Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Covid19 Relief Fund
This is a sad and scary time for us all, but especially for kids.  
Despite technology they can feel isolated and withdrawn & they face huge educational gaps, thanks to the schools closing.
We are working hard to keep them connected to familiar faces and routines, and to fill those emotional and educational gaps.
You can help! Support our Covid19 Relief Fund today. 
          While our Building may be closed, the Boys & Girls Club of Cape is definitly NOT closed!        
WE ARE JUST SERVING OUR KIDS IN A NEW WAY!

We are going strong and continue to serve our 1,089 kids, along with the rest of the Cape's children, online every weekday at 3 and/or 4pm,
just as their virtual School day ends, which means that  the normal routine of ffinishing school and going to the Boys & Girls Club remains the same. 

We are working hard to keep children and teens connected to familiar faces and routines,and to fill those emotional and educational gaps!  

You can help by responding to our call for donations to the 
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Covid19 Emergency Fund
to keep the programming going now, and
to help us re-open our doors when parents start returning to work as the crisis passes.

Here’s how we are serving the out-of-school children and teens of Cape Cod during this crisis:

• We are creating & running 2 hours of Virtual Live Programming via Zoom every afternoon as we try to replicate the familiar routine of going to school and then going to the Boys & Girls Club.  The information about the live daily programming is sent to parents by email and shared on the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod’s Facebook page.  Please take a look at some of our offerings and videos ON OUR FACE BOOK PAGE and on the CLUB'S YOUTUBE PAGE.  
• We are creating daily pre-taped videos that kids and parents can access anytime on our Face Book or YouTube. 
• We are continuing to provide individual tutoring and homework help – which is particularly important to both kids and parents now that parents have become teachers!
• All of our small group clubs, like Girl Talk, and the character and leadership groups -Torch Club and Keystone - are continuing to run at their normal days and times. Our Art Director is providing Arts programming in crafts and music.  Another staff person is doing English language arts programming, and the Education Director continues to provide live hands-on STEM and science experiences through both live and in pre-taped videos.
• We are doing daily and weekly Fitness Programming & Challenges with the kids
• We are also providing Community events like the Cape wide Drive by Easter Egg Hunt we just completed and are starting a Cape-wide initiative called “Keep the Kids Hopping,” a sidewalk Hopscotch event. 
  The Staff is out doing Drive-By Visits every other week to visit kids and help celebrate their birthdays.
• Teen Programming is also ongoing online every day and has been very well received, with up to 40 teens logging on for games, activities, job skills, and just to talk!  The teens themselves have been creating programs for the younger kids –
  Take a look at this message of hope from one of them!  CLICK HERE!  

What Can You Do To Help?  We can’t do this alone.       

• We need YOU more than ever to help us carry out the Club’s mission during this crisis!  That’s why we created the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Covid19 Relief fund!  Please continue to support us by making a donation today.
  You can send a check, which saves us credit card fees and increases your donation, to: 
  Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod, PO Box 895, Mashpee MA 02649 or you can go online with any major credit card to the link above at our secure PayPal site.
  With new tax incentives, there has never been a better time  to support the Club! 
• You can also help by being an advocate for the Club.  Continue to talk about the important work the Club does & like & share our posts on your social media and with your email lists!

I thank you for your continued support of, and care for, the children & teens at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cape Cod and Cape Cod!  If we can be of assistance to YOU in anyway, please reach out to me directly.   This is a two-way street, and we want to be sure that our entire family -  kids, staff, volunteers, and donors - are taken care of during this crisis.  

Thank you  - and stay well,
Ruth Provost
Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod
RProvost@BoysGIrlsClubCapeCod.org 

Contact

Ruth Provost 
Checks can be make payable to the
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod
PO Box 895
Mashpee MA 02649 

508-477-8845 
rprovost@boysgirlsclubcapecod.org 

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