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NYOI FUN
As our National Youth Outcomes Initiative comes to an end, members at J. Barnett Woodruff took time to celebrate. The afternoon was filled with water balloons, prizes, and a bike raffle! Shoutout to Brandon Williams, our Director of Operations, for making it happen!
2023 Youth of The Year Winner
ELIJAH ADAMS
was named a finalist for the State Youth of the Year competition—he continues to blow us all away with his determination and drive. Here he is standing with our CEO, Rodney Close and our House of Representative Congressman, Teddy Reese.
Fun Day with the Columbus Police Academy's Cadets
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
FINE ART AWARD CEREMONY
KINDNESS WEEK
The members of Brewer Boys & Girls Club enjoyed a week of spreading kindness throughout the school and after school program. World kindness Day was officially Friday Jan 27th. Club members was challenged to start the week out with complimenting classmates and writing notes to club members, staff & family members. Next, they performed “Act It Out” this activity involves role playing where they act out different kindness scenarios, and not so kind scenarios then problem solved solutions. The kids ended the week enjoying snacks while relaxing and painting different kindness activity sheets. Always remember to spread kindness like confetti.
BGCCV CHRISTMAS
Caresource Football Camp
University of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
Thanksgiving Dinner
Club News Fall 2022
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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley is excited to announce our partnership with Grow with Google!
Grow with Google is Google’s $1 billion commitment to help ensure the opportunities created by technology are available to everyone. Since its launch in 2017, Grow with Google has trained 6 million Americans in digital skills and has helped nearly 170,000 Americans get a new job and increase their income. And through a network of more than 7,500 partner organizations - including local libraries, schools, and nonprofits—more people across the country have access to Grow with Google’s online tools and flexible programs.
Google Career Certificates are flexible online training programs that teach job-ready skills in the high-growth fields of data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, IT support, project management, and user experience (UX) design. Google employees with decades of experience in these fields develop and teach the certificates.
Teen Center Team Building Exercise
This is how our members from JBW get "lit" before programming! Our 9-12 girls were singing their hearts out to "This Girl is on Fire" by Alicia Keys. Shoutout to Ms. Treasure for keeping up the club spirit with our staff and members!
Great Futures Start Here
Lagrange College Preview Day
On Saturday, September 24th club members from South Columbus Teen Center attended the Lagrange College Preview Day. The event was an excellent way for prospective students and families to find out more about the private four year college. As the club members took a tour of the campus, they had a chance to get a look at life as a Panther through presentations about campus resources, met with current students, faculty, and staff, learn about academic and sports programs, financial aid, and campus life. Throughout the day, the Student Ambassadors and Admissions Staff did a great job on guiding and answering the questions from the teens about LaGrange College. Before leaving, the teens had a chance to watch the Panthers in action on the football field. GO PANTHERS!
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Flag Football Scrimmages at JBW
J. Barnett Woodruff members got a surprise on Friday! Three of our teams were given an opportunity to show what they have learned in front of parents, staff, and friends in our first scrimmage of the football season. Our 9 – 12 girls Falcons played our 9-12 Cowboys team. It was a fun exciting contest with Cowboys winning 24 – 8. Our 10 – 12 boys Falcons team competed against the middle schoolers from The Club – Teen Center and won 14 – 6. The game was a great parent engagement activity with over 20 parents showing up to support our club members. Great job done by JBW staff Javaris Tells and J’Kayla Lykes for getting the teams prepared for their respective games. Also thanks to Coach Moody and teen member Elijah Adams for helping out with the teams as well (Elijah coaches the 9 – 12 girl’s Cowboy team).
Quikball
Our two new health and fitness staff brought back an old favorite Friday, Cal Ripken Quikball (JBW’s version). Our 7 – 8 years old learned some of the fundamentals of baseball in a safe easy environment with Coach Washington and Coach Brown. Our members were show proper way to bat and run bases properly, as well as, worked on some valuable lessons in communication and teamwork. Great job by the two new staff at JBW and great job by Ms. Courtney Brown for giving our team and members some fun and energetic programming.
#WhyApply
Friday at the South Columbus Teen Center, the Teen Club members took part in #WHYAPPLY Day. The purpose for #WHYAPPLY is to assist high-schoolers as they get ready to navigate the college application and admissions process. Also, to ensure each participating senior club member submits at least one admissions application or scholarship application. For our club members that aren't seniors, they had a chance to pick out a college of interest and discover their WHY to apply. Not only did we discuss about the admissions process, we also talked about the upcoming opening for students to apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) on October 1st. #WhyApply #bgccv #bgccvkids #GreatFuturesNew Paragraph
Book Bags and School Supplies for 200+ Members
Special thanks to Family Dollar Stores, Inc. for donating backpacks & stationary sets to BGCCV. These items were distributed to over 200 of our members.
"Let Us Play" Flag Football Draft
J. Barnett Woodruff and MLK satellite site combined to hold our second annual "Let Us Play" Flag Football Draft. We have 28 young ladies ages 8 - 12 participate in the event, as well as, 20 plus parents and guess speaker Ms. Joanne Hill. The parents got an opportunity to understand the importance of our Smart Girls program as it relates to the physical and mental well-being of their child. Former female members and parents were brought in to give their testimony on how the program shaped them and helped them stay the course. Our members got a lesson on teamwork, friendship, and positive ways to interact with each other in creating a holistic environment around the club. The cheers flooded the room as each young lady name was called, which let us know that they understand the importance of supporting each other. At the end of the program many of the parents in attendance reached out to the staff and asked what they could do to help in the future. In giving our staff the opportunity to lead events, Treasure and Ashauria ran the family engagement activity and carried the torch well. Great job done by all the staff here at J. Barnett Woodruff and Ms. Sophia and Ms. Deja from MLK. Special thanks to Ms. Courtney and Ms. Shannon for holding the club down while the event took place. We wouldn’t be able to put forth the program without everyone playing their part!! Also thanks to Coach Jon for allowing his teens to come over and volunteer coach and be role models to our kids. Special thanks to Ms. Hill for giving the girls that extra push! FYI the first overall draft choice was picked for her work around the club and positive attitude. If you catch Aubree around J. Barnett Woodruff give her a shout out!
Our tech/digital arts specialist Zikeyia Webb used her great talents to work with some of our female members on their draft day posters. She got the girl’s involved in the overall look and showed several how to go about the process of creating the backgrounds and adding illustrations. Great job by Zikeyia, Treasure, and Ms. Courtney for putting together exciting programs that involves adding technology with sports.
Animal Socks
Our 2-5 graders had an amazing time making these sock animals. This went along with our PBL for the month. On this 4-week journey, students learned about different animals and environments, and then they were tasked to create their own. They first Watched Absurd Planet on Netflix. This movie features very weird animals. This allowed students to get ideas for the environment and animal they will be creating in the next steps. They then designed an environment for their animal.
Play to Start the Day
The staff at J. Barnett never ceases to surprise and entertain our members. Friday the staff decided to start our members day off with a smile and a bang by creating a hopscotch board at the front door. The members, staff, and some parents took some time to enjoy just a little bit of fun before starting the day at the club. Great job by Ms. Treasure, Ms. Zikeyia, Ms. Eboni and Ms. Ashauiria for coming up with the unique idea.
North Columbus BGC
Capture the Flag 🏳
EAST COLUMBUS CLUB GARDEN REVEAL
“We have 3 great opportunities for our kids. When they leave us we want to make sure that they're employable, that they're educated, and most of all that they are healthy.”
RODNEY CLOSE / President & CEO
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