Monthly Newsletter
February 2018
Thank you!
144 players joined us at the Virginia Country Club earlier this month for the Fore the Kids Golf Tournament hosted by Natalie Gulbis. The team from Valero came in first for the tournament and we raised over $110,000 for our Clubs.
 
Some of our Club kids even got a one-on-one golf lesson with Ms. Gulbis!
Our Club kids at Eastman cannot thank Eagle Scout, Noah Devine, enough for his hard work and dedication in remodeling our garden for his Eagle Scout Service Project!
Bob's Discount Furniture is on a mission to help as many schools and nonprofits in our community as possible! Their outreach team provided our Clubs with what they call 
"A Random Act of Kindness"
For the month of February, Ross Dress for Less asked their customers to round up the cost of their purchases and donate to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.  Our Clubs were paired with some of our local stores and our members hosted an area in the store where kids could make crafts and get their faces painted while their parents shopped.  Thank you for your support Ross!!!
Over 240 of our Club members got the celebrity treatment as they saw an advance screening of Black Panther thanks to IMAX, Regal Entertainment, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.  The movie showed our Club kids that you can do anything, no matter your race or gender. Wakanda Forever!

Upcoming Event
Are you ready for your close-up?
Make sure you join us for our upcoming 2018 Annual Gala - Here's Looking at You, Kid where we will be partying like it's 1940! We are working on a great silent and live auction and you will get to dance the night away hearing the sultry voice of Spencer Day.
Saturday, April 21
Westin Long Beach Hotel
Sponsorship opportunities available.


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Meet Our Board
Grant Uba, M.D., Board Chair

*Barbie Barker
 Jonathan Batista
 Greg Bombard
 Matt Browning
*Trent Bryson, CFP
 Art Bullard
 James Bunnell
 Fernando Chavez
 Tony Chukuka
 Darlene Dameron
 Victor de la Vega
 Richard Dilday
*Scott Dionne
 Kim Estes
 Brandon Ferrera
 Melissa M. Fimbres
 Damon Haber
 Darren Hamilton
 Blake Hardin
 Kurt Hertzog
 Brian Holmen
 Albert Israel
 Elizabeth Jones
 Sandi Kayse
 Perla Hernandez Lastra
 Mark S. Latimer
 Nathan Lee
 Jennifer Meeker
 PeterMax Miller, Ed.D.
 John Morris
*Daniel W. Munzer
 Jim Normandin
 Andrea Parker
 Michaela Pereira
 Andy Perez
 Stefan Perovich
 William Phillips
 Robert Renteria
 Blythe Reyes
 Diana Rodriguez
 Matt Simon
 Robert Skidmore
 John Sulentor
 Cass Traub
Directors Emeritus

*William Barnes
*Richard Bryson
*John Dameron
*John Di Carlo
*Cheryl Fox
*Larry Jackson
 Fred Jensen
 Gene Johnson, CPM
*Irv Miller
*Mitch Rouse
*Rocky Suares
*John C. Wallace
 Jim Zupanovich


Don Rodriguez
  Chief Executive Officer




*Past President


Club News

It has been busy month at the Clubs! Our kids learned about Black History and the impact it continues to make today by reenacting photos of their heroes.
Pictured here are our members and their look alikes!
Malik Bell as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kimora Wafer as  Billie Holiday
Michael Collins as Barack Obama
Zaynab Andrews as  Maya Angelou
Jerimiah Jacobs as  Malcolm X
Christoper Isaac as  Nelson Mandela
Serenity White as Rosa Parks
Curtis Jackson as Jackie Robinson
Jordyne Hill as  Katherine Johnson
Muhammad Nelson as Muhammad Ali

It doesn't snow here in Southern California, but our members are sure to make it possible at our Clubs! Our students made artificial snow using baking soda and hair conditioner. You would not believe when I tell you, it really feels like snow!

Junior League of Long Beach provided their Kids In The Kitchen workshop this month. To start off the morning, our kids made a delicious fruit salad using some neat kitchen gadgets!

Club members were enthralled by the Lego sets where they had to follow the directions exactly to create miniature machines as part of our STEM program.



Our Westside Center hosted their annual art show. Our members displayed their best masterpieces for their staff and parents to see!

Our members celebrated Family Fun Night, where guardians and siblings joined us for all sorts of food and fun games!
Together, they enjoyed playing jumbo versions of games including Jenga & Connect Four!