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| Tuesday, June 26, several teen members from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County (BGC) visited the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) in Augusta. Club members spent the day touring the facility and learning about the many career opportunities that are available to them in the medical field.
Members also participated in a special simulation in which a pretend hospital patient “flatlined,” or was considered clinically dead. The members worked together as a team and were able to bring the patient back to life. According to Horace Harvey, Career Development Director at the Club, this was a very special accomplishment for the members.
“MCG representatives said that very few groups are able to bring the patient back to life once they flatline, but our kids did,” he said. “It was definitely the highlight of the day.”
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| June 26, 2007- Georgia Southern University (GSU) students Dani Goddard and Lauren Foster made a very special visit to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County (BGC) on Friday, June 22.
Goddard and Foster, both members of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma, presented the BGC with approximately 600-700 books as well as a $700 donation. According to Goddard, who is the sorority’s Philanthropy Chair, Kappa Kappa Gamma’s national philanthropy is the “Reading is Fundamental” program, and the sorority wanted to do something to support this philanthropy. “We thought about it and decided to do a book drive to benefit the BGC,” said Goddard. The book drive, dubbed “Baseball and Books,” was held at a GSU baseball game in April.
Goddard, Foster and other members of the sorority spent the next two months sorting and stamping the books. The sorority’s $700 donation will be used to build book shelves in the BGC’s Denmark Unit and Teen Center. Both Goddard and Foster have volunteered at the BGC before, and they hope to return once the book shelves have been built.
“We want to come back in the fall and bring other members of Kappa Kappa Gamma with us,” they said.
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June 28, 2007—The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County will host “Gear Up for the Future” at Georgia Southern University (GSU) from Mon., July 16-Wed., July 18.
Over 250 Club members from across the state of Georgia will participate in the event, which is designed to prepare students in grades 7-12 for college life.
The event will offer concurrent sessions for the youth that will cover a wide range of topics, including admissions requirements, student life, Ogeechee Technical College information, career options, expectations from professors, and abstinence education.
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The participants will also hear from several speakers during the course of the event, including GSU President Dr. Bruce Grube, Dean of Students, Georj Lewis, and Warren Riles from the Office of Career Services.
The student participants will enjoy 3 jam-packed days on GSU’s campus, experiencing life in the dorms, visiting the RAC, and dining college style at some of GSU’s most popular eateries.
For more information about this event, please contact Mike Backus, Resource Development Director, at 515-4051 or at mbackus@bgcbulloch.org.
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June 25, 2007-Tommy Marshall II, a student at the University of Georgia (UGA) majoring in dentistry, visited Club members on Friday, June 22.
Marshall talked to the youth about things they could do to keep their teeth healthy, like brushing regularly, flossing and visiting the dentist every six months. Marshall also showed members a diagram of the tooth and explained to them what the words enamel, dentin, and pulp mean.
Marshall is the son of Tom and Vicki Marshall of Statesboro. His brother, John, has also volunteered his time to the children at the Club.
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June 22, 2007-Representatives from the Bulloch County Health Department visited Club members on Friday, June 22, to talk about the importance of eating healthy foods and getting plenty of exercise.
Club members learned about the food pyramid and the importance of choosing foods that will help them “Go” (have plenty of energy), “Glow” (have a healthy glow from eating healthy foods) and “Grow” (grow big and strong from eating healthy foods.)
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June 19, 2007- Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County celebrated Juneteenth on Tuesday, June 19. Members enjoyed recreational activities like sack races, tug of war, three-legged races and a dunking booth. Several staff members also grilled hotdogs for the kids to enjoy.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S.
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June 13, 2007- Beginning Wednesday, music filled the air at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County. Statesboro resident Bobby Altmiller visited the Club on Wednesday, June 13, to play the piano and sing with the kids.
Bobby’s son Bob and his wife, who are from Edmond, Oklahoma, donated a brand new piano to the Club in Bobby’s honor. Bobby and her husband Wendell helped deliver the piano to the Club, and Bobby plans to continue visiting the Club on a weekly basis to share her musical talents with the children.
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June 8, 2007- Even though school is out for the summer, youth attending the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County (BGC) will still have the opportunity to sharpen their reading and writing skills.
BGC staff member Wonda Jenkins, who will be teaching the Club’s language arts classes this summer, has many exciting activities planned for her students.
“My goal this summer is to make the subject of language arts both fun and educational for the kids,” she said.
Youth in grades kindergarten-3rd will read a different short story each week and will focus on sharpening their reading comprehension, grammar and spelling skills. Youth in 4th and 5th grades will read longer books like “Bridge to Terabithia” and “Holes.” As they are reading the books, they will learn the meanings of different vocabulary words used in the books and will be required to write various journal entries about the books as well.
The youth will also compete in creative writing contests. The BGC’s summer program began on May 29 and will end on July 31. The hours for the summer program are 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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June 1, 2007- Several members from the Boys & Girls Clubs (BGC) of Bulloch County’s Elvera Mays Teen Center have recently had the opportunity to experience gardening firsthand.
On May 16, the teens visited Georgia Southern University’s Botanical Gardens to plant a variety of seeds, including pole beans, carrots, radishes and zucchini.
“We wanted to teach the teens where the different foods they eat come from, and we thought the best way to do that was to have them grow their own,” said Seth Bishop, Art Director at the BGC’s Teen Center.
The teens have continued to visit the Botanical Gardens each week to care for the seeds. When the vegetables are ready to be harvested, they will be used in cooking demonstrations that will be held at the BGC.
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