Club Fun Facts - Fayetteville Boys and Girls Club

December 2011

their families.

The club will be closed December 22-25 and December 31-January 1 for the holidays.
20 youth members participated in

Level Up’s Great Gift Exchange where they had dinner, played on inflatables and received presents.

391 4^th -7^th graders are participating in basketball this season!
4^th Annual Thanksgiving Feast will be held Thursday November 17^th!
The Club is now open Sundays for family time from 1-5pm!
The 3^rd JCPenney Round Up of the year was a success, raising $2,354 for the Club.
The club recently held the Ward 4 Town Hall Meeting!
Sign-up for K-3^rd grade basketball is now in full swing!

4^th – 7^th Grade tackle teams played at Razorback Stadium on October 15th!
Basketball Registration for 4^th-7^th grade late deadline is October 22^nd!
Asbell Elementary attended the Club for programming during their October intersession.
JCPenney is conducting its 3rd Round up of the year to raise funds for the Club!
K-Kids, a Kiwanis service club for students in elementary school begins at the Club.
Feltner Brothers raised over $750 for kids Halloween costumes with their 2^nd Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest! Congratulations to defending champ and YPD Coordinator Paul Gehrki!

513 2^nd -7^th graders are participating in tackle football and 107 K & 1^st graders are playing flag this season!
Creative Cats afterschool program partnership with Washington Elementary began its 2^nd year!
We are discussing a partnership with Asbell Elementary for programming during their intersessions.
OutReach is off and running visiting 3 housing sites and Washington Elementary each week!

140 4^th -7^th graders are participating in 7-on-7 football this season!
JCPenney Grand Re-Opening provided the club with a $2,000 gift and a new school outfit for 10 Club members.
There were 5,290 unique visits to the Club by youth members this summer from June 13^th-August 12^th.
SKC is off and running with 10 sites and 200 children participating in the first week of the school year!
From June 18th – August 15th we had 66 reservations that included birthday parties, church picnics and other organization’s meetings!

239 1-7^th graders participated in our first week of zing!
During the first week of summer there were 1,413 visits by youth members.
A group of volunteers from Trout Unlimited taught a fly fishing class that included a fishing trip to Dry Run Creek
SKC has two sites this summer, Owl Creek and Vandergriff, with approximately 80 children participating.
From May 16th – June 18th we had 44 reservations that included birthday parties, company picnics and a wedding reception!

6 staff members visited the PARK Program in Little Rock.
Cox Communications will be the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s zing! Program with a donation valued at $10,000 (cash and advertising)
The Club hosted a Boys & Girls Club Professional Association meeting for Western Arkansas with over 30 members attending.
Easter at the Club was a huge success with approximately 2,000 community members attending.
From April 1^st – May 15^th we had 61 reservations that included birthday parties, meetings and Project Graduations!

8 Keystone members attended the national conference in Orlando, Florida!
We received a $10,000 grant from General Mills for our new Be Fit! program!
FHS senior and Club member for 12 years, Cashay Parker, was named as our Club’s Youth of the Year!
From Feb.13^th-Mar.13^th we had 25 reservations that included birthday parties, meetings and even an Ultimate Frisbee tournament!

We received a $143,500 matching gift from the Walker Foundation!
573 K-3^rd graders are participating in basketball!
Youth members attended a performance of Ferdinand the Bull at the Walton Arts Center.
Keystone Club has been raising money for their trip to Keystone National Conference in Orlando, FL next month.