Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic precautions and Club renovations, Member of the Month will resume when the Club is back in session |
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BGC Joliet Leader Wardie Sain Receives 2020 Everyday Hero Status We are excited and proud that Club staff leader, Mr. Wardie Sain, has been named one of the 2020 Everyday Heroes by the The Joliet Herald News! Mr. Sain has been working with the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet for nearly 45 years! His dedication and positive impact is enormous and we truly appreciate his long standing commitment to serving the youth in our community that need us the most! Congrats, Mr. Sain! You can view the special issue HERE: https://issuu.com/shawmedia/docs/everyday_heroes_102420 |
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BGC Joliet Receives Donation from Target DC We would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful new friends at the Target Distribution Center in Channahon, for their generous donation of $2,500 to the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet! This donation was facilitated by our dedicated and amazing partners at the United Way of Will County! A total of $5,000 was donated by the Target Distribution Center to both the Club and another great organization, the Will County Children's Advocacy Center, with each agency receiving $2,500. Executive Director, Kahlil Diab, accepted the check on behalf of the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet, along with Target reps and the always awesome Sarah Grycko Oprzedek and Kesha Dawn of the United Way of Will County! Thank you for investing in both of our organizations! |
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BGC Joliet Alternative Fall Programming a Success Our 2020/21 Alternative Fall/Winter Session has been going great at the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet, despite a challenging year for all. Meal service is active, our academic reinforcement activity kits are being distributed weekly, and virtual tutoring has been going smooth! In October we began a new partnership program, Healthy Habits, courtesy of our amazing friends at The University of Illinois Extension - Grundy, Kankakee, and Will and it has been going absolutely wonderful! We also had an extra special Halloween kit distributed for the week of Halloween. None of this would be possible without all of our generous and thoughtful corporate sponsors and community partners. On behalf of our entire organization, especially the kids, thank you for your support! |
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BGC Joliet Completes First Floor Storm Damage Repairs We have some great news to report, all major contractor work has been completed on the first floor! We will now begin rebuilding the offices, game room, I-PAD center, and movie room with new furniture (courtesy of our friends at IKEA Distribution, Joliet/Minooka, IL) and NEW components! Shout out to FCA Flooring Specialists and R. Berti Building Solutions for a job well done! The best is yet to come, stay tuned! |
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Shorewood Kiwanis Brokers Donation to BGC Joliet from Local Eatery We would like to send out a sincere thank you to our wonderful friends at the Shorewood Kiwanis for facilitating a donation of $500 to the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet from our new and amazing friends at Savarino's Pizza! A special acknowledgement is due for Mr. Bill Savarino, owner of Savarino's Pizza, for this selfless act of support to our organization during a year when local businesses are under immense stress! You truly make a difference! |
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Holly Club of Joliet Provides Donation to BGC Joliet We would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful friends over at Holly Club of Joliet for their generous donation of $1,000 from their recent fundraiser! Your support is greatly appreciated during this challenging time and we sincerely thank you for thinking of the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet with respect to this donation. |
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Support the Christmas Party through our Amazon Wish List Option Our 2020 Annual Christmas Party is fast approaching (Saturday-Dec 19) and we need your support! It has been a time honored tradition to hold a gift grab at the party, which allows members to pick out toys with their family. We rely on donations and partnerships to stock the gift grab with awesome toys/games for the kids. This year we will be having a special curbside format to the party, but the gift grab will still be occurring! We are humbly asking for toy donations via Amazon.com. Our wish list is located HERE: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/cpAKQ3Q?ref_=wl_share All items purchased will be sent directly to the Club! Thank you for your generosity and support, your donation is sure to bring many smiles to many deserving children! |
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Our "Sponsor Spotlight" for the month of October is on Velocita Technology, located at 50 Barney Drive in Joliet! Velocita has been extremely generous to the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet while serving our technology needs, including the donation and monitoring of our Wi-Fi based phone system technology! Call Velocita TODAY at (800) 276-3156 for all of your technology needs and solutions! Thank you, Velocita, you help us to create Great Futures for youth that need us the most in our community! |
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Our 2020 Annual Campaign was originally set to be launched at our 2020 Gala on March 14th, which was postponed to March 2021, due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. We need your support more than ever! Please support our 2020 Annual Campaign, "A Safe Place for a Bright Future." No donation is too small! Click below to access the Campaign: |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
What: Alternative Fall Session When: September 8, 2020-December 31, 2020 Where: Boys & Girls Club of Joliet-Curbside What: 2020 Gala When: RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2021-DETAILS COMING SOON Where: The Jacob Henry Mansion's Victorian Ballroom |
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The Boys and Girls Club is a PROUD United Way of Will County funded community partner and serves youth ages six to eighteen. The Club is open from 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday after school and 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. any week day that school is not in session. For more information about donating or volunteering, please visit bgcjoliet.com or call (815) 723-3434 |
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