Posts by Boys & Girls Club

By Jonathan Streetman 812-331-4353 | jstreetman@heraldt.com January 20, 2017 Everyone at the Boys and Girls Clubs knew that $6 million was a big goal. Near impossible, actually. But the Lincoln Street facility in Bloomington needed an overhaul, and the Crestmont club had been outgrown. Thus, the BIG Futures Capital Campaign project was born. On Thursday…

By Brittani Howell 812-331-4243 | bhowell@heraldt.com Dec 29, 2016 The after-school programming for schools in the Monroe County Community and Richland-Bean Blossom districts will be getting a financial boost for the next four years, thanks to two 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program grants from the Indiana Department of Education. MCCSC will receive $75,000, and…

Pictured are Jimmie Dean Coffey, President and CEO of Coffey Realty and Auction and Jeff Baldwin, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington Bloomington, IN – November 3, 2016 When the Ellettsville Boys and Girls Club faced the daunting task of moving the club’s operation this past August, Coffey Realty and Auctions…

October 27, 2016 Bloomington, Ind. – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington received a new grant to improve the health and well-being of Bloomington area kids, thanks to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation. The Club provides kids and teens with critical programming during out-of-school time…

October 7, 2016 Indianapolis, IN – First Lady Karen Pence hosted the eighth and final award reception for grant recipients of the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation at the Governor’s Residence on Thursday, where she awarded $38,000 to 40 organizations and charities that serve Hoosier families and children across the state. “When Mike was elected…

October 7, 2016 | Bloomington Herald-Times This summer, Raake Cabinet and Surface Solutions and Laminated Tops of Central Indiana Inc. decided to give back to our local community with the help of its customers. With every sale, the company gave customers the choice of four local organizations: Boys and Girls Club, Sycamore Land Trust, Habitat…

June 21, 2016 | Bloomington Herald-Times The Old National Bank Foundation is pleased to award a $50,000 grant to the The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington for its BIG Futures Capital Campaign project. The project will renovate the Lincoln Street facility as well as acquire, renovate and expand the former IU Eye Clinic building…

March 17, 2016 | Hoosier Times The three Bloomington Rotary clubs teamed up last fall to honor Indiana University men’s basketball team physician and renowned cardiologist Dr. Larry Rink at the inaugural Bloomington Rotary Toast. The event at the Indiana Memorial Union Tudor Room was a complete sellout and raised $19,917.65 for Boys & Girls…

by Lauren Slavin | March 5, 2016 | Bloomington Herald-Times Twice a week, Adam Day and Blaise Jerles meet at the Boys and Girls Club and take a trip to Middle Earth. Second-grader Blaise moved his finger slowly across the page of a paperback copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” as he read the story’s…