Monthly Newsletter
June 2018
Thanks so much!
A grateful employee from Enterprise nominated Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach for the Jack Taylor Founding Values Award. This week, Enterprise Holdings Foundation was kind enough to pay a visit to our Eastman Club to give us the award and provide us with a $7,000 grant!
On Thursday, Alan Lowis from Professional Teambuilding along with his team provided five of our members with a delicious dinner and dessert!

Afterwards, the Teambuilding staff built tricycles for our members! Our kids were so surprised and happy to go home with a new trike!
Members were honored to be able to attend L.A. Rams' Todd Gurley's M.A.D.E. Football camp!
Our kids had the opportunity to meet Todd Gurley himself and Trumaine Johnson of the New York Jets!
Welcome Summer!
What better way to welcome summer than with some sun and surf? This week our Club kids attended the 2nd annual Surf Summit in Malibu!
Trained professionals taught our members how to properly paddle and stand on a surfboard!
Upcoming Event
Purchase your chance to win two round-trip tickets to anywhere JetBlue flies! Ticket sales benefit the
Phil Trani Charity Golf Tournament
 on July 23rd supporting sports programs at our Clubs.

Go to www.bgclublb.org/tranigolf  to purchase your chances and GOOD LUCK!
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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
  Steffi Hafen
  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
  Roy Sayers
  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


Let's celebrate!

Our legacy Clubs honored our promoting & graduating students with lovely celebrations! Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach's graduation rate this year was 100%!

Members said their goodbyes to our graduating high school students and gave many kudos to our incoming middle and high schoolers during their annual end of the school year parties!
Club News

We hope you didn't forget your doughnuts! Friday, June 1st was National Doughnut Day.  From the looks on our members' faces, you can tell how important this day is!

Club members celebrated by making and personalizing donuts with various  toppings and icing. How yummy!

This month our Club kids toured the largest King Tut exhibit at the California Science Center!

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) is all around! We challenged o ur students to build a tower strong enough to withstand an earthquake using only toothpicks and marshmallows.

Leaders in Training members had a blast constructing catapults for their STEM project!

Club kids had a blast breaking up into teams and building some robots!

After they constructed the robots, they all gathered to see which robot would outlast the other.

Some days our students just enjoy taking it easy and relaxing by coloring. They like to see who can come up with the most unique color schemes!

Members also participated in a two day art project. For day one, they got messy by sculpting clay into different forms. On the following day, once their sculptures were dried, they painted their creations!