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Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Member Milo Lopez Named Oregon Youth of the Year
April 6, 2012 - Congratulations are in order for the new 2012 Oregon State Youth of the Year Milo Lopez, a 6‐year member of Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland. After receiving the nomination to represent the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland earlier this year Milo went on to compete at the state level with 9 other amazing teens from Oregon and was selected as the Oregon Youth of the Year on April 6, 2012 at the Benson Hotel. Read More.
Boys & Girls Clubs Administrative Staff Experience Trail Blazers Fantasy Day
March 21, 2012 - Wednesday afternoon the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland organization took part in the Wells Fargo and Portland Trail Blazers Fantasy Day at the Rose Garden Area. This ultimate experience invited local nonprofits to participate as players and fans for a fun-filled day that involved on-court activities with Trail Blazers players Craig Smith and Nicolas Batum, BlazerDancers, announcers, and training staff. Read More.
Saint Joseph's Day Spaghetti Feast for Kids
March 19, 2012 - In coordination with Home Forward and the Portland Police Department, Old Spaghetti Factory stepped-up in honor of Saint Joseph’s Day to help over 450 local youth celebrate the day with big smiles and delicious spaghetti at the Regence Club. Volunteers from Home Forward, the Portland Police Department and University of Portland all came together to help serve youth and their families. KGW video.
Cheers! The 2012 Portland Showcase of Wine & Cheese Raises Over $1.5 Million
February 23 & 24, 2012 - As part of 2012’s Portland Showcase of Wine & Cheese two-night event, Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland paid special tribute to Club supporters Linda Rae Hickey, Hank Swigert, and Brot Bishop Jr. at the invitation-only Winemaker’s Private Reserve Dinner A Night of Angels held on February 23rd at the Portland Art Museum. Night two of 2012’s Portland Showcase of Wine & Cheese, held at the Oregon Convention Center on February 24th, featured hundreds of wines, dozens of gourmet cheeses, delicious hors d’oeuvres and specialty foods that helped make the Showcase a-can’t-miss event. Read More.
February 3, 2012 - In celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month the Multnomah Dental Society sponsored Give Kids A Smile on February 3rd in partnership with OHSU School of Dentistry, Creston Dental Clinic, MDS members, our Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland, and many volunteers. This wonderful partnership provides many children in our community with oral health care who are often unable to receive it or have limited access to oral care. Read More.
Plaid Pantry Raises over $14,800 through Support Youth Literacy Campaign
January, 2012 - The Clubs and Plaid Pantry partnered together for the Support Youth Literacy fundraising campaign in December of 2011 to combat the poor literacy skills of Portland metro area youth affected by limited support and resources. Support Youth Literacy campaign benefits Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Literacy Centers and helps ensure Portland metro youth receive the needed learning tools to succeed in the classroom and in life. Read More.
PRM and Winterhawks Start the New Year with Over $7,000 for the Clubs
December 31, 2011 - In case you missed it, there was a big party going on at the Rose Garden Arena thanks to the Portland Winterhawks New Year’s Eve game. Thanks to the great team of Pacific Residential Mortgage and the Portland Winterhawks, proceeds from the night benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland totaled over $7,000! Read More.
Macy's Thanks for Sharing Event
Now through December 31, 2011- Macy's card members can enroll in the Thanks For Sharing rewards program with a one-time $25 fee charged to their Macy's Credit Card. Once enrolled, card members accumulate rewards equal to 10% of most of their Macy's Card purchases through December 31, 2011. Macy's will make a donation for each customer enrolling in the Thanks For Sharing rewards program. Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland has been selected to benefit too! Read More.
Clubs Add a New Touch to Portland Patrol Cars
November, 2011 - In a terrific show of their support for the Clubs, Chief Reese and the Portland Police Bureau made good on their offer to have patrol cars outfitted with Boys & Girls Clubs license plate frames. The wonderful gesture also created an opportunity for positive outreach as a number of Club youth were able to work with Portland Police to get the old frames off and the new Boys & Girls Clubs frames on. Read More.
BGC of Portland Launches 2011-2012 It Just Takes One Campaign
October 31st, 2011- At Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland, any gift - no matter how big or small - is immensely appreciated. This is the idea behind our It Just Takes One campaign: It just takes One caring adult, One Boys & Girls Club, and One gift to forever impact the life of a child.
The 2011-2012 campaign, running from Oct. 12th - Dec. 14th, helps ensure that the doors to the Club remain open and accessible to all children and that the Clubs are able to continue to provide. Read More.
Club Members 'Get Going' For Diabites Awareness & Prevention
October 1st, 2011 - Club members from our Portland Clubs and our Warms Springs Boys & Girls Clubs took up the challenge to get up & exercise as part of OHSU's Get Going Oregon program.
Get Going Oregon! motivates Oregonians to spend at least 30 minutes for 30 days walking, running, biking, or whatever gets you going! Portland area Club members joined fellow walkers on October 1st at the Center for Health & Healing on the Waterfront where they participated in a non-competitive 5k walk throughout downtown and a morning full of celebrating healthy living. While there, Club members participated in Yoga and Zumba classes which set the stage for their month long commitment of healthy exercising. Read More.
September 21, 2011 -- Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland today celebrated the national launch of a star-studded new Public Service Advertising (PSA) campaign, featuring 21 notable Club alumni, dramatically showcasing the impact of the Club experience in transforming the lives of young people. The PSA made its debut during an event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"We are very excited about the new PSA campaign because it shows the dramatic impact of the Club on young lives," said Lisabeth Marziello, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland. "Just like these well-known Club alumni, we see the importance of setting high expectations for every child we serve and believe that investing in them now ensures a better future for all," said Marziello. Read More.
Oregonian Features BGC Kids Cafe Program: "Bad child hunger season leads to worse years"
September 20, 2011- The summer was really hard. "They'd come in, and they hadn't had lunch or breakfast," explains Lisabeth Marziello, who oversees Boys and Girls Clubs in the metropolitan area. Without looking at the newspapers, you could tell it was a tough time; Portland families are scrambling to keep a roof over their heads, and "food is sometimes second or third on the list." Those three months without school lunches or breakfasts were a particularly hungry time. Three of Marziello's clubs in Southeast Portland offer Kids Cafes -- supported by the Oregon Food Bank, food-service companies such as Sysco and private fundraising -- and no restaurant in Portland has more demand for its tables. With the return of the school year, the flow is a little different, but it's hardly slowed. Read More.
Shop with a Cop: A Rewarding Experience for All
August, 2011- By Erik Krieger, Chairman, Board of Governors.
In late August I had the opportunity to participate in the Boys & Girls Clubs/Fred Meyer Shop with a Cop event at the Johnson Creek Fred Meyer. As has been my experience with all Boys & Girls Clubs sponsored events, the program was well organized and “spot-on” toward the cause of supporting the community and young people in need. Full Story.
Nike & Blazers 'Make It Better' at Annual Hoop Clinic
July 21st- 2011- The gym at the Wattles Boys & Girls club in southeast Portland is reminiscent of the old field houses built in the 1940's. The domed roof and exposed girders are all features typical of the era. Wattles predates the apartment complex that resides across the street, and is ancient compared to the green line MAX tracks laid a stone's throw away from the club. There have been updates and additions, but the gym, aside from a new coat of paint every few years, looks basically the same as it did when the facility was first opened in 1946. The kids come and go, but the gym has remained.
And though all of the kids do eventually go, some stick around for longer than others. Brandon and Bryan Gastelum-Plata are two of those kids (or, more accurately, young men) who have made the Wattles Boys & Girls Club their second home. For eight years they've been coming to the club, participating in events ranging from table games competitions to fundraisers for school supplies and Haitian earthquake relief. And on July 21, they participated in their sixth-straight Nike make it better Hoops Clinic, though this time around, they spent their time helping the next generation of kids at Wattles. Read More.
July 15th, 2011- The Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment MILLION MOMENTS: GREAT MOMENTS, GREAT CAUSES mobile van tour rolled into Portland to donate 10,000 DVD's to the Boys & Girls Club of Portland. This is part of Fox's YEAR OF A MILLION MOMENTS campaign celebrating movies made memorable, quotable, and unforgettable by the people who watch and embrace them. Read More.
July 15th, 2011 - This summer, the stars of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars - Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, and Shay Mitchell - are teaming up with Staples and DoSomething.org for the 4th Annual Staples for Students Supply Drive. The program encourages teens to collect and donate school supplies at their local Staples store to support kids in need within their community. Read More.
BGC Leadership Highlighted in BoardSource® Magazine
July 13th, 2011- Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland's CEOs Joseph and Lisabeth Marziello have been highlighted by BoardSource as an executive team that works, profiling the CEO's success as a chief executive team within Boys & Girls Club movement. Read More.
Boys & Girls Club of Portland Member Artwork Winner of National Fine Arts Competition
June 23rd, 2011- Rubi Gastelum-Plata is one of thirty-seven Boys & Girls Club artists whose work has been chosen to appear in the 2011 National Fine Arts Exhibit. Selected from more than 252 finalist vying for top honors at this year's national competition, Rubi's art piece won for the 15-18 year old age division in the watercolor category and will travel with the National Fine Arts Exhibit on a nationwide tour. In recognition of their achievement, winning artists will receive a plaque and congratulatory letter from Roxanne Spillett, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Read More
Tender Corp. Donates Easy Care First Aid Kits to Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland (BGCP)
June 22nd, 2011- Tender Corp., a leading developer of skincare and first aid products designed for active lifestyles, today announced that it's donating Easy Care All Purpose first aid kits as well as other essential outdoor safety items to all chapters that make up the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland, Oregon. Read More.
North Portland Club Partners to Recognize Male Role Models
June 20th, 2011- In collaboration with Housing Authority of Portland and other community partners, the Regence Boys and Girls Club hosted an event honoring Fathers and Male Role Models/Mentors on the weekend of Father's Day. The event included live entertainment, food, basketball, games, and guest speakers. The event was attended by more than 250 people. Read More.
Successfull Summer Kickoff Carnival at JWR
June 17th, 2011- The Jack, Will and Rob Boys & Girls Club hosted a highly attended Summer Kick Off Carnival Friday June 17th, 2011. With nearly 200 kids, parents and friends of the community in attendance, the JWR staff and volunteers started the summer off with a BANG! Read More.
Windermere & Trail Blazers ‘Builds Better Communities' For North Portland Club
June 17th, 2011 - Teens across North Portland will start the summer with a new teen center and renovated Club thanks to the generosity of the Windermere Foundation and their "Building Better Communities, One Home Sale at a Time" campaign and the Portland Trail Blazers and their "Make it Better" campaign. Windermere, who has contributed donations for every purchased or sold a home through the Windermere Foundation, has teamed up with the Portland Trail Blazers for a day of community celebration and service at the Blazers Boys & Girls Clubs in North Portland. Read More.
Shari's Raises over $120,000 For Boys & Girls Clubs
June 6th, 2011 - Shari's Restaurants today announced the proceeds generated with the 16th annual "Grip It & Rip It" charity golf event. The total from this year's fundraising event was $121,000, donated to continue the excellent work of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland. Read More.
