />
While his younger siblings spend every afternoon at the Club, Tim is an older teen who, until recently,<br />
was only coming sporadically. Club staff had heard that he was spending time with a “bad” crowd, <strong>and</strong><br />
was at risk for drug use, violence <strong>and</strong> other street crime. Tim says, “Growing up in Southie <strong>and</strong> around<br />
the projects, basically everyone I know who doesn’t go to the Club is into drugs or gangs or something.”<br />
Things changed for Tim when the South <strong>Boston</strong> Club opened its new music studio. Made possible by<br />
a donation from the Smith Family Foundation, the studio houses state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art equipment, including a<br />
powerful computer, a condenser microphone, a keyboard, an audio mixer <strong>and</strong> various musical s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
programs. The Club’s experienced Technology Director is there to show Club members how to use the<br />
equipment, <strong>and</strong> to encourage their creativity. Tim, who discovered the studio not long after it opened,<br />
now rushes to the Club every day after school to ensure a spot on the sign-up schedule. For Tim <strong>and</strong><br />
thous<strong>and</strong>s like him, there are special opportunities for learning <strong>and</strong> inspiration that are available only<br />
at the <strong>Boys</strong> & <strong>Girls</strong> Club.<br />
inspired to make<br />
a difference<br />
“<br />
<strong>Our</strong> long-term support for <strong>Boys</strong> & <strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Clubs</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Boston</strong><br />
has been focused on ensuring that the talented Club staff<br />
have the resources they need to provide programming that<br />
is innovative, effective, <strong>and</strong> appealing to members. When<br />
we visit the <strong>Clubs</strong>, we see how our investment is truly<br />
changing lives every day.<br />
”<br />
Debra <strong>and</strong> Brian Knez, Dana <strong>and</strong> Robert Smith<br />
Richard <strong>and</strong> Susan Smith Family Foundation<br />
we serve<br />
13,000<br />
children <strong>and</strong> teens annually.<br />
we provide<br />
2,500 meals<br />
weekly at three <strong>Clubs</strong> through<br />
our partnership with The Greater<br />
<strong>Boston</strong> Food Bank.
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