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June 21, 2010  On Feb. 27, 2010, Time Warner Cable sponsored the annual Golden Gloves Open Championship. Amateur finalist boxers in 11 weight divisions from around South Texas faced off in this local tournament, which proceeds benefited the positive youth development programs offered at the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio. The event was held at the Alzafar Shrine Temple located at 901 N. Loop 1604 West. Beginning Friday, March 5, boxing fans can enjoy rebroadcast coverage of the open division finals exclusively on Time Warner Cable. The finals will be featured on San Antonio On Demand Channel 988 allowing digital customers the opportunity to watch full match coverage when they want and as many times as they want for FREE. For more information, visit www.saod988.com. February 16, 2010 ABC Channel 12 KSAT News featured the "River of Dreams" project Video Link to newscast KSAT News Channel 12 Tuesday's Story Link "Local Teens Find Outlet Through Poetry" Cary Clack: Flowing in a River of Dreams Read San Antonio News Article Kens 5: Deserving SA Families Win Road Trip Vacation Ken's 5 News |
GRANTS RECEIVED June 2010 Students at Coronado Village Elementary (below) are getting a head start for the next school year. The students are being tutored by teachers and students at Northeast Lakeview College. The program is part of a Texas 21st Century Grant, which allows for BGCSA and Coronado Elementary School in the Judson ISD to team up to provide tutoring, field trips, arts, crafts, and more.  June 18, 2010 BGCSA was recognized with a $5,100 grant from the Taco Bell Foundation for teens to fund real world experience programs to encourage them to stay in school and consider future career possibilities. As one of 250 organizations to receive a portion of the $1.8 million grant from the Foundation, BGCSA will implement a college preparatory program for its high school-aged members. Growing up in America today is tougher than ever. ...“We are honored to be recognized by the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens for our unremitting commitment to teen graduation and success,” said Jim Watson, executive director of Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio. “It’s because of partnerships like this that we are able to offer the type of programs that ultimately help inspire them to stay committed to earn their high school degree, consider college, dream big and be great.” ... Read full press release May 13, 2010 SA YES Foundation presented $100,000 check to BGCSA as part of the Be Great SA Challenge Grant . . . read full press release Dec. 29, 2009 BGCSA is the recipient of a $10,000 Leverage for Learning Literacy Grant generously funded by the MetLife Foundation. The grant is intended to help Boys & Girls Clubs in key locations across the U.S. develop and implement activities designed to increase leisure reading, motivate reluctant readers and promote positive attitudes toward learning. As a direct result of the grant, BGCSA was able to implement several reading programs at the Calderon Branch, located on the city’s West side. These include providing reading tutors to at-risk Club members in partnership with the UTSA International Reading Association; providing reading logs to Club families as part of a contest to promote reading during National Family Week; and providing reading materials to the more than 600 guests who attended the Club’s annual community Thanksgiving Dinner. More than 30 Club members benefited directly from the tutoring and family aspects of the program. These members learned to appreciate the benefits of leisure reading and its positive impact on their performance in school. They understand that reading is a lifelong activity. |
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