Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving
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Letters to Santa

Letters to Santa
Dear Santa,

Dear Santa.

Just one time it would be nice to participate in a contest that someone plays fair in. With 800+ votes, it seems like this vote might have been rigged by someone. Not gonna name names.

Maybe next year, you will choose to verify every email address and make sure that the contest is played on even ground so that everyone can win.

Thank you Santa.

Oh yeah, and I want World Peace too!

From,
Jaded Contestant
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Boys and Girls Club of Erie County

For More Information

Call: 
419-624-9250
Website: 
http://www.bgcsandusky.org/

To Volunteer

Stop By: 
431 Columbus Avenue
P.O. Box 626
Sandusky, Ohio 44871

Hours of Operation: 

Main Club: 431 Columbus Avenue
Monday through Friday:2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Remington Unit: 2112 Cleveland Road
Monday through Friday: 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Huron Youth Connection: Huron Public Library
Monday through Thursday: 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

To Make a Donation

Call: 
419-624-9250
Online: 
http://www.bgcsandusky.org/Sponsorship.html
Mail: 

431 Columbus Avenue P.O. Box 626
Sandusky, Ohio 44871

The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Erie County is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Current Projects and Opportunities: 

Project Learn: This is the Boys and Girls Clubs of America's educational enhancement program. Project Learn is not a curriculum. It is a strategy - an approach to designing a program schedule that benefits members academically. Project Learn has five components:

Homework Help and Tutoring
High-yield Learning Activities
Parent and Community Involvement
Collaboration with Schools
Incentives
Youth for Unity: to engage members and parents in activities designed to promote diversity and combat prejudice and discrimination. Youth for Unity is a component of a larger Boys & Girls Club of America diversity initiative sponsored by the Allstate Foundation.
Smart Moves: Individual group meetings for guys and girls discussing issues and the decision-making process.
Passport to Manhood: a 16 session program that helps young men with the process of learning about themselves and the world around them as they grow through the all important middle school years.

Power Hour: Every day, time will be allocated to assist members with homework, provide tutoring or to just perform activities that will assist them in the learning process. We also have a computer specifically for proficiency help.

Art Club: Members will make projects for the club, to take home or just to share with others.

Photo Club: Members will take digital photographs in a variety of settings and learn to manipulate them on the computer.

Geocaching: Members go out into the community seeking caches using hand-held GPS units and information derived from the international Geocaching internet site.

Cooking Club: Younger members learn how to prepare some simple dishes while learning manners.

Club Tech: Members of all ages learn the basics of computer use in our state-of-the-art computer lab, using specially-designed Microsoft programs.

Kids Care: Members work on community service projects with the Volunteer Center staff.
Torch Club: Leadership activities for middle-school members, stressing fellowship and community service, with field trips.
Keystone Club: Leadership activities for high-school members, offering special activities and trips.

Children's Choir: We have again been invited to participate in a Children's Choir with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra. We will be meeting there each Thursday night. The children will be practicing for performances in November 2008 and January 2009.

Kids Cafe® A healthy meal is served daily to members and guests who come to the club. The meal is free of charge.

(Kids Cafe® is a registered trademark of America's Second Harvest and is used under license. For further information, see Second Harvest website. This meal is provided through a grant from Con Agra Foods and the Second Harvest Food Bank.)

TRANSPORTATION - Please call the Main Club at (419) 624-9250 for details of our Transportation Program, funded by a grant from the Murray & Murray Foundation. Members must be signed up in advance in order to use this service.