Our 2010 September 17th, 'Golf Fore Kids' event is quickly approaching, and we still need golfers and sponsors. This event helps us generate the $200K annually we need to give out need-based scholarships, and keep our program affordable and accessible to every youth who needs us. Some of our clubs like at Simms are 93% free/reduced lunch, the 'La Casita' program has 100% free lunch population, and we'll serve at least 20 homeless children this year at no cost to their parents through a grant program. We are truly the agency that is there for 'those who need us most', at the time in their life when they need us most. We can all make statements about life circumstances and individual responsibility of adults, but kids don't choose their life circumstances, in life they simple are left to do their best with the 'hand of cards they've been dealt.'
If you have the chance to be a positive influence on any child's life, you should take it. We need more positive influence for kids.
Melanie Lewis, 2010 BGCHR - Youth of the Year
Message from the Director
From the humblest of beginnings…
In 1996 with just one employee, a room full of kids, a heart full of hope and a head full of dreams in what was then the old, dilapidated, Simms School, the Boys & Girls Clubs has grown, endured, and endeared itself to the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County community over the last 15 years.
We have certainly seen our ups and downs, and had our scrapes and bumps — but it’s always important to look back with fondness and appreciation when we hit these milestones of longevity and continual impact in the community. It’s fair to say over that 15 year period that thousands of youths have benefited from the work and mission of this organization. Read More
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