ConocoPhillips Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs to Help Teens Graduate

ConocoPhillips helps Boys & Girls Clubs launch Be Great, Graduate, a program that aids in high school drop-out prevention.  Watch the video below to learn more about the program's benefits.

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Rockets and BGCGH Team Up to Combat Summer Learning Loss

In an effort to keep kids engaged in activities that help them continue to learn during the summer, the Havard Boys and Girls Club and the Houston Rockets teamed up to pilot the Rockets Summer Learning Camp.  In addition to the overall Club experience, more than 400 members participated in fun, high-yeild learning activities.  Each week of the Summer Camp featured a different theme that highlighted learning objectives in the areas of science, geography, math and language arts.

The themed weeks included:  Outer Space, Human Body, Wild Kingdom, Ocean, Archaeology and Music.  To learn more about each theme’s curriculum, please contact Shon Dorsey, Program Manager.

In addition to the Summer Camp at the Club, several members participated in the Rockets Orientation field trip, which gave a behind-the-scenes look at the Houston Rockets organization and potential career opportunities in world of sports!  Participants in the Rockets Orientation were offered mini-internships to experience hands-on learning of the different departments that make up a sports franchise.

We were excited to pilot this year’s Summer Camp at the Havard Club and look forward to next summer’s potential.

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A Day with Pappas

During the Summer Camp, members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston were invited to learn about different proteins, nutritional values and recipes from the pros—Pappas Restaurants chefs.  Participants moved to different stations where they learned where proteins come from and what makes them special, decorated cookies, and created their very own recipes!

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Unilever Supports the Triple Play Program

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston has been selected as one of the 40 Boys & Girls Clubs across the country to receive a grant to run Triple Play:  A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul.  Triple Play is Boys & Girls Clubs of America's proven health and wellness program that teaches members how to eat properly and be active. 

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Lemonade Day

On May 1, 2011, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston had nearly 1,000 participants from our 10 Clubs set up lemonade stands in the Houston area.

Prior to Lemonade Day, members from each Club participated in a month-long training session designed to teach members about the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.  The Lemonade Day curriculum includes:  setting goals; planning and budgeting; securing an investor; selecting a site; advertising; building a lemonade stand; purchasing resources; making lemonade; setting up; running the business; accounting and banking; giving back to the community; and reflecting for future planning.  Following training, members put what they learned into ACTION!  Click HERE to view photos of lemonade stands around Houston.

Lemonade Day is a nationwide program held every year that enables youth learn about what it takes to start and run a business.  The program originated in Houston and was founded by Lisa and Michael Holthouse of Prepared 4 Life and the Holthouse Foundation for Kids.  In just four years, Lemonade Day has spread to 31 cities with a goal of one million stands in 100 cities by 2013!

Learn more about Lemonade Day.

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Ross Stores Support BGCGH's Power Hour Program

In response to the call for more effective homework assistance programs for low-income youth, Ross Stores have provided $18,700 in grants to support the continued implementation of Power Hour in three BGCGH’s Clubs located in communities with high poverty rates in Houston.

This highly-successful, homework assistance program helps young people view homework as an opportunity to learn to work independently, complete projects on time and feel positive about their accomplishments.

“On behalf of the Ross Stores, we are very proud of our partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America,” said Rick Scott, Director, Ross Stores Board. “Through Power Hour, Clubs can continue their support and commitment to helping children reach the ‘Power of their Potential.’”

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Microsoft Center of Excellence Grand Opening

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has selected Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's John & Cissy Havard Club on Airline Drive to serve as a Club Tech Center of Excellence.  Club Tech Centers of Excellence represent the latest evolution of Club Tech, a Boys & Girls Clubs of America program funded by Microsoft and Comcast to provide software, training and development of a digital literacy curriculum.  Centers of Excellence are fully equipped with the latest technology and serve as fun environments that enable youth to explore the vast opportunties technology has to offer.

For more information, please contact:
Jessica Goodman, Development & Marketing Manager
713-400-2953 or Email Jessica