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Rick Huisman Named Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 05-31-2012 under NONPROFITS
Rick Huisman, a former executive for Eastern Floral and Major League Baseball pitcher, was named Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth (BGCGRYC). Huisman joins the BGCGRYC as it prepares to open...
Comcast provides grant to introduce claymation to Boys & Girls Club members
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-21-2012 under NONPROFITS
On March 13th, ten members from the Seidman and Steil Boys & Girls Clubs finished Clay and Game Tech projects with the help of a $10,000 grant from Comcast. Using claymation, which is an animation process using clay figures that are moved and...
Boys & Girls Clubs of GR gain new faces to send them further
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-14-2012 under NONPROFITS
With 2012 in full swing and new projects underway such as the addition of the Philip I. Club location, Boys & Girls Clubs of Grands Rapids Youth Commonwealth (BGCGRYC) is excited to add five new names to their Board of Directors roster. The...
Mayra Cardenas earns Youth of the Year title
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-03-2012 under NONPROFITS
Recently, three local teens from the Seidman and Steil Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids competed in the 2011-2012 Youth of the Year competition held at Fifth Third Bank’s Gillett Auditorium. Held annually, this competition recognizes...
Grand Rapids Police Department and Jaycees help make the holidays a bit brighter for BGC Club Members
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 01-06-2011 under NONPROFITS
The holidays are a special time that bring families together and put smiles on the faces of those awaiting their presents. This year, two events made the holidays a bit brighter for some of Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth (...
2nd annual Steak and Burger Dinner raises nearly $40,000 for BGCGRYC
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 10-19-2010 under NONPROFITS
When faced with challenges in her career, Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes learned to focus on the journey and not the destination. The 2nd Annual Steak & Burger Dinner provided the Club members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth...
Steak & Burger Dinner brings Olympian Dominique Dawes to GR
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 09-21-2010 under NONPROFITS
Fundraisers tend to be a dime a dozen. Every cause needs supporters, and the creative ideas to raise funds sometimes seem at a stand still. But, Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth’s 2nd Annual Steak & Burger Dinner allows...Best Buy employees' volunteering pays off big for Boys & Girls Club members
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 07-19-2010 under NONPROFITS
Amazing things can happen when big corporations pair up with local non-profits, and on June 28th and 29th, Best Buy demonstrated exactly this. Forty-seven Club members from Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth participated in...
Essilor USA gives free eye exams and sends Club members home with new name brand glasses
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 07-06-2010 under NONPROFITS
Sight is an important sense that sometimes gets mistreated due to financial setbacks, but on June 8 Essilor USA, the world’s leader in ophthalmic lenses came to Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth to give free eye exams and...
Three Club members earn themselves new iPods
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 07-06-2010 under NONPROFITS
Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Club members, Brenda, Marshawnna, and Keshawnna earned themselves a trip to the Apple Store at Woodland Mall on May 27th. Brenda was winner of the Steil Club Power Hour program with 583...