Member Recognition Night

Boys & Girls Club Holds Member Recognition Night

This past Thursday, the Club closed out the school year program with our Annual Member Recognition Night Dinner. Nearly 400 club members, parents, staff and board members were in attendance as members were recognized throughout the various program areas. After a dinner created by Kids Café Director, Dale Foster, the evening began with award for Summer Athletics and Education followed by Fine Arts and Music.

Just a short time later, Maureen Peterson, Chair of the Board of Directors, presented the Youth of the Year Awards to: Nisia McCormack, Racquish Leard, Regina Crawford, Kara Shaughnessey, Taylor Clooney, Kayla Cardoso (Girl of the Year) and Max Barbosa (Youth of the Year). Max also represented his fellow award winners at the Statewide Youth of the Year judging held in Marlboro in May.

Next on the agenda was a special award of recognition to retiring Boston Police Superintendent in Chief, Robert Dunford for his many years of service to the community. After program awards in Athletics (Winter & Spring), Social Recreation, Teen Program, Aquatics and our Denney Center Unit we closed the night with our Program Director Awards, the top award in each program area.

These award winners were: Social Recreation – Jazeel Mendes; Aquatics – Sean O’Donnell; Athletics – Taylor Clooney; Walter Denney Youth Center – Marshall Reid and Nisia McCormack and; Teen Center – Joey Brandao and Kayla Cardoso. Congratulations to these winners and all of the members recognized on this night for their leadership, participation and sportsmanship. We would also like to thank our friends at The Greater Boston Food Bank and Dorchester Tire for their support of the event.

July Program Highlights

The Summer program kicks-off on June 29th and will be followed in the month of July with a number of special activities in all core program areas. Week number one of the summer program will feature Activities Week with various clinics, trips and special activities taking place in each program area. This will also serve as the start of the Safe Summer Streets program as our teen members will have access to activities from 5 to 11 p.m. on a Monday to Saturday schedule. The first of our three-week sessions for the day time summer program will begin on July 6. Other notable dates for July include: the Teen Color War Event (July 2); try-outs for the Summer Swim Team July 2); 10 members taking part in a week-long All Sports Camp at the Dan Duquette Sports Academy (July 5-10); the start of the Career Prep Summer Jobs program (July 6): a Clinic & All-Star Game with the National Basketball Team from Ireland July 6); the start of the 4-team Girls Safe Summer Streets Basketball League (July 6); day trips to the Mass. Audubon (July 7 & 8); the start of the Summer Swim Team (July 7); the Keystone Club’s “Opportunity for Community” Day (July 11); Week #1 of the M.Y.S.A. Soccer Clinics (July 13 – 19); a Performance & Workshop for 40 members with the B.U. Dance Collective (July 16); a Denney Center Unit bus trip to the Museum of Science (July 16); Week #2 of the M.Y.S.A. Soccer Clinic (July 20 – 24); the Annual Marr Golf Fundraiser at Wollaston C.C. (July 20); a Drum Making Workshop for 25 members with the Excel Program (July 21); the Teen Inter-Club Field Day (July 22); the first of 3 day trips to Land’s Sake Farms (July 23); Session #1 Closing Olympics Day (July 24); a teen bus trip to Six Flags (July 24); a Performance & Workshop for 40 members with the Urban Improv Group (July 28), our Junior Class Night for teens (July 28), College Alumni Night and Alumni vs. S.S.S. All-Stars Basketball Game (July 29); a workshop with the Creative Creatures program (July 30) and; a bus trip to the Summer Expo at the Nashua, NH Club (July 30).

Please note that members ages 6 to 12 must be pre-registered to take part in the Summer program while teen members can take part in activities six nights a week at the Marr Clubhouse on a drop-in basis. For information on any of our upcoming summer programs please contact Program Director, Mike Joyce at (617) 288-7120, ext. 140.