Our Club Directors and staff are busy compiling activities from our Clubs to share with our community in the coming days. For now, here is a list of free academic and entertainment sources for our community to utilize. BGCNCG is here to continue to enrich the lives of the youth and community we serve!
Walton County will soon have the opportunity to get involved locally with Walton County Boys & Girls Club in a unique and fun opportunity with a worthy cause at hand – our youth.
This year the Club’s staple event is back with a new spin!
The event will be a community gala featuring a live auction, catered dinner by Silver Queen, live cigar rolling, music, community and more!
All funds raised from Belles & Bowties will go toward the efforts of creating brighter futures in our community!
“This is my favorite night of the year and the one word that comes to mind is ‘electric,’” Ross Bradley, WCBGC Board Chair said.
“Belles & Bowties Gala is a time for our community to come together and celebrate all of the wonderful opportunities our local Walton County Boys & Girls Club does for our next generation,” he said.
Bradley says the night will be fun and set in an era of achievement and elegance.
The auctioneer for the evening is known statewide as the best in the business. “Dean Crownover is one heck of an entertainer,” Bradley said.
Belles and Bowties will be night to remember with local community friends, business leaders, and like-minded individuals that want to make a better life for the Youth in Walton County.
Tickets are $65 and available on www.bgcncg.com/bellesbowties.
“The Walton County Boys & Girls Club's sole responsibility is to enrich the lives of the next generation in our community. The Club gives opportunities to youth that they might not have in other areas of their life. By supporting the Club, you're not only helping individual children, but you're supporting a healthy, developing community,” Bradley said.
Great futures start together and we hope that you’ll come out to our event to support fostering great futures within our youth!
For more information about Belles and Bowties, call 770-207-6279 or visit www.bgcncg.com/bellesbowties.
In preparation for a New Year of youth development, the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Georgia prepped its staff with its Winter 2018 staff-wide training, which focused on new Youth Development Tools, Safety Practices, First-Aid and Program structure.
Staff first set goals for what they desired to learn from this Winters training, which was overviewed at the end to see if each member felt further equipped upon close of the training.
Some of those goals to have answered were questions like:
How do we instill self-esteem into the youth we serve?
How can we better connect with each youth?
After an overview of best safety practices, Bob Mackey, CEO & President of BGCNCG, immersed staff in the experience of Club youth during his Program Basics presentation.
Staff participated in challenging team-building exercises used inside Clubs as teaching methods for self-esteem, discipline, teamwork and how to have fun in positive environments.
Breakout sessions were offered to staff, which covered iCivics Training, provided by Kathy o’Neal of Georgia Family Connections Partnership, Annual Report training for data collection of how our Clubs perform year-to-year and Positive Discipline & Guidance training.
“To continue to service of providing world-class youth development to our communities, training is a must and a need,”Bob Mackey said. “We take pride in the services we provide and want to insure that our youth feel safe and positively equipped with tools that will impact them for the rest of their lives. Our organization and staff are committed to providing that experience for every child we serve. And, at the same time, we are committed to enriching our staff through Professional Development.”
Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Georgia provides club experiences for Walton, Greene, Putnam and Morgan Counties. They serve over 1,500 youth in North Central Georgia.
BGCNCG’s vision is to provide a world-class experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors.
For more information or to donate, visit www.bgcncg.com. If you’d like to get involved please contact 770-267-8034.
Letter from
BGCNCG
CEO & President,
Bob Mackey
“To be home and able to use my talents to help culitvate donor funding and growth for our clubs is an absolute joy. I’m looking forward to meeting those who have given to our cause and meeting new individuals who have yet to hear about the wonderful things we’re doing for the youth of North Central Georgia.”
